It's been quite a few years since we've last had an excuse to fly in all the same time so it was an event all the cousins were looking forward to especially since we all live in different countries now. Ce Michelle and Loan's efforts made the weekend extra special and basically nothing short of epic. Dinner on Friday involved tea ceremony and then it was a pre-wedding gathering/dinner at Villa de Daun catering both local baliness food as well as a touch of Vietnamese food to reflect Loan's heritage. During this time, lots of catching up was done, good food consumed, Jason got to show off his sleek dance moves and Matthew gave us a preview of his voice... which he performed and sang during the wedding dinner.
Melvin's one half of an awesome brand, Song for the Mute and like his siblings... everything he offers is amazing. I'm just waiting for him to start a girl's collection so that i can start purchasing stuff. Lucky for me, he had a pair of pants i really liked on hand, and since he's so small, i could fit so not only did i get a scarf, i got a 2nd item from this brand too! finally....
our villa...
it was off to Conrad for the wedding ceremony, dinner, after party, and after party debacle
both the bride and groom looked simply amazingly gorgeous
after the ceremony, we all got to let go white balloons
this was us 6 years ago at Melvin's sister's wedding
and us now
all the boys have grown up... now everyone alot fatter bigger than me and it's just great that even though we've all gotten older, living in different continents, some things just dont change
unfortunately it rained on us, but right after the ceremony... so dinner was adjorned to the ballroom. the mc for the night was pretty cute but most of all, he did a great job keeping things light and entertaining while thinking on his feet. i do need to get tips from him for future references
but back in the ballroom... the weather definitely did not damper our festive mood as we ate, made merry and moved on to the speeches. as the best man, matthew performed wonderfully strumming his guitar and singing and a very touching speech to cap it off. the after party started with Leo, Melvin's latest friend which had a great story behind their friendship. Leo was the "basker" melvin had hired from performace school in Paris to sing Loan's favourite tunes in one of the parks in Paris so that he could go on one knee and propose. Leo came all the way from London to join in the festivities, perform and send his wishes to the couple. also on stage that night were other friends from the aus band, bricks of berlin... they too are my new favourites. once all the formalities were over, the bar opened and let's just say it was an epic night, i
these were photos mainly from my camera and i cant wait to see the official ones which i wouldnt doubt would be great.
even after a week... everyone's still sending out new fb updates on how much bali is missed and just looking through the photos, it was definitely #1 on my wedding ratings. the pple, the atmosphere, the cousins, the parents willingness to let us get absolutely thrashed, the stories of the night, the friends made, everything just came together so well, it made bali amazingly epic and even that doesn't do the job. after such a high, missing all these people makes life in sg a little mundane and sad. it will take another wedding for it to happen again and as much as i hope it won't take another 5/6 years for someone else to get married, i'm essential next! pressure's on to really just find someone coz topping this would be very difficult haha
to the new couple and my awesome cousins
xp
