Or something along that line. Yeah, that was a question posed by somebody my brother's girlfriend knows, who is FROM Ipoh. Seriously.
My family and I went to Ipoh to attend my cousin's wedding, which included the traditional Chinese tea drinking ceremony followed by a banquet. She will have another session this weekend for the groom's, with a Christian wedding ceremony in a church and then a banquet. I will be her bridesmaid.
With dress, shoes and matching accessories checked, I only need to get my cousin to arrange a makeup artist and hair stylist for that day. Or I might as well do my own and get the usual aunty salon ladies to help me with the hair. I have plans to do my manicure and pedicure during the evening either a day or a couple of days before. So that is settled. Yet, I feel rather restless and excited at the same time.
Back to the main story - I was happy to see my relatives in Ipoh this time around. I feel more cheerful because I missed out on the Chinese New Year reunion earlier this year. However, I did not get to meet everyone. A series of unfortunate events had befallen one of my uncles. He had to be hospitalised and his children had to take turns to watch over him over the weekend. Another cousin on the other hand had to manage an event in another state.
Nevertheless, I got to meet a new member of my mum's clan - my niece. She was so adorable when I met her. She knows how to say yes and no in English and Cantonese, knows her numbers and even knows how to shrug when asked a question on where her missing uncle was! By the way she is only 20 months old. A fast learner indeed.
We had a lot of fun during the Chinese tea drinking ceremony. I am older than my cousin, by a couple of months so she and her husband had to serve me tea. It felt rather odd at first because I never treated myself as older than her but equal. Moreover, her husband is 5 to 6 years older than I and he had to call me elder cousin sister when serving me tea as well. Such drama. But that is tradition. It is by way of introducing a new member into the extended family and accepting that new comer and vice versa, formally.
Later the same day, I accompanied my cousin to have her makeup and hair done. I was offered to have my face made up as well. We went back to her house after and had to wait for her mother to tell us the right time to go to the restaurant. On top of that, it rained very heavily and thus a delay. We took this time however, together with her brother to take candid photos and in silly poses. That was awesome.
Arriving at the restaurant we took our respective seats and enjoyed the food. The thought "I need to diet in the next few days" just kept repeating in my mind, but my hands kept scooping a considerable amount of food onto my plate and then worked its way to my mouth. In fact the day before, it was the pre-wedding dinner party. My aunt had gotten a caterer to serve really nice finger foods, noodles, acar, squid in spicy sauce, desserts and sandwiches to name a few. I gained 1kg just over this weekend. Eep.
The following day, we headed home and much to my surprise I could not sleep when I should have been exhausted. Thinking too much about the second part I guess? Overall I enjoyed the trip back to Ipoh for the wedding. I feel happy for my cousin and wish her and her husband a blessed marriage. Once again I cannot wait for the church ceremony. I feel really blessed myself to be attending church weddings. It reminds me how fortunate and loved I am.
Anyhow, I am back and am trying hard to lose that bulge now. I still need to wear that dress. I told myself, after this wedding event I MUST sign up for gym!
My family and I went to Ipoh to attend my cousin's wedding, which included the traditional Chinese tea drinking ceremony followed by a banquet. She will have another session this weekend for the groom's, with a Christian wedding ceremony in a church and then a banquet. I will be her bridesmaid.
With dress, shoes and matching accessories checked, I only need to get my cousin to arrange a makeup artist and hair stylist for that day. Or I might as well do my own and get the usual aunty salon ladies to help me with the hair. I have plans to do my manicure and pedicure during the evening either a day or a couple of days before. So that is settled. Yet, I feel rather restless and excited at the same time.
Back to the main story - I was happy to see my relatives in Ipoh this time around. I feel more cheerful because I missed out on the Chinese New Year reunion earlier this year. However, I did not get to meet everyone. A series of unfortunate events had befallen one of my uncles. He had to be hospitalised and his children had to take turns to watch over him over the weekend. Another cousin on the other hand had to manage an event in another state.
Nevertheless, I got to meet a new member of my mum's clan - my niece. She was so adorable when I met her. She knows how to say yes and no in English and Cantonese, knows her numbers and even knows how to shrug when asked a question on where her missing uncle was! By the way she is only 20 months old. A fast learner indeed.
We had a lot of fun during the Chinese tea drinking ceremony. I am older than my cousin, by a couple of months so she and her husband had to serve me tea. It felt rather odd at first because I never treated myself as older than her but equal. Moreover, her husband is 5 to 6 years older than I and he had to call me elder cousin sister when serving me tea as well. Such drama. But that is tradition. It is by way of introducing a new member into the extended family and accepting that new comer and vice versa, formally.
Later the same day, I accompanied my cousin to have her makeup and hair done. I was offered to have my face made up as well. We went back to her house after and had to wait for her mother to tell us the right time to go to the restaurant. On top of that, it rained very heavily and thus a delay. We took this time however, together with her brother to take candid photos and in silly poses. That was awesome.
Arriving at the restaurant we took our respective seats and enjoyed the food. The thought "I need to diet in the next few days" just kept repeating in my mind, but my hands kept scooping a considerable amount of food onto my plate and then worked its way to my mouth. In fact the day before, it was the pre-wedding dinner party. My aunt had gotten a caterer to serve really nice finger foods, noodles, acar, squid in spicy sauce, desserts and sandwiches to name a few. I gained 1kg just over this weekend. Eep.
The following day, we headed home and much to my surprise I could not sleep when I should have been exhausted. Thinking too much about the second part I guess? Overall I enjoyed the trip back to Ipoh for the wedding. I feel happy for my cousin and wish her and her husband a blessed marriage. Once again I cannot wait for the church ceremony. I feel really blessed myself to be attending church weddings. It reminds me how fortunate and loved I am.
Anyhow, I am back and am trying hard to lose that bulge now. I still need to wear that dress. I told myself, after this wedding event I MUST sign up for gym!
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only if you're coming from Langkawi :)
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