Sze had already proposed and so, what’s next? We didn’t discuss about when to tie the knot for a while, for about 2 months. Definitely, both of us have thought about it but didn’t really bring it up for a serious table talk.
I don’t remember how exactly we started the topic but we planned to get married in either end of 2007 or middle 2008. Why? These timings were actually chosen to accommodate Sze’s brothers. 2nd brother from Toronto might be able to attend in Nov 2007 while eldest bro from Ottawa might be able to come in May 2008.
After a few discussions, and taking into consideration Mom’s reluctance in waiting for too long, we decided on the earlier time of November.
It is a Chinese custom to see a Sifu (Master) to pick an auspicious date for marriage, especially for the traditional ceremonies. It doesn’t really bother us if we didn’t see a Sifu to choose a suitable date (from calculating our Chinese birthdates for a good match). However, Sze’s parents are keen to do that.
We needed an auspicious Saturday in November and we even checked Lilian Too’s website for a suitable date. However, the Sifu could only come up with various dates in December, October or weekdays and Sundays in November… there were just no Saturdays! Dissatisfied, we suggested, “How about 10 November?” He said that would be ok though not amazingly good. Well, it was settled then - 10 November 2007 was a good date for us as it’s a Saturday, convenient for the guests and a reasonably auspicious date too.
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well...my bro and sister chosen their wedding dates to accomodate me as well....haha....i thought i'm the only person in the world has those "privilege"........
Well, guess there are now 2 ppl in the world with special "privileges"... ;)
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