Introduction by Chin Mun Woh This website is like pus. For the unelightened, pus is that yellowish-green matter produced by infected tissue. So make no mistake about my feelings here: I find this website nauseating. This site's prevalent theme of the "Love conquers all" and "Life is a fairy tale" variety is so sickly sweet that it rubs raw against my cynical sensibilities. Couple that with prolonged exposure to page after page and photo after photo (and I mean a whole lot of them) of nothing but the two main leads, and I'm ready to keel over, overdose, puke and defecate in one go. My relationship with Adrian is a friendship that dates back to schooling days and we are currently business partners, which explains my unfortunate association with this website. In Life & Death, we all pay for our sins, one way or another. Some toast in Hell, others pay penance, but me – I get to write for the Mother of All Wedding Websites. Having said that, I must tell you that the term "Mother of All Wedding Websites" is not a term of endearment. The Truth is THIS IS IT. You are looking at the mother of it all. I challenge you to find another personal wedding website which is bigger or grander in scope. When Adrian started building this website during his free time (occassionally siphoning company hours as well), a few of us were already sniggering at and mocking him for his very un-macho preoccupation. Undetered, he persevered, immersing himself into this labour of love while balancing his time on work, family and friends at the same time. Nearly 2 years and 121 pages later, this website is ready to be unleashed on to the unsuspecting public. True romantics will have no problem with this website. It is after all very much a true-life (kisah benar) love story, replete with all the elements of romance. Savour this for all it's worth, from the moment they realised they were soulmates, the build-up to the wedding, to the wedding itself, and the pre, proper and post honeymoons (!) and the different galleries housing portraits of both bride and bridegroom. Like the Taj Mahal, this is a monument of love, albeit a virtual one. Somehow, the thought of this website perched in the inner recesses of cyberspace broadcasting a tale/symbol of love between two individuals for all to see for all prosperity (as long as there are phone lines and modems) is undenialbly a romantic one. Through it, you will be led by the voice of Adrian, as he leads you through the tender and trying moments of his relationship with Yvonne. Join them as they leap into the jaws of death, wrestle the tides of nature, fall deeper in love with one another, kill a bachelor, tie the knot, fall deeper in love with one another, are forced to separate, fall deeper in love with one another, and fall deeper in love with one another! To the rest of you cynics like myself, if you are still reading this that means something is keeping you here, even if it is just to scorn and snigger.
The key to enjoying this site is simply to come to terms with these salient
points: Lastly, Adrian's background as graphic designer and art director is reflected in the professional and immaculately executed pages you see. Check out the different ambience given to each set of gallery and you will see what I mean. Even the two leads are pleasing to the eye, especially the fair and virtuous Yvonne. Give it a few page views and see what I mean.
Sure, it's still pus . . . but it's pretty pus.
Enjoy! Note: Some of this site is still under construction or being fine tuned. Bookmark this site and come back for a visit for the latest updates. * * *
Contact Yvonne & Adrian at
acek@pc.jaring.my
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