wedding egg-a-calling...telor puyuh?

I just got back from a wedding at SUK Hall Shahalam. It was Maimon's eldest daughter's wedding. Maimon was my secretary when I was general manager of University of Malaya Cooperative. I still remember Mimi (the bride) was just a little girl browsing books at the coop while her mum was working nearby. O my gawd, she has grown up into a beautiful young woman and is now a wife. The couple will soon leave for Dubai as her hubby is based there. I met my other ex-staff too. O my gawd, it has been years since I left the coop. Maimon was secretary to my predecessor the late Fahim Yaacob then (of the famous Yaacob clan from Kota Bharu....Fauzi, Fahmi, and Datuk Hishamudin Yaacob whom I also met just now, briefly towards the end of the ceremony). When I got the job offer, Maimon had just got home with her family after a 2 year stint in the UK. She asked back for her job and I gave it to her. At some point in time she joined my old employer, OxfordUniversity Press and was secretary to Edda de Silva the MD who succeeded M Sockalingam.

I notice, we are forever late for weddings and leave before the ceremony ends...much to the disgust of others as well as to the host I suspect...hehe. We do not seem to keep to schedule. Walking in and out as I had commented in my previous wedding blogs, walking shamelessly across the hall in the middle of the ceremony. I, for one, am very particular about functions, don't wanna be too early or late...its bloody embarassing man...hehe.

Anyway, Aishah...yes THE Aishah...the NZ fan club singer with the jeans (yang nampak tabung tuh...hahaha), She looks awesome now (?)....and I must put this on record, that it seems gifts or table gifts have moved from aromatic candles, candies, chocs, chicken eggs to quail egss now (telor puyuh)...that's quite innovative. But I kinda like the pantun gurindam seloka Khalid Salleh as the couple moved in to the Pelamin tempat bersanding (the Dais):

Rasmilah sudah dua sejoli

menjadi ikatan suami isteri

mimim ezura nama bini

mohd sahrul nama laki

kelak hidup berumahtangga

belacan garam asam dan gula

pahit dan manis akan dirasa

penguat semangat hidup bersama

jangan bertengkar jangan bergaduh

sampai membangkit segala yang hodoh

biarlah akal menjadi penyembuh

cari yang jernih buang yang keruh

lambat cepat beranaklah juga

namanya juga cahaya mata

bila mengndung mengidamlah dia

hati nyamuk jangan dipinta

kisah sejarah di gunung ledang

memberi makna erti yang terang

duga dan cabar jangan direntang

maklum fahamkan mudah dan senang

sembilan bulan sepuluh hari

benih tumbuh mebentuk diri

bulan da bintang menjadi saksi

hidup manusia bermula disini

doa restu ibu dan bapa

lahirlah anak dari sifatnya

hukum dan syarat menjadi manusia

berkahwin itu sunnah rasulnya

adat bernama budaya melayu

bersanding berarak mengundang tamu

cara kita memang begitu

sambil berjamu kitabertemu

asal kapas menjadi benang

benang menarik si layang layang

bagaikan sirih bertaut di gagang

isteri dikasih suami di sayang

lubuk bermandi puteri bersiram
bersih dan jernih untuk berendam

dengan bismillah akhirul kalam

semoga mempelai rukun dan tenteram...