Time really flies... the 7th July date has come and gone once again... as always, can't believe it has been 2 years since we exchanged our vows :)
Took leave yesterday to kinda celebrate and also to rest a little. Dar has been really bz with his new shop opening but promised me to be back by early afternoon so that we cld go n pray my mum and then run some errands before our massage in the late pm. Managed to get a "free" massage for Dar coz the previous time I went there, the therapist who was a part-timer didn't do my wrap for me so I asked them to change it to a massage for him hee hee... q smart hor. I requested for a couple room; but it wasn't exactly a couple room but instead, a room that was seperated into 2 by partition & they had all these facial machines @ the partition there so... but the therapists were pretty good... mite use them again next time.
Wanted 2 go somewhere nice for dinner but decided not to spend so much money n also coz we are going to Shang for Dad's bday tmr (yep yep... I managed to book the flash ur age promotion! Can't wait!!!) so we ended up @ Ikoi coz Dar was hungry n we haven't gone there for a while. Luckily we went a little earlier coz the place filled up by around 730 and the orders were q slow. As usual, we "tackled" the salmon sashimi n the ebi tempuras. But the tempuras n the chawanmushi was a little off-standard yesterday and we thot they had changed chefs! haha! & we suspect the sashimi chef yesterday was also the boss! coz he was super duper frenly, had a lot of pp saying hi n bye to him n had his pic w celebrity plastered all over the wall! No wonder he was so professional, taking time to cut the sashimi n then decorating them on the plates! We had little yellow flowers on the sashimi :)
After that, it was Transformers!!! We actually wanted to catch it on the opening week but missed it n after that was too tired. It wasn't too bad lah... effects were real good... but I didnt watch part 1 so I was a bit lost... shall go ransack Dar's collection n see if he has the 1st one.
All in all, we enjoyed ourselves... n i m juz glad Dar took e time off 2 spend it w me despite all the prep he has to do for the shop n the gazillion n 1 thngs he has to do! *muakies*
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Photoshoot
I like my wedding pics!!! :))))) Am mighty mighty mighty happee w them hee hee... can't wait to take the album next wk! :)
We were late for our photoshoot that day coz we didn't pack all the stuff the previous nite heh... n we went to buy brekkies b4 goin to the studio. & guess who went to the studio w us??? :P
Yep Yep my Piggies! All 6 of them some more hahaha! I'm surprised Dar agreed to it and my Dad was even more surprised to see me bringing them along for the photoshoot haha! Only thing was that there too many of them... and they r v soft (except for Zhu Tou) n so they all can't really "sit" properly and so there wasn't a photo where all of them were facing the front! Pity the shoot (for them) was v short and they were "pighandled" by the photographer and they were left in the studio when we went for our outdoor shoot so they weren't v happy with the "experience" :P
And yep, dat's my evening gown... in my favourite blue colour! I like it v v v much, only thing is dat I can't grow fat or else cannot wear liaos. The BS made more motiffs around my tummy so as to hide my little tummy hee hee. Oh it is bare back too like my gown.
This is Dar's fave pic (n i like it too! :P):
Look how high I can jump haha! 
We were late for our photoshoot that day coz we didn't pack all the stuff the previous nite heh... n we went to buy brekkies b4 goin to the studio. & guess who went to the studio w us??? :P
Yep Yep my Piggies! All 6 of them some more hahaha! I'm surprised Dar agreed to it and my Dad was even more surprised to see me bringing them along for the photoshoot haha! Only thing was that there too many of them... and they r v soft (except for Zhu Tou) n so they all can't really "sit" properly and so there wasn't a photo where all of them were facing the front! Pity the shoot (for them) was v short and they were "pighandled" by the photographer and they were left in the studio when we went for our outdoor shoot so they weren't v happy with the "experience" :P
And yep, dat's my evening gown... in my favourite blue colour! I like it v v v much, only thing is dat I can't grow fat or else cannot wear liaos. The BS made more motiffs around my tummy so as to hide my little tummy hee hee. Oh it is bare back too like my gown.
This is Dar's fave pic (n i like it too! :P):
Look how high I can jump haha! 
Backview of my lovely lovely wedding gown... I'm gonna miss it aft Sun...
