It’s been almost 2 weeks since I got married. Before I talked about my big day, I think its worth telling how I spent my last days as a single guy. Me and my mates (Bujs, Sait, Kazod) like to go out for a drink. We usually get a bottle of liquor and drink it till someone or we’re all passed out.
1 week before my big day, we (Me, Bujs, and Kazod) had a drink at SMS (stands for Sumarecon Mall Serpong). It’s a mall with an open air dining area, and a music stage in the center. We had a bottle of Chivas Regal 12 Years, and we managed to drink 2/3 of the bottle. Only the weakest in the group, Kazod, passed out. I still managed to drive my car back home safely.
5 days before my big day, we (all the gangs) had another drinking session. This time was at my friend’s friend’s apartment (MOI apartment). I brought the leftover Chivas and a full bottle of tequila. The drinking went Ok until we hit the bottle of tequila. One by one started to fall like flies. All of my mates puked, but I didn’t (although I did fall asleep the soonest).
3 days before my big day, I had my bachelor party. I had my party at Equinox, a night club I often go with my mates. We had 2 bottles of Gold Label, 1 Bottle of Tequila, 1 Bottle of Smirnoff Raspeberry (for the ladies), and 5 Waterfall flaming cocktails. This time I’m the one who puked, badly. Turned out that my friends had been planning to get me drunk that night. I had to drink Gold Label straight from the bottle for 5 plus seconds and plenty of tequila shots. What’s worse is that, beforehand I went to another Club called "’DOMAIN”, and had 2 glass of Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac and a glass of gin and tonic. Despite of the endless puking, I didn’t feel hangover on the next day. Woke up pretty early, had my brekkie, and then went to deep sleep for the whole day.
I got married on Sunday, 17th October 2010. I had a catholic wedding ceremony in the morning, and a wedding reception (the party) in the afternoon. The ceremony was held in Santo Thomas Rasul church which was led by Father Sylvestre. Despite the western name, he’s actually a javanesse and his full name is Father Sylvestre Hari Pamungkas. The wedding ceremony went very well, except for my vows. I memorized my vow and practiced it over and over again. I was pretty confidence that I would be able to speak out my vow with no problems. But my nerve got the best of me and caused me to stumbled a little bit.
My bride looked very beautiful in her wedding gown. Never saw her wedding gown before. I decided long ago that I didn’t want to see her wedding gown until on the day. And I don’t regret that decision for one bit. It was truly a blessing to see her for the first time in her wedding gown on our special day. Felt like the luckiest man in the world.
My Wedding reception was held in Hotel Mulia, Senayan. Not to brag or anything, but Hotel Mulia is one of the best and most prestigious wedding venue in Jakarta. They serve good food like Sushi Sashimi, Tempura Udon, US Rib Eye steak, Peking duck, and Salmon ecroute. Roughly about 1950 people came to the reception, who mostly are my dad’s business guests. I choose “Especially For You” by MYMP as my entrance song. I really like the song. It’s an acoustic song, so it gives a relax and cosy atmosphere. The song is against the current trend, whereby a wedding entrance song must sound grand and big. The party went fantastically smooth. The crowd was good, food was good, entertainment was good, everything was good. Have to say big thanks to my Wedding organizer for doing such a great job.
The party finished around 9.30 pm. Half an hour later me and my friends gather around the bar wine to have last rounds of drinking for the day. I prepared a bottle of Chivas Regal 12 Year Old scotch whisky, a bottle of Martell Gordon Bleu Cognac, and a bottle Camus X.O. Cognac for this occasion. The Camus XO actually belongs to my father, and it tastes really damn good. If I was to rate the two cognacs, I would give the Martell a 7 and the Camus a 9. Not sure if it’s a really good cognac, or the fact that my father had kept the XO in shelve for more than 15 years, but the taste of the Camus was so fruity and smooth. Really top notch Brandy, I will definitely get my self a bottle or two in my trip to Europe. Anyway, the after party was legendary. Managed to get my revenge to my friend for making me drunk on my bachelor party. Four of my friends were seriously drunk; three blacked out, two puked endlessly, and one managed to damaged his car (no one was injured thankfully).
Well, that’s the story of my big day. I will definitely cherish and remember all the moments I had in that one week, and that one blessed day. Now, I look forward to my new life as a husband and a married man.