Being engaged to marry means getting ready to enjoy married life - when 2 shall become 1. This means that she will share with my life and i hers.
She has fit in very well into my world.
Celebrations and outings with my family, frens and students
I must confess tho that it is taking me a little longer to do the same. Well, last weekend gave me an opportunity to not just be with her family but to with all her extended relatives as well!
It was an interesting time. I can describe it as 4 Wedding gatherings and A Funeral! Thankfully, the funeral was not of someone that we knew.
It was an eye-opener of how the people in a small town celebrate a wedding! The night before, we went over to her cousin's house for dinner. Nice home cooked meal, very home-y feel to it.
The next day was the wedding dinner - in a restaurant at Gopeng. Typical chinese restaurant, with a huge dragon and peacock decorating the back of the stage. The MC was also the entertainer! he was dressed in a bling bling bright orange shirt with an equally bright red vest! He was pretty good, i must admit. He sang and MC-ed and led in all the usual wedding dinner stuffs. He was clearly very experienced (and apparently he was English educated).
Being a typical wedding dinner in a small town, there had to be karaoke!!! Thankfully, those who went up to sing were pretty good - unlike my one other previous experience during my fren's wedding in a small town down south!
There was plenty of food to go around (unlike one which i attended recently at PJ where there were only 7 dishes) and plenty of alcohol too! =)
SEVEN, baby!!!!!
The next day, they had the tea ceremonies at both sides' home. Then we went to the groom's house for lunch. They catered from a nearby restaurant.
tGiF with her cousins, aunty and mom
During the time we were there, a funeral procession passed by. There was a band and then a lot of people walking - and the casket was carried - yes, carried by a few men - all under the hot sun.
Overall, it was not as bad as i dreaded it to be. And there were a lot of moments which were really fun - and one of tGiF's uncles is really like Jack Black!!!!
We were colour coordinated all weekend - but it was nto planned!
*Taken from the soundtrack of The Little Mermaid.
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