We chilled out last night with some fruit before going to dinner around the corner. Red dragonfruit, I'm told, may make it appear as though I'm bleeding the next time I sit down on the toilet. That the kind of info that would be good to know beforehand... At dinner, Judy's parents paid for everything - awesome. I did however have the worst beer of my life.
You see, because it's so hot over here, only the necessities get put in the fridge. I consider beer just one such necessity, but they don't here. Rather than serve their customers a warm beer, they bloody ice in it! Sacrilegious! Still drank it.
This morning we all got ready and headed to what can only be described as a wedding factory. This building was made for weddings. It had 6 floors with the least two wedding halls on each - all of which were in use today, the same day as Judy and Dave's wedding.
160+ guests, and the servers had everything down pat. The technicolor lazerlight show during the initial food presentation was certainly interesting, but hey, when in Rome. We had a 7 course banquet of largely fish based meats. I picked up a bottle of Johnny Walker to have a tipple with the groom - smooth-coughblarghcough.
Judy wore a traditional, long red dress with gold embroidery. The guests however were all rather casually dressed. Many even talked during the speeches given by her 92 year old grandfather. As westerners, we'd call that rude, but here it's the norm. The whole ceremony itself is very quick anyway. They're all giving gifts of money, so maybe they feel they're entitled to be noisy.
After all the food and all the pictures, I've retired back home while Dave and Judy do some final family pictures in the park, complete with 30 degree heat. We'll all chill tonight and pack to leave tomorrow. It's off to Taipei where more fun awaits for 4 more nights, before we all part ways.
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