It looks like I'm finally starting to look at my wedding prep list. Yes, FINALLY.
I keep getting the 'hello-your-wedding's-in-3-mths-time-and-you-have-not-done-anything-much??' look from friends enquiring about my wedding prep.
My generic answer = 'err.. yeah, have been busy with so many other things'.
*shy*
Ok ok, truthfully, after analysing the rootcause of my reluctant-to-get-things-moving attitude, it's pretty evident - I'm a last-minute person! I always leave things to the last minute :(
It's been a bad habit since young. I recall even studying Physics for SPM like 2 days before the exam.............. bad bad BAD me.
But now, I guess 3 mths' kinda last min for some wedding prep activities, so I'm finally waking up from being cool about it.
1) I finally sent out heads-up wedding invitation to some friends since my list is not finalised todate. But well, at least Phase 1 of the wedding invitation is done! *grin*
2) Contacted my uncle who will be looking into my wedding invitation cards - the ball's on his court now to call me back to arrange a date to check out the design that I've came up with. I told him my deadline and I trust him completely to get it done timely!
3) Wedding favors - this is something I delegated to BearyBrad. Yes, 1/100 things, I decided to delegate him one..................
4) Entertainment - have decided on what I want to go with, planned a rough agenda on the nite's program and even the whole day's prog.. Oo.. I'm so proud of myself! Of course, I did this after several discussion with BearyBrad and JessieBessie my bestie :)
The Band hunt's begun.........
5) Gown - Ah yes. THE gown. The Gown hunt has also just begun!
6) Pastor - roughly got a confirmation. Just need to meet up with him to firm things up... but this could wait till another mth I guess?
7) Deco/Florist - Ok, I'm lacking this portion. Will look into this next week, after the Merdeka break.
The <6-mths-to-your-wedding guide's pretty much summed up above... I'll start the other headaches next mth! :P
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Pre-Wed Photo #4 - Just Me
Heaps of my friends commented, "Why aren't you posting your pre-wedding photos in your blog more frequently?"
To my dearest friends: I thought you knew that I love to tease? ahha!
Well, I did mentioned before that I was going to post some photos once a month until my wedding right? Otherwise it'll kill the curiosity right away if I were to post all 83 photos up at once! Then it'll be soooooo anti-climax during my wedding when I flash the slides up. You guys will be like "oh, I've seen that.. oh, that too. Eh? Hmm.. yeah, i remember that one!"
So far in my blog we had
1) Black & Whites in studio
2) Oriental theme in studio
3) My vain fiance in studio
So I guess I better start posting some outdoor ones as we did spend 2 separate days outdoor due to the freaking rain.
We had BearyBrad's solo pic in the last one, so time for mine :)
This was taken right outside of the studio. I love this photo. Something about the flower on my hair... I love flowers. If I recall correctly, I was actually going for the 'shy-smile' in this photo. But looks like tak jadi? (>_<)
Another of my solo pic which I love. Combination of buildings and greeneries which gives it a modern twist.
I'm a nature lover. I thought that I would go for pure greeneries (i.e. FRIM) before I checked out wedding photo studios but when I saw the Putrajaya ones, it just blew my mind away!
We were actually excited about doing the photo shoot at a Boat Cruise. Unfortunately (or fortunately? Hmm) they only conduct the cruise at specific times where it didn't meet our schedule. So we had our photos shot at different Putrajaya locations instead, and well, no regrets :)
To my dearest friends: I thought you knew that I love to tease? ahha!
Well, I did mentioned before that I was going to post some photos once a month until my wedding right? Otherwise it'll kill the curiosity right away if I were to post all 83 photos up at once! Then it'll be soooooo anti-climax during my wedding when I flash the slides up. You guys will be like "oh, I've seen that.. oh, that too. Eh? Hmm.. yeah, i remember that one!"
So far in my blog we had
1) Black & Whites in studio
2) Oriental theme in studio
3) My vain fiance in studio
So I guess I better start posting some outdoor ones as we did spend 2 separate days outdoor due to the freaking rain.
