A Garden Banquet

Yesterday was a pretty long day for me. Went to church in the morning and then to work in a banquet in the afternoon till the clock stroke 12am. It was good exercise though, I should say although my limbs ached like crazy this morning. :)

The topic of the sermon was about grain offering. The funny thing was I could smell bread throughout the sermon and I thought they were baking bread somewhere. Then Pastor Isaac mentioned that he could smell the bread too. It wasn't my imagination after all. Weird huh? Next week, the sermon will be on peace offering.

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It was my first time donning the Spice Market Cafe (SMC) uniform and I felt most comfortable wearing this compared to the Spa or the Banquet uniform.


All ready for work!


The pants had got so many pockets. Huge pockets.

So the event was a garden wedding and it was the first garden banquet every organized in the hotel. At first thougt, I was thinking a garden wedding would be lovely and romantic but later, I thought otherwise.

A GARDEN WEDDING IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA WHEN YOU DRESS UP FOR THE OCCASION AND YOU SWEAT LIKE MAD DURING THE WHOLE DINNER BECAUSE THE PLACE IS NOT AIR-CONDITIONED.

The nightmare would be for the ladies especially, when their make-ups start to run and they look like corpse bride, perspiring till they turn sticky like stickers.

If I ever get married, I will NEVER opt for a garden banquet. Maybe a garden wedding ceremony (yes, this will be romantic because it will only be for a while in the outdoor) and an INDOOR banquet in a ballroom or something.

Back to the event:

The decoration of the ceiling of the banquet 'hall'. It's actually a canopy.

This reminded me of a drama "Under the Canopy of Love".

Evol and I were wondering if these flowers were real because they felt like fake flowers and did not have any scent. In the end, we got to know that they were real flowers.

The table setting


The VIP table


Everything was red

The entrance of the canopy.

I was not assigned to any tables because I was supposed to serve the pre-dinner drinks at the wedding reception where the bride and groom had their tea ceremony outside the canopy. My job during the dinner was to check on the beverage but I helped bringing out the dishes as well because I felt I needed to do more.

The night was a success. Everyone went home happy even the casual workers because we get paid for another extra hour. :D