July 23, 2003
Wedding Photos.
Some from my brother Happy's wedding, as promised. (Click on the thumbnails for a bigger view.) Be thankful you're not getting all 700 photographs, which can be downloaded somewhere off my brother's domain.
Without the bride (this was taken before the wedding), from left to right: my sister Joy, my dad Benito Sr., Happy, my mom Lina, me, Madeline, Izzy, and below, my niece Issa. My dad's summer project is to try to Photoshop Clarissa into the picture, between my mom and me.
And from left to right again, things I bet you didn't know:
1. Joy, a T-shirt and jeans kind of gal, is wearing a shawl because she's too embarrassed to show off her back (the dress is backless). Girl, having a 20-inch waist isn't anything to be embarrassed about.
2. My dad's looking a little shellshocked, no doubt due to the state of his bank account (in the Philippines, it's the groom's family that pays).
3. Happy's actually somewhat annoyed here because my folks insisted that he wear a barong with these pearl studs that are just about impossible to fasten on one's own. The last stud broke, and he had to get a cousin to donate an earring to hold the top buttonhole together.
4. The two guys that came over to do my mom's hair gave her a Geraldine Ferraro wave which she instantly disliked ("Mukha yata akong kikay"), and washed out immediately after the guys left.
5. Running through my head was Stitch's robotic alien voice saying, "Ohana means family."
6. I think Madeline looks totally hot here.
7. Izzy has been holding my cell phone for about an hour now, and will continue to hold it the rest of the night. Any attempts to remove it, especially since I really needed it, would be met with much wailing. (The wedding took place right in the middle of her usual naptime.)
8. Issa doesn't like being photographed, so it's a good thing she stood still for this one. (Although there are a number of surreptitious photos of her during the ceremony playing with a communion wafer.)
Clarissa in the car, a minute before her walk down the aisle.
The happy couple.
Posted by the wily filipino at July 23, 2003 10:36 AM