Our outdoor shoot was shot in Tanah Merah (when pp saw the pics they kept asking me whr it is... umm being the road idiot that I am, I only know it is in Tanah Merah haha) & where else... Punggol. I love the water shots!!! Pity we didn't really manage to get the sunset though... Nite shots were done @ Esplanade and we were all so dead tired aft dat!!! Slept at abt 3am and still had to work e next day coz I cldn't take leave :( But the pics were well worth it! :)
@ Tanah Merah:
@ Punggol:
Our outdoor shoot was shot in Tanah Merah (when pp saw the pics they kept asking me whr it is... umm being the road idiot that I am, I only know it is in Tanah Merah haha) & where else... Punggol. I love the water shots!!! Pity we didn't really manage to get the sunset though... Nite shots were done @ Esplanade and we were all so dead tired aft dat!!! Slept at abt 3am and still had to work e next day coz I cldn't take leave :( But the pics were well worth it! :)
@ Tanah Merah:
@ Punggol:
@ Esplanade:
We went out another day to take the casual shots coz I wanted to do the wakeboarding shots n coz we didn't haf time to do the bike shots that day. It would haf been q kewl to be riding the bike on my gown rites? Felt the shots were v "us"! :) n I like the motion shot of Dar!!! Kewlz!!! 
Definitely my fave shot hee hee!!! Luckily there was @ least 1 nice shot coz I was sooo tired already. (I practised a couple of runs by myself, took a break b4 Dar n I took e pics together) but didn't dare to let go coz Dar was sure to scold haha!!! Final effect on the album was v nice coz it was actually drizzling when the photographer took the pic.
Hope u all like e pics too! I know i like them !!! hee :)
Friday, August 01, 2008
1 more month
Itz 1 more month to AD!!! *gasp* still like sooooooo v many thngs to do; the floor plan; confirmation of guests; AD prog; buffet lunch for our relatives; the montage and we have yet to decide on the songs and I wld like to attempt to make the ang pao boxes n the corsages for my "姐妹s". But have been rather tired (not to mention i caught a cold!) when I go home lately so dun haf the "energy" to discuss w Dar...
We had our 过大礼 n 安床 last Fri & Sat n it was q fun! Dar went to buy the bed n bedsheets all on Wed coz although I was off on Thurs, Dar had to work. We met in e evening to get the cakes though... then went home to finalise the thngs. Dar came over on Fri am w his sis n aunt carrying the huge basket of stuff heh. There were 24 oranges, 2 bottles of red wine (instead of hard liquor), 2 pairs of dragon n phoenix candles, the dowry and red packets for my granny, for the 海味 n e 小舅子. Dad n Aunt then returned them a pair of e dragon n phoenix candles which wld b lighted on AD, 12 oranges and 2 bottles of orange juice. Dad also gave a red pkt for Dar's 2nd Bro as he wasn't married yet. In the olden days, there was the "custom" of hafing to go under the trousers of the elder bro if he wasn't married yet.
On Sat, we actually wanted to do the 安床 in e evening as Dar had booking in the am. But it was cancelled so we decided do it in the am instead. Thus everything was in a rush. We had to go n buy the "Bai He"/"Lian Zi" n then Dar dropped me back home to prepare whilst Dar went back to fetch his parents. We had bought this "package" thngy fr a shop in Chinatown so Dar n I put these like 4 coins thngy on the 4 corners of the bed b4 Dar's parents helped us to put the bedsheet n the quilt. They then put the plate of stuff (2 red pkts of $1 coins, the "Bai He"/"Lian Zi" which we placed in another red pkt; the gold coin thngy n this sweet orangy thngy plus some other stuff sealed in a pkt) on the bed which are to be left there till AD. Some frenz were asking why we were doing it so early, well it is coz we didn't wana do it during the 7th Lunar Month mah. But that wld also mean that I can't sleep on the bed anymore so I have now kinda shifted to Dar's place to stay.
Which is actually q a convenient place coz I can wake up really late n juz walk over n there's the MRT... instead of hafing to walk out every am. But wateva it is, I'd still prefer to stay in my own hse :)
We had our 过大礼 n 安床 last Fri & Sat n it was q fun! Dar went to buy the bed n bedsheets all on Wed coz although I was off on Thurs, Dar had to work. We met in e evening to get the cakes though... then went home to finalise the thngs. Dar came over on Fri am w his sis n aunt carrying the huge basket of stuff heh. There were 24 oranges, 2 bottles of red wine (instead of hard liquor), 2 pairs of dragon n phoenix candles, the dowry and red packets for my granny, for the 海味 n e 小舅子. Dad n Aunt then returned them a pair of e dragon n phoenix candles which wld b lighted on AD, 12 oranges and 2 bottles of orange juice. Dad also gave a red pkt for Dar's 2nd Bro as he wasn't married yet. In the olden days, there was the "custom" of hafing to go under the trousers of the elder bro if he wasn't married yet.
