Thursday, December 21, 2006

Thoughts...

Had lunch today with my best friend....

She told me about her friend's wedding... And i learnt a lesson, "It's my wedding and if ppl screwed it up. U can fuck them up upside down and inside out!"

Upon listening to her, i called my hubby and told him that if possible keep his interfering BIL from helping out at the wedding to the min and better still, no help is required from him!

Pirate King understands where i m coming from! And now, i m worried about him. He hurt his tooth yesterday and he went to the dentist today. He told me that he need to extract a tooth and all will be done after our wedding..... My silly hubby!

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

% Completed?

If anyone will to ask me, how many % of your home is completed?

I wont know how to answer... My home is fully renovated, with most of the furniture & electrical appliances in... But it is still a mess.... Especially the kitchen & storeroom!

Pirate King and I took leave yesterday.... Our aim is to clean up our home as much as possible and to wait for the delivery of the furniture. Guess what, our furniture arrived but the furniture store forgotten abt our shelves inside the shoe cabinet... Thus, we got to wait for it another day...

I m trying to get Pirate King to throw away his chair. That chair of his is so old and full of unseen dirt. Besides, we have a Herman Miller Aeron Chair... (That's my pride & joy!) I bought this designer chair! Yup, i will show it off! But not to my Mum coz i will be reprimanded for spending too much on a chair! :P

In fact, i m amazed by the amount of rubbish or stuff that both of us have! I m thankful to my Mama for training me to throw away or give away things that i dun need.

Sheesh... I still have loads of things to clear... I guess i will say my home is 99.99% completed! :P

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Mum's Quest to Pahang....

Mum, Fat Bond & HK Auntie took the 9.30am bus yesterday to KL.

Mum's quest is to distribute the wedding cakes & invitation cards to her side of family and friends in KL & Pahang. She is assisted by my bro, Fat Bond and her elder sis, HK Auntie.

When i saw Mum's luggauge yesterday morn... I was totally stunned... So much things for the 3 of them... Mum commented that i was lucky not to embark on this trip with them. Inside my heart, i was thinking i did volunteer to go with you all... But u refused to accomadate to my schedule... Thus, i din go!

Mum is excited and at the same time, reluctant to see me get married and left her coop. In my wedding preparations, my family is the one who helped me out the most. Pirate King's family only talked even though they did provide the necessary financial backing but money is not everything!

Monday, December 11, 2006

Hiccups?

Just some hiccups.....

Realised that the photographer we had engaged for my wedding is drafted for reservist... (Protecting our nation!) Plus, my wedding date is a super hot date and it is just one month away... Hehhe... Chances of finding a good photographer is SLIM!

Never mind, my invitation cards also ran into some problem... My Dad insisted on hotstamping for the invitation cards... It ended up with the cards being delayed in printing! The best part is there is no map of directions to the restaurant printed on it... It ended up Pirate King and me making 2 trips separately, one to collect the cards while the another to collect the map for directions....

Anyway, just pray that everything will be alright for my big day!

Just another busy day.....

Last Sat, 9 Dec 06 was the day of dowry exchange... Everything went on smoothly...

Just that i cant eat the stuff that Pirate King's side has given to my family as dowry.... :(

Went to offer the prayers to my late Grandparents... As usual, Dad cant remember where exactly is my grandparents' tablet is located... And we spent a bit of time locating it... And as usual again, i located their tablet!

After that, we went back home and wait for Pirate King to drive us to Dad's side of the relatives to distribute the cakes and invitation cards. Most of Dad's relatives are located in the north and our first stop is at 二伯娘 s place. Thanks to Dad... We made a wrong turning and took another 10 mins to locate her place. Dad still has the cheek to insist that he s not at fault for the wrong address given.

The moment, we arrived at her place, Mum called her: "二少奶奶!" I almost die of internal laughing! As usual, this Auntie of mine is what we called, "Big Canon Queen" boasting of her children aka my cousins etc.... This Auntie gave me super bad impression... Even after so many years, its still the same!

Mum told me that she called her 二少奶奶 coz she was instructed to call her that. In this times, in these days, its weird to hear such a phrase!

Anyway, we distributed all the cakes & invitation cards to Dad's side of relatives. Mum treated all of us to dinner at Chef Chan restaurant. This restaurant has a nice ambience but their prices are expensive. I will say their food is so so except for their Signature Chicken & Beef dishes!

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Rumour has it all....

Rumour has it that I m RESIGNING from my current job!

Sheesh and 2 colleagues from different parts of the world asked me for confirmation. My guess is its either old news coz Au Yeong has resigned and left the co or someone really threw in the towel!

