Wedding Weekend

May 22, 2007 - So after more than a year of planning, months of anticipation, and weeks of headaches, two of my very good friends from - wow - middle school - got married this weekend. It was deemed THE event of the year for my group of friends, mainly because they are the first in the group to get married, and also pretty much everyone from high school was invited - and many of us have not seen each other since graduation, which was - wow again - almost 8 years ago.

So when I was asked to not only be in the bridal party, but also be the m/c for the event, I had no idea how much work would be involved. Getting up on stage and talking to close to 300 people was pretty intimidating. Add to the fact that I had to do parts of it in Chinese - I knew I was in trouble. However, both the wedding ceremony and the reception went off without a hitch. Sure, there were some awkward moments, particularly the parts when I had to improvise (the worst was when I had to come up with a story of how I met the bride and the groom), but overall it went smoothly and I think both the bride/groom thought we did a good job.

I guess what I enjoyed most was seeing all these people that I haven't seen since high school. Towards the end of the evening, it felt more like a high school reunion than anything! Half of us got drunk (I was only semi-drunk) and some of us actually threw up on the way home, but hey, it was all good fun. Not to mention I can't remember the last time we were all dressed up (I think it was prom? which is kinda funny, since part of the wedding took place at the same hotel that held our prom!). And damn, I have to say, we looked pretty good =)

My friends dated for 8 years before finally tying the knot. 8 years - pretty amazing eh? I should really ask them for tips and advice. How do you continue to keep a relationship fresh and exciting after 8 years? or does it get to the point where you're just feeling comfortable and you don't want to change? Most importantly, how do you ensure that you're both happy - and continue to be happy? kinda ironic since I had to ask myself those same questions just 2 days later.

So yeah, they are now off to Italy and Greece for their honeymoon! and I think that's it for weddings this year for me (at least the ones that I'm actually involved with). Now it's on to the other anticipated events of the summer!