Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Ho`ao or The Big Day

Moving past the agent debacle, and remembering happier times from a couple of weeks back, on the island of Oahu.

On Thursday, June 1, 2006, friends Fig and Courtney got hitched.

Friends and family gathered on beautiful Lanikai beach (I shuddered a bit upon first arriving, remembering the "
jellyfish incident" of a couple days prior) at around 10 in the morning, waiting for the happy couple. The weather was perfect, with white, fluffy clouds floating within a sunny, blue sky. The photographer and I staged some photos of me running along the beach, a la Hasselhoff, while we waited, and passers by wondered what was going on. Fig and the reverend showed up about a half hour later and we all got ready for Courteney's appearance once we were told she was on her way. At that point, we were all turned southwest, facing a small outlet to the beach between two houses, waiting for Courtney to emerge. Waiting... waiting... waiting... Until someone exclaimed, "Look! She's over there!!!" and we all turned around to see the beautiful bride walking up from the east side of the beach, radiant in her simple, white gown.

The ceremony was done in English and Hawaiian, with the traditional tying of the hands of the bride and groom with maile leis, symbolizing the commitment of the couple in marriage. It was funny, strangers on the beach came to check out what was going on, some even taking pictures and hanging out with us during the ceremony. After more words by the reverend, and a couple of "I dos" (well, Ric kinda zoned out at this part, but eventually said the words) They exchanged rings, and with a bit of effort, both Fig and Courtney were able to get them on each other. They kissed, and then *poof* they were married!


The photographer organized a bunch of photos of the newly married couple with us all, then Wally Amos tooted a "charge" from his kazoo, and we were off to his house in Kailua for the reception.

Wally's two story house was beautiful, and filled with all sort of little knick knacks and artwork. Food was outside, at the back of the house, where tables and umbrellas were set up for us to eat. My mom and I sat with Wally, Belen (Fig's cousin), and her husband Martin. Their son, Jacob, and I linked our Nintendo DSs and traded some Nintendogs items and played some head-to-head Brain Age against each other while eating. The food and fun were awesome.

Later in the day, the cake was brought out, and Mr. and Mrs. Figueroa cut it and (thankfully) didn't make a mess of things by shoving it in each other's faces (I've heard this is disrepectful in Hawaiian weddings, anyway). Cake was good. I think I had two pieces. After that, Courtney gave my mom a tour of the house, and I got one from Fig, and then we departed, the magical event at a close.

Fig getting cold feet. Luckily, this was taken after the wedding










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