At this point in time, I m extremely stressed! I have things to do, I hv to cover Au Yeong's duties... Scary and worried at the same time... But I will be able to tide over this period! Just keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to cross this hurdle ahead of me!

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Motor Show

Went to the Motor Show with Pirate King yesterday....

Can't imagine myself paying $10 per tix to go in.... All thanks to Daddy dearest that we got free tickets to the show...

Pretty disappointed with the show, the gals are not pretty... Not much models of cars on display... Pirate King snapped many pixs mainly of gals.... Din get to see my dream car, MG there! :(

Will try to upload some pixs of the motor show!

Saturday, November 11, 2006

My pre-wedding photographs

For my friends out there....

U can go to http://community.webshots.com/user/kayern13 to view my pre wedding photographs.....

True or false???

Was telling Pirate King abt some of the ladies i knew thru the Singaporebrides forum on wedding preparation etc etc....

One example was the amount of $$ that they re willing to spend on their pre wedding photographs/albums. Pirate King was totally stunned to hear the huge amount spent on it. He commented that its quite financially stressful on the couple and it will give raise to problems in the marriage later on...

I was wondering how true or false his statement was? Perhaps, its true to a certain extent.... I dunno but i do know that the wedding preparation process is a real test of love!

Sleepy -> "Black-eyed" Beauty!

Dunno y.... For the past few days, i din get enough sleep... The best part is u know u serious lacked sleep and yet here i am, at 1.31 am... Still typing my blog entry!

Went to Benny's studio to get the CD of all my pre-wedding photography shoot in the soft copy format. While i was there, he was doing a shoot for a couple. As most as i admitted that the bride to be looked elegant in her yellow evening gown with a train... But i simply think yellow color doesnt flatter Asians.

Mum commented that my pink evening gown is inappropriate for a bride coz it doesn't have a train ie not elegant enough.... With the itchy butt syndrome, I went shopping with my Mum and tried on some potential evening gown... Simply realised that my pink evening gown is me!

I just wanna different looks for myself and to match my personality to a T! My bridal gown is a classy cum sexy look, my Evening Gown simply spells out the cheeky side of me while my Kua represents the traditional side of me!

Simply under intense pressure to maintain my weight and toning up my tummy! Perhaps that explained the lack of sleep ... Think i m going to be a "Black eyed" beauty soon with dark rings under my eyes! :)

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Counting down?

Looking at the calendar, its another 2 months plus before my Big Day.

Was discussing with Pirate King abt what are the pending stuff to do..

Just realised there s not much major stuff but its those nitty grifty stuff and fine details that need to be ironed out!

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Simply tired!

Today is the 2nd day of month end closing!

Sheesh, i m glad the closing is coming to an end soon in 5 days time!

Went to settle my furniture delivery date... Finally it will be delivered on this Sat!

Still hv a lot of things to do! Stewpig Husband is pretty pro-active these days! Keeping my fingers crossed!

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Laughing... and Nostalgic Moments~!

Dear Sis agreed to do my slideshow presentation during the wedding banquet....

Told Mum about it and that I need to find my childhood photographs for the slideshow presentation!

Mum went to the storeroom and dig up all the photographs.... And in the process of looking at the photographs, we all laughed at ourselves... All those obiang clothes and accessories.... Mum kept on commenting on how ugly i was in my teens! With those big specs and short hair!

A lot of nostalgic moments came especially when Mum looked at her wedding photographs... One of Mum's best friends passed away on Tuesday due to ovarian cancer, Mum was sad at that moment... But I m really glad for Mum to be there for me, throughout all these years!

I will really miss my parental home very very much when I moved to my new place in Jan 07. I will treasure the times and moments I still have with my family! :)

Sheesh... tears starting already...... Yup, I m a Class One Cry Baby!

Friday, October 27, 2006

Feedback? Criticism

My family saw the pre-wedding photos that I had taken last Monday.

A lot of comments.... My Mum commented that my make up wasnt good. My cousin commented that my arms looked flabby and I din tuck in my tummy.. My younger sis commented that the poses are ordinary and angles taken did no justice to my wedding gown.

The only thing that i agreed with them is that pix taken with my evening gown is no good! There are abt 160+ photos (per say from the photographer's asst, Fion) I dunno how to choose 20 out of them... And the best part is whatever comments that my family gave to me, I m not bothered. Guess as long as i happy can already! Coz no matter what u do, there will always be criticism, whether constructive, positive or negative.....

Anyway, abt the pix.. I feel that I never look as pretty as before when I first saw the pix! It will be a tough job trying to select 20 pix. I m teasing STEWPIG husband about upgrading our album to the premium one....

