AW & BK's Wedding

Following on from last weekend's hens party, we arrive at AW and BK's wedding.  The day started early for us women because it takes a lot of time to turn us hags into hotness.  

The boys arrived from some wedding door games and bargaining for the bride.  

A waxed leg is a experience men must endure in order to appreciate the pain of beauty.  I don't wake up with hairless legs you know! 

Our beautiful bouquets.

After all the fun and games and respective tea ceremonies, we made our way to the park for the civil ceremony.  

Making my way up the aisle.  My extreme high heels had me paranoid about sinking into the grass or worse, falling on my face.  

The gang at the rotunda.

Can't wipe that cartoon smile off her face! 

After more prancing around the park and more shots at Sydney's tourist landmarks, we headed to the reception for our banquet and partying. 

Our bridal table. 

Cake! 

Yeah, JT and I bringing sexy back!! 

Photobooth fun!  All I can see are my nostrils. 

Our tired feet receiving a well earned break from the stiletto heels. 

Aaaah with the rest of the Sydney gang around, it was just like being in uni again!  Good friends and good fun.  A big thanks to AW and BK for letting me be a part of their wedding and to JT for being a most awesome maid in crime! 

Hen's Weekend

JT and I rocked up to Sydney this weekend for AW's hens party.  I read a newspaper article which likened organising a Hens Party to herding cats.  I can relate!  We had to herd 30 cats/women! 

JT, AW and I began the weekend with a relaxing spa session at Panpuri.  It's a been years since my last dayspa session anywhere and I really enjoyed being pampered.  I can totally understand why Ladies of Leisure remain so!

Once we were buffed and polished, off we went to The Loft for high tea.  

Most of the food was acceptable but they served the worst creme brulee I've ever had.  It was runny - bleah! 

Pop! 

Afterwards we trotted over to the Astral Apartments at the newly revamped Star City casino.  Oh but now it's a bit more fancy pants and is now known as 'The Star'.  

 JT had set up a nice selection of antipasto and finger foods to get us through the night. 

Cupcakes for all the hens to take home. 

The rest of the night is censored because there a lot of NSFW photos out there.  To get an idea of the shenanigans we got up to, just one phrase - man slaves.  

The following day we got our artisan baking hats on at private session at Brasserie Bread.  Yes, instead of the typical scraggy pole dancing and life drawing classes of other hens parties, this was a nice mellow activity.

Making our own caramelised garlic bread.  Seriously THE nicest garlic bread I've ever tasted!  Yum! 

Making our dinner rolls and a fancy looking baguette.

No, not an S&M session.  While our bread was baking we were divided in teams and subject to a sensory challenge.  Winning group won a hamper!  My group lost :(

Afterwards, we enjoyed lunch in the cafe all to ourselves and played a few hen quizzes.

Then we collected our bread!  We were also given free reign to take as much bread as we liked from today's unsold stock.  If I had a good reason for taking more bread, I would have.  

Next weekend - the wedding! 

Kt and Mr. M's Wedding

Yesterday Kt and Mr. M tied the knot and well, I was in no position to take any decent shots.  I await in anticipation of the professional photos!  

Mr. M and his crew... waiting... waiting..

Mr. M later informed us in his speech he couldn't really see Kt walking down the aisle (glare from the windows me thinks), but it's a good thing that there wasn't any glare at the altar.... 

... otherwise he wouldn't have been able to plant her one on the face! 

Signing the official docs.  (Ok I pinched this photo from FB). 

Working the crowd.  

Nj_la and I had the task of guarding and accepting gifts for the wishing well.  The little door on the cage opened and we would pop in all the guests' card.  It was a bit difficult with the larger cards.  Sometimes we had to mangle them through the door.  We only realised when nearly all the guests had arrived that top half of the cage was removable!  *face palm*

Is Lymbo preggo?  You can't tell from this shot.  Hottie mumma.

Our table setting with it's red hues. 

There ends my photos of the night.  I had actually decided earlier to not strain myself because I was nursing a sore throat but well, that didn't happen.  I drank (only a little but it shouldn't have at all) and I screamed on the dance floor.  I partied far too hard for my relatively unwell state.  

