Lawyer Rachel Tan has married lawyer Dan Mark, an American Chinese from Los Angeles
Rachel Tan and hubby Dan Mark with her parents Mrs and Mr Tan Hang Hooi and sister Denise Tan, brother-in-law Joe Low and niece Rebecca Low
Kee Hua Chee joins in. By a happy coincidence, both bride Rachel Tan and Kee Hua Chee wore Keith Kee Kouture!
Bride and groom with relatives and friends; Gene Tan, Angela Tan, Yip Kin Yee, Nicole Tan and Angeline Tan
Bride and groom are high-powered lawyers but they are rockers at heart; David Chen who looked like a Hong Kong movie star or banker, Alex Butnareanu the best man for the groom, Dan Mark, Rachel Tan, Angela Lu and Serene Ding
Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai, Group Chief Editor and Executive Director of The Star, Datin Seri Florence Wong, Dan Mark and Rachel Tan
Sin, Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai, Datin Seri Florence Wong and Winnie Sin
Mr Sin and Winnie Sin
Mr Tan Hang Hooi, father of the bride Rachel Tan, VIP guest of honour Tan Sri Francis Yeoh and groom Dan Mark
Tan Hang Hooi, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh and Dan Mark
Jonathan Mark and Cheah Meng Choo
Cheah Meng Choo and Kee Hua Chee. She was one of Rachel's bride's maids
The lovely white posies for the bride's maids
Rachel Tan Weng Kim, 29 has wedded the man of her dream, handsome Dan Mark,30, from Los Angeles! So she is now out of the running should you contemplate chasing after her!
The former Miss Malaysia was the first and only to win the Miss Chinese International pageant in Hong Kong in 2003 when she competed against 12 other Chinese beauties from all over the world. I met her soon after to do a story and was so impressed by her brains and beauty (she is practically a female version of me!) I brought her to meet Bernard Yong, general manager of Swatch Group Malaysia and vice-president of Rado Malaysia. Having good taste like me, Yong was also impressed and signed Rachel Tan to be Rado's ambassador! All due to me and my machinations! Rachel Tan was flown to Switzerland to visit Rado's HQ and factory (without me, the introducer, sad to say) and was a great success.
Rachel Tan continued her study in law and obtained a Bachelor's law degree from University of Sheffield and not contented with it, went on to graduate in Master's degree in Law from University of Cambridge which proves she is All brains and All beauty!
Dan Mark (who was not even born in Denmark) is a lucky man but then he is a preacher and missionary apart from being a lawyer! So this staunch Christian's prayers to God have been answered abundantly! Both are serious Christians and their wedding was very Christ-oriented, complete with a pastor on stage.
Mind you, Rachel Tan was not a virgin on her wedding party at Le Meridien hotel in Kuala Lumpur! Yes, I can claim this fact; Rachel Tan was not a virgin on her wedding night in Kuala Lumpur!
Oh well, it is not such a scandal after all as she and Dan Mark were married some 5 months ago at Bel Air Bay Club in Palisades, Malibu in California, USA so we can safely presumed she lost her virginity to her husband that very night!
One of her guests and bride's maids, Carrie Lee who was Miss Chinese Cosmos 2004 was already pregnant on her wedding on 11/11/11 and when I saw her with her dishy husband, she was some 6 months pregnant and a little bulge could be seen under her Carven Ong gown! Giggled Carrie Lee, "My husband made me pregnant so I had to marry him!" Well, that is one way of getting hitched to the woman you desire!
But Rachel Tan looked pencil slim in her Keith Kee gowns with a flat stomach so she cannot be pregnant.
Guest of honour was Tan Sri Francis Yeoh who arrived when Rachel Tan was away changing into her white wedding gown. So once again I had to be the introducer as I hurriedly went to grab Dan Mark to introduce him to his VIP guest which he had not met before. I introduced the groom to Tan Sri Francis Yeoh and Rachel's father came to join them.
Said Tan Sri Francis Yeoh whose company YTL Group is Malaysia's foremost Christian company, "I have been taking care of Rachel's spiritual needs for the past few years." It was YTL Group which sponsored Rachel's scholarship in Cambridge so Rachel Tan and her spiritual mentor have remained friends.
