littlestream SG AIYOH......it's almost noon. I better run. No, no, I'm not turning into Cinderella. I need to cook lunch! Okay, nite nite and morning morning. Good day one and all! *waves*
Rhonda SG Har?? Mom's a teochew and she said the si dian jing should be from the bride's mom wor! So confusing! And yes... my poor mom was totally exhausted and hungry and frustrated! She was standing for that many hours and that was after a day at work. She, of course, tried to be nice but when they dilly-dallied until poor dad had to wait, she got angry. She reminded them one hour before our dinner (5pm) that we had to leave already but she was soooooo blardy indecisive, by the time we left, it was already 6:15pm and poor dad had to sit there in the restaurant, surrounded by other families all enjoying their dinner! He was sitting there for one hour looking like a blardy fool!
Ferret SG Ah? This week not V day week... This week's half day going to meet some friends for a drink. A mutual friend just returned from HK. Then my off day is my friend's bdae. Then night must celebrate chinese bdae with my parents.
Rhonda SG You know, I went with them to three of the shops before I got upset and decided to hide in a bookstore before I made some volatile remark! In every single shop that I went to, I would have easily selected four jewellery pieces that I liked, ok! Mind you, she claimed she had gone looking already and knew what she wanted to get! Biangz!!!
Meia Gisborn SG It's not much, but I posted a few pictures over here in the Singaporeans Overseas forum.
ShrodingersCat SG Not sure why the discrepancy though.. cos my MIL is pretty traditional... i went thru a comparatively rather traditional teochew wedding...including stuff like traditional teochew cakes which we delivered PERSONALLY to the elders with invites.... (mother in law is very old, so just wish to make her happy ba) ... I didn't really mind ba. It was a nice way to get to know my hubby's relatives too. Well.. while she was very inconsiderate, I think there's a tendency for many brides to become very self absorbed. I don't really give a damn abt the whole 'trappings' of the wedding, but many get real excited about it, it is afterall a big huge fairy tale event for many (understandably so). Perhaps that is why she became more inconsiderate. Afterall it's (hopefully) once in a lifetime, so well..for the sake of your bro and family too, let's hope she gets better in time.
Rhonda SG This is just the beginning... but I no longer want to have much contact with them anymore. If not for her, my bro would gladly purchase an HDB flat and live there as his first matrimonial home whilst slowly building up the savings then selling off the flat for a profit. Mind you, we live in a prime area and by virtue of the handsome subsidies he would have gotten if he had lived near our parents, he really could have made a tidy sum! (S$30K rebate from HDB, plus escalating property values cause they're building an LRT right here in Holland V now). This caused my parents tremendous distress for months cause the danger of purchasing a private property as your first home means that should you ever be in economic doldrums, you won't be allowed to purchase an HDB flat even if you had to downgrade. On top of that, it's not as if they're earning a lot. But cause Princess grew up in a condominium, she cannot imagine herself living in an HDB flat. Mom said they were both distressed and very upset over it until she said, "What to do? Your son dio pian (kena fooled) and it's your gong gia (silly son's) choice! Who asked him to choose such a girl?"
jetta SG Taxes ptui! MG, you’ve just reminded me I have have have to get my butt in gear and work on it. It’s going to be a gargantuan task since we just moved and I have to break down all the travel expenses, etc. I also have a home business so there’s another set of headaches there. Kill me now?
