Thank-You Note

Before AstroBanana set off to Bali for their honeymoon tomorrow, they would like to pen a quick thank-you note to the following people (in no particular order). Eric Banana was supposed to deliver the thank-you speech during the wedding dinner but he fumbled due to lack of time for preparation.

• Their family members and relatives - for all their tremendous help and useful advice in the wedding preparations, especially on the traditional customs and rites.

• Fanny Chang - for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme; for helping to transport the bridesmaids by driving (She had to navigate through a very bad traffic jam along Lornie Road); and for helping out to man the reception counter during the wedding dinner.

• Katherine Chong - for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme (She put in a lot of effort for the gatecrashing materials); and for helping to man the reception counter during the wedding dinner.

• Vincent Goh - for driving Eric Banana all the way to Sembawang to collect 20 heavy boxes of traditional Teochew wedding cakes (they must have weighed, what, 2 kg each?) and two traditional wedding baskets; for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme (in his zealousness, he even got into a car accident - thankfully, he was not the party at fault *phew*); and for helping out during the wedding dinner and giving the best man's speech (Eric Banana is grateful - although he did offend Astro Girl inadvertently by saying a couple of wrong things).

• Sabrina Foo - for helping to man the reception counter during the wedding dinner (she wore a yukata - a summer Japanese kimono - and got a lot of attention).

• Celine Tan - for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme (she thought of some funky ideas for the gatecrashing session - Eric Banana is still regretting his Trojan Horse, or rather Trojan Sheepo tactic); for helping to man the reception counter during the wedding dinner; and for being one of the emcees for the wedding dinner.

• Joel Teng - for being one of the emcees for the wedding dinner (he did a fantastic job, although Eric Banana wonders how it will be if he was designated to address the guests in Mandarin).

• Danon Gabriel The - for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme; for helping to take photos for some segments; for helping Eric Banana with the "ultimate surprise", and  helping out during the wedding dinner and giving a very nice touching speech.

• Voon Ee Huei - for waking up very early on the AD to help the couple with the day programme (he helped Eric Banana a lot during the dance segment of the gatecrashing session); and helping out during the wedding dinner (he was in-charge of accompanying the wedding solemniser prior to the wedding solemnisation ceremony).

• JP Phang Tai Heng - for taking precious time from his hectic schedule to officiate the wedding solemnisation ceremony for AstroBanana.

• Abbie, Ling Hui, Weijie, Uncle Quek and the nice folks at My Bridal Room - for all the great help they rendered the couple over the past few months during their wedding preparations (at one point of time, AstroBanana spent so much time at MBR that it was almost like their second home).

• Dily Ng - for transforming Astro Girl to a stunning beauty with her excellent make-up and hairstyling skills.

• Gilbert Chua and Simon from 9frames - for all their effort in capturing AstroBanana's most important moments on the AD (hopefully, the end product will turn out to be good).

• Eric Tan, Alec Tan, Wee Hao and the excellent service crew at Club Chinois - for all their advice, attentiveness, initiative and flexibility; hence making the wedding dinner a great success.

• Raymond the bridal car driver - for accommodating the couple's requests and last-minute changes.

• All the guests who attended AstroBanana's wedding banquet - for showing up to share AstroBanana's joy and displaying overwhelming generosity in the ang pows for the couple.

Hopefully, AstroBanana did not miss out anyone's name. If so, please do not begrudge the couple. They are really appreciative for all the assistance they received :)