Chinese Wedding and
Civil Wedding Ceremonies
September 6 2003
As it is tradition in a Chinese
Family, Christopher and I followed the Chinese wedding traditions on the 6th
September with our family and close friends.
We both had our 'camps', the ladies
who are called my 'aunties' and the men who are called Christopher's 'uncles'.
Their role were to help us; the Aunties were to ascertain the strength of
Christopher's love and determination to 'get me' whilst the Uncles were to help
Christopher 'get me'.
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And so, at 7.30 am,
the ladies gathered early at the house, to plot out their 'battle' plan.
They'd scripted out a few questions to gruel my dear ole husband-to-be to
see how much he knows about me/us. The questions were :
1.
What is Karena's favorite food?
2.
When and Where did Karena and yourself have your first kiss?
3.
What is Karena's shoe size?
4.
When and Where did Karena and yourself have your first date?
5.
Which primary/junior school did Karena attend?
6.
What clothes were Karena wearing when you had your first date?
7.
What was the first dish that Karena cook for you?
8.
How many necklaces do Karena have?
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| And whilst they were
preparing for battle, I had to twiddle my tomb and wait.... anxiously
waiting. |
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Here's handsome Chris
all decked out in his lovely blue jacket (brings out the color of his
eyes!) and red hat, arriving at the gates at 8.00 am. He is with his
uncles and he's trying to charm the aunties... no go..... |
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began between the men and the ladies. For every question they got wrong,
they had to be 'punished'.
In the end, they got 3 questions
wrong, and 3 of Christopher's 'uncles' sacrificed themselves and submitted
to the punishment as inflicted by my aunties.
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Jesse
had lipstick, Eric had nail varnish and Jonathan had eye make-up all
applied on them. They did look quite 'pretty' ! :) |
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so, they got through the gates.... ah but wait... not so fast, that was
only stage 1. Next stage, Christopher had to sing out a song (written by
my aunties) whilst his uncles 'animated' for him. This was easy, for
Christopher is such a good singer (and such a ham too :)) |
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And
here's the boy's definition of helping Christopher animate! |
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test, Christopher had to crawl towards me, with a rose in his mouth and a
book balanced on his head. He 'cheated' and had Nicholas holding onto the
book behind him! |
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And he
finally 'gets' me... with a rather 'pathetic' withered flower bouquet..
(the florist had forgotten to open up on time and so one of the 'uncles'
created an emergency bouquet, using flowers from the public roadside
flower bed! |
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| Here
we are, waiting to be called. Our appointment's at 10.30am |
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| Oooooo
isn't this exciting. We just got called and we're going in now. |
Don't
they all look smashing! |
This
is a pix of our 'presiding judge' .. the Major of Antony (in the sash). |
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| This
is it. The moment we've been waiting for. |
Holding
on tight... just reassuring each other |
Signing
the document... no turning back now. |
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| Our
parents in their fine gear |
Our
temoins or witnesses |
One of
our witnesses signing |
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| Quick...
we need to get out of here before 11.00 am |
Our
parents relaxing a little, whilst we rushed home before 11.00 am |
This
is US... relaxing and eating the yummy food prepared by Aunty Grace,
Shelley and Mummy! |