We had BearyBrad's solo pic in the last one, so time for mine :)
This was taken right outside of the studio. I love this photo. Something about the flower on my hair... I love flowers. If I recall correctly, I was actually going for the 'shy-smile' in this photo. But looks like tak jadi? (>_<)
Another of my solo pic which I love. Combination of buildings and greeneries which gives it a modern twist.
I'm a nature lover. I thought that I would go for pure greeneries (i.e. FRIM) before I checked out wedding photo studios but when I saw the Putrajaya ones, it just blew my mind away!
We were actually excited about doing the photo shoot at a Boat Cruise. Unfortunately (or fortunately? Hmm) they only conduct the cruise at specific times where it didn't meet our schedule. So we had our photos shot at different Putrajaya locations instead, and well, no regrets :)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Of Birthdays and Durians
Just finished lunch @ KFC with RawkstarRudy. He just came back from NY and looking good aka 'prosperous'... you know what I mean *grin*
He's always so FOS (Full Of Shit). Really missed his crappiness when he was not around!
Am feeling so sleepy. Weather outside is definitely not helping at all! Has been raining for the past 2 hrs. Nice, breezy, sound of raindrops..... ahhhhhhhhh...
So what did I do the past 2 weeks when BearyBrad was here? Firstly, out of a rough 10 items that we had to do, unfortunately, we only managed to complete like 5 :(
Our time was spent just chilling out most of the time! (it's not my fault........)
The week of 6th August was spent mainly just hanging around doing 'couple stuffs' and of course since CoolDude was here as well, we spent time chilling out with her and her kids as well. Brought the kids for ice-cream and Keri to shop for her birthday prezzy since it was also Keri's birthday on the 10th Aug.
Well, nothing beats hanging around with people whom you love heaps!
And oh, My kwai-lo fiance also had his FIRST taste of DURIAN! Such a historical moment.
2.5yrs of dating a Malaysian and he finally had the courage to try his first durian. YES, it took me THAT long to convince him to try a durian.
My parents gave him a small portion, probably 1 spoon full of just the fruit without the seed. Beary took a bite, went in the kitchen and I saw a tear coming out from his eyes!!!
Man, it felt like we were torturing him to eat a dead rat or something!
So I guess that's the first AND the last time a durian would ever be in Beary's mouth?
Alrighty, gotta get back to work. Heaps to blog though, so be patient!
He's always so FOS (Full Of Shit). Really missed his crappiness when he was not around!
Am feeling so sleepy. Weather outside is definitely not helping at all! Has been raining for the past 2 hrs. Nice, breezy, sound of raindrops..... ahhhhhhhhh...
So what did I do the past 2 weeks when BearyBrad was here? Firstly, out of a rough 10 items that we had to do, unfortunately, we only managed to complete like 5 :(
Our time was spent just chilling out most of the time! (it's not my fault........)
The week of 6th August was spent mainly just hanging around doing 'couple stuffs' and of course since CoolDude was here as well, we spent time chilling out with her and her kids as well. Brought the kids for ice-cream and Keri to shop for her birthday prezzy since it was also Keri's birthday on the 10th Aug.
Well, nothing beats hanging around with people whom you love heaps!
And oh, My kwai-lo fiance also had his FIRST taste of DURIAN! Such a historical moment.
2.5yrs of dating a Malaysian and he finally had the courage to try his first durian. YES, it took me THAT long to convince him to try a durian.
My parents gave him a small portion, probably 1 spoon full of just the fruit without the seed. Beary took a bite, went in the kitchen and I saw a tear coming out from his eyes!!!
Man, it felt like we were torturing him to eat a dead rat or something!
So I guess that's the first AND the last time a durian would ever be in Beary's mouth?
Alrighty, gotta get back to work. Heaps to blog though, so be patient!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Jien's Wedding banquet - 11th AUg
It was Jien & Per's wedding banquet at Saujana on 11th Aug.
