Buffalo Tale - Wedding in Kota Kinabalu

I attended my bro-in-law's wedding in KK on 28 July 2006.Dhillon married to Nurafif in Shah Alam a month before that.The wedding in KK was held at Tun Fuad's Hall. It was held for Dhillon's family members.

Although Nurafif is a Muslim, we had to show them what a real Kadazan wedding experience. So, all the sumazau, joget, boozing & what not came out.Nurafif's family had fun and enjoyed the experience of the Kadazan wedding.For the record, non of the Muslims took alcohol for the wedding. Only experienced drinkers took it.

In case I forgot, Dhillon's new name is Danial Shah Tahing Abdullah.At least he did not have to kill a buffalo for his wedding.You see, a bridegroom needs to kill or slaughter a buffalo or more (depends on the status of the bride) to wed a Kadazan girl. Furthermore, no 'SOGIT' was imposed. 'SOGIT' is a sort of penalty in a form of a chicken or money to 'wash away' any bad omens for marrying each other. The Kadazan has the belief that we all came from one grandparent and family members can't marry each other unless a 'SOGIT' is settled. Maybe it is incestous in their culture if no 'SOGIT' is imposed. I did and I know how it feels.

We had dinner with Nurafif's family at Tanjung Aru BB Cafe a night before the wedding ceremony. The Fish head curry is great and it is highly recommended.



My mitsui was dressed up as the 'Wedding Car'.I became the designated driver and had to be sober through out the week.



My mom came too and she spend 4 days in KK.As usual she brought some pearls,gems,sarong and cheap vegetable at Wong Kok's Suppliers Market.That is s Tina with my mom, Dhilon's younger sister. Get your buffalos ready guys if you dare to think of courting her. LOL.

After the wedding, the family had a Post Mortem session. This session has nothing to do with cadavers or dead bodies. It is just pure excuse to get drunk again. We had a few bottles of MArtell cos thats the exclusive drink in KK now. No one wants Red Label, Black Label or Label 5. We had tuna fish, salmon, clams, chciken herbal soup and tenggiri fish as our side dish (locals call them 'PUSAS') So, for those who is interested to marry someone from Sabah, get yourself ready for chokeful of CnH2n+1OH (that's alcohol in English). By the way, you need to pay for the drinks too.Of course, I am the sole dealer in Labuan where you can get RM100 for a bottle of Martell.