Freedom! It tastes so sweet!!
So I finally, finally, finally did my last university exam on Feb 22, 2006. At least what I hope will be the last exam ever. If I pass that will be the end of that master's degree, and the beginning of something beautiful. What exactly, I'm not too sure. The world is my oyster, and I like my oysters fresh, natural and squeezed with a bit of tangy lemon.
I spent so much time during my degree thinking about how I would spend my time once it's all over. Now that I'm actually at this point, I'm at a loss. It's probably just uni-withdrawal syndrome. It is a little scary to think that it will be the last time I ever see UNSW as a student. It didn't really dawn on me back when I graduated from my undergraduate degree. Probably because I was certain I would study the master's course straight after anyway. But now that I know I will never be back at UNSW, I'm seeing it in this mix of
St Elmo's Fire-
Reality Bites-
Dawson's Creek-esque light. Which is a little strange seeing as how I've been working full-time in the 3 years that I've been studying master's.
All the same, a part of me is growing up and growing out of that uni student phase. hmm... dragged out kicking and screaming is probably more correct. No more half-price tickets for events or movies, and even public transport. I'll definitely miss that one the most.
What's the Score
As at 1 Feb 06,
Number of couples just married: 5
Number of couples engaged: 4
Apparently this year, the Year of the Dog in the Chinese horoscope, is a good year to get married ... or so every mother and grandmother keeps telling their sons and daughters.
Wedding Bells are Ringing!
D-day came and went on Sunday. Without a hitch too I'm proud to say :)
well.... except for the fact that the bride and the bridesmaids arrived at the wedding fashionably late... try 1 hour late hehe ;) Happy to say that it wasn't because of me for once. It was another bridesmaid who had logistics issues with hair and makeup. I should note that that our hair and makeup, gorgeous as they were, cost us $150 each, $51 dollars more than what our dresses cost :(
The wedding ceremony went into full swing once we all got out of our white rental Tarago (my cost-saving idea given there were 7 bridesmaids). It got off on a shaky start when we realised that most of the groomsmen that we were supposed to walk down with were all hanging out with the groom near the altar. Things went well, I had a reading to read and I pronounced all the words correctly. A friend of mine managed to make it through the word "Ecclesiasticus" in her reading too! Success all around!
The bride also organised some background music on CD to be played at each interval. Mark (the maid of honour's bf and our chauffeur for the day) was the resident DJ, playing each track at just the right time and fading the music away on cue ... except for this one time where he played a track too early. The bride kept looking and making funny faces to Mark to tell him to stop playing the music... hope that didn't get caught on the wedding video.
Oh and all our different coloured pink dresses somehow matched up nicely on the day. I guess you can't ever go wrong with 7 gorgeous, sexy girls in pink anyhow hahaah. After the ceremony we all took a break from sucking our stomachs in whilst being driven down from Chatswood to Milson's Point for some wedding shots.
They were all pretty standard - group standing still, group walking slowly, group sitting down, individual bridesmaids and groomsmen with the bride and groom, harbour bridge and opera house backdrop shots. What got my attention was when we started walking down to Luna Park and took some photos there too haha. I even got some photos taken of Rex (boyfriend/wedding photographer-wannabe) and me (girlfriend/wedding model-wannabe)... the hired photographer was keen to get shots of bridemaids and their respective boyfriends.
After this we went via the white 'Karaoke' Tarago (alot of singing went on during the journey) to Main Event at Blacktown for the reception. This was to be our last hurrah and bridesmaid-al duties for the day. Everyone involved in the wedding (parents, bridal party, sponsors) were made to walk into the reception with a theme song chosen by the bride. The parents got 'Eye of the Tiger'
, we went in with 'Love Generation'. The good part of the reception came when we got served our dinners, everyone else had to make their way to the buffet table (again my cost-saving idea haha). After some eats, some cake-cutting (which I missed because I had to go bathroom!), the dancing started and lasted til 11:30pm. Finally we said our goodbyes to the honeymooners and made our way home.
All in all, a fun and equally tiring day, and definitely a day to remember.
