It is a nice sat evening. Huimin and I were walking along Beach Road on our way to the wedding of Jaslin and Dave's at Raffles' Hotel. The time had finally come. While I was away from Singapore due training, Jaslin had linked up with Huimin to ask if the both of us can make it. I would be a heartless soul to reject such sincerity from a close friend like her. Now, the miracle is going to happen soon at the Lawn, Raffles Hotel.
The Lawn is a rectangular yard whereby Jaslin and Dave are going to exchange their vows to become husband and wife. Though I had alreadi been a married personnel for a year plus, I can still feel the excitement of getting married (as if mine had just happened the day before) - the atmosphere, the love, everybody talking abt Jaslin and Dave, challanging Jaslin to be demure, asking Dave not to shave his moustache, seeing Jeffrey panic button pressed, seeing my dear ODAC friends, etc. Weddings are such a joy to attend that I am quite sure that your live span would be lengthen if you attend more weddings. (putting the Hongbao money aside...haahahah)
The sequence went like this : seating of the guest, invitation of the Justice of Peace to be seated, walking in of 3 pairs of brothers and sisters, the ring bearer, jaslin and father, transferring her to Dave, vow taking, exchanging the rings, declared husband and wife, petal throwing and fire crackers, photo taking. It feelsssss so good to be able to see Jaslin in the good hands of Dave. FYI, they had known each other for 2 decades, and Dave had loved her since primary school days. Arrgh!!! Man, all the women in the world would die to have him as their husband. But am I glad that Fate had put jaslin and dave in good hands together, forever and ever.
During the dinner, I managed to meet up with more of my ODAC friends - Gina, Ginny, Kim Lan, Ah Hong, Aloy, Julian and Betty. As I caught up with them, vivid memories of us going to expeditions of Berkelah Falls, Mt Kinabalu flashed back within mi. I always believe that good friends are always met in the hard way. Though many had stopped trekking, the forged friendship remained strong in all of us. [eg, Ginny is now busy taking care of Carriane (carry - ann), others in no particular order choir, chionging, teaching, construction, HR, etc] You can see that wedding also serves as a centre stage for all of us to put aside time and meet up as purely friends.
Last, but not least, my most heartiest congrats to Jaslin and Dave on their marriage and I wish them all the best in their future endeavours.
Eng Wei, Chong / Yingwei
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