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Happy Day!

After a few grouchy & restless days, today is a Happy Day for me!

The skies are clear and blue! I had collected my wedding photographs proofs!

I got to select 20 photos out of 160+ photos for my wedding album!

Alternatively, I could choose to upgrade my wedding photography package to $3k... Meaning paying an additional of $1.6k for it....

Per the feedback from my colleagues on those photographs, I am the outstanding one! Hehe, can take a dig at my husband liao! :)

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Cabaret Style Evening Gown

The Kua Bought by Mummy Dearest

Restless is the word...

Today is my 3rd post within a day!

I will use restless to describe it! Just dun feel like doing things even though there are 101 things there for me to do...

Still trying to get the stupid card reader detected on my notebook!

Will upload some pix soon!

Old Friend!

Was compiling a list of guests to be invited to my wedding banquet in Jan 07. With the highest priority given was to my primary school mates! The best part is I had lost one of them's mobile no and the only contact no I had was her home.

So I called her home, thank god, she was at home and she picked up the phone! Chatted with her for 10 mins. Guess the feeling is weird, I had lost contact with her for at least 6 years... This friend of mine, "H" is my primary cum secondary school mate.

She utterly disliked me in the lst place, I know I always gave ppl a really bad & lousy impression. Things got better when she started to know me in secondary school! Come to think of it, she s a really sweet gal! She was there to support me when I had friendship problem and she even visited me at home during my recuperation from a jaw surgery.

Guess I m really a lousy person... Din make the effort to keep in contact with her! But all is not lost, at least I managed to get her contact no and email addy! Was reading her blog.... And i feel so happy for her! Especially when she found the One...

Here is something for her,"Friend, u dun hv to donate your $$ to slimming centre! U have never been overweight or whatever since I knew you in our school days! Just be yourself & happy! :)

Monday, October 23, 2006

Fed up! Fed up!

I m just so pissed off! Felt that everything is so F***** up!

I simply dun understand Men at all! Yup, i m refering to my STEWPIG HUSBAND!

As u all know, my home renovation is sponsored by my in laws and they re going to sponsor our most of our furniture & home appliances. I m not being ungrateful but somehow, i hate interference!

Mentioned earlier in my post, my in laws had been nagging at us to install window grilles so as to prevent spidermen or ninjas thieves from breaking into my home. Guess what, when i went to my sis-in-law's place, no window grilles was installed even though she stayed on the 11th floor and with 2 mischievous toddlers hanging around! So, i told my stewpig husband that there is really no need to install. He told me that we should compromise by just installing the ones for the kitchen.

I m fine with that. When i called him today to ask him abt the window grilles issue, he told me that he tried to persuade the in laws abt us not installing the window grilles and his parents still insist on us installing. That got me riled up! I told him off coz its our home even though they pay for the renovation... That doesn't give them the right to dictate what we got to do with our home.

Another thing, the wine issue. My wedding banquet venue charges $5++ per bottle for wine corkage. So i did some budgeting for the wine and told him that its better to get quality wine that costs less than $20 per bottle. Stewpig husband is a good drinker and he has friends in the same league as him. He suggested getting wine that costs $25 per bottle. I told him that if we managed to get the wine corkages waived, it okay but not when the wine corkages is not waived. He told me that there's nothing wrong in getting quality wine for his guests and blah blah blah... I m so mad at him! Things that he should spend on, he refused to spend. Like i told him to buy a good quality shirt for the wedding , he refused and yet he 's willing to spend on liquor!

I m so fed up... I dun need ppl to tell me what to do, i dun want to accomodate to ppl's wishes! Its' my home! I want it to look like a pig sty, its my problem!

I just want to do things that i like with no interference! Opinons are not welcomed at all!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Another 1001 things to do

Cant believe it... Its my 2nd post within an hour...

Realised got 1001 things to do now... Sheesh, i m panicking like a gan cheong spider!

Some of the things that I got to do before it slipped off my mind....

1. To settle the bridal car
2. To get the food tasting done
3. To confirm the no of guests
4. To print the invitation cards
5. To plan the program for the wedding day & settle the logistics
6. To get the housing stuff done
7. Any other matters that might pop up!

Am I too OUTDATED in my thoughts?

Was going through the forum topics in a Brides' website....

I just realised that I m really one of those rare ones who dun really give a hoot about covering back the cost of my wedding.

A lot of forumers commented on trying to recoup their cost of wedding etccc... etccc..... This bought me back to an incident happening 2 years ago when stewpig Hubby & me were dating.

