well.. i know these are SO LATE
but…..
and so… some stories behind the wedding day
june 15th, 2006:
we went to surabaya… all the cheers moment about the next 10 days holiday
june 16th, 2006:
preparing these and those… the bridal stuff, the bouquet, went to the restaurant so i could decide how to arrange our families’ position at the restaurant.
june 17th, 2006:
my parents, my sisters n her husband n her child came. we picked them at the Gubeng train station. we conducted an indonesian ritual by praying for blessing so all the ceremony goes smooth. we invited some people to join us pray and also to eat “tumpeng” after the ritual.
right after, i went to the hotel with my family. i expected some nervous feeling by this time… well… but it wasn’t. tomorrow’s the big day…. i thought i wouldn’t be able to sleep, but in fact i slept well. my final comprehensive test when i was at university was worse than this. that time i really couldn’t sleep
june 18th, 2006:
the sleepy-exhausted-day.
02.30 AM i have already had to wake up. took a bath (thanks for the hotel’s hot water. if there weren’t hot water i don’t know how to take a bath that early in the morning
).
03.00 AM my future husband picked me and my mom and drove us to the bridal. on the way to the bridal, we were stopped by policemen. too early to go eh? suddenly i remember that my ID card was expired
oh NO
‘where do you want to go, Ms?’, asked the police.
‘bridal, sir. this is my wedding day,’ i replied.
WOW, if only you know, wedding is a powerful word. at once, the policeman said, ‘you may go, Ms.’
hehehe…....
09.00 AM the very first of the ceremony has been started.
facing my future husband in my room. after the whole video shooting session, all the family rush went to their cars to go to church and some to prepare for the night party. and we left alone, me and my future husband. and nobody ever remembers to call our wedding car
so we stayed in the hotel’s lobby quite long time.. no cat-eyes-black-mercedes coming towards. we waited for so long.. and we realized: everyone FORGETS
we tried to call the car, but none of us knew the driver’s name or the car’s police number. in the end, my future husband went to parking area looking for the car. but that day, 18th june, was kind of best wedding day for everyone, so there are some wedding cars in the parking area….
well say so, i don’t even know who found the car. but at last, the car’s coming
11.30 AM churchy session….
arrived at the church right on time… owh, on the way to church, i have just realized that i have to wear my thin-gloves for the “ring” time. ehm, you know what? there’s a secret about the ring things. i bought the ring before my engagement, i was thinner than now. also i wear it on my left finger, which now i would have to wear it on my right (bigger) finger. these last few weeks i tried to make it fit on my right finger. finally, i could. but the problem is: the ring is fit when i wear no glove
i thought, on the initial ceremony, they would ask me to loose the glove. but they asked only the groom, not the BRIDE
n the church doesnt have air conditioner (if it was colder, our finger getting slimmer hehehe)
n the ring was brought by our family in some other car (i am not sure which one) so i am not even been able to retry the ring with the glove on
in the car, my future husband remind me: be careful, you are using gloves, the ring could be easily slipped.
well… lucky me, the ring was wearable
and by the time, he was the one that slipped my ring
and then the priest said:
....I now pronounce you husband and wife…