On Sat, we actually wanted to do the 安床 in e evening as Dar had booking in the am. But it was cancelled so we decided do it in the am instead. Thus everything was in a rush. We had to go n buy the "Bai He"/"Lian Zi" n then Dar dropped me back home to prepare whilst Dar went back to fetch his parents. We had bought this "package" thngy fr a shop in Chinatown so Dar n I put these like 4 coins thngy on the 4 corners of the bed b4 Dar's parents helped us to put the bedsheet n the quilt. They then put the plate of stuff (2 red pkts of $1 coins, the "Bai He"/"Lian Zi" which we placed in another red pkt; the gold coin thngy n this sweet orangy thngy plus some other stuff sealed in a pkt) on the bed which are to be left there till AD. Some frenz were asking why we were doing it so early, well it is coz we didn't wana do it during the 7th Lunar Month mah. But that wld also mean that I can't sleep on the bed anymore so I have now kinda shifted to Dar's place to stay.
Which is actually q a convenient place coz I can wake up really late n juz walk over n there's the MRT... instead of hafing to walk out every am. But wateva it is, I'd still prefer to stay in my own hse :)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Preparing for Photoshoot (2)
Poor Dar, he has juz fin washing his boat in preparation for e photoshoot tmr. N laters he might still hafta go n shift the bike to Punggol n still laters in e nite, he has to go n fetch his aunt fr e airport. :( Told him 2 tell the aunt that he can't make it but he felt obligated coz he has already promised her... juz hope he wldnt b 2 tireds tmr...
We actually decided not to take pics w the bike liaoz due 2 e inconvenience but I thnk my photographer is q interested 2 take e bike so Dar was thnkin of juz bringing the bike to shoot @ Punggol instead of goin 2 Tanah Merah instead. Now is a matter of whether wana use his own bike which is a bit dirty or his fren's bike which is nicer looking but will req much more logistics in handling...
N we went for our dental this am... luckily it was q fast but the dentist say that I gota watch out coz my teeth is prone to decay :( So gota brush my teeth more diligently fr now on or else I will haf a cavity again :(( Went to haf lunch aft dat n then Dar dropped me @ Bugis to get the rings cleaned. N blur blur me happily walked into the wrg shop!!! So embarassing!!!
Me: Cld U help me to clean my rings
Shopgal: Sure
Me took out the ring box n handed over the gal
Shopgal(w confused look): U bought e rings fr LH?
Me(thnkin uber then???): Umm yeah...
Shopgal: Oh LH doesn't do cleaning service? (pointing to next door)
Me: Eh... this isn't LH???
Shopgal: Umm no this is SK (pointing to sign behind her), but we can clean for u also (she hurriedly added)
Me: OH... so sorry... n I zoomed out of e store!!!
Dar cldn't stop luffin @ me when I told him!!! Haiyoh, who ask them to place the shops so close 2 each other rites???
Next we went to pick up the gowns b4 I went for my mani/pedi. My mani was initially done by this china gurl but she wasn't confi enuff so she asked a more experienced gal 2 take over my mani for me n it turned out q nice I muz say! I added diamond some more so got bling bling haha. But the colours for my pedi was a bit brite as it didn't really turn out e way I want :( but i fig they will b hidden by the gown anyways so fingernails more impt :P
Hope it will be a brite n sunny day tmr... but not 2 hot or poor Dar n e photographer wld hafta listen 2 my endless complains!!! :P
We actually decided not to take pics w the bike liaoz due 2 e inconvenience but I thnk my photographer is q interested 2 take e bike so Dar was thnkin of juz bringing the bike to shoot @ Punggol instead of goin 2 Tanah Merah instead. Now is a matter of whether wana use his own bike which is a bit dirty or his fren's bike which is nicer looking but will req much more logistics in handling...
N we went for our dental this am... luckily it was q fast but the dentist say that I gota watch out coz my teeth is prone to decay :( So gota brush my teeth more diligently fr now on or else I will haf a cavity again :(( Went to haf lunch aft dat n then Dar dropped me @ Bugis to get the rings cleaned. N blur blur me happily walked into the wrg shop!!! So embarassing!!!
Me: Cld U help me to clean my rings
Shopgal: Sure
Me took out the ring box n handed over the gal
Shopgal(w confused look): U bought e rings fr LH?
Me(thnkin uber then???): Umm yeah...
Shopgal: Oh LH doesn't do cleaning service? (pointing to next door)
Me: Eh... this isn't LH???
