For me, today was a meet up of a joyous nature. Adeline's wedding dinner!!!!!
I knew adeline since 14. She was a very reserved and low profile fellow coursemate in this red cross footdrill course we both attended. We went through the same leadership course in sec3, and still i found her a shy and demure lady. Coincidentally she became my gf's classmate in JC... and so the link went on till today =)
Before tonight, our last meet up was during another fellow red cross friend's wedding dinner( so it seems that everyone of my age is rushing to marry someone haha....). Both of us were seated side by side, chatting about our love life...oh yes btw, one thing i have in common with her is our long running relationship. She was with her bf( opps its HUSBAND...) for almost 9 years.
I felt so happy for her( couples who get together for a very long time will understand how i feel) when i got an invitation via my gf that she's getting married. Simply proud of her.
It was an open air ( a make shift tentage ) concept wedding dinner, on top of fort canning, adjacent to THE LEGENDS CLUB house. Adeline came from a Christian background( and so i thought she had her church wedding ceremony in the morning), but i did not expect her to arrange the wedding procedure such that the matrimonial ceremony and the dinner to be held together in one evening.
Funky factor number one:
It was very obvious that she and her bf( opps its HUSBAND ) invited only their immediate relatives down. There were only 8 tables specially for them. The rest of the crowd were about my age group. Adeline invited only 3 of her red cross friends down, and i was one of them.
For some non apparent reason , i keep thinking that i would meet a few familiar faces for the evening ... Yeah, the feel of familiarity. Hard to find such a feeling in a traditional chinese wedding setting when you see tons of alienated faces of DIFFERENT generations.
Funky factor number 2:
The layout comprises of a main stage, with about 6 to 7 rows of seats infront (its like watching a drama in open air), with a walking aisle in the middle for the newly wed. The masters of ceremony were their friends. Oh there was also a background mini jam band, and my guess was, everyone working on, behind and around the stage were their church friends. As an audience, i truly felt that this was THEIR wedding dinner. Very different from traditional ones.
Funky factor number 3:
Since there were only 8 tables, the rest of the us had our dinner the buffet style. Food was good, a great mix of japanese cuisines and western cuisine.
I adore this buffet eating style because it allowed long lost friends to do their catching ups SO MUCH EASIER. No constraints on movement, you just go where you feel like going, and mingle as you eat. So unique rite?!?!?!?
In the perspective of the couples planning for this, they dont have to worry the seating arrangements, the attendance and the exact number of tables they have to prepare. I could always sensed the hassle whenever i attend traditional style weddings and the groom has to decide to "close a table" due to bad turn up. And as i mentioned, the change of menu from the traditional chinese wedding menus was a good refreshing one. No shark fins or fanciful stuff, saves money.
Funky factor number 4:
While we were having dinner, another stage located near the central area drew our attention..... Chinese rock and pop and ballads were sung,courtesy of adeline's church friends. For a moment, the cheers and yells for the young singers struck me as some sort of channel U's super star live performance, right before me.
To sum it up, its like going to a pub.. haha...
Some pictures to substantiate my opinions on the funkiest dinner ever
Sigh... couldnt take much pictures... was too excited just to see adeline happily married....
I left the dinner with my dearie with lots of cost saving ideas adopted from this wedding... heh heh heh.
To adeline and victor, i am proud of you 2. I pray that you 2 will experience happiness and joy in time to come.
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