The perks of being in Asia with access to a budget airlines. Fresh Air, clear skies, plenty of room service and a little bit of magic.
Monday 11 June 2012
Monday 4 June 2012
The Yips
Pardon the accuracy of this account. It has been close to a year since the actual event so the details may prove to be just down right wrong. Since arriving in Hong Kong I've been adopted by two groups of friends. The multi-cultural Hong Kong group, majority of these guys relocated to Asia to start graduate programs with the large investment banks. The other group is an extension of the London group, consisting mostly of Sydney based ex-patriots. From the later group, two University sweethearts decided to tie the knot in Thailand. To be honest, I was a little taken back that I had received an invite to the wedding, especially since I had only known the couple of a year or so. Not one to complain and feeling honored that I was invited, I booked flights and joined the group in Thailand for the destination wedding of the year.
This is where the details escape me. What usually happens is that if I'm too lazy to write a post (mostly, always) is that I will jot down a handful of memorable points to kick start the creative juices. For reasons unknown to me, I only drafted the following points: "Stressed about work", "Horrible weather", "beautiful", "excess alcohol" and "so much fun".
So here goes - I remember that we spent the initial few days in Bangkok, where of course we stayed at the Lebua for the stag-do processions. The wedding itself was held over in Krabi. The reason I was stressed out about work because in my haste I had accidentally forgotten to re-schedule a meeting keeping me worried the entire trip (this would come back to haunt me). Horrible weather, seems rather self explanatory, I believe it was the start of the Monsoon season and during our stay in Krabi we were presented with only clouds and rain. In fact the night of the reception was cut short due to inclement weather. This brings me to the next adjective - Beautiful, which is exactly what the wedding was, irrespective of the weather the ceremony was extravagant and the international turn out was sensational.
Excess Alcohol most definitely refers to the BYO efforts of the bride and groom. Knowing that the after party would be held in the private villa the couple brought over so much Duty Free Alcohol that come morning, the entire pool reeked of alcohol and our hangovers confirmed this. Despite this mammoth effort, the amount of residual, unconsumed alcohol was staggering. Most of the guests left Thailand with at least two bottles of leftover alcohol.
The last point sums up the entire trip. It was a blast and potentially one of the most fun weddings that I have attended. Congrats to the new couple!
This is where the details escape me. What usually happens is that if I'm too lazy to write a post (mostly, always) is that I will jot down a handful of memorable points to kick start the creative juices. For reasons unknown to me, I only drafted the following points: "Stressed about work", "Horrible weather", "beautiful", "excess alcohol" and "so much fun".
So here goes - I remember that we spent the initial few days in Bangkok, where of course we stayed at the Lebua for the stag-do processions. The wedding itself was held over in Krabi. The reason I was stressed out about work because in my haste I had accidentally forgotten to re-schedule a meeting keeping me worried the entire trip (this would come back to haunt me). Horrible weather, seems rather self explanatory, I believe it was the start of the Monsoon season and during our stay in Krabi we were presented with only clouds and rain. In fact the night of the reception was cut short due to inclement weather. This brings me to the next adjective - Beautiful, which is exactly what the wedding was, irrespective of the weather the ceremony was extravagant and the international turn out was sensational.
Excess Alcohol most definitely refers to the BYO efforts of the bride and groom. Knowing that the after party would be held in the private villa the couple brought over so much Duty Free Alcohol that come morning, the entire pool reeked of alcohol and our hangovers confirmed this. Despite this mammoth effort, the amount of residual, unconsumed alcohol was staggering. Most of the guests left Thailand with at least two bottles of leftover alcohol.
The last point sums up the entire trip. It was a blast and potentially one of the most fun weddings that I have attended. Congrats to the new couple!
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