Shopgal: Umm no this is SK (pointing to sign behind her), but we can clean for u also (she hurriedly added)
Me: OH... so sorry... n I zoomed out of e store!!!
Dar cldn't stop luffin @ me when I told him!!! Haiyoh, who ask them to place the shops so close 2 each other rites???
Next we went to pick up the gowns b4 I went for my mani/pedi. My mani was initially done by this china gurl but she wasn't confi enuff so she asked a more experienced gal 2 take over my mani for me n it turned out q nice I muz say! I added diamond some more so got bling bling haha. But the colours for my pedi was a bit brite as it didn't really turn out e way I want :( but i fig they will b hidden by the gown anyways so fingernails more impt :P
Hope it will be a brite n sunny day tmr... but not 2 hot or poor Dar n e photographer wld hafta listen 2 my endless complains!!! :P
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Preparing for Photoshoot
The past few evenings/nites have been spent in preparation for our photoshoot. Went to my fren's place on Thurs nite to discuss the places that we would wana go for our photoshoot and I must say this (even though he is my personal fren), he is damn professional!!! He asked us what are the things we like to do and whether there are anything in particular we wana take w. (I understand that for most photographers, they would only ask the couple on e day itself whr they wana go) Then he gave us some suggestions as well & get it, on Fri, he went w Dar & his fren 2 recee the Tanah Merah area to see if it was a suitable location!!! We dicussed for almost 2 hours (well we digressed in between lah) before goin for dinner. So tentatively the places that we wld be Tanah Merah, Punggol n then nite shots @ Esplanade/Fullerton. He suggested some other places like Coney Island coz Dar can drive us there but we were afraid that the gown wld get REALLY dirty so we deciced to forgo it. We will be goin back to Punggol another day for our casual shots whr he will take us wakeboarding, hopefully together. Dar has NO confidence in me that I can stand up together w him... guess I will hafta practise hard b4 e shoot :P
Then on Fri nite, went to see the florist to kinda discuss about my flora bouquet. The guy also v pro worz; he actually studied about flowers in Holland!!! N the farnee thng was, e first thing he told us was dat he doesn't do tulips and I wanted 2 choose tulips as my bouquet hahah! But wat he said was true lah, coz tulips die q easily then they wldn't lk as nice, so I will be having pink peonies, euthasmus (i thnk) n champagne roses. Sounds nice :) will meet up w him again b4 AD. Oh I actually wanted daisies also... like brite pink n brite yellow but he said that loud colours wld take e attention away from me, unless I m dark like Dar... so maybe I shd go get a gd tan b4 AD haha :P
Following that we went 2 meet w a videographer which we signed up w although I wasn't too impressed by him or rather I wasn't v happy that he didn't give us discount although Dar was his fren's fren n he wanted 2 charge us for like extra hrs n blah. *blech* but his video was a little diff than e ones we have seen n we also told him some of e thngs we wanted so hope everything turned out well.
& last nite, we went G2 to buy some shirts for Dar for the photoshoot. We thot they were on sale but they weren't!!! aiyah... made Dar buy an extra shirt for nothing :( oh well... then we walked into Goldheart coz my Grandma gave me some $ to buy a wedding gift for myself n within 10 min I bought a pair of sapphire earrings!!! Was dat fast or wat??? It was a little over e budget but Daddy said it was ok to pay for it myself n Dar offered to pay for me. :) n e gd thng is, I can wear it for the photoshoot on Wed coz my evening gown is blue! *happee* *happee*
Then on Fri nite, went to see the florist to kinda discuss about my flora bouquet. The guy also v pro worz; he actually studied about flowers in Holland!!! N the farnee thng was, e first thing he told us was dat he doesn't do tulips and I wanted 2 choose tulips as my bouquet hahah! But wat he said was true lah, coz tulips die q easily then they wldn't lk as nice, so I will be having pink peonies, euthasmus (i thnk) n champagne roses. Sounds nice :) will meet up w him again b4 AD. Oh I actually wanted daisies also... like brite pink n brite yellow but he said that loud colours wld take e attention away from me, unless I m dark like Dar... so maybe I shd go get a gd tan b4 AD haha :P
Following that we went 2 meet w a videographer which we signed up w although I wasn't too impressed by him or rather I wasn't v happy that he didn't give us discount although Dar was his fren's fren n he wanted 2 charge us for like extra hrs n blah. *blech* but his video was a little diff than e ones we have seen n we also told him some of e thngs we wanted so hope everything turned out well.
