Videos from home

Today I received a package from home. Mum had packed together a compilation of DVDs from my brother's wedding. I had been waiting for it for a while now and was excited to watch it. Up to this point I've been able to not get too upset or depressed and sentimental about missing out on attending the ceremonies to welcome a new family member into the family. Even during the conversations I had with relatives at home while they were getting ready for the wedding ceremony were upbeat. I never allowed myself to get emotional. After all, it was a happy occasion!

The strong front I had put up to this day disappeared very quickly as soon as I hit the play button on the DVD. I heard the song that accompanied the clip for the nikah portion, and felt a tug on my heartstrings. The song Kenangan Terindah by the Samsons was a song that I've only recently heard and fell in love with. It reminds me of home (even if the song is actually Indonesian). There aren't a lot of good malay songs, and lesser still malay songs that I get to listen to over here. Anyway, I knew I'd get homesick as soon as I watched the many familiar faces on the tv screen, but the song made me even more uncontrollable. The scenes of my family getting ready for my brother's big day, the scenes of my father saying some words for my brother, the scenes of the masjid, my uncles and aunties and the actual akad were so beautiful and familiar. It made me miss home so much. All the hugs, the salams and smiles made me wish so much that I was back home with them. So much for being strong about the whole thing.

Anyway, it was a beautiful ceremony. The decorations were elegant, the speeches eloquent and humorous. My brother got the akad correct the first time and it was funny watching everybody burst out into laughter when the witnesses approved the akad. My brother looked so relieved on camera, his face in a huge smile when he realized he passed the test with flying colors, getting the lafaz correct the first time. Hehe... how nerve racking it is to be the groom!

I do wish though, that the cameraman could have done a better process in editing the video. It's not too bad, but a teeny weeny bit on the amateur-ish side. Some parts are really good, but they could've done just a little bit better. Oh well...

Ooooh now I feel like watching the videos from my wedding. I think I shall spend some time doing that while waiting for hubby to get home from work.