Weddings and more thoughts

Attended my uncle's wedding dinner last night at the Fullerton. The situation was sooo fricking chaotic. I hate it when i hear conflicting instructions. I was told by my mum that I was to help out at the reception, then I was told that "oh, there's people manning the reception desk already, you don't need to go already" and the next minute while I'm relaxing and waiting, I get called up to man the reception desk with my cousin. But you know what, it only serve as an experience, how NOT to make my wedding like that.

When giving out invitations, it will be stated clearly in white and gold that:
Guests are to be arrive punctually at 7 PM for cocktail reception.
Guests will be seated and dinner will be served promptly at 7:30PM.
Guests who are late will not be allowed admission until it is an appropriate time to enter the ballroom.

I think it's only polite that you show up early or on time for people's weddings. To hell with "being fashionably late". It's so not cool anymore. Don't tell me it's rude to call up guests to check on their whereabouts. I don't care, I believe in RVSP and then calling them up to see if they are lost/ on their way here. At least we'll know how long more do we hafta wait. I don't want to be sitting out at the reception desk waiting for a bunch of incorrigible fools while the rest are inside enjoying the food, the video/photo montage.

During the day of the wedding dinner itself:
At the reception desk, there will be signs to indicate who to approach to get your attendance taken and get information regarding your table number. Think "Friends of Kelly" & "Friends of Bernard" as an example.The people who's in charge of the groom's side will only have the namelist of the guests from the groom's side and vice versa.
Names will be written instead of putting "". Like who the hell knows who is ""!!?!?! Please for goodness sake, write for example, Peter and Peter's friend. So at least we know who's who. It's so frustrating. And yes, all names in English please or with hanyupinyin. Maybe it's my inability to read Chinese names, but seriously you want your friend who's in charge of the reception desk to be able to locate and read the name easily right, RIGHT?!?

Please, as guests, when the ladies at the reception asks you for your name, SAY YOUR NAME, SAY YOUR NAME! Don't snatch the paper away and run your fingers down the rows to search for your name. It's damn fucking rude. I'm not anal, I'm not uptight, I just want to get things done properly and as smoothly as possible. But really, these kinda people really gets on my nerves.

To add on, there'll be a doorbitch at the door. People wearing fur (faux is okay) will not be allowed. Foodwise, no shark's fins please. I think the soupy broth (see entry belowbelowbelow) that's from Lao Beijing taste even better than shark's fins. What's so great about eating shark's cartilage? When there's no demand, there will be no supply, people. Let's play our part in stopping this cruel trade.

But on the otherhand, I see uncles I used to see when I followed my uncle to his shop at Sim Lim Tower. Uncles who used to think both me and my uncle look like daughter and father because of our nose and my uncle would go on to say "If I have a daughter her age, I'll be damn happy already". So happy for him lah, finally on his way to creating his own daughter hahaha
And I see my cousins and their little kids... So adorable can!? :) I tink baby girls are really cute hehehe