Now i know

After a whirlwind of events...

I know who are fiend or foe.

Those who could be there and made great effort.

Those who could not be there and also made great effort.

Those who did not wish to be there and made holiday plans.

Those who wished to be there but job commitments tied them down.

Those who just did not bother.

It takes great effort to plan a wedding. Now i know.

And i have a great phobia of them.

I feel sorry for all the weddings that i skipped and gave no RSVP.

It takes great effort to plan the table arrangements and takes great thought for every person i intended to invite.

It takes little thought for that very person to leave it empty.

15 mins before the grand walk-in...i found out that i have 4 tables empty.

In order to make up for losses and make the ballroom look more presentable,

we tried to squeeze the guest to all the half filled tables.

At that moment, i felt like going home.

We walked to a corner to pray for the ang baos to be enough to pay off for the dinner. And for us to still find some way to feel happy about the rest of the night.

By the time we reached the yum seng, i was sooo tired that i wanted to cancel the visit to each table.

We had no more energy to think.

Then some relative chose to be angry that we did not personally call him up on stage.

Excuse me! If you knew all the things we went through just to make it to the grand walk-in, you would not choose to throw a tantrum.

The night ended well despite all the mess at the beginning.

We managed to cover just enough for the tables. The total count of empty table is 7.

A miracle i would say. Thank God for everything.

But a big disappointment for the people from the 7 tables who spared no thought.

The disappointment was not the angbaos i did not receive but of each empty seat.

Reminding me of people whom i know now, were not really my friends.