& last nite, we went G2 to buy some shirts for Dar for the photoshoot. We thot they were on sale but they weren't!!! aiyah... made Dar buy an extra shirt for nothing :( oh well... then we walked into Goldheart coz my Grandma gave me some $ to buy a wedding gift for myself n within 10 min I bought a pair of sapphire earrings!!! Was dat fast or wat??? It was a little over e budget but Daddy said it was ok to pay for it myself n Dar offered to pay for me. :) n e gd thng is, I can wear it for the photoshoot on Wed coz my evening gown is blue! *happee* *happee*
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Pretty?
Yipee!!! Haf finally booked my BS!!! First went to this shop recommended by my senior in May then after a break of 6 mths, went looking ard w my GRL last Dec. But we then decided that we wana take a look @ the shops that so not have in-house photographer so gad 2 drag Dar ard last Mon 2 take a look. Also wanted 2 show him my senior's works 2 see if he liked them n he did! :)))
Actually spotted a gown @ Emmanuel dat was v nice n elegant & she cld sew more crystals on e gown for me so dat it will haf more sparkles but it was kinda plain... when I went there w Dar, they were actually having a sale & it was really q worth coz we get 2 keep e gown & Dar really liked this one w lotsa lotsa French Lace... but then I m a bling bling sparkle sparkle kinda gal & thus I wasn't too keen. Besides... we both liked this gown that we saw @ Divine Couture & after some calculation, Dar said it was ok 2 pay a bit more if I really liked that gown :))
Actually spotted a gown @ Emmanuel dat was v nice n elegant & she cld sew more crystals on e gown for me so dat it will haf more sparkles but it was kinda plain... when I went there w Dar, they were actually having a sale & it was really q worth coz we get 2 keep e gown & Dar really liked this one w lotsa lotsa French Lace... but then I m a bling bling sparkle sparkle kinda gal & thus I wasn't too keen. Besides... we both liked this gown that we saw @ Divine Couture & after some calculation, Dar said it was ok 2 pay a bit more if I really liked that gown :))
Being e typical kiasu Singaporean, I wanted 2 try on more gowns when we went back again e 2nd time 2 take the package. But we still liked the one dat we saw e previous time & thus we decided to choose this gown:
Front & back view of e dress... it's a low back dress which I haf always wanted & it has these frilly thngy on the straps & sweet pink ribbons in e train!!! & there are pink & silver embroidery on the gown as well making it v sweet... like me! haha!!! Really like this gown & hopefully she can add some more bling bling on it :)
I like this shot & I cant wait 2 wear it for the photo shoot & on the actual day; 7 months to go!!!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
BS shopping
Finally!!! Me got down to some BS shopping!!! It seems to have dawned on me that I dun haf much time left to decide on a BS, choose a gown that I like and then there's still the Photoshoot! And coz the wedding date is the 1st of the 8th Lunar month, this means that I can't do anything during the 7th Lunar so everything would hafta be settled by June. *gasp* Actually I feel that it is good in a way coz Dar n I are HUGE procrastinators and this would kinda force us to settle everything and not leave it till the last min. That would also mean both of us can have a good rest during the 7th Lunar month and look nice brite n radiant on the actual day! haha!
Intially, I thot it would be good for it to be a whole day affair but am soooo thankful it was only a half day affair coz I was rather tired by the end of it. Added to the fact that I was rather irritated by the sales staff who kept trying to drag us into their shops!!! I have been warned of certain studios and that other than the design of the gowns, the photography..., most importantly, it is the feel of the shop when I first stepped in.
Dar n I actually went to 1 BS recommend by my senior a couple of months ago and we both liked the photography and the gal was rather frenly to us as well and gave us q a good package so that was the first stop we went to as I wanted to try on the gowns there. Tried on 4 gowns there this time and liked 2 out of the 4 gowns but the gal wasn't too frenly this time rd and was a little put off by her coz when she saw the package she offered me, she actually commented " 哇，你那天给我吃了设么药？我给你这么多东西！！！" I suspect that they gave me such a good package coz I told them I was recommended by my senior and now she has forgotton. And also, I clarified w her abt the package and realised that I might have to top up q a tidy sum of $$ which I intially thot I didn't. I asked Dar if he cld rem wat he said but of coz he cldn't lah :(
Wanted 2 go to the Tanjong Pagar stretch when my GRL spotted this lovely gown on display @ another shop and we went in. My GRL has actually heard of the shop and saw some advertorials in mags but I haven't really heard of the shop hee. The gal was q frenly and when she found out that I knew my senior who is a photographer she used, she actually suggested that I go direct to him!!! I was rather surprised that I cld do that and she said that it is coz the do not earn any commission from the photographers. (but when I asked my senior, he told me that they DO give me a bit of comm wor... hmm...) Rather liked the shop and the gown coz it was made w Swarosvki (sorry dunno how 2 spell haha) crystals and the gown I tried had the crystals even on the strap and had pearls and 3 ribbons on the back train. Definitely shortlisted on my list!
