SK's wedding, get-together story - Part II (End)

Friday April 22nd:

Thursday night thoonghavae rommba late aayudthu. we were talking abt the reception, ppl and the next day wedding stuff. SK was too tired by then. But then we got up early (4am). elarum kelamba aarambichom. we have planned to leave the mandabam by 7.30am so that we could reach the church in time. That was soo nice to see SK in her wedding saree with lot of jewels, bangles, crown and veil :) typical christian bride !!

we both went to the dinning hall, quickly grabbed some food. we got into the decorated AC car (Yeah, privileged me to accompany the bride :)). Kishore was in the other car. His sis accompanied us and SK's brother was with kishore. Our car started first. I sat in the front seat.
The The morning climate was good, for us it was cool indeed cos of the AC :) Gosh! roads in Chennai are pleasant; I had never been to the nice roads like the ones we travelled through the other day. Probably I havent visited many places in chennai; Whenever I think of chennai, I remember the hot dry ones without the trees.

Anyway, that was a smooth ride in the car. we reached the Besant Nagar church by 8, I think. Kishore's car has also reached. Church'la Mass (is this the spelling? not sure) nadanthutu irunthathu. so we had to wait outside. I got out of the car, so that our mappillai could sit inside the AC car ;-). People started coming for the wedding and there was a big crowd. Our guys (who came for the reception and stayed in the hotel) have reached. I was eager to see few more college ppl. Whew!! Niruban and gang had come and orae satham aarambichaachu :) I met Lawrence (RT), Desigan (Auto), Gopi (PT), sankar (PT), Mahesh (PT), Narendra Sastha (Only junior who turned up for the wedding).

Allwyn (PT) came with his usual smile and commented Kishore for his formal dress "Machaan, ipdi irupenu therinjha kongham late'a vanthu irupen da" :) Kishore suthi orae crowd. None of them were close to me, so I was very quiet and simply watching all those funny stuff. Our class guys SK, Prakash and Sugu got mingled with the gang.

Mass mudinghathu. SK iruntha car apdiyae church entrance'ku vanthathu. Ellarum ulla poga aarambichom. God! the Church was soo serene. Some song was played aloud and that was sooooooooo nice to hear; refreshing !! orae bakthi feeling after seeing all these. Nice !
I have heard of all those formalities but first time, church'la wedding paakren. As always, bible padichaangha 2 perum. SK read it soo nice. oru oru vaarthayum theliva, it was soo nice. Kishore epdi padichu irupaanu unghalukae theriyum (mannichuko Kishore :p). sari sari, but then, he tried and did a good job only :-)

Meanwhile someone distributed the atchadai (arisi) to the people around. After completing the oath, traditional thaali katrathu nadanthathu. Everyone stood up and blessed the couple. Yeah, that was a bit senti moment too !!

Ah, the wedding was over and few guys gifted the couple there itself. SK's parents and I were rushing back to the mandabam as we would have to receive the couple there with the aarathi and all. I could see the busy Chennai outside unlike the morning calm one. we reached the mandabam and did all the formalities. SK and Kishore were on the stage, and again there was a queue for the photo session, gifts etc.

Rukmani and her husband came for the reception. avanghaloda naan photo eduthen. Rukmani, antha photo anupareenghala enaku? ..kongham neram irunthaangha. Hey, I met Balakumar, Baburaj and Lakshmi Narayanan. Good to see u guys :-) Nagavel, RK irunthaangha. Ah, namma Sivaprasad kooda vanthaar. busy man. half-a-day permissionla vanthaar. oru Hi solrathukula avanuku hahhhaa. naana, Sivaprasadnu kooptadhuku, "enna chollu" nu siruchutae keezha guniji, mela paathu (remember his style?) Sivaprasad, u reading this??? :)

Who else did I meet? Reception vida neriya per irunthaangha wedding;ku. As we did in the reception, the whole college gang of ours were ready near the dias for the photo session. By then, relatives were busy there. So we were requested to wait for sometime. Ofcourse, we cant ask the relatives no :) friends can wait !!

Kishore apdiyae vervaila nanaju poi irunthaan. Just imagine wearing coat, suit and all in the SUMMER. apdi thaan SK;ku pattu saree kooda irunthu irukum. athaan ppl were making fun of Kishore. Ah, ellarum stage mela ponom. Niruban (on behalf of all) gave some gift to SK and then they gave 1 rs and 50 paise as a gift to Kishore :)

we had lunch together. Time has come. naan kelamba vendi irunthathu. Renuka hostelku shift pannanum naan. Many of our guys left. SK, RK, Prakash, Raaja (Prakash friend - pratheep u too know him no?) and myself were there. appavum enaku oru nappaasai, enghayathu veliya polaamnu. Prakash was too tired and he was simply cribbing :)Main;a prakash thaan engaluku recreation :) Thanks praks :)

romba ipdi naan kaetutu irukappa, SK had come up with some plan (namma SK eppavum panuvaan atha :))
like enkooda vanthu hostela bag pottutu, apdiyae ethavathu theatre vara maathri and he asked RK and prakash to book the tickets. Prakash othukavae ilai..naan roomku ponum ponum solitae irunthaan. (like Kamal in 16 vayadhinilae, "santhaiku ponum blah blah"). avana samathanam panrathukula pothum pothum aayudthu. finally we compelled him to accompany us. aprama ok sonnaan :)

apram Kishore, SK'kita elam solitu kelambitom. SK, naan kelambi thiruvanmayur poyitom. Renuka, naan, SK, hostel terrace'la pesitu irunthom. Ah, that was soo nice talking to SK :) romba comfortable'a..so nice of u SK :) oru maathri classmate, vera yaaro apdi elam thonalai. romba nalla pesitu irunthom :) Ofcourse, this is applicable to most of our class ppl :)

Ok, then we got a call from Prakash asking us to come to satyam theatre. RK ticket book pana poraannu. intha lazy payan Prakash kooda polai. Thanks RK, unnala thaan aniku padam paathen :)
Note: Prakash has requested me not to disclose everything so ssshhhh :p

apram jollya pochu..like padam paakrathu confirm aayudthunu hehe :) SK, naan, Renuka autola kelambi Satyam theatre ponom. RK ticket vaanghitaan. I wanted to see Thalaivar's movie in theatre. But he got for Mumbai Express. Ok that was also fine for me.
Prakash, Raaja vanthaangha. SK wanted to leave inbetween as he got an appointment with the dentist the same day.

So, we all set now.

Romba munnadi thaan seat kedachudhu. Movie was hilarious. Hey, RK oda ithu thaan first movie paakren. Hayoo, avan epdi sathama sirikaran. He was totally involved in the movie. apram thaaan solran "naan eppavum ipdi thaan. sentiya irunthaalum, comedya irunthaalum fulla involve aayiduven"nu..too much !!!

Interval timela SK kelambitaan. apram movie mudinghathum naan, Renuka hostel thirumbi vanthaachu :)

And and and..avlo thaan..kadhai mudinghu pochu :) ellarum veetuku pongha :)
ok, naanum kelambaren...varta (Thalaivar style'a !!)

Have a nice weekend and a nice week ahead !!

byeee :)
J.