Wedding!

It was a lovely wedding we had... the weather was fine and everything turned out really well for us. =)

We started the day really early at 5+am, make up started about 6.20am or so and my girl friends came over around 6.30am to prepare for the big day.

Our 'zhen xin lang' was quite mild, nothing unglam. haha... There was a bit of treasure hunt, some Q&A, some things to eat & drink and finally some singing & dancing before he can finally come into the room! =)

We'd a simple tea ceremony at my house then we went off to Zonghe's house. Over there, we'd lots and lots of relatives awaiting for us already (all went into hiding when we first went up)- so we went straight into our room first. After stepping out of the room, then we realised that there's really a lot of people at the house. =)

So tea ceremony took about an hour from 10.00am-11.00am. Afterwhich, the buffet lunch arrived and everyone had nice food. For the rest of us (brothers & sisters), we went down to the poolside (at the condo) to take photos together. I threw the hand bouquet and Grace caught it! hee hee! Well done! Managed to rescue the flowers before it touched the ground, nice catch!

About 3.30pm or so, we went over to M Hotel where Auntie Linda booked a club room for us. =) We rested for a while before going over to Noble House at about 5.15pm. Zonghe was busy co-ordinating with various people- restaurant staff, our helpers, etc... while I started my make up.

Then, there was a last minute rush, cos the make up artist suggested not to use the wedding gown to receive the guest, instead should use a tea dress. But I didn't have another dress (I'd only the wedding gown & a red evening gown), so I gave my bridal studio (Jazreel's Collection) a ring and the lady-in-charge (Marilyn) quickly went to get the purple colour gown which I used for my photo shoot. My mum went over to pick up the dress for me. So, I got ready just in time at about 6.45pm for the cocktail reception. Using a tea dress is a good choice, cos the reception was really crowded (and there were already people stepping on my dress , can't imagine if I was wearing my wedding gown.) =)

But glad I was there to receive the guests, that's the fun part of the dinner, I felt. =) Greeting my guests & taking photos together. =) Was v fun! Saw a lot of friends, some whom we've not met for ages. So, it was really very heart-warming for Zonghe & I.

Then the dinner started pretty promptly at 8.15pm. We were really glad that our guests all came on time. We did our first march in & it was the most amazing experience. A lot of familiar faces and they were cheering us on as we marched down the aisle.

Zonghe's speech was impromptu, but was really good. ;) Very proud of him.

Then he sang me a song on stage 'grow old with you'... so so so touched, then I started to cry. I didn't know that he'd a surprise for me.

The dinner ended about 11pm or so, it was a mad rush for us to take photos with 52 tables of guests, it was really a big crowd. haha... But we managed to complete all the table to table photo shoot. It was really great to see all our friends, all the way from Sec School, Zh's Band Friends, JC Claass & Frens (99S23!!!), HCJC Photographic Society friends (where we met), NUS-Bizad/Science/SOC/NOC friends, USP Prof & Friends, NUS Photographic Society, Diving Friends, ex-Colleagues (STL), Colleagues (Forbes), etc... =)

Thank you so much for coming everyone! Very touched that u all took time to come & join us for this very special event. =) Thank you!!! =)

Special thanks to all who have helped out in one way or another, special thanks to our family- it was really tough going through the preparations, everything you all have done for us is greatly greatly appreciated! =)

Our 'Brothers & Sisters' :
Brothers- Lionel, Manas, Yihua, Zongneng (of course)
Sisters- Grace, Hong Jin, Lihan, Melissa, Wenmin.
Our wedding co-ordinator- Jasmine

Dinner Helpers:
Reception Table - Grace (IC), Hong Jin, Lihan, Mel, Liyan & Zongneng

Emcees- Lionel & Wenmin

IT & Sound - The Gorsk (my eldest brother)
Alcohol IC- The Drrsk (my younger brother)
Advance Party (for photoshoot)- Jiexiang & Hetian

Photographers- Andy (from Jazreel) & Patrick (our fren)

Drinker- Manas
Our pretty & sexy usher team - Michelle (IC), Caralle, Kat, Lakshmi, Pam, Pauline & Raine

Thank you all v much. We couldn't have done it without you.