ok... maybe i'm not behind ALL THE SCENES but I was behind SOME OF THE SCENES during their wedding. First of all, I just want to say that Aaron & Jaq are such a down to earth couple that some times I feel I was being more particular about the details than they were about them! But then again, I can't help seeing the details bigger than the big picture! hahhahaha...
The evening before the wedding morning, I asked nailin for help to produce the program sheets and she called in a few of the students to join in and little did we know, it took so long that even with the six of us, we took around 6 to 7 hours! Dead tired by the time I drove home at midnight! But I heard that the bride could not sleep and came down to chat with Nai Lin some time around 2am?? Does all brides have bridal jitters the night before? mmm.... (Jaq was staying at Pr Shawn & Jill's house that night)
Nice or not?? Please say nice!!A lot of effort were put in. I was told to come out with the program sheet a couple of days before the wedding day! Sometimes I amazes myself! =)
Nai Lin told me the color theme was white or pink but then I think the other chi muis came in maroon...?!?! Jaq's mom commented that I look like a 'bride' ... erm... that was kinda embarrassing! ops...
all the chi muis that came out with the tortures for the heng tais! They even sms Jia Huey (their leader) to get permission not to be angel for the morning and Jia Huey replied "Permission Granted"!!! hahahaha...
That's Jaq's brother behind the gate. Poor him! We had to lock him out because he was the assigned person to open the bridal car door when Aaron arrives (traditionally, it's the younger brother or cousin or nephew that does it). We locked him out when Aaron said that he'll be there in 3 mins but he arrived 30mins later! So, Jaq's brother came all the way back from Germany to stand outside in the hot sun and 'sweat it out.' . . . . .
I was standing nearby when they were squeezing wasabi to the 3 spoons and Philee walked over and calmly said in her cute voice, "Be generous. I don't need the tube back." Took a moment to sink in and then all of us burst out laughing! OMGosh!! The angels were really no angels in broad daylight!!
See that below? It's bread soaked in SUPER SOUR APPLE CIDER! The smell was enough to put me off and I can't imagine how the guys managed to gulp it down! EWWWWW!!!
They actually started off with the bitter gourd!! Seeing the guys' faces here already let you know that it's terribly BIT-ter!
There was bitter, sour, hot-wasabi, there must be sweetness... and I mean honeyed-eggy-sweet! gross!
ok. I'm not really sure they were drinking the honey or the sour bread but Chee Chiaw's expression is priceless but the glimpse of Aaron here seems to tell that not only the chi muis were laughing....
After all the eating and angpaus and penalties, the guys searched for the keys in a tub full of ICE-COLD water to open the gate while the chi muis retreated to the other gate!
And guess what the girls thought of to TORTURE the guys?! OMG-NESS! They waxed the guys! And the last I heard before I went upstairs was them calling Joescher's name because he was always bullying the girls during weekend in church! hahahaa...
This is Mun Hong, Aaron's best friend since childhood days and he was the bestman, of course, first to 'gets it'! Not sure if biting his belt helps but at least he didnt scream out! hahaha... one funny guy if you get to know him!
Aaron gets it too! He didn't eat any of the stuffs but after none of the guys put forth their legs for the dare, he's got to do it himself! ahahhaa... good of Mun Hong to let him bite! I kinda 'kesian' all the heng tais being tortured. I wished that they would have explained all the reasons behind doing all those actions like from now they will have to go through 'tian, suan, ku, lat' in life and proclaiming his love for her loud enough for the whole world to know ... that kind of thing and not just for the sake of torture...
See the patches? hahahaha... and I heard that the guys waxed the rest of their leg after we left the house. The photos of the waxed pieces were all over facebook albums! gross....
After the wax, the guys were made to sing a Hokkien love song and then guess the room door and struck a final 'sexy' pose before Aaron was finally allowed to see his bride! Not sure if this means going through thick and thin but definitely torture after torture...
Aaron in his cheekiness showing off the leftover angpaus that was prepared for the chi muis but were not used!
next on, to the groom's house!
Jaq's really a shy one. When the photographer say give a kiss, she immediately say no! And when ask to do this nose-to-nose pose, she was shaking in giggles!
Aaron's parents, the groom and bride and Jaq's parents. They were all super-sporting parents! After this pix, the photographer asked the parents to struck poses by themselves!! They were giggling like school kids! hahahhaa...
That's Nai Lin blow-drying Jaq's hair! Jaq called Aaron asking for the hair-dryer that belongs to his father but Aaron was unsure if he would lend it to her - in which I laughed and jokingly told him that his dad was such a exhilarated-new-father-in-law for the day that he would give her anything that she wants! True to my words, he came with the hair dryer few minutes later! hahahaa...
Proud to say that I tied that flower to the ribbon to the chair for the tea ceremony at Aaron's new house! yeah! first attempt successful!
We all proceeded to the hall for the wedding ceremony. It was such an eventful happening that I told Pastor Steven that I had to take medical leave the next day cos of post-wedding-ceremony-traumatic-experience! =)
Right when we want to start the ceremony, the sound system died - zilch sound! Once it's up and we wanted to start the ceremony and the groom stationed in front and the computer went overheated and shut down!
Once that was restarted, halfway through the bridal procession, the song restarted by itself and then right before the bride walks in, this time, the computer restarted by itself! "OMG-NESS-ES-ED!"
Poor Mei, the MC, had to start talking while waiting for the computer to restart! and the Bride can't walk in! It was really one of the most embarrassing moment for the wedding coordinator although technically, it's the problem at the technical side! But all went off well after that and we caught up in timing and the rest of the ceremony went on by itself. I was relieved.
Now, it's dinnertime! All the parents queued up for the grand walk in before dinner starts. You should see it from the outside instead of sitting at the table inside. When Aaron's parents led the grand walk in and the spotlight on them, and the smoke machine whoosh-ed out so much that those of us standing outside were just enveloped in white smoke! I can't help but started grinning but Aaron standing at the end of the line started LAUGHING OUT LOUD at his parent's super grand entrance!!!
After that I stood and waited til Jaq's change of gown before I was done for the night and can start eating. I was sitting at the same table with Alex & Jia Huey and of course Nai Lin and gang. Once KG's band started singing the 'nobody, nobody but you' song, Jia Huey started doing the song's moves with a prawn-stick in hand!! It was hilarious! She's super funny!
This pix was taken almost at the end of the event and after the photo, I congratulated the groom and bride for getting married successfully (which is the MAIN THING)! Time to head home then... around midnight!
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