The
colourful balloons
On
the ceiling board it hung
The
guests arrived in colours
The
intermarriage glow in our eyes
The
banister railing
The
ribbon balls hanging loose
It
was just a decorative item
On
display to light up the steps
The
reception committee
The
busy bees turning pages
The
names and table numbers
The
allocation of seating arrangement
The
in-laws were busy
Guiding
their own guests around
The
flow of the diners
Relatives,
friends and church members
Then
came the bride and groom
In
the Indian fashion parade
Walking
slowly and smiling
The
standing ovation for the newly wed
The
course dinner
The
late timing flow
As
usual with wedding
Time
nobody remembered
The
best friend's speech
Acted
MC for the night
Played
his guitar sung songs
The
background pictures of new couple
The
invited Reverend
Gave
his short speech
Thanking
God and wishes
Bless
the couple and guests
Caly
and Emma
Sung
a song on the stage
7
years old girls
No
bashful or stage freight
The
groom belt out 2 Mandarin songs
A
language not his mother's tongue
The
acoustic guitar strummed away
The
woman of his life stood on stage
The
family photographs
In
years to come the memory stays
Of
a time the pages turn slowly
Of
a moment nobody can forget
On
my table
The
women teased their friend
Years
of knowing him
He
still stays single today
Maybe
the women
All
had settled down with families
Looking
at their old friend
Age
has caught up with him
He
still never finds love
A
woman whom he can stay
Maybe
once he was rejected
Now
he swears he doesn't need a marriage
The
ping pong way
The
women got no head or tail
The
old friend still wants to stay single
Age
has caught him and his single day
But
love and marriage
The
man hasn't gone for it
He
rather stays single
Enjoying
his freedom
But
the women
They
kept going at him
Hoping
there is a chance
He
may change his mind
The
groom's father
A
long speech about his life
His
relationship with his sons and wife
A
close knit family; flow of communication
His
stay in Kampar
Migrated
from Batu Gajah
Aw
he met in 1979
They
are still close today
With
his son's marriage
The
families tie flow
From
one family extended to another
With
in-laws and the connection circuit
The
groom gave his short speech
No
jokes and any surprises
It
was his day on the stage
Thanking
those who helped him
The
old friend on my table
The
women still hustling him
There
was still no way he would bulge
He
wants his happy go lucky days
The
course dinner over
The
guests left some took photographs
The
handshakes and best wishes
As
the warm night blew its way
