Got those wedding bell blues
Date: Oct 31st, 2007 8:17:29 pm - Subscribe
Mood: glad
Eh, not really. Just seemed like a fun way to start off this particular entry.
My friend Sam got married last weekend. I was invited to the wedding dinner. Here in China the civil ceremony is not nearly as important as the celebration with friends and family. So we went to the dinner. One of my colleagues and I were the only white people there.
The event was held an a really nice restaurant with these fabulous, intricately carved wood panels. Just beautiful! First thing, the bride and groom brought candy to all the tables, and greeted the guests. Sam was so cute, he looked at his bride like he had caught the brass ring at the fair.
Then beverages came out. Some juice, but mostly beer. Weddings here, as in the US can develop into great, drunken affairs, especially as the tradition is to toast the Couple every time they come to your table, which is every one of the four times the bride changes her clothes.
Then the food starts coming. And coming, and coming. There were all manner of vegetables, and meats. We had Chicken and seafood and tofu and beef and lamb and duck and some stuff I couldn't identify but was spicy, tasty and had lots of bones--might have been eel, might have been snake. Who knows? Dish upon dish, the table was so heavily laden that they began to take dishes away and put them on smaller plates to make room for the next dish!
Conversation was lively, even at my table where our host graciously seated all the English speakers. Most of the guests were either school chums of Sam's, or colleagues. Which was kind of cool because that meant I was in a room full of teachers. The whole evening was long, full of food and laughter, and very enjoyable. By the time we set out for home, we were thoroughly stuffed and nappish. All in all, a very enjoyable evening.
To the happy couple: long life, good health double happiness, and a beautiful child!
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