Tuesday, October 31, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS, Kylie and Richard - Part II
Last Saturday, Kylie and Richard had their church wedding and dinner banquet in KL. We spent 3D2N there to join in the celebrations.
27/10/06 - The Trip to KL
We left home at 8am and took a cab to Novena Square. The coach was scheduled to leave at 9:30am. Soon, Matthew's grandparents, aunt and Mike's aunts and Kylie's best friend May and her husband Kelvin joined us at the departure lounge of the coach company.
The coach left on time and we were soon on our way. We actually passed by our home along PIE and Matthew recognised that it's Matthew de Jia (home in Mandarin). As Matthew was in a chirpy mood, it was easy to entertain him. He had lots of bread, rasins and biscuits. Mike read Matthew his book and he had his little doggy with him. Lunch was my home-cooked chicken mushroom macaroni (which I cooked early that morning) and he finished almost all of it. Yum yum. Everybody could smell what Matthew was having for lunch.
Mike and Matthew reading the book titled "Matthew's Truck"
After lunch, it was naptime. He fell asleep in my arms almost immediately as he put his cheek to my chest. It was peace in the coach as he slept for more than 2 hours. He woke up as we were reaching Sungei Besi Plaza Toll just outside KL.
Matthew was in a good mood and let Ah Gong and Yi Po (grandaunt) carry him, as we waited for Kylie and Richard to fetch us at the coach company. We made our way to KL Baptist Church for rehearsal. After the rehearsal, we went to Oversea Restaurant Imbi for dinner. According to Richard, this chain of restaurants is similar to our Tung Lok group in Singapore. The food was quite good and the service was prompt. Matthew finished a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, ate some chicken and duck.
Then it was back to Renaissance New World Hotel for a good night rest. Our room number was 921 on the New World Wing. According to my sis KS (who's in hospitality line), there used to be two separate hotels - Renaissance and New World - until dunno which one bought over which one. Anyway, I unpacked the luggage and Mike gave Matthew a bath. He was already over-tired and it did not take us very long to put him to sleep.
28/10/06 - The Wedding Celebrations
Matthew woke up bright and sunny at 7+. We changed into our Sunday best and made our way to the Temptations cafe at Ground Level for buffet breakfast. Matthew had a hard-boiled egg and a slice of banana cake. After that, we went back to the room to get our bags and made our way to the bridal suite (1719) at the Renaissance Wing.
After Kylie had her makeup and hairdo, it was photo time.
Matthew's two pretty aunts
Matthew smiling for the cameras
Then came the groom "on his horse" - a blue BMW.
Here comes the groom!
Matthew opened the door for Richard and gave him a kiss
According to Chinese customs, the sisters of the brides gave the groom a tough time before he could get to the bride. We spent a good 20 minutes having fun. The questions asked were (not in order):
1. Richard to sing a song, loud enough for Kylie to hear
watch a video
Richard sings to Kylie
2. What was Richard's first gift to Kylie? A Gucci Bag.
3. What was Richard's most expensive gift to Kylie? Richard actually answered that it was himself, an answer Kylie accepted. It was actually the Tiffany diamond ring (it's HUGE!).
4. Which secondary school did Kylie attend? Mike was actually outside with the brothers, but kept his mouth zipped.. hahaha... all sorts of answers were given, but eventually he got the right one - Anderson.
5. Which handwriting belonged to Kylie? We had a sheet of paper with 5 handwritings on it. Richard chose the right one.
6. What is Kylie's fav colour? Green.
7. What is Kylie's fav drama? Full house.
We had angbows in assorted currency - USD, AUD, KRW, Pakistan, IDR, MYR and eventually Richard surrendered his entire wallet to us, with money and credit cards! So with his sincerity, we let him in. Of course, there was a second door to the bedroom where Kylie was waiting. So the final question was from Kylie.... Well, the answer was good enough for Kylie to let us open the door for Richard...
Matthew was actually being entertained by his grandaunts, watching the KL monorail passing by below, while Mama and Papa had fun.. Haha..
The Church Ceremony
We were at church early, because Kylie and Richard had their tea ceremony for Richard's family held there. We went to the nearby malls, BB Plaza and Sungei Wang, to walk around and Matthew slept while we walked. We then made our way back to the church for the ceremony at 2pm.
The KL Baptist Church was recently re-opened on 1/10/06 after the old building was torn down and re-built. Kylie and Richard's wedding celebrations was the first wedding at the new building, making the ceremony even more special. The lower Sanctuary Hall has a nursery room at the back of the hall, where parents could entertain the kids during church. So this was where I entertained Matthew for 2 hours during the wedding ceremony.
After the ceremony was a simple reception. We then went back to the hotel to prepare for the dinner banquet.
