Splendid Saturday

Last evening was my brother's graduation. I've never seen my mother so excited before. Seriously.

So in the morning as I woke up, I was asked to pick out his shirt and tie and helped him with whatever he needed help with. Then we were told that a bunch of his batchmates were coming home to gang up and go together.

So while all the other drama was going on, I sat down to watch the latest episodes of Grey's Anatomy & Vampire Diaries. Now my clothes were all sorted. I had to get into a bit of a dressy saree as I had to run for a wedding straight after the convocation coz my friend doesn't have many friends and she did say that she will 'kill me' if I didn't turn up. So I had to go.

Now in the middle of watching my TV series, I was asked to tie my brother's tie. I must say it's very embarrassing that no one at home knew to tie a tie other than me! I can't remember if my dad knew though.. but how I learnt it was from a friend when I was in school abroad.

So as I started to tie it, I suddenly realised that I hadn't done it for a long time, and just to be sure, I actually checked out a video on youtube! I can't believe me sometimes.

The video was taking a long time to load so I watched the first bit and then remembered the sequence and went on and tied the tie.

When the friends had arrived, my brother kept coming up and giving me one tie at a time coz non of them knew to tie a tie either! So there I was, sitting and watching Grey's Anatomy and tying ties and sending them downstairs. The one that stays edged in my mind is this dark blue tie that belonged to one of the boys with bright red spots on it. Looked really weird. Made me think of alien diseases...... maybe coz I watched Green Lantern last week.

So once all that was over and the boys had left, my mother started running around, screaming at me every 5 mins and acting as if she was the one graduating and was getting late to go.

Usually she's the one who drapes the saree for me and in the excitement, she had got dressed and totally forgot me! She walked into my room all dressed up and when she saw me in my home clothes she went 'ah'.. I told her I can do it myself.

But NO,she had to inspect coz according to her, if she's around, no one can do it as well as she does. Sigh, mothers.

So for the first time, I did it myself and it came out all right. Except for the fact that my pleats in front were too long and I kept stepping on them. But this still wasn't good enough for her. She had to pull and pin here and there.

Anyhoo, when we were on the way, she kept screaming at me saying we were late when we were not and that it was all my fault. Come on, there's only so much I can take! But I still kept quiet and let her say whatever she wanted to say and realised that it's the excitement that's doing all this to her.

It was raining heavily and I had to park a mile away and suffer.

So we went, sat for painful hours as speeches were given, awards were given and photos were taken. Good thing a family friend's daughter of 19 yrs was sitting next to me and we kept eachother company. These girl are seriously crazy I tell ya. Man the things we talked about. But it was really fun.

So once it was all done, I went for the wedding and left my uncle to figure out transport arrangements for everyone to get back home.

Now I was told 2 guys I know will be there at the wedding but one hadn't turned up and the other was lost in the crowd and I did not have his number. I really didn't want to go coz I didn't know anyone else but since I knew her parents well and we've been close, I had no choice but to go.

So as I entered, the speeches were being given by the groom, friends etc... So I sat at the table closest to the entrance which had empty seats and a bunch of guys. As I sat watching and listening to the speeches being given, someone called my name from behind me. Oh joy! there was a batchmate! Man, how relieved and awesome I felt is inexplicable.

So we chatted for a long time and then he started introducing the guys at the table. By this time, some of them had already talked to me asking who I was and blah blah blah...

At our table was also the Mayor of Beruwala! cool noh? ;) I knew this from my friend, who also told me what his life is like and how his younger days were. So by now, I know quite a bit about him. :)

Anyhoo, it went ok and I left early. Disappointment is that the food at Cinnamon Grand wasn't so great for some reason. Variety was good but quality and taste was not upto the standard it's been and it's expected to be. Even the chocolate and white mousse wasn't great!

This was by far one of the most glamours and most spent weddings I'd been to. My friend and I (out of boredom) made a rough calculation of how much it all would've costed and realised that they could've had a smaller, nicer wedding and actually built a house or two for the homeless. Just the way I think.

Guess we all don't think the same way. To each his own. But it was nicely done I must say.

Ah Sunday, pls go slowly. I don't want this to end, considering that the weather is lovely... and my feet hurt so much from the heels/shoes I wore and walked in yday... They will now be in the 'to be put away' list.