19 Dec 2015: Chinese pre-wedding customs for marriage proposal (提亲)
371 days before our actual wedding day, 19 December 2015 is the beginning of everything. Our initial plan was to take flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on 18 December 2015. My plan was to overnight at my girlfriend’s home as I’ll be her bridesmaid the next day. His plan was to go my home with her aunt for marriage proposal and attend my friend’s wedding lunch the next day. Reality superseded our own plans unfortunately. We received an email from the airline stated that our flight has been cancelled. That weekend was important to us and we must go back. We then were forced to take the unconsidered alternative, bus to go back Kuala Lumpur on 18 December 2015. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur quite late and quickly get a few hours rest at home. On 19 December 2015, He fetched me to my girlfriend’s house in the early morning, then he left for his aunt’s house. I was a bridesmaid and attended my girlfriend’s wedding lunch. His task was to fetch his aunt and propose marriage at my h...