Madeline's wedding - part 3b -21st morning @ Vincent's

The whole entourage had to be at Vincent's house at or before 11am. His mum must have consulted a geomancer (feng sui loh lah) to have decided on this auspicious time of arrival. We made it with quite a few minutes to spare. After all, it is only about 5km from my house to his.

Act 2 scene 1 - the yum cha session at Vincent's
As in the previous scene, the newly weds are NOT allowed to get out of the car on their own. A younger member of the family (in this case, Vincent's younger brother) should open the door for them upon receipt of a red packet. Whoops, the youngest brother was nowhere to be found. So after waiting a bit, the other younger brother opened the door. The sun was blazing down and the guests were starting to ooze sweat and oil. With the price of oil going up and up, maybe we can find a way to commercialize sweat as auto fuel!!

Then it is into Vincent's house (no ragging) for the tea ceremony with his kin. First they had to greet Grandma who is wheelchair bound due to a stroke. Then, the newly weds had to light some joss sticks to pray to Vincent's Grandpa (deceased) for blessings.

And then onto the business of yum cha!!

Some of the chee muis helped to prepare food for the guests. There was a cake with heavy icing which the ladies expertly carved up to be served to the guests. And then we had photo ops to while away the time. I was told some of the heng dai envied me coz I had so many photos taken with the chee muis while they were shy shy looking on.

Try harder next time guys!!