Now and forever…

I went to another wedding this morning – David and Laura’s. David was my student in school before and Laura was in my English tuition class for a few months but we got to know each other quite well from our involvement in the inter-school English debates.

It certainly is flattering to get invited to ex-students’ weddings as I would like to believe it is an indication that I’m not one of those teachers whom they would never want to see again once they’ve stepped out of the school. Here, you see Laura’s brother, Gilbert, leading her to the altar to give away the bride on behalf of their deceased father…

Gilbert, who comments quite regularly in my blog, is an ex-student of mine too, currently a JPA scholar in Canada. The wedding ceremony was held in St. Mary’s Church here…

…and in this next photo, you can see the couple happily walking down the aisle as man and wife, united in the eyes of God…

…and this one below shows the couple thanking everyone for coming to the church service, which I feel is the most important part of somebody’s wedding though many seem to think otherwise…

These days, it seems to be the norm to send out wedding invitations with the clause: “Gifts are respectfully declined.” Perhaps people should send out conditional invitations stating that they are invited to the dinner reception only if they attend the wedding mass in church. LOL!!!

Oops…sorry, I digress! Old people tend to do that a lot. Anyway, heartiest congratulations to the two of you, David and Laura, and here’s wishing you years and years of happiness ahead…

This song is specially dedicated to the newly-weds…

Last Christmas…

Darn! I came down with a flu on Christmas Eve…and was sneezing away like nobody’s business. So instead of joining in the revelry at those  more impressive (and expensive) diners where they had Christmas set dinners and buffets, I decided that I should go someplace where I could have  a lot of soup. That was why my family and I ended up at the Twin Star BBQ steamboat restaurant…

I was here not too long ago with an ex-student, now a lawyer…and left the place with Jay Chou’s theme from the movie “Fearless” ringing in my ears after listening to the guy full blast all night long! This time, when we arrived, they were playing Mariah Carey’s X’mas album including “All I want for X’mas is you”. Ah well, at least it’s Big Boobs and not Jay Chou, thank God for small mercies!!

This is an eat-all-you-can buffet place where you pay RM19.00 per head and you are free to stay as long as you wish and eat as much as you want (but they threaten to charge you if you have any leftovers). Like I said, I had the flu so I had a lot of soup from the steamboat…

I had mentioned in my previous post on this place, that the sambal belacan dip that they provide is really very nice…

…and luckily, we went earlier as many tables were reserved and by 7 or so, the place was already filled to the brim and the diners were spilling onto the street. Then, they got rid of Big Boobs and started playing Wham’s “Last Christmas” – the hip hop/rap version. It certainly did not do the song justice (Some things are best left as they are!!)…but it was definitely nicer than the techno version of the song that followed.

My missus and my daughter obviously enjoyed themselves grilling the beef and other things on the hot plate and eating away, oblivious to the not-too-delectable music being played…

Incidentally, when the hot plate gets too dirty, they will offer to change it for you and give you a new one. That’s nice! I think most places would not have bothered at all.

There’s fried noodles and other similar fried stuff as well…

…free flow of drinks and all the ice cream you can eat (Nestle though, not Baskin’ Robbins or Haagen Dazs! LOL!!!).

But after more than a dozen different versions of “Last Christmas”, I was already getting hysterical and could not wait to get out of the place. The last straw was when the Crazy Frog’s version of the song came on! We immediately took to our heels…and I did not care if I would never hear that song ever again in my life! Hahahahaha!!!