Today Cala and I went to our former Chinese teacher's wedding reception here in Taipei. Cala and I had her for our first year Chinese class at the University of Iowa and at the time (I don't know about now) she was the only Chinese teacher from Taiwan. It was exciting to go to her wedding reception, to actually witness a real, Taiwanese wedding, and to share a happy day with her.
Although we didn't get a chance to actually talk to her for long, we did see her, her husband, and parents as they greeted each table. Cala and I also recorded our wishes to the new couple. We were nervous at first since we didn't know what to say and it was in front of everyone at the table but we prepared a nice, funny speech just like when we had to do daily conversations for Chinese class. The food was great, the decor was beautiful, and she changed her dress three times, each dress being extremely pretty. The wedding reception was a nice, fancy area and the room was great with lots of slideshow pictures (some from Iowa) and music.
Cala doesn't eat pork so I was sort of eating for two since the food was good and she didn't want to eat her portions. I was so stuffed after the wedding reception (it lasted for 3 hours) that I took a nap lol Then after that Cala, her two friends, and I ate pizza and watched "Eat, Pray, Love" at home. I wasn't fond of it but it wasn't a terrible movie. Then I went to my coworker's place and played mahjong with my other coworkers.
I didn't think today was going to be so busy but it turned out to be an eventful day! Above are the pictures from the wedding reception: me and Cala, the flowers, first entre consisting of seafood, and my teacher and her husband.
-Chihchat
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