As promised, this is the super-long post about our ROM (Registry Of Marriage) day. If you're a relative or friend (local or overseas), we regret that you cannot be with us that day (although we promise the customary wedding in a year's time would be a bigger occasion and hopefully many more friends and loved ones can join us then) but we'd like to use this post to share with you our joy on this special day :)
Our glass-top "love boat" :)
Anyway, the day started off early with Eric Ong (thank you sooo much for "kenna arrowed" as the driver of the day) picking up Tammy (with her best friend Hui Qin) and then me before making our way to the boat (parked at the Clarke Quay Jetty) where the ROM ceremony would be held. Most of decorations (butterflies, deco for the poles, rose petals etc) have been prepared beforehand. Fortunately Sally and my 2 younger brothers (Sam & Patrick) came down early to help out with the decorations (thank you soo much guys!). Sam, being Sam, kept entangling the butterflies but somehow we managed to put them all up in time. The chairs they gave us looks 10 times worse than what they looked in the picture the boat company sent us originally. Fortunately, Sally made some last-minute deco changes by cutting apart the dining cloth we bought and actually made the chairs look much more presentable!
Tammy's dad made the blue board in the background, while "stupid" (the yellow duck) sat patiently on our signing table.
Patrick, the DJ, setting up his gig with my Powerbook...
Anyways, Tammy needed to rush off for her make-up/hair-do so the rest of us finished up the job by around 10:30. After which, Eric Ong and me drove to Esplanade (where we'd have our lunch after the boat ride along Singapore River) to park the car there while Sally and Hui Qin joined Tammy and went about their "girly thing" (I think Sam and Patrick were slacking around somewhere in Clarke Quay).
By the time both of us made it back to the jetty, my folks were already waiting. We thought we had some time left to chill so we decided to get some coffee at the TCC near the jetty, but before we knew it, all the other relatives started showing up! And before long Chongjye (who's my buddy from OCS as well as Michigan days) and Yaohui (Tammy's friend who's a great photographer and helped take many pictures shown in this blog post! Check out his pictures here!) were also here. So we basically had around 15 people hanging around one small table in TCC with only 2 or 3 drink ordered :P
My dad and Patrick chilling at TCC while waiting for the boat boarding time.
And the lady is finally in da house!
The folks settling down in the boat.
One of the butterflies deco we put up in the boat.
My folks checking out the custom-made fans we made, on which we wrote personal messages for each of our guests (credit to Tammy for her idea~)
Eric Ong chilling out after all the driving about in the morning...
My folks looking good in this picture taken by Yaohui~
Yaohui, Mum, Dad, Gong Gong, Yeh Yeh, Gu Po...
Yeh Yeh writing his words of blessings for us on the Hello Kitty guestbook my dad got from Hong Kong.
Nicky joining in too~
And then Gong Gong...
My new "Father"'s turn...he's got one of the most artistic handwriting I've ever seen.
Me and my 2 buddies, Eric & Chungjye
Sam..obviously the guy who's "arrowed" to be the video camera man...
Auntie Catherine.
Mum & Nick.
Us, Nicky Ricky (btw, he's the youngest blogger I know!) and the oldies..
姑婆 looked on while 公公 set up his video camera...
Auntie Catherine taking a picture for us..
Yaohui...our main man with his camera..
Walking down the aisle:
And finally, with the arrival of Mrs Chia, our solemnizer (Justice of The Peace), Chungjye took the mic and started doing his emcee thing...and the boat started sailing along the Singapore River~
...while me and Tammy waited at the back, getting ready to walk down the rose-petaled aisle...
And we're finally in our positions...
Mrs Chia: "...face each other...hold each others' hands...look into each others' eyes...chung yeung, don't look at me..i'm married.." and I thought "No thanks Mrs Chia :p"
Saying "I Do!":
Mrs Chia: "I'm asking you now, Mr Cho Chung Yeung, do you take this lovely woman here, Tammy, to be your wedded wife, to live together in the legal estate of matrimony. Will you love her, comfort her, honor her, keep her, in sickness and in health, forsaking all others; be faithful to her, so long as you both shall live?"
Me: "Yes, I DO!"
Mrs Chia: "..Tammy, do you take this handsome young man to be your wedded husband, to live together in the legal estate of matrimony. Will you love him, comfort him, honor him, keep him, in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, be faithful to him, so long as you both shall live?"
Tammy: "Yes I will!"
Taking our vows:
This is to me the most important part of the whole ceremony because it is the most personal and intimate confession of love for one another, something that the regular "I DO" questions don't really provide. Anyway here goes:
9 comments:
Congrats man! I must say this is the first blogged wedding I've ever witnessed. All the best in love and life. Also, nice shirt mate!
congrats dude!
Congrats my friend. Awesome blog, awesome wedding...may the best things happen to u and family. =)
xiancong
Congrats!
Oh no, I'm captured again..
Congrats to you and Tammy! I agree with Ben, you've blogged it so well, I feel like I'm really there! Good job! :)
CONGRATULATIONS! :)
Belated congrats!!!
Gong xi gong xi Mike and Tammy! So sweet awwwww. May both of you live in loving bliss and God bless both of you! :D
Congrats! Nice blog, and nice wedding vow, you da man.
- joseph
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