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The really delayed post about my sister's really big party.
Heehee. I'm borrowing the term 'really big party' since I loved it so much the first time I read it. Well, this is a late post (like, a year late). But I had promised by cousin that I would do a post about my sister's wedding, so here it is. My memory of it may be a leeetle bit rusty, so it is really just going to be a photospam with some very light, random commentary.
Pre-ceremony
I woke up to find my sister and her bridesmaids already beginning to get their hair done and whatever else it is the girls do before the wedding. My sister will probably hit me for posting this photo, but she will not know I posted it, so that is okay:
The girls continued to get ready, and also practiced walking down slopes in the ridiculously ginormous heels they were going to wear. In the meantime, I went with my aunt to the church to go quickly set up the decorations. Which were not much, really, just some things to put on the aisle-ends of the pews. The church already looked pretty decent, and has flowers, so.. yeah.
Eventually, more family (bride's side) had started to arrive at our house just for more pre-wedding socialising. The Majority of our side of the family were here, except for my younger brother who was off at the casino with the groom. (c: Before leaving all together for the church, my father offered a pre-wedding speech. I am not sure if it was a family tradition to do so or not, but it was nice.
Just to make sure Kathy was sufficiently emotional, in case she was lacking.
The church ceremony
It just seems to happen that, given sufficiently abundant space, the bride's family and friends will probably migrate to one side of the church, while the groom's do the other. Well, it happened this time, too. If it came to a fight, we totally outnumbered the other side. See? Us:
Them:
Here waits the groom with nervously sweaty palms:
The ceremony went well, with only some minor technical difficulties. Kathy's friend, in charge of the music, cued the wrong song a couple of times, I think. Also, Kathy nearly placed the ring on Ben's wrong hand, which made for a great sequence of photos:
After some struggling with the veil, Ben finally manages to kiss his bride:
*tear* :P Anyway, the ceremony went on with the usual signing of the marriage certificate and whatever else they do, along with another mis-cue of music, and then some quick photos outside the church.
Also, a quick mention for Father Steve, who performed the wedding: it was probably the last wedding he performed. He was already in the later stages of terminal cancer, which was very sad, but we were so very happy that he got to perform this ceremony for my sister's wedding. R.I.P Father Steve, you were an awesome parish priest.
Tea ceremony
A subset of us returned to the Bodestyne house for the tea ceremony. Basically, the bride and groom present tea to their elders in turn, first beginning with the most senior (our grandmother), and the elder in turn is supposed to impart to the newlyweds their blessing, wisdom, and also a red packet with money in. (c: Here, first to our Pho Pho, and our parents:
Then onwards through Ben's mum, and through aunts and uncles, down to me (which I do not have a photo of since no one offered to take my camera for half a minute):
And then finally my brother offered tea to the bride and groom, in return for a red packet. Which was actually empty due to a mistake, but I reckon my brother deserved it, going there sunglasses on and everything. Karma! They remedied that, anyway. I guess it would be bad luck or something otherwise.
And then we raced off to the Old Swan Brewery, where the reception was to be held.
The Really Big Party
It was pleasantly cool by this time of evening. The bride and groom opened with a dance they had been practising, which was only slightly marred by the fact they had not practiced in the dress that my sister was wearing. It was funny, very entertaining, and I only wish I had captured it on (digital) film.
Despite this being a really huge part of the whole day, I really cannot think of things to write about it. It was fairly standard. Good food coming out at a decent pace, and also good quality of food. Drinks flowed freely, but as far as I know, there were no... embarrassments. All those who made speeches did good jobs: clear speaking, good humour, good length.
So perhaps I shall try to single out things that were specific to this wedding. Ah yes, the rubik's cubes. My sister and her new husband had ordered a large number of small rubik's cubes, which they screwed keychains into, and just left them in a large bowl outside for anyone to take. They seemed to prove a hit, and taking a glance around the room several times during the night revealed numerous people fiddling with the cubes trying to solve them. They were a amusing, whimsical touch that very much suited the wedding of Kathy and Ben. Here's a pic of the table outside. I do not think many people mistook the rubik's cubes for another piece of confectionary...
Also, the wrapping for the chocolate hearts scattered about the tables was customised:
Here is the wedding cake, baked by our aunt:
Just a random pic with the cousins:
And the rest of the night went swimmingly, with much merriment had by all, along with silly dancing. My father's leet dancing skillz should not be omitted:
Oooh, bouquet toss! (Yeah, sorry, I realise my minimal structure has suddenly broken down into just random thought fragments, but.. whatever.) There was certainly some fierce competition for that bouquet:
And after the bouquet toss, some more dancing:
Concluding thoughts
Weddings are pretty awesome. Especially if you can get away with not stressing too much about it. My sister managed to keep pretty cool the whole time. Very little stressing in the preparation leading up to the wedding. ("What colour do you want for ?" "Oh, that'll do, that's good enough. Moving on.") I recall being very happy for my sister, and just looking back on these photos, I still feel the same; I'm glad her wedding turned out so great for her and so many people chipped in to make it a great smooth-running day (relatively speaking. It was still a wedding, after all).
