Wedding Weekend

Panglima's log Mon 6 Dec 2004 1537 hrs

what a busy weekend. i took friday off. first thing in the morning was to elder scn's school. he's entering primary 1 next year. so went to his school to buy his text books, exercise books, workbooks etc. the school shop didnt have all the required books yet. maybe in a couple of weeks. boy, did i find out the cost of text books nowadays! bapak mahalnya!!!!!! standard 1 and his books cost as if he is entering university. nak masuk skim pinjaman buku teks, tapi tak layak. adehhh....

all that over, left for kampar perak. wife punya female cousin punya wedding. arrived kampar around 2:30 pm.. ahhh, just perfect for lunch. gulai ikan kembung masak tempoyak and some other things which i cannot recall. my target was the tempoyak. had a good lunch. for the wedding, the uncle slaughtered 3 goats. so the rest of the afternoon was spent melapah memotong kambing. that lasted the whole afternoon. boy, self ended up smelling like a goat tak mandi seumur hidup. the smell stuck. it took a lot of scrubbing to rid of the strong pungent kambing smell under a hot shower at the small hotel we were staying.

that evening was the akad nikah ceremony. i didnt witness it as i was spending time outside the house with the other cousins smoking my stogies. the others were cigarette smokers. one of the cousin was an air force trainer. he invited his students over to the wedding and they assist. aduh.. ada pilot wanita juga but dont think i want to mess with them. we left for the hotel almost 1 am.

saturday - kenduri day. didnt do much. help out a bit here and there as most of the job was taken care of by the helpers. oh, one of the female pilot was attractive. appreared to be close to one of the guys. lucky bloke. late afternoon, a group of us made our way to lata kinjang, a popular waterfall. twas fun as usual. boy, was the water freezing cold! macam ais.

that night after wedding present opening session was the photography session. i was called upon (i did not volunteer eh) to direct the session. so i have to fix up their look. the grooms shirt was a bit loose so tucked it in. the brides tiara kept falling senget. fixed that too. so seronok la getting them to pose intimately. malu-malu... pehhhh. i think we shot around 100 poses. of course using digital camera.

the following day was the groom's family kenduri. oh, both the bride and groom are from kampar. so easy one. and this time i got called again to prepare the groom. apparently the mak andam - another cousin - didnt know how to tie the sampin. so, with the experience i have - over a few weddings - tied the sampin p ramlee style, fixed up the bengkung really nice and tight and voila.. the grooms ready. after that, off to the grooms reception.

left back for kl that sunday afternoon. rained quite heavily near tapah. made it to kl around 6 pm. had a raya open house invitation but all of us were like dead tired. had maggi for dinner. kesian kat maid penat. but then, none of us had appetite for anything else either.

today, back at work. meeting in the morning. so drowsy after taking anti-histamine medication. still reeling from that effect. so, catch up with you guys later.

take care. be good.