Jacqueline, Eric, and Bingo
Well, I wasn’t disappointed. Not in the least. And I sure didn’t go away hungry. You eat pretty well when ya get 13 courses and food doesn’t stop being delivered for several hours. Even started with a barbecue pig! Made me feel like home!
I’m talking about the Wedding Reception for Jacqueline and Eric last Friday night. It was beautiful! The Hotel Shangri-La is exquisite, and the planning for the event was evident in a wonderful evening of food and entertainment.
The bride was absolutely stunning. She changed twice, which I am told is common at such Hong Kong events. And Eric was very handsome and surprisingly entertaining. I’m not trying to take anything away from him. It’s just that Eric is usually rather reserved and quiet. On this night, he was certainly enjoying the attention, and taking advantage of the respect being afforded him. He was a gentleman and courteous partner with his beautiful bride on this, their very special evening.
I was more than a little surprised about one other thing. I never expected to be playing Bingo at a Wedding Reception in Hong Kong. But, believe it or not, it fit right in, and was a good ice breaker for guests to share information about the bride and groom. When we arrived at our table, I noticed the bingo cards at several place settings and thought it was odd. Soon everyone was scrambling to check their card. They had to find me one, since somehow there wasn’t one at my place setting. …. Not that it mattered, considering I didn’t turn many numbers. But it was fun. ………….. I wonder if I missed any numbers, since they were calling ‘em in Cantonese!!
No telling how many pictures were taken by the photographers. There were actually two photographers, one for stills and another for video.
Emcees were busy orchestrating the activities from
assuring everyone got their picture with the bride and groom, through the bingo games and even a cute game where the bride and groom caught bread popped from a toaster between their faces. And then there were toasts. Oh yeah, wouldn’t be a Hong Kong or Decca party without a few of those. Not as many as usual but very good indeed.The biggest surprise of the evening caused a rumble through the Decca tables about midway through the meal. Not understanding the Cantonese, I asked my neighbors “What’s going on?” To my surprise, the response was “Malcolm and Mandy are getting married!” We were all in shock! And very joyous!! It started another round of toasts at their table in their honor. You see Mandy and Malcolm work at the Hong Kong showroom and main office respectively. Malcolm handles project management of our hospitality projects, and in such, I do a lot of close work with he and his people. Almost a bigger surprise was that they are getting married on May 7. I guess I don’t get much time to acclimate myself on my return trip from the States. I will now have to stay another day in Hong Kong for another wedding! I can’t wait!
I finally left after midnight. Jacqueline and Eric were with family graciously receiving the guests as they left. Eric and I recounted the time he escorted me from Dongguan to Hong Kong on my first trip by train. He was a great host then and a wonderful host on this evening too. And now he has a beautiful bride to share his life! Congratulations to Jacqueline and Eric!
Photos of the event can be found from the link to Eric’s Wedding in the right column. Amazing… I’ve now been to weddings in China, Thailand, and Hong Kong in the last year!
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 7:01 AM
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