Cabbed it all the way to the church in my dress, forgetting to bring extra clothes in case I had to commute home late. I easily found Lara outside the church with the rest of the entourage. I loved the colorful motif, hues of blues and purples (and bronze, I think). So thanks to the dress my aunt gave me during her last visit, my royal blue cocktail dress fit right in. Found Rieszel with her boyfriend once I got inside the church, and hung out with them for a while as there was still an ongoing mass before the wedding. After a while, I found Sean and Roan, then Roan and I finally decided to sit down, with Sean sitting one pew behind us so he can sit next to a fan.
I have to say, this is the first wedding I went to where every member of the entourage got applauded by all the attendees. Plus Sophie looked sooo adorable in her fairy flower girl dress, complete with wings! And I love love love Nina's dress as maid of honor. Good choice of bridal march for Lesley, as they played "Only Hope" while she walked down the aisle. I was afraid to take a blurry photo while she walked, so I decided to take a video instead, hahaha. The bride was gorgeous. Lesley had said later that she was crying, but she was still beautiful the whole time.
I saw a few acquaintances in the wedding. Bing, a classmate from college was there, as well as Sheila (high school classmate) and her sister Bertha (Playshop classmate). I didn't realize until after a while that Sheila and Bertha are related to Pipo until I thought about their surnames, hahaha.
Took a cab to Manila Hotel with Roan, Sean and Gio for the reception. I love that we were all put in the same table along with Lara, Micko, Athena, Andro, Dana and Astarte (who came pretty late but managed to catch up). Table 26. The craziest table. We started to believe that we were put in the corner for a reason, hahaha! There was no topic that we didn't crack up or whatever. I love this crowd. We even hogged the photo booth for a while, plus the dance floor until the whole party was over.
Still wired, we headed to the Tap room after the reception for cake and drinks. Athena, Andro and Dana had to go though, but the rest of us still stayed. Talked about typecasting, wedding motifs, and drag queens, hahaha!
Nina had insisted that we sleep over in the hotel with her, and Lara had decided to stay as well. Roan was fine with it, and considering it's not really safe for me to commute at that hour in that dress (blame it on my forgetfulness for not bringing commuting clothes), I agreed to stay as well. Nina and I ended up wearing the hotel bathrobes to bed, as Lara and Roan had their own extra clothes. After a little freshening up and chatting, we eventually fell asleep at around 3 or 4 in the morning, with Lara, Nina and me on the bed, and Roan on the divan.
Woke up to Nina's phone's message alert tone during mid-morning, as I was the one on the bed nearest the side table, where Nina had placed her phone. Ended up just talking the hours away all morning, while eating whatever we could find inside the suite. Conversations galore over fruits, chocolate, coffee and tea before we took turns prepping up in the bathroom. Thank goodness we were allowed to stay an extra hour, as Nina wanted to enjoy the bathtub, hahaha. Lara and I even had time to drop by Lesley and Pipo's room to get cupcakes.
I had a blast spending the evening until the following morning with these friends. I miss girl bonding like this. Sure hope there'd be more, and I sure hope I get to spend more times like these with my two best friends (when Iam comes back from Poland).
And attending this fairy tale wedding made me believe in love again. I just know there's someone out there for me. =)
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