Thambhi's engagement

My little brother is now engaged...

With all those preparation, over days.. we were ready. On April 30th, we went over to the girls place.. a big entourage it was! We had a convoy of about 10 cars at least.

We prepared 23 trays of gifts.. engagement saree, bangles and necklace to match, the engagement ring, handbag and toiletry set, various types Indian sweets and candies, chocolates, flower basket and the list goes on to make 23 trays.

@ the saree, bangles and necklace
@ the beautiful cake of 'the bible'

We loved the cake. It just looked so elegant, especially the gold writings. By the way, I must mention that I choose the wordings for the bible cake..

"I hold you in my heart for we have shared together God's blessings"

- Phil 1:7

@ the 23 trays laid out on the floor

We walked in.. one by one.. the bride’s family was waiting for us already. As the bride’s maid, I carried the engagement saree, bangles and necklace. We laid all the trays on the living room floor, one by one..

Both parents exchanged words, accepting the engagement and the bride as our daughter-in-law, and the bridegroom as their son-in-law.

I headed up to her room to bring my sister-in law.. she received the tray of engagement saree, bangles and necklace. We went back upstairs and waited for her to get dressed.

The bride came down in the engagement saree.. me bringing her towards the stage prepared in the garden. Thambhi was already waiting there, with the pastors from the bride’s church.

After some readings and blessings by the pastors, thambhi and SIL exchanged rings.. and they were ENGAGED!

WEEE! DOOOM! BANG! There was fireworks in the background to commemorate their engagement moments..

And dinner was served.. accompanied with live band with multi-language songs. Champion even took the opportunity to dance to the songs on stage. he was the famous 2-year old around!

It was indeed a grand engagement. Now, we look forward to his wedding in August.

Happy Engagement, Thambhi and SIL!

Double celebration

We had a very busy, exciting, tiring and joyous weekend.. with the double celebration of thambhi's engagement and Champion & lil' President's birthday party!

Lots to talk about..

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thambi - my younger brother

A birthday, an engagement and a wedding

Suddenly there seems to be little time left. We will be celebrating Champion’s and lil President’s birthday in April. A week after that is thambhs engagement. In August, thambhs is getting married. Phew! There’s lots of things to do.

First of all, we have to plan for Champion’s and lil' President’s birthday party. We actually gave up Champion's 1st birthday party. We only did a simple one, among close family members. We had no choice, as I was expecting lil’ President and I was having many false contractions. We didn’t want to plan the party, and on the last minute be at the hospital.

So, this year, we thought we should give him what is due. Since both of their birthdays are in April, we’re going to celebrate them together.

Let me see. I have to look out for the caterers, prepare the party bags, get the boys their suits, etc. Hmm, I was even thinking of having a clown...

With thambhs engagement being just a week apart, I will have to source out their suit for his occasion earlier. I think I am gonna buy them ‘jippa’. They look cute in it. Oooh, did I mention? I am going to be the brides maid. Am I too old for it? Can’t help it. I am his one and only sister. I plan to wear my wedding saree for the engagement. Its not always we get to wear grand sarees. That means I need to re-sew the saree blouse. I had put on weight since my wedding three years ago.. and after two pregnancies. I must not forget hubby. I plan to get him a ‘jippa’ too.

Then I have to help amms (my mother) to prepare the trays that we will be bringing to the bride’s house on the day of engagement. I can't remember how many trays we are bringing, 11 or 13, or was it 15? Must check with amms.

Phew! That’s is a lot already.

And now, we have less than 6 months to the wedding. The church has been booked. Now we have to decide on the place for the reception, and we need to do it real fast. For other matters, thambhs said we shall have a meeting among close family members. He said, then we can designate the work to everybody and they shall be held responsible for it.. Fuyoo! So canggih ah?!

Its all so exciting. I can’t wait.

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thambhs : my younger brother