Arvind and Amelia's Wedding

24th of December 2008 was the day my cousin, Amelia, got married. The love of her life is a fine man named Arvind from Kedah. The wedding was held in Sarikei. For those who do not know where Sarikei is, its a four hours drive from Kuching. Here is a picture to help you.

Now you know Sarikei?

Alright. Now its time to talk about the wedding.

The groom arriving.

So the groom arrived at the bride's house about ten in the morning. He greeted everyone and went straight to the bride's room. Very eager I see.

Next is the do-what-your-sister-in law-says-or-you-cant-get-her kinda ceremony. LOL.

Sang a song as demanded.

After the poor guy sang, answered whack questions and did stuff that he will definitely remember for the rest of his life, he finally claimed his prize.

Kiss Kiss Kiss

Then is the traditional tea sipping ceremony and the ang pau giving. Both the bride and groom must say "Ah Ma, Ah Kong lim teh" and bow three times as a sign of respect.

Lim teh...

So after a couple of hours, the groom went back and the bride was getting ready for tonight's wedding dinner. Everyone dressed their best for the dinner. Even the flower girls and flower boys.

Oh..so adorable.

It is 6 pm and everyone is ready. My family and I reached the restaurant to find this.


The restaurant was pretty packed and we had very little room to move around. Why need room? To dance lah.

The food was delicious. I enjoyed every dishes eventhough I had to bump into other people's elbow everytime I put it in my mouth.

This shark fin soup was simply delicious.

Cola, Sprite, 100 Plus and fresh soya bean. Ummm....

The traditional 'yam seng' ceremony.

After a very satisfying dinner, we hit the dance floor. We danced to every tune. Dance, Rock, English, Chinese, Indian and even Christmas songs (Its Christmas eve btw).

The wedding dinner turned into a havoc dance club thanks to my cousins and I.

Shake it. Shake it. Its crazy I tell ya

Ah... So after a tiring night, we all went back. It was definitely a very good night for all of us.

And to Arvind and Amelia, I wish both of you a very blessed and everlasting marriage.

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

Bought this phone last Wednesday. Wanted to buy an mp3 player actually after looking at the new iPod nano (Damn that thing is gorgeous). But since my phone is already a year old, I decided to buy a music phone instead. It is not that expensive, only RM660 and I put in a 2gb micro SD memory card in it.

my old Nokia 6300 and my new 5310

As you can see this phone is actually the same as my old one in size. Its quite attractive actually. Slim, has music buttons, keypad feels nice when pressed and it only cost less than 700.

Now what surprises me about this phone is the sound quality. It is very good. I plugged in the jack which is connected to my home theater sound system to this phone and it is actually strong enough to power the speakers. On top of that the sound is also clear and crisp. Bass is adequate too. If you are gonna use earphones, make sure you buy a better one because the supplied earphones are decent but a better earphone will sound so much better.
The music interface is friendly and it supports album art although the album art looks quite tiny. Well this phone really is a music phone and a pretty good one I must say.

See! Its slim.

The only thing that I want to complain about is the camera performance. The camera is bad. Its slow and sluggish. Photo looks good on the phone display but once you transfer it to a computer, it looks terrible. I might not be a photo expert but I know a terrible photo when I see one. No flash or auto-focus makes photo taking in the dark and close range almost impossible.
Well then again I'm not looking for a good camera phone, I wasn't even thinking of buying a phone in the first place. All I wanted is an mp3 player and if it has a camera and I can use it to call and message, then that is a bonus.

It also lacks 3G capabilities but I can live with that.

Overall a very good phone and definitely worth every penny.