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I was at a typical local wedding dinner in a nice little restaurant in harbor Front. Food was pretty good, environment is cozy, free flow of soft drinks and red wine. Friends and relatives gathered, updating their lives to each other yapping and gawking as if the other party is really interested. But on the other hand, the things that we are willing to say are so superficial, so surface... There is no meat to it. Because we are afraid that other people will see the loser side of us, so we all put up a defence, a guard not to let others into our lives easily.
"Hey, how's work?"
"Oh, you know... Can't complain..." (just got fired, but won't tell you that)
Silence...
" Wife and kids ok?"
"Yeah! Great! Yours?"
"Ok." (Marriage is on the rock but what do you know?)
What can you gather thru a conversation like this? ... NOTHING!!! But that's socializing.
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Have you ever wandered why they have a set of common use chopstick or spoon next to every dish they served? Its obvious that for hygiene purpose we are to use it to pick up the portion we want right? But still there are people who use their OWN utensils, dipping in and out of the vegetables and source with no sense of guilt. I mean... I may know you, but I don't REALLY know you all that well, so please, keep your bodily fluid to yourself.
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How late can a guest be when it comes to attending a typical local wedding dinner? I saw guests coming in at 8:40pm thinking they are some kind of super VVVVVVIP. What were they thinking? The invitation card clearly states that guest are to be seated by 7:30pm. Even if you can't make it at 7:30pm, latest 8pm is still fine, ya?
Maybe by being late they can avoid the pretty receptionists at the entrance who's job was to collect the red packets from the guests. Ah...
The beautiful young couple did their best to start early at 8:15pm, which was really early by local standard. The changing of the dishes were so fast and prompt, somehow we started to realize the pattern, so by the 3rd dish, everyone was going for the kill before the dish landed.
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Isabel enjoyed the food as much as I did, she even ate the celery which was usually a challenge for her. She's happy that for once dinner is not a rush, taking her time to taste every delicately cooked dish with nobody breathing down her neck.She often took an hour to finish a meal at home(despite all the threats of canning her if she don't complete it). We've tried almost everything, with TV, without TV, let her run around or bolted to the high chair. It still takes an hour.
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Argh i hate attending Chinese wedding dinners. They always start terribly late. This is an extremely stinking feature of the Chinese culture in Singapore. We have an extremely serious problem when it comes to being punctual for Chinese wedding dinners! We need some really bold souls in the wedding couple, their parents to start the dinner on cue. 7:30pm means 7:30pm! Not negotiable. You want to come late, come late lah! You jolly well miss the first few dishes. Who do you think you are to come strolling in at 8:40pm! I wonder if the Gahmen can step in to ensure our Chinese wedding dinners start punctually. It's because of these yah-yah late-comers that we can't start our dinner early. And since we can't start our dinner early, we have to end it late. Usually after 11pm for crying out loud. To make matters worse, such dinners usually take place on a Sunday night. Hello! People need to work on the following morning you know.
I really hate such dinners. Not only do we have to wait from 7:30pm to 9pm for the dinner to start. I also feel unsatisfied at the end of the dinner as the food is not filling. The serving is in minute proportions because you have to share it with 9 other people at each table.
Argh! Christian wedding buffet reception is the best. No need to wait. Immediately after the service, just go and eat to your heart's content and scram. Chop chop. No time wasted. Best of all! The ang-pao is cheaper also! Ha, ha, ha...! :D
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