Rudely awakened by a now unfamiliar sound, ie my alarm, it was a breakfast of freshly apple juice and Nasi Lemak, (a rice dish of anchovies, veg and coconut flavouring all wrapped in a neat little lotus leaf parcel) accompanied by cucumber and lettuce followed by a mega quick round of showers and a reverse superman style change in to a full suit, which I would discourage anyone one from doing in 95% humidity and temperatures exceeding 30C at 10am in the morning. At least the 1.3litre engined Proton death traps the Malaysians call taxi's are air conditioned!!
We arrived at the Catholic Church of St Francis Xavier a little after 10.30am where my plan to play paparazzi was quickly scuppered by the air-con-less-ness state of the church. Alicia had to stand in and took some excellent pictures of the bridal party walking the isle as well as the rest of the ceremony whilst I sat perfectly still for the 2 hour service trying the stem the flow of sweat which cascaded out of every pore....
With the formalities over, it was a short bus journey to the lunch reception for the congregation where we waited and then greeted the wedding party. We wished we had been pre-warned of the machine gun rapid Chinese fire crackers that also greeted bride and groom, queue heart attack potential for the elderly and a wake up call for the rest of us.....Whilst the wedding party attended a traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony, Alicia and I took advantage of a generous buffet made up of a fusion of different nations foods including satay, noodles, chicken etc etc.....sadly no mini sausage rolls as I was hoping for! Alicia and I snuck out with her other friends around 2.30pm for a healthy 4 hrs of relaxation time for the boys, and hair appointments, make up sessions and dress changes for the girls for the evening meal.
Upon arriving at the One World Hotel we had pre dinner drinks and made our way to table 26. Despite earlier exaggerations by Alicia which suggested there may be 1000 guests, I was still impressed by the fact the hotel would be offering a 10 course banquet for the 270 actually invited.
The dinner was grand affair with music, dry ice and an MC to welcome in the wedding party one by one with the now Lucas and Kristy Kong being saved for the final entrance. As the feast greeted us one course after another ( accompanied by a free bar for the entire night!), there were different forms of entertainment for the guests which included a Chinese lion dance, the speeches and various toasts, a video montage put together by one of Lucas's friends and a mass Chinese toast which consisted of everyone raising the their glasses to a cry of YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM, and the downing of the drink on a SENG.
With the 10 courses finished and speeches and entertainment over, it was time for disco disco which began around 9pm. I do recall dancing and drinking some whisky but I am afraid my memory of the rest of the evening becomes very hazy around 11ish........I would be paying the price of excess in about 10 hours time....badly.
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