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Sunday, June 25, 2006 , 11:15 AM

Weee it was my very first time attending a full wedding! You know, the full works, from the church wedding in the morning right up to the wedding dinner at night.

Went to Da Yi Ma's house in the morning, trust me it was a disaster zone in there. Everyone was scrambling about, doing their hair and makeup, and Karen Jie( the star!) was in there doing her make-up since early morning. She looked so beautiful in her wedding gown! Her pictures looked like something out of a Wedding magazine. LOL. No kidding. And she looks really, really blissful and gorgeous in every pic. Everyone is really happy for her! :D

Before Karen Jie went to the church wedding, someone had to throw rice over her and she'd to be escorted by Da Yi Ma with a red umbrella, I think it's for good luck? Hmm I shall go find out.

The church wedding was a lil...boring? Haha. There were lotsa speeches/prayers by the priest, and lotsa songs/hymns as well. And we gotta stand and sit, stand and sit throughout the whole proceedings. Hmm it was pretty novel for me I guess. LOL. Dang! I must sound real sua ku now. Hah. But to see Karen Jie walk down the aisle with Ah Gong, it felt so...oh-my-god-I-can't-describe-it kinda feeling, happiness, touched all at once. It was really special. It really was. The songs/hymns were pretty nice but the prayers by the priest were a lil draggy? Haha maybe it's just that I'm not accustomed to this. It was really hilarious when some of us sat down and then the priest goes in that serene voice of his "You're requested to remain standing for...."

The wedding car was da bomb! The color theme was blue and white, some Eurasian custom, so the car was decorated with blue and white feathers according to a particular pattern/design, it looks really, really stunning! And many people were looking at the car, I mean how often do you see a blue-white decorated wedding car? It's usually the boring pinks. whites, or yellows. God, it was special! Haha. And the bridesmaids( Von and Karen Jie's friend) were also dressed in blue-white tube dresses. Everything was so matching!

After the church wedding, we buzzed off to Da Yi Ma's house for the tea ceremony. And the best man were carrying in the HUMONGOUS roasted pig, it was the 'HUGE-est' roasted pig I'd ever seen im me life! Man, there were lotsa firsts for me yesterday. LOL. And the hired professional photographer was really friendly too, he even offered us tips on how to pick a digi-cam cuz Jamie Jie wanted to get one and she asked him what kinda cams she should get. LOL. So now we know what how megapixels work and what they mean, AND most importantly what brands to buy and not to buy. Shall not state here though, lol I wun want any companies to come a knocking at my door with their legal letters against me. So if anybody wanna know please do PM me. ; )

Pheet. Went home to change for the wedding dinner at night. Haha before that we had to rush off to buy my heels and some other accessories. Talk about last minute shopping! Phew finally got heels then rushed home to bathe and stuff. LOL. And all of you should prolly know I'm not adept at the art of making up and hmmm neither is my mum, cuz all of us are au naturale. LOL. So it was pretty crazy, fumbling in the make up bag and just applied whatever's available. And weee~ off we go. And there's one thing I'm very certain about: Heels aren't meant for daily wear. I didn't really walk in heels, more like waddling? Aargh how do some ladies actually dance in them??? I'm a handicap in heels. : (

Gan die drove us there and alas we were stuck in a very 'timely' jam, it was Saturday and it seems like the entire Sporean population were heading for town. Finally beat the traffic jam and somehow made it to the Asian Civilization Museum. Everyone looked as stunning as the view outside, there was like this unspoken color theme among cousins: Black and white. LOL. And to Kenneth & Co. my necklace don't look like garlic! They looked like shells! Shells! Haha.

Isn't it so darned cool to hold your wedding dinner in the Asian Civilaztion Museum? With an awesome view of the Singapore River . Ahh it was so romantic. LOL. The place is really stunning! And the decor in the dining area and the buffet area in the balcony area was so awesome! After being floored by the decor and everthing architectural, I zipped right to the buffet area. LOL. Hey, I'm not called Melissa for nothing. Food's still my ultimate fav! Haha. But I guess nobody really cares about how the good the food was when the atmosphere is oh-so-right.

Woohoo~ Gan Die offered me a beer to gimme a much needed boost of courage to walk around in heels. In no time, I was slowly learning how to balance and move in them, woohoo~ I'm getting it! But I'll gladly grab my sneakers anytime. The pink colored champagne tasted really good, we didn't know the name of the champagne so we went up to the waiter serving drinks and asked for the 'pink champagne', lol after that Jamie Jie enlightened us and told us it was called 'Baby champagne'. Cute name for a cute drink. LOL. Very suitable for ladies. Ahh~~ chocs and champagne, decadence!

Everyone sorta mingled around, laughing, drinking, taking pictures, toasting and giving speeches to the blissful couple. LOL. And the photographer went around taking pic . There was this one goofy pic of us with Karen Jie and we had to look like we were worshipping her as some goddess...it was so freaking hilarious I hope i can get those pics! Haha. And there was this uber cute boy, mixed blood so you can just imagine how cute he is( btw he's also the ring-bearer)! His name's Shaun! So cute! He looks like a mini hobbit with soft brown curls for hair. Haha you'd just wanna kidnap him!

Woohoo~ After pics, after pics, after pics, and drinks, after drinks, after drinks...we headed home for a good night's rest : ) Haha and champagne's really the ultimate drink for celebrations, cuz it just makes you smile and gives you this warm, fuzzy feeling in ya stomach. LOL. Too bad we didn't get to eat the wedding cake, it was air-flown all the way from Australia, one of Landon's uncle Simon( I think) brought the cake all the way from Australia specially for the wedding. The champagne from Cedar Creek was also air flown. LOL. See the benefits of having so many Australian relatives?

Woohoo and the wedding door gifts for guests are really cool, it looks like loop earrings with lil beaded stars hanging on it, and it serves a purpose too, you hook these lil fellas on ya wine glasses so you dun hafta fuzz over who's whose. These are called wine identity charms, 'used when you have friends over and you don;t want to have to mix uo your glasses, let your mates choose which color they like and just hook it onto the glass stem and viola, you never hafta ask, "Is this mine or yours" ever again'. Pretty neat huh?

Woots. Shall try to get some pics from the wedding dinner. :) tata folks!