Thanks babes!

I'm back from my Hen's Night in PD!

Heaps and loads of thanks to my loveliest girlfriends/best friends/ji muis!!!


Pictures of the place we stay in will prolly be uploaded after my wedding cause I am SUPER B-U-S-Y!!!

Bee Lay - Thanks for the Jagermeister
Leech - Thanks for arranging the trip and booking the room
Lisa - Thanks for your porn action and being the driver
Mae - Wish you could be here with us
Tze - Thanks for coming back earlier just so you can make it for this hen's night
Ying Tzu - Thanks for driving and sorry for making you leave cute Chlo Ee alone

I luv you all so much! Really... I can't imagine my life without you all! Muaks!

*I know I'm being emo and drama, but planning a wedding can really tell who are your friends and who you can depend on.

Our wedding photo album

We have finally collected our wedding photo albums last month... Collected it when we went for our 2nd wedding gown trial in August.

Before we got to this stage, we have to go through the agony of selecting the pictures we want, get the best rate for additional poses, wait for them to edit and design the pictures... Then we have to go there to look at the design to confirm. When that's done, we have to choose what material and design we want for the photo album, design of the album, etc.

There are 2 albums which are 15 x 30 in size. We chose to have one album in design copy, and another as handmade copy.

Design photo album

Handmade photo album

This other album that we have is FOC LOL! Hubby got this from them after much persuasion. This 12 x 16 album are the pictures provided by us. We have chosen the pictures from our holidays to be given to them to design for this album.

12 x 16 holiday picture album

The 2 albums are super duper heavy!! Hubby went and weigh it and they weigh a whole 15kgs! I can't even carry it myself LOL!

Oh well, at least we are happy with the output! We also have our photo frame in our house. Happy happy~~

Honeymoon package DONE!

YES! Finally, our honeymoon package to Europe is CONFIRMED! La la la! Yay yay ya! LOL!

Yes, I am over the moon and super duper ecstatic with our tour.

During our visit to the Matta Fair last weekend, we knew we had to survey this tour company called Chan's Tour. They are based in Singapore and yes, we did surveyed them previously but didn't select them. We did our research and realised that this is another reputable company and could act as our back up just in case the tour by Hong Thai doesn't work.

Chan's Tour

Once we started our chat with them, we were hooked! They were so professional! Although they are slightly pricier, but their overall package is definitely worth the price.

Chan's Tour's 12D Europe trip

Of course we didn't decide then and there that we will cancel our previous booking with Hong Thai and go with this. We went to Hong Thai and still CAN'T confirm our tour, which is such a turn off. I'm going for my honeymoon... They can't come to me last minute and tell me that the tour doesn't have enough people and we can't go for our honeymoon, right?!

On Sunday night, hubby decided to make the final call - Either to wait for Hong Thai and suffer the consequences of them cancelling; or to go ahead with Chan's (by paying a couple of hundered extra) and change the Hong Thai's deposit to somewhere else.

Decision made was to go with Chan's Tour!! After analysing it, we really can't afford to have our honeymoon trip cancel. And Chan's Tour compared to Hong Thai is about the same price.

So on Monday, during lunch hour, we made our way to Chan's office in Imbi to pay our deposit. They have only 6 seats left! Luckily, we made our decision in time and booked our places.

Europe trip deposit paid

Date has also been confirmed - which is on the 19th October 2010. There it is! Our names as participants for this tour!

Our names on the receipt

These are the highlights of our tour. Comparing to Hong Thai's, their additional are the 2 night stay in Paris, 1 night stay in Milan and also the Mt Titlis tour.

Tour highlights

Signed, sealed and delivered babehhhhhh! Here we come!

Happy Birthday Leech!

Traffic in KL

Check out the jam in KL last Friday! The jam started as early as 4.30pm! When I peeked out from my office building, was I surprised! It was still the fasting month and it shouldn't be this jam at this hour.

I was suppose to meet Blay at her office at 7pm cos we were going to Bangsar for Leech's birthday celebration. Knowing that hubby will be super pissed and moody, I told him I'll meet him at his office so that we can wait out for the traffic to clear and hubby can go home while I meet Blay.

