Yesterday, Friday 2nd. of October 2015, Amal was married off by Calit, her dad, my youngest brother, at Husayn Mosque, S2 at about quarter to four, to Wassim. Today, Saturday, the reception was held at Warisan Puteri.
On both days it was the meeting again of relatives and friends of old that I more than anything else savoured.
I was seated at the main table next to Dato' Dr. Nordin Keling, a 90-year-old relative from Tg. Jati, the former Veterinary Sec.Gen. Like Suman a.k.a. Ibrahim Keling (Dato') his younger brother, Nordin is quite deaf without his hearing aid. Between the loud music and his condition, our attempted conversation largely failed. I had to practically put my mouth next to his ear ! He said he's 1 year younger than Mahathir, and they know each other. He said Mahathir would always ask how old is he. Dr. Nordin asked me what I think of Ku Nan, the UMNO Sec. Gen. He said he remembers him when he was a contractor for the veterinary services, and Najib was in the Ministry.
I was part of the receiving party, so until the married couple arrived, I met most of the guests that came. Most of the old relatives and friends were still recognizable through the wrinkles and white hair. Nab the "wassup girl" was there. "G-man" the PKR donation collector and Fahmy, my PKR nephew also came, and I corrected him about spelling his own father's name - it's Muhammad Fadzil, no just Fadzil, I insisted. Then "Jimikoling" and "Deka" and "Jingkung" and "Kito", Cikgu Othman's son, a very long-time neighbour from Tobek Koring came, and so many more, all seemed to have made the trip. My two ex-Appeal Court Judges golfing kakis also made it, and I put them together at one table.
Yesterday Timah prepared the high tea for 100. There were at least 150 that came. So you know what happened. To-day KRS prepared food for 750. 1,200 came. Guess what happened. Food that was supposed to last until 4 p.m. didn't survive 1 o'clock. Idah was so nervous, she was sweating, but Calit & Nina seemed cool. The next day Calit came to the house and cried in front of Idah. Luckily I was at golf.
After the "menyembah" ceremony at about 3.30, conducted by Bang Piei, the reception only slowly trailed off, in spite of the "food crisis". I met some more friends who had come late, and the food didn't seem to matter. Other than that, I think Calit pulled off a successful wedding reception. I saw the 24-year-olds truly happy, and that was the important thing.
We stopped at Man Tom Yum on the way home. I had a coconut drink and mee ladna (no chicken), followed by black coffee. Everybody else ordered different food and drinks. I saw Wok at the next table with her own group. So now everybody is refuelling because of the "food crisis". Wok is a cousin and a full-fledged Police Superintendent now attached to SPRM Putra Jaya. I made her pay for our table before they left ahead of us. I gave her Dekna's number, and asked her to call Dekna, adding if they have lunch together Wok should pay because she has worked longer and has a bigger pay.
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