Also the food was noice and being the pig I am, I ate some extra servings of food. *sheepish grin*  Good food shouldn't go to waste!  We made our mark our on the dance floor and I left hobbling to the carpark. 

Happy Wedding Kt and Mr. M!  Enjoy your honeymoon!

The Dog and the Chicken

Back in Melbourne now and here for V&A's wedding.  Set in Mantons Creek Vineyard, it proved to be a relaxing place to sip wine in the sunshine.  I even got burnt despite it being quite overcast :-/

Hello ladies!  Nice to see you!  More photos can be found on Kahuna's FB.

The vineyard also had some chickens wandering around.  This was especially stimulating for the beautiful Border Collie who spent the entire afternoon tail-gating one particular hen.  Seriously, it wasn't for like 10 minutes.  This kept going for a good 5 hours and continue as we left at dusk. 

It's so nice that the dog could be entertained so easily!  I *heart* dogs.  The chicken was so nonchalant.

Cheers to the newly married couple, V&A! *clink champagne flutes*

Neckie the Giraffe

I had made my forceful request for a Mrs Perkins giraffe back when Suboo first posted about her here.  Fearful that I would deliver my threat of stealing her, Suboo made the quick smart decision to become a surrogate and recently gave birth to my very own Mrs Perkins giraffe.

Yay!! Having adopted my very own Mrs. Perkins I decided to re-christen her as Neckie. She almost became Leggy but I think Neckie rolls off the tongue a bit better.

Neckie settling in at her new home nicely. She's made friends with totoro already.

Neckie and I having a staring contest. I let her win.

Thanks to Suboo for my new pride and joy.  Neckie will be loved addition to the family.  I suppose you may want to hear Suboo's version of the birth?  Click here!

Dru-Poo and L-Poo's Wedding

Now, here was the real reason for my trip to Sydney - Dru-poo and L-poo's wedding! 

Yesterday I was one of the lucky guests invited to help celebrate their super-SUPER fun day.  Seriously, one of the most fun weddings I've been to.  It was one of those days where you could feel make-up melting off your face and I sure had a good case of 'the shines'.  My lovely host YL chauffeured me to the church ceremony (she's the best!) and while I was early (15 minutes), I didn't think I was that early - Dru-poo wasn't even there yet!  Meanwhile, L-poo had so much time on her hands that she managed to update her FB status advising us that she was on her way to the church..

The happy couple.

The reception was at Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf and yes that place does bring back memories of a uni ball.  I had returned to YL's for a change in outfit (making sure I maximise cost-per-wear) and met up with a few others for pre-dinner drinks.  Stupid me decided that King Street Wharf wasn't too far a walk from Chinatown and with the sun beating down on me, I broke out in a giant sweat well before reaching my destination.  Ugh. 

Us and the bride and groom.

Num, num foods.  Seafood entree, fish or meat main and pineapple pannacotta... mmmm.

I can't gush enough about Dru-poo's genuine, heartfelt speech.  I would have say it was one of the best groom's speeches I've ever heard.  *sniff sniff*  There musn't have been a dry eye in the room.  AW and I couldn't look at each other for fear of breaking out in tears and ruining our mascara.  Dru-poo's Daddio and best man also churned out goodies too. 

The fun continued on with everyone (and I really do mean EVERYONE) getting up and dancing.  I've been to many weddings whereby the dance floor was left empty.  How sad!  :(  You couldn't resist the par-tay mix.  It was certainly top notch and clearly influenced by Dru-poo.  The live band Brown Sugar were awesome!  Their RnB covers were so, so, SO good!  I was also pretty proud to see that we Asians refrained making the giant-asian-dance-circle formation.

Dru-poo and L-poo getting their groove on.

Throwing the garter. 

The coolest fortune cookie message I've seen and my bonbonniere, a personalised drink coaster. 

The happy couple are now off to enjoy their five (yes five) week long honeymoon.  All the best guys!

Wedding at the Harbour

As a break from the relaxation that is Cairns, I made my way to the Big Smoke to attend the wedding of R and J (and catch up with a few buddies hehe). 

