X'Cuse Me, How Pricey Are You?

2008 being the wedding year for most of my frens, so no matter how i wanna avoid the topic, it always come back to that... whos the caterer, which bridal, card designs, the deco n dais.. etc.... n as i listen to these stories, wat intrigued me the most is the 'hantaran' money...

i mean how do we actualy determine the hantaran money wif the gal? n are all gals have same kind of value or diff... n if it is diff, how do we gauge them? most will say 'follow the market price'.. which according to them is around 7k - 10k... i didnt noe that we gals are being similarised wif fishes in the market... or sacks of rice... n if we are being similarised, will the value drop eventually? bcos wat i see is it keep on rising n i dun realy see a dip at all... if thats the case i pity those getting married in the nxt 10 yrs where hantaran money will be much much more than COE of a car...

the qs is, wat if the hantaran money is not within the market price? if its less, does that mean the gal is a cheapo kind of gal? or the guy jus cant live up to standard? if its more, does that mean that its too much to value a gal? usually, ppl will give around the market range that they have estimated... although some will give something like 7777... or 8118.. which to the couple may hv deep meaning... and which still is the market level, according to them...

for now, most of the hantaran money i heard is around the market level.... theres some rare occasion where its far above the level... mind you, its not 1k-2k above the market level...its sumtimes twice the market rate... ppl will then say well, theres some wif 30k, 50k bla bla bla... but those are celebrities, or some magnate or billionaires... ppl wif money to throw at parties... but the ones that i noe is jus for normal average gals... so wats so ex abt them? do the gals hv special powers? can they fly around anywhere in the world? or they can make every bill disappear? and make money roll out of your wallet endlessly? i mean, i noe its not my bloody business, but i jus feel 'not right'.. money makes the world go round, yes, but not over humans...

on a lighter note, theres this phrase that ive heard often : 'takkan nk jual anak, mak cik oi...'
n yea, if u r ever caught in that situation, make sure she is a virgin in every little part of her.. ;)