Thank you speech
Dear distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen
Thank you for gracing our happy occasion with your presence here today. It really
means a lot to have here, so many family and friends to give us your congratulations
and blessings. We are indeed, very honored and touched to have you here,
especially on a Blue Monday night.
Against the traditions that brides are meant to be seen and not heard, I thought it is
only appropriate that the bride speaks for herself at her wedding dinner. Anyone who
knows me well enough will know it is hard for me to shut up and today is no
exception.
Eric and I have been together for almost 3 years. It took him only 2 months on 23
August 1999 to propose marriage. These are his exact word: “ If nothing goes
wrong, we should be married a year from now.”
Seriously at that point in time, I wonder what had motivated him to do so. I presume
I must have been good enough!
Some of you might wonder why I know he is the one for me. A lot of people asked if
I thought I was too young to be married. I was only 22.
All I know then was he is a terrific man. I am sure all of you will laugh out loud if I
say this but I have to say it. He was like a handsome prince on a white horse dream
come true. Someone who would love to see me everyday, despite heavy working
schedules and play. Someone who thinks I am sunshine in his life. Of course we do
have our fair share of ups and downs. And there are times when we thought that we
should not continue on with the marriage. But at the end of the day, the most
important thing is that we know that we do love each other.
Life, wouldn’t be quite empty and colourless with him. It is more fun to have
someone who snatches my blanket at night and then tell me in the morning that the
aircon is probably out of order the night before. Someone who insisted on kicking
away his pillow and bolster and steal mine in the middle of the night. I think yes, this
is marriage. And I know, other than this pillow and blanket stealing crimes, he will
protect me with his life.
And I like to say thank you darling, for loving me. For kissing in the morning even
though you could have felt like kissing a monster with uncombed hair, unbrushed
teeth and un-make up face. I love you sweetheart. Truly.
I know this is getting way too long. But I just want to thank you to my parents for
bringing me up the way they did. To the best of their abilities. My eldest brother
Michael, for sharing with us his first fruits of labour. I will always remember the blue
Giordano T-shirt he bought for me with his first pay check. My sister-in-law Lay
Geok, for bringing joy to his life. My second brother James, for being always cheerful
and humourous and for loving my soft toys the way I love them when we were
younger.
A thank you to my parents in law for bringing up for their son to be the fine man he
is now. And for welcoming me with open arms to the family.
All our friends who have help so much in this event. My bridesmaids, Cyndi, Jess,
Winnie and Careen, along with Simon, Nigel, Thomas, Edmund who help me with the
wedding preparations and keeping me company when Eric was in Saudi 3 weeks
before the wedding.
And especially to mention Cyndi, my best friend, my sister-in-law, the one who
brought Eric and I together. She gave a most precious gift to me in this life and that
is her brother. I won’t be able to thank her enough for the things she has done for
me. But I want her to know that she will always be in my heart and that I wish that
she will always be happy and would have the joy of what I am feeling tonight. .