Fi’s wedding in Johore Bahru 20 Nov 2005


On the day before the wedding, Saturday that is, Roseo, Z and I are supposed to gather at Yio Chu Kang MRT Station at 3.00 pm. We are supposed to meet Chewy and Andrew there. Andrew has very kindly offered to give us a lift to JB. All 4 girls are spending a night at Mutiara Hotel in JB today. Our mission: to prepare for our SISTERS role for Fi’s big day tomorrow. Yap and QH would make their own way and meet us directly at the hotel later tonight.








Our ride to JB. Andrew has graciously volunteered to chauffer us to JB









If not because of Chewy, that wouldn't have been possible :)

We experienced a bit of a jam at Singapore side of the Causeway. Beyond that, everything went smoothly.

We checked in upon arrival in JB. Good rate we had there. It costs RM186 (all in) per night. The room was meant for 2 of course. But since they have 2 super single beds in the room, fitting 4 into the room was not a problem. We then checked out the bride-to-be. Gosh, she had a bad eye infection!!! We were quite worried for her. Have plenty of rest we told her.

What followed next was supposed to be seafood dinner and a quick shopping at Holiday Plaza before Andrew would head back to Singapore. Somehow, the quick dinner mutated to be a suggestion of having a nice kelong dinner at the coast of JB. Something we had heard off many times but never had a chance to try. Z went once but was not able to recall the route. Even the hotel manager said there is no such place in JB. He even laughed when Z said she remembered it’s near Giant Supermarket. He said Giant is in middle of the city. No coast near that vicinity.

Unconvinced, we call the groom, KH. Very hard to describe on the phone he said. We decided to then drive to his house for a clearer direction. KH’s cousin was there. And boy, she was good. She remembered every traffic light and every turn. Giving description like, you will see a T-junction, turn left, then first traffic light, turn right, then you’d see Don Sushi on the left and then… … She made a quick sketch of the route and we are set to go. Andrew and Chewy stayed in the car.

In the midst of all this, we (Z, Roseo and I) suddenly have this guilty feeling that Andrew may not be too keen on driving so far! After all, he mentioned about a quick dinner. This was definitely not going to be that quick. Knowing Chewy and Andrew, they are probably too nice to decline. Then we started saying, You ask them if they are okay… No, you ask lah… You… … It’s decided that Z will ask since she was the most insistent about going to Kelong. She wanted something not so ‘market-like’. Taman Tebrau – the Singaporean’s normal hangout for seafood falls into the category of ‘market-like’.

And so we sheepishly asked in the car if it was convenient for Andrew to travel so far for dinner. Chewy said as long as it’s not very far its okay… Unanimously we started our journey to the Kelong based on KH’s cousin’s map. It turned out to be dead accurate. Soon, we were transported to the other side of JB we have never seen before. We even drove past what looked like the Sultan’s istana. Quite scenic I must say. We also saw the typical Malay traditional houses with verandah and elevated on timber stilts. And we passed Giant!!! We were tempted to take photographic evidence to show the smart aleck Hotel Manager.

In the end the kelong wasn’t too far. With the reliable map, we managed to find the place. There is apparently a whole row of restaurants. To save time, we decided to go for the first one. We can try the rest next time somebody remarked.

And there we were. Permas Seafood Restaurant. Quite a huge place I must say. Can fit 200 diners easily. Alfresco seatings with very open wall-free setting. We were the only diner there. Maybe we were very early.









Very adventurous, we decided to drive to the kelong area for dinner that night. We suspect Andrew was thinking more a simple dinner and not somewhere so far away

We started with a little tour of what seafood does the restaurant has to offer. The variety was quite comprehensive. One thing they don’t have was crayfish – a commonsight in Taman Tebrau. Other than that, you name it, they have it. They also have mother-of-all lobsters and what look like garoupa to us.

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Without wasting any time, we ordered our food. The ratio of staff to diner was probably 2:1. We were still the only diner. Maybe they expect a large crowd later. The restaurant faces a fishing pond and beyond that would be the sea. It was quite a cloudy evening, so the view was not great. However, as the sky darkens, the restaurant transformed to quite a beautiful sight.

Chewy remarked that she is allergic to what I call the ‘gum’ of the crab. You know the wriggly thing found inside the claws of the crab? She said it makes her throat feel funny…. Has anyone ever heard of such allergy??

