w is for weddings

i have a love & hate relationship with weddings.

let's talk about the love part first, shall we?

i love the food!
they're free & damn, they're delicious!
well most of the time anyways, depending on the caterers / cooks.
just like what i had today, they tasted so good my friends and i gorged them like hungry piranhas.

and then the entertainment.
there would be singing, karaoke-ing, even 'bergendang.'
it's not everyday u can watch old folks dancing & singing to their hearts desire & look damn cute doing it! :)

the glow on the faces of the newlyweds.
i love it when the bride & groom steal glances towards each other & then smile knowingly.
it's like they have a secret code, a code only the two of them share.
or maybe they're just anxious on what's going to happen that night? ;p

a hopeless romantic that i am, i definitely can go on & on & on about things i love about weddings but since i'm a considerate one at that, i'll just leave it at just three.

before i proceed, please be clear that i don't hate weddings.
i love them but at times, let me rephrase that. but lately, weddings is the one thing on everybody's mind.

it's like, everybody i know is getting married!
my officemate, my ex-schoolmate, my friend's brother, my next door neighbour etc..
i am happy for these people & u don't have to drag me out of the house to attend their weddings.
but please, do spare us the question.
yes, THE when-are-u-getting-married? question.
it's ok if u have a boyfriend/girlfriend in tow.
but quite depressing when u turn up at a wedding alone or with friends who are equally single.
and sometimes out of annoyance i'd love to hit them with a nasty remark or comeback like 'i'm not ever settling down. i prefer to live in sin.' (got this from CLEO mag)
the expression on their faces would be priceless. :D

i'll be turning 26 this June & currently unattached.
okkkaaayyy, i'm single. *unattached sounded cooler & less desperate to me. :D *

of course i ask that question to myself.
but right up til now, i still don't have the answer.
all i know, eventually that time will come.
and when i look at that guy beside me, beaming with pride & full of love with beads of perspiration forming from anxiety, i know that he is definitely worth the wait.
with that, i won't have anything against weddings anymore.
:)

footnote: congratulations on the wedding of Bobet's brother, Adi with Norafiza. looks like u've been 'overtaken', bet. haha..