Seng Giap's Wedding!

After months of preparation, yesterday was finally the day! Haha. Started the day early in the morning at 5am to prep ourselves. Then my bro drove me and my other 2 cousins over to giap's house, so fetch the bride back. My bro's 318i is the third of the wedding cars, the first being giap's S-Class and second being his C-Class. Damn posh lah. Haha. And there's no need to rent cars too. How convenient. Haha. Anyway all of us went over to the brides home in Tampines.

 

 Yupz, so we went up and had some games. Haha. The usual dose of sadis-faction needed to open the door.

I've gotta admit the groom had a harder time than us. Haha. We only helped him with all the rubbish "food" they gave us. Haha. There are only extreme flavours. Haha. Extremely torturous for the stomach and the taste buds. Haha. But it's ok lah, quite a bit milder than I expected so it's great. Haha. And finally a huge Hong Bao is needed to open the door. Haha.

The groom going in to get the bride. Haha. So sweet.

Us and the couple! Haha. After some customary practices and photo-taking, we proceeded on to Giap's home for the official customary practices that awaits. Haha. And also for buffet lunch! Hahaha. I was so hungry by then.

The four of us cam-whoring before the couple arrived back home. Thanks to my bro and his fast (but within speed limit) driving, we got back earlier, coz it's a customary practice that I need to open the car door for the couple. Haha. Hong Bao! Haha.

 

Next we proceeded with the tea ceremony and thank goodness that weren't that many people to serve the tea too. Haha. Super tiring for the couple though. Haha.

A photo with my family, giap's family, wilbur's family and finally the 2 old folks that have been extremely helpful in getting the marriage practices right - my 2 grand-aunts. Haha.

Next up is the very much younger 兄弟姐妹团! Haha. As you an see I'm pretty much the shortest (other than giap=D). LOL. So after all these customs and photo-taking, we went on to lunch. It's french food for lunch. My aunt actually went to hire a french chef to cook at their home. Damn extravagant. Haha. But I like. =D The food was alright for me, probably coz I couldn't get too used to it. Haha. I prefer my rice and noodles. Haha. Anyway, after that, we went home first to catch some rest before heading out to Ritz Carlton for the Wedding Dinner!

The entrance to the place is rather ulu, but once you get inside, it's like... wow! Haha. Really posh place to hold a wedding. I love it. Haha. Anyway giap reserved a room for us, so great, went up to the 28th floor to have a look.

Too bad for the reflection, but the view is fantastic. You can see the entire CBD area from there! Haha. Plus the esplanade, Singapore Flyer, F1 track... breath-taking view indeed. Haha.

Yupz, we proceeded with a little cam-whoring. Haha. After that we went down to prepare for registration and stuff. Haha. Really reminds me of my TMS council days. Organising prom nights and stuff were our specialty then. Haha. Yupz, 4 ministers came too. If I'm not mistaken it's Dr Amy Khor, Ms Grace Fu, Mdm Halimah Yacob and Mr Ang Mong Seng. Haha. It's a private event so yupz, there were no distractions. Haha. Anyway the whole night was busy doing stuff and organising people, hence, I've got no time for photo-taking. Haha. Anyway it was a great night - good food, great ambience, fantastic people... What more can I ask for?

Everything turned out really great for the wedding and yupz, it really made my day. Haha. But when I reached home, I was dead tired. And yes, I slept for a good 10 hours before waking up at 1pm today. Great. Hahaha.

Ok now back to reality. I'm going for the relief teachers induction programme tomorrow. Haha. Yes, I'm gonna start work! Woohoo! Haha. I need the money. Haha. Anyway gonna be really busy once everything starts, but really looking forward to it. =D

Yesterday went to buy office wear. Haha. It's really very much cheaper than I expected so that's great. Haha. My parents sponsored everything, haha, so yupz, nice. Haha. Bought everything I need to start working. Haha. And I think my parents a bit to kan cheong. Haha. They bought sooo much stuff for their holiday lah. Haha. I’m so envious though. They get to go Switzerland, France, and Italy for 12 days during Chinese New Year. Haiz. I miss it again. Damn. I miss it every year! Unfair coz they keep going for holidays during their CNY break, which I don’t have. Haiz…

Today went to collect my suit from the tailor. It’s so fitting and nice. Just on time for Giaps wedding. Haha. Saturday’s the big day. Gonna be a really busy day. Haha. I’m quite looking forward to it actually. Good food, good place, good company. Haha. Love it.

Tomorrow gonna sign up for Passion run. I decided not to go for Adidas Sundown le. Haha. I think I need to train more before going for another one. Haha. The pain from the last marathon was... excruciating? Haha. I’m going to try the shorter one first. Passion run’s only 25km (from what I heard from Sebastian.)… Haha. Should be good.

