My Best Friend's Wedding - Part II

It was around 1.10AM when we crossed the border at Walayar.
Got up at around 5AM.
Saw some towns - dont remember the names!
Officially got up at around 7AM.
Saw Pala. The bus was almost empty by then.
Our stop was Eerattupetta. Reached there by 8AM.

Got into a Kanjirapalli bus and reached by 8.50AM.
Alex and his bro Kunjunni were there with Santro.
A jolly good trip thru rubber estates, to reach their house.
A cousin of theirs Roshan was also there in the car..
It was jokes all the way.
Discussions on why the rubber trees are planted on road-sides,
and not on roads topped the topics.

Home. A lil cute house, at a slope.
Mom n Dad greeted us at the steps..
Jokes started pouring in right from then :D
Not realising his dad was a teacher, I started lavishing literature in Malayalam :-S

Alex pushed us into restrooms to maintain peace in house..
A refreshing cold-water bath, a yummy breakfast consisting of dosa, idli and banana roast, and we were ready to go for the Big Event. We had made sure that we did no stuff in too many things into the tummy :-)
Binoy was wondering, why the golden qn was not asked yet..
But then, this conversation started.

Rat : How long will we have to wait in the church, b4 proceeding to the main attraction ?
Mom: Oh.. Ratheesh-inu ithokke oru puthuma aayirikkumallo alle..
The discussion was between me and Alex's mom, but it hit right into Bin's head :D

Another one by Alex's Dad..
Dad: What does Alex do on weekends? Do you ppl meet up ?
Rat : Nope, we seldom meet. Weekends for Alex are spent in church.
Dad: Ningal ellaarum koode ivane onnu nannaakki edukkanam

Rat/Bin :-SS


Packed the bags, stuffed them into the car, took some group photos, and we left.
Our timings are always most perfect.
The moment we stepped into the church was , when the function started.
Alex went into his usual prayer mood.. Bin seated beside alex with a blim on his face.
I had my tasks cut out.. Take max pics of the couple, and the function.
There she was seated.. Face was tight. Muscles pulled up :D
I waved at her from the front of the crowd, and she smiled..
Thats the way !! ;-)
She looked like an angel.. In her wedding gown.
A nice diamond (?) necklace, and some minimal ornaments..
Beside her was Rojo, the groom. Tall, handsome, and equally tensed :D

The rituals went on for quite some time. We took a break in between and went out of the church. Thats when we met Raman (its a girl, sofi's frnd; forgot real name). See this dialogue:
Raman: Oh, so this is Bin
Bin : Yes, this is Bin
Raman: You came just now ?
Bin : No, we came y'day itself. I mean, started y'day :-)
Raman: oh.. saw the couple ?
Bin : Yes, we were in all this time.
Raman: Saw the groom's brothers?
Bin : Nope.. Groom has only brothers (and no sisters?) :D
Raman: haha.. The groom is 27 yrs old. Brother is 17 yrs old. Youngest is in 5th grade.
Bin : Was his dad onsite, for a major part of his life ?

I pulled that idiot from there, not wanting to disturb the tranquility of the place.

Back to church.
Knot tied.
Oath taken.
Offerings given..

Yummy! Lunch time.
There was a fencing made to regulate the crowd entry.
Our dedicated effort made fence-side entry possible :)

Seated right in front of the reception stage.
Some events were going on , on-stage..
Cake cutting, tender coconut sip, ring gift, this that..

We got into the eating mood.. Finished off the table, i mean, the dishes in quick time. All the tim, there was noisy fellow with a mic in hand. He was singing !
In recognition of the song, soon after every song, I raised the left hand in a peculiar gesture and cried out 'Yo'. That inspired the singer further more :-S

Even while we were eating, the couple went for a dress change.
By the time, we had our hands washed, they came back.
Sofi came in a reddish-maroon colored Sari.
Rojo in a shining violet shirt.
They got seated for lunch.
We had to leave, to reach our home 350+ odd km away from here.
So we quickly went to their table, shook hands, handed over the *gift* and bid adieu.
Left at 2.15

Alex and Kunjunni dropped us at Erumeli Bus stand.
Got into a Kottayam bus. Reached Kottayam by 3.45.
Kottayam KSRTC Stand. Got a thru bus. Reached Thalassery at 2.20
I got into home by 2.40 !
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