Massive event packed day.
quite cold n windy though still sunny with abit of clouds
Friday (night before wedding)
7:00pm Dinner
yum yum
yum yum
wedding gift from one of the bridesmaids
11:30pm : Chinese hair combing ceremony
red thread was clipped onto bride to be's hair
red comb used to comb brides hair by aunt with many kids and grandkids
(sort of to pass on the luck)
red needle and thread sewn onto red Pajamas
red rice balls to be eaten by bride to be
candles lit and to stay burning till it finishes.
Saturday (Wedding Day)
5:00am Hair and Makeup
8:15am Groom and Groomsmen arrive at brides house for door games
Groom dressed like an emperor
negotiated door price for quite a while.
ended up with $299 in $5 notes
8:40am Grooms games
1. Blowing out candles with stockings over their face
2. Eating marshmellows - russian roulette, some had wasabi in it
3. Drinking sweet/sour/chilli/bitter drinks
4. doing push ups and eating chilli kim chi seaweed off a plate on the floor
5. singing Back Street Boys - I want it that way together
6. Groom to read out a contract saying he will leave all his money to his wife
he will treasure her always
7. Groom to find bride, bride's bedroom was empty, he searched the closets til he found her
9:30am Tea Ceremony
Bride and Groom offer tea to each of their elder relatives who wishes them in return a happy marriage etc
with gifts of cash or gold jewellery
some photos taken
Bridal bouquet
our corsages
10:30am Photos at La Perouse
we were freezing our butts off with the gale force winds (near beach)
2:30pm Picked up by a massive stretch hummer
7 bridesmaids 7 groomsmen 1 Bride 1 Groom 1 Organiser
3:00pm Wedding Ceremony
Ceremony at Centenial Park Rose Gardens
Group photos with guests
4:30pm Photos at the rocks near the Harbour Bridge
5:30pm off to Reception venue for a break and dinner
6:30pm Introducing the bridal party
do a little dance
7:30pm Speeches
8:00pm Slideshow of the bride and groom
8:30pm Toasting with each table
certain tables challenged the groom to drink with them
eg blue label whisky shots
or 57% alcohol rice wine shots @_@
the groomsmen tried to do some on behalf of the groom
9:00pm Bride and Groom Games
1. We blindfolded the Bridesmaid
got her to feel some volunteer guest's biceps and guess which is her husbands
2. we blindfolded the groom
got him to touch some volunteer guests hands to see if he can pick out his wife
(we threw in a few guys in there too heheh)
3. we sat the bride and groom back to back
they held each others shoes (1 each)
and they put up the bride or grooms shoe as answer to our 10 questions
eg. who looks great tonight? (both voted for themself)
who uses the bathroom longer (bride does)
9:40pm Cut the cake
9:50pm first dance
10:15pm bouquet toss
10:30pm party hard
11:30pm end of wedding
there was alot of crying once the groom had to face his parents lol
he was pretty drunk by the end of the night
