Shopping is therapeutic. Buying something for someone you care or someone you love, is a joyous way to feel better. PageOne at Vivocity is a great place to do that. The bookshop with slanted bookshelves has many hidden treasures. Thinking how happy the person receiving those treasures will be cheers me up. I just can not resist buying them. Even when there are no obvious reasons or occasions for doing so. My mood gets better. Buying things for myself helps too. But I prefer not to as I tend to be very generous with the things I get for myself. Perhaps that explains why I seldom buy new clothes or get anything for myself. And when I do so, there are usually at the range of hundreds of dollars. Luckily, the latest shopping therapy cost me less than fifteen dollars. =p
The delivery of dowry ( 送嫁妆 ) is another important custom. It represents parent's effort for her daughter to have a good life after marriage and prepare her with the necessities for being a good wife. I am amazed by some of the things included in the dowry. Of course, in our modern living, we will not be using some of those things... Nevertheless, I think it is all good to have them, as each item carries a good meaning for our blissful marriage. :-)
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