She got Married...

2nd March 2009

It’s a Monday morning and I’ve got my earplugs with a Duncan Sheik song playing, “Barely breathing”. I’m the first one to arrive at the office, well actually the client’s office and I’m already frustrated because I can’t seem to get online!!! Since I’m here and I have nothing to do till my so called boss arrives I thought I’d tell you something about my life.
Over the weekend I attended a very close friends wedding, it was a Gujarati (check spelling) wedding ceremony. I arrived at around 9 am with another friend of mine, and we got ourselves a seat with a view. The people there were really grandly dressed up in all sorts of colors. It was a really nice scene like something you would see in a Bollywood movie. Anyway, the ceremony started at around 9.30am with singing and some prays for the groom. There were waiters handing out finger food, I guess this was to compensate for the very long ceremony. Then the bride arrives dressed in a white and maroon sari with jewels deck from head to toe. She looked beautiful like a Bollywood movie star. Ok I’m going to cut it short now cause the ceremony is not what I wanted to talk about. So the bride arrives another long pray was said and some burning of twigs and Ghee (Punjabi oil like substance they use for cooking) not to mention the whole place was totally smoked up and I was getting a splitting head ache. It ended around 12 and this was just the ceremony not the reception which was right after the wedding. There was an announcement before we were asked to leave the wedding hall and proceed for the reception. It went something like this “The people for the groom side will be served in doors and the people for the bride’s side will be served outside”. I was totally like what the hell it’s so bloody hot outside and why the segregation and why the brides people out, why not the grooms!!!!! Well I just wanted to get it over and done, so we went to have our vegetarian lunch. They served us a small (tiny) chapatti with two table spoons of rice and some vegetables. I wasn’t surprised cause this friend that got married had financial problems and well in their custom the bride’s side pays for the whole wedding so I guess they were on a budget. Well after the lunch we wished her and left to my cousins where we had another round of lunch =P
What I wanted to talk about was “marriage”. I would like to think that it’s one of the biggest commitments one can take. This is because I’m not someone who believes in divorce as I was born and brought up as a catholic. Now my boss just walked in, I guess I’ll have to continue this later. WORK TIME =(