Sunday, June 27, 2004
6am - hp alarm rings.
6.20am - hp alarm rings again..i adjusted it to 6.25am..-__-
6.25am - rings again..yawns.
6.30am - haiz..haf to wake up..
7am - got out of hse and abt to tk my cab and after tat pick up yati and sharky..
7.10am - picked up yati.
7.25am - sharky then appeared..sayin actually she ready liao..juz tat nature calls at the last min..and the taxi is waiting for her for ard 5 mins! -O-
7.30am - juz nice reached her hse ^_^ and we proceeded to go to her hse first becoz her pops gt book a bus..so from her hse we will proceed to the temple..no need to meet up at mrt and then go from there..^___^
8.30am - while waiting..i took the
scenery ^____^
8.35am - managed to get the bus and me, sharky and yati tok pics in the bus
together! here's another
one!
9am - the wedding is abt to start for our lovely
donut! we also took pics with her..
sharky with donut..and then
yati with donut!
^_____^ before we go in the temple..bridemaids will sprinkle us with water of blessings and also taking off our shoes is a traditional custom! one of the bridemaids is donut's sis
tulasy! and i loved the architecture of the main
door..nice...and of course the
interior..here's another
one! sweet~ not to forget~ presenting to u the building of the
indian temple!
9.15-9.20am - oh yes! the wedding haf started and then of coz they started to play the music and all..i was very entralled by the whole thing becoz this is my first time to witness a indian wedding conducted by the priest and they haf the
speeches. Apparently the priest went into a room and then the god of marriage is in the room and the priest sort of like asking for blessings to the newly wed couple..after the rites (deafening music..haha..) thina her husband then took her
out! so sweeet...actually this is my fav pic of them..relli nice this pic..i like this picture very much..can sense the happiness is there! Their wedding actually attracts alot of the tourists..wah donut famous liao...ahaha the photos are carried overseas liaoz..relli great~ there is this turkey tourist who actually went over and gaf them her
blessings! she also gaf prema a turkey ring as her gift and
presented it to her! after that theuy took a picture
together.. so cool!! hehe..after that of course there are some other tourists tat began to join in the photo taking with them as well..wah famous liao..hehehe...i also enjoyed in all the photo taking..but then u knoe ar..pigeons also flew in as well..and erm..i think i stepped on some pigeon poo (wats with me and poo!!!tat time its a cockroach and nw its poo!!! eeee..) haiz..my heart is crying for water to wash my feet...
prema gets blessings from relatives and
thina also..
so sweet....our dear sharky also gets to bless them! but then when my pic comes out..all light!! cant see..so sad haf to delete it off..=P
10+am - after all the blessings..they went to a small
shrine which is also in the temple and then they got their blessings from the god Ganesh aka elephant god..they haf to walk
3 times ard the temple..1 round for the family..2nd round for themselves and 3rd round for the god..so tat they will get their blessings..after tat they
bow their respects to the god
Ganesh. After they haf received their blessings..it's
sharky's and yati's turn to take pic with them ^____^ after tat its
me,yati and donut's bro! nt forgetting
sharky, yati and tulasy also! ^____^
And for family members..introducing my beloved frd prema's
pops and donut's
mumsy(the lady in the middle with short hair smiling..) actually truthfully to say both of prema's parents very very nice and friendly de~ hehe! they are part of the minority indians tat i find very nice and heartwarming~ very different from the other majority indians who are quite nasty sometimes~
11+am - stomach angry liao..sobs..actually i havent eat anything yet but then nvm~~~ after the wedding we went back to the bus and then the bus took us to the banana leaf apollo rest for makan..they haf booked the 2nd flr hall for the buffet feast and my stomach is more hungrier already..argh...smeellll gd...yellow rice..with curry..mutton..chicken..the drinks of lemon juice at first nt so gd..becoz too sweet! and nt so cold..but then at the later part..ice is added in and it was heavenly..hehe..i also love the papadams...its a kind of cracker..power stuff i tell u..very nice to eat one~~muz go eat huh i intro u~~ after tat i took a pic of
the couple and sharky seems to haf found amusement with one of the relative's
cute daughter..^____^ overall the lunch is gd peepz..
12+pm - we bid farewell to the donut and then went off to jalan on our own..apparently i am tired becoz yesterdae i was full shift! sharky was tired becoz hers was morn shift but herhrs are lnger than me..and after her shift she went to meet yati under her blk for a while..we both are like stoned..o___o we took a train from little india to orchard road and then we jalan at far east plaza..took neoprints too! normally we will take 2-3 sets of neoprints but becoz we are relli tired and no energy of fooling ard..so took 1 set onli..hehe..after tat we eat abit of burger king..and we took bus no 518 (express service) hme..and i gt hme at ard...4+ to 5pm? ahah we are shocked to find tat we return hme rather early..but then bo bian ne..relli no mood to go for jalan..juz abit onli..
VerDict: *sobs* my frd prema having a customary marriage..lunch is gd..the dae is gd!!! but still the sleepiness is there..wahaha...^____^
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