sunflower,
oh my! u think way too far lah!
Can't imagine me becoming like my mum, bargaining over 10cents/50cents... worse, buying fish... i can almost picture myself gingerly picking up the dead fish with one hand, and pinching my nose with the other hand! Sigh, will be a pathetic sight indeed! hahaha!
But maybe if i have other "aunties" accompanying me, i wouldn't mind so much!
Speaking of my mum, last night she told me not to pick a hotel that's too ex, 'cos not everyone will give u a bigger angbao just because of your choice of hotel! She said relatives are the ones who prob give more 'cos scared to lose face, it's the not-so-close-friends who may not want to give big angbao, or the unmarried friends who genuinely have no idea your tables are so ex!
Now i'm having second thots abt panpac or other 5-star hotels, wat if really turn out like my mum said, people only give $100 for a family of 3 or 4, then i sure lugi like siao!
Yet then again, it's not fair to expect the poorer guests to fork out more cash, we're the ones who want the grand fairy-tale wedding wat!
Sigh, so either we choose good hotels and bear the costs, or take a less pricey venue.... i dunno, have to rethink again...