Traditional Chinese Wedding Dinner Horrors!!
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Maybe, it's a 'chuan2 dao4 chiao2 tou2 zhi4 ran2 zhi2' thing! Somehow, everything will work out!Originally posted by choco B:*snorts
I have no idea and I don't really care who gave how much
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Originally posted by choco B:*snorts
I have no idea and I don't really care who gave how much -
i'm not married yet..Originally posted by BufPuf:for those married..
how many tables do you exactly know to plan for?...
of course u noe this
er.. first estimate how many can turn up?
rough gauge bah.. =X -
Originally posted by edLow:if i'm not wrg. malay dinner is onli eat curry chicken lor.... n maybe a few more dish.. not like chinese dinner where u get 8 dish or more dinner menu... and every dish offer in the menu doesnt come cheap..
u might be rite bout the status orientated traditonal... but u pay for wat u eat too. the malays dinner.. i think u bao $10 also too much liao.
See for yourself what you said. You compared the food prices to determine what to pay. -
He's just giving an opinion based on what he does lah, not condemning those who don't follow his practice wad.Originally posted by Nelstar:We're against having the dinner and here we have you..., yes Mr Edlow, implying that the RED packet should be equivalent or higher value.
And our mr edlow had failed to understand our meaning FROM a very early stage. Yes, you, don't shirk responsibilities now, jumped to conclusions on that. -
Originally posted by charlize:They want to put that unhappy episode of their life behind them.
No point bringing it up again. -
older than me + married = uncleOriginally posted by Deportivo:of course is...........................................................edlow lar.
sorry i am not unlce. i am only a few years older than you. -
Make up a guest list - Yours, his, your parents, his parents.Originally posted by BufPuf:for those married..
how many tables do you exactly know to plan for?... -
I know of colleagues / friends who complain endlessly about the hassles of preparing for a Chinese wedding dinner.
And then, the dinner came and went.
And then, suddenly, they all had selective amnesia about the horrors they had to go through and everything became rosey! 
Ah well, don't you love optimists, especially those with short-term memories?!
OK, sorry, sorry! My bad! Shouldn't be poking fun at others because who knows, my turn will come one day!! And then, my turn to have selective amnesia! 
And say, I was suprised to hear 'My bad!' being used in the West! Thought it was a term that originated in Asia! -
Let's repeat.Originally posted by edLow:if the parents insist on doing it in some high class hotel ballroom, den it the parents whom kill the children.. and if the couple decided to hold at someplace out of their budget becos of face prob.. den it's themselves whom kill themselves.. as frds wat we can do.. is to give within our budget n market rate -
you decide how many tables you have the buget for.Originally posted by BufPuf:for those married..
how many tables do you exactly know to plan for?...
if you buget for 10 tables but have a potential of 2500 guests, then it's you duty to just invite 100 guests.
dun go around planning for a 250 tables banquet just because of the sake of inviting all of them.
ok, i am exaggerating the numbers. -
I think when you have a wedding you just finally come to terms with money.
You figure out your budget , and how much Cost is acceptable /bearable.
After that, you just work according to plan. There's little time nor energy for angst about money.Originally posted by Rhonda:Maybe, it's a 'chuan2 dao4 chiao2 tou2 zhi4 ran2 zhi2' thing! Somehow, everything will work out! -
basket!Originally posted by shinta:older than me + married = uncle -
Originally posted by charlize:They want to put that unhappy episode of their life behind them.
No point bringing it up again. -
erm.. why remember the pain n suffering when life is so short?Originally posted by Rhonda:I know of colleagues / friends who complain endlessly about the hassles of preparing for a Chinese wedding dinner.
And then, the dinner came and went.
And then, suddenly, they all had selective amnesia about the horrors they had to go through and everything became rosey!
Ah well, don't you love optimists, especially those with short-term memories?!
OK, sorry, sorry! My bad! Shouldn't be poking fun at others because who knows, my turn will come one day!! And then, my turn to have selective amnesia!
And say, I was suprised to hear 'My bad!' being used in the West! Thought it was a term that originated in Asia!
rmb just the rosey stuff -
Interesting, 3 different approaches to BufPuf's question!
"how many tables do you exactly know to plan for?... " -
There's a fine point between reading and understand. The red packet should never be about how much the bill of the table is. And that's the wrong mentality from some crazy folks and our edlow is telling me, it's the right thing to do.Originally posted by choco B:He's just giving an opinion based on what he does lah, not condemning those who don't follow his practice wad.
The custom was practised wrongly, and here he embodies the I pay for the bill notion. And that fact that you must pay exactly or more for the bill was wrong already. Our dear fellow kept harping if you can't pay equivalent you shouldn't turn up and such things.
Come on, if you're going to have a wedding dinner and if you can afford it without the defraying from the guests, would you want a friend to be put off by the price tag?
And if you can't have a wedding dinner without the defraying by the guests, WHY are you making it so difficult for everyone? -
Originally posted by Deportivo:basket!
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There's a fine point between reading and understand. The red packet should never be about how much the bill of the table is. And that's the wrong mentality from some crazy folks and our edlow is telling me, it's the right thing to do.Originally posted by choco B:He's just giving an opinion based on what he does lah, not condemning those who don't follow his practice wad.
The custom was practised wrongly, and here he embodies the I pay for the bill notion. And that fact that you must pay exactly or more for the bill was wrong already. Our dear fellow kept harping if you can't pay equivalent you shouldn't turn up and such things.
Come on, if you're going to have a wedding dinner and if you can afford it without the defraying from the guests, would you want a friend to be put off by the price tag?
And if you can't have a wedding dinner without the defraying by the guests, WHY are you making it so difficult for everyone? -
Fight, fight.
Over someone else's wedding. -
can we finally have some stories of boobs popping out from the bride's gown?
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Originally posted by Deportivo:can we finally have some stories of boobs popping out from the bride's gown?
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my bro planning for his wedding dinner end of the yearOriginally posted by choco B:Interesting, 3 different approaches to BufPuf's question!
"how many tables do you exactly know to plan for?... "
think the hotel can cater up to 45 tables
although he told me my mum to invite as much as he wan..i also heart pain for him
image really 45 tables..end up only fill up 30+ tables.. -
Well, how about you tell us ... about your own bride, no less!!Originally posted by Deportivo:can we finally have some stories of boobs popping out from the bride's gown? -
Originally posted by charlize:Fight, fight.
Over someone else's wedding.