Wedding In June

Wedding March, swiped from williamnyk on Flickr.

A garden wedding in June sounds like such a perfect occassion right? Perfect if we lived in more temperate countrie. But in Malaysia? Give me a break. Actually I wasn't keen on attending the wedding service before the banquet. However, she kinda expected one her few Christian colleagues to actually make it, so I was like... "Errr... OK... see you at 5:00pm.". SK and Mum tagged along to the APEC Garden at Cyberview Lodge. Took us just fifteen minutes to get there. Goodness. When we saw the venue, we just froze at the doors, refusing to leave the coolness of the lobby. Flowers petals snaked from the top of the stone stairs down to the garden. Fake sakura branches lined the way to a small makeshift gazebo near the water feature. The gazebo was decked with red roses and near it was laced table with more roses floating in water-filled glass vases. All of the guests lingered far-far away from the sun-drenched seats. We did the same. Hid in cafe by the side and watched the preparations. So reluctant were we to take our seats that we only went after the wedding march. Hahaha. The poor bride had trouble walking in her gown. Hem too long or heels too short. *shrug*. The service was a bit of the disaster with the multi-lingual approach. The translation was horrible and the pastor obviously didn't do her homework. A primary school student could have trumped her. After the holy communion and blessing, all the guests rushed up to get drinks. After photo session, I think she found little takers to catch her bouquet as most of the guests retreated to the lobby.

Beautiful decorations in the hall. But the groom's name kept falling down like an alphabet soup. The banquet was average. Typical hotel standard. Small-ish portions. My first time being served by African waiters really. No shark's fin soup was served. It was replaced by a double-boiled chicken soup that seemed to lack chicken. :S. No prawns either. The food may have been mediocre but the company wasn't. The friends of the bride were real jokers. Went nuts talking all sorts of nonsense with the three girls and a guy called Biscuit. Think our table was the most boisterous. And our Malay waiter was 'hitting on' on Biscuit.

"Ini arak spesel punyer. Just for you."

"Malam ni saya mesti layan kawan you kaw-kaw"

"Ada aktiviti tak malam ni? Join saya kat Sunway. Apa aktiviti? Bila sampai sana you tahu la..."

The waiter was so engaged with Biscuit that he kept on scooping tong sui into the same bowl until it overflowed. :S. The other special thing about the wedding was the performance by the newly-weds. As they walked into the hall, they did a duet. Bad singing, but they were brave enough to pull it off. Bravo. Here's wishing the bride and groom a fruitful, holy matrimony...