Wednesday, May 26, 2010

My friend Jee Lee's post on our wedding

I was reading some of my friends' blog the other day and saw Jee Lee wrote about our wedding on her blog.

Weng Soon and Amy’s wedding was simple and nice. I can’t believe they are married.

There are many weddings that you attend and you’re happy that you did. The couple seemed happy. But today, Weng Soon and Amy looked sincerely happy. They were so relaxed and just basking in the glory of a Holy Matrimony. They looked so happy to be married and be in each other’s arms. No stress. They were themselves.

It was pure happiness.

It was my joy today, to witness them being so happy. It wasn’t the service. It wasn’t the luncheon. It wasn’t the performances. It wasn’t the video. It wasn’t the pictures. It was just them and their smiles!

Thanks Jee Lee!

Short Messages from my family

Here's the short messages that my family members wrote and Andrew read it out loud on my wedding.

Starting from the youngest family member.

Ann

"Sis, thank you so much that you always guide me and help me through all difficulties. Thank you that you always be there for me. You are the one who always listen to me and always console me when I'm sad. Although the time you have with me is short but I feel that we still share our problems and happiness together. Hope that you'll be happy and 'xing fu'. Hope that you'll remember us love you always!"

Andrew
"You have been the inspiration for me in many aspect. And you act as a model for me to go after. I've learnt tremendously from you. Thanks that you are always there to guide me and gave me words of advices when I'm troubled. Thank God also for He has blessed you with such a loving husband! Waiting for your Ang Pow next year!!"

Alvin
"To me, you are like a morale support, decision maker, complaint centre, love issue consultant and lots more I can't think of it by now!! Whenever I have problem of making some decision I will go to you and usually you will not just give me straight the answer but you will tell me the pros and cons if I make the decision and you will make me think deeply on what I will decide later on. I love you so much!! Thanks sis. Lastly, wish you a happy marriage and thanks Weng Soon too for your willingness to adopt the monkey from our house!"

Mum
Dear Amy, happy that you've someone to take care of you in KL now. You're not only having someone as your life partner (soulmate), you're having an extra family members to love and care for you! So, love one another as God loves you. There is a saying : You're losing a daughter once she gets marries. I hope not! Instead, I'm gaining a son! Wishing you & Weng Soon a loving, caring & happy life together.

Dad
"I hope that you will always remain the same... gregarious, full of laughter, caring and very sensitive to the plight of the downtrodden. I think the saddest and happiest person will be me. Saddest because now his little Amy will set up her own family but happiest because she has found someone to love and be loved..."

Ahh... Tears flooded my eyes again!!!
I love you all and I will still be the same, the same dearest daughter, the same monkey sister!

20.03.2010 (3)

When I reached the Tropicana Ballroom, there are already quite a number of guest there.
I'm really touched to see all our friends who were helping us in our wedding.
They just did everything to make the wedding ran so smoothly.

I even have time to sit in the waiting room to rest.

And... Erm... Hehe... take photos... :-p

My best friend since I was 14 - Kai Loon and Chiu Siang, came all the way from Butterworth just to witness my wedding. They came into the waiting room to teman me.

Before going into the ballroom, I was waiting outside and I was freezing cold! Luckily Rachel Yapp lend me her shaw to keep me warm.

Walking into the ballroom

Nice backdrop. Done by Weng Yan with the help of Dinah and the team.

Don't know why I just keep smiling when I look at this backdrop. Hehe... Looks cute!

Very nice ballroom. Here's a good view of all the guest. 48 tables.

After the introduction, I immediately went in to change to my cheong sam. Thanks Liz for helping putting up my hair and touch up my make up.

Pouring of champagne. Haha... This part was funny. Both of us were whispering "Why pour so long still not yet finish?" :-D


Here's all our immediate family members, giving 3 toast by Weng Soon's best friends Daniel, Nicholas & Kok Choong.

After the toast, my brother Andrew gave a speech. He started off poking fun of me, calling me my family nickname "monkey" in front of so many people. Then, he ends with a short message from each of them, starting from my dad, mum, Alvin, himself and Ann.

Tried very hard to control my tears, but... still FAIL!

After the speech, Joshua and a few of our friends made a video for us. They have kept it a secret from us. We never watched it before hand. Of course, we were so surprised to see how much effort they have put in for the video. Really touched. But... the video is really FUNNY!

Our turn to give speech.

I made my worst speech ever! Serious! The only thing I regret for my whole wedding is MY SPEECH! Well... I was trying so hard to swallow my tears and control my emotional. This picture is the best proof. =p Everytime when I mention a person, then my mind flashed back of how much this person meant to me and how much this person has loved me, my tears flooded my eyes again. This process repeats for each and every person I mentioned! Tough!!!! Ended up I didn't really say what I wanted to say on stage and I also didn't know what I ended up saying on stage!


After that, we just have free & easy time, walking around talking to our guest and taking photos.


Again, my best friends since I was 14. Kai Loon and Chiu Siang. 3 of us were always together during secondary school years. Really can't imagine how my secondary school time will be if without both of them.