Jien's my Uni mate back in Manchester. Sweet petite Jien, who's a mummy now as well!
Married to a Swedish guy, she's now living in Sweden blissfully :)
Noah's like 1/3 of Jien's size already!
Her groom and his bestman sang a MALAY song half way throughout the banquet. It was kinda awkward coz the bestman especially, nailed 90% of the malay accent! Impressed, I was!
They then ended the nite with a little disco dancing. As usual, it's just us few Manchester-ians dancing along with the kwai lohs... Man, I can't even remember when was the last time I danced! I felt like an 80yr old aunty trying to move my legs :(
Yeah, THAT bad! I better start boogie-ing my butt off the dance floor to 'live up' to my once upon a time 'dancing queen' title *grin*
It was really nice having BearyBrad around during the wedding banquet. I've attended few friends' wedding dinners this yr and I just forgot how it felt like having my partner around :(
BearyBrad was comfy that nite since most of the people on our table were of mixed cultures - finnish, swedish, korean, singaporean & malaysians! He tend to be abit 'lost' around malaysians speaking malaysian-english but weirdly, he understand MY malaysian english! hehe..
Me and Chinadoll-MeiLing wore the same shoes (shopped in Singapore) where we just realised towards then end of the dinner when we were taking group shots! Pai seh.......
I used to speak to him in a weird australian plus malaysian english accent when I first met him, but it slowly went away. Hey, it's not easy speaking in perfect english when you've not done that for the past 25 yrs of your life!
This was blew-up and passed around on the dance floor.......
BearyBrad's actually kinda inspired to sing a malay song during our wedding now...
I would be totally speechless if he does!
Jien's my Uni mate back in Manchester. Sweet petite Jien, who's a mummy now as well!
Married to a Swedish guy, she's now living in Sweden blissfully :)
Noah's like 1/3 of Jien's size already!
Her groom and his bestman sang a MALAY song half way throughout the banquet. It was kinda awkward coz the bestman especially, nailed 90% of the malay accent! Impressed, I was!
They then ended the nite with a little disco dancing. As usual, it's just us few Manchester-ians dancing along with the kwai lohs... Man, I can't even remember when was the last time I danced! I felt like an 80yr old aunty trying to move my legs :(
Yeah, THAT bad! I better start boogie-ing my butt off the dance floor to 'live up' to my once upon a time 'dancing queen' title *grin*
It was really nice having BearyBrad around during the wedding banquet. I've attended few friends' wedding dinners this yr and I just forgot how it felt like having my partner around :(
BearyBrad was comfy that nite since most of the people on our table were of mixed cultures - finnish, swedish, korean, singaporean & malaysians! He tend to be abit 'lost' around malaysians speaking malaysian-english but weirdly, he understand MY malaysian english! hehe..
Me and Chinadoll-MeiLing wore the same shoes (shopped in Singapore) where we just realised towards then end of the dinner when we were taking group shots! Pai seh.......
I used to speak to him in a weird australian plus malaysian english accent when I first met him, but it slowly went away. Hey, it's not easy speaking in perfect english when you've not done that for the past 25 yrs of your life!
This was blew-up and passed around on the dance floor.......
BearyBrad's actually kinda inspired to sing a malay song during our wedding now...
I would be totally speechless if he does!
Monday, August 20, 2007
2 weeks flew by
Yeah huh. My bearie's back in Sydney :(
Flight was at 10.05pm last night.
Although we've been through about 10 airport-goodbyes, I have to admit that I'm not immune to it at all! There's always the same sadness between us and we still tear each time when we need to part.
Sigh.
Moodless today, but I guess I'll have ample of time to start blogging again in a few day's time.
Flight was at 10.05pm last night.
Although we've been through about 10 airport-goodbyes, I have to admit that I'm not immune to it at all! There's always the same sadness between us and we still tear each time when we need to part.
