Marrying in SH
Posted by John on April 27th, 2006
The current lunar year is a very special one, read this post by Sabrina to learn why. So a lot of couples are getting married this year. Brad identifies 3 stages in chinese weddings:
- The certification
- The photos
- The dinner
Which reminded me of our own wedding. Neither of us is a chinese citizen, so we couldn’t do any certification here. So first we took some photos (at Jennifer Studio), and then we had an unofficial ceremony and dinner on 15th Nov 2003. We then went to Taiwan for the actual certification, so on paper our wedding day is 29th (I think) Dec 2003. I then had to transfer the certification to the italian government, which took us about 2 years for various reasons (which I won’t bore you with).
Pretty complicated process. All worthwhile for me, in order to marry the woman of my dreams!
April 27th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Bore me please, I’m curious! 2 years are too much.
April 27th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Honestly… Generally, I really love Italy and anything Italian, but when it comes to efficiency, I hate the Italians with passion. When we lived in Milano, whenever I got my permit, it was already expired. So, I never ever had a valid document because every single time I got it, I had to renew it.
Whenever I thought about efficiency, I wanted to marry a German. Thank God I still married an Italian.
Is there a word such as efficiency in Italian? Or is that a non-concept in the Italian language and culture? Just kidding. ^_^
April 27th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
hi Mrs.Tai
April 27th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
It’s sad that some of the Italian people or, in this case, institutions may give this feeling. I know some day it will be better.