Sebugey attending the 1st Wedding Reception for 2009

Remy & Kooi Hoon

making an entrance.....
The bride's aunties & uncle...

The bride's father's friends......John Trang,Dulles & Wendell Crocker

L-R: Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Leong,Mr. & Mrs. Encharang Agas & Mrs. Florence Enau

L-R: Mr. Johnny Kapong & the MC, Mr. Telajan.

The groom's father seated next to Datuk & Datin Joseph Salang,unknown & Christopher Sawan.

Datin Lucy Hon-Salang,unknown,the bride's grandfather & the bride's father..

The ever sweet & pretty Mrs. Telajan aka Theresa smiling for the camera..

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Asut,unknown,unknown & Robert..

Victor,Flora & Mrs. Victor

L-R: unknown,Julius Linggod,Lesley Linggod & unknown.

Tio Rina Sawan,Jackie Buri, Kim Sawan & Stale Buri

Here come the bride & groom...

The cutting of the wedding cake....

Beautiful Remy with her husband & mum, Mrs. Chang Yi Sawan.

Concerned elders watching to see that nothing goes wrong...

Mrs. Dublin Justin,Victor Temenggong,Dublin Justine & Dulles

Parents of both the bride & groom together with Datuk & Datin Joseph Salang Gandum leading the toast in wishing the newly wedded couple all good things in their marriage.

Cheeerrrssss!!!!

UUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

The new Mr. & Mrs. Leong Kooi Hoon thanking parents & all for their presence,gifts & all.

Bujang sigat

Sebugey,Daisy,indai Mit & Javerlyne Jutie

Stand by me......

L-R: Jeffrey Pasang & the bride's father singing "Stand by me".

The bride's father ( in the middle) jamming the jazz away with Jeffrey Pasang(L) & the brother inlaw of Linda (Christopher's eldest daughter).

'Baru datai amat aku ari Selanggau,meda scheme babi indu kitai Iban siko din..lelak amat driving..ti enda setegal anak nuan kawin,enda aku datai."pia ko Dubline Justine.

Cr. Victor Temenggong,Christopher Sawan,Dublin Justin & Dulles

Sebugey,OKB Daisy Nanta & Wendy Tiong

Congratulations!

In true Iban style,the sadong/serving of the ai kahwin/marriage drink(?) is a must & here you see the newly wedded couple accompanied by a proud father/father inlaw,Mr. Christopher Sawan, giving a drink to Mr. Dubline Justine.

Almost half of 2009 has had passed uneventfully in terms of single people,young or old,getting hitched. So when D & I got invited by Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sawan to attend their daughter,Remy's wedding to Leong Kooi Hoon on the same time & night..& place that of the Miri Divisional Gawai Night 2009, I did not hesitate to tell the bride's mother that we accepted the invitation to attend the wedding reception instead,after all,every year,there's a gawai do like that. Of course,I had to ask permission to be excused with apology from any tugas that I was assigned but I did for the earlier part of the evening rendered some help in the form of pinning buttonholes to the guests who were arriving fashionably late, slowly but surely...could be problem finding parking spaces to park their cars.

I just let the photos do the talking & will add in a thing or two if & when I can think of something to write.

The wedding reception for Kooi Hoon & Remy,the 2nd daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sawan was held last night,16th May,2009 at The Musical Corridor,Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club,Miri. It was well attended by relatives,family friends & friends from as far as the US,KL,Sibu,Kuching & Limbang. The Bario Highlanders led by Jeffrey Pasang,assisted by Johnny Kapong & 3 others entertained us with some evergreen hits. The bride's mother,Ms. Chang Yi was seemingly busy making sure things went according to plan and so was the bride's father even though he looked cool. So we thought...until we heard him giving a speech in which he introduced himself as the 'father's bride' instead of 'the bride's father'...small mistake but he compensated by giving a speech right from his heart.

We wish the newly wedded couple a blessed married life together.