Eleni's Engagement

Eleni is a friend of mine who I used to work with at Myer. While I was at the US I got a message from her saying that John had proposed and that they were getting married. I was happy and excited for both of them.

When I came back home, I managed to catch up with them and find out that the wedding will actually be in August this year on a Greek Island which they both come from. I think a Greek Wedding on a Greek Island would be very nice.

Their engagement party was in Sydney and I managed to volunteer to video camera the entire engagement party. I have never filmed a engagement party before and trust me this was a huge wog event.

Arriving with my tripod on the night I was able to set up just before the crowd started to rush in. With me on the video camera and Oishii on the digital camera we managed to capture enough footage at the door before they knocked us both out of the way.

We sat down to prepare for dinner. Now before everyone can eat they need to blesh the food. So the minute the priest got called up to blesh the food we both ran like lunatics to the food table to film it all. We must have looked like total idiots as the priest went to the stage to the mic. We stopped when we noticed this. The next thing you know the priest basically went yadda yadda yadda the food is bleshed. We stood there trying to understand what happen. I thought the priest was going to the food table to stand before it and blesh it some how by blowing at it.

The night continued and the ring ceremony started. So I moved my camera and tripoid close to them when the Greeks insisted on shoving me and the tripod out of the way. I think they nearly knocked us over. Luckly I managed to hold on tightly to the camera.

This was a very enjoyable evening and the camera work looked great. Who knows maybe I can create a business out of this?