Sitting from left : Jenna, Joseph, Melody, Pek Imm & Juan See.
Standing from left : Chiu Siang & Yueh Ching.
Pek Imm, Juan See & Yueh Ching are my collegemates. They too came all the way from Butterworth to witness my wedding. It was really really good to see them though I didn't really get to talk to them much.
Melody is my GLO sister. We can just talk about everything.
Joseph, arhh... even writing about him here now makes my tears flooded my eyes. He has really been through a lot with me when I first came to PJ. He's the one person whom I really learn a lot from, especially how to love, help and be kind to someone. He's always there for me and share my joy and sorrow. He's just like my brother in PJ.

My fellow Toastmasters.
Sitting from left : Mama Joan, Johnson, Siti & Nazir.
Standing from left : Peng Yew, Christopher, Pala & Clement.
Of course I wished Lilian & Ee Liang was there too.
They were my mentors and a very big part of me is because of them.

My One World Hotel ex-colleagues.
Sitting from left : Joanne, Mus, Umi & Sue.
Standing from left : Ivan, Samson, Mei Hui, Andy & Along.
Most of us were from the pre-opening team. Still remember during those time I was very new at work (first job) and very new in PJ. They are my family. Really fond memories of them. When I was sick, Joanne invited me to her house for good porridge. She even invited me to go to Tropicana club with her (free dinner!). Sue will always sings in office, I like her voice. Whenever I was down, she'll just give me a big hug. Along & Andy who sit behind and next to me, listen to all my stories. I was staying alone so I have no one to talk to. They were the one suffered... hahah... Umi is like my sister. She shares everything with me and love me a lot. They are just sweet people! And I miss them...

My Sunway Hotel colleagues.
Sitting from left : Daphny, Ms.Chee, Mavis & May.
Standing from left : Wai Mun, Alvin, Eric, Sophia and her fiancee.
I'm happy to be in Sunway Hotel. I enjoy my job (even though they are some rare times when I don't, hehe... ). I am grateful and thank God for blessing me with this great workplace.

Our dearest Youths from The Life chapel.
Sitting from left : Alicia, Diana, Rebbie, Teresa, Joyee & Michelle.
Standing from left : Timothy, Serena, Peter, May, William, Philip, Jee Vern, Vera, Benjamin, Matthew, Hong Liang, Emily, Tien Mie & Cecelia.
We are both involved in the Youth Fellowship and I really had great time with them. I learnt a lot from them too.


Lastly, this is our door gift. An apple a day keeps the doctor away... hahah...

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

20.03.2010 (2)

On the way to church ...

Luckily we left the house earlier, they was an accident on the way and we were stuck in the jam for quite awhile.

On the way, I actually tried to call Jee Leng. Too bad, she didn't pick up my phone.
We were early, so we parked the car in the taman and waited for the "call".
JeeLeng sms-ed me, but I didn't call her back because my eyes were wet and I know I'll have problem controlling my emotion. I need to walk in the church very soon, I cannot afford to cry now!

The time has come....


This is our program sheet.

Thanks to Aunty Mildred and the team. They have decorated the church so nice. It's so much nicer than what I have expected it to be. It looks so warm and loved.

I got out from the car, only I realized I haven't put down my veil! Panic for a moment!


Here's my bridal party. Olivia and Kai Kai led the party by walking in holding hand. Kai Kai was so cute, he waved his hand like the miss pageant all the way. Haha... Mun Yee is my flower girl, followed by Wei Wei, the ring bearer.

The moment when I started walking, my dad actually whispered in my ears, "Cherish this once in a lifetime moment ya!".



The Holy Matrimony starts...

This shows how nervous I am and my dear dear calm me down. I like this picture.




We exchanged our wedding rings. I love this picture because of the background of my parents' expression. I cannot imagine what's in their mind when they were looking at all these ceremony taking place. Mixed feelings? I guess so...

Here comes the "Gan Cheong" part. My heart beat so so so fast!


Ahhhhh..... In front of more than 400 people!!!


I love this picture. :-)

Serene & Joel presented an item for us. A very lovely and meaningful song.

Our YF-ers sang us our favourite song from Michael Buble . Piano played by Tien Mie, Drummer Michelle and guitarist Matthew.

Really so sweet of them to practise so hard and make our wedding a very memorable one.


Su did a very nice & meaningful power point presentation for us. Telling the stories of how we both got together. Hmm... Well, the ending was a surprise... or should I say sabotage?? Hehe...

Erm, and I sold Weng Soon out by showing his very 1st sms to me on the power point! =p

We now announced the latest couple in town - Mr & Mrs. Yee Weng Soon!


To my surprise (and many others' surprise), I didn't cry! Haha... Knowing how "cengeng" I am, it's actually quite amazing that I can hold my tears.
But honestly speaking, I was just so happy. I can't stop smiling.
Instead of trying hard to control my tears, this time, I have to try hard not to smile so wide!

I really thank God for this wonderful man He has blessed me with. :-)

We took some photos with friends and left to Tropicana for the wedding lunch.
Sylvia was so thoughtful that she gave us a pack of food from the reception, just in case we didn't get to have lunch.
Aunty Pat, AHF members and YF-ers helped in the reception.
The ham sandwich is nice! :-)