Sophia and Cam's wedding part 2 - Friday 10th February 2023
The second part of the wedding started at Sophia's parents place in Preston where she grew up. The bride's bridal party got ready there. Sophia wore a lovely red Vietnamese ao dai while we wore the same bridesmaid dress from previous wedding ceremony.
Sophia's family came and waiting in the dining room where the Vietnamese altar and ceremony was going to take place. Sophia was in her parents' bedroom with her mum. During this time, Cam and his bridal party and close family came with gifts. Her uncle MC her tea ceremony and introduced the groom's family to the bride's family. Sophia and her mother walked out together.
The tea ceremony Sophia and Cam greeted all of Sophia's family and relatives. Her relatives gave her gifts and wished both of them a long and happy marriage. Sophia did an emtional speech in vietnamese dedicating it to her parents. Her parents also did a speech each, in particular her mother was very teary but very happy for her. I was in charge holding the gifts.
Lunch was then served at her parents place. Sophia's family, relatives and close friends stayed back for lunch. The bridal party, groom and bride then travelled to Cam's parents' place in Carnegie. Thang and Matt had driving duties for the whole day where he drove the whole bridal party around.
The tea ceremony at Cam's parents were very similar to Sophia's one, however, in Chinese custom they had to knee. Here I was in charge of washing. His family also prepared lunch. After ceremony, everyone enjoyed lunch and rest for a bit.
Next stop, the girls and I helped Sophia get into ther gown for the pre wedding photo shoot. We went to various city locations: Exhibition Building, Parliament and various lane ways. We did that for a few hours. The whole bridal party headed to the reception first while the couple continued on taking photos.
While, we waited for guests to arrive to the venue I was practicing my entry walk. Sophia wanted it to be high enough and pumping. I walked out to ' I'm Good' by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha with Tinny. Nhirushni walked out with Dez. Sandy walked out with Davo. The parents also walked out before the couple did. The couple had a grand entrance.
The MC was very engaging he went around asking guests questions. We had the Asian banquet. Nhirushni and I did a speech together. We did not roast her at all.
Sophia and Cam did a beautiful danced performance. See the video.
There were lots of drinking and dancing. We kicked on to an after party at a bar on Elizabeth Street. We finished up at 3am where Nhirushni and I cleaned and tucked Sophia in bed.