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First wedding of my classmates Last week, I took part in a wedding ceremony of my college classmate. She was the first one getting married among all of my peer friends. On that day, I , with some other girlfriends got there earily to pick up the bride from a makeup sore where she finished her bride make up .Then we sent her back to her house waiting for the groom. The moment we reached the house, we were asked to have 5 fish balls and an egg as a blessing to the couple, the egg represented for peace and safety, while the fish balls represented for having a bunch of offsprings. The problem was the fish balls were so greasy and I just finished my breakfast. But I ate them anyway because I didn’t wanna be rude. The moment I finished them I felt nothing but nauseated. It was not until I saw a group of best men did I know that we , all the girls who kept the bride company , were a group of bridesmaids and our job was to play prank on the groom so as to make him look or act ridiculous. However, I’ve never come across such a situation before because we are from different cities and our traditional rituals are so different. Not to mention that it was the very first experience of being a bridesmaid, and so it was for my other girlfriends. Not that we don’t like messing up with each other, we enjoy playing tricks , but only in private, when facing so many strangers, we couldn’t help but freaking out. All I wanted was letting the whole prank thing go by as soon as possible. Anyway, this process turned out as boring as I expected, but not our fault, the groom should’ve be blamed for not cooperating at all. He was too shy to lose face, as a result, he refused every request by the bridesmaids such as singing a song to express his love, writing the chinese character of love using his butt, pole dancing with a broom handle, and the like. The only thing he agreed to do was kissing the bride while spinning around with all the audience clapping, and they could not stop until the claps stopped. After that were some other rituals like the new couple paying respect to the ancestries, bowing ,kowtowing and giving thanks to their parents and grandparents. It was all proceeded using their dialect, so I had no idea what they were saying…. Anyway, this was the most strange wedding I’ve ever participated in , though it was exhausting I felt thrilled for the newly married couple. I wish them had a happy life together ever after.

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Velvet... I think you enjoy writing in English. Your story was quite interesting. I too would have some problems with some of the things that the bridesmaids tried to make the groom do. I don't have enough time to correct everything, but I have made a few of the most important corrections.

First wedding of my classmates

Last week, I took part in a wedding ceremony of my college classmate.
Your sentence is not wrong, but it would normally be written a little differently:
Last week I took part in one of my classmate's wedding ceremony.

 She was the first one getting married among all of my peer friends. On that day, I , with some other girlfriends got there earily early to pick up the bride from a makeup sore store? where she finished her bride bridal make up .Then we sent her back to her house waiting to wait for the groom.
The moment we reached the house, we were asked to have 5 fish balls and an egg as a blessing to the couple, the egg represented for peace and safety, while the fish balls represented for having a bunch of offsprings [offspring is an uncountable noun i.e. it can mean one child (=an offspring) or more than one child (= many offspring). The problem was the fish balls were so greasy and I just finished my breakfast. But I ate them anyway because I didn’t wanna be rude. The moment I finished them I felt nothing but nauseated.
It was not until I saw a group of best men [the group is called "groomsmen] did I know that we , all the girls who kept the bride company , were a group of bridesmaids and our job was to play a prank [or "play pranks] on the groom so as to make him look or act ridiculous. However, I’ve never come across such a situation before because we are from different cities and our traditional rituals are so different. Not to mention that it was the ["my" is better than "the"]  very first experience of being a bridesmaid, and so it was for my other girlfriends. Not that we don’t like messing up [=making a mess] messing around [fooling around / having fun] with each other, we enjoy playing tricks , but only in private, when facing so many strangers, we couldn’t help but freaking out. All I wanted was letting the whole prank thing go by as soon as possible. Anyway, this process turned out as boring as I expected, but not our fault, the groom should’ve be been blamed for not cooperating at all. He was too shy to lose face, and as a result, he refused every request by the bridesmaids such as singing a song to express his love, writing the chinese character of love using his butt, pole dancing with a broom handle, and the like. The only thing he agreed to do was kissing the bride while spinning around with all the audience clapping, and they could not stop until the claps stopped.
After that were some other rituals like the new couple paying respect to the ancestries ancestors, bowing ,kowtowing and giving thanks to their parents and grandparents. It was all proceeded done using their dialect, so I had no idea what they were saying….
Anyway, this was the most strange strangest wedding I’ve ever participated in , though it was exhausting I felt thrilled for the newly married couple. I wish them had a happy life together ever after forever or forever after.

Well written Velvet. Your story was humourous and I'm glad I did not have to attend that wedding :)

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First Wedding of my classmates In Our Class 1

Last week, I took part in a wedding ceremony of my college classmate. She was is 2 the first one getting married among all of my peer us friends. On that day, I , with some other girlfriends got there earily early to pick up the bride from a makeup store the salon where she finished her bride make up bridal makeup and then .  Then we sent her back to her house to waiting for the groom.
The moment we reached On reaching the place house, we were asked to have given five 5 fish balls and an egg to eat.   as a blessing to the couple, The egg represented for peace and safety to the couple while the fish balls represented the home blessed with many children. for having a bunch of offsprings. The problem was However, the fish balls were so very greasy and I just finished had my breakfast. But I ate them anyway because I didn’t wanna want be rude. Nevertheless, to avoid any ill luck, I ate them.  The moment I finished them I felt nothing but nauseated after eating them.

