Adelena, and old friend to the gardens, and me

And I also welcomed another old friend, Joie Koo. The male guest of honour for the day with his adoring bride, Doris. Joie and I were in Aida’s contemporary dance class when I first returned from the UK and I must say, Joie hasn’t aged or changed one bit. Same physique, same hair do, same everything – the only difference is his the tone of his glasses has gone one shade darker I believe.

In 2007, I also had the pleasure of inviting Joie and other dancers to Tropical Spice Garden for World Dance Day where they performed an outdoor improvised piece in the gardens mostly at the Bamboo Garden.

But today, we welcomed him back not to sweat in some contorted position but as special groom to his love of many years and great theatre supporter, Doris at this specially arranged garden wedding lunch.

Doris & Joie, the adoring couple

The garden party was thrown by their colleagues from Lifework in life giving shades of blue, white and silver. Even the cake was dressed to the ocassion suitably and of course the guests did well to comply with the dress code rules. The gathering was of 17 people including Jennifer, who established Lifeworks – a little centre on Jalan Brother James, I believe, who practice inner healing, yoga sessions, channeling and self-starting courses. Correct me if I’m wrong guys!

We prepared a wonderful spread of thyme and rosemary roast chicken, a selection of freshly baked bread and a cheeseboard, tomato & mint salad and coriander pesto linguine and a overflow of nutmeg juice.

A family brunch gathering

A fabulous afternoon it had been with a glorious reunion of old and new faces. Garden anniversary celebration anyone?

Happy in blue