stayed over on the 12th at ron's place. was glad he offered a place and also to drop me and shi hui off at midvalley. we met stephanie there and was fortunate to be upgraded from an executive bus to a business bus. so cool... though we had a personal TV each, i slept about 3-4 hours of the way there. i was too tired and the rest i had, was really a rest.
reached Orchard Road about 12-1pm and realized that none of our phones had roaming. oh well, had to buy a prepaid card for contact. we met up with addielle and its was wonderful getting to catch up. of course it was an update of good news and not so good news. spent most of the time catching up in burger king plus taking photos with the cupcakes and christmas trees around.
later in the evening, addielle and steph had to go for addielle's Christmas musical at her church. addielle was a soloist. shi hui and i walked around orchard road looking around for stuff. unfortunately, couldn't find anything. i guess a guide would be most helpful. haha...
in the evening, Richard and Sylvy picked us up at a bus stop. they came in their car which was already 'wedding'ly decorated. i'm sure the whole bus stop was looking. so pai seh when we were entering the car. through dinner, we caught up and lots of how are you's and just being happy to see each other after a long while. the couple was definitely tired as well as lot of preparations and arrangements were needed before the big day tomorrow. saw the new place and it is wonderful and very strategically located. really God's blessing...
slept about 1 or 2 cause was helping out on a few more things for the wedding. the next morning, had to wake up at 5.30 am. got to leave at 6 to the bride's place where all the ji mui's are waiting. i wasn't part of the team i was just following. though it was much feared as to what extent of sabo'ing there is, it turned out to be pretty mild. i guess the biggest blow was that Richard had to wear a Liverpool cap, scarf and jersey.
we proceed on to the church. i attended the church service before the wedding with chok and yvonne. and after that, the wedding. there were sword bearers and it was cool. richard mentioned it in 2005 (3 years ago) and here it is, happening now. never thought that i'd get to see it. of course that's not the main thing lah. with upbeat music, the page boy and flower girl walked in like a fashion show, turning at every 5-10 steps. we were looking at each other and shaking our heads... haiyoh... some things never change... haha...
richard spoke his vow in manderin for his parents and Sylvy in english for her parents. richard shared and he said, '..... Sylvy is my first girlfriend, and my first wife... ' !!! serious... of course, the congregation laughed.
after lots of photo taking during the wedding brunch reception, we headed to kenneth kwan's house. it was nice to see how he has been settling in. played taboo and with the last round a guys vs girls match, the guys narrowly won by 1; thus saving our ego and face.
we dropped by kevin's place next to rest and chill out. that was my last stop before heading for the bus home.
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