It was a really nice wedding. The thing about Australia is you can get away with being wonderfully simple. The guest list was small and the wedding excellently cosy and manageable. I never bought into this whole Chinese parental thing where they have to invite Uncle Williams' Auntie's Niece's friend's friend's neightbour who owns a dogbecausethey invited them for their cousins' wedding. Whole lot of hogwash. Guests had to buy their own drinks at the reception (but all guests got more than one glass of champagne free for the toasts), which you can get away with in Australia cos drinks are like $4. Try that in Singapore: No free flow Tiger?? Buy my own WHAT??? $12 for wine??? KNN!
But i digress. The ceremony took no more than 20 minutes. Short and sweet. The official photo-taking took 35 minutes. hilarious. Meanwhile, non-family could get drunk. It threatened to rain just before the ceremony. I prayed. It stopped. When we prayed over Gen and John, the shine shone particularly bright, and you could hear the gasps and god-praises. As soon as the last guest headed indoors for the lunch, the sky opened up and it rained buckets. Whether you believe in God or not is irrelevant: It was beautiful and blessed.
Melissa, Jassmin, The newly-weds Gen and John, Rel, me
The lunch setting. Pastries, Bread, heart-Cupcakes, Fruit, Chocolate.
A pancake and all-day breakfast main course.
Indian and angmoh deserts made by family and friends.
A personalized polaroid photo with your name to mark your place.
The lush garden and beautiful sunlight through glass all around you.
Rel, Mel, Jass, and myself from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (yes, Yan'an, there is such a thing other than the Opera house that people know about Sydney :P )The view from above was breathtaking. The jump suits were ridiculous, but the tour guide was refreshingly entertaining and worth every penny of the $170 i paid. The 3-plus hours we spent up there was tiring, but there was lotsa time for rest and to take in the sights. Our walk was coincidentally and wonderfully timed: A cruise ship passed below us on its voyage out, and we waved from the top of the bridge. Everyone was on deck, cheering, screaming, and waving back at us. Cute. We even got to see a crow's nest at the top with 3 "chicks" in it. I say "chicks" cos they were all friggin HUGE (almost as big as the parent!). The crows here make ours look like pussies, by the way.
This photo cost was "free". We weren't allowed to bring up cameras so they took photos for us at least 5 times. Of course, if we had wanted those photos it would cost us at least AUS $20 +++. Each. KNN!
Halfway down i was already thinking of my Toohey's New ExtraCold. A skooner and a pint. Mmmmm. AUS$3-4. How Knn cheap is that (For the unschooled, Toohey's is a local beer.)
It's good to be back to my bak chor mee, wanton mee, kway chap, and my 50cents Kopi-O. But i'm missing my bro, the fantastic aircon weather that LKY would die for Singapore to have (so it'll keep the workers working), and the fucking good breakfasts and latte.
*ps. YES, Andrea i missed you too lah, pok! hahaha :P
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
You Give me Something (James Morrison) By Marie Digby
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Melissa, Jassmin, The newly-weds Gen and John, Rel, me
