AISKREM POTONG THE WEDDING SINGER

ever since winning a singing competition last year (actually it was just my former company's annual dinner thingy), i’ve had a few friends and colleagues who requested me to sing at their wedding. but i have politely declined the first few requests because i was a bit scared. i was scared that i would ruin the wedding (and simultaneously my friendship with newlyweds) if something were to go wrong (you know how an amateur singer has his off-days). and it was just unnecessary pressure for me. so i have declined ALL their requests (well it’s not like they were going to pay me anyway ;P) except for the one wedding last weekend. why? well, perhaps it was because she told me that they were also other friends of hers that would be performing that night. plus, it was a smaller-scale occasion held at night for friends only (the ‘real’ kenduri with the datuk2 and datin2 were held in the afternoon). but most importantly i thought that even if i messed up, i’d be leaving the country in about a month – so, no harm there ;P. i won’t be around to be ridiculed.

so, last sunday, i sang. twice. both tinggi-macam-nak-mamposs anuar zain songs (as requested by my overly-demanding bride friend). but i pulled it off ok i guess. i had a few strangers coming up to me to compliment me on my singing, so i guess it wasn’t so bad… heheh. the wedding itself was so much fun. i was among the last ones to leave the bride’s house. actually what made it more fun was because i get to meet this old friend of mine whom i used to know back in matriculation. we used to be quite close. and i liked hanging out with him. he was funny, articulate, intelligent and nice. i could sense that he was a PLU (oh come on, how many non-PLUs out there who are actually funny, articulate, intelligent AND nice?). and quite cute too. but after matriculation we drifted apart (he went to do medicine while i did err.. something else). we lost contact completely. but he was there at the wedding. and he is now a doctor. and he was still as warm and as nice as the last time i saw him. and judging by the way he responded to the “why aren’t you with anyone yet?” question (it was almost EXACTLY how i would normally answer), i am pretty sure that we are in the same boat. hmm … interesting. but since i’m going off, i decided not to do anything... for all i know, he is still in the closet. or worse, he could be str8 (nooo...hahaha). but we did exchange numbers. so tengokla … whatever happens, happens ;P