I have officially stepped into the realm of marriage.

Questions varied from ‘how do you feel?’ to ‘where are you going on your honeymoon?’ to ‘how is the flow of the wedding dinner?’ made me feel as if I’m supposed to be a super excited bride. To tell the truth, there were only specific parts during the entire ceremony (day to evening) which nearly wrecked my composure. Wrecked my composure to where I would have mascara running down my cheeks in a good way but I held back because happiness should be demonstrated with laughter and smiles except for a special someone.

Moments of excitement:-

(a)      picked my hubby from the airport 3 days before the wedding

(b)     spending time with him on the drive back to Muar and up to KL again

(c)      seeing all my ‘sisters’ flocking one by one (or in groups) in the morning.

(d)     hearing the entourage of cars ‘honking’

(e)      seeing him for the first time as he enters the door dressed up in a suit.

(f)       serving tea to his family.

(g)      able to be my insane self during certain time at dinner (wasn’t all the demure and sedate bride – I would just be kidding myself).

Moments of serenity & acquiescence: -

(a)      me hooking my hand around his arm and he guiding me out of the room (after all the yells of ‘kiss kiss’).

(b)     he telling me I look beautiful in the room before dinner began.

(c)      he asking me if am I ready for the biggest march-in of our lives and telling me everything will be alright.

(d)     he giving a downright spontaneous touching speech (my heart melted at that moment and I really felt cherished and loved deep to the bones).

(e)      me sitting at the main table, looking around, looking at him, looking at our parents, looking at guests, and the notion of ‘till death do us part, I will cherish, honor and love you’ finally hit me – I am somebody’s wife and daughter-in-law.

I am forever grateful to my friends from my hometown, my TESLian friends, and my AIESEC friends for taking time off to ensure that the whole event went down in history as one of the most unforgettable memory for me.

I would like to thank my friends from all over the world in sending best wishes on that day.

I will always remember Maris coming in with tears streaming down her cheeks in happiness.

I will always remember my TESL mates coming in to greet me with craziness.

I will always remember my @ sisters smiling at me cheekily and in their eyes saying finally this lady is getting married.

I will always remember my hometown friends looking pleasantly shocked.

I will always remember Yee Fen voice over the phone, it was pure undiluted excitement pouring in from Melbourne.

I will always remember the feeling of waiting for him in the room.

I will always remember the feeling of rushing from one place to another – just to do make-up, hair-styling and changing into gowns (exhaustive).

I will always remember seeing my dear @ ‘tai koh’s and ‘tai jie’s during dinner.

I will always remember the hugs given by Janet and Gen.

I will always remember the Chinese-Ed Convent friends going out that extra mile to attend dinner.

I will always remember the HOT TO GO.

I will always remember the ‘try not to be serious, be more candid’ photographers and videographer.

I will always remember the decorations.

I will always remember KG and the Killer Girls – jokes aside, they really made the dinner super unforgettable.

I will always be grateful to my out-station friends who took the effort to attend the wedding – from the one who missed the flight, to the one who had to fly in on a Friday and fly back out on Sunday to Bangkok, to the Estonians, to Ceci who is super busy in HK. I’m forever indebted to you for not using ‘the faltering economy’ as an excuse.

I will always be grateful to Fong for going out to handle a lot of things for me. I will always be grateful to Alan for everything. There are no words to describe this feeling.

There might be people out there saying that I am in the honeymoon euphoria phase. The phase where everything is bright and rosy, where nothing can go wrong, where reality hasn’t come crashing down on you.

I don’t mind actually. Why? Because I know it feels like and I am going to keep that small flame burning throughout both of our relationship. It is definitely going to be challenging but one can only taste honey at the end of a grueling road.

For those who wished to see the pictures, drop me a line and I will share them with you because it that special to me and the people who made it happen...