It was another hectic weekend but it was very very enjoyable. One of my best friends tied the knot over the weekend on the very auspicious 07/07/07 day and im very happy i was there to share it with her : ))
Saturday morning was Joanne’s church wedding at St. Iggy’s and me and Sharon were her bridesmaids : )) Her sis in law was her maid of honour. We arrived at about 10.30 (i was a little late as usual) and we waited in the bridal car with her until the church bells chimed. And then we made our way in, bridesmaids holding our floral bouquets followed by the bride and her dad. I was also very happy to be her church witness for the marriage. The mass lasted about an hour and then we adjourned to the hall for light lunch.
After the mass we made our way to Jo’s place at Putera Heights for the tea ceremony. Her house was packed full of people so we didnt do much save for watch and take a few pics : )) After that i had to rush off to pick CS from his sis’ house (long story, he had to return his car etc) with Sharon in the car. And then we rushed back home again after dropping Sharon off. Cue a lot of rushing and hurried primping : )) I was meant to go earlier for a quick run thru since i was also one of her co-emcees that nite.
Anyways, the day being as auspicious as it was, the Bukit Bintang area was rather jammed even as early as 6.30pm. We parked at Starhill and walked to Ritz Carlton where their dinner was held. When we arrived cocktail was already being served so oops, we werent that early : P
Made our way into the ballroom where Jo was waiting and checking that all the last min items were okay. We hung out with her inside the ballroom till about 8pm when we were supposed to start so i took the stage together with my co-emcee to announce the arrival of the bride & groom : )) Aww.
The food was quite good actually. I mean one of the better ones i’ve had in a hotel banquet ; ) And we were all happy. Halfway thru me and Sharon assisted Jo with her gown change. Her second gown was a beautiful wine coloured high collared gown. I took the stage once or twice again for the yam seng and other announcements (i dont think i spoke much anyways!!)
Overall it was a very nice, close knit celebration where everyone was happy and enjoyed themselves. After the guests filtered out a bunch of us stayed behind for a while to snap some pics and drink : )) And then we decided to call it a nite…
Congrats to the new Mr & Mrs Lee !!!
Sunday morning me & CS went to check out OUR wedding pics at the studio : )) We spent almost 4 hrs looking thru the pics and selecting the ones we wanted. Overall they were very nice, and it was so damn difficult to pick out the few we were allowed out of 300+ photos!! Our package only provided for 35 shots and it was impossible for us to pick just 35 coz even at the end our outdoor shots amounted to 36 of our pics!! So we added on for more pics. Ouch, the additional damage was a hefty RM1,700!!! But we felt it was worth it, as the saying goes - this is only a once in a lifetime thing. And well, once in a lifetime things do tend to cost a lot. Ouch again!! We should be able to view the touched up pics and album designs within a month and hopefully the soft copies will be ready by then too so i can religiously upload them on my wedding site & friendster : ))
Okies then. Im back in SG now. Super tired and in dire need of sleep…good nite everyone.
I need to take over a whole bunch of old magazines to the 2nd hand bookshop, pack and generally get ready to fly off to Spore tonight. *sigh* I’ll see you soon.