A friend of mine got married yesterday and I was one of her sisters for her wedding, it was a fun every sec. Minus the pictures, I m going to pen down e nice experience.
Few days before the big day:
The sisters met up at the bride-to-b's hse to prepare the "Gate Crashing" tools/food. On the wedding day, before groom is able to receive the bride, he and his brothers will hav to consume the 4 different tastes of food. For example, we used a blender to blend up the bittergourd to make bitter drinks, spread wasabe and chilli padi onto bread to make spicy snacks. Games to make fun of the groom and his brothers were also prepared. We also ran through the sequence of events/roles and responsibilities with the groom and his brothers.
Wedding day morning:
Groom was super early and had been waiting for a long time at the carpark. Food and games for "Gate Crashing" were all ready. Bride took a while for the dressup, so we were overrun by abt 30min. Relatives were worried, but remained calm.
Gate crashing wasn't tat easy at the beginning as we do not know the groom well, so were his brothers. I have heard of weddings where the brothers and sisters can't clique well, and ended up a dreadful experience for both sides. Luckily, the atmosphere warmt up after a few minutes. Because gate-crashing cannot be rehearsed, quick and witty responses are required by the sisters to make sure the groom and his brothers have tiny room for negotiation. The spicy bread made some of the brothers and the groom teared (OPPS!!) and it was fun watching the groom and his brothers dressed up as Hello Kitty characters , trying to fufill all our requirements in order to see the bride.
After the bride was received, it was photo taking session. The bride's dress is real long. We had to hold on to the tail wherever she goes.
Church ceremony commenced a little later than planned, followed by lunch reception and tea ceremony. Sister and brothers stood around in case any help needed, like making sure the sequence for the tea ceremony is followed, and ang paos are collected ...
The brothers are kind enough to offer help to navigate the "not-so-road-savvy" sisters to the groom's hse. Come to think of it, we concluded that it doesn't matter how many sisters and brothers there are, the impt thing is more on whether we help one another. I cant imagine if the brothers were nt so proactive, then the sisters will be furious. There will be alot of last-min hicups here are there, hence sisters and brothers have to be proactive.
Wedding dinner:
Although roles and responsibilities of the brothers and sisters were all discussed before the dinner commenced, unexpected hicups occured at the reception almost every sec. But we were lucky on the damage control part, everyone was proactive aligned. Great. These are reception hicups which cannot be seened by the guests. I am impressed by the amount of effort behind the scenes just to make sure the guest knows the table his is sitting.
