This is my first time being part of the wedding although previously i have been involve with some other wedding but never a front role in a wedding.
Morning woke up around 5.30/6am to prepare and get to the groom's house so that we can set off together to Mantin to pick the bride.
Fast forward to when we set off and on the road, all the 7 cars (Bridal car + 4 Brother's car + Co-coordinator's car + Camera/ Videographer's car) had their hazard light on, convoying almost all the way down. I know it is dangerous because we are still moving, but because the bridal shop only remembered to deco the bridal car and afterwards forgot to pass the same red ribbons to be tied for the other cars.
Reach the house, of course is horn all the way to the house la :)
The first game was to guess which feet, hand picture belongs to the bride. After that was guessing which perfume does the bride use. Losing any of the 'round' was rewarded a cup of green drink with alot of fiber in it, initially we thought was some grass or donno what the bridemaids mix (after that they said is
Blend bitter gourd including the seeds!!). Next game was passing the long long spaghetti without using hands, just passing from mouth to mouth, and in the end would be 1 inch long (meaning u would have to eat when passing lo). The losing team was rewarded with
Wasabi on Cream cracker. But it was eventually shared out among all of the brother's.
Next was someone had to eat the banana that was dangling from the basketball net. FYI, the banana is who fruit with the skin still on. The person (who happens to be the blood brother of the groom) had to eat using his mouth only, meaning eat the whole banana with the skin!
Next was passing the ice from one leg to another. And the reward to that was eating
Lemon (which was super sour), luckily this didn't come with a twist.
After all the Bitter, Spicy, Sour, we was given
Honey drink.
Next was finding the house key to open the door from a bracket of ice water using only the legs. There was 3 keys inside, so had to get the right key.
After that was Groom and Bride meet *Yahoo mission accomplish*
While playing the games, the bride was watching all this via Facetime on the Ipad (one outside to provide the live-telecast).
Traditional Chinese wedding would have 4 flavors:
Lemon (Sour)
Pure Honey (Sweet)
Blend bitter gourd juice (Bitter)
Wasabi on Cream crackers (Spicy)
After retrieving the bride, we headed to the back of the house to take some artistic shots, 'Thank You' photos and videos. One of it was a video of us (Bridesmaid and Groomsmen) chasing after the camera with out alphabets.
While they was having the tea ceremony, we had our brunch and started packing the stuff that is needed back in KL.
Fast forward to church decoration. The pews was decorated and there was 6 beautifully arranged flowers on the alter.
Bridal march was to the song of 'In dreams' from Lord of the Ring. The march in order: Flower girl -> Couple 1 -> Couple 2 -> Couple 3 -> Maid of Honor -> Bride and her Father.
I tell you, it can make people so nervous when u have so many pair of eyes on you while walking down the. The couple 1, 2, 3 above comprises of one Groomsmen and one Bridesmaid forming one pair each.
Fast forward to the the wedding dinner. It was set in a Garden wedding dinner setting. It was beautifully done and the weather was superb, It was not too hot nor raining.The usual things at wedding was done. One of the special game played was bursting the balloon and playing the dare inside it. Example of dare was pinching someone and telling them that they are cute; singing a love song to few ladies; Professing their love from one end to the other, "Chocolate is my favorite, but You are also my favorite"
The more fun part was what i call the 'after party' where the Bridesmaid, Groomsmen and several other closer friends gather in their suite and gave them a surprise. First was making them eat a red apple without using their hands, just using the pair of mouth and making a visible ring of eaten mark around the apple. Next was a green apple (which is rounder and smoother), which is more challenging. Both rounds they did very well by co-coordinating who eats and who bites to hold on to the apple and avoid it from falling. Those around was well impress with their skills and how they work together. The final fruit challenge was eating banana without hands (of course still with the skin on), which they had to bite/ eat from both ends of the banana. Well Done.
We also played the shoe & heels game. Each person had one heel and one shoe each. They would use either the heel or shoe to answer the question. Some was easy, while some was harder. Some of the question reveals that they thought their partner would do (but it was all for laughter).
The final surprise for the couple was we Filled the Whole bathroom with balloons (about 100 of them to be exact). The couple liked what we did to surprise them, it was a truly memorable for them.
Happy Wedding Henry & Jacqueline.
Wishing both of you a wonderful journey as you build your new life together.
