Thursday, September 08, 2005
//This is not an email, just a diary entry which sounds like I'm writing to someone however it isn't.// Yours truly,
Dear Bob,
Sunday, 4th September marked Rosliah's BIG day - Her Wedding. Sorry to tell u this, I was late. The moment I arrived there, she had left to the groom's place at somewhere in Ubi.
Darn! I was ONLY LATE by a few minutes!! She left at 2.20pm and we (me, Seri, Faridah & Sec 4 Express gals - our ex-juniors NOT frm our batch) reached there at 2.30pm!!
But I find it queer. Usually its the groom leaving his place to the bride's but it was the other way round for Ros' case.
Anyway, please do not ask me why I went there late. As you know, we are Muslims. We must NOT forget to pray. So, I have to perform my prayers first & besides, I wasn't having my menstruation. *winkz*
Secondly, it was raining! Argh! Fret not, my friend. Nope. I don't forget the promise I made to u; to take some photos of Rosliah. I still remember that promise.
A few weeks before her wedding, my camera on my Motorola handphone gives problem! It wasn't FUNCTIONING! I was pissed! Why? I have no other camera. Pathetic? I don't think so. Technology has advanced now. They do not use cameras anymore. They use camera phones & digital cameras! I do not have a digital camera. Don't think of getting one. Reason: It's of no use to me!
Lucky, Rosliah invites Seri too. Seri brought her mum's digital camera. So did one of our ex-juniors. They're life savers! Also, some of our batch came too (those Express students, well..only 3 of them - well Ros was once a prefect remember, so she invites her prefect mates)
Like I had already mentioned, we were slightly late. We cannot meet Rosliah to witness how beautiful she look on her wedding dress. However, she did come back at around 5.25pm with her groom and yup, u should know what I did. Took some photos straightaway.
U should have guessed it correctly. I, I mean we waited for almost 3 hours for the beautiful bride - except Seri who has to attend a friend's engagement - & her digital camera, she passed to me to take them. Furthermore Bob, I was feeling under the weather since Friday but still, I was tenacious (if u do not know what is 'tenacious', well it was just another word for 'determined') *grinz*. I will wait for the bride, to take the pictures not only for me but for u. This I promise u.
Bob, she looked absolutely gorgeous in green! I had guessed earlier that the bride & groom will be in green because he bride's mum & dad were wearing green.
But I have to apologize to u because u have to wait longer for the photos. Like I'd mentioned, those photos were taken using NOT MY digital camera but Seri's & our ex-junior's. They are not 100% free from anything. They are working & schooling, busy everyday. I cannot kept on pushing them to upload those pictures & emailed me JUST FOR MY blog???
So, Bob.. I hope u will understand. I would like to tell you something.
We should give green packets during this joyous occasion. How could my mum tell me to give $4?! Hello... Who does she think Rosliah is? And what does she want others to think of me if I were to give that amount?
Rosliah is my friend. My friend since the year 1996. 9 years of friendship. How could I give only $4?! I am not like my mum who is very cheapskate! She always gives $4 during weddings. She did not care if it was a relative's wedding or a friend's daughter's/son's wedding. $4 is the amount she poured in.
I argued with her. I told her, "A volunteer of WESSC got engaged & I went. Remember last year? I do not know her well & so does she. Remember how much u ask me to give? $5! because u said that I do not know her well & it was just an engagement. And now u are telling me to give $4 to a friend whom I have known for 9 long years on her wedding day??? This isn't fair!"
NO WAY am I gonna put $4 in that pink packet. Huh? Yup, pink. Well, Rosliah loves pink (besides her wedding invitation card was pink too) and I could not find any green packet so I have to settle with the pink one. Guess how much I gave her, Bob? Definitely more than $4 & $5! The amount is secret. *smilez*
Oh yeah I also told my mum about Firdaus had gotten married in June. My mum knows his mum coz they were once colleagues. My mum was shocked to hear the news! She said, "Kencang, pendiam gitu dah kahwin?"
Huh? Bob did u read that? My mum said 'pendiam' (quiet/shy)? Firdaus a quiet & shy boy? LoL. He was one of the noisiest who likes to get onto my nerves almost every day during school days till Sec 4. Phew! Lucky he did not wish to have his O levels, if not...
I have to end here, my friend. Hope u are taking good care of yourself in other people's land.
Amyria
