the wedding part 3

finally I feel inspired again to document my thoughts on the wedding day, 2 months ago.
after the ceremony everyone headed into the restaurant for some finger food and tropical cocktails made with 100%juice, no water added!

first up were the speeches. i was very touched with my dad's speech, throughout most of my growing up years he hardly ever said anything nice about me but tnoight he did and i was so touched i cried.
he said he was very happy that I'd found someone i truly loved.
then, tucker was on. he's an old friend of gavin's, probably known each other something like 15 years. or more!

and then terk and fanyin and rach [interestingly, all our speech givers were from our respective high schools!!]perhaps this shows that a lot of our most lasting friendships are from high school, not college or uni or work.
all their speeches were so meaningful and touching and full of well wishes and philosophical quotes on love and marriage. i think. i was too happy to remember what they said exactly which is why i can't wait to see the video pat took of the wedding!

the cake cutting was of course, quite fun. i had originally intended to buy a nice metal cake knife and engrave our names and wedding date on it to become an heirloom cake knife but somehow that never materialized and we ended up using the restaurant's very sharp knife! still i loved the cake so much! it was very me, very sweet, pink, girly and original since it was made by my mum, husband and friends [i can't stop talking about how great they are for helping me out!]

then, some of our friends did a few very special romantic songs for us! I know a people who hire their wedding band and MC for RM4K for it all but i think ours were priceless because they're our friends! [and all are very talented and passionate!] carol played guitar and sang, sonia did a very powerful rendition of "from this moment" and albert graced the solo part from "kiss me"

carol and terk did a very nice "grow old with you" from the ben stiller movie. everyone loved it!


i loved the video pat made, it was so meaningful and funny at the same time! so did everyone i reckon! here's everyone watching it
i reckon i'll watch it again on our 20th aniversary and laugh over it again!

then was the "fun" part where I, wanting to hold on to western tradition, threw the bouquet over my shouhlder.
caryn got it! or rather it hit her. I wonder why our girls are sooo afraid of catching bouquets. i mean... it's just for fun and doesnt have to be taken THAT seruiosly. besides, every girl wants to get married so why is it such a bad thing to catch a bouquet? of course no one actually believes in the whole "person who catches will be the next one to get married" thing. that's just old western superstition. this is just for fun u know! I've never been to a wedding where someone threw the bouquet before and of cousre i've never caught one but well, i reckon it would be fun to catch one.
so! that was it, my wedding! going back to the hotel room that night, so much was going through my mind. i wasn't prepared for how sad I'd feel about moving out of my house for good, being out of my parent's house forever. I didn't think of it at all really, until i came back a few days later and found that my bro had already moved into my room when i hadn't even taken anything out yet! it was really sobering to think that I'd never sleep in this room again. and i'd been sleeping in this room for 25 years! life has really changed. also I wasn't prepared for how I wouldn't live with my family anymore. not that i loved living with them so much before, [u know how it is, how they make me come home before 12, don't wash the dishes, etc.etc. hehee] but still, i felt a sense of loss somehow. I can't quite explain why, bcoz I am thrilled to be living with gavin now.

I suppose you dont quite appreciate something until it's gone. Ok i know some of you are waiting for pt 4 when I talk about what happened after going back to the hotel room but i shan't say anymore :D
thanks for being part of my day, all of you! You all made it so beautiful and meaningful! i LOVE you all!