I
went to a friend’s wedding on Saturday.  She is the last of my
high school friends to get married … well, actually, I am the
last.  We’ve been friends for almost 20 years.  Back then she
swore that she would never get married because she wanted to focus on a
career.   Maybe that’s what it takes.  Maybe I should
swear I’ll never get married too! 

Anyway, the wedding
was lovely but loooooonnnnnngggg!  The ceremony lasted about 15
minutes, but the reception was a Chinese banquet and lasted about six
hours.  The first course was a whole roasted suckling pig. 
This was my
fifth Chinese wedding but my first time seeing pig served instead of
duck.  What surprised me was that only the skin from the back was
eaten.  The whole baby pig was sacrificed just for its skin. 
After the pieces of skin were finished, the waiters took the pig away.    It
isn’t that I was looking forward to eating the whole pig, but it all
seemed so wasteful, especially considering that there were 50 tables
and a pig for each table.  Poor pigs…