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Yesterday, some of us attended Faliq's sister's wedding. Congratulations to his family and to her of course. Thanks for the food and the invitation, but it would have been better if you actually knew we existed. Nevertheless, may this be the start of the happiest chapter of your life. If only I knew your name, it would have sounded more sincere but I really meant it la.

Anyway, it got me thinking. Actually no as it has been running in my mind for a while now. We may laugh about the prospect of marriages now but it will really hit us when one of us naik pelamin. So before it dawns upon us when we're very old and very single, there are two big obstacles that needs to be realized before there can be a remote possibility of marriage;
Money and Satay.

Money. A lot of us will soon be graduating and entering the workforce so while the income that we'll be earning then sounds enticing, I'm quite sure there needs to be some serious financial planning. Jokes aside, we all need our Excel Spreadsheet. Right now mine's just a blank piece of paper and I will need to follow Jon's footsteps asap. Where do you even begin. From the duit hantaran to the catering to the wedding decor to the booking of void deck in case some matreps want to play 2v2 soccer with slippers, there is a LOT of money involved. A Savings account will be a start but our daily expenses are enough to wipe them off faster than you can say biduk lalu kiambang bertaut.

It's safe to say an average of $20k is needed just for the wedding itself, and for all that scrimping and saving you will see it(or not) vanish in one day albeit the most important day of your life. When the honeymoon's over, that's when the real deal kicks in.Buy a house? Furniture? Decor? Household expenses? Car? Siapa menang? The money involved really makes me wonder how married couples do it and it has given me a new found respect for our parents who have been doing it successfully for over 22 years now.

Now, satay. Ahhhhhhhh the age old question, how to get a satay? The most popular topic in our conversations by far.We are suffering from major bouts of masuk angin keluar asap and we're not getting any younger but ya. Time to hit the panic button? Not yet. But few years down the road, then maybe. I'm starting to think that this TOWNS thing is a self-fulfilling prophecy after all. We talk about it so much that subconsciously it is ingrained in our heads that we can never get a satay. Sedih ke pe gang.

Between the two, I cannot put a finger on which is harder to achieve. All I know is that in the long run, one can definitely not work without the other. It's something to ponder. Till the next wedding then.