A Lovely Wedding in KL

It has been a whirlwind week for me as I started my new 3 months digital banking consultancy role on Monday afternoon while also juggling my current Myanmar job too. I had to get up to speed fast on this role as my part is already 3 weeks behind schedule. Getting into a work mode again after 2 years gave me a throbbing headache for a few days though. Everyone wanted me to deliver something before I even know what the situation was.

Thankfully, I had a long weekend to look forward to. My oldest niece, whom we have seen grown up from birth to a young lady of 31 now, is getting married. The wedding will be in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night at the JW Marriott hotel as her hubby-to-be was from that city.

We had arranged for a coach to pick 11 of us up on early Friday morning at my dad’s place before we set off on our long ride north. It was nostalgic as we had a similar family trip 11 years ago in Hainan, where 18 of us visited the island. The kids were much younger then.

We stopped over for breakfast after crossing the Malaysian border for a relatively expensive Yong Tau Foo meal before reaching the city around 1 pm. Wife suggested a historical Hainan steakhouse which started in 1921 in the old district of town. It was memorable and dad enjoyed the food and history surrounding the building. We ordered the last 2 pieces of Wagyu Tomahock steaks at MYR 399 each!

After checking in at 3, it was shopping time. The hotel was right in the middle of the shopping belt. The regular late afternoon tropical thunderstorm was a downer though. We decided to have a late zhi char dinner instead, after the heavy lunch at 2.

Dad had called up an old friend of 51 years who lived in the city after lunch. The friend dropped everything and got his wife and son-in-law to meet up for dinner immediately. It took them more than 2 hours to reach our hotel. My brother-in-law and I were summoned to have dinner with them. We finally decided to join the rest of the troupe for dinner at the same shop! It was nice to see dad holding hands with a dear friend of more than half a century as both have grown old now – 70 and 90 years old. Times like this are precious as one will not know if they will meet again as the last time they met was more than 10 years ago in S’pore.

Next morning on Sat, we had the required best men obstacle tasks with the groom before everyone headed to the suite for the customary tea ceremony where the wedding couple pay their respects to all the elders. Then it was off to an early Tim Sum lunch, followed by more free and easy shopping and massages.

The main wedding started at 630 pm with cocktails and photo-taking with the couple till the actual dinner kick-off at 8. As usual, it was a 10-course Chinese dinner with a lot of alcohol. We had a fun 3 hours of family bonding and merry-making indeed. It was a lovely wedding and everyone were in a happy and joyous mood. The younger folks had an after-dinner party after 11+ while the rest of us retired for the night.

The next morning, we set off for our ride back home at 9 am. First stop was for a local breakfast and then there was a mid-point break at Yong Peng for a late lunch. Finally reached home at 5 pm.

This is another cherished long weekend with the family that I will remember for a long time. So glad to see parents being so enthusiastic about the long trip to reach their eldest grand daughter’s wedding. It must have been a tiring trip for two 90 and 85-year-old persons but I guess it was memorable for all.

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