Customs & Beliefs

Finally, after coercing from my friends and me coercing N, we went to a "shifu" to get auspicious dates.

Firstly, bad news, its not good for N, born in the year of goat to get married in the year of the cow, which is after January 2009.

Me: What?! We have to get married sooner????
N: Hmm... shifu says not good for me
Me: Oh no, i thought we'd have enough time to get things ready?
N: Just book venue n choose gown, no need a lot of time right?
Me: Errr.....

So we asked "shifu" for dates from December 2008 - January 2009. As CNY comes early in 2009, we only had option of up till 11th January for the year of 2009. Shifu said weddings cannot be held within the fifteen days before Lunar New Year.

With these limited dates in hand, we sought out hotels which we have shortlisted.

The restrictions we may have to adhere to, just to follow beliefs, not sure if we should be obedient and listen to elder folks, but nevertheless we did, just to avoid causing any unhappiness.