today mingyao and i covered the wedding of dear friend yuhui and her sister. The brides were so beautiful. There's something special in being part of the back stage crew, of sorts, a silent watcher that weaves in and out of the bodies, searching, waiting for smiles and looks and gestures to be captured on film. I wished i worked harder today at doing that searching; got a bit distracted and greedy so i wasn't as artful as i wish i were. can't wait for the prints to come out - magic can happen - grasping at the holding moments. i felt great joy when yuhui walked in through the door during the dinner, at the beginning procession. i don't know how to compose such thoughts or emotions - some people, you don't know them very well but you can feel for them very much and there's wonder in being in the presence of such celebration, confetti and lace, glitter, bright lights, curled eyelashes thick with mascara, cream tulips in the hair, veils and bow ties, chongsams and chinese cloth hook buttons, a pink london cab with a pink london cab driver, chinese golden-rimmed tea cups and red envelopes that symbolise everything and nothing, luminous brides that make every picture a pleasant one, happy silent fathers and proud teary mothers, happy brothers and happy sisters, happy everything and happy everybody, spontaneous japanese high school students at the hotel passing by and almost hyperventilating with excitment at seeing the beautiful wedding couples going "picture! picture!" - that was the cutest!

happy you and me in black car and with black nikons; you in a sharp-looking handsome tie and me in a buttery cream chiffon dress; your boyish hair and my too long girly locks; we were exhasted (you more than i because i stole and you sacrificed nap time) but i got to spend another whole day with you and the world just got more beautiful because of that. one day with you means more 'us' vocabulary, more chuckling at our crafted inside-jokes moulded by 'us' context, more holding your hand and more minutes feeling i'm the luckiest fella in the world. i don't care for cheesiness displayed, you rock my world i say choy o mine!

the interesting wonders of language is that it's different to different couples and it's the key to how two people communicate - how two people play with words and phrases in couple banter shape and is shaped by who they are intrinsically, which is why i am always grateful for mingyao because i couldn't ask for a better person to connect with linguistically, as with many other things.

The world will pardon my mush
Cause I've got a crush, my baby, on you

- Ella F. 'I've Got A Crush On You'