My Ondoy Wedding Story

Yesterday’s flash floods brought about by typhoon Ondoy got numerous weddings postponed, receptions canceled, and a lot of wedding suppliers stranded in their cars amidst flood and/or traffic.  But we’ve heard of a few weddings which still pushed through despite the calamity.  Proof that all a wedding needs is a bride, a groom, a couple of witnesses, and an officiant for it to push through.

Below is a personal account of Randall Dagooc of MangoRed  who covered a wedding yesterday despite rain and high water (text lifted from his facebook note).

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We made it! We f*ckin made it!

10 AM

• Alis kami Ortigas going to Alabang for a wedding. Wedding Ceremony is at 3pm sa Fernbrook.
• Stuck sa C5 for 2 hours–U Turn then daan kami sa Fort Bonifacio-Mckinley-Nichols Route.
• Stuck in fort Bonifacio (Lawton Road) for another 2 hours. 5 meters per hour ang takbo ng mga sasakyan.

2 PM

• Sabi ni Teena (Coordinator) moved daw ang ceremony to 5pm.
• I said “Sh*t! Choke point lang naman is yung bridge sa may Nichols! Sabi ko lakad na lang kami then brave the flood! bahala na si Santino”
• Went down the car amidst the massive traffic. Lakad kami Al, Rex and me from Mckinley Hill to Nichols. Basang-basa sa ulan, naka white pointed shoes, coat or in short naka formal attire.
• si Rex nakabalot ng plastic. Ako nakapulot ng Tarpaulin. Si Al, naliligo sa ulan na parang street children.
• Then May nadaanan kami Military Surplus shop na nagbebenta ng Military raincoat.
  • “Ate! Mag kano Raincoat?” sabi ko
  • Ate: “450 pesos isa…”
  • Ako: “Shit! basang 300 pesos lang pala dala ko!”
• Hanap ako ng ATM. Lakad ulit.
• May Tumawag sakin: “Randall! Randall!”
• “Uy sina Wally Gonzales at sina RJ!” bwahaha! Stuck din sa Lawton Road!
  • “Chong, pahiram naman ng 1,000 oh, pambili ng raincoat!”
• Ayos nakabili. Lakad ulit for an hour. Naka raincoat na. hehehe
• Nadapa si Rex sa sidewalk.
• May nagsabing batang kasalubong namin: “Dad mga sundalo ba sila?”

3PM

• Text si Teena (Coordinator) -Stuck pa rin daw sya sa EDSA. at na move ang wedding to 8pm. Tuloy na tuloy daw. Kahit mag cartwheel pa daw sya para matuloy.
• Sabi ko, “ayos lupet nito!”

4PM

• After 1 hour ng paglalakad sa ulan at baha, tawid kami sa baha sa may Nichols yung may tulay… Massive!
• Pagkatawid, lakad sa may SLEX ng konti habang pumapara ng sasakyan na pwedeng maawa samin. Buti may Taxi na nasuhulan ng 500 pesos na pumayag.
• Sakay kami. Sobrang luwag sa SLEX at andaming tumirik na sasakyan sa tabi.

5:30 PM

• Nasa Preps na kami. Nangutang muna ako sa bride ng 500 pesos pampamasahe.
• Tuwang tuwa si manong.
• Tawag ako kay Chuck (Cherry Blocks) na taga Alabang.
  sabi ko “Chong pahiram naman ng tuyong sapatos, long-sleeves at mejas oh!”
• Dumating si Chuck and we’re all comfy and dry.

WEDDING

• Shoot kami with Sir Raymund Fortun, Jok & Chuck.
• 20 relatives lang ng bride & Groom yung nandun. Wala nang iba.
• Inasikaso ni Sir Raymund yung Church. Baha na kasi sa Fernbrook so wala na talagang pag-asa.
• Instant lahat!
  • Instant Best man.
  • Instant Ceremony.
  • Instant Priest.
  • Instant Reception.
  • Instant mami.

Sobrang lupit ng wedding!

Sabi ng Groom: “Itutuloy natin to whatever happens. Kahit san pa kami ikasal!”

Astig!

Very emotional lahat! I Admire the courage and love of Eli & KY! Grabe. Inspiring!

I’ll post the other details with photos this week…may wedding pa kasi kami tomorrow. Tulog muna ako…hehehe

Bottomline: Weddings are all about the couple. Not the guests who won’t be able to attend. Not the cake, the gown, the details, the photos etc.. etc…

Anyway, Salamat kay RJ & Sir Wally.
Kay Chuck!
Kay Atty. Raymund Fortun!
Kay Eli & KY
and sa pinakamalupet naming team! Al, Rex & Jap!

Sabi ko nga, kung ang mga conflict (war) photographers nakakapag shoot kahit patayan na, anu ba naman ang baha para sa mga wedding photographers? *yabang* hehehe

Salamat sa lahat!

I hope naka survive ang lahat at marami tayong natutunan na leksyon sa dinulot ng bagyong ito.