Love is in the air.... =) lately there is so many weddings going on. I myself atttended TWO wedding dinners last weekend...one after another..One was my school mate at the nice city restaurant. Another was my colleage at a Kampung area call Jeram (about 15 minutes before Kampar if you are coming from Ipoh).
Well.....the kampung dinner was really an experience for me HAHA! An eye opener...I dont think I have attended any wedding dinner before in a kampung area. I couldnt help laughing all throughout dinner..haha the ppl at my table must think I was a bit nuts =D
Dont get me wrong..I am not looking down at kampung places...it was just different and funny..too bad I didnt have a video camera to record it down=p
hmm shall we compare the differences?
1) Kampung dinner is usually held at the Dewan Rakyat..so there was NO aircon...it was soo hot everybody was sweating ...my boss even had to leave the table a few times to get some fresh air outside. He at last took a fan (the chinese one) from his car and was fanning himself throught the dinner. Good thing I wore thin clothings...I wasn't feeling that bad =p
How can the guest still drink beer in this condition? @.@
2) Kampung dinner start ON TIME. The wedding card said 7:00pm and indeed the bride and bridegroom arrive at 7:00 sharp and 5 minutes soon after the food start arriving. The other wedding dinner I attended said 7:30pm in the card...but the food only start coming at 8:45pm =.=
3) hmm there was a stage at the Dewan Rakyat...so a mike and lightings was set up... a mini disco =) uncles and uncles was invited to sing..a home karaoke session...the songs..all old old chinese songs that I have never heard of..it was soo loud...and some singers..was...er...shall we say the voice not so pleasant to the ears =D I have to endure that for 2hrs...later uncles aunties was invited up to the stage to dance cha cha...I counldnt stop laughing haha they look so funny on stage cha cha ing..
4) Also the dress code was different...most of the ppl in the kampung wedding just wore simple t -shirt and jean...I think our table (boss, other colleages and me) was the most well dress. I was feeling quite awkward when I 1st walk into the dewan..seems like everybody was looking at us... >.<
One really funny thing was...I notice ppl seated at the tables was according to genders..all male or female one table..so weird?? Is this a kampung tradition? or isn't just this village only?
hmmm there are still other small small difference..like the food, flies flying ard (good thing I didn't get stomach ache)..the waitress that doesn't serve you. They just put bottles of soft drinks at the table and you pour it out yourself. The dishes like shark fin all also self service..not like in restaurants where the waitress serve it in bowls.
But I guess it is all expected in kampungs area =p
