NaMaKoliyaat . . .
My first American Wedding
America is teaching me a lot. The very basic thing I learned here is KISS. For all the people who are smooch-deprived and wondering if I am talking about a real kiss, well KISS stands for 'Keep It Simple Stupid'. In America and especially in California simpler the better.
Steph and Scott got married. There wedding was a unique chance for me to experience that how simple weddings can be. I been the youngest of all at home, have played important role (Labor role
) in my brother and sister's weddings. And I know how intense it can get both emotionally and physically. It is very easy for us desiz to change a joyous moment into an intense exercise of emotional stress. But I think thats how we roll.
Anyways, so this wedding was at Anderson River Park near Sacramento River. The benches near a gazebo were covered with white cloth with few napkins. The bride was standing at one corner of the park fixing her makeup and she was like 'hi Neumen - dude you look good in short hair'
She complimented me before I could. I told her I better go put that gift there and will see her later.
The groom was fixing the gazebo with ribbons. I was shocked to see him in shorts as I was expecting a more formal dressing. In the meanwhile priest arrived in his cowboy hat. I asked him where the whole ceremony will be and he started looking at the trees. Than he was like ... Ok so we'll have the ceremony between these two oak trees. People from groom's side will site on the right and from bride's side will sit on the left. And I was thinking ... wow that was pretty easy, wondering how big of a issue it is back home when it comes to decide how the stage will look like.
The ceremony was suppose to start at 2 but got delayed by 8 mins as groom was trying to find the place in park to change his clothes. I saw him running towards restrooms, topless with his pants and shirt in one hand and tie in another.. Even during the vows there were giggling and smiling. After about 15 mins we were done with the whole ceremony and ready to eat. Bride and groom had their first dance. Cut the cake and splatter it on each others face and than smooch and all 
Later they went off to change into more casual clothes i.e. short and tshirt and old ladies started dancing in the middle. Oh well they offered me and I couldn't say no (humain tu allah moka da) ... it was fun. They somehow knew all about me and after hugging me they were like 'no no u don't have to tell us, we already heard a lot about u' ... Very nice ladies indeed.
The grome was BBQing for the guests and few of his friends were helping him out. It was already mentioned in the wedding card that its going to be a Potluck. So we had variety of dishes there. Everyone enjoyed a good conversation and a nice feast.
I like the simplicity and casualness of whole event. Everyone was just happy and less bothered about being formal.
These are few images from the event.
Crowd and vows
Dancing Ladies. Later I danced with them. The on the right was gooooood
Left is groom's side and on the right bride's side. Btw everyone brought their own chair
The couple ...
Steph and Scott got married. There wedding was a unique chance for me to experience that how simple weddings can be. I been the youngest of all at home, have played important role (Labor role
) in my brother and sister's weddings. And I know how intense it can get both emotionally and physically. It is very easy for us desiz to change a joyous moment into an intense exercise of emotional stress. But I think thats how we roll.Anyways, so this wedding was at Anderson River Park near Sacramento River. The benches near a gazebo were covered with white cloth with few napkins. The bride was standing at one corner of the park fixing her makeup and she was like 'hi Neumen - dude you look good in short hair'
She complimented me before I could. I told her I better go put that gift there and will see her later. The groom was fixing the gazebo with ribbons. I was shocked to see him in shorts as I was expecting a more formal dressing. In the meanwhile priest arrived in his cowboy hat. I asked him where the whole ceremony will be and he started looking at the trees. Than he was like ... Ok so we'll have the ceremony between these two oak trees. People from groom's side will site on the right and from bride's side will sit on the left. And I was thinking ... wow that was pretty easy, wondering how big of a issue it is back home when it comes to decide how the stage will look like.
The ceremony was suppose to start at 2 but got delayed by 8 mins as groom was trying to find the place in park to change his clothes. I saw him running towards restrooms, topless with his pants and shirt in one hand and tie in another.
. Even during the vows there were giggling and smiling. After about 15 mins we were done with the whole ceremony and ready to eat. Bride and groom had their first dance. Cut the cake and splatter it on each others face and than smooch and all Later they went off to change into more casual clothes i.e. short and tshirt and old ladies started dancing in the middle. Oh well they offered me and I couldn't say no (humain tu allah moka da) ... it was fun. They somehow knew all about me and after hugging me they were like 'no no u don't have to tell us, we already heard a lot about u'
... Very nice ladies indeed. The grome was BBQing for the guests and few of his friends were helping him out. It was already mentioned in the wedding card that its going to be a Potluck. So we had variety of dishes there. Everyone enjoyed a good conversation and a nice feast.
I like the simplicity and casualness of whole event. Everyone was just happy and less bothered about being formal.
These are few images from the event.
Crowd and vows
Dancing Ladies. Later I danced with them
. The on the right was gooooood 
Left is groom's side and on the right bride's side. Btw everyone brought their own chair
The couple ...
Total Comments 16
Comments
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sounds fun!Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:15 AM by Lusi
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nice entry ....
lol@Groom finding a place ... n 8 mints latePosted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:25 AM by decent_Felow
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cool!Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 02:11 AM by Niksik
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wedding without food? :-/Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 02:20 AM by Shab-e-Hijar
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^^ Food was there ... stakes ... groom was making themPosted Aug 15th, 2009 at 02:26 AM by NaMaan
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coolPosted Aug 15th, 2009 at 03:11 AM by UZ
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Nomi, aisi kia herkaten kia thi ki , old ladies ko sub pelay sai pata hai
Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 04:02 AM by Chicken Biryani
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u played an important labor role
Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 05:23 AM by cadet018
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sounds like you had a nice time
umm BTW even for a KISS ... this was an atypical KISS
but ya KISSing is the way to go for sure ...Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 07:05 AM by ehl-e-chamman
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nice pics.i was too lazy to read the entry
Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 07:22 AM by K337
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interesting!!Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:47 PM by tinker85
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My friend Steph told them about me. In a good way I meanQuote:Originally Posted by Chicken Biryani
Nomi, aisi kia herkaten kia thi ki , old ladies ko sub pelay sai pata haiPosted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:51 PM by NaMaan
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YESH ... Simple , easy and painlessQuote:Originally Posted by ehl-e-chamman
sounds like you had a nice time
umm BTW even for a KISS ... this was an atypical KISS
but ya KISSing is the way to go for sure ...Posted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:52 PM by NaMaan
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Next time chai pe ka perhanaQuote:Originally Posted by K337
nice pics.i was too lazy to read the entryPosted Aug 15th, 2009 at 01:54 PM by NaMaan
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How is wished we did things these simplePosted Aug 17th, 2009 at 04:14 AM by adeeba
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lol. sorry to reveal nami pai, but u actually went to some ghareebo ka viyah
otherwise their weddings are even more expensive than ours.
Posted Aug 25th, 2009 at 03:55 PM by zobia
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