Bridesmaid duties.
Hahaha, feeling lang ako, as I'm the only bridemaid around the bride right now. Anyway.
"I have a whole list of stuff I want to write about," I had said.
After looking at a couple of articles that I had submitted to a couple
of 'zines, I realized that I had missed writing like that. I remembered
how easy it was to write, as if I was merely blogging about what had
happened during a particular day. In my notepad just now, I had listed
down all those I want to write about, but haven't had much time to do
so.
Hopefully I'll find the time to write soon.
So what have I been up to lately? Mostly I've been tagging along with
Kuya and Ate Maui as they go about their wedding preparations. I've
been helping Ate Maui add a few touches on their wedding invitations,
and even after last night, we haven't finished yet, hahaha. Then last
Friday, our family went out to lunch at this Korean place we used to
eat at before (now it's under new management and has a new name).
Hahaha, the manager watched in awe as my brother ate all those chili
peppers as if it were candy. Then we went to Fernbrook to check out the
venue of the wedding. Well, there wasn't really much to see, as there
were a lot of workers in every place that we went to, doing repairs,
watering the plants, all that stuff. Oh well, I hope everything will
turn out pretty good on the big day itself.
Yesterday, Ate Maui, my mom and I went to the dressmaker for our first
gown fitting. When Michelle had whipped out both my mom's dress and
mine, the three of us knew that something was way off. All the colors
were wrong! My mom's dress was supposed to be silver, and what was in
front of us was cream-colored gown which made her look older. The dress
Michelle had made for me was in blue-green, when she was specifically
told that the color was supposed to be navy or midnight blue. And she
had claimed that I gained weight. Kamusta naman. If I had gained
weight, then I wouldn't have even zipped it up. The zipper managed to
go up past my ribs, and stopped at the chest area. So ano yun, pumunta
lahat ng taba sa chest area ko? And there was this ugly bulge in the
front, as if it was made in a hurry.
I was already making side comments that only my mom could hear, just in
case Ate Maui was fine with the color. But as it turned out, she didn't
like everything at all because Michelle didn't follow what she had
said. By the time we had left Michelle's and arrived at Kuya Roger's
(for the barongs), Ate Maui had made phone calls both to Kuya and Jack
(their wedding coordinator) about what had happened, then decided to
buy the fabric in the color she had preferred. Kasi naman, one of the
things Michelle had insisted was that she couldn't find taffetta in the
shade of blue Ate Maui had wanted. Uhm, it was BLUE. Just look for DARK
BLUE, diba? It's an easier color to find that BLUE-GREEN.
Last night, Kuya, Ate Maui and I put our heads together as we tried to
figure out how they would do their AVP. We each had bits of suggestions
that would work, but I hope we can put them together. Then they
mentioned a magic word, "ballroom dancing." Hahaha, well, not really.
They just wanted someone to teach them how to dance ballroom for their
first dance. Ate Maui had also suggested adding a bit of crazy to their
dance, and I really really really want to be part of it. I hope they'll
let me, just so I can dance ballroom, hahaha.