August 29, 2005

• OUR WEDDING

  ummm… yeah… so i’m married now… just that sounds weird….i think
  we’re still getting used to it… and it will take awhile for it to
  sink in….not that we don’t have people reminding us everying 5
  seconds
  … i mean we’re the same… just the titles are different… the whole
  husband and wife and mr. and mrs. thing is all new to us… i mean even
  the thought of us saying it makes us giggle…. but SLOWLY getting used
  to it…..

  we have really no pictures from the thing b/c i wasn’t taking
  pictures so sorry NO PICTURES… well maybe a few that i got from some
  people but other than that it won’t be as colorful as some of my
  weekend trips

  the day before our wedding we had a just family and a few friends
  chinese banquet…. and we did the chinese tea pouring (yum cha) for
  pat’s family and some of my family participated…. i really didn’t
  know what to expect b/c i’d NEVER seen one before and didn’t quite know
  what to do…. but luckily i listened well and was able to say stuff
  okay… only minor glitch was getting my heel caught on the back of my
  dress but i was okay…. the food was yummy and it was fun having the
  two families come together and meet… our two grandmas seemed like
  they could have been friends for years!  haha… they’re awesome

  afterwards went back to the claremont and we worked on the slide show
  and different things and i around 1-2am i thought i’d try to sleep….
  and right when i was about to fall asleep i hear an ALARM! the fire
  alarm went off and didn’t go off for half an hour until the fire dept
  came to say it was a false alarm…. grrrr…

  THE BIG DAY

  woke up early and got ready and in the mean time trying to get our
  slide show pix together… my sister came over and she did my hair and
  make-up (THANKS AMY!!!!!!!!!)….
  and b/c i have such thick hair it took awhile… tried to eat some
  breakfast but wasn’t really able to eat that much…. drove over to the
  church to do a quick run through and then ran to hurry and get my dress
  on and get ready…. while waiting there was a lot going on…. people
  coming in and out of the bathroom… saw people who i was relieved to
  see and stressing out before the ceremony….

  THEN moved to another room for more anxious waiting….. and then the
  music came on! the bridesmaids (janel and margaret)… and then us… i
  think i never grabbed onto my dad’s arm so tight…. when it was our
  turn i came out and saw EVERYONE LOOKING AT US… and CAMERAS POINTED
  RIGHT AT US!  that FREAKED me out!  i thought i was gonna
  die!  but i managed to walk down and try to not look nervous and
  then i saw my family!  a few of whom yelled out and eased my
  nerves…. phew…. but throughout the ceremony i was really nervous…
  but seems like everything went okay…and finally being with pat up
  there i felt better too…. although my veil was giving me some
  problems… it’s okay… then pictures and stuff… and we drove off to
  the claremont

  went back to the room for a short bit and then had to go down and take
  pictures….it was nice to rest a bit… then had to go back up and
  change into my kimono… when i went into our room EVERYONE was
  there… kinda annoying… but luckily people left… at least the ones
  that needed to be there were there… my dad’s cousin’s family who we
  visit every year we go to japan were there and helped me put on the
  kimono in like 20-30 minutes (the professionals… none of that 2 hour
  bs that people were telling me)… then my sister had to do my hair…
  poor thing with a lot of stress and no brush she pulled it off!!! 
  (another THANKS AMY!)  and finally down to the reception….

  by then a few people were already drunk (30 minutes after the reception
  started)…. and we were introduced …. when i went it it was
  beautifully decorated… all the months of planning and the little
  details all came together and i was happy!  first thing we did the
  bouquet toss and my bouquet was heavy so i didn’t want to chuck it too
  far so it ended up falling a little short but my sister caught it
  before it hit the ground… (THAT’S MY SISTER!) although part of it was
  on the floor b/c of the impact when she caught it…. brian got the
  garter we had a few welcome speeches from the dads and family
  introductions…. and the party was on….

  mainly what was on my mind at the time was FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!  i
  was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HUNGRY… when we went up for the buffet i tried
  to get a lot of food but i coudn’t try everything…. we had like
  different food stations… japantown (japanese), chinatown (chinese),
  north beach (italian), mission (steak), the wharf (seafood), and i
  forgot if there was more… but almost any type of food you could
  find… well those general ones so it was a variety which we really
  wanted people to have b/c not everyone ate the same thing… and we
  wanted to have different things… not the usual wedding meal
  (chicken/beef)…. so it was nice… and seems like it was a big hit
  with everyone…unfortunately i didn’t get to eat everything… and
  just watched it all go away while people came up to talk to us… but
  it’s expected to not eat that much… *sigh* but it looked soooooooooo
  good!

  everyone danced… my whole family was out there and crazy (well i
  guess my mom’s side… ) and there was a congo line that went around
  the room… it was pretty awesome… and everyone was having an awesome
  time… in the mean time we had a slideshow that ran through out the
  entire reception of pictures of us through the years… which i hope
  everyone at least saw themselves in the pictures… b/c we tried to get
  everyone in there…

  we had pass the rock at each table to the ROCKY song… and people got
  a rock/mineral when the music stopped and the 3rd person to the left
  got the centerpiece which was BEAUTIFUL…. all different colors and
  smelled good too!

  i don’t quite remember what order everything was in but it went by fast
  in a blur… but it couldn’t have been a more perfect wedding for the
  two of us… it was nice that all we had to do was sit back and relax a
  bit and see how everyone enjoy themselves… we were happy to see
  everyone there and glad that everyone had a good time… that’s what we
  wanted…

  THANKS to those who all came out to share our special day!

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