the words really hit right on!!
well, this cousin of mine..
whom i remember we played for quite some time and were rather close for a period of time until..
one day..
she made the decision to go australia..
and we never play again..
the bond we once shared..
the path that i almost took..
all seem so real to me on that fateful day..
it all came back..
with no warning at all..
hit me hard at the back of my mind while enjoying this joyous occasion.
so on that friday(last lastone),
after my work.. i went back home to nap for awhile and took a taxi to the hotel where the reception will be held.
it's a reception not a wedding dinner, i must say.
cos this is their third wedding reception!
and i must say this is a very different wedding dinner that i have been to.
i love this small gathering.
i love this cosyness.
i love the way everyone is so happy to celebrate, to reunion and to love.
the only upseting part is the taxi uncle bring us to the wrong hotel.. make me walk in my heels! @.@
but in a way.. i must thank the uncle.
he brought us to mandarin marina.. the new posh hotel.. and when we realise that we were suppose to be at mandarin oriental.. i was like.. Ahh.. that lok cock one.. abit disappointed. Seriously, the exterior is really sad and i am having high hopes that it will be at a posh hotel so u cant blame for being disappointed. BUT my perception of it changed immediately when i reached the hotel. i feel intimidated to some extent! the hotel is good in the meat but not at the shell! SUPER POSH LA.
the reception was a small affair. 10 tables. not alot. Families, relatives, friends. Parents friends and etc. we were very early for the dinner.. but we came early for a reason. The tea ceremony..
so oriental. I like..
toast to my parents for the acknowledgement of this new nephew
this guy is the coolest guy over there. He is not tt cool. It's his camera.
*please pardon the pics! my camera is bad at lowly lighted place. this gives me all the more reason to change camera! :p*
the couple! the groom looks good right?! i like this kind of look. Professional and clean.
*i am not implying.. he is the sort i always fantasize. but reality is always reality right?! :p*
after the tea ceremony.. the families can sit down and chat chat.. there's a special counter outside the suite where they will bring in drinks and small-bites for everyone. I felt like i am in a ball.. A real BALL.
this is the outside which i talked about.. Feels good! the ambience is just right. I like this kind of place!
boi like this. i quite like it too.. its just random shot.. din meant to get it right. Am satisfied of how it had turned out. :)
at the toilet with mama! she is my camwhored partner for that day! Too bad my camera is bad at night shot and my dad's good canon died because my stupid bro forgot to charged,if not i could have tons of pics with mama.
the first wishing that my dad wrote. my cousin's husband(the bride's sister) helped me get the lighting right. GRateFul!
and so i was called to be a flower vase!
hahaha
to tell the guests their seats.
but the fact is.. my aunt, uncle and the couple is outside to tell the guests their seats.
so i and my younger cousin just sat there and smile~
occasionally, spotting names before my aunt telling the guests their seats.
its like an international affair. a very bespectable guy came running to hug my aunt and give her freshly bake mooncake from hongkong. AWW.. so sweet! And i can feel that he is loaded so is his gal. but yup.. there are like ppl from hk and malaysia attending the wedding. so it feels to me it is like calling their friends in asia to join. Oh yah.. the groom was an Australian-chinese. He was born in malaysia(that explains the people coming from malaysia) and after his dad past away when he was 4, his mum brought him n his bro to australia to stay. Everyone has his story. isnt it. And i cant help but respect the mum and the groom. :)
the dinner. i was seated with my cousin kids! GREAT. i have the other 2 cousin and my bro with me.. But yah.. hahaha.. the adult cousin was seated with my parents. I do not know why the arrangement.. but yah.. quite nice!
{the only bad thing is that the waitress that served our table is lousy. I am upset that such a reputable hotel will enploy such employee. but yeap.. she just suck. if i was there for a dinner.. i would surely call for the manager. i have never see such lazy shit before. so what if she is serving a table for kids. She do not have the reason or right to assume that kids dun eat and wants to clear the dish everytime or do not want to serve the kid if they are missing from their seats! even my cousin cant stand her. She is just plain lazy i must say! Is there a standard for mandarin oriental? The more i think about it.. the more angry i got!}
well, putting this aside.. yup.. the dinner! not a bad one! but i dun really like the food. mama thinks its not bad.. perhaps, that waitress made me boil! :p
my aunt with her grandchild..
the hall..
the food
at the thrid dish.. there is a video showing.. It's the video of my cousin actual wedding at australia. I got touched. I saw the happy photos. I saw the simple family gathering. I saw australia.. I cant help but feel really happy for my cousin. She is what she is today. Cos she choose her dream.
and so my uncle's speech explains my cousin's sudden disappearance.
after her A level, she got accepted by a local uni. but not to the course she wanted.
she told her dad, she wants to go australia like her sister to pursue what she likes despite her mother objection. but being the understanding father. he allows her to choose. And so she choose her path. She follows her dream. And off she went, at the age of 18 to australia. Afterwhich, she did not come back. I do not know why.. but i came to know now. She did want to come back but due to the bad market in Singapore, she had no choice but to make another choice again. To stay in Australia to work or come back struggling to find a job. She made another decision of her life again and that is to stay. And with this, she got herself a good company(i heard) and got to know her bf who is now her husband. This is her decisions that lead her to what she is today. Successful, loved, happy and fulfilled. 10 years.. that's how long my memory do not have pictures of us together. i heart her courage!
on such a joyous occasion where everyone should give her her blessing. she came to me and said a goodnight that is so sweet that i cant help but want to follow it.
i missed it once.. but i am not going to let go it this time.
I am going to follow my dream.
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