Wedding

I attended a friend's wedding last night. The dinner was held at an open-air seafood restaurant...about 80 tables. The bride's father is a well-to-do businessman therefore they could afford to lavish such a wedding dinner.

Suprisingly, a wedding in the 7th month of the Lunar calendar. Pretty unusual...perhaps they picked 08-08-08 to tie the knots..... and then a wedding dinner a day after ....so that it doesn't coincide with the Olympic Opening.

She is my former colleague way back in the 90s. It was through her that I learnt to speak mandarin. Thanks..dear.


Back to the wedding reception, well the usual chinese course dinner...how many courses..aiyo, I forgot to take note. 8 or 10...I guess.


My friend, Yuen Ming looked radiant in her pink off-shoulder gown. Her other half was equally dashing in his tuxedo.

However, he's on the plump side...as a results he looked a bit odd in it...esp the abdomen area. The red broad waistband made his pouch more obvious. Opps...I'm not suppose to "perli" other people's 'darling" over here in my blog. Sorry.

I always admired guys in tuxedo..look very smart and decent. But of course he needs a shapely body to go with the tuxedo. hahaha



I was seated with my other ex colleagues....as usual we exchange small as well as big talks while awaiting for the dinner to begin. Chinese dinner accorded to Malaysian time....common la.

I hate to wait. Luckily...I wasn't alone with total strangers....or else it would be pretty awkward to strike a conversation with unfamiliar people.

There was a slide show presentation on the screen behind us. Quite entertaining of sort....it displayed the couple's story....how they met and things like that..la.





The very much waited moment had arrived......announcement of the entrance of the couple. Ta~da...they paraded into the hall walking with the rhythmic flow of the "Wedding March".



Actually everyone were more interested in the food. Hungry la.

The first one, "The Cold Dish" (got a few variety of stuff as appetiser). Then, the shark's fin. Followed by roasted chicken/duck, Steamed pomfret, mushroom, tom~yam prawns, .......what else ya...! Probably..I couldn't recall because I had skipped the last few dishes. Didn't want to overload my stomach...coz at such age ..my body metabolism rate had depreciated.

Then..the highlight of function..."Yam Seng" (Toasting ) and "Cake Cutting" ceremony. The usual scenes at chinese wedding. Never fail to miss this special event. The bride looked resplendent in her "Chi Pao"....she has nice hourglass body to match her chinese outfits.

The sporting bridegroom went up the stage to present a song specially dedicated to his new bride. He sang a chinese number to the applause of the guest. He has a melodious voice. After that, the bridal couple went from table to table to thank their guest. Hopefully, the bridegroom would not be too drunk to commemorate his wedding night...hahaha

All the best to Yuen Ming and hubby.
Congratulations.