Judging from the photo below, could there be a nicer backdrop for a wedding?

R and J certainly spoiled their guests at The Quay with the food and uninterrupted views of the iconic harbour. Given that 80% of the guests made the journey from overseas, I'd say this was a pretty nice way to thank them for their efforts. Even though I've certainly spent my fair share of time living in Sydney, I couldn't help but be a tourist once more.

The view from my seat.

J's dress was utterly adorable in it's simplicity and tea-dress length.

Mmmmm...cakes.....mmmmmm

Cheers to R and J!!

Kt's Milestone

Kt was hitting a milestone, so what do we do?  Go to a bar and celebrate in style with martinis all around!

1...2...3...4!!!  Yes, we are proof that age is no barrier to cheesiness and lame posing.

Speaking of cheese, anyone up for crumbed-coated, fried camembert?  I, along with about 50% of the crew ordered this for our starter expecting a small portion ... not an entire cheese round!

But I must thank the person who thought of frying camembert because it was just simply delicious and not as heavy as I expected.  Excuse me while I give myself a slow heart attack. 

I ate the whole thing!  That is pretty disgusting when you think about it, but I was staa@.@rrrving, it was yummy and my red wine hopefully countered all the bad effects. *looks side to side*

I forgot to photograph my grilled salmon main.  It was nice but nothing significant.  But yee-haw, I was looking forward to dessert - pavlova.

J and I were a little disappointed.  It wasn't a proper pavlova - it was just two meringues and cream!  None of that fluffy egg white business.  :(

For whom we did not have a special cake, Kt was given her own special pav with candles.  Awwww... *clap clap*

We stayed until the music started going bizarro after which the bright glow of artificial light signaled that we were no longer welcome and we should head off to our respective beds.  Finally, I also must thank Kt (fanks babe!!) for her super-generosity for providing our nutrients for the night!  Happy, happy birthday babe! *clap clap*

Baoey's Baby Shower

Well our dear Baoey has finally fulfilled her long life dream of being an incubator for human life. Yep, she's preggers.  Of course all this means to us non-pregnant folk is 'Baby Shower!'.  Hats off to Lil Miss J for organising everything and providing all the goodies for the day.  She and I did immensely enjoy watching watching America's Best Dance Crew while cutting out silhouettes of dummies, bibs, nappies and bottles.

Lunch was planned at Cafe Cibo in Mamas and Papas, seriously one of the nicest maternity and baby stores I've been in.  They have the coolest, most fashionable yummy mummy maternity clothes! The baby wear and toys aren't bad either.

We set up our table with all the goodies ready for the fellow potential incubators to enjoy.  The Cafe Cibo staff were thoughtful enough to also decorate our table with star confetti :D

The baby shower gifts, all ready for unwrapping.  Our shower goodies including cuticle softener, moisturisers and jelly lollies in a baby bottle of course!

Our session at the cafe included an afternoon tea complete with fruit skewers, mini cakes and other tidbits.

Mmmm... yummy.  I didn't have lunch but after eating all of this heavy food, I was pretty damn full. 

We also had some baby shower games planned, the first being 'Guess the size of Bao's bump'.  We each used a piece of string and estimated the circumference of the bump in question.  Then each had to perform a baby-related charade.  Fun!  Good that hardly anyone else was in the cafe too.

The next bit of fun involved 'the bump'..... yes a fake baby bump.  It is especially helpful for women buying maternity clothes but who aren't showing yet.  Wow, this store thinks of everything!

Unfortunately for me, the constraints of my dress didn't allow for the fake baby bump to advance very far up my abdomen and as result, the bump sat squarely on my crotch.  I only realised that now ummm and ummm I must apologise to J for wearing the bump after me!  The 'baby' looked much more like an out-of-control tumour on me.

Leesh and J doing a much better job with the bump.  Leesh with the horizontal stripes - good job!

More games ensued, one involving identifying the contents of 'dirty' nappies *thumbs up* and sampling baby food.  They do come up with the weirdest concoctions for food - vegetable lasagna?!

A fun afternoon out with all the girlies!  All the best to Baoey for the new bebe!