Praveen & Sirisha Wedding

Praveen is the business manager at the jalandhar hospital that i worked at for 2 1/2 months. He is getting married the 8th of feb the same day as the camp starting but this is very important to me so dr. bazliel said i could come late to the camp by myself. i was not looking forward to this but you got to do what you got to do. The day before i left the evil crazy monkeys that live in shimla stole my pasta, i was going to make pasta for the girls becuase they dont eat it and the monkeys stole it the same day right out from there kitchen in the hostel. But the next day mr yesupadum, his son and i left for jalandhar, we had to carry everyone wedding gifts with us from the hospital it was a site to see with all the packages on the bus. we took the rustic local buses there not comfortable but there cheap. i met a really nice punjabi girl on the bus we talked for a few hrs and it was nice to talk with some one and she spoke very good english she was doing her internship for dentistry. We reachedd around 10 PM and took an otto rickshaw to the hospital and i stayed at dilpreets house. i have missed her and everyone here at this hospital so much so i was so excited to be back. The next day i went to church and saw all the friendly faces i have missed for so long. i talked with kevin and kerry they are the korean couple voluntering here and there being transfered to nepal so i will never see them again its so sad. the 8th is the wedding i baught a purple indian salwar dress just for his wedding and i was so excited to wear it. the wedding was suppose to start at 3 but it did not till 5 Pm i was getting angry for waiting for so long but what do you expect this is india nothing is on time. They are adventist so they have a christian wedding adn everything is almost the same that we do with only a few changes. they have the white dress and tux, flower girls, groomsman brides maid. The only thing was the her dress was wrinkly and that drove me insane. They dont kiss at the end, and they put a necklace/pendant around the brides neck to simbalize there bond. The sad thing was that her family did not approve of the wedding so they were not there her grandparents approved so they gave her away so you could tell she was a little sad they were not there for her. they are a great couple and deserve all the happiness in the world. Praveen was smiling the whole ceremony he has been waiting for this for a long time. around 7:45 they started the reception they took pictures and than she changed into a sari that was gorgeous. i left around 11 Pm and it was still going strong. Indians know how to party and live it up. The next day i woke up around 6 thinking i was leaving around 7 for shimla but sadly im in india and the van did not leave untill 11 Am so i got to hang around with dilpreet and kerry for a little longer. when i was driving away i could not hold back my tears any longer i will really miss them. The wedding was a blast and it was great to see everyone again i really enjoyed myelf and everyone loved my indian dress.