Wedding Speech

I was checking the list of "Things Must Do 3 Weeks Before Wedding" yesterday and it occured to me that I might need to prepare a "Elder Sister of the Groom" speech.

I read a poem for my sister during her wedding 4 years ago. In fact, it meant to be a song that I wanted to sing. I always like to visualise myself on the stage singing aloud companied by my talented piano skills. Fact is I can sing but I play piano + organ +keyboard like a toddler! Anyway, we were all very stressed with time 4 years ago (everyone was not in Brunei, and not easy to organise things in under 2 weeks), so finally I read out the poem in bilingual way. To me, I sounded crap but I must emphasise those words were really meant from the bottom of my heart. Well, the saving grace part was - my father's friend called early the next morning praising on my wise choice of words.

In order not to show up on stage worrying I sound crap again, I have decided to prepare a speech 3 weeks in advance this time.

The first version of my speech begins this way: "Ladies and Gentleman, Thanks for joining my family .....". Nah, too formal to my taste.

The second version begins like this: "The first time I saw Susie, I knew right that very time that she'll be the One for my brother ...". Nah, sounds too cheesy.

Then ........ The fifth version reads: "Germaine Greer said a successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person ......". Sounds like I am delivering a lecture.

Finally, words read better in the seventh version. Hopefully, I get a 10 minute slot to say it out loud during my brother's wedding. Want to find out what I wrote. Check out my blog on 14th February!