** Note: I have a habit of starting a post one day and finish on another. Blogspot however, dates the post on the day I started. This is something I will have to adjust to. So just a note that the first post should have been dated January 21 and Apartment Hunting should have been posted the same as this post, January 30.
I went to my first wedding this week. Well actually, I went to about one hour of a two day wedding. Yes, a two day wedding. Oh and apparently more than one thousand people may be attending this wedding throughout the two days. During the one hour of the wedding I attended, I ate great food, listened to music, and nearly got hit by a small firework.
This was the wedding of the sister of one of the artists for my company. He invited me on Monday and the wedding started Thursday evening. I arrived with several colleagues and down the street I hear the music and the firecrackers that I have been hearing daily outside my window. Now it's all making sense. This is the groom and his family arriving to the wedding.
However, I'm ushered into the hall that seats about two hundred and standing room for another one hundred. Remember how I said one thousand might attend this wedding at a given time, hopefully they don't all want to be in here at the same time. We said "Hi" to our colleague and his mother, then take a seat. Up at the front there is a small dance floor, more loud music, a small couch, and a raised platform with stairs leading up on opposite sides. People are sitting and talking, there are servers walking around with appetizers - very good appetizers. I had an egg roll and some vegetable soup. There was also some cheese and other food.
After twenty minutes, I'm being ushered back to the entrance, apparently the groom is arriving. The music from the groom's party is much louder and now the fireworks are being shot in the air like the fourth of July. There are also smaller, high pitched fireworks that spiral like a balloon when you let go after inflating it. This is what almost hit me. There is lots of dancing too, and the groom is being carried in a carriage. When the family is in front of the hall entrance the bride's family greeted the groom's family and put flower necklaces on what appeared to be the elders of the grooms family. Then when the carriage with the groom arrived, he was carried from the carriage by friends and family into the hall. He was not allowed to touch the ground.
At this point I had to get back to the office, but first I was "required" to eat. There was a massive, and I mean massive, buffet. At least ten different dishes for me to choose from, plus two or three types of dessert. It was delicious.On the way out, I was introduced to the bride. She was gorgeous, dressed in red and gold, hidden away from all the guests still.
I so wish that I had been able to stay for longer, to see more of the festivities. Hopefully there will be another wedding that I get to attend. I don't know that I could make it through a two-day wedding, but perhaps a shortened version. Then I will also be able to get pictures.
I went to my first wedding this week. Well actually, I went to about one hour of a two day wedding. Yes, a two day wedding. Oh and apparently more than one thousand people may be attending this wedding throughout the two days. During the one hour of the wedding I attended, I ate great food, listened to music, and nearly got hit by a small firework.
This was the wedding of the sister of one of the artists for my company. He invited me on Monday and the wedding started Thursday evening. I arrived with several colleagues and down the street I hear the music and the firecrackers that I have been hearing daily outside my window. Now it's all making sense. This is the groom and his family arriving to the wedding.
However, I'm ushered into the hall that seats about two hundred and standing room for another one hundred. Remember how I said one thousand might attend this wedding at a given time, hopefully they don't all want to be in here at the same time. We said "Hi" to our colleague and his mother, then take a seat. Up at the front there is a small dance floor, more loud music, a small couch, and a raised platform with stairs leading up on opposite sides. People are sitting and talking, there are servers walking around with appetizers - very good appetizers. I had an egg roll and some vegetable soup. There was also some cheese and other food.
After twenty minutes, I'm being ushered back to the entrance, apparently the groom is arriving. The music from the groom's party is much louder and now the fireworks are being shot in the air like the fourth of July. There are also smaller, high pitched fireworks that spiral like a balloon when you let go after inflating it. This is what almost hit me. There is lots of dancing too, and the groom is being carried in a carriage. When the family is in front of the hall entrance the bride's family greeted the groom's family and put flower necklaces on what appeared to be the elders of the grooms family. Then when the carriage with the groom arrived, he was carried from the carriage by friends and family into the hall. He was not allowed to touch the ground.
At this point I had to get back to the office, but first I was "required" to eat. There was a massive, and I mean massive, buffet. At least ten different dishes for me to choose from, plus two or three types of dessert. It was delicious.On the way out, I was introduced to the bride. She was gorgeous, dressed in red and gold, hidden away from all the guests still.
I so wish that I had been able to stay for longer, to see more of the festivities. Hopefully there will be another wedding that I get to attend. I don't know that I could make it through a two-day wedding, but perhaps a shortened version. Then I will also be able to get pictures.
can we get a picture of the massive buffet and the food :)
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