My wife and I had to travel to Baliuag, Bulacan to attend the wedding of an officemate, it was a 3-hour long drive from Rizal. I am not familiar with this town, kaya maraming beses kaming nawala...we have to ask every person we could find and ask for directions. Time is of the essence and we have to be on time. The ceremony was supposed to be starting at 4:30 pm (as stated on the invitation) and exactly, we were on time.
At the time we were in front of the church's gate, there was already a couple (in a kneeling position) at the altar facing the priest who was initiating the ceremony. My wife, who was one of the "ninangs", and I thought the wedding that we are supposed to attend to had already been started...so, I told her to just proceed and sit with the other sponsors. And so we did. Everybody were all eyes on us just to learn that it was somebody's wedding. Sa susunod pa pala yung kasal ng kakilala namin! I looked at my wife's eyes and without word, we both stood up poised, and exited from the church. We just gave a good laugh on what had happened...anyway, it was an honest mistake, a good experience.
The wedding started at around 5:30 pm at the Mt. Carmel Church, one of the nicest church i've seen. The groom, as i've said is my officemate and the lovely bride (standing at around 5'10" tall) is a native of that town. She belongs to a well-to-do family and in fact a niece of the town's mayor. What really amused me is how the couple prepared for their wedding...it is a grand one, flowers everywhere, chandeliers lighted, rose petals were scattered at the feet of the bride as she marches towards the altar, mass booklets distrubuted to everyone, dresses of the sponsors were nicely done. The ceremony was very solemn and orderly.
Reception followed in a local resort and the food was superb...hay, sarap, talagang nabusog ako. It is so inspiring to see a wedding so sincere, so archaic, so grand i wish i could marry again...not with another women but again to my wife...siyempre.
Sunday
This made my kids' day...i brought them to a nearby resort for a dip. I called my barkada and everybody enjoyed the sun and the water. Ah, life..still gratifying at times like these!
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