Friend's wedding

on Dec 30, I attended and old friend's (let's call him F) wedding... he used to be my good old classmate back in Malacca from Standard 1 till Form 5. He used to be a goody two shoes fella, very "kuai chai" person whom I treated like my "best friend" during my early schooling days. We did everything together! Cycle to town together! Catch guppies in the longkang together! Throw stones at dogs together! Everything lah! (except wear each others' underwear).

After Form 5, we both drifted apart. I went to Australia to study. He went to the US. The funny thing was, I was voted "more likely to go wild" but I ended up toeing the line. My goodie two shoes friend ended up with a snazzy haircut ala 50 cent and he terrorised the dance floors after weekends of clubbing action.

During his wedding dinner, I sat next to another of my old alma matter friends. This other friend was an utter arse hole during school days. He wasn't such an arse hole now... showing us that time does mellow us oldies.

There were a few funny occassions during the course of the dinner.

Firstly, my "ex- arsehole" friend sitting next to me asked "I wonder what F has done with his porno collection..."

This friend also gave me the inside scoop of how F, same age as I am, was desperate to "find charbor" that he started attending Church Camps to, in his own words, "find a wife". Now, I for one, never really thought that all these Church camps were truly "church camps". They all felt like some heavily disguised "Temptation Island" (remember that reality show?... http://www.temptationonfox.com )

Then the MC decided to play a game. This was when he got the bride and groom (F) up the stage and he played this "how well do you know your spouse game". Now this was when he asked a question to the bride, and he posed the same question to the groom and vice versa. Now, first thing on my mind was "bloody dangerous ain't it"? :) What if both the bride and groom all salah and end up quarelling?

Anyway, one of the questions to the bride was "Does F brush his teeth every night". Straight away my "ex-arsehole" friend said "no lah! Sometimes he doesn't even shower!"

Of course, F wanted to "save face" and answered "Yes". The bride was smarter. She answered No... so when the emcee revealed F's answer, both me and my friend (we were strategically seated right at the back row) both shouted "He Lies!"

Anyway, during that dinner, I also bumped into a few other ex class mates. We spent a good deal of time catching up, so I guess this wedding dinner was great. Somehow, the way things pan out, you always drift apart from your good friends from the Standard 1 to Form 5 era. Then when you go to the uni, you make another set of friends, who yet again, you drift apart when you begin work. All my best friends now are work mates, but sometimes it does feel strange how time has pulled apart the best of friends, when turning back the clock, it seemed unthinkable that we would be torn apart.

Anyway, best of luck in your new found status, F! Congratulations on your wedding!