azlinda's wedding - 4 june 2006

yesterday, i was at blk 128 to attend azlinda's wedding. when i reached the void deck at about 12.30 p.m., i thought that i had gone to the wrong venue/address. i could not see any member of admiralty staff around. anyway, i helped myself to the drinks and a little while later, sabiah and nazlin appeared. it was then that i realised that, all this time, sanisah and her family had been there, seated at the next table but hidden by a pillar.

a little while later, we were joined by julie and her family. ms winders came after that. jennifer was there with her boy-friend. ms winders had to leave earlier to attend a performance by surya at the sub-station. like me, she handed the 'gift' to azlinda's father.

we had rice with vegetable, chicken, beef rendang and fried fish. for dessert, a few of us had more than one helping of lopes. there were also assorted cakes and bubor cha cha.

madam tang and her daughter arrived together with esther. maniam and mdm ang also joined them at the same table. yap, eng tann, ai ling, hamimah and fahizah arrived at about the same time. chee kiang came brought her baby in a pram.

when it got too crowded, we decided to take our leave but not before taking a group picture with the bride. i had wanted to be in the picture but they would not let me sit next to the bride on the dais.

it occurs to me that it is not difficult to scrounge a free meal in singapore. you just have to make your appearance at a wedding, decently dressed, and no one is going to stop you from helping yourself to the food, especially if it is buffet style, like at a malay wedding.