Between June 28 and September 6, I had attended seven weddings. Ranging from the most extravagant style to the simplest of elegance, all the weddings were unique and wonderful. I am honoured to have been invited to so many.
What I remembered the most from each wedding (my apologies, the photos do not do justice to the stunning work of the decorators and planners):
June 28: The Gock-Mori Wedding
I had only attended the ceremony; because of the Catholic rituals, the ceremony was long, but beautiful.
July 5: The Sei-Ing Wedding
The wedding looked as elegant as the venue that hosted it. This was the first wedding in which my husband and I were named out-of-town guests -- even though we lived the closest to the venue. Their wedding invitations also had silhouettes of their profiles printed on them -- very cool.
August 9: The Lam-Chan Wedding
D and I were invited only to the reception, but D had grown up with the bride's brother and knew the whole family for a very long time. They also had a Transformers cake. Enough said.This wedding was special because it marked several transitions this family was going through, including saying farewell to D's best friend as he relocated to HK the very next day.
August 16: The Mah-Su Wedding
By comparison to most weddings I've been to, this was a very extravagant, but exquisite, wedding, complete with lion dances, blossom trees decorations, and a very well-made video presentation of his proposal to her on a cruise ship. The bouquet and garter tosses were met with excitement, surprisingly. At the wedding previously mentioned (among many other weddings), the garter flew right through a split in the middle by the guys who were "forced" to come fight for the garter.
August 23: The Wong-TomKun Wedding
An invitation to D's cousin's wedding was also an opportunity for D and me to be tourists in Toronto. Because I was family, I was invited, but did not partake, in the very lovely tea ceremony. The slide show presentations were casual, but funny.
August 29: The DeHaas-Hoeksema Wedding
I have never seen so many young children participate at a ceremony! Usually weddings would have one or two flower girls and a male ring bearer. There were at least seven kids who helped out somehow, whether it was to drop flower petals in the aisle or carry the bubble-blowing machine (which the little girl forgot to use in all her excitement of walking down the aisle). They were absolutely precious, though! The speeches made at this wedding were filled with hilarious stories; one of the speeches included a lengthy, but funny Shrek-parody of the bride and groom.
September 6: The Lee-Chan Wedding
One of the simplest Chinese weddings (paradox?) I have been to. Perhaps the most unique aspect of this wedding was that the father of the bride doubled as the minister of the ceremony. The father walked his daughter down the aisle, became the minister to ask "Who gives away this bride?", and then steps back down to say, "Her mother and I do!" to nobody in particular, and all the guests just laughed. The laughs were louder when at the end of the ceremony, the father/minister announced, "T, you may now kiss my daughter!" Everyone was in stitches, but the poor groom was too shy and embarrassed to kiss his new wife, so the father/minister had to say, "T, you have my permission to kiss her" to which the groom responded with a peck on the bride's cheek.
I had wished that I could've included photos of the brides in this blog, but I couldn't get permission from all of them, so I decided not to show any at all. The gowns (including the qi paos and kuas, where applicable) were gorgeous, but they were all so different from each other; the makeup was flawless, and the hair styles were impeccable, although the style now appears to be loosely curled hair that is half gathered up. Lastly, I must say that no matter how they put their looks together, every bride was incredibly radiant, elegant, splendid, and charming. (Sorry guys, but suits are suits and they all pretty much looked alike.)
May God bless all these marriages.
2 comments:
what a cool way to document the weddings you attended this summer. i gotta say, that transformer cake is quite awesome. (the groom's cake, i suppose?)
let's find time to make some pompoms together ;)
Aww!! Now I wish I had an Optimus Prime cake!! Actually...what I really want is a Super Mario cake...=) *hee hee*
Thanks for all the compliments! (Although...T actually did give me a proper kiss at the altar...AFTER Dad turned away.) =)
It was so great to have you and D at our wedding. It reminded me of all the good times we had at yours. I just wish that T and I had more time to "party" at your table. We'll make it up at the Beaver!
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