Pre-wedding ROM pictures

This is soOooO backdated, I almost feel ashamed of myself LOL!

But anyhoo, here are the pictures of our ROM pre-wedding photos in Putrajaya. As mentioned in my post on our ROM, I have to collect my pictures from different sources. Don't be mistaken tho, I've gotten my hands on these set of pictures from the photographer that I've hired about 1 month after our ROM.

So *ahem ahem*, these are our photos. Do excuse us for the lame poses and cheesy shots. We are no model, and it's our first time.

My last warning: Be warned! Lameness maximum approaching~~~

Ooh~~ Look at his eyes - SLEEPY!

Run run run~~ Run towards your bride...

... And then JUMP!

Scream your heart out - I'm MARRIED!

Him trying to act cool; I was trying to look demure - Fail LOL!

One of my favourite shots

Posing withe the bendera Malaysia

Kissed ~ Under the sun and our flag

Yet another one of my favourite shots

Found my other half in the "jungle" ~ LOL!

Proposal successful!

"I'll be right behind supporting you"

And finally, hand-in-hand, love forever and togetherness

LOL I warned you that it is lame! Ain't that the truth?! I can't even help laughing myself!

Anyways, hope you enjoy the pictures...

The countdown begins

The countdown to my wedding has officially begun! In exactly one month from now, I'll be having my tea ceremony.

So much to do!! There is definitely something wedding related stuff to do... Like it's never ending! I can't believe that there is still so many things to take care of!

Won't be able to update my blog as often anymore since I've been spending my time on research. Mostly, my research after work is honeymoon stuff. Need to research on accommodation, places to go, how to get there, which day and what time to go etc. Oh and definitely not forgetting their local etiquette.

If u ask me which one am I looking forward to... I would say Paris!! Hell yeah!

Honeymoon to Europe - Halfway finalised

Last Sunday, hubby went into Smart Holidays website to see if they have a tentative date for us to go to Europe. They did have one on 11th September 2010 but obviously we can't make it on the dates. We told them to inform us for the one in October.

Last weekend was the MAS fair. So, out of curiosity, hubby checked out Smart Holidays website to see if they have any promotion or offer for the Europe trip we booked from the March 2010 MATTA Fair.

Sure enough, they were having promotion, and it was RM300 cheaper per person! Not to worry, cos the package we have booked has a clause that states that we can change to any trip and if our package is at a lower fee at anytime prior to us paying in full, we can switch it to the lower fee package or another trip. That is why I don't feel the pinch (yet!).

Anyhoo, the website has listed a tentative date in October 2010, which is 23 October 2010. With 10 days trip and our own extension, we will only be back on the first week of November, which is during the Deepavali on 5th November 2010. Yay! I get to save on 1 annual leave LOL!

And instead of extending only 3 nights, we are now planning to extend our stay in Paris for 4 nights. We will fly back on 4th November and arrive in KL on 5th November. Then, we will have the weekend to recover from the jet lag and go back to work on Monday. Perfect!

Check out the itinerary of the package we have booked! Downloaded this from Smart Holidays website for the 10D7N Best of Europe:

Our honeymoon itinerary to Europe - Adapted from Smart Holidays website

Maybe it's a little too small, but overall, these are the countries that we will be going to:
Vatican/ Rome/ Pisa/ Venice/ Lucern/ Rhineland Germany/ Amsterdam/ Brussels/ Paris


Of course we will still go to the MATTA Fair in September. I want to finalise my honeymoon package then and there, once and for all. Make the payment and prepare for our honeymoon to the romantic Europe!

Oh and one more thing - we will also plan for our trip next year... Our post honeymoon trip. We have decided this during the MATTA Fair in March but it was still to early to book for 2011 trip. Where are we going? Will reveal once we have book our tics!

Dad's Birthday Dinner

Last month, dad celebrated his birthday with his family at Imperial Garden in PJ. By right, he's 50 this year, but if calculated by the Lunar calendar, he's 51 this year. Hmm... Dad's age is really catching up. Sigh... am feeling guilty all over again...