The Dinner Banquet
We were told that, similar to the dinner banquets here, traditionally it would start about an hour late, i.e. 8:30pm. We let Matthew have his bread, biscuits and rasins while we waited for the dinner banquet to start. By the time the banquet started, he was tired and cranky and the 3rd dish, he wanted to sleep. Mike stayed for the banquet, while I brought Matthew back to the room to sleep. He was tired, so it didn't take me very long to put him to sleep. I watched Liverpool score 2 goals before falling asleep too. When Mike was back at 12mn, the game was over. Well, Liverpool handed Aston Villa their first loss, beating them 3-1.
29/10/06 - The Last Day
It was a free-and-easy half day for us. Kylie and Richard brought Matthew's grandmother, grandaunts and aunt to Richard's place to pay a courtesy visit to his mother. We took the KL monorail to Bukit Bintang, which was two stops away from our hotel at Bukit Nanas. The last time Mike and I went to KL was 8 years ago, when we were paktor-ing. There were lots of changes to the cityscape.
We popped by at Lot 10 shopping mall, just to walk around. Matthew hates shopping, so no way I could shop for anything. The only store Matthew went in was the TimberLand store, because they had a water feature at the window, next to the entrance. Then we went to the foodcourt for lunch. Matthew had a rice set with chicken and mushroom and finished 3/4 bowl of rice. Mike had a claypot chicken rice. Me? I just had the leftovers from Matthew's lunch.
Then we took the KL monorail back to the hotel to check out at 2pm and waited for the rest to come back from their shopping spree.
Mike and Matthew chilling out before checkout
I left the camera in another bag, so no pictures to show our short trip to Bukit Bintang :(
The Trip Home
Our coach left for Singapore at 3:35pm. We had to keep Matthew entertained for the five-hour-journey. Jigsaw puzzles, books, paper and pencils, rasins, bread, biscuits, playing peekaboo etc. He disliked the taste of cantonese porridge and simply refused to take any of the porridge we bought and packed into the thermal mug. So he ended up eating more rasin buns! :p
Matthew didn't really cry in the coach, but he was sure making lots of noise. We tried to keep him quiet, but it was almost impossible, given that he's quite a vocal boy. As there was some jam along NE highway, we only reached Novena Square about 910pm. By this time, Matthew was all cranky and crying and wanted to go home. Oh yes, and he wanted to POO! He kept telling us he wanted to poo during the bus trip.
Finally we called for a cab and reached home at about 10pm. He did his big business, drank his milk, changed into his pyjamas and watched his Baby MacDonald DVD. Even before the show finished, he was already asleep on my lap.
27/10/06 - The Trip to KL
We left home at 8am and took a cab to Novena Square. The coach was scheduled to leave at 9:30am. Soon, Matthew's grandparents, aunt and Mike's aunts and Kylie's best friend May and her husband Kelvin joined us at the departure lounge of the coach company.
The coach left on time and we were soon on our way. We actually passed by our home along PIE and Matthew recognised that it's Matthew de Jia (home in Mandarin). As Matthew was in a chirpy mood, it was easy to entertain him. He had lots of bread, rasins and biscuits. Mike read Matthew his book and he had his little doggy with him. Lunch was my home-cooked chicken mushroom macaroni (which I cooked early that morning) and he finished almost all of it. Yum yum. Everybody could smell what Matthew was having for lunch.
Mike and Matthew reading the book titled "Matthew's Truck"
After lunch, it was naptime. He fell asleep in my arms almost immediately as he put his cheek to my chest. It was peace in the coach as he slept for more than 2 hours. He woke up as we were reaching Sungei Besi Plaza Toll just outside KL.
Matthew was in a good mood and let Ah Gong and Yi Po (grandaunt) carry him, as we waited for Kylie and Richard to fetch us at the coach company. We made our way to KL Baptist Church for rehearsal. After the rehearsal, we went to Oversea Restaurant Imbi for dinner. According to Richard, this chain of restaurants is similar to our Tung Lok group in Singapore. The food was quite good and the service was prompt. Matthew finished a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, ate some chicken and duck.
Then it was back to Renaissance New World Hotel for a good night rest. Our room number was 921 on the New World Wing. According to my sis KS (who's in hospitality line), there used to be two separate hotels - Renaissance and New World - until dunno which one bought over which one. Anyway, I unpacked the luggage and Mike gave Matthew a bath. He was already over-tired and it did not take us very long to put him to sleep.
28/10/06 - The Wedding Celebrations
Matthew woke up bright and sunny at 7+. We changed into our Sunday best and made our way to the Temptations cafe at Ground Level for buffet breakfast. Matthew had a hard-boiled egg and a slice of banana cake. After that, we went back to the room to get our bags and made our way to the bridal suite (1719) at the Renaissance Wing.
After Kylie had her makeup and hairdo, it was photo time.
Matthew's two pretty aunts
Matthew smiling for the cameras
Then came the groom "on his horse" - a blue BMW.