Went to a couple of shops alg the Tanjong Pagar stretch; 1 offered a v good package and the gowns were ok nice (they also haf their own in-house designer) but I didnt really like the lady who toked to us coz she commented that all the BS same one. Happened to another of the BS I walked into where I was served by this lady who served us @ the bridal fair @ Marina n Dar n I were rather put off by her coz she told us dat since we were not signing on dat day, no point tokin 2 us! What's more, she kept showing us pics on the comp, so aft dat we juz walked out without really enquiring abt e pkg!!! Saw some q nice gowns @ this other shop & such a coincidence that the boss recognized my GRL n her hubby as they took the package from their main shop some 11-12 years ago!!! But though the gowns were nice, she didn't really give an attractive package despite e fact that she recognized them... BAH!!!
Was contemplating whether to check out more shops when the best news came yesterday... my senior said he will give me a v special price if we asked him to do our studio shoot!!! (we haf already engaged him for our actual day n he also gave me a too-good-to-be-true deal!) Sooooooooooooooooooo tempted coz I really like his coffee table book concept and my GRL n fren told me that I shd juz engage him without any 2nd thots! Similar to Dar's rxn who said dat since he has already given us such a good deal, not v nice not 2 engage him but still, I want Dar to take a look @ his coffee table book concept before deciding! Really as wat Dar told me before, "It's not what u know but who u know"! So excited & many thnx 2 my this crazee but v v nice senior! (m refraining to put his name here so dat pp won't bugger him for a good deal n make him diff hee hee!)
Intially, I thot it would be good for it to be a whole day affair but am soooo thankful it was only a half day affair coz I was rather tired by the end of it. Added to the fact that I was rather irritated by the sales staff who kept trying to drag us into their shops!!! I have been warned of certain studios and that other than the design of the gowns, the photography..., most importantly, it is the feel of the shop when I first stepped in.
Dar n I actually went to 1 BS recommend by my senior a couple of months ago and we both liked the photography and the gal was rather frenly to us as well and gave us q a good package so that was the first stop we went to as I wanted to try on the gowns there. Tried on 4 gowns there this time and liked 2 out of the 4 gowns but the gal wasn't too frenly this time rd and was a little put off by her coz when she saw the package she offered me, she actually commented " 哇，你那天给我吃了设么药？我给你这么多东西！！！" I suspect that they gave me such a good package coz I told them I was recommended by my senior and now she has forgotton. And also, I clarified w her abt the package and realised that I might have to top up q a tidy sum of $$ which I intially thot I didn't. I asked Dar if he cld rem wat he said but of coz he cldn't lah :(
Wanted 2 go to the Tanjong Pagar stretch when my GRL spotted this lovely gown on display @ another shop and we went in. My GRL has actually heard of the shop and saw some advertorials in mags but I haven't really heard of the shop hee. The gal was q frenly and when she found out that I knew my senior who is a photographer she used, she actually suggested that I go direct to him!!! I was rather surprised that I cld do that and she said that it is coz the do not earn any commission from the photographers. (but when I asked my senior, he told me that they DO give me a bit of comm wor... hmm...) Rather liked the shop and the gown coz it was made w Swarosvki (sorry dunno how 2 spell haha) crystals and the gown I tried had the crystals even on the strap and had pearls and 3 ribbons on the back train. Definitely shortlisted on my list!
Went to a couple of shops alg the Tanjong Pagar stretch; 1 offered a v good package and the gowns were ok nice (they also haf their own in-house designer) but I didnt really like the lady who toked to us coz she commented that all the BS same one. Happened to another of the BS I walked into where I was served by this lady who served us @ the bridal fair @ Marina n Dar n I were rather put off by her coz she told us dat since we were not signing on dat day, no point tokin 2 us! What's more, she kept showing us pics on the comp, so aft dat we juz walked out without really enquiring abt e pkg!!! Saw some q nice gowns @ this other shop & such a coincidence that the boss recognized my GRL n her hubby as they took the package from their main shop some 11-12 years ago!!! But though the gowns were nice, she didn't really give an attractive package despite e fact that she recognized them... BAH!!!