Stewpig Hubby has bought quite an substantial amount of insurance from this friend of his, I should called this friend "S". Dear hubby told me that S is very experienced as a wedding planner and S told him that he can organise a wedding that costs less than $10,000. In my mind, i was thinking how the hell it can occurred?

We met up with S. He gave a loads of "expert" advice which i deemed it as nonsense. Such as limiting the no of banquet tables to be given to my parents etc etc. The best part is that our invited guests are spilt into 3 categories, A, B & C. A => confirmed will attend the banquet & give big angbaos, B => might not be able to attend the banquet but will give angbaos & C => standby guests to make up for category B guests! I told dear hubby that if we have the aim of recouping our cost of wedding... We might as well dun hold a wedding banquet!

So, i was thinking to myself.. In this days & times, are i really OUTDATED in my thoughts?

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

FUN!

Yesterday, stewpig Hubby & I went for our bridal photo shoot!

I never seen him enjoyed himself so much... Though the weather is lousy with the Haze, heat etcc... Generally, it was fun and both of us pretty enjoy it!

Even though at times, I smiled till my mouth cramped and tired... Dear hubby will be there making me laugh... U can image the amount of horsing around done by us....

Its a challenge to wear that wedding gown and walking around with the big can can and train! And its pretty hilarious when i think of it.... :)

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Challenges?

Last Sunday, my future in-laws came by to my parents' place to discuss the dowry.

Dear Mum was nervous before the in-laws came, she was behaving "weirdly" as commented by my younger Sis.

The dowry discussion was pretty smooth...... Mum got what she wanted in her terms and my future in-laws seems pretty easy going on certain aspects. But, the pessimistic me was thinking about the future... Will they be that easy going towards me? I dunno... Shudder to think abt it!


Stewpig Husband finally realised that we don't have loads of time for the preparation and he s starting to rush me into getting things done. For me, I just do things as it comes! Cant be worried over too many things! :)

Sunday, October 8, 2006

Fruitful day?

Today, I went for my wedding gown alteration!

Mummy dearest & Cousin Doris went with me for that! Doris was unhappy with the fact that my stewpig Husband din went with me for the bridal fitting. I told them that I dun like stewpig Husband to be there coz he is expressionless when I asked him for his opinion... Instead of showering me with comments, he like to make fun of me.... If not, he gave me that type of "I rather be somewhere else than here" expression! Sometimes, I do wonder did i spoil him? Coz everytime, he wants to get some shopping done, I will always be there for him.... Well, stewpig husband is the one I had choosen... Got to bear with his flaws~!

Anyway, the good news abt the wedding gown is that I had lost weight and the bridal studio is giving me the gown. I told Mum & Doris that most likely, I will sell the gown away. If not, I think i might keep the gown and keep it as a heirloom to pass it on to my future Daughter... Provided that the gown dun yellowed with time....

Dowry discussion will be held later at my place... To be continued......

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Month End!

Today is the last day of Sep 06.

Was in the office toilet counting down to the no of months left to my wedding in Jan 07... Oh my god, its 3 mths and 27 more days to go!

And it seems like i hv 1001 things unsettled yet! Panic mode starts to set in for the gan cheong (read: ANXIOUS) me! However, my dear husband is not panicky... Y should i start to panic?

Anyway, tackle things as it comes along.... Will continue to post notices of the way I bug dear hubby to get things settled! :)

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

HK Trip - Reflections.....

Just came back from my HK Trip. The whole trip was simply tiring....

During this trip, shopping & eating are the main highlights. But the aim of this trip is to thank the gods for getting me a job.

Yup, u can say... in these days & times, Do you have to be so supersititious? Well, i will say different religons thanked their gods differently... I went to thank the gods on my 2nd day in HK. This temple in HK is famous for granting wishes esp in terms of career and wealth. For me, I just want my family to be healthy & happy....

My cousin's wife gave birth to a baby gal. Her name is Grace, she is so tiny... We went to visit her twice. The first time we saw her, she was wide awake... She seems to know that her Grandaunt (my Mum) & 2 aunties (My sis & me) came all the way from Spore to visit her. Frankly speaking, its amazing to see how a baby grown up to an adult, just my siblings & me.... And now, I m seeing my parents growing old...... Guess Life is as such.....

Actually, I din enjoy this trip very much mainly due to lack of sleep. As much as HK is a shopping paradise.. The whole envt is polluted and crowded. I still prefer Singapore! Despite the fact that majority of us are protected/pampered by our Govt. Nothing beats a safe place like home. Every place has its pros & cons.... At the end of the day, I will choose Singapore! Sounds very patriotic rite?

