Huey Cing & Kok Fai – Marriage Registration
Huey Cing is one of my closest house-mates when we were renting a linked house during our uni days. As most of my house-mates are girls and they were living on the upper floors, I hardly get to know or talk to them.
I only got to know Huey Cing better when all the house-mates held a meeting to expel a certain house-mate, which happened to be Huey Cing’s good friend. Huey Cing had to be our mediator. Anyway, that particular house-mate had allowed her parasitic boyfriend to live-in together without contributing to utilities.
When Huey Cing was working as an editor for a nearby newspaper, we used to have early morning updates on current events over cups of coffee. I know she’s a neat freak and cockroaches are her mortal enemies. We somewhat lost contact after terminating our rental until one day she approached me to contribute photographs for her company’s project on Chinese New Villages (Tanjung Sepat and Sungai Ruan). It was then that I was introduced to Kok Fai.
A few months ago, Huey Cing approached me to be her photographer on her registration of marriage and wedding day. It was a great honour to me, and I hope to deliver my best. 
1. The bouquet of flower with pink roses, Huey Cing’s favourite.
2. The registration was at Thean Hou temple. When we had arrived, there was a group of curious Middle Eastern tourists who were intrigued after seeing a few Chinese couples dressed in their best. A small group of the tourist approached us for a photo-season, certainly to be shared with their fellow countrymen back at home.
3. We readied our gears for our portraiture session. It was a narrow window of opportunity before their parents arrived. It was also quite challenging to avoid the horde of tourists that would otherwise be part the pictures’ background.
I feel that we ought to have arrived way earlier so that we have more time and the session could be done in a calmer and more relaxed manner. Lesson learnt.
4. I must thank my good friend (Zybisko14) for helping out.
He was shooting from the temple grounds, and I was with the couple to direct the poses.
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6. This is my most favourite shot of the session. The expression is very natural.
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9. After the brief photography session, the family members arrived and we promptly proceeded first to the Commissioner of Oath’s office and then the marriage registration hall.
10. It was at this point when we realised Huey Cing had forgotten to bring along an important document.
Here, she was trying to hush the Registrar for leniency, and she promised to deliver that document afterwards, on the very same day.
11. The swearing process.
12. Followed by exchange of rings.
We then had our lunch at Marco Polo Restaurant. Again, another incident occurred. Half way to the restaurant, we realised that I had left Huey Cing’s handbag at the Registrar’s office. The couple had to head back to Thean Hou temple, and luckily the handbag was retrieved.
Phew! What a day! 
