february-wedding

The wedding of my elder cousin was held on a beautiful sunny Saturday in a hotel-formerly-known-as-Guoman-now-known-as-Thistle-as-they-were-brought-over, in the touristy town of Port Dickson.




4.09pm Private tea ceremony.



According to traditional Chinese customs, the newlyweds are to serve their elders (aunts, uncles, parents, etc) tea and call them by their official Chinese "gelaran" like li ku, li kim and a host of other syllables which can only stay in your short term memory.




After they serve, the younger ones (like cousins, nephews, etc) serve them tea. Here, bride's sister serves tea to the groom. Did I mention ang pows are also given away by the drinkers of the tea as well? Mmm-hmm.




4.36pm Garden wedding/reception?

As the bride is ushered to wardrobe change no. 1, the guests congregate at the beautiful lawn of Guoman facing the sea. The sun was shining down very brightly, and soon, everyone was sweating buckets.






The little flower girl



Here comes the bride!




At last count, there was at least 2 videocameras and 5 SLRs at the wedding.



The jubilant newlyweds



This was also the first time I participated in a "catch the bouquet" throw, which only single ladies are allowed to catch it. (Did I get Beyonce's Single Ladies in your mind yet? Oh, with Kurt in the background? Excellent.)




Iona with much expertise in bouquet-catching (coughcoughaskwhy) emerged the champion.
And the roses are really pretty too. Handmade by the bride herself with durable thin foam all the way from Aussie!




The hip and happening uncles and aunties in floral prints



With the guests from Down Under. No, not Singapore.




The guests were pretty much relieved at the end of the ceremony. Mass swimming pool dunk!



Just kidding.


And that pretty much sums it up! The wunnerful PD marriage of Li June chieh chieh and (uncle) Darryl. 1 Corinthians 13 yo.