The best of weddings doesn’t necessarily mean it has got to have the most beautiful blooms of flowers, or the most elaborate 9-course meal or the most spectacular display of entertainment. Sometimes, all it takes is a sprinkle of joy…well, lots and lots of it actually, to totally rawk a wedding!

Alvin and Kitti first met at Money & You, an excellerated program aims at providing the highest quality of transformational and entrepreneurial education. It was through this strong network of empowered leaders and entrepreneurs that I met Kitti.

Despite working together on the logistics team, Alvin and Kitti are two very distinct individuals who never ever  saw the soulmate in each other until they attended the Excellerated Business School program at Holiday Villa Subang. Kitti, the infectiously joyful, outspoken and bubbly girl, and Alvin,  a humble, observant and  quietly sociable businessman; connected at a whole new level during this 8-day seminar through experiential ctivities (during which  one was ‘Love’ and the other was ‘Joy’ in one of the games) and two years later, he proposed to her at Holiday Villa, right where it all started.

Hence, the basis of their wedding was themed Dances of Joy in a Garden of Love.

I think this table had the best view of the lake and stage!

The wedding had a different twist that might make it difficult for lots of people understand why we did what we did, especially the older, more conservative folks. Hence, it was important for us to have emcees who were aligned with the couple so that they could help set the context for the evening.

The wonderful emcees, KL Fong and Jaclyn in a  “What do you feel like sharing tonight?” moment.

Both Alvin and Kitti believe that in order to have fun, to really bring out the essence of joy, we must really commit and immerse ourselves in the game even if it means looking silly or having to be a child again.

And joy was what they brought to the wedding, as we kicked-start the evening with a freestyle  march-in dance to  Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther theme song. Alvin’s dad was so sporting that he fully participated in the idea right from the beginning as he ushered his guests in a chilli red chinese silk shirt and a red, funky hairpiece. Kitti chucked her bridal bouquet aside and carried a pink panther doll as they sashayed down the red carpet to thundering applause.

Alvin and Kitti dedicated Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up to their parents. In the 5-minute silence, the essence of love was so strong that it touched the hearts of so many guests.

They also acknowledged their bridal party including mua. Little did I know that the pink panther doll she carried into the ballroom was a gift for me! *chuckles*

Everything went so smoothly that in fact, our programme was ahead of the scheduled time. It was certainly a fun night to remember, and a wedding experience which was somewhat different in essence and execution.

If our actions are always limited to the fear of what others might think, we will never be genuine to ourselves. Above all, be true to yourself because there is no greater joy than the freedom of expression and no greater love than unconditional acceptance of who you are by those who matters most to you. – Natasha Khoo -