200 GUESTS FLEW FROM KUALA LUMPUR OR OSLO, NORWAY, DROVE, TOOK THE FERRY OR EUROSTAR FROM LONDON TO ATTEND THE MALAYSIAN WEDDING OF THE CENTURY AT ABBAYE DES VAUX DE CERNAY OR THE CERNAY ABBEY IN DOMAINE DES VAUX DE CERNAY IN CERNAY-LA-VILLE SOME 25 KM FROM VERSAILLES.
I did ask Dato Nancy Yeoh to hold her wedding nuptials at Chateau Versailles or Versailles Palace which is accessible by direct train from Paris so guests could stay in Paris itself or at Pullman or Waldorf hotel in Versailles. But the bride said she could not possibly take over the entire Versailles Palace by law while she could annex the whole abbey for her wedding!
Only Dato Nancy Yeoh could coerce high ranking royals like Tunku Dara Tunku Naquiah the Princess Royal of Negeri Sembilan and her husband Tunku Kecik Tunku Besar Tunku Mudzaffar Tunku Mustapha to waltz for her and Tunku Muda Serting of Negeri Sembilan Tunku Imran Tuanku Jaafar to officiate at her wedding. Tunku Dara and Tunku Imran are the children of Tuanku Jaafar Tuanku Abdul Rahman the 10th King of Malaysia. A few days earlier, Tengku Nong Suraya the sister of the Sultan of Pahang, hosted a lavish dinner in London for Dato Nancy Yeoh and Rolv Reissiger. The repast for 10 cost 5,000 pounds sterling (over RM 30,000 by the time drinks and gratuities were added) and I was not invited, sad to say.
The Waltz rehearsal took place in the Monks' Room (salle des Moines or something like that) where the wedding dinner would be held the next day on 8 October 2016. The waltzers were all Malaysians and dear gal and guy pals of Dato Nancy Yeoh who flew in from Malaysia regardless of expense though I calculated per couple hadc to fork out at least RM 18,000 for 4 or 5 days. It was unthinkable anyone would slum it out in some dodgy motel as per room averaged RM 1,000 per night. I was frightfully impressed with Dato Julie Lim arrived in a Mercedes-Benz limousine all the way from Paris. The taxi fare was half the price of my air ticket to Paris!
Still, this is what friends are for, through thick and thin. And good times and bad. Cest la vie!
ALEXANDER QUAI AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE WHO COLORED HIS HAIR TO MATCH HIS FOX FUR FULL LENGTH COAT
ALEXANDER QUAI IS 13 AND WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS AND SPEAKS/THINKS LIKE AN ADULT! DITTO FOR DATO KEE HUA CHEE
ALEX QUAI AND SHEENA
ALEX QUAI, SHEENS SO SHY AND DATIN SURAYA FALAK SO SWEET WHO KINDLY GAVE ME A BOTTLE OF MINERAL WATER AND 2 BANANAS BEFORE SHE LEFT CERNAY
EDA, ALEX QUAI AND IRENE YEOH
ALEX PRACTISES THE HOT NEW POUTY LOOK
THE MONKS' HALL WHERE THE WEDDING DINNER WOULD BE HELD
FRANK NELWAN, PAT LIEW, KASSANDRA AND ALEX MARTIN CHECK OUT THE ACOUSTICS
PRACTISING THE WALTZ TO THE BLUE DANUBE!
DATO SERI AZREEN ABDULLAH AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE
SO RICH THIS PAIR LOOK
MEANWHILE, BACK TO THE WALTZ REHEARSAL
ELENA AND BOTAK (HE USED TO BE BALD OK)
C.B ANG JOINS IN
BACK TO THE 11TH CENTURY
TABLES MORE OR LESS SET FOR TOMOLO
WALTZ REHEARSAL IN EARNEST NOW
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ALEX QUAI AND THE EVER GLAMSLAM DATO JULIE LIM OF TATIANA AND LAMPE BERGER MALAYSIA
ALEX QUAI IS NOT SLEEPING COS HE FINDS DATO JULIE BORING BUT PRACTISING HIS CALCULATED, DREAMY, ROMANTIC LOOK
HOTEL EXECUTIVE OLIVIER LEDOUX USED TO MODEL IN NEW ZEALAND AND IS NOW MARRIED WITH A CHILD SO SPINSTERS NEED NOT RUSH TO STAY IN HIS HOTEL AS HIS HALF TUNISIAN WIFE VERY DE PRETTY
OLIVIER LEDOUX, DATO JULIE LIM AND ALEX QUAI
OLIVIER LEDOUX AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE COULD BE TWINS AS THEY LOOK LIEK PEAS IN A FUR COAT
OLIVIER WAS 15 KG LIGHTER WHEN HE WAS A MODEL BUT STILL LOOKS DELICIOUS
DATO KEE HUA CHEE ADMIRING HIS OWN BAJU AND SHOES AND FUR
ANOTHER PIX OF THE 2 GORGEOUS GUYS
IT MUST BE SAID DATO KEE HUA CHEE'A APPAREL IS FANCIER THAN OLIVIER'S
NO MISSTEPS ALLOWED!