Well, I will be attending another wedding soon, and I hope everything will go as smoothly for my cousin and we can all have an awesome time. :P
Heehee. I'm borrowing the term 'really big party' since I loved it so much the first time I read it. Well, this is a late post (like, a year late). But I had promised by cousin that I would do a post about my sister's wedding, so here it is. My memory of it may be a leeetle bit rusty, so it is really just going to be a photospam with some very light, random commentary.
Pre-ceremony
I woke up to find my sister and her bridesmaids already beginning to get their hair done and whatever else it is the girls do before the wedding. My sister will probably hit me for posting this photo, but she will not know I posted it, so that is okay:
The girls continued to get ready, and also practiced walking down slopes in the ridiculously ginormous heels they were going to wear. In the meantime, I went with my aunt to the church to go quickly set up the decorations. Which were not much, really, just some things to put on the aisle-ends of the pews. The church already looked pretty decent, and has flowers, so.. yeah.
Eventually, more family (bride's side) had started to arrive at our house just for more pre-wedding socialising. The Majority of our side of the family were here, except for my younger brother who was off at the casino with the groom. (c: Before leaving all together for the church, my father offered a pre-wedding speech. I am not sure if it was a family tradition to do so or not, but it was nice.
Just to make sure Kathy was sufficiently emotional, in case she was lacking.
The church ceremony
It just seems to happen that, given sufficiently abundant space, the bride's family and friends will probably migrate to one side of the church, while the groom's do the other. Well, it happened this time, too. If it came to a fight, we totally outnumbered the other side. See? Us:
Them:
Here waits the groom with nervously sweaty palms:
The ceremony went well, with only some minor technical difficulties. Kathy's friend, in charge of the music, cued the wrong song a couple of times, I think. Also, Kathy nearly placed the ring on Ben's wrong hand, which made for a great sequence of photos:
After some struggling with the veil, Ben finally manages to kiss his bride:
*tear* :P Anyway, the ceremony went on with the usual signing of the marriage certificate and whatever else they do, along with another mis-cue of music, and then some quick photos outside the church.
Also, a quick mention for Father Steve, who performed the wedding: it was probably the last wedding he performed. He was already in the later stages of terminal cancer, which was very sad, but we were so very happy that he got to perform this ceremony for my sister's wedding. R.I.P Father Steve, you were an awesome parish priest.
Tea ceremony
A subset of us returned to the Bodestyne house for the tea ceremony. Basically, the bride and groom present tea to their elders in turn, first beginning with the most senior (our grandmother), and the elder in turn is supposed to impart to the newlyweds their blessing, wisdom, and also a red packet with money in. (c: Here, first to our Pho Pho, and our parents:
Then onwards through Ben's mum, and through aunts and uncles, down to me (which I do not have a photo of since no one offered to take my camera for half a minute):
And then finally my brother offered tea to the bride and groom, in return for a red packet. Which was actually empty due to a mistake, but I reckon my brother deserved it, going there sunglasses on and everything. Karma! They remedied that, anyway. I guess it would be bad luck or something otherwise.
And then we raced off to the Old Swan Brewery, where the reception was to be held.
The Really Big Party
It was pleasantly cool by this time of evening. The bride and groom opened with a dance they had been practising, which was only slightly marred by the fact they had not practiced in the dress that my sister was wearing. It was funny, very entertaining, and I only wish I had captured it on (digital) film.
Despite this being a really huge part of the whole day, I really cannot think of things to write about it. It was fairly standard. Good food coming out at a decent pace, and also good quality of food. Drinks flowed freely, but as far as I know, there were no... embarrassments. All those who made speeches did good jobs: clear speaking, good humour, good length.
So perhaps I shall try to single out things that were specific to this wedding. Ah yes, the rubik's cubes. My sister and her new husband had ordered a large number of small rubik's cubes, which they screwed keychains into, and just left them in a large bowl outside for anyone to take. They seemed to prove a hit, and taking a glance around the room several times during the night revealed numerous people fiddling with the cubes trying to solve them. They were a amusing, whimsical touch that very much suited the wedding of Kathy and Ben. Here's a pic of the table outside. I do not think many people mistook the rubik's cubes for another piece of confectionary...
Also, the wrapping for the chocolate hearts scattered about the tables was customised:
Here is the wedding cake, baked by our aunt:
Just a random pic with the cousins:
And the rest of the night went swimmingly, with much merriment had by all, along with silly dancing. My father's leet dancing skillz should not be omitted:
Oooh, bouquet toss! (Yeah, sorry, I realise my minimal structure has suddenly broken down into just random thought fragments, but.. whatever.) There was certainly some fierce competition for that bouquet:
And after the bouquet toss, some more dancing:
Concluding thoughts
Weddings are pretty awesome. Especially if you can get away with not stressing too much about it. My sister managed to keep pretty cool the whole time. Very little stressing in the preparation leading up to the wedding. ("What colour do you want for ?" "Oh, that'll do, that's good enough. Moving on.") I recall being very happy for my sister, and just looking back on these photos, I still feel the same; I'm glad her wedding turned out so great for her and so many people chipped in to make it a great smooth-running day (relatively speaking. It was still a wedding, after all).
Well, I will be attending another wedding soon, and I hope everything will go as smoothly for my cousin and we can all have an awesome time. :P