A Bridemaid's Tale
i have finally gotten a taste of bridesmaid-ing!!!!
haah it's really gd fun! and not to mention it can pay extremely well (a few hrs of work which is FUN earns u abt one wkend call's pay at least woohoo!)
married my cousin off yesterday on saturday... *sniffles* we are all so grown-up now! felt v nostalgic as the photo montage of her life was played out on the big screen during the wedding; it's kind of surreal, seeing urself onscreen as a 2 or 3 yr old and knowing how far you have come since then! and realising how little u remember urself as a little fat thg toddling ard on ur squeaky shoes and looking absolutely hideous except for ur nicely curly hair (which by Sod's law disappears once it becomes hip to have nice wavy hair as a grownup).
was initially worried i couldn't wake up in time to take on my jie mei duties, considering i was post-post call and usually needs 16 hrs of solid slp before i begin to stir. hah but seems like the excitement of being jie mei for the first time in my life is more than the sandman's temptations! but waking up at 4am was no joke. i can't imagine how much earlier i have to wake up when my sister's big day come!!! and in absolutely no mood to prettify myself either at that ungodly and post-post call day. ahah! (i have this wish to destroy the wedding videos so tt i don't have to see myself as this white lump haggling with the brothers)
it was pretty gd fun, ganging up with 4 other jie meis (my sis, my lame cousin, and the bride's two other friends) to guard the door to the bride's hse! though i must say this gang of brothers were really.... ill-prpepared. ha! no coordination, v slow is packing the red pkts smmore! and the poor groom looked so stressed up! he win's the Most Stressed Groom award hands-down man! and i just couldn't bring myself to be too hard on him; u can't be so heartless as to tip the groom over to stress disorder on his big day lah.
my cousin on the other hand was really chill; such a cool bride! have never seen smone as cool and calm as her before; can really tell she is enjoying herself and just being her usual "garang" self! hehe wearing boots with her gown included. whoa! un conventional bride sia! a joy to watch really, since usually brides are all really demure blushing ladies on their big days! and of cos, the bride was really beautiful and radiant!
and i realised how tiring it is being a chinese bride in s'pore; run here run there, need timekeeper, need two thousand changing of gowns, have to wear the "kua"? which weighs a million tonnes (believe me, it really feels tt heavy; i had to carry it), have to have dozens of jewellery pieces hanging on u... tough life man.
it really feels like a girlfriends party, esp when we were being chaffeured around by one of the brothers, interestingly called Ah Long! haha! spent a gd long time teasing him abt his name, and i think he was really intimidated by our constant jabber. but his wife trained him well; smart enough to know not to interject when ladies are talking up a storm!
the wedding had a military march-in; now thats stylish! i think every girl secretly wish to have these well-dressed soldiers (?) crossing their swords as they walked into the banquet hall; looks really nice anyway! and makes the wedding all the more special!
a few impt thgs i learnt this wedding:
1. It's gd to discuss with pranksters how to "torture" the groom; esp if you have plenty of time to "play"!
2. ALWAYS think of what the bride may need --> fan, straw to drink water with wo smudging her lippy, umbrella in case of rain. wet wipes after gown changes when she would feel really sweaty, plasters in case of blisters, panadol, puke-bags and medicated oil for excessive alcoholic loading
3. Bring red packets! Many guests will forget to bring red packets...
4. Jie-meis should consist of really gd and loud hagglers who can bring the mood up! same goes for brothers
5. Always have time-keepers!
6. Befriend more ppl who drives; u need many chaffeurs for jiemeis and brothers tt day
7. At the end of the day, be flexible and change plans accordingly. I the groom is already so stressed up, cut him some slack! You don't want him to remember his wedding day as the most horrible day of his life!
i am addicted to being a jie-mei! Wonder if it's true its unlucky to do it more than thrice!?
