wonderment

This photo was taken a year ago at Joseph’s confirmation and he had just proposed to Janice …

ONE YEAR LATER …

The day has come for them to get married!!!!

The anxious groom awaits his bride to be. The service started half an hour late because Jo’s parents were not there yet.

After an eventful morning, the bride finally reaches the altar safely.

They exchange vows.

Jo lifts Jan’s veil to “greet the bride” (courtesy of Rev Ng). Too bad my camera lags so bad we didn’t get the kissing part.

During the service, the couple thanked their parents. Jo especially thanked Jan’s parents for trusting him with her.

After the thanksgiving, Jo launches into his special item for Jan. We’ve been practicing this for weeks now! There was once where we gals were just talking about the wedding and Jan joked that she hoped Jo wouldn’t sing cos he sounds like a chicken being slaughtered. I nearly bit off my tongue to stop from spilling the beans about the special item. But as you can see, at this moment, Jan’s lost in Jo’s serenading. And no, he does not sound like a chicken.

And here are the rest of us extras.

They joyfully march out to a new life together.

Denise (right) and I were the privileged emcees for the day, ShuQing (left) was the Chinese emcee for the lunch banquet, and Val (bottom) was our pianist for the special item.

Angels we have heard on high! The gals from YA.

Huilin and Hanchuan … Indeed, they are “reserved” for each other. Hopefully they’ll be next in line? Hanchuan, better buck up now!

The Meritus Mandarin has this really cool banquet hall on the 35th floor. When you first step into it, you feel like you’re in some Victorian English cross Indian palace place. The place is terraced and so no matter where you sit, you can see the stage. It’s a private area built for about 20 tables maximum (we had 16 and it was somewhat of a sqeeze already) with its own bar area.

A final group photo with the bride and groom at the lunch banquet.