It was the 9th day of September, and in Chinese, it means Nine-Nine, which denotes eternity. Aspiring couples will want to choose an auspicious day to tie the knots.
On this day, 45 couples who tied the knot in a mass registration held at the Penang Chinese Town Hall. 22 couples were married at the Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society. In Ipoh, 19 couples were married at a mass wedding ceremony at the Ipoh Chin Woo Association yesterday.
Call it superstition; call it believe; name it whatever; it is all about hope, and the hope for the better, and the betterment of things to come.
Without hope, life becomes hopeless. Everyone must have hope inorder to breath the purpose of life. Hope is about wants; something we don't have yet but wanted it. People get married because they think they know what they want; and marriage is the first step of that long journey in the life full of wishes; hopefully, not wishful thinking.
The day of the marriage is also the beginning of many new things to be added to life, and each and every couple had high hopes that better things will be coming. But many forget that it is also the day that they had made a decision to take more responsibility and that their lifestyle, behavior, habits, and expenditure will change. The commitments will increase; there will be tremendous change in almost everything. It would not be just about sweetness and fantasy. The first change is that you will no more be single. Daily life will include the sharings, differing decisions and various opinions of the couple (husband and wife) and the possible added opinions and demands of their two sets of parents which must also to be taken into consideration, failure which, will be the beginning of the clash of civilization within the miniature dynasty. And soon, more will be added with the coming of the children. That will bring added joy and satisfaction to the couple; but at the same time, it will signify added commitment, more expenditure and the problem of time management. Poor time management and distribution of responsibilities will result in conflicts and despair.
At such, while new couples look forward to something to fantasize, they will also have to rechart their lifestyle and habits. They will have to built a new culture and most of all, learn the science of budgeting and time-sharing.
Best of luck to all, and enjoy your wedding bliss.
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