You do my chores, I give you presents, and we leave each other alone. Deal.
One exercise we did during the marriage prep class was finding out our love language.
B: What’s yours?
F: Acts of service.
B: So lazy.
F: What’s yours?
B: Gifts.
F: So cheapskate. What’s your lowest?
B: Quality time. Yours?
F: Same. No wonder I never miss you.
B: Yea. No wonder.
Brainstorming
F: Let's think about our rings engraving. I'll write them down.
B: OK.
F: "Put me back on" is a little too common. What about "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?", "God knows", or "Karma is a bitch".
B: "To infinity and beyond"
F: "Hakuna Matata"
B: "A whole new world"
F: "Beauty and the Beast"
B: NO!
F: No fun.
B: "Life's Good. LG"
F: "Sheng Siong, all for you"
B: "To God be the glory. The best is yet to be."
F: I think you had too much wine.
B: Hm. I still like "The best is yet to be" better.
F: No, I meant right now.
VIP: Bridesman - Vino
Who the heck has 2 maids of honor and 2 bridesmen?
That’s right.
Vino is another comrade from the MOE Scholars era. I couldn’t remember exactly how we became close but I assume we bonded because both of us were born with ice-cold faces (see top left picture) which people love to hate. Birds of the same flock fly together.
What I could remember vividly is the fact that I always feel very safe when I’m around him because:
1. He looks like he can kick ass.
2. Yes, he really can. Tae Kwon Do champion style.
Despite his not-so-friendly appearance, Vino is probably the most loyal friend one could ever have. And you’d never guess that behind that tough face, he’s very much an old-school gentleman. One who would go to the extent of opening your canned drinks. Benny, imitating one of McDonald’s local advertisement, once told me that I’m like McSpicy. “Hot on the outside, tender on the inside.” Come to think about it, Vino is like that too. Haha!
Trivia: Vino was apparently one of Benny’s students when he was relief teaching at ACS (Independent). That kinda shows how old Benny is. Anyway, since he was teaching students from my batch, hypothetically Benny could have been MY teacher. How hypothetically scandalous could that be!
VIP: Bridesman - Andrew
Who the heck has bridesman?
Me.
Andrew is one of my first friends in SMU. I still remember the first class I had in university happened to fall on my birthday and we were supposed to form a project group by the end of the class. Fortunately for him and unfortunately for me, we ended up in the same group. That was the start of him telling me all his Channel 8-worthy stories and me telling him to “stop complicating your own life”. And as his pictures show, his life has been getting sunnier and sunnier by the day. I’ll take some credits for that, thank you very much.
Jokes aside, I have to admit that Andrew is a very nice gentleman. He is the kind of person that would make sure you’re home safe. And the fact that he didn’t show the slightest anger when I was an hour late for his birthday dinner (twice - blame the traffic) shows that his patience level is indeed 286421x higher than mine.
To debunk myths that bridesmen are gay, Andrew is very much straight. Oh and that t-shirt he’s wearing, no he didn’t borrow it.
Cleo 50 Most Eligible Bachelors 2012, for real. Any taker?
VIP: Maid of Honor 2 - Angie
Who the heck has two maids of honor?
Me.
Angie has been my comrade since we were being paid by MOE to study in Singapore 10 years ago. Went to the same school, studied in the same class, sang in the same CCA (yes I was a choir girl, I could sing – past tense), shared the same room, ate breakfasts, lunches, and dinners at the same table everyday. We saw each other practically 24/7.
Then we went to different Junior Colleges and subsequently she escaped Singapore to attend university in Holland. Our own busy lives, time difference and all has reduced the frequency of our conversations to about two or three times a year. But have you ever had a friend whom you can instantly picked up conversations from wherever you left off, as if you just talked to her yesterday? It’s exactly like this with Angie.
I must say the best thing about her is that she has this rare ability to smile ALL the time. I guess that’s why everybody loves her. She even draws a smiley face =) next to her name, people think that’s her surname. One day, I tried smiling as much as she does and ended up having facial muscles cramp. Dangerous.
Picture translation: Friska without you I’d run out of pose…. That doesn’t sound right in English. Tsk Gie why couldn’t you make signages in English. Is this Jordan’s idea?
it’s exactly 5 months away
And I haven’t seen the first cut of my dress.
Can I give myself permission to panic now?
No, Friska. You may not.
OK. Zen.
VIP: Maid of Honor 1 - Cindy
We met 9 years ago and she’s everything I’m not. She remembered birthdays, she drew little hearts on her school notes, she called herself princess, she shrieked when she saw something pink, she got very excited over a sleepover, and she really truly believed in happily ever after.
Nine years later, I asked her to send me 4 pictures of her for this blog entry purpose. She e-mailed me those pictures with a note
I think it tells a good story of who I am..I am obsessed with the Smurfs game, I love reading novels, and I like to pretend I am a princess..hahahahha
isnt that why you love me?
Cin
Apparently, nothing’s changed. Cindy is rainbows, cupcakes and unicorns.
Sometimes I still wonder how I could even be friends with her. But she once said, “You need me because I make your life brighter.” Or as my brain translates it, “Without me, you’ll be a heartless woman living a pathetic clinical life.”
Darn right.
so unfair
One of the things that I love about my job is I get a chance to go for interesting stuff, like filming or photoshoot. Because then I get to see yummilicious beings such as this
I worked hard to secure him for my project so when all the details are confirmed and photoshoot date is set, I was beyond excited. More so because I was so ready to annoy the hell out of Benny and fish out his usual grumble “every guy out there is hot but me”. But just when I was about to click Print to show Benny a hard copy of this gorgeousness, I found out the shoot had to be rescheduled and now I won’t be able to go because it coincides with my marriage preparation class. SAY WHAAAAAAAAATTTT?
I’m telling you marriage is no fun. Even before you’re married.
My favorite picture is always the one with no face.
