The Most Happening Wedding Ceremony of 2006!!

2 weeks ago, the whole bunch of us left from PGP to attend the wedding ceremony of our good friend, Ah Loon. 26th November this year is supposedly the most auspicious day for the current lunar year of the Dog. Next year's most auspicious day would be sometime in March according to Ker Ying whose sister is working in the hotel industry. One would have to book the restaurant or hotel many months before to hold the event on the auspicious day.

This is actually the first time for most of us to attend a friend's wedding. The experience is very different and more personal. The restaurant's ballroom exterior looked very factory-like and not "grand" as its name suggests. However, when we got inside, we had a pleasant surprise. Ah Loon was dressed up in white (白马王子?) and all smiles greeting us at the main entrance. We arrived relatively early for the event at 630pm. Somehow, as a tradition for most Chinese wedding ceremonies, invitation is for 630pm but dinner will only start at 8pm. (Singapore although most still have this issue but there are some families who have tried to changed the system by putting a note to thank people for attending the ceremony on time in their invitation cards - it worked most of the time as reported by Straits Times a few years ago.) So, we sat and waited patiently for the event to start; enjoy the free flow of red wine while chit-chatting.

When the event started at 8pm. The lights were dimmed and the couple had a grand entrance with confetti and smoke from dry-ice.

For the couple, we gave them a LOUD and loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong yam seng. 3 GREAT Cheers! Our voices took the beating the next day but it was worth the happy event.

Ah Loon was flushed red after so many drinks with people in the room.

Near the end of the event, someone suddenly suggested that we do a group song for the couple. I'm not sure whether they were daring me to go up to make the request or drunk. Hahaha.. I know I was abit drunk and I agreed to go up to the stage without any hesitation. So,...

Loon! LiJuan! Look here! 朋友我永远祝福你。。。

We took photos with the couple - guys group and girls group. Unfortunately I do not have the girls group photo with the couple so I'm not able to post here. It was a grand event. After the dinner we had a mini fun session outside the hall while waiting for our transport to come. It was definitely a lot of fun attending the dinner. Of course, CONGRATULATIONS to the couple!