| :: Denis Wainaina weds Rosemary Nduta's
February 17, 2006
A view from Denis Wainaina and Rosemary Nduta's Wedding at
the Holy Trinity Church , Kileleshwa on Saturday, October 1, 2005
I promise at the altar I will say I do/Even though the bridesmaids
is looking kinda tempting
Necessary noise
Judy sent and email giving us the information
about the upcoming wedding. She told us the church wedding
was at the Consolata in Kileleshwa. I have never heard of
this church but I know the big Catholic Church in Kile so
I headed here with Brains aka Marto Small for this great
occasion.
The Bride and Groom
Nduta is an amazing individual. The girl is always
cheerful. Whatever the occasion, she will always have a
smile for whomever. I met the lass while in college and
she has always highly impressed with her positive outlook
on life. I guess we must have called her smirfette for a
reason. The blind she is currently working with miss the
gift of that smile but the infectious laugh will fortunately
get you 99% of the time. |
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Mr. and Mrs. Wainaina |
Denis is the archetypal Strong silent type. I swear that when
they coining this phrase they must have met Denis. If you have
a dictionary with a strong silent type of dude, you would probably
get a picture of Denis Wainaina.
The couple have been courting for the longest time. I started
hearing about Denis in the 90's BEFORE I left college. They have
probably been going out for the last 7 years or so.
The Church
The Holy Trinity Church Kileleshwa is a beautiful church!
Gosh! The location in Kileleshwa is of course ideal. The church
is mediums sized for Nairobi and I believe should seat probably
1,000 pals. I cannot vouch for this number so sue someone else
if the place doesn't carry all your relas! As a typical Catholic
church, the place is really well decorated. The windows have Christian
themes.
The wall behind the altar has a large painting of jesus and some
old white dude holding a globe in his hand. About this there are
scenes of Christs life from birth to his death and resurrection.
A very moving experience I assure. On either side of the humongous
pictures of Jesus and this other white dude are two windows with
picture of banana (he he) trees engraved.
The service
The groom looked real nervous as he waited and if he was
a nail biter, then I would have hated to be his manicurist.
First came the groomsmen and the bridesmaids. Those bridesmaids
look like a million bucks. Then came the bride. She came
in with the typical wedding song accompanied by her mother
and father who were to be giving her away. And yes, she
took forever! Why do these brides take such a long time
to get down that aisle?! This bride came in typical Smirfette
fashion with a huge grin on her face. She was obviously
looking very hot in that wedding dress. Brains and I were
suddenly drooling at the hot babe in the maid of honour
outfit behind the bride when we were shocked to realise
that it was only Judy. Ah well....
The catholic way of getting married is quite different
from what I witnessed at the AIC Plainsview a few weeks
back. However, the wedding is part of a typical church service.
These include a 1st reading and responsorial that no one
understands, a second reading followed by a reading of the
gospel by the preacher man, Father Eugene. This was followed
by a sermon by said pastor. And as typical of catholic preachers
- especially the old white fathers - this dude was true
piriton. I could see many fighting to keeping their eyes
open as the man gave philosophical justifications and reasons
for a wedding. Lord give me strength! |
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Brides maids: Looking like a million bucks
Maid of Honour: is that Judy? Wow!
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Fortunately, the preacher man ended the preaching, followed by
offertory, communion signing of the certificates and the couple
and the rest of us left for the receptions after congratulating
the newly married couple and photographs.
The Reception
The Reception was held at South C's college of Insurance . This
was the same venue that the Malukis had held theirs and I must
say that venue has a few things going for it. The number one thing
is that it is really convenient seeing as it is in South C just
off Mombasa road. Apart from this, the facility seems neat enough
once you get over the dusty road leading there. The service is
also not bad at all.
This reception was pretty cool. The usual suspects were there...
the coffee hawker stano with a very hot looking R. An Eva-less
Duncan M, Eddah and Toivo and a few other faces. We sat and bonded
started catching up on who has been doing what. It was good.
The reception was pretty typical in many ways. As it typical
at kyuk weddings, the couple was given several gifts. They were
mainly of the kitchen type with Smirfette being offered several
kiondos, spoons, sufurias etc.
However, they did what I consider a very unique thing. The newlyweds
and their parents sat at one table at the centre of all goings
on. Here blocks of carbon dioxide (or is it monoxide) in sufurias
were put all around them. Hot water was then put in this sufurias
that led to them being engulfed in thick smoke. There was some
significance but it passed me. It was quite a sight to behold
though.
As pals prepared to head to Kengeles for the dinner, Brains,
Eddah, Toivo and myself sat back and chatted the evening away.
At Kengeles
We then headed to Kengeles to meet the Wainainas. We
didn't stay long. Brains is one of those dudes that lives so far
away that when is nearing home, he sees a sign on the road saying
"Kwaheri Kutoka Nairobi..." His visa for Nairobi was
also about to expire so the dude had to bounce. I also had to
see a man about a dog.
To the Wainainas, I say congratulations. What name will Nduta
take up? Please try and change your name girl? Rosemary Smirfette-Wainaina
just won't do!
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