the wedding date is….
July 24, 2007
Edy and his parents came to my house last night to meet my parents. Both set of our parents came to an agreement that the formal ‘lamaran’ (ting jing? or ting fen? I don’t know la… 
) will be done next year, about a week before our wedding, due to ‘cultural reason’. Therefore, the event last night was the informal version of the ‘lamaran’. Basically, it’s all about Edy’s parents verbally asked my parents’ permission if I can be their daughter-in-law followed by a discussion about the wedding date.
I told everybody that I’d like to have a Fall wedding, preferably around October-early December (Winter is too cold, Spring is too wet, and Summer is too hot 
). There is no way we can get married in 2007 so it should be in 2008. By the way, we also told our parents about the Buckeyes football schedule. It’s important! There’s no way we’ll have the wedding when there is a game in-town. After a thorough analysis (who knows there are so many factors to consider just to pick a date!), we all agree that the wedding ceremony and reception will be held here in Columbus on the 18th of October next year and another celebration of our wedding will follow on the 6th of December (1.5 months later) in Surabaya. By the way, the Buckeyes will play Trojan on the 18th at East Lansing, Michigan.