Photo 1: In traditional wedding gearPhoto 2: The happy couple
Last week I had my mid semester exams. The first, for Hinduism/Budhism was actually supposed to be on the previous week, but because the lecturer was on holidays/ on a project/ too lazy/ still asleep (take your pick) it was postponed. All the exams went ok – I was allowed to use dictionaries and the exams were only short, so language wasn’t too much of a problem.
On Friday I swallowed my embarrassment and went with a group of friends to Happy Puppy aka karaoke central. I must admit that when I stopped being uptight about the whole thing I did actually enjoy myself. We had a private room, so my humilliation was somewhat limited. To lessen the pain (of both myself and everyone else) I made sure I always sung with someone who actually could sing, sung really softly, and kept the microphone well away from my mouth.
On Saturday I went with Erinn to her pendamping Dini’s (helper/ guide from the start of semester) sister’s wedding reception. I barely knew Dini and have never met her sister, but it seems the mentality here is the more the merrier. Erinn and I got done up in the traditional Indonesian kebaya and sarong, which earned us plenty of stares along the road when we went to hail a taxi.
The reception was held in a huge room of a posh hotel in Yogya. there were lots of people, two buffets and not enough chairs! The bride, groom and their parents spent the night sitting on a raised platform at the end of the room, shaking hands with the guests ( many of whom they probably didn't know very well, if at all), haviing photos taken with said guests and watching everyone eat.
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