Uh huh, Min is getting married in the same month as me, but the difference is that she has more than half a year to make preparation for it. She had actually announced her wedding to us at the beginning of the year, and never did i expect that i'd get married before her even though the decision was made after. Sometimes it's just funny how life works.
The solemnization process in Malaysia is very different from that in SG. Unlike in SG, where the bride and groom are to look at each other and repeat the vows after the Justice of Peace, the bride and groom are to hold up their right hands and read the vows from a piece of paper, facing the solemnizer. It felt kinda "functional" this way.
The part i found strange (and difficult) is that the couple have to read the vows together at the same time, instead of taking turn to say their vows to each other. The content of the vows are also very different. In SG, it was more of the promise of love for each other, while in Malaysia it's filled with more legal terms.
For Min's case, it actually doesn't matter, as she will be having the full suite of wedding ceremony and dinner; the solemnisation is just for signing of the paper to fulfill the law of the country.
However, for my case, the solemnization is the wedding itself. 贝 and i had actually contemplated in having our solemnization ceremony in Malaysia, and now i think we had made the right decision in choosing SG instead.
Anyway, whatever it is, all these are just modalities of marriage. A piece of paper does not guarantee anything. The important thing is still the love that binds two hearts together.
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