Monday, June 26, 2006

Such is life

Coming back to malacca was indeed wonderful, it wasnt so much of the journey itself, but more of the moments i went through here. Relatives from as far as America returned to this small little town to attend a great and once in a life time event: My cousin's wedding=) (guess from the picture below you can guess who is who la...my cousin's family)(LOOK AT THE BRIDE!!ISN'T THE BRIDEGROOM A LUCKY AND BLESSED MAN??HAHAHAHAHA....everyone that marries a Pang family is..cept for me la, cos i'll be the blessed one instead=P)

Weddings are always nice, but remember, there is a huge difference between wedding and marriage. Yes, wedding is nice, cool, exciting, you spend a whole day preparing for it, thinking about it, then the time comes where you are in your best attire, walking up the aisle to meet the love of your life. Saying all the vows, holding each others hands announcing the two most convincing words in your life to come "I do". Thats the moment everyone hope and wish for, but bare in mind that weddings are always happy, weddings are there just for that moment of time, while marriage is a life long thing. A commitment in which you'll bare on your shoulders for the rest of your life. Wedding is a head start of a marriage, and right after that, you'll begin a new life, and thats marriage.(so complicated hor...better stay single for d rest of my life la =P)

cousins from America, from left : Andrew, Aaron(he's same age as me, back when we were young, we were like best friends when they came back from states for holidays=), ahhh..those were the days), Rachel, Rebecca(The cute lil girl, very smart too, skipping grade one, WOW!!!when i 1st saw her i was like, AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!sooooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!hehe..), Shu Xyuen, and Eric...=)


The second generation of Pang family(the brothers) From left :My eldest uncle from states(real smart guy, love him lots, very encouraging and close to my family..hehe), my second uncle(bride's dad), my daddy!!(Wise, great, loving, fun, serious, and very much so himself all the time, love him lots =)), my 4th uncle(when i was young, always goes to his house for holidays, back in secondary school days, would even help out in his super market=)), and last of all, my last uncle(youngest among the boys(haha..dunno still qualify to be called boys or not.=P)


My aunties!!!the sisters of Pang family. From right : My eldest aunty from KL(i came back malacca by following her car.hehe, really nice aunty, she prays for me all the time, respect and love her lots), my second aunty(used to find her quite annoying, all us do actually, but I've learnt to love her just as she is=)), my thrid aunt from states(don't really know her that well, but she's nice =)), lastly my last aunt, the youngest of them all(she used to bring back pressies for us when we were young, she stays in Hong Kong, she's really nice and caring as well =))There!!A complete picture of the Pang second generation siblings, where's the parents? The answer is, they are at a better place=) a very much better place=D. Ahhh, the Pang brothers and sisters, each of them are married and have kids, what is more, their kids are getting married, and this will go on and on, such is life, such is life. Time moves like the wind, it waits not for you, it cares not for you, life goes on, but this moment will always be cherished and treasured in all our hearts, for its a new beginning of a potential new generation of the PANG FAMILY.=)
Ahhhh....Happy family..=), this is also another rare picture, not easy to have cousins from so far to come over. A picture worth a thousand words, am glad to be in it.=)

Weddings need alot of preparation, my mom told me that taking wedding pictures itself cost both the bride and bridegroom RM5000.00, i was like wow!!when i heard it. Not only that, they actually spend the whole day just choosing scenaries and posing with nice posture for the photographer ( so very mafan and expensive) =P. The funniest thing i can recall from the wedding is during the morning session where everyone was in the bride's house, the bridegroom arrived abit later than expected and according to chinese custom, he has to bribe his way throught to get the bride out of her locked room. There he came with his red packets and flower standing at the door trying all types of ways to get to the love of his life. There was one condition given, he was suppose to say " i love you " to her in as many languages he knows, i must say i was quite impressed by the amount of languages he can speak(of course he has friends to help him)=P. But, after completing all the task , the door was still locked, and the funniest thing happened; the bride's mother went to the door and knocked saying "Wei, come on!Open the door, we're late!!!"(and indeed we were behind schedule..lolz..then only the door was unlocked and there it was the prettiest lady in the house, sitted right there, awaiting for the roses and a kiss to bring her out of the room and onto the very spot where they make the most important decision of their lives with only two words. Two words to join two lives into one, one word to hold the one life till death parts them-commitment. Such is life, such is life.=)

5 comments:

Jo Jo Bumps said...

"marriage is good , being single is also good.

neither of them is better than the other."

i think i read this or heard this from somewhere.

and u are right about a wedding and a marriage. it takes a lot of effort to to plan a wedding but it takes commitment to stay in a marriage.

yikes talking about family ... missing my cousins a lot now ... sigh ...

:)

joanne liyeng said...

Hmm. Here's where Jien And Love is brought into application.

hehehehhe.

such is life indeed.

jokhoo said...

hallooOo.. joanna here..
mind if i link ya?

ragamuffin said...

me dun mind if you link me...hee, go ahead =)

Net said...

You're sappy! LOL...
that's good...
loyal, filial...
what more can your future wife ask for? LOL...

Family...lucky me, I'm going to see them soon! LOL...