Another buddy of mine took the walk down the red carpet last evening. Maybe it was time for me to settle down as well. Don’t get me wrong. I loved my freedom and wasn’t really into the marriage thing. At least not for now.

Marriage is the next big step in a relationship. It does scare me actually. From a boy to a man then someone’s husband follow by fatherhood and finally grandfather. Am I really aging that fast? Oh man, back to the topic.

We had known each others for years and I was really happy for him that he found his love. He was someone that enjoy freedom and live life one day at a time. He always told me that his wedding would be special and different from the others. Imagine the surprise on my face when he told me that his wedding would be held at Aramsa the garden spa!

I being the traditional man started thinking,”That was unusual. Which spa would be big enough to host 20 tables?” Chinese wedding usually would have a eight or ten course dinner in a wedding. Keeping an open mind, I went down on his big day last evening. There was one thing which I hated when attending weddings. I wasn’t sure what to wear. If it was in a hotel, formal clothes would be the choice but this time it’s in a spa. What am I suppose to wear? After tossing all my clothes out of the wardrobe, I finally decided to go causal. BB had a good laugh looking at me paraded my clothes after one another.

Since I was very late, decided to take a cab down to Bishan Park where the spa was. I had a funny feeling that the cabs were playing hide and seek with me. I was waiting at this side of the street but the cab kept coming from the opposite side. BB decided to cross the street and wait but once we crossed the street, empty cabs started to come on the opposite end. I almost pull out my hair in frustration. Finally a cab came along but he didn’t know how to get to the spa. In the end, paid almost $15 bucks to get to the park but the spa was at the other end of it. Crap! Took us another 20 mins to walk down one end of Bishan park to the other. I had to remind myself to cut down on cabs. I didn’t knew that there was peak hour charge on a Saturday evening.

By the time we reached there, the wedding was almost finished! The wedding was held outdoors in the gardens. Nice and cosy setting. Loved the place at once. It’s the usual Christian wedding. My buddy was so excited and nervous that he could not even repeat after the pastor! That broke the ice in the crowd. Everyone was laughing their heads off.

Not many photos taken as I was too busy feasting. The buffet was great! I had forgotten to take a card from the vendor. Who knows it could come in handy next time. It was a rather unusual experience for me to attend a wedding in a spa.

Any other unusual wedding venue that you had attended before? Let’s exchange some ideas.