Wedding Breeze

I doubt any celebrity can top Carina Lau and Tony Leung’s wedding held in Bhutan. How do you get the royalty to lend you their traditional wedding costumes and celebrate the happy occasion together in the kingdom? It’s supposed to be one of the happiest nation in the world, after the king announced that they will only look at Gross Happiness Index instead of how much they earned per capita.

You also get a famous film-maker turn wedding planner to orchestrate the event. It is almost surreal, like some magical movie is being filmed, except this is for real.

You also get a very famous singer who has decided to retire to sing for you.

You even get another royalty’s favourite florist to take charge of the floral display, with flowers air flown in for the décor.

You also get to wear one of the most famous bridal designer’s wedding gown.

You also get a famed makeup artist to do the morning makeup, aptly themed ‘Morning Dew’ to give a soft dewy look. I saw Carina Lau without her makeup in the Chinese tabloid newspapers, and I seriously think Zing is a great makeup artist.

You even get to fly your guests into the secluded kingdom just to attend your wedding.

You also get many young monks dressed in dark rich red robes to share the joy at your wedding, with the blessings from one of a very highly ranked monk.

So tell me, which other celebrities could top this wedding of the decade?

I sincerely hope they will live happily together. After all, they have been together for 19 years.

I so love Dempsey Hill. I think it would be great for wedding receptions or wedding photography! My husband took me there for a dinner over the weekend, and the colonial buildings at the former army camp made me feel as if I was overseas. If the weather had been a little cooler, it would really have been great as we strolled around the place!

We wandered into Margarita, a Mexican restaurant. The ambience was fantastic! The strong colours of red and blue were used on the unfinished cemented walls, with lots of colourful tapestry hanging on the walls. There were also a lot of still life paintings. The lighting was dim and romantic, and the vibrant colours simply looked great.

Service was great. We did not have a reservation, so we had to finish our dinner before 8pm, which was alright with us since we were there early. We both ordered margaritas, and I think it pretty knocked me out after dinner for I couldn?t walk in a straight line and simply wanted to sleep.

The nachos as appetisers were a little too huge a serving. It reminded me of the first time I had nachos at a Mexican restaurant somewhere near Las Vegas, and my family did not enjoy it except for me. Mexican food is slightly similar to North Indian food, except that the spices used were different. They liked to have a lot of flour items, mixed with other crops such as corn or wheat, and then wrap the meat using the tortillas for Mexican food, and naan for North Indian food. We had some pork item and chicken items, but I couldn?t remember the names. There were salsa and some other flavourings and the vegetables were fresh. I usually don?t like to eat raw vegetables, but those served here were ok. They were colourful and not spicy, so I think I prefer Mexican food to North Indian food, which tended to have various shades of yellow only. I wanted to have dessert, but I was simply too full from the main course.

Now, getting to the topic of weddings, the huge area inside the restaurant looked great. I could have a more relaxed wedding lunch here if they offer booking of the entire restaurant. People could mingle around and it would be a happy occasion. The only problem is I am not sure how many people eat Mexican food. I know our extended families have very Chinese tastebuds, so I think we can?t run away from Chinese food. However, if this is meant for friends and colleagues, I think it could work. I do need to get a Halal caterer as well.

I think I?m going to try the other restaurants at Dempsey Hill to see whether there are better alternatives available for wedding receptions. Parking wasn?t an issue for us, but there were really many cars. Valet parking is available, and they have free shuttle service from town to Dempsey Hill, which is just opposite Botanical Gardens.

After dinner, we went to check out paintings at a gallery nearby, and the paintings were really great, though some were really expensive. One ink and pencil drawing of the padi field with ducks and farmers by an Indonesian artist who nearly became a taxi driver cost $13500! It was really nice though. I liked a Danish artist who drew cute animals on the ark and cars, and one painting had a penguin crossing instead of a zebra crossing. Maybe these paintings could go into the children?s room. I guess when our house is ready, we can pick up some of the more affordable paintings.

Dempsey Hill is definitely a place we will go again soon.

I?ve performed at Victoria Concert Hall before, but I?ve never thought of holding my wedding there. It?s probably good as a solemnisation venue, since people will be sitting in their seats and can?t really move. If I do hold my wedding there, I?ll be tempted to sing.

The couple who held their wedding there liked the grand organ that had pipes the reach the ceiling. I guess if the organs could be used, the wedding march would sound really great.

For reception, it took place at the lawns outside. I think this is probably a good way to have backup plans just in case it rains. They can just have their wedding reception at the entrance instead.

I think if I do use this place, most likely I?ll use it as a backdrop for outdoor wedding photos.