A very busy weekend

Most of the time, my weekends are short...having to work Saturdays makes it only a Sunday off. Which means on Sundays, I sleep in late, have time to go gym, have a nap and have dinner with family. The last Sunday however, was a very busy one. One of better half's friends got married. And since I'd never been to a Chinese wedding ( dinner's don't count), I decided to tag along. Better Half was one of the "Heng Tai's", those guys who chaperone the groom to the bride's place and hence also bear the brunt of the abuses from the bride's "Chee Mui's".
So Sunday began bright and early...at 7.00 am. By the time I normally awake ( on working days), i.e 8 am, ( I start work at 10 mah), I was all dolled up and ready to go. Better Half only got to my place at 8.30 and we got to the grooms place by 9. Only 3 guys were present and "heng tais", so...only 3 cars. One to chauffeur the groom, one to chauffeur the roast oink and one more guy to tag along. Apparently a good looking groom and a nice looking roasted pig weren't enough to get into the bride's home. Her "chee mui's" had decided to lock the grilles, giving the impression that her home was more like a prison and they were the wardens. I guess this part of the wedding is supposed to depict the grooms heroism in rescuing his bride? Well, after some "tasks" which involved gastronomic injury, the guys were finally allowed in. Poor better half had to down a bitter gourd smoothie, sing a Hokkein song (kodok tetap kodok) and do some push ups. I never knew he could do push ups on toes, cos in class, he's always on his knees and can never finishes the set! Evil thoughts of lunges with 10 kilo plates flash in my mind...hehehe.
The groom of course had more tasks, involving money ( bribing the kids to get off the stairs) and of course answer some questions about his bride. Poor fella, can't remember the first date, when it happened...tsk,tsk. Money talks, and eventually the bride let him in. well, the rest was standard stuff, tea ceremony, back to groom's place, tea ceremony again, etc... We were done by 2pm, asleep by 3, only to wake up again at 6 to get ready for the dinner.
Dinner was standard wedding fair, but of course there were drinks. Needless to say, things got a lot more cheery after a few drinks. Better half was nice and red. As usual, the friends will attempt to get the groom drunk, in the process getting drunk themselves. it didn't take much to get the groom sloshed...two glasses of wine...and he was out. The drunken party made its way to the birdal suite, groom being propped up and helped along. Better half and I left not long after, but apparently the drinking continued a while. Bear in mind, this was Sunday night, i.e the next day is MONDAY!
Got home at 2, slept at 3 and began the next day very,very sleepy. Was supposed to be a busy day, with root canals and such, but thankfully a few patients cancelled and postponed...perhaps they too had attended wedding dinners the night before? After tis the season for wedded bliss, no?
For more details of said wedding, click on better half