Roaring Forties

Weddings are supposed to be special occasions not only for the bride and groom but more often than not, they can be very memorable occasions for the guests as well. I can’t recall how many weddings I have attended but I have gone through my share of memorable weddings, sometimes for the wrong reasons.

My most memorable wedding experience was:-

How I spent the night in the Honeymoon Suite – Not many guests get to sleep in the honeymoon suite together with the bride and groom that why this was truly my most unforgettable occasion.

It was Alex and Ran’s wedding where we were loitering after the dinner because K. Lan was waiting for her husband to pick her up. We all couldn’t bear to leave her waiting alone, so we, KT, Gwen, FT, Casey, May & I waited with her.

Alex then asked us to help finish the barrel of beer which he had bought for the dinner and when we started, we couldn’t stop. Young took his time picking up K. Lan and he reached at 11.00 p.m. By then we were pretty high and Alex made the mistake by insisting that we follow him to his honeymoon suite. We initially agreed that we vacate by 12.00 a.m.      

In the honeymoon suite, one by one started to knock out. At 11.30 p.m. one of us slept in the spare bedroom in the two room suite. At 12.30 a.m. another one of us ended up hugging the bidet and refused to leave the toilet. By 1.30 a.m., two more were taking turns to puke into the kitchen sink. Only Gwen and I remained sober. By 3.00 a.m. it was clear that we will not be able to make it home.

We finally make it out at 6.00 a.m. and we spent the whole morning taking turns to calling the bride and apologising. No amount of apologies could make up for the rudeness of overstaying our welcome. But Alex and Ran truly have hearts of gold and they are truly our friends until today.

That was my most memorable experience in a wedding.

I have had other great wedding experiences amongst which were how I caught the bride’s garters thrown by the groom in church, how we had a beer only (no food) wedding dinner, how Samy Veloo came up and shook my hand, how I danced to the Bhanghra Music with Nyonya Chef Auntie Florence in a Punjabi wedding, how we drank alcohol in a conservative Christian teetotaler wedding or how I attended the wedding of a total stranger just for the dinner. But I fear all these stories would take too long and will be too long winded.  

Nevertheless, I have one interesting a wedding where we had dinner all by ourselves without the bride and groom.

Why?  Read On……

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Jun 1 - Time flies. What happened twenty years ago felt just like yesterday.

It was a Saturday in 1988, when I accompanied my date, WH to the Federal Bowl. It was there I met May for the first time together with Katerine. Somehow we clicked. After several group outings, after many phone calls, we finally went for our first movie together “Crocodile Dundee” at the Federal Cinema. Somehow the name “Federal” brings us together. That was the start of us.

I am just amazed how 20 years passed so quickly. We have done a lot in twenty years but yet we have not done enough. The experiences which we had will always be the special one thing that only the two of us will share and it is worth all the gold in the world. The crossing of our paths has also enriched our lives in so many ways and with many friends from both sides whom we hold dearly to our hearts. We have also made many new friends together and we have crossed many obstacles together.

Sitting back, I cherish the great moments and look forward to the next 20 years and the 20 years after that.