That night, dad booked 4 tables in total for his family. Even the dishes he ordered were very different from the usual, and of course tasted really yummy! For some, I really don't know the name as they did not print out any menu for displayed. But really, the food here are absolutely tasty!

Thai Chili Sauce - Absolutely appetizing!

Appetizer - Which I can't recall what it is

Shark's Fin Soup ala Thai

Bean Sprouts - To go with the Shark's Fin Soup

Beijing Duck - Yummy!

King Prawn

Longevity Noodle - This is very delicious!

Braised Abalone - The abalone is very soft and appetizing

Dessert Mango Sago - Very savory!

Most of my cousins didn't come, but my aunts and uncles all came. Here's a picture of all of the. Total siblings my dad has - 9!

One family

This is my brother... My true blood brother. Our relationship has gotten a little better, which I hope it could improve... If only he's not so stubborn and egoist.

My brother & I

Myself with my dad, brother and sister

The birthday cake is dad's favourite - Durian cake. I actually love it! Yummy! OMG I'm craving for it again! Must remember to ask my dad where he bought it and hope they sell in a smaller piece.

My "extended" family

Happy Birthday DAD~~

Wedding music

For our dinner reception, we will have cocktail session starting at 6pm. Throughout the cocktail session, the club has provided us a pianist to fill the environment. Of course, it is all great and fancy, but the pianist is only available during the cocktail session. Once the dinner starts, then the pianist is gone.

So that leaves us with 3 choices, which are:

• Leave it to the club to play any music they have in-house - Can't risk this cos I won't know what music they will play.
• Engage the service of local band/group to perform - Too pricey... At least RM1.5K for a band with 2 people.
• Play our own music - Which is the choice we have decided on.

Now, my initial idea was to select at least 100 songs that I want to be played during the dinner, download it, and burn it. Obviously, this idea has been banned because it takes too much time and unnecessary effort.

We went to a couple of CDs shop and finally came upon the Rock Corner in Mid Valley last month. I was just browsing and was actually tired with the huge variety of CDs when the security guard (yes, a guard) came to me and asked me what was I looking for. He then rushed to a couple of different racks and brought me a couple of CDs, and surprisingly, are exactly what I wanted!

As I couldn't decide if I want to have songs aired or just instrumental, he suggested this CD to me, which is a combination of both! WOW! Talk about convenience and solving my dilemma! This set which has 5 CDs and costs RM54.90 is a mixture of oldies (mostly) and some new songs, and of course has both instrumental and lyrical.

100 Best Wedding Classics

I continued browsing and I got my eyes set on this - The 101 Colours of Love. It is by far, the closest selected songs that I would want for my dinner and nothing too cheesy (or at least kept to minimal). Total in this was 6 CDs, which costs RM49.90! What a deal! I really like this set!

101 Colours of Love

As I busied myself with wedding stuff (as usual), hubby busied himself with anything other than wedding related stuff (as usual too). He came to me and said he wants to get this as well. It was a collection of Jacky Cheung's CDs. This compilation which consists of 8 CDs included some of his well known and most memorable songs. Can't really recall the exact price for this but it should be at about RM90++. Hubby has been listening to it ever since and he loves it! LOL what an uncle!

Jacky Cheung's CD compilation

Another item that he bought was the original DVD of Avatar. This is one of his favourite movies, and he has a copy which is pirated, and obviously, is really fuzzy. Remember the part where the Navi were speaking in their local languages? Yeah the pirated DVD has no translation for this. I was in a shopping mood, so I don't mind him buying it.

Original Avatar

I guess hubby's on a shopping spree as well cos he got another DVD for himself - La Brasesiere. They were having promotion for the older movies and this DVD only costs RM12.90. Hubby wanted to watch it again cos he said it is a good movie, which I have to agree.

La Brasesiere

After purchasing, I realised that I won't be able to play both the compilations I got for my dinner. I'll prolly mix it up and pick the CDs that I like.

