Punjabi Wedding Part X - Ipoh Temple

22nd January 2006, Sunday

J waked up first, get ready, followed by me and then BB.

We went down for breakfast around 8am as we has to be at the temple at 10am. We had a quick breakfast. Then the bride's brother and sister family came down for breakfast, naughty small boy is being naughty, cry for not giving him the knife to play etc.........3 of us make a move first as we need to dress up in punjabi suite.

After we've changed, we waited for the rest to come down while calling for cab. We a little problem with the taxi drivers because they do not know the Sikh temple at Menglembu, as the address is written in English. One of the cab driver seems to know so he took the lead. He stop at a Hindu Temple, wrong wrong wrong, our driver take the lead this time.

Finally we reached the temple. It is in the middle of some Factory. It is a little hut, the kampong type with high legs (pillar). We got to take out our shoes and go up to the temple by the little staircase. Luckily the prayer just started. We pay our respect to the holy book and sit down, as usual ladies on the left and guys on the right.

After the prayer is done, the bride niece do some prayer singing............. Wahe guru ji, Wahe guru ji................ when everyting is done, we were given a sweet thing to eat. Then we proceed under the hut for lunch. J couldn't find her shoes, someone wore her shoes, after a search, her shoes is far away, wonder who wore her slipper...........

We proceed to the buffet spread under the hut, I had some Puri and vege. We are given ice plain water. After our lunch, we decided to take a small walk around, its like a kampong area. We came to the house of the groom's uncle jus behind the temple. He invited us in. He is a nice man, very old, with a caring heart. He bought 2 Tiger biscuit and some sweets for us during the journey to Ipoh. Its not a big house but its very cooling and comfy. His wife is lying on a old punjabi bed that is made of strings which will not caused backached. She is blinded and hardly move, making a bit of noise occassionally. She must be wanting to congratulate the bride and wanting to join in the celebration...........

J wanted to go toliet badly, the groom's sister showed her to the toliet in their uncle's house........, its dark......... no toliet bowl........... do it on the floor then flush away with the water ............. J gave a 2nd tot and she said she will bear with it, hehehehe

Someone called out to us and we are making a move to the groom's house for another ceremony. Bid goodbye to the nice uncle and proceed to the house.