My once best friend W got married today.
I say 'once' because we're not that close anymore since he moved to live and work in Shanghai 6 years ago. You know how it goes, your lives take different tangents. But back then, we were buddies, almost inseparable during the period we were in between girlfriends.
He couldn't hold down a lasting relationship. I wanted nothing to do with girls for awhile.
And so we would hang out, get pissed drunk, write songs to play in our own little band that we formed with 2 other guys, go for rock concerts and mug together for the exams till the wee hours. I would also bunk over at his place quite alot and Auntie, his mum, would buy us breakfast in the morning. Being the kewl
Mudder that she was, the 3 of us would then smoke in the kitchen while we finished up our coffee =))
Auntie looked resplendent in her sequinned evening gown tonight and was beaming from ear to ear like a coutured Cheshire cat. Although when K and me walked through the big doors of the posh restaurant and caught her eye, we could see the wide grin dissappear momentarily. It was quick to return when she shook our hands vigorously and asked us how we were, long time no see. I don't think she was unhappy to see us. W probably told her about the separation.
But who talks about sad things like that during a wedding? Tsk! We were here to eat and make merry, for tonight, her youngest darling boy was finally tying the knot.
Tying himself into a knot, if you ask K and me =)) Oh the cynicism! =P
As the band conjured up old Shanghai cabaret oldie after old Shanghai cabaret oldie, there was, what seemed to be, an orchestrated clinking of porcelain spoons and bowls amidst the tipsy guttural laughter of old uncles having had a pint too many. But the irritating
Yam Sengs were slowly giving way to the clickity-clack of modern DSLRs as W, the love of-his-life and their parents glided from table to table, saying thanks and posing for photographs.
When they came to ours, Auntie had that wide grin plastered right back on that heavily made-up face of hers. Before proceeding to the next table, she turned around to W and me and proudly remarked in Mandarin..
"And to think I was afraid the both of you were gay"
Auntie, you gotta be kidding! =))