Dan Mark's father died when he was little and his stepfather went on the stage to make a speech. Dan's stepdad, a trauma surgeon, recalled helping Dan build a wooden guitar some 18 years ago.
Dan graduated in law from prestigious Stanford University and went to Hong Kong on Christian missionary work where he met Rachel. It was love at first sight and after just one and half years, they got married!
Around 200 attended their Malaysian wedding and Le Meridien ballroom was beautifully decked in pristine hues of white and cream.
Rachel Tan shed tears of joy on stage as she read her vow and heard Dan's declaration of love for each other. At times like these, I wish I could marry too but Jesus Christ and Buddha told me I am not destined to marry in this lifetime and kalpa but in the next I will be born an Emperor and billions will worship me as a living deity so at least I have something to look forward to should the world end this December 2012 and another kalpa begins.
Where were we? Oh, Rachel's wedding.
After their wedding was solemnised, we all yelled for a wedding kiss and the couple willingly obliged. Then the pair went outside to pose against their photo wall and I asked them to kiss again which they obliged. Grinned Dan, "Well, I can do this all night as it tastes so good!" I suppose we have to take his word as I never kissed Rachel Tan on her lips and at the rate she and Dan were going, I bet their tongues were licking and flicking each other too and they seemed so reluctant to disengage their mouths from each other's.
Another unexpected thing----Dan Mark is a great dancer and so is Rachel but he is the better groover! A dancing lawyer cum missionary! How lucky can Rachel get?
Congratulations and I expect to attend the full moon of their son in LA and KL!
David Chen, Alex Butnareanu, Dan Mark, Rachel Tan, Angela Lu and Serene Ding
Going strong
I suspect they have done this before!
Still at it as practise makes perfect!
Rachel Tan's sister Denise Tan with Dan Mark's sister Pei Pei Mark Drasin. Both happen to wear purple by chance or design I do not know. Flower girls are their daughters, Rebecca Low, Claire Drasin and Maia Drasin
Handsome actor and emcee of the night Gavin Yap
Mr Sin and Winnie Sin, the most glamorous, beautiful and authoritative jade, pearl and ruby jeweller in Malaysia
Stephanie Kwan and Ricky Chan
Sisters Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008 with Madam Li----OK so one is the mother but both looked divine don't you think
Mrs Li, mother of Levy Li with Kee Hua Chee
Two great beauties; Kee Hua Chee and Levy Li, Miss Malaysia Universe 2008
What a glorious couple we made----too bad and sad for her she is not my type
Michael Ng and Madeline Joseph Ng
The 3 flower girls getting a taste of what is to come later when they grow up
Mr and Mrs Bernard Yong. He is general manager of Swatch Group Malaysia and vice president of Rado Malaysia
Former Miss Malaysia Jolene and top designer Carven Ong
Stephen Chu from Hong Kong, wife Carrie Lee Miss Chinese Cosmos 2004, Teresa Zhang Miss Malaysia Chinese Cosmos 2010 and Tan Jyy Mei
Sexy quartet; Stephen Chu, Carrie Lee, Teresa Zhang and Tan Jyy Mei
Newly married couple Stephen Chu and Carrie Lee who wed on 11/11/11
Kee Hua Chee wearing Keith Kee Kouture with Tan Jyy Mei, Carrie Lee and Teresa Zhang
Chelsia Ng and Gavin Yap
Pussies galore or should that be beauties galore? Chelsia Ng, Tan Jyy Mei, Jolene Chin, Levy Li, Carrie Lee, Teresa Zhang and Tiffany Hew
Chris Lim, David Chen and unknown guest---wonder who she is, can't be that famous as I dunno her
Winnie Loo the famous hair stylist, not the other famous Winnie Sin the jeweller
Shafinaz Selamat the operatic singer who sang 1 song
Shafinaz Selamat the top singer
Sexy couple
Gorgeous balls of carnations on my table. Dian Lee is behind
END OF PART 1
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