THE MALAY KENDURIS...Today I attended two Malay "kenduri"s... one in Titi Gantung and the other one in Sungai Galah. ( Perak does have lots of  towns with funny names, perhaps due to their own personal histories. Have to investigate these one day). Back to the story of the kenduri. The first one was a modern kenduri, whereby they catered the food, everything was ready and by the end of the time stated in the card, everything will be cleaned up as soon as possible. The second one was a kampung kenduri. They cooked, prepared everything together. Some did look pale and tired during the kenduri, may be because of all the hard work before. At the end they had to wash so called periuk belanga, should be tiring. Over and above both couples got married, we received goodies, with different contents and packaging, thought does count :)... Personal view : Why do people who did all these kenduris have to spend so much, and the end the product is still the same. Better save for the next life, the reality after the kenduri.. it is not that easy the real LIFE I mean...