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FAVIEN YEE DID DATO NANCY YEOH'S HAIR AND MAKE-UP AND LIGHTLY TOUCHED UP DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S FACE AND CROWNING GLORY AS HE COULD NOT ENHANCE WHAT IS ALREADY PERFECT
TUNKU DARA AND HUBBY TUNKU MUDZAFFAR AT WALTZ REHEARSAL
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JO DISAYAM EDA AND SOPHIE REISSIGER, ROLV'S ELDEST CHILD AT 26
PAT LIEW AND SOPHIE REISSIGER
ROSEMARY WHOSE NEW NAME IS BOBBIE, ELENA, EDA AND JO DIDIA I MEAN DISAYA
DATO SERI AZREEN ABDULLAH, KASSANDRA AND FAVIEN YEEENTRANCE TO MONKS' HALL
I SUGGESTED TO PUT DATO NANCY YEOH ON THIS PEDESTAL SO SHE COULD LORD OVER EVERYONE ELSE
ALEX MARTIN WONDERS IF THE ANCIENT PILLAR COULD TAKE IT
PAT LIEW OF BRITISHINDIA THE BEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL LOCAL LABEL WAS MATRON OF HONOUR
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ROLV'S BEST MAN BUT DATO NANCY YEOH ORDERED ME TO BE PHOTOGRAPHER SINCE MY PICTURES ARE ABOVE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S STANDARD
BOBBIE AND ALEX QUAI
IN DEEP CONSULTATION
OK THE 13 BRIDE'S MAIDS ARE STARTING OFF
MEANWHILE, DATO KEE HUA CHEE COULD NOT TAKE HIS EYES OFF HIS PANTS
ROLV'S NIECES TAKE THE LEAD AS FLOWER GIRLS AND MUM MADELINE FOLLOWS BEHIND
SOPHIE TAKES LEAD
ALEX QUAI
DATIN CHAI SCHNYDER WHO ENTERED HISTORY AS THE FIRST WOMAN, FIRST ASIAN, FIRST CHINESE, FIRST CHINESE WOMAN TO OWN A MAJOR SWISS WATCH BRAND, ULYSSE NARDIN AFTER HER BELOVED HUSBAND ROLF SCHNYDER PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY
PAT LIEW IN ACTION
THIS RUINED ABBEY WOULD BE THE VENUE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF VOWS AND RINGS AND THEIR FIRST KISS AS MAN AND WIFE
INTERMISSION
MADELINE REISSIGER AND NANNY
THIS WOODEN BOWL IS ACTUALLY A CAP!
REBOOT
THE BRIDE'S ENTOURAGE
ALEX QUAI IS THE SON OF DATO NANCY YEOH AND RONALD QUAI HER FIRST HUSBAND. THIS IS HER SECOND AND FINAL MARRIAGE AS DECIDED BY BUDDHA AND JESUS CHRIST
GROOM ROLV WAITS FOR HIS BRIDE
KIT KAT BREAK
QUITE FREEZY
ROLV REISSIGER'S NIECES HOLDING THEIR CAPS
SEE!
THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROPER BOWL SO ARE USING THE GIRLS' HATS
PRETTY MAIDENS
DATO NANCYB YEOH'S BRIDE'S MAIDS
THE GROOM AND GROOM'S MEN
THE MAIDS OF HONOUR WITH ALL HAVING LONG LOST THEIR HONOUR---TO THEIR HUSBANDS AS THEY WERE ALL VIRGINS ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHTS, OMIGOD
BACK AT THE FARM---DATIN SU FALAK, DATO SHAMSUL FALAK TAN SRI KADIR
FUN IN SUN
LA FERME DES VALLEES
SOPHIE REISSIGER IS ROLV'S ELDEST CHILD
2 PRETTIES
ALL SET
THEIR HANDBAGS PROVE THEIR WEALTH
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