In the stars…

He was my ex-student some years ago, now a doctor in his own right. What I did not know until quite recently was that he was the son of my ex-classmate. After serving at the Sibu General Hospital for a number of years, he went over to the peninsula to pursue some course or something and has stayed on there since. In Malay, we call it jodoh…or in English, fate…or as they say, it is written in the stars and it was not very long after he went over that he met this fellow-doctor from Seremban and they registered their marriage sometime earlier this year…

They came back last week and held their wedding reception here…

…at one of the leading hotels in town on Saturday afternoon and yes, I was invited…

I don’t know how many tables there were but there was ample space to move around, not that I did a lot of that, and the service was top notch, ever ready and so very polite and friendly – I would give them full marks for that for it sure was a far cry from what I had to put up with once when I attended a wedding banquet at this same venue and also not too long ago at this dinner at another of those classy hotels in town.

I have heard people saying that the food here was not all that great but I thought it was pretty good. I loved the roast chicken…

…served old school-style with the keropok (prawn crackers) on top and I really enjoyed their lamb…

…especially with the nice brown gravy that had a hint of black pepper. I would not enjoy those drowned in black pepper sauce, the bottled variety, that I would usually have elsewhere. Some at my same table loved the fish too but while the food was somewhat to everybody’s liking, I wished they would not switch off the lights till it was pitch dark for the video shows or whatever. In fact, it was rather dim already in the first place…and once, it was so dark that I had to switch on the torchlight in my antique handphone so we could see what exactly we had been served – the broccoli and mushroom plus bean curd sticks.

All in all, it was good and of course, the most important part would be the opportunity to share the joy with the lovely couple and their proud and happy parents…

*Sorry for the blurry pic – I did not go near the stage and just snapped the shot from where I was sitting using the zoom facility on my digicam*

Once again, I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations and wish them abundant Blessings and everlasting happiness in the years ahead as man and wife. Cheers!!!

A number of my ex-students were there and I did get the chance to say hello and also had a photo taken with some of them…

*Ex-student’s photo on Facebook*

It sure was nice seeing everybody again.