I enjoyed myself thoroughly when my Sis & I went to Lamma Island with Bessie & Ivan (our cousin, Doris' frens) for a leisure hike. The place is clean and refreshing. Its like the Pulau Ubin in Singapore....

Anyway, this trip is a bonding session for the women in my family though there are occassional unhappiness or arguements during the 6 days trip. I am really grateful to my Mum & Sis for accompanying me to HK to get my bridal trousseau.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Responsibility...

Was reading my sis' blog....

So much anger in her... Dunno how to comment but i guess Sibling Rivalry is always there...

She s jealous of me... PRetty surprised to hear that! A lot of laments abt me and the amount of love my Mum has showered on me....

If my Mum will to hear it, I dunno how she will react. Quoting my Sis' words, i had changed from a "no" gal to a "yes" gal. To me, its a stage... Everyone will have their expectations and dreams etc.. I envy my sis for hvg so much supportive friends around her.... Great working experience & exposure.. She doesnt hv to go thru as much detours as me in terms of work and everything...

Regardless of the sibling rivalry etc, she will always be a sister close to my heart. She has always been the supportive one for me since she has been born.

I could only tell her..... Responsibility is the one. Being the eldest, I have even more expectations from my parents and that comes with heavy responsibility. Growing older means you have to shoulder more responsibility... Regardless of your environment etcc...

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Tired....

On Friday, I received my letter of confirmation!!!

Finally!!!! A perm job after 3 years of contract work!

Very tired, went to my new place to do some cleaning up with dear husband. We also went to Ikea to get some storage stuff for our new place... Extremely tired... Was wondering how my Mum managed to get the household so clean?

Friday, September 8, 2006

HoneyMoon Destinations

This question has been posed to me many times, "Where are you heading for your honeymoon?"

My original destination was to visit the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls and Las Vegas in US. Ever since, dear Hubby's boastful fren announced his intention to visit these places for his honeymoon. It totally put me off..

Everyone will say, y be bothered with such a person and changed your destination? Well, u can say that i m pissed off that someone ripped off my idea of going to Grand Canyon for honeymoon esp if tat someone is someone that you totally DETEST! This boastful fren (NINCOMPOOP) of dear hubby is the typical example of someone trying to make it big but ended up looking like a loser!

After so research and recommendations from my frens, EGYPT will be the destination! Why EGYPT? It has one of the seven wonders of the world, the movie, "Cleopatra" s effect and I had never travelled to North Africa before!

Keeping my fingers crossed that this idea wont get ripped off again by that NINCOMPOOP fren of dear hubby!

Confirmation??????????

3 months has passed in my current co! My confirmation is due but no official word has been received yet... Due to the busy month end closing..... I think if its not for my sane colleagues, I will want to bang my head against the office window & claim MC!

Its pretty stressful during the month end closing... But its challenging, there are always hiccups happening for no reason or so..... Anyway, will keep my fingers crossed for the official letter of confirmation!

Was reading my younger Sis blog just now.... Well.. guess i m really a pain in the ass most of the time... Will try to be a better sis! Hopefully, she does see my effort!

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Financial Stress

Just settle some of the wedding preparation stuff in the last few weeks....

Here is the things settled

1. Photographer for the wedding album
2. Photographer for the actual wedding ceremony etc
3. Evening gown
4. Accessories for the evening gown
5. Flowers

And there re 1001 things not yet settled for the home & wedding preparation.... Everytime, we tot of getting something for the home or wedding... Both of us will frown coz it spelled $$ and its really a financial stress to us... Thus, we try to save whenever we can...

Gotta give up certain things now...... :(

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Japanese Shinkansen vs Malaysia KTM

A month has passed and HK Auntie is going back to HK tomorrow....

Was wondering whether will i be able to send her off at the airport! Today is such a "fruitful" day!

This morn, went to Doris' pl to enjoy her swimming & sauna's facilities, followed by breakfast with her & HK Auntie. After which, we went to Chinatown to have our dimsum lunch...

Then, Lian Ann & me left the restaurant and went to our new place... To settle the protective film.... The installation of the protective film was at least 4 hours ++... Went to hv dinner with my folks while Lian Ann went to his fren's BBQ!

Dinner was with my parents, fat bond, HK auntie, Doris and my 2nd uncle & his wife! In the course of dinner, poor Doris was caught with a call from her client... Doris happened to be on STANDBY this week..... She din really enjoyed her dinner! Poor cousin!

