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This post has been delayed for quite some time now. It’s a continuation of my day 1 and day 2 trip to Singapore which was over a month ago. Oh well, better late than never right?

In (almost) every Chinese marriage, there are some traditional marriage rituals that we (Chinese) follow. One of them is to check the couple’s birth dates to find the “right time” for the groom to meet the bride on the wedding day. My cousin’s time was in the early morning. That means she has to wake up at 6am to start dressing up, put on make up and continue with the other rituals. I woke up forcefully at 7.30am.

The groom came and the usual “pass these stages before you meet the bride” started. He was asked a few questions before he was allowed into the house. Some of those that I can remember (it’s already a month) are:

1. What is her favourite food?
2. What is her favourite colour?
3. When was the first time they held hands (I think, don’t remember that well)?
4. What was the first movie that the two of you watched together?

He was able to answer all of them after doing some thinking (although some with tips) except for question #4. They have been together for 9 years (I think). How in the world can anybody remember something that happened so many years ago? He tried real hard to recall but failed. That is when the best man asked the girls, “Can we buy the answer for this question?”

The truth is, there must be at least one or two questions that are impossible to answer. Or else, how would it be possible for the “sisters” to get their “bribe money”?

(photos of the wedding food coming up next…)

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As predicted, I slept throughout the entire 6 hours journey to JB. I woke up only to pee and to have some light snack. One of the stops I visited has this funky looking “garden” that leads to the toilet.

Before I left, I snapped a few photos of some flowers found around the place.

Upon reaching JB’s bus station, my family head straight to a nearby McDonald’s to get some food. We sat at two separate tables with our bags occupying half of the seats and tables while waiting for my aunty to pick us up. She joined us soon after that. After finishing our food, we went to buy some otak-otak from a stall in the bus station itself. If I remembered correctly, it was RM4 for 10 otak-otaks. There were 20 there, so we bought all of them.

After going through the customs, changing buses a couple of times, sat a 30 minutes MRT ride and another bus ride, we finally reached my auntie’s flat/apartment. On the way up in the lift, I saw a sign that says, “Armed with Urine Detection Device (UDD)” with a picture of a camera above it. I wonder how the UDD works. Does it activate and start snapping pictures after sensing the presence of urea?

After a long and tiring day travelling, the only sensible way to “heal” the body is to eat. I started off with the otak-otak that I bought earlier. It is really tasty but my uncle cautioned that the “redness” it has could be due to colourings and is bad to health.

My aunty surprised us with satay for dinner. She prepared the table and divided the satay sauce. Then, out came two plastic bags filled with satay. There were more waiting for us in the kitchen. The 10 of us had 200 sticks of satay to share. I must have eaten at least 30 sticks or more. There were some leftovers that night.

After dinner and taking a bath, we took a 10-15 minutes bus ride to one of the malls to buy some stuff. My brother bought a packet of Nescafe 3-in-1 Intense. The packaging is black and you can’t find it in Malaysia yet.

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