There was karaoke and all, mostly dedicated to the 'anniversary couple':)

My Aunties, Cheryl and Coreen.. well, their actually 18 and 21 respectively... yes, and their my aunty, they've got a younger sister, aged 8.. ALSO my Aunty. Obviously. Well they sang "My Heart Will Go On" on the karaoke system..honestly! Not bad! Very power!

My mum performed the chinese opera with my Aunty from malacca(her sister)..and everyone kept saying, "Wah! Yan(mum's name), lei ge seng hou Kiu ar!" (wah! Yan! Your voice is very ..i don't know what's the word in english... but something like ..OH yea. MANJA.) Aahahaha.

After that my Aunty Judy (oldest in the family) gave a speech about how the whole family came about... it's very nice, she made it into a story. When it came to me, she said, "..and Jolene, the first one to go to University, and our first Doctor!".. and EVERYONE after that kept asking me which University am I in, how many more years do I have till I become a doctor... ARGH. It's so embarassing as I haven't even made up my mind yet!! And then she talked about how our grandparents raised them up... about how at the age of 40 or so, my granddad was stricken with TB and a part of his spinal cord started to rot(which is why he has a hunchedback, those of you who have seen him but has been too polite to ask), and he lost his ability to hold a proper job..and the breadwinner role went onto my grandmother... how he lost his self esteem.. but how he still stayed at home and cared for the family(heck, he cooks dinner for us almost every week, and spend hours in his garden, still drives us to tuitions, and can still complain about the Malaysian Government)... and then my Aunty went on about how grateful was she for her upbringing and all.

Apparently MY grandfather was dabbing at his eyes.. and there were quite a bit of wet eyes around the room.. But none of us on stage(the entire family) was quite sad coz we've heard this speech countless of times and were too busy worrying about my mother who was still up in the hotel room, pooping/removing her costume/peeing/make-uping, when she was supposed to be with us on stage .. and play the clavinova. Then after the speech, dad played the intro of "You raise me up" on the guitar and the whole family sang "You Raise Me Up" .. the men, they never bothered to practice constantly, ..lol..so they just went along humming.

Right after the last course, it was time for dancing!! Woohoo! Was dragged out by Cousin Derek at first..ahaha.. and then he proceeded to go dancing with younger blood, my other cousin Shevie..(Derek's a mum's side cousin, Shevie's a dad's side cousin.. so.. Hehehe.. we've(Mervyn and I) been meaning for them to meet up for YEARS(like since they were born?)!! Aunty judy and I danced the cha cha.. it was so much fun.. as I've taken classes earlier this year..:)

My grandmother called everyone the following day to thanked them all..and she reported back to us that 9 out of 10 people said it was very well organized, that they've never been to such a party before... and that it was very nice how the kids celebrated their parents anniversary for them. But the bloody 1 person out of the 10 said, "it's o-k la.. but NOT very well organized.." oh he can just go to hell. He wasn't doing all the work. SO SORRY We cannot have it at YOUR usual hunt, J Fucking W Marriot.

Anyway, will blog about Redang trip, later in the day. Now waiting for Amanda to come to my house.. going to Pyramid to get a few stuff.