My 2nd uncle's wife aka F Aunt complained to me abt her son aka my cousin, A's renovation. Based on her words, the contractor didn't do a good job and gave a lot of lame excuses for the defects... Mainly to push away all the blame...... Heard from them that A's getting married in Dec 06, that is 1 mth before my customary wedding....

Fat Bond commented that A is taking the Japanese Shinkansen railway system whereas I m taking the Malaysia's KTM railway system. As both A & I got our apartments within a few mths of each other, solemnised our marriage within 1 mth of each other, got our apartments renovated and the BEST part, he is going to hold his customary wedding 1 mth before me! Its like A everything within the span of 6 mths whereas I m still like taking my own sweet time to prepare the stuff....

But, I asked Fat Bond this qn, "Who is more stressful, me or A?" The obvious answer is A. These few days that i seen him, he looked so bogged down by the issues that he had for his wedding & home renovation.... Heard from my uncle that his home renovation cost him approx SG$40K, his furniture & electrical appliances another SG$20k... All in all, a whopping SG$6ok within a period of 6 mths! I guess A din know that there is so much $$ in all these!

I sounded like I m gloating, the truth is I m pissed off with him... Like trying to outdo me..... I mean I had told all my family & relatives abt my wedding date... Now, its so unfortunate that my 2nd Uncle cant attend mine and he s a fave uncle of mine! :(

Quoting Mum's words, "Its fated that we cant attend each others' children's wedding!" Poor Mum! I know she wants her siblings all by her side at my wedding! Just pray hard that everything works out fine!

Friday, July 28, 2006

Mixed Feelings...

Today is the last working day of my new colleague, Eddie.. He has been my neighbour coz he s the one sitting besides me!

Pretty enjoy working with him coz he has an unusual sense of humour plus he is always ever ready to assist me in work issues! I kept on teasing him that I will miss him once he left the co! I guess i will definitely miss him! ALL THE BEST, Eddie!

I m having mixed feelings coz my dept is having 100% staff turnover since I had been in this co for 1mth++... And with so many deadlines coming up, I really dunno whether I can tide over this period....

All the best to moi too!

Sunday, June 25, 2006

A list of things to do................

I supposed there are a lot of things going on currently....

PErhaps its due to the wedding preparation and the renovation for the apartment...

I had drafted a list of things for myself to do..... The list is as followed:

1. To lose weight
2. To save money
3. To settle my home renovation
4. To get furnishings and miscellanous for my apartment
5. To clean the apartment
6. To find my evening gown....

And the list goes on... Somehow or either, i m unsure what i am doing now... Guess i have to lose weight coz i really feel lethageric and bored easily! Just have to ensure that I have the discipline to exercise......

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Fears

Its the 2nd week of work in my new co.....

Fears start to creep in as my colleagues had resigned and will be leaving at the end of the month. Those colleagues that had resigned, they have been working in the co for more than 5 years! I called them the "Pillars" of the dept.... Somehow, I just dun feel good about the whole thing!

I prayed that everything will work out fine for me! Mum just came back from Bangkok, she told us kids about her swollen feet problem... I also dun feel good about it.... I hoped that nothing is wrong with my Mother's health.... Sometimes, I find myself not a good daughter... Din understand my Mum enough or have the time to accompany her to see the doctor...... :(

Monday, June 12, 2006

Reflections....

Went to my cousin's Civil Solemnisation ceremony last Saturday....

Suddenly, it dawned onto me that I had forgotten what my vows are! Dear husband could remember and he told me that his vows and ours are different... PErhaps, its the fact that different wedding solemnisers chose different vows? The most important thing is to sign on the dotted line..... :)

Come to think of it, there are many couples tying the knots this year! I had received quite a bit of invitations to wedding banquets... That sparked this fear inside my head.... Will I have to invite them to my wedding banquet? Will they turn up... etc etc.... Call me paranoid!

Anyway, being married comes with a lot of unexpected responsibilites... Even though dear husband dun admit it, he actually shouldered most of the responsibilites than me! As much as he could give me grief at times, I m really counting my blessings and trying my best not to take him for granted!

Monday, June 5, 2006

New job, new start!

Today is the 1st day of my new job....

Though I had been thru so many jobs... But, it is still nerve whacking on the first day! Coz u dunno how your colleagues are going to be, how is the seating arrangement etcc.... All those doubts!

Kinda impressed with the company but its their silence that is kinda intolerable!

Will keep my fingers crossed for this new job! Wish me luck! :)

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Back from Hong Kong Shopping Trip!

How time flies! Its going to be end of May and Welcome June!

