This Occasion Called Wedding Dinner

Wedding dinner - a ceremony to celebrate the union of two people, we call them a couple.

What else besides celebrating the union?

Reunion, perhaps, especially if it's a wedding of someone you know since childhood or schooldays. That's the time when you get to meet up with long lost friends, or friends whom you have not met for quite a while ... all those catching up and updating each other with what has happened the last few years since we see each other.

I have been to a few of such wedding these few years, and it has been really, really great to be able to reconnect with long lost friends since schooldays.

If it is a wedding of a colleague from your previous workplace that you are attending, then that's also a potential reunion time. However, if it's a wedding of a colleague in your current workplace, I would say that it's nothing much different from those daily lunch time that you have. You might end up sitting with the same bunch of people, talking about the same old topic which you discuss during lunch time. Worse still if you talk about work during the dinner :p

Someone I know of told me her wedding dinner somehow looks like a company's annual dinner. Half of the hall consists of colleagues from her workplace while the other half colleagues from her husband's workplace. So when it comes to yum sing (i.e. cheers) time, seems that both sides tried to outperform each other by cheering louder and louder (ha!).

What happen if you attend a wedding dinner whereby you do not know anyone else besides the bride and bridegroom? Well, you do have a choice of not attending. However, if you choose to attend, you have the choice to only savour the food and wine, or to get to know new friends.

I have just attended such a wedding this evening (although with a little twist for the fact that I still know one person there and not totally being alone). It's a wedding of someone whom I have known for at least half a decade. During the wedding, not only I choose to savour the food and a little wine, I also choose to get to know new friends. Usually if the person sitting next to you is equally alone just like you, chances of being able to make new friends are pretty good :p

Next, karaoke, an interesting component that worth a mention. Although not all wedding has karaoke session, for those who have, it's definitely a showtime for people who are not too shy to sing their lungs out. We don't really care if the singing is up to a certain standard (not necessary professional standard though). It's a different case if someone is merely "screaming" or singing out of tune, it's quite a torture, isn't it? Also, say someone is singing songs like "Un-break My Heart" or "Another Sad Love Song" ... not quite appropriate for the occasion, eh?

Oh, yeah, before ending this post, may this friend of mine whom I have known for at least half a decade live happily ever after with his lovely wife ... Congratulations to Kenny & Vivian on your marriage :)

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Somehow It's Still Different

Had a Ramadan buka puasa dinner at one of the resorts this evening. If you were to ask me how the dinner was, my frank answer would be it does fill the stomach but not entirely great when it comes to taste bud satisfaction.

Well, is it due to the food really being that "ungreat" or is it due to my taste bud then?

Remember that years and years back (when I had just started working and earning a meagre amount of income), having a buffet meal in hotel was something I truly enjoyed and looked forward to. Food seems to be great and satisfied my taste bud entirely.

It is quite interesting to hear from one of my friends once that he does not have the same amount of satisfaction and "feeling" when he eats those butter cookies in those blue tin can nowadays, as compared to when he had them during his childhood. It's even more interesting to hear him mentioning "perhaps we could not really afford it then, that's why we treasured and enjoyed those cookies entirely during childhood". Deep within my little heart, I totally agree, though.

Well, perhaps the food during the buka puasa dinner isn't that "ungreat" after all, but somehow, it's still different ...

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09.09.09

09.09.09 ...

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Another special day of the century. Am sure you would know what I mean - it's the 9th day of the 9th month of the 9th year of the century. Three more of such special day to go before the next century, which obviously none of us who is currently reading this would ever live to see such again next century :p

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What do people choose to do on such a special day? Well, getting married, if they are not too particular with the fact that currently is still the 7th month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. For the number 9 also refers to "forever" in Chinese (for those who do not know, "forever" sounds the same as "nine" in Chinese). Triple 9, well, doesn't that mean forever, forever and forever then?

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How do I spend this day of the century, you might ask. Nothing extraordinary. Perhaps it's just another day for me. Just like any other weekday, woke up early and obediently drove to work to earn a living. Don't mistaken that I don't enjoy doing such. Remember that you need to treasure what you currently have, although that does not mean that you should stop pursuing for something better :)

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Anyway, one thing for sure is that today is a late night at work. It's the busiest time of the year. Plans for the coming year is being laid down now. Plans that lead the direction for the coming one year. Hmm, sounds important, doesn't it?

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Although am not spending this day in a special way, but am pretty sure the time spent is definitely on something fruitful and important :)

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So, how do you spend this day of the century? Mind to share?

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