We concluded that the dinner was just so… so… Maybe the other restaurants further down is better. Next time. Next time.

After dinner we headed to Holida Plaza. Andrew made his exit here. Thanks so much Andrew for being our driver for the whole afternoon till night.

A suggestion was made. What about we make the groom and his brothers go through waxing treatment tomorrow? The suggestion was very well received and soon a whole box of waxing strip was purchased.

We walked back to the hotel spent our time playing pictionary. Once in a while we scribbled down the items we could make the groom tomorrow. We didn’t really get on to serious work until Yap came into our room. That was already 12.30 midnight.

Reluctantly we kept our dictionary and got on to serious work.

After our dinner, it's time to get down to work. its why we are in JB tonight. To prepare for our SISTER's duty tmrow morning

By now, Roseo and Yap had personally tried the wax. Verdict: it was of not bad quality…

We drew and we sketched… and we are finally done.

There are 6 tasks that KH and brothers have to go through tomorrow. Each labeled with very fanciful titles.

3 Stooges – the gang has to come up with 3 strands of hair. From eyebrow, chest and armpit

Picture me – this is an obstacle course thought off by Fi’s real sisters. They took pictures of the hands of all the sisters and including Fi’s mother. KH is supposed to identify Fi’s hand correctly

Token of Love – KH to present a gift to Fi. Cannot be money or flower. A presentation is to be given on his choice of gift.

More than words – charade where KH has to enact and his brothers are to guess the phrase. The phrase? “Multiple Orgasm!”

Drop of Happiness – KH is to give a drop of tear to show his overwhelming happiness

Thots of a Gentleman – a poem starting with letters K A N G F O N G I N G

A scroll was also prepared if KH manage to clear all the obstacles.

We slept at 1.30am that night. And we were up again by 6.00am. We headed to Fi’s room. Room 1133, the room where KH is supposed to fetch the bride from. Fi looked so beautiful... No trace of eye infection at all. Very good make up artist she had!

Despite sleeping at 1.30am the night before and up at 6.00am, I must say the sisters look very fresh and ready!

We waited for the moment to arrive. All the “obstacles” are placed in sealed envelopes complete with irresistible teasers. Each of us are in charge of each envelope.

We also came prepared with necessary props.

Of course, any task not done within the stipulated time would be followed by forfeit of wax treatment.

And finally, the moment of truth. After what seems like forever, the entourage finally arrived.

3 Stooges passed in a breeze with KH contributing the eyebrow hair.

Picture me was badly done. Apparently KH even chose Fi’s mother’s hand!

And hence, an eager JIE MEI conducted the first session of waxing. Check out our Harvest!!

KH’s favourite underwear was presented as a token of his love to Fi.

“More than words” was also completed after a rather long wait. KH wasn’t too convincing with his acts lah! Until finally, someone said…………. orgasm? Intense orgasm? One two three orgasm? And at long last, MULTIPLE ORGASM!!

“Drop of Happiness” has been disgustingly interpreted as a drop of any fluid. It was KH’s spit!!!

I must say KH faired terribly disappointing when it was time for “Thots of a Gentleman”. Imagine he was giving crap like:

Killing me softly
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Never

Give up.

DUH!!! Can’t he do better than that?

As organizers we made sure that this wasn’t an impossible task. Check out our model answer which the JIE MEIs came out in less than a minute.

Far away I search
Over the mountains and in the sea
Never have I seen
Gorgeous girl like you…

Much better isn’t it? To think that KH compose his own songs! Tsk tsk tsk…

So KH completed all the tasks. Well done!!! We presented him with the graduation scroll and the key to Fi’s room. But we missed out the MOST MOST important item.

We forgot to ask for angpao!!!!!!!!!!

KH had to offer it to us at the end of the whole thing. “You want the ang pao?”
“Ok lor” we said…. !##^!*&*@

Tea ceremony for both sides of the family proceeded after that.

We were really worn out and were dying for a nap. All plans of chilling out in the pool were conveniently dismissed.

We woke up just in time for the dinner.
And the rest is history…

KH and Fi, we wish you marital bliss and everlasting love…! And of course, ZHAO SHEN KUI TZI !!!

... the one who has just written my record longest blog so far