*06/07/08, Saturday – I was having lunch with Sung right before the wedding so when he picked me up and we ate at some random Thai restaurant along Ocean, I was quite dressed up. I also had my hair cut, retouched and waved the day before, courtesy of Topaz from Dramatics (Henry’s recommendation). This hairdo lasted through a six hour plane flight and sleeping overnight. I was impressed about that. Topaz had used GHD (Good Hair Day) flat iron and spray. Sung and I had some time to kill before the wedding so we stopped by Japantown for dessert. We ended up eating at Dennys which was apparently being renamed to “The New Danny’s Restaurant.” We split a chocolate cake there. Then he dropped me off at St. John’s church.

The wedding was short and sweet. It went flawlessly. The only thing I didn’t like was the passage read. I will never come to turns with that women being submissive line. Pastor Abel had presided and he did explain that the heart of the passage was really the submission to each other.

Daniel and Esther were there, people I knew from GRX. I hitched a ride with them and we killed time doing errands. Esther got her tire fixed and I got oil blotters from Walgreens. Then we stopped by Tim/Jon Park’s place where Tim, JP and Al were hanging out watching America’s Best Dance Crew live auditions. It was nice watching west coast auditions with them because they had the same west coast pride and I felt a sense of comraderie with them.

We didn’t stay for long as we had a reception to go to. I sat in a table full of Rob’s old clubbing buddies. They were only four years older yet they felt old around me. It turns out most of them (if not all) were engaged. The girl beside me, Christine, got drunk and loud as the night progressed and had started to scream out “don’t get married” claiming that it was a bad idea even if she was engaged herself. I guess she got really stressed from it. I also met the girl next to her, Angela. I wanted to start slow by remembering a few names at a time but I never got around to the rest of the table.

Ray was supposed to sit next to me but he wasn’t at the wedding ceremony and he wasn’t there yet so Esther decided to take his seat next to me. Ray showed up later and sat at the other table where he didn’t know anyone else. I was glad I knew Esther at the table but I felt bad Ray got kicked out so I visited his table once in a while and after eating, when Esther left, I got him to join the table he was originally supposed to be a part of.

The rest of the night was dancing. I hardly knew anyone there so I danced by myself for a good part of the time. At the same time most of the people on my table were up there on the dance floor so I felt comfortable joining them. Pretty cool. After the reception, everyone headed over to an after party which wasn’t too eventful for me. I conked out in the middle of it at around 1-1:30am then went back to sleep a few hours later. I felt the jet lag.

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