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Thursday, January 27, 2011

cutlery & plates $5

The Kan guest list has been finalized.

We have 100 people on ours which fits perfectly within what we have been allocated.

Initially it was supposed to be;

200 Yam Family
100 Kan Family

50 Ant and I

However, we've since revised that idea because 350 is too large a number.  Not only that, it's also because we want to be able to navigate through the tables comfortably.

So Ant and I will incorporate our friends into our parents list to keep it at 300.  I have 10 seats and I think that should suffice  :)

Now I just need to wait for Ant to check with the Hotel if we can get some rooms for cheap.  It'd be nice if the girls all slept over on the night before the wedding and all ride to Church together.

Much is still to be discussed, such as the start time for each activity.  We're going to have a tea ceremony inbetween the Church ceremony and Reception.

My first tea ceremony!!

According to Google: In the traditional Chinese marriage ceremony, both the bride and groom kneel in front of their parents and serve them tea. That is a way to express their gratitude. In front of their parents, it is a practice for the married couple to say, "Thank you for bringing us up. Now we are getting married. We owe it all to you." The parents will usually drink a small portion of the tea and then give them a red envelope, which symbolizes good luck. Another variant is for the to-be daughter-in-law to serve tea to her to-be parents-in-law, symbolizing that she is to become a part of the latter's family.
I'm currently trying to find a tea set like the above - black on the inside, red on the outside with and a gold 'double happiness' design.

It'll be a pretty little keepsake after the wedding!

1 comment:

  1. I forgot you like tea sets :)
    Tried Japan City? Not sure if you'd be able to find it but it's a good place as any...

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