naw-ruz

yea, B.E 162 (Bahai Era)
after 19 days of fasting, was lookin forward to some partyin during da new year. however, i had to go 400km up north to attend me couzie's engagement party. learn lotss...
the dude is gonna marry an indian gal, so the gals family had the engagement party in the temple. they had to prepare like 15 trays of stuff as a form of gifts to like "buy" da girl. so the parents from da future groom n bridegroom sit opposite each other, n the priest starts sayin prayers. and they take one of the tray's that has a sari on it... takes it to da gal who is hiding somewhere. everyone waitss... while the music continues to play (at deafening levels) and the camera man continues to walk around with his burning hot light ( n its literally burning, as it kills all the bugs n lizards that come within a half meter radius with the light- this i know from the trail of fried bugs n smoke i saw coming out of the light- got worried n told da chap, but he said its smoke from the fried bugs... so he knew it was burning hot, y keep it on even when not filmin??!)
then da gal comes back with the sari, they give her another tray with some jewelry. she leaves again... n after wat seems like eternity.. again.. comes back with the jewelry on. by this time the packed hall in the temple is half full. nope they didnt go home... people were rushin to go eat. the family of bride to be sponsored vegetarian banana leaf rice. n since the engagement started a lil late, n since it took the gal foreva to get dressed... it already reached dinner time. thens when i realized most of the people must have been there for the food. come on.. who is gonna miss out on banana leaf rice rite? heck, there were not enough chairs n tables to fit everyone, so they queued up to take turns to eat. n the ceremony was still goin on inside the temple.
man i was having a good laugh. also was lookin forward to some char kuey teow n laksa. which i never got coz me dad decided to go exploring the area to reminiscence his past.
its lucky we got back to me aunts place in time for liverpool vs everton, n a sweeet sweeettt victory.