I went to a wedding today.
And the short messages that I can post on Plurk is not enough to do it justice =).
So, the only Singaporean in my lab was married last October, and it took them a whole six months to plan out the reception; at least, the 'Chinese' side of it. The guy from my lab is a Malay Singaporean, while his wife is a Chinese Singaporean. From what I've gathered from various conflicting sources, they registered last October, had a Malay wedding reception for the groom's side of the family at some point before tonight, and had the Chinese style reception tonight... err... I meant yesterday evening (as it shows Monday the 31st on my computer now). (By the way, the side bar for Vista is actually quite helpful if you have a wide screen, but back to topic for now.)
Anyway, the last time I've been to a Chinese style wedding reception was ten-ish years ago, I did not know what to expect going into it, and apparently Aerospace engineers across the world have the same problem with making decisions: it takes them forever, and everyone is willing to go along with other people's plan with none wants to lead. For example, the amount of gift money was debated upon among the people in our lab for two weeks, and the amount was not finalized until the evening before; the method of delivery was constantly changing, and instead of having an envelope ready, we had to improvise a bit at the reception desk. But now back to the wedding itself.
And the short messages that I can post on Plurk is not enough to do it justice =).
So, the only Singaporean in my lab was married last October, and it took them a whole six months to plan out the reception; at least, the 'Chinese' side of it. The guy from my lab is a Malay Singaporean, while his wife is a Chinese Singaporean. From what I've gathered from various conflicting sources, they registered last October, had a Malay wedding reception for the groom's side of the family at some point before tonight, and had the Chinese style reception tonight... err... I meant yesterday evening (as it shows Monday the 31st on my computer now). (By the way, the side bar for Vista is actually quite helpful if you have a wide screen, but back to topic for now.)
Anyway, the last time I've been to a Chinese style wedding reception was ten-ish years ago, I did not know what to expect going into it, and apparently Aerospace engineers across the world have the same problem with making decisions: it takes them forever, and everyone is willing to go along with other people's plan with none wants to lead. For example, the amount of gift money was debated upon among the people in our lab for two weeks, and the amount was not finalized until the evening before; the method of delivery was constantly changing, and instead of having an envelope ready, we had to improvise a bit at the reception desk. But now back to the wedding itself.
