It’s quite funny how occidental Wikipedia is.
On Wikipedia, Gate-Crashing is defined as:
“Gate crashing, gatecrashing, or party crashing is the act of attending an invitation-only event when not invited.The person doing the gate crashing is known as a gate crasher.”
Lest you are unaware, or fortunate enough not to have been involved in a Singapore/Chinese/Malaysia version of a gatecrash, this version of the Oriental gatecrash typically involves bridesmaid and brides, putting groomsmen and grooms through a series of challenges and pranks on the morning of the wedding itself.
It is done for the groom to show ostensible love for the bride; so much so that he is willing to go through obstacles for her.
Some Viral Ones in Singapore
In the past few years, we’ve had quite a few memorable ones surfacing in Singapore to well-received fanfare.
Both for their ingenuity and hilarity.
Most recently, there’s a gatecrash in which the groom and groomsmen resembled election candidates from PAP.
No lah, not this lightning.
Just replace the exclamation mark with a lightning of the same colour.
It was so well-received that even Minister K. Shanmugam posted the following post:
Another Viral Case with Not So Good Ending
But there is also another same same but different case.
According to this South China Morning Post (SCMP) article, a “bridegroom in southern China who was struck by a car as he fled wedding pranks plans to sue the friends who tormented him as part of the traditional and notorious male rite.”
In itself, that already sounds like a horrible day for such an auspicious event.
But hang on, do me a favour and look at this picture below:
No,this isn’t a scene from Apocalypto or Apocalypse Now.
And if you are still wondering, yes, that’s the groom.
Eggs, Beer, Ink, Plastic Tape, Electric Power Pole, Bamboo, Car
Depending on how you actually respond to a hypothetical Rorschach inkblot test, the above words could mean a multitude of things to you.
For some, it could mean commonplace daily items, for an artist perhaps some tools, for those who love E. L. James they could mean 50 other things.
For this groom, named Ai, these were exactly the staff of nightmares on his wedding day.
You see, what happened was that his groomsmen “had thrown eggs at him, poured beer and ink on him, tied him up with plastic tape to an electric power pole and thrashed him with bamboo, all in the name of creating a carnival atmosphere for his big day” according to the SCMP article.
Now if you are wondering how “car” figures during the “carnival atmosphere,” read on.
“I was so tortured on my wedding day that I got angry. They chased me, and I could barely see anything because there was ink all over,” Ai was quoted as saying to SCMP.
“Somehow, I ran to the motorway – even after that one of them was still chasing me.”
Here comes the clincher:
The carnival ended when he was actually smashed into, by a car, no less.
Multiplier Effect
With all that said and done, multiple monetary butterfly effect arose:
- His guilty friends contributed 6,000 yuan (1, 192 SGD) to cover his medical expenses.
- As Ai was deemed responsible for the car accident, the car owner’s insurance company demanded nearly 30,000 yuan in damages.
As a result. Ai told SCMP: “Now the insurance company is suing me, so I’ll have to sue my friends.”
So what’s the point of the story here folks, really?
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Okay, point taken.
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