Here comes the groom!
Matthew opened the door for Richard and gave him a kiss
According to Chinese customs, the sisters of the brides gave the groom a tough time before he could get to the bride. We spent a good 20 minutes having fun. The questions asked were (not in order):
1. Richard to sing a song, loud enough for Kylie to hear
watch a video
Richard sings to Kylie
2. What was Richard's first gift to Kylie? A Gucci Bag.
3. What was Richard's most expensive gift to Kylie? Richard actually answered that it was himself, an answer Kylie accepted. It was actually the Tiffany diamond ring (it's HUGE!).
4. Which secondary school did Kylie attend? Mike was actually outside with the brothers, but kept his mouth zipped.. hahaha... all sorts of answers were given, but eventually he got the right one - Anderson.
5. Which handwriting belonged to Kylie? We had a sheet of paper with 5 handwritings on it. Richard chose the right one.
6. What is Kylie's fav colour? Green.
7. What is Kylie's fav drama? Full house.
We had angbows in assorted currency - USD, AUD, KRW, Pakistan, IDR, MYR and eventually Richard surrendered his entire wallet to us, with money and credit cards! So with his sincerity, we let him in. Of course, there was a second door to the bedroom where Kylie was waiting. So the final question was from Kylie.... Well, the answer was good enough for Kylie to let us open the door for Richard...
Matthew was actually being entertained by his grandaunts, watching the KL monorail passing by below, while Mama and Papa had fun.. Haha..
The Church Ceremony
We were at church early, because Kylie and Richard had their tea ceremony for Richard's family held there. We went to the nearby malls, BB Plaza and Sungei Wang, to walk around and Matthew slept while we walked. We then made our way back to the church for the ceremony at 2pm.
The KL Baptist Church was recently re-opened on 1/10/06 after the old building was torn down and re-built. Kylie and Richard's wedding celebrations was the first wedding at the new building, making the ceremony even more special. The lower Sanctuary Hall has a nursery room at the back of the hall, where parents could entertain the kids during church. So this was where I entertained Matthew for 2 hours during the wedding ceremony.
After the ceremony was a simple reception. We then went back to the hotel to prepare for the dinner banquet.
The Dinner Banquet
We were told that, similar to the dinner banquets here, traditionally it would start about an hour late, i.e. 8:30pm. We let Matthew have his bread, biscuits and rasins while we waited for the dinner banquet to start. By the time the banquet started, he was tired and cranky and the 3rd dish, he wanted to sleep. Mike stayed for the banquet, while I brought Matthew back to the room to sleep. He was tired, so it didn't take me very long to put him to sleep. I watched Liverpool score 2 goals before falling asleep too. When Mike was back at 12mn, the game was over. Well, Liverpool handed Aston Villa their first loss, beating them 3-1.
29/10/06 - The Last Day
It was a free-and-easy half day for us. Kylie and Richard brought Matthew's grandmother, grandaunts and aunt to Richard's place to pay a courtesy visit to his mother. We took the KL monorail to Bukit Bintang, which was two stops away from our hotel at Bukit Nanas. The last time Mike and I went to KL was 8 years ago, when we were paktor-ing. There were lots of changes to the cityscape.
We popped by at Lot 10 shopping mall, just to walk around. Matthew hates shopping, so no way I could shop for anything. The only store Matthew went in was the TimberLand store, because they had a water feature at the window, next to the entrance. Then we went to the foodcourt for lunch. Matthew had a rice set with chicken and mushroom and finished 3/4 bowl of rice. Mike had a claypot chicken rice. Me? I just had the leftovers from Matthew's lunch.
Then we took the KL monorail back to the hotel to check out at 2pm and waited for the rest to come back from their shopping spree.
Mike and Matthew chilling out before checkout
I left the camera in another bag, so no pictures to show our short trip to Bukit Bintang :(
The Trip Home
Our coach left for Singapore at 3:35pm. We had to keep Matthew entertained for the five-hour-journey. Jigsaw puzzles, books, paper and pencils, rasins, bread, biscuits, playing peekaboo etc. He disliked the taste of cantonese porridge and simply refused to take any of the porridge we bought and packed into the thermal mug. So he ended up eating more rasin buns! :p
Matthew didn't really cry in the coach, but he was sure making lots of noise. We tried to keep him quiet, but it was almost impossible, given that he's quite a vocal boy. As there was some jam along NE highway, we only reached Novena Square about 910pm. By this time, Matthew was all cranky and crying and wanted to go home. Oh yes, and he wanted to POO! He kept telling us he wanted to poo during the bus trip.
Finally we called for a cab and reached home at about 10pm. He did his big business, drank his milk, changed into his pyjamas and watched his Baby MacDonald DVD. Even before the show finished, he was already asleep on my lap.
