Posted on October 1, 2007 - by trisnadi

Wedding posts roundup

Thursday, 20 September 2007

By this time all our relatives and friends from interstate and overseas have arrived in Sydney. We had lunch at Java Restaurant (no need for explanation here) and there were so much food that we had to take home 6 containers of food. Can’t pick a worse time for having a feast. Even the girls couldn’t resist it…stuff the diet!

Then in the evening the bridal party gathered at Star City where we stayed the night. We were very impressed with the apartment. The guys’ and girls’ room are identical except for the plasma TV in guys’ room

Closer to midnight we strolled down to Coles to buy ingredients for the next day’s breakfast and lunch. Luckily Cafe 22 was still open and we were able to grab a quick espresso hit. We decided to prepare toast for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch.

Back in the apartment we had a quick briefing for the bridal party (the girls did their nails at the same time) and a crash course in ballroom dancing followed by prayer together. Once we were back in our room, Ken prepared his speech while I prepared mine. It was 2:30am and we knew we had to get some sleep.

Friday, 21 September 2007

The boys woke up at 7.30am and had nutella on toast for breakfast. Our first task for the day was to pick up the hand bouquets and flower arrangements for the main table at Ying’s place and drop them off at Doltone House. On our way to Maroubra we were told that the flowers won’t be available until 9:30 am so we decided to stop by at Allpress Coffee in Rosebery and get our morning dose of espresso.

We arrived at Doltone House at 10:30am and was told that the guest list didn’t add up. After 20 minutes of sorting out the guest list Ken and I literally ran back to our room as fast as we could to get ready. Back in the hotel room Hans & Vic were ready (Hans went directly from Maroubra and Vic stayed at the hotel just in case) and we quickly put on our penguin costume (err.. i mean.. suit).

A few minutes later my mum arrived at our room with Stuart (the photographer) and after some quick make up (yes, we had make up done) we were set to go.

We took some photos around Star City while we waited for our cars to arrive at noon. Once the cars arrived we proceed to Balmoral Beach for another photo session. Y and I got a Vintage Jaguar Convertible while the rest of the bridal party got to drive around in a custom-made Jaguar strech limousine for the rest of the day.

By 3.10pm we arrived at the Church on time. Many thanks to everyone who’ve helped us to set up the church prior to us arriving. I think the church service went well. Surely there were a few things that didn’t go precisely according to plan but overall it was very quick and simple. So simple, that at the end of the service we were like .. “that’s it? gosh we’re officially married now.”

Because we weren’t scheduled to arrive at the venue until 7pm, we took more photos around Pyrmont area and finally arrived at the venue at 6:40pm via a special driveway that led to the bridal room escorted by the venue co-ordinator complete with CB radio. We felt like celebrities!

The rest of the evening was great. We enjoyed every bit of it. There were so much food that Y didn’t finish her dessert *gasp*, and to think that they gave her both desserts to indulge on.

We left Doltone House close to midnight and then transported back to Star City. We were also given complimentary strawberries and champagne by the hotel.

Saturday, 22 September 2007

The next morning we had to pick up all our presents that were left behind at Doltone House (they’re too big or heavy to carry to our room) along with the flowers, cards, our wedding cakes, and some other stuff.

We then returned the suits to Ferrari Formal and had lunch @ bondi junction with a few friends.

In the evening we feasted at Hurricane and blew the diet stuff we’ve been working on prior to our wedding day

As if we haven’t had enough, at home we finally got to taste our wedding cake. We ordered two flavours: Mango & Coconut and Passionfruit. I really like the passionfruit one although both flavours are nice. The cake is moist and not too sweet. The fruity flavour goes nicely with coffee *yumm*. If you didn’t get to taste our wedding cake, let us know. I think we still have some (hurry before we eat them all!).

So, what’s the most memorable thing for you from our wedding?