today was Cousin Ben's Wedding Day! it's been quite a hectic day for me so i guess the bride and groom must also feel very exhausted after all they have gone through. it's the very first time in my life that i attended a church wedding ceremony so i was very curious what it would be like. woke up at 7am in the morning.was woken up by my mum. overall the church wedding was cool. i guess i would like something like that for my wedding in future. walking down the aisle with my dad holding my hands. passing me to the man i truly loved and would give my hand in marriage to. watching Cousin Ben look at his bride full of love i could sense the bliss of their marriage. they are happy to have each other and happy that they have found each other in life. the church where they took their vows was St Andrew Catheral which was huge and beautiful. pictures will be uploaded another time cos picture tells more than words. we are the groom's extended family so we were the 2nd to take pictures with the couple after the church ceremony. i stood beside the bride and was worried about stepping on her pretty white dress. the bride was friendly and placed her arms around my waist. it was unexpected. after the church ceremony where they took their vows and signed the relevant papers we headed to Swissotel for the tea ceremony where the couple serves tea to the elders. we took the pink balloons used for decorations at the church over to the hotel as Cousin Ben wants to keep them for later use. As the hotel and church is very close we walked over to the hotel. As we pass by the underpass and Raffles City, many onlookers stared at us as all my cousins and i were each holding on to a bunch of pink balloons, i bet each bunch has over 10 balloons. it was like as if we were people giving out free balloons to kids. many came forward to ask for a balloon and we gave out some but excused ourselves quickly as more came to ask for the balloons. Cousin Ben booked 2 junior suites. the view was excellent cos we were on the like fifty plus floor i took several pics but i'm lazy to post now so perharps the next entry. headed home for a slight break while the others went to set their hair and makeup. went for the dinner banquet ceremony at 7.30pm..went in a tube dress..was super cold. sitting arrangements was a disaster i guess it's because Cousin Ben was the first among all grandsons to get married so it was confusing. my family was seperated. me and my bro was arranged to sit with our god parents while my parents took the main table. all my other cousins took another table. i was literally walking about during the whole dinner session to the main table where food is served first then back to my table. the usual yum seng session was fun too. it was like the first time i went up stage because of being closely related to the groom. i was given champagne. i took a few sips during the first 2 cheers and the last very long one where the groom has to kiss the bride for the amount of time we held the yum seng thing was hilarious! i gulp down the rest of the champagne left in my glass and felt a bit funny. the activities arranged were rather interesting and that leaves me wondering how my wedding will be like in the future when i get married. hahhas okay that's for today..more in depth details will be left for some other day and pics too!~