Since it was just 5pm, we need to look for a place that let us hang out but not have heavy dinner, and hubby brought me to Brussels Beer Cafe at Menara Hap Seng.

Brussels Beer Cafe @ Menara Hap Seng

They were having happy hour, and I ordered my Hoe. If I'm not mistaken, it costs about RM14. The happy hour is only a few ringgit cheaper though.

Hoegaarden

Hubby was feeling adventurous - He ordered the Leffe. The glass was huge! The color was like Ribena though LOL! Hubby's verdict - It's sweet.

Leffe

As we will be there for another 2 hours, hubby ordered the Brussels' Style Roast Pork (RM18.80). The menu said " Brussels' roast pork with crunch top skin of pork belly" and the word "crunch" caught his attention. He wants to see how crunchy can the skin be.

Brussels' Style Roast Pork

It looks pretty good rite? I would say the picture doesn't do it justice cos I was using my iPhone to take the picture. It tasted so much better than it looks! Really! You should try it!

Super crunchy Brussels' Style Roast Pork

I picked their recommendation - the Meat Ball cook with Leffe Brune (RM13.80). The broth has a very distinctive Leffe taste! Meaning they didn't stinge on their ingredients!

Meat Ball cook with Leffe Brune

As we were waiting for our food, I realised that Blay was still in her office waiting for the time to go to Bangsar, so I asked her to come join us for a drink. She ordered the Stella Artois and hubby has already finished his Leffe, so he ordered another drink, which is also a Stella Artois. Look at the difference in size of their drinks.

Stella Artois - 1/2 pint and 1 pint

As the traffic slowly eased up, Blay and I made our way to Bangsar and met up with Leech and Lisa. Initially wanted to go to WIP but as expected, it was packed to the brim! Alexis as well... So we picked this - Monte's.

Monte's @ BSC

It was less packed, and was so chillax. Great hang out place with the babes! And they served us with these buns as appetizer.

Appetizer

I didn't bother snapping any more pictures cos they were busy giving me small pieces of their food for me to try LOL! I was stuffed with my dinner at Brussels, that's why I didn't order anything.

For desserts, YTzu brought along a cake for Leech. YTzu's such a sweetheart!

Birthday cake

The waiters came singing the birthday song with us too!

The birthday girl - Leech

Happy Birthday gal! Many happy returns and may your wishes come true! Luv ya!

Meatworks @ Solaris

Last month, we were thinking real hard on where and what to eat. Did research online but could not find any that serves our taste buds.

Then suddenly, I thought of this place - Meatworks @ Solaris.

We made a call earlier just in case if it's crowded since it was a Sunday and it was the Ramadhan month. When we got there about 7pm, it was quite empty.

Deco @ Meatworks

Ambiance was great... White furniture frame the cosy restaurant. They have this freezer that sells fresh meat like they do in supermarkets.

Fresh meats

We placed our orders. My beverage - Earl Grey tea. Refreshing!

Earl Grey Tea

Hubby ordered the rejuvenating Watermelon Juice.

Watermelon juice

Our appetizer - Onion Soup Gratinee (RM17). It is a caramelized onion and beef broth served with Gruyere toast. The plentiful amount of onion really brings out the taste of this broth.

Onion Soup Gratinee

This is hubby's main course - BBQ Spared Ribs (3 Ribs - RM50). The menu claimed that the ribs were braised and barbequed to tender perfection... And I say perfection it is! Definitely recommended to ribs lovers.

BBQ Spared Ribs

As I am avoiding beef, I ordered the Roast Chicken (1/4 chicken - RM20). I didn't expect them to serve me with the drum part... And I actually wanted the breast part but whatever. I ain't making a fuss.

1/4 Roast Chicken

"A spit-roasted chicken served with organic vegetables from Cameron Highlands" was described in the menu. I have no comment on the organic vegetables, but it is definitely roasted to the best!

Digging in to my Roast Chicken

Great place to dine and chill. There are the sandwiches that I wanna try... Maybe next time.

mywedding.com website updated

Just a while ago, Uli was asking me about my mywedding.com website updates... And I was like "Crap I totally forgot about the existence of this blog!". It has completely slipped my mind! Also, I have no time to update this blog, let alone another blog.

And then she said "Just update pictures lar!"... which is cool and pretty simple I guess.