Sigh.
Moodless today, but I guess I'll have ample of time to start blogging again in a few day's time.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Merry Go Round
I've finally got a taste of Govt dept's merry-go-round.
We were at Maju Junction KL, Putrajaya & Shah Alam, all 3 KL/Selangor JPN offices last friday and the verdict was we couldn't submit our Registration of Marriage (ROM) application then.
Well people, getting married in Malaysia (esp if your other half is not a citizen) is NOT easy as you think! I think I should start charging some consultation fees to couples in the same position as me coz trust me, it'll be worth it rather than relying on the JPN staffs........
Anyway, will blog another day with picxies too. Am super mega tired (~_~)
We were at Maju Junction KL, Putrajaya & Shah Alam, all 3 KL/Selangor JPN offices last friday and the verdict was we couldn't submit our Registration of Marriage (ROM) application then.
Well people, getting married in Malaysia (esp if your other half is not a citizen) is NOT easy as you think! I think I should start charging some consultation fees to couples in the same position as me coz trust me, it'll be worth it rather than relying on the JPN staffs........
Anyway, will blog another day with picxies too. Am super mega tired (~_~)
Thursday, August 9, 2007
No turning back!
Almost a week that BearyBrad's here and erm.. we've not done much w.r.t our wedding plans!
But good news' that at least we roughly got our 'bearings' right......
I guess this whole wedding thingy has not quite sunk in us yet. I mean we're slowly making plans etc but what about our life AS hubby and wifey? He does few stuffs that irritates the shit out of me and vice-versa. It's going to be a real adjustment to our lives... trying to give and take more frequently, learning how to 'surrender' just to make peace, and to most surviving couples - to know when to 'close-one-eye' in situations!
Anyway, we're going to submit our ROM application tmr. Hope everything goes well in terms of the date. As I've mentioned before, this international marriage thingy sux. Heaps of additional stuffs to do.
And after we registered, well, there's no turning back! I'm official/legally married!!
I get to use sentence such as 'I ought to know as I'm your wife!' *grin*
Seriously, wish me luck and that I won't chicken out! :P
But good news' that at least we roughly got our 'bearings' right......
I guess this whole wedding thingy has not quite sunk in us yet. I mean we're slowly making plans etc but what about our life AS hubby and wifey? He does few stuffs that irritates the shit out of me and vice-versa. It's going to be a real adjustment to our lives... trying to give and take more frequently, learning how to 'surrender' just to make peace, and to most surviving couples - to know when to 'close-one-eye' in situations!
Anyway, we're going to submit our ROM application tmr. Hope everything goes well in terms of the date. As I've mentioned before, this international marriage thingy sux. Heaps of additional stuffs to do.
And after we registered, well, there's no turning back! I'm official/legally married!!
I get to use sentence such as 'I ought to know as I'm your wife!' *grin*
Seriously, wish me luck and that I won't chicken out! :P
Thursday, August 2, 2007
WOO HOO!! 1 more day!
BearyBrad will be here tmr morning whereas CoolDude will be here in the noon! Woo Hoo! Double Wammy!!! Guess I'll be dissapearing for the next 2 weeks from my blog? *grin*I'm starting to look at my 'To do' list with BearBrad and man, it's quite alot!
1. Finalize guest list and send out emails first - this is going to be a LONG one as I need to convince my parents on their list...
2. Plan our ROM ceremony - this includes paperworks, dates, any after-party, cakes etc!
3. Meet up with printing co on our invitation cards
4. Call & Check out Bands
5. Meet up with Pastor
6. Meet up with our wedding favor's supplier
7. Meet up with tailors
8. Discuss and firm up on agenda for the night
9. Check out flowergirl dresses - since CoolDude will be here!
10. Check out florist
10. Check out florist
Hmm.. That's the list I have for now, for us to complete in the next 2 weeks.
WISH ME LUCK!
I'll TRY and take more pics the coming few days to update you guys... :)
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