The Speech

***Hello there everyone! It's me Rhio taking over just for today to post this speech that Jhun made for me. Hope you are all having a wonderful Easter day! Oh and Happy Full Moon day too! And if you want to read what I wrote for Jhun, please click on the link. ;)


Hi there everyone. Truthfully, I don't have any idea how to make speeches, more importantly, a wedding speech. So I hope I wouldn't say anything inappropriate here.;)

Anyway, to start off, let me congratulate first the newly weds who, after years and years of searching and plotting on maps, finally found each other. Kudos to you guys. 

So first off - to the groom. Congratulations and I wish you all the luck and the patience in the world. I hope you know what you've gotten yourself into because when she became my friend, I didn't have a choice. So from here onward, she's basically your responsibility. She may be quite a handful (oh don't I just know it), but I'm pretty sure you're up to it. Trust me when I say that she can make you crazy at times - well, make that most of the time - but trust me also when I say that it'll all be worth it. She may seem like a fragile little thing that always needs to be protected but truth be told, you can trust her with your life because she'll do her best to protect it even if she has to sacrifice hers along the way. Don't be afraid of sharing with her your burdens because with a heart as big as hers, she can handle it. Whenever you face trials as husband and wife, there's no need for you to shelter her behind your back. Just hold her hand and keep her beside you and she will bravely face them with you. So just a simple reminder: Don't expect her to be the nagger-kind-of-wife. I assure you, she won't ask for much. She won't need for you to be anything, to be the courageous Superman or the filthy rich intellectual Batman or even the quite temperamental Hulk. All she'll ever need from you is for you to be you. A couple of surprises here and there wouldn't hurt though, like a trip across Europe or even a Caribbean cruise would probably suffice. Just kidding. A bit. But basically yeah, just be yourself. Always remember that it's you whom she fell in love with and not the material stuff that you could give her. Trust me on this. On Girl Scouts' honor. :)

To the bride. To the sister of my heart. :)  What more can I say? After all the silly phases we've been through, you finally found the one who'll never let go of your hand no matter how many times you trip over your own feet. You don't know how relieved I am for finally, I can wash my hands of you.:P Kidding aside, this is just the beginning though. More is yet to come, but I know that you can make it through no matter what. Especially now that you have someone you can wholly share yourself with. I can easily see you bravely shouting out to the void "Bring it on!" while you are holding on to him. And it makes me glad. Don't batter yourself too much though about the things you don't know about yet. You'll learn them along the way. But the most important part is that you learn them together. Don't rush yourself into things. You'll get there in time. Enjoy each step you take with each other because you can never take the same step twice. Cherish it. Live it. Savor it. Because once you get yourselves a bunch of runts along the way, you'll need something to remind you why the hell you wanted this anyway. Just kidding. Again. Sorry for that.:P But there's some truth in it, ayt? Always remind yourselves that the reason you are where you are right now, and that is beside each other, is because you wanted to, because you love each other. Not because you had to, just for the sake of staying together. From now on, you should stop thinking as two separate people with different paths because now, you are a single unit. You are "husband and wife", not "a husband" and "a wife". Someday soon, this "husband and wife" unit will turn into a "mother and father" unit. And I'm sure, you will do just fine. In fact, you will be more than just fine. You will be wickedly awesome.

So cheers to the newly weds.

And to the first runt that will come along the way. Probably in about 9 months time, maybe? ;)