I've been to a couple of Chinese weddings. Probably up to 7 or 8 of them from when I was much younger until today.
They were all weddings of my relatives, some of whom I am not even sure how to call them. You know la, we Chinese have this rule where we respect our elders by calling them with their 'titles'. And it gets quite messy after a while especially when there are too many cousins, siblings and etc.
Of all these weddings, I've been from a mere spectator to even the 'door boy' (my task is to open the door for the groom, do some rituals and earn many angpaos). And I don't know if it is the same out there, but seriously, every wedding is quite the same to me! Probably because they hired the same wedding planner.
Oh yeah, my relatives didn't really hire those modern planners, they stuck to the aunties who can speak flowery words about the groom, wife, parents, future offsprings and etc etc. It is just amazing to see her in action really.
To some people, the highlight of the event would be the wedding dinner. I have only attended one wedding dinner in a hotel and the rest was in a huge banquet hall converted from several badminton courts. So in the midst of eating down the sharkless fin soup, I can see Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Wong Mew Choo staring down at me too.
Then comes to singing part which is a compulsory of Chinese wedding dinners also I think. They will hire 'aunties' to belt out oldies. I really don't know what songs they usually sing. First, it would probably be in a Chinese dialect like Hokkien. Second, haven't heard of it before. The only recognisable song which is in the list is Ave Maria but the first few times I heard it, it sounded like AHHHHHHhhHHHHH MeHHHHHMoHHHHHHREEEEEEeeeeeAHHHHHHHH!!!
So, last night, when I listened to familiar songs such as David Tao - Ai Hen Jian Dan, Robbie Williams - Better Man, Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You, the sharkless fin soup and the Steamed Fish was suddenly more palatable than usual.
They should really stop hiring 'aunties' to sing during Chinese wedding dinners. Don't you think so?
They were all weddings of my relatives, some of whom I am not even sure how to call them. You know la, we Chinese have this rule where we respect our elders by calling them with their 'titles'. And it gets quite messy after a while especially when there are too many cousins, siblings and etc.
Of all these weddings, I've been from a mere spectator to even the 'door boy' (my task is to open the door for the groom, do some rituals and earn many angpaos). And I don't know if it is the same out there, but seriously, every wedding is quite the same to me! Probably because they hired the same wedding planner.
Oh yeah, my relatives didn't really hire those modern planners, they stuck to the aunties who can speak flowery words about the groom, wife, parents, future offsprings and etc etc. It is just amazing to see her in action really.
To some people, the highlight of the event would be the wedding dinner. I have only attended one wedding dinner in a hotel and the rest was in a huge banquet hall converted from several badminton courts. So in the midst of eating down the sharkless fin soup, I can see Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, Wong Mew Choo staring down at me too.
Then comes to singing part which is a compulsory of Chinese wedding dinners also I think. They will hire 'aunties' to belt out oldies. I really don't know what songs they usually sing. First, it would probably be in a Chinese dialect like Hokkien. Second, haven't heard of it before. The only recognisable song which is in the list is Ave Maria but the first few times I heard it, it sounded like AHHHHHHhhHHHHH MeHHHHHMoHHHHHHREEEEEEeeeeeAHHHHHHHH!!!
So, last night, when I listened to familiar songs such as David Tao - Ai Hen Jian Dan, Robbie Williams - Better Man, Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You, the sharkless fin soup and the Steamed Fish was suddenly more palatable than usual.
They should really stop hiring 'aunties' to sing during Chinese wedding dinners. Don't you think so?
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