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Rhonald:
I finally decided to book my tickets as I saw the price starting to rise from on line sites. I went to the travel agency in Calgary's Chinatown and paid $840 Cdn (travel agency phoned me next day and forgot about a 61 dollar tax - so just over 900 Cdn now) for round trip via San Fran to Hong Kong. I will be going Oct. 14th and returning Oct 27th.

On October 20th I will have a wedding ceremony with my wife in Shenzhen. I have been instructed that the night of October 19th I will have to vacate the apartment and be a bachelor that night before collecting her on the morning of the 20th. There will be tradtional Chinese wedding tests I will have to pass before she will leave her apartment with me. I am told that a pair of red shoes will be hidden somewhere for me to find inorder to place upon her feet to signify her new life.

As a good boy scout - I already have a plan :fi_lone_ranger: I will purchase a pair of red shoes and take them with me so I can claim to pass this test. Hey, if Captain Kirk can cheat constructively (Kobayashi Maru test ) - why can't I.

There will be a few other test preparred for me so I hope I can circumnavigate them inorder to gain my prize. I will try to update some pictures while over there

Martin:
Great Rhonald!  have a fantastic trip!!!!  I am very happy and excited for you.  I look forward to the trip logs.

Willy The Londoner:
Rhonald,

So where in China is this happy nuptial taking place?  Maybe we can all help out in the search for the red shoe.


I saw a couple coming out of a wedding shop the other day all dressed up in their finery.  Her in flowing dress and him in white suit at 8am in the morning.  I was told that  they were off to get their wedding photos taken two weeks before their marriage so they look good in the official photos!  The've probably been to the same stag nights as me where, following a good night,  the groom looked like S--t on the wedding day!!

Willy

Danny:
Rhonald

What a wonderful story. You are such a lucky man.

In Zhuhai we were visiting the Fisher Girl and there must have been fifty couples getting their wedding photos done. They all looked so happy.

I love the Chinese marriage and family traditions, and it sounds like you do too. By joining in with them, you become part of something so much larger. Your life becomes that much more meaningful.

I think it is sad that so many people in the west just live together rather than getting married. I think that marriage is superior to co-habitation in so many ways.

Well done and best wishes.

Danny

Bob:
Thats fantastic news Rhonald, my CONGRATS! :icon_biggrin:

Oh, one last thing, I do not know if you know this, but according to tradition, before you put the red shoes on her feet, you must first kiss them:icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin: LOL,,    Actually that is true, no BS. You must kiss one foot first, then put the red shoe on that foot,,then kiss the other foot, and then put the red shoe on that foot. You may want to ask her if there is a foot that you must kiss first? Right? Left? LOL. Well, I do not think you will mind kissing her feet or ,,,,,,,,,,, beep,,,,,,,,, ,  oh come on people !, I meant LIPS (top) ,:dodgy::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:,LOL,Naughty, some of you are starting to worry me, LOL.

Have a great time in China, all the best to you and your future bride.

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