During Our Wedding Dinner

A New Paper article about a groom who fell to his death hours after his wedding reminded me of my own wedding day. That was in 2003 and looking back, everything just went past so very quickly. We chose 30 April to be the date of our wedding dinner as it would mean that our guests would have more time to rest as the next day was Labor Day.

It was memorable in more ways than one. During that period, the dreaded disease SARS, had gone full blown. It was quite worrisome as at that point, no one really knew how to stop the disease from claiming more lives. To ensure the safety of all our guests, Jac and I chose to set up a temperature-taking station.

If the start time of any true-blooded Chinese wedding dinner was to go by, mine was the epitome! With all the SARS hula-boola, we only started our dinner at about 9.30pm! But God's always good. With the impending holiday, the crowd continued their festive mood. Some of our guests, I understood, were even ready to party after our celebrations.

But there are lessons to be learnt as to why you should not get drunk on your wedding night. Of course, there are those who'd immediately think about the activities in between the sheets. But I promise you, it's not all about that.

It was pretty easy to keep myself sober as I don't club alot and have not drinking buddies. Moreover, it's a Christian wedding where things are kept quite civil. No funny wedding games, no downing of alcohol. I'd stayed sober to soak in every minute of the most important day of my life. So here's why you should keep yourself sober and not think that it's your big day, thus booze till your heart's content.

1. You want to remember the day. The time really flew past us and before you can say "Yum Seng", the entire dinner has ended. If you're drunk, you not only don't remember your day, someone might even need to take care of you. And that honor will most probably fall on the bride. The first duty of a wife is to clean up after her husband? Hmm.

2. We chatted the entire night. The wedding had such impact that we did not sleep till about 5am. My family members left the hotel only at about 1.30am. As we did not eat much during the dinner, ordered room service.

3. You want to enjoy a hearty breakfast the very next day. We were so tired that I think we missed that totally!

So to Ally and Joash, though it may be a long time more before you guys find your right Godly partners and get married, this is papa's story for you. : )

Surprise Visit By Ben, Viv and Family

Ben, Viv and her family made a surprise visit to Singapore. Nana had to go for her dental check-up thus their return from Hangzhou. Glad to see them back! : )

Ans yes, happy birthday to Daddy and Mummy, Gong Gong, Po Po, YeYe, Mama.

Ally Having Her Chinese Musical Concert

Growing Up?

Just sent Ally for an eye check up. She may need glasses. Oh boy.

MRT Card

MRT has changed their EZ Link card. My family is always one step slower than the rest. We had about eight months to replace our EZ Link card, but somehow, we only changed it after the replacement deadline, even after it was extended. Thus we had to pay an additional $5 for each card. Why? Haahaa.

Anyway, I think EZ Link has some teething issues that they have to iron out. When I tried buying the card, the machine "makan" my money and for a second, I thought that I'd placed my money in a jackpot machine. Anyway, this green card above happens to be the one that I'd to buy on the spot as I'd forgotten to bring along my EZ Link card. The cost of taking the MRT is no longer cheap - $2.80 for a ride into town. I think we really need to consider bringing in electric scooters, and also have lanes dedicated to them.

Today's the Day

I'm going to do my check up today. Lord, please allow the doctor to declare a clean bill of health. Amen!

Update (22 Oct: 3pm): I was given a clean bill of health. My suspicion of two years however came up correct. I'd gastric and the symptoms were showing - Acid reflux, stomach pains, sometime even cold sweat.

The doctor told me that I had this bacteria in my stomach lining - Helicobecta Pylori or H.Pylori. It has an interesting story of how the scientists found out about the bacteria by chance and how they survive adversity as no one would believe the findings of the two scientists. Once it was proven to be true (One scientist even went as far as to consume the bacteria to show the world how the microscopic thinggy can survive in the lining of the stomach), the two blokes nick themselves the Nobel Prize. So Hollywood-type of story right?

With that, the world will have less people who suffer from this type of stomach pains.

Learnt a couple of things from the reading:-

1. The strength of the acid in our stomach is equivalent to the acid found in a car battery
2. Brocoli is a good cancer fighting food

Anyway, Praise the Lord that everything went on well.

Ice Cream Treat - MOF@Sembawang Shopping Centre

Earthquake at Padang, Indonesia

An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the richter scale struck Padang, Indonesia. It shook my office building but we didn't feel it as my office is on the first level. My colleagues located on level 7 and 8 said they felt giddy and the blinds were moving.

God, please take care of the people in Indonesia.

Early Birthday Present From Jac

Jac bought this watch for me for my birthday. Well, not to waste her effort of looking for this watch, I'll put in my effort of running at least once a week. : )

Anyway, the entire set comes with a heart rate monitor and also a Global Positioning System distance tracker. So high tech right?

Earthquake and Tsunami @ Samoa

An earthquake followed by a tusnami saw the devestation of people and homes.

God have mercy on them.