Newly wed!

Saturday will be a day to remember, it's the day Beata and I got married! Lots of pictures were taken, but they are not at our disposal just yet, they're being developed by our professional photografer Aloha (whom we flew in from Bangkok). So we, as well as you reading this will have to wait patiently to see pictures from this magical day.

It was in some ways a very stressful day with a packed schedule. Early in the morning we had our first photo shoot down by the beach, after that there was just a small window before there was time for "the villa shoot" in our beach villa at Westin hotel. After that Beata had to sit with the make-up artist plus fix her hair and dress. By 18.30 we got a ride in something that can only be described as a golf car (Nelly loved it) to the pier where the ceremony were about to start. Just one more photo shoot with the sunset as background and then the ceremony started.

"Bottles & Cans" by Angie Stone feels like "our song" so that was the one we'd chosen to play as we walked up to the... I don't know his official title but the jolly guy who was about to conduct the marriage ceremony. He talked for a while about mutual respect and what not, I don't really remember because I was mesmerized of how stunning Beata looked with the gentle Malaysian sea breeze toying with her hairdo. Nelly was of course also present, wearing a pink and white princess dress plus a ribbon in her hair... well she ain't got much hair, but you get the idea. Right after the ceremony our babysitter Gaya took her back to the villa so that newly wed mom and dad could enjoy their dinner.

The always smiling Westin personnel set the table (we're still on the pier that you can see on top of this blog). The food was unbelievable. My memory fails me right now so I can't tell you exactly what we ate. But the starter was tuna something, and then a juicy steak with mashed potatoes & grilled vegetables. And the dinner ended with a creme brulé look-a-like-kind-of-thing.

After dinner we were offered a ride back to the villa but Beata and I felt like walking. When we got back home we found out that the Westin staff had "prepared" it for us while we're gone. There were roses from the front gate leading up to our bed on which we found a present to us, as well as a beautiful heart shape made out of even more roses. I don't know what they were implying ;-) . Plus we got champagne and chocolate covered strawberries, it was beautiful. And since Nelly was sleeping we had all the time in the world to enjoy it, which we did out by our own private pool which was decorated with roses, candles and balloons. It was magical. A perfect ending to a very special day!

Many thanks and best wishes to everyone in Langkawi who helped us with the event and to all our friends and family back home who thought of us on this special day.