The Big Day

8th January 2009 marked the 2nd time I became a "jiemei" to a good friend who held her customary wedding on that day. There's a hearsay that a single girl should become a "jiemei" not more than 3 times - anything exceeding that just destroys her chances of becoming a bride herself. This means that I only have 1 chance left - Kaybo, that's definitely reserved for you! :)

Personally, I find the Chinese traditional wedding very meaningful. I must admit that I don't understand the whole extent of it, but I found the tea ceremony bit very very touching and some moments almost reduced me to tears.

Anyway, the "jiemei" (me!) doubled up as a photographer as well, and here are some of my favourite shots of the day.

Lots and lots of moolah! This certainly came as a shocker to me, as the groom dispensed with the many "big" angpows with small money and instead presented us with the one and only BIG andpow with a wad of blues in them!

Leaving for the groom's place - my other co-"jiemeis" looking pretty in the morning sun.

At the groom's place...

Having a morning snack of sweet soup and bao. The groom had to feed the bride! That was such an old-fashioned gesture but sweet!

The groom's "brudders"!

Luci playing around with the groom's spanking new G10!

PMP applying lip gloss for the bride before the tea ceremony.

The bride and groom were posing for the professional, but the poses were so cute I had to snap as well!

One of the "brudders" looking pensive...

This picture came out a tad dark, but it's one of my favourites nonetheless! I like the expectant look on the bride's face.

I saw the photos taken by the professional and I must say my photos really pale in comparison! I'm toying with the idea of getting a SLR in 1-2 years' time? Maybe, maybe.....

Shawn & YJ's pre-wedding celebrations!

My experience with the G9 has been pretty good so far. Only problem are night shots. Without flash, they turn out reasonably well if my hands are perfectly still. With flash, pictures always look glazed and unnatural? Perhaps it's time for me to get a tripod!

So, the only 2 photos from dinner last night at The Wine Company will have to suffice.





Seriously Jason, I don't get the "I'm on the phone" pose at all!!!

Mama-bear and the stick insects

Attended my old friend Cheng Li's wedding on Friday in Hyatt Hotel, JB. Cheng Li (CL) and I go way back to our NJC days, together with the other 2 suspects, Guak Ee (Guak) and Kareen Pang (KP). We used to stay in the former Hwa Chong Hostel, where we would hang out at Guak and KP's room for blanket parties (this involved 3 of us - usually KP, CL and CY, hiding behind a blanket and doing a little ditty. Guak was usually in-charge of playing the music) maggi mee feasts and disco dancing (dimming the lights and playing retro music to boogie-woogie to).

We always thought CL would be the 1st to marry, but KP beat her to it! Muahaha!

Sadly, after JC, we all parted ways. Guak and KP went to NUS, CL went to LSE in London and I went to NTU. Fortunately for the 3 of us in Singapore, we still had the chance to meet up now and then. For CL, who was far far away in London, the only way to communicate was via e-mail, and even then, we could not maintain the correspondence over the years.

Anyway, CL got in touch with us a couple of months back to invite us to her wedding! She was getting married to "Parrot" (the nickname we bestowed on her husband-to-be back in the hostel days). Why we nicknamed him that, I have no idea...presumably because he looked like one?

CY with the blushing bride CL!!

With Guak, the mei-nu of our group!

KP (left) and Christina (right) Chris was my roommate during our hostel days. Super gung-ho and outgoing, she used to throw apple cores out the window and scream at the neighbours to SHUT-UP when things got too rowdy.

Group picture. Does the groom resemble a parrot? You be the judge.

I had a hard time picking out the photos 'coz I looked like a bloody sack in all of them. I thought a baby-doll would do well to hide my flaws, but my plan obviously backfired! I felt like a mama-bear next to my petite stick-insect friends. And I acted like one too! I was going for my 2nd round of the buffet but my friends were already into sweets! Felt like such a glutton man!

Boy would I love to be labelled a stick insect one of these days! And I'm going to hide this unflattering dress into the deepest, darkest corner of my wardrobe! Boo!

Late night blogging

An interesting photo, starring "The toothpick man", "The girl who stared at my breast", "The visually violated girl" and "The girl with the real assets".

Proper blogging will resume this weekend, hopefully! Good night! :)