A Chinese Wedding Dinner (2) 婚礼晚宴 ...

The Chinese wedding dinner in the 21st century
is a happy and jovial occasion
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very much due to the advent to KARAOKE
and the Western Influences
... sad or is it, but TRUE ...
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as for the entire duration of 
a typical Chinese wedding
for 3-4 hours,
the guest happily go on stage
to sing their favorite songs
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my brothers wedding

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A Chinese Wedding Dinner (1) 婚礼晚宴 ...



In a typical Chinese Wedding Dinner,

it is usually an 8-9 course meal

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The first one is usually a

Cold Cut Platter (拼盤)

which usually a plate with 4 or 5 dishes (usually 4) 

representing the 4 seasons (of summer, fall, winter, spring)
perhaps it is like a bit of an appetizer

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While the second dish is most likely a

bowl of Shark Fin Soup (魚翅湯)

but many will replace it with

Braised Sea Cucumber (海参) & 

Golden Soup with Lobster or

Sezchuan Hot & Spicy Soup etc

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I did not take photos of the usual dishes or

Duck (鴨), Chicken (鸡), or Prawn which are

usually part of the 9-10 course meal
(and by the way the TV is just showing the Karaoke
or the Wedding photos, not that I know of that
they screen TV programs in Weddings !!)

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Some includes Braised Pork (红烧肉), Others

may Roasted Pork (烧肉 or 烧猪) or even

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A whole usually Steam Fish (蒸魚) or Prawn (蝦) is an

important menu item

I have not tasted whole Lobsters (龙虾) yet in a

Chinese Wedding

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A vegetarian dish (素食) usually comes at the end

with Fried rice (炒飯) and the dessert (甜点)

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my brothers wedding

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Ribena flower 洛神花 ...

The pink flower of the roselle plant 
that looks like a small hibiscus. 
To make the original Ribena drink

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It is grown in low-land tropics,
so there is an abundance of these plants in Malaysia
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To make the original Ribena drink, 
the fruits of the blackcurrant are used
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If you come across this drink offering
from the actual fruit from the plant,
you should try it
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Sungai Petani, Kedah ...

Couting the minutes 计数分钟 ...

I have always somehow "acknowledged" that 
the house chores done by my wife at home
are difficult
until
I sat down for a week at home
while recovering from the Cataract Surgery
watching her do her routines 
everyday from morning till night
...
I concluded that my work teaching 8 hours
is nothing compared to hers at home 
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I have now promised her to help her more
at home with the house chores
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... at home ...

What matters most 最重要的事情 ...

I believe that every experience we have
in life is for a reason
...
good or bad,
sweet or sour,
pain or happy
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What matters is did we learn
something from it 
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Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang
槟城极乐寺 ...

Lesson Learned or not 教训 ...

I started wearing glasses at 8, for 40 years now
...
the cataract surgery has given me a new chance
to see "far" without glasses, 
will I ever wear glasses again
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that depends on whether I have learned 
my lessons of 40 years 
abusing my eyes 
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Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang
槟城极乐寺 ...

Be Kind to your eyes 善待你的眼睛 ...

Your natural eyes records what you see 
which you recall it for yourself
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The camera lens records what you see 
to share them with others
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Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang 

槟城极乐寺 ...

Cataract Surgery 白内障手术 ...

I am off to Cataract Surgery
on both of my eyes, 
and will not be posting for the 
next 10 days or so
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You know what, most of my
photography work lately 
for the past many months
has been done using my blurry Cataract eyes
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I have been wearing glasses since 8 years old,
that's almost 40 years and
I seriously wonder how it is like 
seeing "clearly" without glasses
from now on, 
more so the feeling without 
glasses through the viewfinder
of a camera
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Chow Kit, 

Kuala Lumpur

Would you like to have a cup of Tea here 你想在这里喝一杯茶吗 ...

I suppose "Good" Taste
has it price or is it
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Starhill Tea Salon

Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

How do you spell luxury 如何拼写豪华 ...

How do you spell luxury? 
...
indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, 
or anything expensive 
which gratifies the senses

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JW Marriot
Kuala Lumpur

No where to hide the distortion 没有方法隐藏的扭曲 ...

Are distortions good or bad  ?
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But who cares ? 
It can be corrected by software,
but sometimes I like it
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Starhill
Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Not allowed to photograph 不允许拍照 ...

A new structure is recently completed at one of the
most busiest streets in Kuala Lumpur,
as I walked around it and later started to photograph
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the security guards came and stopped 
me from photographing, apparently 
I was told I would need a permission and 
a pass for photographing the structure
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my question is if a structure is not
build to be admired and by photographing it
we are promoting it to the world, 
then why not just leave it at the drawing board, 
I felt sorry for the Architect who built it
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Star Hill Gallery at Bukit Bintang

Kuala Lumpur