attended a church wedding yesterday...
though i am not a christian,
i quite enjoyed it....
it was very touching...


and somehow, it felt like for that 1.5 hours, i was living in a movie set
heehee...

it was a catholic wedding..
and it was very formal...
but the priests cracked some jokes and made everyone laugh...
there were a few hymns and 2 readings from the Bible...
one part of the readings caught my attention...

Love is always patient and kind
Love is never jealous
Love is not boastful or conceited
it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage,
it does not take offence or store up grievances
Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing but finds its joy in the truth.
Love is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope
and to endure whatever comes.
Love never comes to an end

i dunno how to quote the part where this reading came from...


the actual reference in the booklet is "1 Corinthians 13:1-8"...but i'm quite sure this part did not start at '1', cos there's another paragraph before this...

but anyway, the 'love' in this reading is so difficult to achieve...
because it's so easy to 'take offence' and not 'make allowances'...
perhaps, this is the kind of 'love' we all need to try and give.....

the priest said something which caught my attention too...
can't remember the exact words..
but the basic points were that there will always be pain when you love someone..
because when you love someone, you give the person everything, without asking anything in return...
love is sacrificial...
you sacrifice for that person...
and if that person loves you too, he/she sacrifices for you...

which basically means that we live in pain..
cos unless we are heartless and hate everyone, we will love somebody..
and loving means suffering...means pain...
hmm...
kinda like the buddhist teaching that living is suffering...but not exactly..
i'm digressing..
that bit caught my attention because..
there were always those time when i used to think 'if i find someone i love and who loves me back, life will be better'
perhaps not...
perhaps it means that i find someone to suffer for..and someone is suffering for me too...
hmmmmmm......
so life is not better...because it's not less painful..
but it is better..because you know that the pain is worth it?

argh..i'm confused..haha

but i guess that kinda supports that point that it's easier to be loved than to love someone?
so for all the people out there who are loved (which i think is almost everyone...)
remember that somebody is in pain loving you..so appreciate that love...yeah?
:D
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it's sunday...and the stupid internet is still SLOW!!
the earthquake is already over!!!
WHY SO SLOW?!!!
OMG!!!!
*growl growl*
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okie...a moment of pure fustration cos pubmed is taking forever to load :(

after church wedding, i attended my first wedding dinner without my parents
haha
first time i have to give ang pow myself :






The newly weds - Toni and Michelle



dinner was at Sheraton Towers..
and it was so yummy :D

getting dressed up for dinner is fun :D
and even more fun when i successfully braided my hair and it stayed for the whole night
haha...


tada! took me 30mins, but it was all worth it hehe


this is at the end of the night..and my hair is still wonderfully in place :D






what i used to keep my hair up for the night...



sabotage at wedding dinner..first time i see it also..
well...the other dinners i attended mainly concentrated on getting the groom drunk..
this time..
ermm...there were eggs...
and a very long kiss between bride and groom while the TTSH PT department YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMM...................................SENG!
it was good fun...and applause to the newly weds for being so sporting
*clapping*
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as the weekend comes to a rapid end *gasp*
and as the Internet continues to load at a snail's pace *GROWL*
it's back to preparing PGR and CPE...

trekking at bukit timah hill later...
hopefully i dun tire myself too much...
mercifully...
i am attending a 3 day course next week..

i need time out!