More wedding bells

Another of Hubby's friends, Leo and Angelia, got married on Saturday. Hubby gets really happy when one of his friends get married, cos we married young compared to our peers and he's had to wait a long time since our wedding to attend any of his friends' weddings! His peers (men seem to marry later) are only now getting married or expecting their first child, while Hubby and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary come this December!

Attending someone else wedding is so much more fun than attending our own! Our wedding was so stressful and tiring (especially on the facial muscles), that we were so relieved when everything came to an end after the long months of preparation. I think majestic 8 course Chinese dinners where almost the whole town is invited is staged more for the benefit of our parents, rather than our own! Never mind, we'll torture our kids when it's their time to get married! :)

So anyway, happy Hubby + wedding dinner alcohol = mabuk.

Here are the top 3 ways to tell when Hubby has had one to many:

3. the headlock - he will show his affection (which is overflowing when he's tipsy) with a loving headlock. (yes, my head is also not spared)

2. the Japanese water torture - except he uses Chivas Regal

1. the 100% guaranteed way to tell he's gone... the hands in the air! :)

Well, back to the wedding...

So there's this Chinese custom, where the groom knocks on the door of the home of the bride, on the morning of the wedding, to seek permission to enter and claim his bride. The 'sisters' of the bride will then subject the groom and his 'brothers' to some form of mild 'torture' or humiliation or tests to earn entry. Hubby was part of the entourage... luckily the ladies were gentle on them!

 they had to apply lipstick and put on pink girlie hairbands...

he had to do push-ups cos the groom answered a question wrong...

 everyone had to dance...

Hubby drank pure lime juice...(notice all the 'pretty boys' at the back!)

another ate noodles with chilli padi...

and the groom waxed his leg!

after all that hard work, and then searching for the key, he finally got to his beloved :)

For the rest of the day, they had the Chinese tea ceremony at both parents' homes, a wedding mass at church and lunch.

Then came the grand finale, the dinner at The Hilton:

a lot of their old schoolmates travelled home for this joyous occasion.

all the boys singing their St. Joseph's school rally on stage! (after 'a few' drinks...)

I made this for them...

Congratulations Leo and Angelia!