Na Thi & Michael's Special Day

On November 21, 2015 was my dearest friend, Na Thi’s wedding day. I was honored to be her bridesmaid for this special day.

I started the day waking up at 3:30am to get showered, changed, packed and ready to head out at 4:45am to Na Thi’s parents place. Phuong my best friend picked me up around 5am that morning to get our hair and makeup done. Na Thi flew in her photographer and 2 makeup/hair/custom artists from the company from LA to create a Cambodian wedding. Na Thi’s father was Cambodian and Na Thi’s mother was Vietnamese. 

The two artists were working on Lynna (bridesmaid) and her sister: Phung (maid of honor). We quickly undressed ourselves and got into our Kimonos that Na Thi had purchased for all of us.

I had to wait for my turn so I decided to steam iron her dress and help her out with the wedding favors. 

Once makeup and hair was done we had to get dressed into our Cambodian outfits which consisted of 6 outfit changes throughout the day/night. Our first outfit consisted of a beige lace wrap on the top and a beautiful patterned pink cloth wrap on the bottom. Our hair were curled and put onto the side.

At this time we were behind scheduled about 30-1hr behind. So we had to cancel the door activities (groom getting the bride). The groom came in to worship the ancestors and then we all headed to the hall for the rest of the ceremonies.

Thank goodness the hall was close. From the restaurant (where volunteers had to carry 27 plates of food to represent long and prosperous life). The volunteers had to march from the restaurant to the hall which was only a 5 min walk. Everything was close from Na Thi’s restaurant to her parents’ house to the hall.

The weather was cold but it was sunny which was good. We headed to the hall to prepare for the ceremony. The ceremony consisted of a priest who conducted the whole meeting, hair cutting ceremony, ribbon tying, monk chants etc. Overall a wonderful cultural experience. I loved every outfit I changed into and I was happy to see everyone who came out to support Na Thi and her husband, Michael.

Afterwards we headed to Queen Elizabeth Park to do some photos. It was extremely cold during this time which was around 4-5pm. The sun was about to set but we were able to catch some sunlight before the sun went down.

After the photos were down we headed to Sun Sui Wah for the dinner. We helped out with the flower décor and got dressed for the next event. We walked in with the rest of the bridal party and we got introduced to the guests. The food was great and the waiters and waitresses gave us their complete attention and service. Overall, I had a great meal. Speeches followed, kisses happened.

The night was still young so afterwards we had some dancing and music to enjoy for the rest of the evening. Tommy her brother did a wonderful job of djing that night. Overall I had a wonderful time, experience and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful friend in my life. I am so happy for her and I fell completely in love with Michael’s family. They were so warm and loving and kind to each and every one of us. I wish Na Thi and Michael a wonderful life together filled with joy and happiness.

DOOMS

October 31, 2015             

This Halloween, me and bf decided to head to Dooms at the PNE. Tickets were approx. $140.00 each. The DJ’s playing that night were: Daijo, Goshfather & Jinco, Kshmr, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, W&W, Frontliner. The rave was from 7pm-1am. It was a fun event. We enjoyed it. I dressed up as Nariko from Heavenly Sword, BF was Hard Gay from Japan and we also went with a friend of ours, George who dressed up as a caveman. There was a much larger group then the one from New Year’s last year. Most of the people there were dressed up. It was a cold night but thank goodness the rain stopped. Or else my wig and my sword would have been drenched. My wig didn’t stay on the whole night so I had to put it aside. Overall a fun time. My favorite dj’s playing that night was Kshmr who is a ghost producer has finally played in Canada for his very first time. He is from California and his videography was awesome. The best Halloween set. From the video to his music it all fitted very well with the holiday spirit. The next runner up was Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. Their music was great all head bangers of course but I wish they involved the audience more like the sets they played elsewhere around the world. But overall a fun filled night full of dancing, laughter and music.