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February 24, 2005
a post for the family
it's morning here, the sun is rising & the coffee is hot. happy to be back in the tropics. the soft smells of moist warm air & lush green mtn's are becoming all to inviting as a reminder of home. the greeting of someone saying aloha to you as you land is island style for sure. at that point the 3 hour layover of LAX just melts away.
anyhow, in retrospect the wedding was a hit. as soon as we walked in ye's parents house the aunts had hot plates of home cooked vietnamese food ready to go. so good to be eating classic meals. as well as eating special dishes that are prepared for the festivities.
from there about 15 of the cousins & wedding party headed out to a disney land resort for some karyoke, sushi & drinking. since many of the group is from montreal of course they speak fluent french, not to mention vietnamese & english as well. so the conversations were all over the place & fun to try to keep up with.
once the drinks started flowing it was karyoke time. lots of great voices were let out of the bag. some of the highlights were the girls singing "you've lost that loving feeling", the boys singing "my girl" & the dark horse of the night to take the cake was ye's cousin Kim or staged named for the night "Kim Chee" who did a great number from frank sanatra & recevied a standing ovation from the entire bar. come to find out though he was a ringer & has a rock'n roll indie band in montreal.
there were other great acts within our group but the photos are blurry. could have been the shooters? could have been the lighting? ....um yeah...lets go with the lighting as the fault and not user error. ;->
friday night was the wedding rehearsal & then the dinner. more food & drinking! infact i think it was a 7 course meal.
saturday morning brought on the wedding day last minute madness! (flowers for the mens suits, table arrangements, alter preparations, gifts for the spirits, last minute bride adjustments)
many of people coming over for the traditional cermony at the house, maybe about a hundred in all? it was great to see the event unfold. so many great dresses & customs to be followed. not to mention tons of pictures 1, 2, good homecooked food & longneck buds to go around.
once this calmed down we headed over to the wedding site to set up. the cermony was beautiful & everyone looked great. of course like every other wedding all the details fell together as the last minute. then the 7 couse meal was served, bar was open & the music was on. the rest of the night was consumed with laughing, smiles, eating, cheering, toasting, getting drunk, dancing, singing & more repeating of all the mentioned above.
more photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
twas a great time had by all
Posted by Single Fin at February 24, 2005 01:14 AM
Comments
Aloha Corey and Ye!
Your website rocks...and I love all the pics from the wedding. First and foremost Steve and I want to thank you and Ye for running around and taking care of last minute errands for us!!! You two really mean alot to us...we love and appreciate you guys! When you get a chance will you send all your pics that you have to Steve please? He wants to put together a slide show.
P.S.
You should look into photography as a side business!
Love,
Steve and Aidi Tamura
Posted by: Mrs. Aidi Tamura at February 28, 2005 10:37 AM
I love you all, keeping good work !
Posted by: T. NGUYEN at March 1, 2005 12:54 AM
gaahhhh wish I was there =__=" anyways just to say that I took one picture for my site =P...maybe another one with Lam, Duc and kim with beer . hehe thanks! Gee what do you guys work on?? You guys always post like it is your job or something haha ....
Posted by: thuymi at March 2, 2005 08:54 PM