i wrote it up somewhere else 
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I was at a wedding luncheon of a couple of friends today.
As like my great friend who got married last year, I'm still
smiling as I'm very happy for the couple.
He asked me to be the Masters of Ceremony for the thing as it
included the traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony for the couple to pay
respects to their elders, followed by the Solemnisation of Marriage
by the Justice of Peace.
It was a formal affair, yet it was kind of informal as the couple
are very easy-going and tried to make it as fun as possible. I
guess due to the pressures of their relatives, they had to have a
"formal" do.
There was a "script" written out for the whole ceremony by the
Wedding Planner but it wasn't really followed.
In the midst of the luncheon, there was a traditional toast to the
happiness of the couple. So us guys did the Chinese Traditional
thing for him with the loudass three cheers of "Yum Seng" (which
translates into "drink for success" which I swear was the loudest
I've ever heard in all the wedding banquets I've ever
attended.
*for the uninitiated, we yell and draw out the "Yum" part of the
cheer.. the belief is that the longer you draw it out, the more
happiness you wish on the couple.. then it's followed by the
"Seng"*
We could all see the couple was very happy on their big day.
I'm very glad for them. They are both friends of our group who
somehow fell in love and ended up together. We've known them for
about 10 years and they've known each other first as friends for as
long.
Mostly, us guys are over the moon because we saw the bride go
through a bitter and long-drawn out divorce which was fought over
more than 2 years. Somewhere in there, the guy comforted her and
supported her through it and love grew.
Now, she's with him, I bet they'll be happy as clams together as
they really seem to be naturally made for each other.
Well, for myself, I'm... still smiling.
May they have a great and fulfilling journey through life together
with much happiness and joy.
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and something else after:
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something silly
One of the guys was going through the programme of the whole thing.
He kept reading "The Justice of the Peace will solemnise the
marriage" as "... will sodomise.."
We kept giving him flak for it telling him to get his mind out of
the gutter. 
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