Was contemplating whether to check out more shops when the best news came yesterday... my senior said he will give me a v special price if we asked him to do our studio shoot!!! (we haf already engaged him for our actual day n he also gave me a too-good-to-be-true deal!) Sooooooooooooooooooo tempted coz I really like his coffee table book concept and my GRL n fren told me that I shd juz engage him without any 2nd thots! Similar to Dar's rxn who said dat since he has already given us such a good deal, not v nice not 2 engage him but still, I want Dar to take a look @ his coffee table book concept before deciding! Really as wat Dar told me before, "It's not what u know but who u know"! So excited & many thnx 2 my this crazee but v v nice senior! (m refraining to put his name here so dat pp won't bugger him for a good deal n make him diff hee hee!)
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Booked =)
For the eagerly anticipated to pen down:
Date: 1st Day of the 8th Lunar Month (go figure :P)
Venue: Rasa Sentosa
Was actually wondering whether to hold it on the 1st day of the 8th Lunar Month coz it means that we would hafta haf everything settled b4 the 7th month which might be kinda rush esp since the 2 of us r such HUGE procrastinators!!! Dar actually preferred the June date but I liked this date coz it is near our bdays mah! hee... My excuse for a triple celebration in future :))
As for e venue, some of the venues we wanted either didnt have the date we want or were too small, so we finally decided on Rasa albeit the fact that the older folks (like my Dad) would find it a tad inconvenient n that the banquet manager is not v gd. But then Dar n I r q "beachy" pp n though it wld b nice 2 haf it outdoors, we thot it would be too humid n there wldnt be enuff time to mingle w everyone. Besides, I was telling Dar, we can hopefully take some pics there b4 the dinner so we can save 1 place to go during our photoshoot :P
Talking of photoshoot, went to the small Bridal Fair @ Marina last Friday. When we walked into the foyer, we were immediately "attacked" by the staff of the bridal salons!!! Sat dwn 2 see some packages but they were all like only having specials for these 3 days only. Oh well whatever, they didn't really impress me a lot (did see some nice photography n some nice gowns that the salons have), and some of their attitudes totally suck!!! Maybe I can put in my 2 cents worth in the bridal forum too!
Date: 1st Day of the 8th Lunar Month (go figure :P)
Venue: Rasa Sentosa
Was actually wondering whether to hold it on the 1st day of the 8th Lunar Month coz it means that we would hafta haf everything settled b4 the 7th month which might be kinda rush esp since the 2 of us r such HUGE procrastinators!!! Dar actually preferred the June date but I liked this date coz it is near our bdays mah! hee... My excuse for a triple celebration in future :))
As for e venue, some of the venues we wanted either didnt have the date we want or were too small, so we finally decided on Rasa albeit the fact that the older folks (like my Dad) would find it a tad inconvenient n that the banquet manager is not v gd. But then Dar n I r q "beachy" pp n though it wld b nice 2 haf it outdoors, we thot it would be too humid n there wldnt be enuff time to mingle w everyone. Besides, I was telling Dar, we can hopefully take some pics there b4 the dinner so we can save 1 place to go during our photoshoot :P
Talking of photoshoot, went to the small Bridal Fair @ Marina last Friday. When we walked into the foyer, we were immediately "attacked" by the staff of the bridal salons!!! Sat dwn 2 see some packages but they were all like only having specials for these 3 days only. Oh well whatever, they didn't really impress me a lot (did see some nice photography n some nice gowns that the salons have), and some of their attitudes totally suck!!! Maybe I can put in my 2 cents worth in the bridal forum too!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Reflections on my Special Day - Part 2
Was @ Dar's cousin's hse last nite & saw the short video he took of us during our walk-in... was q surprised as I thot that he only took pics. We had a good luff @ ourselves but it also brought back many memories... has it been 1 week already??? So fast...
PS: might put up e video once i fig out how 2 link to youtube. if not will give u all the link to whereva i can upload the video :P
PS: might put up e video once i fig out how 2 link to youtube. if not will give u all the link to whereva i can upload the video :P
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Reflections on my Special Day
It was a lovely day... starting a new chapter of my life with the someone I have chosen to spend the rest of my life with & witnessed by our family members and closest frenz... thank goodness it stopped raining by noon time & we could have the ceremony outside.
