A Wedding Against All Odds

Everything was perfectly planned. A beautiful entourage, their designer dresses and barongs perfectly fitted. The wedding giveaways of white wines for the primary sponsors, red wines for the secondary sponsors and unique mugs for other guests are all prepared. Sumptuous meal for the reception. The romantic old church was beautifully adorned with white laces and flowers. The bride was flawless.

But it seems that nature is against the wedding. It was signal number three of Typhoon Frank, and the wedding’s setting was a direct hit. Electricity was cut - the CD’s for the wedding songs were all stuck inside the player; no air conditioner nor fans to cool them all down (the place was hot despite the storm); the had to make do with what little light that nature can give, in preparing their make-ups, etc. At least the church had an electric generator, for the ceremony itself. There was no water (the rain does not count) - they had to fetch water from the water pump, so they can take a bath. Storm water was leaking through the church roofs!

Against all these odds, the wedding pushed through. At the end of the procession, in came the beautiful bride through the gigantic church door, bubbles blown from the sides. She marched through the lovely music. Everything seems to be getting perfect in the middle of the bridal march when……. someone stepped on the bride’s very long head dress, it was almost pulled off her head. Geeze, what else could go wrong! Still the bride went on with a smile.

The rites was carried on through all the unforeseen imperfections. The bride and the groom gave their marriage vows. They now share a lifetime together. Hopefully, the bad luck which seemed to come with the storm, has ended with typhoon Frank.