Paul's wedding is finally over. As I reflect back, the whole process has been a mixture of waiting, occasional worry, some anxiety and ultimately a great sigh of relief with a big gleam of satisfaction on the face!
The wedding venue is in Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort by the Dalit Bay which is some 35 Km from KK, Sabah. Of the two key wedding planners who happen to be the bride and groom, one is based in Newcastle, Australia while the other is in Singapore. Other than a short trip back to KK early of the year to have a brief discussion with the hotel management about the scheduled wedding, the rest was all done through emails. With a fair bit of help from the parents based in KK, the planning did turn out well and the whole wedding and dinner went through smoothly with hardly any noticeable hiccup, at least this is what all attendees perceived.
Prior to the wedding, the "cool" bridegroom always has this to say when the parents showed sign of apprehension and worry, "Don't worry, everything will work out fine!". His "coolness" reminds me of what the Chinese saying "船到橋頭自然直", literally translated as "the boat will somehow align itself properly once it reaches the port!".
Still, the wedding was not without its drama. It would have been just another "indoor wedding" had it not because of God's intervention. The heavy shower forecast to come by 6 pm on the wedding day, 4 July 2015 never came. In fact the rain in the morning and early afternoon helped to cool the outdoor temperature to a pleasant level, much to the delight of the guests. The fear for evening shower caused the hotel management to shift the dinner venue to an indoor air-conditioned restaurant rather than in the humid open air. No worry of nuisance caused by possible mosquito bites. All did turn out well!
We have three children and thank God, they all have this uncanny and brilliant ability to select their spouses with whom to spend their lives.
All chose different wedding venues. My eldest daughter, Serene chose to have her wedding done in a chapel in a theological seminary, the Chapel of the Singapore Trinity Theological Seminary in December 2004. My second child, Sam chose to have his wedding done in an old Chapel, now known as the CHIJMES in Singapore, This was built in 1904, 110 years ago. My youngest son, Paul decided to have a beach wedding instead.
For our family to have two weddings within a span of two months is truly remarkable. Now that all the children are married, I am now truly a free man: the task of organizing wedding and preparing for wedding speeches is now a thing of the past. What a relief!
Delivering wedding speech.
The complete Lee's Family
The Lee's and the Lai"s
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