Imagine you host a wedding at a decent hotel, rental so high, food price inflation hit like crazy, then got one guest come in looking sharp sharp, eat full full, and give ang bao inside full of… COINS.
Yes, you read correctly. Not $50 or $100 notes, but actual $1, 50-cent, and 20-cent coins. Sibei heavy! On top of that, got written note inside saying: “Wishing you happy marriage! Every cent counts!”
Bro, “every cent counts” is for NTUC FairPrice donation box, not people’s wedding ang bao can!
Usually, we all know the unspoken Singaporean rule right? You go wedding banquet, you at least check the market rate first. If the table cost $1,800 per table, you try to cover your own meal cost—maybe $150 to $200 per head depending on hotel, so the newlywed couple don’t lose until pants drop. If budget tight, simple solution: just send polite blessings and don’t go, or give $88 cash note nicely.
But this guest choose to show up, enjoy 8-course meal, drink free-flow beer, take photobooth pictures, and then dump a bag of loose change into the ang bao box. The best part is the maid of honour and best man had to count the ang bao cash late at night after the wedding. Imagine tired like dog already, still need to sit down and count coins until 2am: “50 cents, $1, $1.50… total $18.70.” Kua chee kangs like that, head also want to explode!
Is it a joke, or is it pure troll move? Some people online say maybe the guest really struggling financially but still wanted to show up and give blessings. But come on lah, if really low on cash, write a heartfelt card, or give PayNow secretly to avoid embarrassing yourself and the couple. Giving a pouch of heavy coins with a cheeky “every cent counts” note is just next level pattern.
Singapores newlyweds already stress enough with BTO delay, renovation cost, and banquet expenses. Receiving this kind of ang bao really makes you don’t know whether to cry or laugh.