5,888 is good...

5 = five = fai = fast

888 = fatt fatt fatt = prosperous/prosperity...

5,888 = fast prosperity

(subject to interpretation) LOL

I agree with u.

If anyone had asked the malays, they r also spending a lot of $$$ 4wedding too - in wang hantaran.

Some malay frens took personal loan to get married (which is very unfortunate). In my opinion, it is better to reach mutual understanding. Why make the husband becomes in debt with the bank? The bank is laughing while 2 persons are suffering.

(mas kahwin is different - it's compulsory in Islam - depends on state; Selangor is RM80 if i'm not mistaken).

The wang hantaran depends on the "status" of the woman (degree holder, docs etc etc)

While i believe that to marry off a daughter is not "to sell" her, but i think RM6000 is a reasonable sum to ask. Else, TS can ask the husband to give more banquet tables and TS's parents can keep the angpow.

(10 tables x RM700/table = RM7000 min.)

u toking abt ur mom's era? OK....

No offense & with all due respect to u & ur parents & family... the following remarks not intended to offend u. Just a general comment:

good things dun come cheap & free things hardly appreciated. That's the world we live in now.

While i can understand that TS's bf/"hubby-2-b" might not b able 2afford the $$$, & marriage is not abt "selling daughter"... negotiating the "Ping Kam" by offerring 30% of asking price is like "buying daughter in law" in pasar malam. At least offering half of asking price & compensate by giving more banquet table is more reasonable.

Try to reach mutual agreement & hv win-win situation. No point making in-laws unhappy over small things. Money can be earned back, but in-laws are for life (although u dun stay together).