We got married 6 Feb 2016. This date marked our 3rd year dating anniversary, and the first day of our married life together. The wedding day zoomed past super fast, though it took a year to plan. Did wish the day could last longer!
The day started at 5am, when I had to wake up to get my make up done. I slept in gujie's house, which was daddy's old house as it is more spacious for the whole group of people that are coming. Carla (makeup artist) came and started working her magic.
Daddy was super quiet and i can tell he is feeling the bittersweetness as he watched me put on my white gown. Mummy on the other hand, was her usual kanchiong self, hustling everyone along. They covered my veil, as I waited for my husband to be to come and pick me.
I planned all the gatecrashing game, with the inputs of my lovely bridesmaids. The games were all planned to be things that JJ was either good in, enjoyed doing, or love eating.
Game 1: Charades
Game 2: Draw how you imagine Cassandra to look like in the room
Game 3a: This wasn't planned by me, but papa wanted J to do 100 push ups, and he did with his friends.
Game 3: Suan Tian Ku La (with all that JJ can drink- not meant to be yucky)
Game 4: Write down the values our household should abide by
JJ forgot to bring the bouquet! But he brought something better- a painting of me dancing ballet that he painted all the way till 2am the night before. <3
Papa mummy gave me a big hug before we left the house to the photo taking.
We set of for some photo taking at Tai Keng Gardens with our dearest bridegrooms and bridesmaids. The photos turned out lovely!
Church service started at 11am. I thought I would be nervous, but Pastor Mitch told me, to just focus on God because this is after all a service and a worship to God. It is not about me. He told me to be steadfast in the Lord. That really set my perspective right, as I walked down the aisle looking forward to praising the Lord and giving Him all the honour.
It really felt special having daddy walk down the aisle with me. I believe it is every girl's dream, for their daddy to walk them down. That moment felt like forever (also because I had a long aisle at Bethany!).
Pastor shared a very personalised message with us. He taught us how we have to remember to fear the Lord. When we fear the Lord (not fear your wife, he said), we will walk in the light of the Lord and we will be greatly blessed.
Pastor then married us, and we marched out with the entourage behind us, on the traditional wedding march.
After the service, we had our tea ceremony, where I wore my new mummy's old kua. She wore it for her wedding, and so did her sisters and Yunqi. It is so unique and stunning, everyone went "WOW" when I walked in. The tea ceremony was a form of thanking our families for being our best supporters as we grew up. The well wishes they gave us were very heartfelt.
After the tea ceremony, we proceeded to Four Seasons Hotel, where I removed make up to put on a fresh coat. Carla skilfully dolled me up, while I finished up my speech. I went down by 6.15pm so that I could greet the guests to maximise interaction time with them. Since the wedding date is 2 days before Chinese New year, many had to reschedule appointments to be present and we are extremely thankful.
Had 3 march ins despite strong advice not to for fear that the wedding will drag to 12midnight. Having the operations blood in me, I was confident things would be within my time plan, and went ahead. Thankfully everything went superbly well, and we finished up all the activities by 10.40pm. So 3 march ins, cued the parents and my first march in by myself, danced in on the second with little Joanne, and finally the conventional march in with JJ only on the third. 3 beautiful gowns thanks to Bqueens! A dance with my husband and another with my dad. Had my brother sing to the song papa and I danced to. It was just so moving and family focused- just like how I like it to be.
And finally, we bid our guests goodbye, and left for our beautiful suite. That was the end of the wedding day. We were dead beat when we reached the room, and we drifted into our sleep with the sweetness of the day lingering...
To J, I am so glad I married you. Our relationship in itself is a testimony to God's love, and the hearts of acceptance and love that He placed inside us. J has been the most supporting person ever, with his usual lame jokes (that usually only I catch), and his acts of services that he uses to express love. I love how we can predict what one another is going to say; it is just such a special bond that only marriage can bring out in us. May we continue to grow in our relationship with God, be forever sweet (even if the world thinks we are Siamese twins), we continue to do what we know is pleasing to Him. And being in love with my husband is something God likes too!
May we always love God, love our families, and love one another.
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