The Wedding Diary Page #3

Come. I'll help the bride

so wealth keeps rolling in for your husband

The first comb, signifies endless love

The second comb, signifies a lasting marriage

The third comb, signifies many offsprings

for the family

The fourth comb, signifies the fullfillment

of all wishes

Okay the ceremony is over

Open up

Wait. Be silent

We will if you give us a red packet

Okay here, five hundred

Ten thousand. No bargaining

What?? Ten thousand?

Let's not step on their toes. I'll handle this

Hey beautiful, any room for negotiation?

Three thousand and these handsome men here

will be your escorts for 3 weeks

It's an offer just for you

Close the door

Hey, no

See? Open up

Let's me ask you. Do you love Sze Xin?

Of course. I wouldn't be here if I don't

We can't just take your word for it. Sign this

No, please

Sorry, it's too late

My cheque. Where did you get this from

Open the door, sisters

How many digits are there on the cheque?

Welcome. We're going in

That's robbery

Oh god! And I have to act like a clown even

before I get to the bride

Spinsters like them get the kick out of torturing

others' grooms

But strangely, the moment I set my eyes on my

beautiful baby

It feels like everything was worth it

There is nothing I will not do for her

Have some tea, Dad

If my daughter ever sheds a tear for you, I'll not

let you off

Have some tea, Mum

You'd better be as honest as you appear to be

Have some tea, Dad

You'll have no more worries now that Keat is

married

Ying, Shi, hurry up

Coming, coming

So sweet

From now on, we are a family

Thanks, auntie

Time to enter ther bridal chambers

After the child jumps on the bed, you'll have a

grandchild soon

Look mummy, there's a red packet inside

And that is how Xin becomes the wife of Keat

Marriage is really not just about the bride and

groom

It's also the union of two families

From being strangers to becoming relatives

Keat

There are unfilled seats on many tables

Why is that so?

There are guests who refuse to be seated

together

So I had to ask for three more tables

Isn't that going to cost another $4,000?

What's worse, your father-in-law's friends are

drinking like there's no tomorrow

They've finished almost everything. We'll have to

open up more cartons

A carton costs a lot! Can you check how many cartons they'd need?

Okay

There are a lot of hidden costs in a wedding

How much has been spent to date?

Eight? Nine? Or eight-nine cartons?

How is that possible? $1,100 for a carton?

Eight nine nine eight one eight eight nine nine

eight eight eight eight eight eight

Almost ten thousand

Oh no! I'm dead!

Money, oh money

What are you doing, brother?

You brat

Baby

I know you are in a spot. Don't worry

My son-in-law will pay for the damages

There's no reason for us to pay

How is it possible that a chandelier this big be

shot down by a cork this small?

The chandelier must have been faulty to start

with

Try hitting my head with this cork and see if it

drops

I'll call you "Dad" if it does

How would you do that if your head's gone?

Auntie

Your auntie is right. We are a reputable family

The way things are now, we have lost all "face"

it's only right to compensate for their losses

Compensate?

You have no guts

I take after you

A hundred tables?

You should never take on what is beyond your

means

And having to rely on a woman? What a shame

Since when did I rely on Xin?

I paid for the wedding

Yes. Very capable engineer, you are

Can you achieve all that without me?

Have i ever relied on you?

How dare you speak to me like this?

Hey, stop arguing

Stop staring. Get into the car

Mum, the car is locked

Ignore him. Too much salted fish

He has a stinky bad temper

Do you have enough money?

Yes

I won't mistreat my wife even if I'm poor

unlike someone

Just look at yourself

What a loser

Okay forget it

Look after him, auntie

Drink driving is a serious offence in Singapore

I will, you take care too

I will. Goodbye

Bye

Hey hey hey

I've tried my best to negotiate on your behalf

Mr Hong is agreeable to you replacing just a few

small chandeliers

Really?

Fifteen chandeliers at six hundred each. Write

me a cheque tomorrow

nine thousand!

Come on, these are cyrstals. Not crystal

dumplings

What a wedding! What else has not gone wrong?

Chill. Those red packets can definitely tide you

over

For many, the point of a wedding dinner reception

is to profit

Choose the most luxurious hotel, and book the cheapest menu

And tell everyone an inflated menu price

Everyone would know what to do. Then you'll

profit for sure

That is not right

Don't worry. You can count on the wealthy

father-in-law's guests to be generous

Go. Your bride is waiting

Here's what your great buddy has for you

This is strawberry-flavoured. And this glows in the

dark

This is even more powerful. It vibrates!

And this even plays music

The bride is looking over

Why do you think I need contraceptives?

Can you be more serious?

I don't want this

you don't like the musical one?

It's out of tune

Baby

Have you settled the compensation?

What if

Baby

I've said I will marry you with my own means

I want to be a man you can rely on

You are stubborn

Indeed I'm a hard one

Ahh

Baby

I'll take a shower

Alright, you go first

Wow

Two hundred. Not bad

Twenty bucks? What a miser

What, a lottery ticket?

Baby, where are the rest of the red packets?

Aren't they all there?

You'll have to ask Auntie. She kept them

The tables are from the groom to the bride

So, it's only right that the red packets go to the

bride

Didn't we agree on 20 tables?

Keat, I really don't want to nag

but is there anything in Singapore that's not

affected by inflation?

Property, cost of living, COE, ERP, GS Except the fertility rate

And that's precisely because everything else

keeps rising

How is this related to the red packets?

An increase from 20 to 70 tables is inflation,

right?

Shouldn't you have discussed this with me first?

Does the government discuss with you before

raising the ERP and GST? Nuts

Hello

Hello

I got robbed again, Jeremy

Well, so did I

They robbed me of 50 tables

That's a total of $70,000 in red packet money, all

gone

How am I going to pay the hotel tomorrow?

Write them a post-dated cheque

On account of your father-in-law, they should give

you a few days' grace

Alright. I'm in the middle of something now

I'm doomed. Where do I find $70,000?

What about the over-budget today?

Nervous?

I've waited so long just for today

Crystal dumplings, no, crystal chandeliers, more

than $9,000

Four nine four nine. How much was that?

No no, I need to focus and stop my mind from

running wild

Four nine makes it more than ten thousand. On

top of that, $9,000 for chandeliers

And the $10,000 I was robbed of this morning

That's like...a hundred thousand?

What are you doing?

What? Oh no

He can't really be impotent?

Pat can't be right?!

Over S$100 for a room like this?

Everything is expensive in Singapore

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