I was away in HK with husband and Mummy dearest! The trip 's aim was to shop for my bridal stuff... It ended up in a shopping spree for my husband instead! He bought more stuff than me!

Very grateful to Mummy dearest! She really loves me alot! Really wonder how can I repay her in terms of love... especially for a dumbbell like me... Who always sprout the wrong things at the wrong time!

Mummy dearest bought a traditional wedding Chinese dress for me - "Kua".. The lady who sold the Kua to me, told us that the bride can only wear the skirt on the actual day! Sheesh, i need the Kua to take my pre-wedding pictures! Pictures of the fabulous "Kua" will be posted later....

Dear husband also bought alot of wedding stuff! His suit, leather shoes etcc..... Not to sound like a show off.... I managed to get a 0.52 carat diamong engagement ring from him... Heee.... That's my biggest gift!

Back to reality, there are more things to settle as the time approaching the wedding is nearer! Things like my house renovation, wedding nitty gitty stuff like dowry etc.... All these have to be fine tuned... I guess there are more challenges ahead!

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Updates!

Well....

Last Saturday, 29th April 2006 was my Civil Solemnisation Ceremony! I can't believe that I m married now!

Will upload the pictures and more details will be revealed in the blog subsequently!

Monday, April 24, 2006

Shoes! Shoes!


I had collected my Bridal Shoes finally! Isn't it pretty and sexy? Hehe... U might ask me how can a pair of covered toes shoes be sexy! Well, check my feet out when I wear it at my wedding!

These pair of shoes are a gift from dear fiance! Really thankful for him during this period of time! Unemployment and wedding preparation, such an untimely thing to happen! :)

Anyway, I will be going for a break to HK in mid May after my Civil Solemnisation. So, dear friends, please do not be worried for me! I have gone through so many things already during the past 6 months. I will pick myself up and I am very sure that I will find a better job and things will turn out for the best in these upcoming months!

My Grand Plan won't be called a GRAND one without all these hitches and hiccups occuring!

Have a good week ahead to my dear friends!

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Unexpected!

It has been a long time since I had updated my blog...

So many things had happened during this period of time from my last update.

Starting with the awful news, I was being asked to resign voluntary. Yesterday was my last day at work after the Meeting with HR and the Witch. The Witch really deserved her nickname, and she s an Evil one too.... As much as I had prepared for myself for this to happen, it still chills me to the bone. Nevertheless, I m happy that I had been released from the abyss of misery! I was so miserable in the company, in fact, I m just waiting for the Witch to make the first move! In this battle with the Witch, I came out to be a big winner! I always believed what goes round, comes around.... To those idiots and nincompoop who had their share in my voluntary resignation, I am the WINNER! :)

I am thankful and grateful to my Fiance, my family and my friends that had given me all the support and courage for this experience. So now, I will be concentrating on the preparation for my Civil Solemnisation Ceremony on 29th April 2006! Yup, I m getting those pre-wedding jitters!

For this ceremony, we re holding it at Masonic Club. The solemnisation will be held at the garden and followed by lunch at the Restaurant. Masonic Club is a beautiful, colonial building. For those who knew me, I m a sucker for old things! We had sent out the invitation cards to our friends. The invitation cards are designed by my younger Sister who has an artistic streak and a creative hand! Thanks little Sis! *Hugs*

So now, with my spare time (another 1 week), I will try to make a ring pillow! :)

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Change of plan.....

Well, my Civil Solemnisation ceremony was supposed to be on 4th April but it was postponed to 29th April as 4th April is an extremely inauspicious day!

This change of plan was a blessing in disguise! I am able to fulfill my dreams of an outdoor, garden wedding!

Never in my life, I had felt so loved before........ :)

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

The Blue Dress....



Finally, my blue dress is done!

Mum dearest finished sewing it before going for her trip to Hong Kong!

Its really beautiful! Made me felt extremely feminine and demure! I love the low back with those buttons... Those buttons are the brainchild of Mummy... who sew it and the only bad thing is I need someone to help me in this dress!


Think this is the "Something blue" for my Civil Ceremony!

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Lacy Story.....


As mentioned in my previous post, I had actually bought a dress for my civil solemnisation ceremony in Apr...

After some advice from my friends, I decided to ask my Mum to sew a dress for me. Once dearest Mummy has agreed to sew for me, we went to hunt for the materials. Mum loves to look at fabrics (occuptional "hazard" of her), she went to Arab Street and Chinatown to check out the fabrics for me.....


Both of us decided to check out this fabric shop, Khemcos at Centrepoint! We had bought fabric from it before but their fabric are quite expensive as they sell good quality cotton, silk and laces fabric..... In order to match my pink shoes, my selection of the colours for the fabrics are pretty limited!