So here I am, already done updated mywedding.com website with more pictures... And here are the latest set of pictures that I've uploaded in the website. These are the pictures taken from our pre-wedding photoshoot in April.

Here we are - Preparing ourselves. The whole process took over 2 hours! We started at about 9am and only finish at about 11++.

Makeup products

Prepping by makeup artist

Hubby's turn for makeup - Practically had to run after him to get him to sit down

Ta-da! Check out the magic of makeup... Aah the wonders of makeup!

All done up!

Posing - Side view

First location with the first outfit is @ Pavilion. We arrived at about 12pm and shoot for about 2 hours.

Right before heading out to our first photoshoot location - Pavilion

First hairstyle

Then, we made our way to 2nd location - Heritage Hotel. We have to pay RM50 to shoot here, but we got ourselves a room to change. I remembered it was pretty cloudy at that time and the photographer was having a difficult time trying to get the natural lighting to our pictures.

@ Heritage Hotel

2nd outfit - Didn't have time to take a photo tho

We then changed to our 3rd outfit and the PG took us to this place I've never seen before. There were cables of trains as our background, but there were a dozen workers working and lifting boxes as we posed and smiled LOL! Man that was corny!

Then, we headed to KTM. Apparently we have to pay RM100 to have our photos taken here.

Done for the day - 3rd outfit @ KTM

With the makeup artist, Pey Ru - I reckon she did a fab job!

Now, we move on to the 2nd day. Location - PD. Before heading to PD, we had some photoshoots in the studio.

4th outfit for studio photoshooting

After we were done with the studio photoshoot, we changed into our 5th outfit and drove to PD at about 2pm.

5th hairstyle for PD photoshooting

Camwhore first before the journey

Hubby preparing himself for the photoshooting in PD

There! Finally the pictures for the preparation of pre-wedding photoshoot is done and posted. Hmm I kinda missed the whole process...

Wedding game plan

It is officially the month of September... My wedding month!

Finally! After a long wait, it is finally here.

Everyone has been asking me how do I feel as my wedding draws closer... Honestly, I don't feel as excited as I thought I would or should be. Maybe it's because I've been anticipating for this date for far too long... or I'm just another cliche bitch LOL!

Technically, I'm married... These things in September are all for tradition sake. I'd guess I would really enjoy myself and be super ecstatic if things would have gone smoothly with me dad. Yes, it's the problem with the dad again! I know... I myself am getting tired talking about this.

One thing that I'm VERY looking forward to is my honeymoon! YAY! 2 weeks of holiday to the romantic Europe! And shopping! Double whoopie!

Will be super duper extremely busy this month. This is my schedule so far:

4th Sept
- First round to Matta Fair to survey for honeymoon packages, backup plan and also next year's trip
- Meeting with Shangkar from Bankers Club to finalise on the preparation for dinner reception

5th Sept 2010
- Second round to Matta Fair to lock our trip/s

10th Sept 2010
- Off to PD for my Hen's Night with my girlfriends

11th Sept 2010
- Back from PD

12th Sept 2010
- "Ko dai lai"
- Facial

14th Sept 2010
- Appointment with Eyeshot Studio for body measurement to alter the dresses

16th Sept 2010
- Clean the house thoroughly and stick up all the wedding deco including the bedsheet
- Collect the altered dresses from Eyeshot

17th Sept 2010
- Buffer dinner
- Hair combing ceremony

18th Sept 2010
- Tea ceremony
- Clubbing with close friends as a token of appreciation

21st Sept 2010
- Final confirmation of guest list to be sent to Bankers Club to be printed for displayed on that night
- Confirm hotel accommodation

24th Sept 2010
- Manicure & pedicure session

25th Sept 2010
- Dinner reception

26th Sept 2010
- Return the wedding dresses to Eyeshot Studio


So far, this is what I have planned. I'm sure tho that there will be something that crops up and find a way to annoy me and stress me out. Well, I guess I have to find a way to deal with all these and get it over and done with.

Sigh... yes, I really wanna get this over and done with cos I'm so fed up preparing for the wedding, but yet, on the other hand, I don't want it to come too fast cos when it's over, I have no more wedding to look forward to, and I know I will miss this preparation feeling. Dilemma!