Dad's birthday today. Haha. Celebrated at home with a feast! Haha. Lucky for me I did some exercise yesterday, if not I would definitely put on quite some weight. Haha. My dad absolutely abhors eating out, so birthday celebrations is always held at home. Haha. The Black Pepper Crab from 螃蟹之家 is absolutely fantastic. Haha. On the first few mouth fulls, it seemed so pungent and spicy. But as i ate more of it, it became heavenly. Haha. Love it. Damn messy affair, but what the heck. Some effort is needed to taste good food. Haha. Anyway bought this chocolate banana cake too. Wanted to try something new and it turned out unexpectedly nice! Haha. Yumz. Finished off with some white wine. Haha. Absolutely gorgeous. =D

This week's gonna be all about eating good food. Haha. I'm sooo putting on weight. Hahaha. More running needed! =X

Oh where did I left off.. Oh yes.. Met up with the army guys for dinner on Friday. Everyone's so different le! Haha. Most of them working already. And sebastian is sooo slim now lah. Hahaha. continuous slimming. Haha. But then again, it's really unbelievable. He slimmed down a hell lot since I last saw him. Oh and I also saw chin boon. He's even more kua zhang. Haha. It's like deflating a balloon. Nononono.. it has got to be liposuction! Haha. Seeing too many successful slimming cases in a day is traumatising. Haha. LOL. Anyway ate as PS Xin Wang HK Cafe. Then sebastian quite thoughtful lah. Pretend to go to the toilet, but went to buy a cake for Wei Jie. Haha. His 21st birthday is on this thursday, but yupz, we just celebrated his birthday in advance. Haha.   

Today went to my cousin's home in the morning for some pre-wedding briefing and planning. Haha. Sounds damn serious right? Haha. It sure ain't. Haha. Just went to his house to talk cock lah. Haha. Walked over to his home (nice and convenient isn't it? Haha) And he's like totally bo chap lah. Haha. He just wants to get married and that's it. Haha. But coz his dad's quite a businessman, so yupz, got to entertain lots of guests at the HUGE wedding dinner at Ritz Carlton. Haha. But it's damn cool though. Hahaha. Anyway the 7 of us drove around to recee the route to fetch the Bride back on the actual day. Haha. So convenient coz she lives nearby too. Haha.

Anyway highlight of the day: lunch! Haha. We drove over to Changi T3 to settle lunch. Cousin's treat. Woohoo. Haha. Almost ended up at Xing Wang again! Haha. Fortunately there wasn't any seats, so we ended up at Dian Xiao'er. Ate the "healthy menu". Haha. Crap, other than a few more specs of herbs and less salt, it's nothing much healthier. Haha. But that's a good thing. Haha. Coz it's pretty nice actually. Haha. Yumz.

In the late afternoon, I got the sudden urge to go running. Haha. So off I went. Ran about 12km or so today. Haha. Damn shag! It's been sooo long since I last ran.. Probably before Taiwan. Haiz. Got to discipline myself these days to get my legs going. Haha. Run run run! Hahaha.

Tomorrow's gonna be my first driving lesson in 2 months. Hope I don't crash the car. =D

When someone who has never ever called you, calls you, you should sense something's wrong.

(Hints: MLM)

But then again, there are always days where you just don't feel like talking. Today's one such day.

Perfect!

My notes are back! Haha. Got my JC maths and physics notes back from Fahmi yesterday. Speaking of Fahmi, he's the same as those BMT days. Haha. My BMT buddy no.2. Haha. My other buddy being Kah Fai. Haha. Those were tough days eons ago. Haha. Great bunch of peeps though. Anyway Fahmi went to down PES! Like David and a few of those Zulu peeps. Haha. I guess I'm the only one left that's still PES A after 2 years of NS. Haha. Damn wasted. Haha. Ok whatever lah.

Since my notes are back I can start to revise and make some serious preparations for relief teaching. (Partly also because I'm impossibly free.. Haha..) I'm going back to TJC! ... but as a teacher, not student. Haha.. Damn..

Yesterday also helped my friend brush up on his poly work. Haha. I'm telling you he's ridiculously slack. His exams is today, and yesterday he came to find me, not knowing almost half his work. Haha. It seemed like I was panicking more than him. Haha. Looking through his notes, I suddenly feel that working at my Dad's shop isn't exactly a waste of time. Haha. My friend's studying Supply Chain Management, and I can actually see everything on the notes happening in real life. So cool lah. I'm actually quite amazed that I can explain those nonsense supply chain stuff to him, despite going through JC and not poly. Haha. *Proud of myself* Haha. Anyway hope he doesn't do that badly for his exams. Haha. Final year le. So it's make or break for him (Although fortunately/unfortunately, he prob would have to go SIM or something.. depending on how you look at it.)

Now  O levels/A levels/university application seems like eons ago that I can't really remembered what happened. Haha. I'm growing old. Can't relate to these stuff as much as before le. Haha.

Gonna meet up with MSU peeps later on. Haha. Haven't seen them for like.. 1 month.. ONLY?!?! Yes it's been on 1 month since I officially ORD-ed. Haha.

Headache

Just before I O.R.D., I was desperately looking for a job, and I didn't get any. Finally after I O.R.D., I got offered a place in TJC for relief teaching for 6 months. Now, the civil service is offering me an internship spot at the Ministry of Manpower. Both pays around the same (relief-teaching pays a little bit better ^o^), and both offers good job experience. I'm stuck. Someone please enlighten me.  
I'm enlightened. I will just do relief teaching. Forget about MOM or Spring Singapore; TJC's still better. That's final. =D