Dar had to go down early to help shift the "tent" to the position we wanted. His friend who was also the owner of the restaurant was really helpful; coming down early to help & also arranging for the electrician to come down to "stub" the electricity so that the tent could be shifted. The poor guys had to shift the tent in the rain & the florist also had to decorate the tent in the rain which had her lamenting that it was hard-earned money hee hee. It was really q pretty with the sunflower decos; brite & cheery :)
Me reached @ ard 11 with the makeup artist and she started dolling me up. In the meantime, Dar & his best fren Clifford arranged the chairs and the other necessary setup. By the time I was ready, (Dar got his hair styled as well and his hair was full of glitter as requested by me & Clifford urged the make-up artist to put more haha) it was already 130pm!!! Wanted to go out together with Clifford & the makeup artist for lunch but we still have yet to reherse so they went off wout us whilst we practise our walk-in. In the midst of which, Dad arrived w my china relatives but to my dismay, he didn't bring Granny along. Wanted to go back to fetch her but as she was feeling giddy, she decided to rest @ home.
Then Chris came & hiao me started taking pics whilst Dar did more touchups to the set up. Which is why we didn't really take many pics together coz by the time the ceremony was over... i was eager to rush off for the food :( can only blame my greediness... sigh...
By then, guests have started arriving & they were asked to sign these little cards that I printed out. I must say they were really q nice coz the paper I bought was a bit shiny *beams* However we still could not start as the management somehow misplaced the pins which are to be used to pin the skirting together. It was actually rather confusing coz we had the idea that someone was going out to get the pins but it just never came... in the end, they used staples or something & finally everyone could gather around the brite & cheery tentage :)
We were kinda expecting the emcee to say some stuff before introducing us but he juz immediately introduced us!!! So there was a bit of delay in playing our march-in song. I wonder how the mega stars do it, whilst I was walking in & looking @ everyone whipping out their cameras to take pics of us, I had to do my best to surpress my laughter & also I didn't know where to look!!! But I thnk we walked too fast as we reached our seats before the chorus started... oh well... i guess in time to come, no one will rem that :P
We got my ex GRL, Mr Gopala to be our solemnisor & he was q witty. Prior to that, Dar was checking w him how the set up should be like as we wanted to be photographed against the nice fountain/trees behind so there was a bit of chairs shifting. Following that was the signing of the document, exchanging of vows & rings, & TA-DA, we r pronounced man & wife. :))) Was q nervous actually as I didn't know when to say the "I Do" & "I Will" & also coz our rings were actually detachable, I was afraid that I would drop them but everythng went smoothly.
Next was the photo-taking session w family then friends. It seems as though Dar had more frenz... but oh well, expected since he had a couple of years ahead of me mah :PPP Then everyone proceeded indoors for the food & we mingled around, proposed a toast, mingled some more (though I didn't really get to tok 2 everyone... soweee...), before everyone baded farewell.
It was a rather tiring day but I can't deny that it was a very happy day for me. As it was a small ceremony, I couldn't invite everyone that I would have wanted to invite and am v touched that people like Dewdrops & Stella msged me their well-wishes... thanks galz!!! & having my really good frenz witness this special day; the gals who watched me grew up & r still a huge part of my life -- Dora & Siping, the gals whom I spent crazee days with under the LT doing anything but studying -- Shan & Qixia to my ex colleagues who are now such gd pals of mine -- Pearl, Da Xiong & Chris & not forgetting my "Ya Huan" MangoJo who kept on stressing me prior to the actual day & for asking the Mangogods to make it stop raining by noon; I couldn't ask for more.
So thanks once again folks... I'll be counting on everyone's help during the wedding banquet ya? :) & with all your blessings, I know Larry & I will live...
Happily Ever After...
Saturday, July 07, 2007
7th July 2007 --- 070707
My Special day today!!! Woke up to heavy rain this am & was q worried but thankfully the wind has stopped blowing and though there's still intermittant light rain, hopefully it will clear by 1pm laters *keep fingers crossed*
M mighty excited!!! Actually woke up @ 5 plus this am but luckily can go back to sleep. Woke up again @ almost 8 with butterflies in my stomach and till now they have not settled down. Was worried that I'll have puffy eyes and pimple scars this morning but thankfully they lked q alrite *whew*
Gota go now... chauffeur's already on the way... stay tuned for more!!!
PS: Thanks to all friends for your congratulations... sorry cldn't invite everyone as we are keeping it small but your well-wishes are much appreciated. *hugz*
M mighty excited!!! Actually woke up @ 5 plus this am but luckily can go back to sleep. Woke up again @ almost 8 with butterflies in my stomach and till now they have not settled down. Was worried that I'll have puffy eyes and pimple scars this morning but thankfully they lked q alrite *whew*
Gota go now... chauffeur's already on the way... stay tuned for more!!!
PS: Thanks to all friends for your congratulations... sorry cldn't invite everyone as we are keeping it small but your well-wishes are much appreciated. *hugz*
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