Monday, March 13, 2006
I am home on a Monday afternoon. Was supposed to start work today but received news from Stanley at the last moment to make it on Tues instead. Turn out that he is damn busy and will only have time for me tomorrow. Seems like I will be the same as him once I start my work. Which is good in a way as my mind tends to wander when I have nothing on my hands.
Just had a busy weekend. Fri was spent rotting in anticipation of the main event on Sat. It was the wedding of Mr Stanley Yeo and his beautiful wife, Yanni. Well, they had actually been married since last year but due to local customs, they had to undergo the traditional chinese wedding dinner. I was the best man for this happy occasion. :) Will try to post the pics up once I get it.
Woke up at 5.45 a.m (remind me of my BMT days) and reached his place at 6.40 a.m. The whole lot of us (Alson, James, Benson, Ah Hee, Ah Ho, Guowei, Padi and of course ME) went charging to Tampines Street 32 to grab the bride. ;)
The easy part was getting there. The hard part was getting in. The bride, as usual had her group of sisters who were determined to make it hard for us to get in. As brothers of the groom, we were made to eat bread which had filling of onions, garlic and my most hated wasabi. Darn. I was the first one to eat (Bestman what) and also the first to taste their drink. Turned out to be bittergourd juice which is my most hated fruit or vegetable (what the hell is it anyway!!??!!) ever. We spent quite an effort haggling over the price to give them for them to open the door for us. They were finally duped into accepting an amount much lower than what Stanley had planned. You should know what to do with the money u had saved up hor, Mr Stanley Yeo. :P
Rushed to Guowei's home to do up a slideshow of the newly weds using photos that were just taken in the morning. The end product was quite ok considering that we are no pros and also the short time that we had to do it. Set everything up at the restuarant before ushering the guests in. The wedding dinner finally started at around 9 (when the invitation had stated clearly that it will start at 7.30!!)
After all the hassles that the couple had went through, it makes me wonder if it is worth the effort. To me, a wedding is something special that I would like to share with my wife and loved ones. No need to raise a big hoo ha over it. Asking friends of your parents and some Tom, Dick and Harry that you hadn't seen in ages simply do not fit in with me. The money and effort spent can be better put to use for a romantic getaway. Places in Europe come to mind. If it was down to me, I would visit places like Venice, Athens, Rome, Barcelona, Prague, London etc. There are just so many places that I can visit with the amount of money being spent on a wedding dinner. What will come out of the dinner? A load of crap. Not saying that the dinner was crap but the only thing that come out after a dinner is just crap. No good memories or whatsoever.
Marriage to me in the first place is something that I only dare to think about. Never thought of doing it yet. See, a divorce will only happen when u are in a marriage. The best way to prevent is not to get marry. Marriage is a huge huge responsibility. Not something that can be decided in a moment of passion. I had always imagine how my future partner will look like. To be honest, never for once had I thought of the appearance. Maybe I would think about it when I was in my teens but now I realized that you can't use appearance to judge who you want to spend the rest of your life with. Character play a big part. She got to be able to understand me and vice versa. Understanding and trust play a huge part in marriage. The most important thing is of course love.
I got to love her so much so that a moment without her by my side is a toture. But something call fate always like to play around with you. The one you love might not have the same feelings for you while someone whom you don't like so much might love u so much that it scare you off. Don't know why I am starting to talk about this topic. Must be coping myself too much in my house.
Anyway, I sincerly wish that Stanley will have an everlasting marriage with his beloved wife. The easy part was getting hitched. The hard part comes only now as in how to maintain a relationship. I think I can't give them advice on this topic. I simply sucks at it. I am always screwing up my own chances. Maybe I am just clueless in love. Maybe I am someone who shouldn't even think about it. I am better off working hard and hoping that someday, someone will just pop up in my life and take my breath away.
Life is not about the amount of breath you take. It is about the amount of times your breath was taken away. Had you found the one who had taken away your breath yet? ;)
You can take a picture of something you see. In the future where will I be?
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