For those who knew me, I m a big fan of lace fabric! So, the minute I touched the french lace... I won't settle for anything less! Plus, there is a sale on the lace that I wanted! I boldly bought 2 metres of blue colored french lace.... .. The lace is so pretty and soft that you can't help but to touch it more!

Monday, February 20, 2006

Unexpected!


The unexpected things always happen!

2 weeks ago... I was at my boyfriend's place.... The usual practice is that I will wait for him to finish his beauty bath first before sending me home later.....

I was in his study and he shown no signs of going to bath... I was thinking to myself,"Hmm.. why is he not going to shower? Nevermind, nag him when i sit down later..." Then, i turn his chair around, preparing to sit...........

The thought of nagging him to shower was completely out of my mind! On the chair, I saw this soft toy... A bear holding a heart and around its' neck is a printed enlarged Cartier diamond ring! He asked the magic question... I was so touched by his gesture that I kept on having this silly smile on my face!

Well... as for my "Cartier" diamond ring... He told me that we should take our time to shop for it!

Its quite an unique proposal! And i had named the bear "50 Million"!

Thursday, February 9, 2006

Disappointment...

I saw this ad posted online for the sale of a lace wedding gown....

I fell in love with the design when the seller emailed me pictures of it... Finally, I managed to contact her and arrange to check out the gown....

Unfortunately, it was disappointment as the gown is too small for me and if i will to buy it, I need to lose at least 2 inches on my waist.....

Sigh.... The search will continue.......

Sunday, February 5, 2006

My "Little Black Dress"


As my civil solemnisation ceremony is in April 06... that is another 2 months to go....

I need a dress for this ceremony.... Initially, I have no intention to buy any new dress for it.... but the women in my family won't heard of it.... Thus, the search for the "Little Black Dress" begins......

Being an extremely picky person and someone who does not have a fanastic figure ie NOT SLIM! The search is a tough one.....

I chanced upon this dress 2 days ago while shopping with my Mum... My Mum is my fashion adviser and she used to be a seamstress.... She is those type of Mum that will ask you to change your clothes if she saw what her children wearing are not presentable!

The minute I tried it on, I FELL IN LOVE with it!!!!! This dress came with a hefty price tag but it has a 30% discount and on top of it, I have a $50 discount voucher to be used... I wanted to buy it immediately..... But, Mum stopped me.... Her reason is simple... Go and shop around first before buying it!

Today, Mum and I went shopping again...... After going though various brands, whether local or international designers..... My heart is set! It's going to be that dress!

I personally felt that Mum wanted me to get a white coloured dress..... but after trying different designs of white dresses, white dresses don't flatter me at all! They made my tummy looked obvious!

Finally, I bought the little black dress...... The little black dress is not black... It's turquoise blue and its a Laundry by Shelli Segal dress! Do not asked me about the price, all I can say that it's a good buy cum investment coz I will wear this dress to other formal functions!!!!!

My Prize!


Now, I m taking my time to research and shop for my wedding stuff.....

Last Sunday, I was window shopping with my Mum at some malls..... I loved shoes and I admit the fact that clothes are accessories to my shoes! Sometimes, I wished I can be like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex & the City... having Jimmy Choos, Manolo Blahniks... All those nice and sexy shoes........

My Mum and I saw this big "SALE" sign at a shoe store.... We went in and I fell in love with this pair of shoes..... And this pair of shoes was the last pair, thus it had a huge 70% discount on it... I was hesitating on buying it but my Mum gave the OK... Thus, I was $71 poorer.......

Preparation.... Preparation.....

In order to execute the grand plan, a huge amount of preparation is required.... Planning your own wedding is like organising a Dinner and Dance for yourselves....

Essential, practical help and advice is acceptable at all times.... Though, sometimes I get pretty crappy advice from people........ That literally riled me up... and that will start a chain of actions... That followed like this:

Angry at fiance => Arguments & Fights => Cold Wars => Tiring!

Thus, I conclude that all this planning really tests our relationships... I heard from my friends that some couples broke up due to the stress of the planning and executation of the grand plan...
And I do hope that this test of relationship, I will pass with FLYING COLOURS!

To start with.....................

To start with........

The moment, my fiance and I got our apartment, it signifes the end of singles' life for us....

So, the next big step we need to take is to get married......And being a Chinese, we will have a customary wedding after our civil solemnisation ceremony.....

As planned, my civil solemnisation ceremony is held in April 06 and the Chinese customary wedding held in January 07.

Thus, this begins my grand plan of schemes.......