DECEMBER 3, 2006

My big day came and went in about 19 hours, from 5am to 12mn.
Beautiful beautiful beautiful.
I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.

Let me recount before they become hazy memories.
The loveliest sights of the day:
1. My beautiful gorgeous friends arriving at my place, punctually, one by one.
They looked gorgeous in their all-shades-of-blue dresses and tops.

2. The girls preparing for the evil games and awaiting the groom's arrival.

3. My parents and siblings all dolled up. My brothers actually wore whole suits! Impressive!

4. My grandma crying at the tea ceremony as she dug out a box of diamond earrings for me. Made my heart ache.

5. All my aunties and uncles being so happy for me. In front of them, i sometimes feel eternally 12. And now, I'm getting married.

6. The lovely huge giant suite at Hilton. Gosh, most beautiful room I've slept in.

7. Qiuli, Jas + Michelle.... sneaking in as I was resting alone in the suite. These 3 stayed with me all day, all nite. They are champions! Some of the rest went home to bathe and change and rest, but these 3 troopers never left my side.


8. Terence looking so handsome in his suit as he entered my room with the bouquet and a beaming smile. My wonderful husband for the world to see.

9. His brother teasing me endlessly at his house. I really am his sister-in-law now. He ain't got a choice, haa.

10. All the girls crashing in Terence's bedroom with me. And examining all his stuff and our stuff. Struck me that this is the first time they been to his place.

11. Sight of all my friends coming for the wedding, dressed to the nines. Weixiong in a crisp white shirt? Situ and Sinwee in jackets? Nick in a cool jacket? Jacqueline in a dress? And Shiyun, in all the 10 years i know her, in MAKEUP and a Dress? Very very cool.

12. The band arriving....

13. Terence fetching me to the ballroom from the suite.... lovely.

14. Jasmine tying the ribbon for me just before we go downstairs. She's really good and sweet with these stuff.

15. Ruiqiang reaching very early at the suite at 4pm. He's such a lovely sweet fren.

16. Qiuli, Jasmine and Ruiqiang sitting behind me on the couch, the girls putting on makeup and Ruiqiang entertaining himself with the TV. classic scene. FYI, they took longer than me to paint their faces!!!

17. All the guests applauding wildly as we walked in both times. Surreal.... the moment just floated by, like in a beautiful, please-dont-wake-me-up dream.

18. Watching the well-wishes from frens and family.

19. My parents' faces as we gave the speech on stage. I guess pride and joy looked like that.

20. My brothers and sisters. They looked so cute and happy.

21. Jerry standing outside. A fren of sincerity.

22. Zenny and her wicked jokes, all day, all nite.

23. Terence in the suite, after all is said and done. His face was really red. First time I have seen him drunk. We are really really married. It cannot get any more real than this.