of weddings.......

Yours sincerely ( Y s ) and his better half were invited to a niece's wedding at Tanjung Sepat. I bet you don't know the whereabouts! It is south of KL, exit Sepang and drive along the trunk road. You will pass by many small towns and palm oil plantations. You can never miss this small and quaint Chinese fishing village.

A Chinese wedding in a small Chinese village is very interesting. The pre-wedding dinner, for example, is a free for all event. Everyone is invited. Food is constantly replenished. Soft drinks and beer flow unceasingly. The din is overwhelming when everyone try to talk at the same time. The road in font of the groom's house is practically closed for traffic and neighbours somehow understand.


This is y s' favourite niece with her adorable children.

The wedding dinner proper was held at the community hall in the town centre. It was again a practically free for all event since the hall has no walls to check on the guests like those held at hotels or restaurants. However, that "Chinese Pride" of no free lunch is very much alive even in the younger generation so you don't get gate crashers who go for free "makan." The wedding catered to about a thousand people since in Chinese villages you don't expect parents not to bring their whole broods or to RSVP, as opposed to those held in towns and cities where seats are numbered, named and head count taken. Children are not expected unless you a kin. How materialistic have the town and city Chinese become! LOL

The food? O la la. It was the traditional Chinese worked from home caterer. Watching the chef managing his makeshift, open air kitchen is awesome. No diploma or degree in culinary science but he manages it like the scientists at the launching pads at Cape kennedy. There was quantity and quality, and value for money. Everyone was happy and some could even "ta pow" (takeaway) home leftovers.

The bride and her sister. Daughters of my demised 2nd sister. Seeing them grown up as successful career women and having married to fine, responsible and loving husband is joy beyond words.
This is the most expensive traditional tea y s has ever drunk but it is all part and parcel of the Chinese tradition where the groom, in this case, is initiated into the clan. Salute! Y s' standard advice is "Go and multiply." The fifth baby is RM1K "angpow."

In full support for my demised 2nd sister about 80 % of the clan is present. Some came from as far as New Zealand and Kelantan, not to mention Alor Star!

My favourite quote on marriage:-

" Marriage is the art of two incompatible people learning to live compatibly"

My better half's favourite quote on marriage:-

" Doing housework for RM20.00 an hour is domestic service - doing it for nothing is matrimony."

Always remember that ........

"Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work."

Viva life. Spice up your life. One life is enough if properly lived.