My brother will be wed on two weeks’ time. It’s a rush
wedding. Saturday, my mama and uncles went with my bro for the ‘pamanhikan.’ It’s
a tradition here in our country, that when a guy intends to marry a girl, he
asks for the girl’s parents’ permission. Decades ago, the’ pamanhikan’ is a definite
must before getting married, now not so much, except for families who have held
on to this kind of tradition.
The very next day we went to different hotels and function
halls to look for a venue. For the gowns and suits we only went to one place.
My sister knows the shop owners and they gave us a very, very big discount. After
the pamanhikan, we girls got a little too excited and already discussed about
the motif. The bride wanted silver/gray color motif. We didn’t actually get the
exact color but it was better than we expected. The dresses are royal blue with
little silver trimmings / little designs (sorry I don’t know what you call ‘em
LOL). The maid of honor’s gown is the sole gray, though.
My mama already had a venue in mind. She liked this hotel
very much because of the free use of the pool, even though the package price
was way beyond budget. Today, Monday, my sister booked the hotel. There was
another surprise! When we went there yesterday, the silly receptionist only
gave us two pieces of paper that contained the package prices, when actually
there were three pages. The missing page contained the cheaper package prices,
but just the right amenities that we needed. And I tell you the price
difference is ridiculous, so we sort of saved money with the venue/reception
for the wedding.
Everything had been such a blessing! Last year I had been
twice a bridesmaid and I ask my friends their budget, and they’re all insane
amounts of money! So I really, really think we did pretty great in looking for
those things we needed.
By the way, my brother’s marrying a Muslim, so the wedding
is a Muslim wedding. We are very excited because I have never been to their
wedding before. My mama and sister have and they said it’s a fun wedding with
traditional Muslim dances and the other guests will place money (bills) between
your fingers or your clothing. Who wouldn’t want to be given money?? Hahaha!
But no dancing for me!
We also worry that we’d somehow offend the Muslim relatives,
because we’re not really that familiar with their culture, and we might do
something that they think is awful.
2015 is going great, indeed.
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