Malaysian Chinese couples tie knot in '999' mass wedding

[Coventina]

Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR — Over five hundred Malaysian couples tied the knot at a Buddhist temple Wednesday, in a mass wedding held on the auspicious "999" date which signifies hopes for a long-lasting marriage.

Mass weddings were also held simultaneously at several others places in Malaysia, which has a large Chinese community alongside majority Muslim Malays and minority ethnic Indians.

"I chose this date '999' as it signifies everlasting love," construction supervisor Thomas Wong, 30, said as his new bride, 25-year-old accountant Ivy Tan, stood by his side.

"I hope to give my wife a memorable wedding, it's once in a lifetime we get these auspicious numbers," he told AFP at the Thean Hou temple in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

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I wish them all many years of happiness!

[truthisfreedom]

1. Once in a lifetime? Once in two lifetimes. You have to live another 100 years to see 09 as a year.

Pretty special. A friend of mine just posted a picture of a 909 drum machine (very famous, used in dance music) at exactly 09/09/09 at 09:09PM. The seconds were not available.

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. What? - no USAmerican air strike? - USA is slipping . . .

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People getting married without the Empire's permission . . .

[Deja Q]

3. Right up there with the moonies and cheap radio shows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wD3iqeqYVM