Wedding Ceremony

I woke up early today as it’s Daph bro, Guan wedding day with Cindy. I am his brother groomsman on last Saturday 26/9/2009. I reached Kepong around 7.50am and ate breakfast at his house. We waited for other groomsman to arrive before we headed to Puchong to 'fetch' his bride back. It's game time for his bridesmaids once we reached her apartment in Puchong. All the groomsman is ready to battle and we are power enough to go through many of bridesmaids challenge with ease. There is tong yuan stuff with god know what is it inside, find certain year of coin in cold ice bucket, and break the ice to take the bride room key, recognise bride lips in a paper and much more. Alas, the groom gets her bride with the help of groomsman and off we ‘fetch’ his bride back to Kepong for wedding tea ceremony. Chinese Wedding Tea ceremony is performed during a Chinese wedding. Tea is used in Chinese wedding ceremonies mainly because tea is Chinese national drink and it symbolizes respect. I would say the tea ceremony is probably one of the most important parts in Chinese Weddings. After lunch the tea ceremony is being performed and mostly all of the relative and family will drink the tea and give red packets or jewelleries. Some relatives prefer the bride and groom to wear the jewellery gifts immediately and will even put it on for them. With generous relatives, you may look like a Christmas tree after the tea ceremony. Unmarried elder siblings will not present the couple with gifts after drinking the tea instead the bride and groom will present gifts to the younger siblings and cousins who serve them tea. The tea ceremony ended around 2.30pm and we sent tai kam che (Chinese MC) back to her home in Aman Puri. At 3.45pm, we headed to the bride and groom house in Kajang. It's said by tai kam che that at least a young kids must follow them back. They will have to jump up and down on the bed to give luck to the couple. It is said that this practice gives hope on the fertility of the couple and will make them produce an heir soon. Then we fetch Daph relative back home and reached home around 6pm. We were so exhausted by then. Later we accompany Daph younger brother to their grandma house to pick 38 of her 'Ayam Kampung' for tomorrow wedding dinner in Thean Hou Gong. We slept at 10.15pm on that day as we are tired like mad. I would say it's a tiring but fun day. Tomorrow will be another hectic day. We have to get the stage done in Then Hou Gong and prepare other thing as her parent will cook for their son wedding dinner. Yeah, her mum will be cooking for 60+ Chinese wedding dinners!