It was not until I saw a group of best men did I know that we , all the girls who kept the bride company , were a group of bridesmaids and our job was to play prank on the groom so as to make him look or act ridiculous. when the closest male friends of the groom turned up that I realized that we girls have to tease and ridicule the grom.  However, I’ve have no never come across such a situation experience due to the regional differences in marriage rituals. before because we are from different cities and our traditional rituals are so different. Not to mention that it was the very first experience of being a At the same time, we girls are first time bridesmaids.  Though we love to play pranks on each other in private, we were at a loss in front of so many strangers.  I just wanted to get out of this whole affair. and so it was for my other girlfriends. Not that we don’t like messing up with each other, we enjoy playing tricks , but only in private, when facing so many strangers, we couldn’t help but freaking out. All I wanted was letting the whole prank thing go by as soon as possible. Anyway, this process turned out to be very as boring as I had expected.  , but not our fault, the groom should’ve be blamed for not cooperating at all. He was too shy to lose face, as a result, he refused every request by the bridesmaids such The groom was uncooperative, whether by choice or because he was shy.  He refused all requests even as singing a song to express his love; use his butt to write out the Chinese character for love; (this I consider out of line)  writing the chinese character of love using his butt, pole dancing with a broom handle, and the likes. The only thing he agreed to do was kissing the bride while spinning around with all the audience clapping and they could not stop until the we stop clapping our hands.claps stopped.

After that, came the traditional rituals of paying respects to Heaven and Earth, giving thanks to the ancestors and the kowtowing to the groom's parents and grandparents.  Everything were conducted in their dialect which I have no understanding at all.were some other rituals like the new couple paying respect to the ancestries, bowing ,kowtowing and giving thanks to their parents and grandparents. It was all proceeded using their dialect, so I had no idea what they were saying….

Anyway, This was the most strangest eye opening wedding.  I’ve ever participated in , though it It was exhausting but I was thrilled and happy felt thrilled for the newly married couple. I wish them had a happy life together forever and ever after.

1.  I prefer this way.  You know how Chinese are when it comes to superstition.  It may be construed as you cursing their wedding since it implies that there is going to be a second one for them!  Implying a second one happening to the class is a wonderful event.

2.  There isn't a 2nd one yet.  So present tense is more appropriate.

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It would be interesting, if i have a chance to attend the whole ritual. wedding!
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First Bride in My Class

Last week, I took part in a wedding ceremony of my college classmate. She as the first one getting married among all of my peer friends. On that day, I , with some other girlfriends got there earily to pick up the bride from a makeup sore where she finished her bride make up .Then we sent her back to her house waiting for the groom.
The moment we reached the house, we were asked to have 5 fish balls and an egg as a blessing to the couple, the egg represented for peace and safety, while the fish balls represented for having a bunch of offsprings. The problem was the fish balls were so greasy and I just finished my breakfast. But I ate them anyway because I didn’t wanna be rude. The moment I finished them I felt nothing but nauseated.
It was not until I saw a group of best men did I know that we , all the girls who kept the bride company , were a group of bridesmaids and our job was to play prank on the groom so as to make him look or act ridiculous. However, I’ve never come across such a situation before because we are from different cities and our traditional rituals are so different. Not to mention that it was the very first experience of being a bridesmaid, and so it was for my other girlfriends. Not that we don’t like messing up with each other, we enjoy playing tricks , but only in private, when facing so many strangers, we couldn’t help but freaking out. All I wanted was letting the whole prank thing go by as soon as possible. Anyway, this process turned out as boring as I expected, but not our fault, the groom should’ve be blamed for not cooperating at all. He was too shy to lose face, as a result, he refused every request by the bridesmaids such as singing a song to express his love, writing the chinese character of love using his butt, pole dancing with a broom handle, and the like. The only thing he agreed to do was kissing the bride while spinning around with all the audience clapping, and they could not stop until the claps stopped.
After that were some other rituals like the new couple paying respect to the ancestries, bowing ,kowtowing and giving thanks to their parents and grandparents. It was all proceeded using their dialect, so I had no idea what they were saying….
Anyway, this was the most strange wedding I’ve ever participated in , though it was exhausting I felt thrilled for the newly married couple. I wish them had a happy life together ever after.

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First wedding of my classmates

Last week, I took part in a wedding ceremony of my college classmate. She was the first one getting married among all of my peer friends. On that day, I , with some other girlfriends got there earily to pick up the bride from a makeup store where she finished her bride make up .Then we sent her back to her house waiting for the groom.
The moment we reached the house, we were asked to have 5 fish balls and an egg as a blessing to the couple, the egg represented for peace and safety, while the fish balls represented for having a bunch of offsprings. The problem was the fish balls were so greasy and I just finished my breakfast. But I ate them anyway because I didn’t wanna be rude. The moment I finished them I felt nothing but nauseated.
It was not until I saw a group of best men did I know that we , all the girls who kept the bride company , were a group of bridesmaids and our job was to play prank on the groom so as to make him look or act ridiculous. However, I’ve never come across such a situation before because we are from different cities and our traditional rituals are so different. Not to mention that it was the very first experience of being a bridesmaid, and so it was for my other girlfriends. Not that we don’t like messing up with each other, we enjoy playing tricks , but only in private, when facing so many strangers, we couldn’t help but freaking out. All I wanted was letting the whole prank thing go by as soon as possible. Anyway, this process turned out as boring as I expected, but not our fault, the groom should’ve be blamed for not cooperating at all. He was too shy to lose face, as a result, he refused every request by the bridesmaids such as singing a song to express his love, writing the chinese character of love using his butt, pole dancing with a broom handle, and the like. The only thing he agreed to do was kissing the bride while spinning around with all the audience clapping, and they could not stop until the claps stopped.
After that were some other rituals like the new couple paying respect to the ancestries, bowing ,kowtowing and giving thanks to their parents and grandparents. It was all proceeded using their dialect, so I had no idea what they were saying….
Anyway, this was the most strange wedding I’ve ever participated in , though it was exhausting I felt thrilled for the newly married couple. I wish them had a happy life together ever after.

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