And I can lend it to anyone who wants to use it for any events. So, who wants it, lemme me know!

2nd wedding gown trial

My 2nd wedding gown trial was done last Sunday, 08.08.10. This is to select the gown for the actual wedding day.

And YES! I have finally made my selections! At first, my choices were:

• 1st gown - Champagne gown
• 2nd gown - Long tail gown
• 3rd gown - Green mermaid gown

But after I've left the place, I was still thinking if I've made the right choice. I'm skeptical because I didn't on the fence with my green gown choice. Then hubby suggested a set of gowns for me, which is:

• 1st gown - White ball gown
• 2nd gown - Long tail gown
• 3rd gown - Champagne color gown

After looking at the pictures hubby took, I've decided to go with his suggestion. So YAY! Done!

We've also collected our photo album, photo frame and all soft copy of our pictures in their original file. Also got the touched up pictures. The photo album was freaking heavy! Hubby weighed the album and it was 15kg!

Discussion was quite long at the studio because we need to arrange for the photographers and videographers to come to our place and what time. I have to give them the itinerary for both days of my wedding.

Crap! We just realised our package did not include flower bouquet and boutonniere, and also car deco for the wedding day. The studio mentioned that it will be RM200 for this, but before I can persuade her to give it to us FOC, she voluntarily gave it to me! I was so surprised! Very rarely bridal studios would do this. They will take any change possible to earn every cent from your pocket, but not this bridal studio! I totally recommend them!

I've picked my flower theme for my wedding. It will be PALE PINK GERBERA! I love daisies! Gerbera represents Innocence and Loyal Love. Every time I see daisies, it makes me smile and brings the whole sweet, warm, fuzzy feeling, which is what I want my home and marriage to feel like.

Pale Pink Gerbera

These few days have been busy with my picture project for heng dais and ji muis. I've just finished it yesterday and sent it for print today. We are very happy with the result and pass it to them by this Thursday/Friday. I hope they like it!

Leaving this post with a one of the evening dresses that I've tried. I like this and especially the details at the back, but hubby didn't. So I had to say no to it.

Blue evening gown

Still have so much to do! I have to salute the brides that DIY their stuff... Really... Hats off to them!

Busy Busy Busy

It's been very busy and hectic time for me since my birthday. Ever since the birthday celebrations are over, I've been busy with wedding preparations. Mostly busy with the guest list and writing the guests' name on the wedding invitation card.

Last Sunday, I went to this factory outlet in Kepong that sells Chinese wedding stuff. We got lots of house deco there like stickers etc. Then, drove to mum's and pass her the wedding cards and ask her to come up with the full guest list. On Monday, we had dinner with hubby's parents and pass the cards to them.

Sigh... Every time the topic on wedding comes up, argument is definitely to follow suit. It always is like this! With my mum, I have to get her to confirm the list and when she was doing it, she realised she didn't have enough seats for her guests! And she still hasn't gotten her dress. I told her to go with my sister but they can never do that. They have to have me with them... If not, they will quarrel.

Then, argument continued at mum-in-law's... Mostly on the guest list. The thing that is very difficult with relatives is to confirm the exact number of people attending. How many children are coming? And will their children come alone or with a plus 1? There's just too many vague numbers going on the guest list!

Why can't they just come up with the full list?! OMG stress!

Tonight, we are going for wine tasting at hubby's friend's pub in Jaya One. He can get us a "special" price on the red wine. So hopefully, we will be able to get the wine that we want and at a reasonable price.

And tomorrow is my 2nd gown trial at Eyeshot!!! YAY!! More gowns to try on.

I know I want 2 wedding gowns and 1 cheong sam.

• 1st wedding gown is for the tea ceremony - preferably a mermaid cut dress.
• 2nd wedding gown is for the dinner march in - preferably with a long tail
• 3rd gown - preferably a cheong sam but I'm too short to pull this off, and my neck is too short to wear this high-collared dress.

Hopefully I can get it and enjoy myself after a stressful week!