Day 1-
We arrived at our "chalet".
named 一号民宿
Thought it is number one in Muar, but no,
the house number is one. CHEY!
Looking fabulous on the outside, let me bring u in for a visit.
There are 7 rooms, because we had more rooms than guests,
I took a room all for myself.
The picture above's my room.
Six beds, I can roll everywhere.
It was so big, with a big bathroom.
Bery shiok sia!
The hall was spacious, with sofas and dinning table just beside.
My mum and aunties chatted there for full 3 days.
Gosh. They energizer can talk non stop.
On that 1st night, my bro-in-law held a buffet for his guests.
A tent was set up outside their house.
Eating leisurely with mild wind blowing.
The buffet spread was sumptuous.
The colourful agar agar caught my attention.
It was stuffed with a meager of sweet bean paste.
Thumbs up!
Also my next fav- their Otah.
No wonder ppl like to buy Otah frm Muar.
Carlsberg aunty.
She looked so troubled with her can on the table.
She even jio me to pick up a can.
Tot she wan 'TAR' with me.
Day 2-
Actual wedding day.
I will touch on the wedding banquet later.
One thing good abt the wedding was the firecrackers.
It added to the ambience.
LOUD=HUAT.
If only they lift the ban on the crackers.
Seems like only Singaporeans will misused those red stuff.
My 2nd sis striking a pose with the crackers.
Ideal pose!
I also like their Lasi Lemak.
The packet was only rice+chilli.
I tried in vain to search for a piece of egg.
Plain, yet finger-lickingly good.
At a restaurant, they ordered a weird looking fish for us.
At 1st I thought it was salted fish-
thin and long.
My aunty educated me on its name.
龙
舌鱼 (Dragon's Tongue Fish)
Sure boh?
I translated them from teochew.
Why?
The name came abt because they looked like dragon's tongue.
Hmmm... I wonder how that fish look like when it is alive.
This one seldom can find locally.
Tasted quite good. Maybe because it was fried.
Then another dish- normal chilli prawn.
The beans on the plate- my mum told me it is called 臭豆 (smelly beans).
Gosh.
So ignorant I felt so stupid. Maybe I shld visit the market more.
臭豆 sounds cute, at same time shld be smelly.
I bite on it, really lor, not very smelly,
just bitter.
Bitter beans perhaps?
Another dish highly recommended by my bro-in-law.
Their Muar's Rojak.
Normal what!
He told me to look closer.
Hmm... Fried chicken inside.
Chicken in ROjak?
The chicken meat was crispy, with the sauce (normal rojak sauce),
tasted good.
Something new for a change.
Day 3-
We had only a morning there,
they brought us to eat Bak Tu Teh.
Muar's Bak Tu Teh quite different,
there was alot of other pig's organs inside the pot.
Yummy.
At the wedding banquet,
The moment I stepped in,
the in-laws passed me a flower to pin on my shirt.
Perhaps they are flower lovers,
they bought those big and fully blossomed.
Making me feel so 娘.
The angry part came when we were at the red table.
Me+mum sat there waiting for the dinner to start.
Another aunty (their relative) came to sit at the table.
She quite old, shld be 80+.
Then another joined her,
age ard 50+ to 60+.
Both of them whispering while staring at us.
When the younger one saw us looking at her,
she asked:
"He is your...." while pointing at me.
Mum replied:
"Oh, he is my son."
"Orhh... no wonder...
I thought he is yr husband. Look so young."
What an idiot.
Cannot see meh?
I really wondered if she bring along her eyes and brain.
I thought her stupidity would end here.
Worst, she continued...
"Orhh.. your son."
"Your husband not here??"
I felt like slapping her.
Me and mum were caught surprised.
We were dumbfounded and did not know how to answer.
AT tat moment.
I felt pain, emptyness and awkwardness in my heart.
I didn't kw how to give tat ans in such an event.
I looked at her.
Still, she gaped waiting for an ans.
"Never come huh?" She pushed for a reply.
Some idiot never understand.
I replied weakly:
"Never"
In my heart, my reply to her was:
"He came. Just that u cannot see."
Next surprised came,
we were asked to join the bride and groom+ our in-laws
for the 1st march-in.
The orders will be in pairs-
the groom's parents,
me+mum,
followed by the bride+groom.
This was unprecedented to me,
or perhaps to our local context.
I was caught unprepared, nervous.
WHen our turn came, I wanted to brace her hand,
but she pushed away mine.
I thought it would be gentleman to.
I wondered why I was turned away at tat moment,
until after the march-in.
Others already misunderstood us for a couple.
Yet I still want to hold her hand.
Okie. Tat aunty's repercussion.
Also showed tat mum was hurt by her words.
One who have lost a partner
hates this type of misunderstanding.
Okay, anger aside,
the muar's wedding was fun.
Esp during our free time chat.
My uncle was a joker.
He was 80+,
married for more than 50 yrs.
Being tat old,
he has his penetrative insight.
On our way back in the car,
we were talking about marriage.
His wife asked the driver whether if he was married.
He replied a no.
She told him, nowadays marriage is difficult.
My uncle chipped in:
“现在的女人是天上的东西。
以前的女人是地上的。”
His wife added:
"yah, nowadays man have to mop floor, wash clothes."
My uncle continued:
" 你叫现在的女人抹地，洗衣，
她明天马上飞上去。回天上去。"
HAHAHA... Damn funny.
Hereby wishing all my readers
HAPPY 2013!
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