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It's been a harrowing 3 days since friday morning. I don't remember any other time when i have been so mentally taxed but yet glad at the end and actually would love to do it all over again. ok, not EVERYTHING, but most of it , except friday. haha
i was the office slave for friday's moving. And honestly, the registry just stood by doing NOTHING at all, no helping, not even offering to help. I was running around and was seriously solving problems that just kept piling. Honestly, this is THE perfect time to judge a person's character. The people who seem so nice, turn out to be domineering, selfish bastards. Come on, is just where the fuck you're gonna sit for the next year or 2. YOU"RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER. I can understand that some people don't like it when their rooms are 30-40 cm smaller than other rooms,and when their phones aren't patched right , but to use your measly rank(not even LT*C) to completely change the layout, which took nearly 4 months to finalise, with NO REGARD for consequences JUST so they can get a MARGINALLY better seat in an open concept room that is WAY over capacity(30-40 people in a space that used to fit only 15 ) is just FUCKING SELFISH.
ok, thats all for friday.
I attended my salsa lesson on friday then went straight into JB to my uncle's new house that was 90% finish. After a night there, we woke up bright and early to attend the church wedding(till 10am) and then the happy couple proceeded to the bride's parents' house for the 1st tea ceremony while some of us went for breakfast. Then we proceeded back out to singapore to my house for the 2nd tea ceremony ! And the groom was delayed for like, 2 hours! omg.... but that was coz he was frantically searching for his passport .. which was in his coat pocket -.-" HAHA best thing was, the best man and the groom took a bus wearing those coats,across the causeway HAHA.1st time i've seen THAT uncle particularly nervous haha. We then proceeded into JB AGAIN for the wedding dinner at the ZON. 65 tables in total were prepared!! omg. think about the number of people man... of course, 6 were reserved just in case some people brought "friends". But it turned out that there were more no-shows than extras.
Anyway, it was a real eye opener. both GOOD and BAD sides of people were totally thrown out into the open. And it was a night of many firsts. It was the first family gathering when EVERYONE ,even my 8 and 9 year old cousins, were asking "Where's your girlfriend??" or "how come you don't have a girlfriend?". i think i dodged more questions in one day than i've ever dodged in 3 years haha.
I love such happy family weddings.
Another 1st was seeing that particular uncle go wild. HAHA going around hugging everyone after the wedding. haha i kinda expected him to be drunk after making the toast rounds for about 60 tables(even half a glass per table would mean 30 cups ya know!) .
and it was the FIRST wedding in which both families stayed back for about 1-2 hours after the dinner- get this- to dance! How cool is THAT man! haha the bride was really sporting and was on the dance floor for a long time . Then after most of the guests left and the groom didn't need to send anyone off anymore, my uncle then hit the dance floor too! and boy was he high. haha abit sad that the 2 families didn't really mingle.
now for the bad.
Its so sad to see that some of the people are just so disgusting. The worst part was, they're family. Thank god they're not so close to us. But still, they're family. And they screwed up the seating plan BAD when ONE of them directed a whole lot of them to the VIP table meant for brothers, sisters and closer relatives of importance purely owed to their parents(really, rank is impt sometimes). I don't understand why they can't ALL check with reception 1st. but anyway, our family didn't mind the intrusion of turf. Just that it looked REALLY bad, when it was OUR family's turn to take the family pic, and instead of the 1st 5 tables (including 2 vIP) emptying, it was the next 5 tables after the 2 VIP tables emptying.
and my Parents were late AGAIN. They left the house late coz my mom was busy packing the extra food left over after the tea ceremony.But only about 30 mins later than the 2nd last car. So i left with some relatives in a chartered van(skipped the jam coz it takes the bus lane! but had to walk through immigrations) and got to the hotel earlier than my parents at about 5+ . So i waited, bummed around and felt generally stinky but still relaxed in one fo the 4 complimentary hotel rooms being used by some relatives to freshen up. Then at 6 i got worried as there was no word from my parents' car which included my brother, his gf , and MY CHANGE. So i received a call at about 6.30 saying they cleared the 2nd link(when the hotel is 10 mins max, from the causeway?) and my bro asked me to check with another uncle (part of the VIP faux pa issue above) if our room reservation made through him was ready and good to go.Turns out my dad informed him too late( AS USUAL) and he didn't manage to get us a reservation(he's the boss of the handle-bar just outside the hotel) and didn't get back to my dad regarding availability. My parents finally arrived 30 mins after the cocktail reception started(at 7). I felt very very useless, stinky and out of place as everyone there was, well, formal. I had jeans and a short sleeved shirt. Not to bad, but still, i was one of the ushers and i wore that shirt since 6 am? and i looked like the sound tech or someone headed for the party just outside the hotel. Turns out, my parents made a wrong turn after clearing the 2nd link and ended up further north rather than across the water from senoko power plant, which is where the hotel is.
I learnt that its the decisions we make that decide how our lives turn out- which is why managers who make good decisions are highly prized. Just makes me wonder how my parents managed their own firm for more than 5 years with simple decisions like this turning out so bad.
-end of bad parts-
anyway, it was a huge affair with lots of bosses and datuks turning up to register under my uncle's invittion list as well as many well heeled lawyers and professionals on the bride side. and mind you, 40 tables were full of these people. ok, maybe 36, considering that 4 tables were assigned to my grandma's gambling friends .
It was lovely seeing my cousin jenny from HK as well as my 2 now middle aged cousins from china, as well as their parents. Especially now that we were about the same stage in life and we can all talk about beer and joke without fear of anything being too lewd.
Zee: glad to see you're still alive :) haha maybe we can catch up next week. I'm having my wisdom tooth on the left taken out, so its no problem for me any time next week.
who still hasn't caught transformers or harry potter or die hard 4.0?? I have 1 dollar off cathay cinema tix for up to 3 peeps! :P haha
depressed? izzit? lol maybe i could use that to get some time off from NS to go for counselling LOL
