3rd night in msia

Turned out the bathtub I wanted to soak myself in last night was for show only. all the plugs were taken out so it can't be filled up. boo. after we all took turns showering, yixin's sis did manicure for us girls! so pretty. was quite stressed when I did hers cos I don't have much experience. when I was young my cousins and I often played with my aunt's nail polish heh, the good old times. we ended up sleeping only at 2 plus in the morning, when the crowd opposite the hotel was still making a lot of noise. haha. it's Christmas!

this morning we had breakfast buffet at the restaurant downstairs. there was this pretty white piano in the middle of the restaurant, but no one was playing it :( what a waste! wish I knew how to play the piano. food was good, I especially liked the beehoon and chicken sausages.
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it's already my 3rd night here in msia. didn't manage to blog cos we stayed over at yixin's aunt's house in order to wake up in time to fetch the bride. woke up like 4 plus in the morning, and we only slept at ard 1 am cos we were playing bomberman. so ard 5 plus we set off for the bride.

I've never been involved in the whole wedding process, i usually just go for the dinner. today I got to experience it all firsthand! there's actually a lot of traditional customs that I didn't know about. like the couple has to give the younger generation angbaos, then the older generation has to give angbaos to the couple, everyone in the house included! so throughout the day, I've accumulated 5 angbaos already :) and then the wedding stuff can only be held by females. when the bride leaves home, gates have to be closed to signify the leaving of a daughter from the family. a bit cruel right. and then to signify that the bride has left and then come back to visit her family - 回娘家, the bride has to walk around the car a few times before entering the house again. I'm sure i missed a lot more though, cos the whole thing was done in Cantonese. oh and it sure was cold in the morning. not sure where I was in msia, but it was one of those kampung areas. totally felt like I was stepping into winter when I stepped out of the car.













pretty flower that was on my hand, made Yixin wear it to take a photo. heh.

at the wedding I helped out with the attendance taking cum angbao collection. it was a bit of a challenge since they all speak Cantonese and I'm pretty much a noob at that. luckily everyone else knows Cantonese so I occupied myself with putting crosses on the seating arrangement plan. planning a wedding is sure not easy. guests kept walking around after they were seated so we weren't sure if the table was really empty. wanted to close some tables but when the wedding was gonna start all the people appeared back at their seats. haiyo.

I had a bit of fun throwing rose petals over the couple, yet another first time again! was very happy when the banquet finally started, ate a lot of the dishes that were served first. I think I ate like over 10 prawns, I was the only one at the table who attacked the prawns with my hands haha. super unglam! had a lot of red wine too, resulting in a very red face and neck. oh well, alls worth it for my fav wine.

by the time we returned to his aunt's house, we were all so tired that we promptly fell asleep on the sofa. it was already 9pm when we woke up! this is what lack of sleep+alcohol does to people. headed out for a quick dinner, didn't have a lot cos tummy's still full from lunch. but I still loved the chicken in black-and-sweet sauce(dunno how to describe la!) and the fried lai liu ha(is it crayfish?)

now everyone's asleep except for me and Yixin, who's happily mugging his chemistry. I shall watch my vampire diaries for a while then!