For wetter or worse: Bride defies storm
MANILA: Tropical storm has brought misery to many here, with 20,000 residents fleeing the riverside district of Marikina where floods swept away cars. But for Jobel Delos Angeles, 24, the weekend was cause for celebration.
The beaming bride, defiantly marching up a flooded church aisle, has won hearts as the country suffers a fresh bout of monsoonal rains.
She married the father of her two children on Saturday as and the southwest monsoon brought heavy flooding to the capital and nearby areas.
In a Facebook video shared over a thousand times, Delos Angeles is all smiles as she walks through brown floodwaters in a white gown and veil before her suited groom clad in flip-flops takes her to the altar.
“Even if it floods or it rains, nothing can stop me. You only get married once, will you postpone it? I was marrying the man I love,” Delos Angeles told AFP by phone.
“My gown got wet and heavy but I told myself it was as if I was walking on a red carpet.”
She said she and her partner of seven years did not expect bad weather but never considered calling off t heir wedding even after floodwaters entered the church.
“No car wanted to bring us to the church so I just rode a boat. We didn’t expect so many people would still t urn up, even t he entourage.”