I'm the universal friend.
Going to Medan, Indonesia next week for a buddy's wedding, and it looks like I may be bridesmaid again 'cos the sister of the bride is too shy. I've done it four times already. At the last wedding, I told my friends brashly that it would be my last time, but it looks like I may be wrong.
Looks like I have to dig out the trusty bridesmaid's checklist again:
Bridesmaid's "magic box"
- safety pins
- hair pins
- black hair rubber bands
- needle and white thread
- panadol
- band-aid
- tissue paper
- blotter paper
- lipstick
- straw (I always, always forget this)
- breath freshener
- razor
- swiss army knife (I wish I had one. But I don't. So I'll bring a small scissors instead.)
- red packets
Bridesmaid's to-do list
- Mind the bride's train
- Practise dressing the bride and looping up the train.
- Bring a button-down shirt, just in case
- Listen to the bride practise her vows and tell her she is doing wonderfully.
- If you are making a speech, remember to mention the family.
- Smile a lot.
I'm still hoping that the sister will decide to do it.
(You know what's interesting? I've never been a bridesmaid at a church wedding in Singapore!)
Friday, January 05, 2007
A bridemaid's checklist
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8 comments:
You're the ubiquitous pallbearer? Wow... What an honour. How many to a coffin? Is it easy to drop? Over here, the coffin is usually carried by employees of the casket company. The eldest son carries a photo of the deceased, and family members walk behind the casket-carrying van to "send him off", so to speak.
Re the straw, surely you can guess? ;)
Is it a bad thing to do too much bridemaid?
I can double up as brother and wedding car driver. At least i can more or less cover my ang pow in the evening....:)
Oh, that's what my colleagues tell me too but I don't think it's true. :)
Can cover ang pow in evening meh? That's quite a large helper's ang pow!
Okay, I've been a bridesmaid (but not 4 times...that is an honor also!) and I still have no idea what the straw is for...please do tell.
No one knows about the straw?? I'm surprised. It is so that the bride can drink without having to reapply her lipstick -- at least that's what I think it is for.
Oh! That kind of straw. *blushing*
So you were a bridesmaid at ROM or weddings at hotels?
Gwynne, so I suppose you do know what the straw is for after all. :)
Eric, oh gracious me. The morbid is always comic somehow..
Canopy, actually I was a bridesmaid at church weddings overseas..
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