Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Marisa + Vishal: The Wedding at St Kilda Botanical Gardens and St Ali Cafe




"Heartbeats"
by Jose Gonzalez



One night of magic rush
The start a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief

Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

And you, you knew the hands of the devil
And you, kept us awake with wolf teeth
Sharing different heartbeats
In one night







It was a beautiful wedding under a giant moreton bay fig tree. The day couldn't be more perfect. And the highlight of the day was definitely the Punjabi dance- a surprise from Vishal and Marisa to their guests at the cocktail party.

Ah, what a beautiful couple. Vishal and Marisa met through work back in 2009, their story started from their trip together to Japan. During the flight from Melbourne to Brisbane, Vishal and Marisa were still friends, but within the first 10 minutes on the flight to Osaka, they just couldn't stop kissing - that's when the relationship was official. During their visit to Japan, they met an American tourist, Anthony, who became their best friend. Vishal turned out to be Anthony's groomsman when Anthony got married. 

When Vishal and Marisa was in New York planning their holiday schedule, a friend sent a Facebook message to Vishal asking:" Have you propose yet?" And Marisa accidentally saw the message! Ooops!!! They were staying at the Santa Monica beach and after fronting up, they decided to walk down the beach to get engaged. Vishal could never forget that romantic moment, with an Argentinian busker singing as the background music and the beautiful sunset in front of them. What a scene. 

Marisa came from Maltese background but she was born in London, and Vishal's parents were originally from North India. Marisa's dad is very cute: he wears matching bright colour socks and ties, and he's always saying positive words such as "awesome", "marvellous" and "wonderful".

Although it was a simple wedding but it was definitely a very meaningful one. Vishal and Marisa wanted people to be part of their marriage, not just as guests of their wedding. I guess the most precious thing about wedding is to be able to be yourselves, do what you want and enjoy every bits of it. I definitely love every moment at Marisa and Vishal's wedding, and thank you so much for having us and trusting in us!





Date: 13th March 2016
Ceremony Venue: St Kilda Botanical Garden
Reception Venue: St Ali - South Melbourne
Assistant Photographer: Kelly Reen
Celebrant: Karen Docking 
Furniture hire: A&B Weddings
Wedding cake: BakesbyJean
Make up and hair artist: Rebecca Paris Turpin - Green Scarf Girl
Dj: Nfa Jones
Punjabi dancers: Federation of Bangra


















































































































































































































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