The wedding dates are set!

Finally! The dates for our wedding is set and confirmed!

Peeps, the dates to look forward to *drumroll*...
a) Tea ceremony - 12th September 2010
b) Dinner reception - 18th September 2010

We have also paid the deposit for the restaurant today. The restaurant that will hold our happy union with our friends and family is Ah Yat Abalone Forum in Avenue K.


This morning, we went for dim sum with Vincent's parents, and locked the date. Vincent called this restaurant a few days earlier to check the availability and was told that it was taken. Apparently, auspicious dates for next year is very little, so most of the auspicious dates were taken. So Vincent asked the restaurant to double confirm with the previous booked couple if they are seriously taking the date and we will pay on the spot to seal it. The restaurant called him back in 10 minutes to confirm that we can take the date because the previous couple have not decided.

We have always wanted this restaurant because:

1. It is in KL, which is more convenient for us and also most of our friends and families are based in KL.
2. The hall size is just right for us to hold about 30 tables. We do not want those hall that will have separation and share the hall with another couple.
3. The food here is tasty and special. I know most of you have attended lots of wedding dinners and would have already memorised the dishes, but the food offered here is somehow different and a breath of fresh air/taste.
4. Parking is ample as our guests can park in Avenue K or KLCC. There is complimentary parking for those who park in Avenue K.
5. Service is at an acceptable level. We attended a wedding dinner here before and the service here is OK... Not terribly good, but better than other restaurants that we have attended.

Now that the wedding dates are set and the restaurant is confirmed, we will have time to concentrate on our house renovation for now. We'll only resume our preparation for our wedding after New Year.

Till then, save the dates in your calendar!

Sneak Preview 01

After work yesterday, we went to our unit. We thought we'd clean some of the place, especially the bathroom.

Vincent brought along the SLR to capture some shots. For a sneak preview, I'll upload one of the pictures taken from our unit.


This is the scenery from our bedroom. Our unit faces the KLCC view. Our window is glass from top to the floor. This is what we see from the luxury of our bedroom. I love it! What do you think?

Yet another team building

No, not my team building session. This is for Vincent's team building. It was on 31st Oct 2009 at the garden next to Ampcorp Mall, PJ (I forgot the name). Vincent "volunteered" my help as the photographer of the day (without asking me beforehand, I must add)

It rained heavily the night before and was still drizzling in the morning. It was such a good weather to sleep in but I had to wake up at 6am! Luckily, the rain stopped right after we had breakfast. The weather was just perfect - both for outdoor activity and for photography!


Check out some of the photo taken that day. These is the committee for the treasure hunt activity.


Group picture.


Team 1 - In red.


Team 2 - In white.


Team 3 - In green.


Let the game begin!















Here I got involved because one of the tasks was to show "love" (dunno if it only applies to team members or not), so this was sorta helpful thing I did for Vincent's team LOL


After 2 hours of (exhausting) treasure hunt, it is over. Closing speech from their boss.


The winner was Team 3. They received cash voucher from Jusco.



Second place was Team 2.


Third place was Team 2, but they received cash vouchers because they won the Best Team prize.


It was a tiring, but fun-filled day. We headed to the Ipoh Chicken Rice at Gasing for lunch, and called it a day. I went back home and dropped to sleep for the next 3 hours! Freaking tired... I guess I'm too old for this huh?

The Lord of the Key

To myself and my fiance, the most important and valuable key to start our lives together is the Pertama Residency house key. We bought the place way back in Aug 2007, and after of 2 years waiting (in agony), we finally got our hands on the precious key! Whee!!


We received the letter from the developer notifying us of the collection of key and vacant possession on 29th Oct 2009, but at that time, we are unable to collect the key because we have to wait for the bank to disburse the final payment and settle the late interest payment issue.

On the 3rd Nov 2009, Vincent went to the developer to settle the deposit and miscellaneous fee. We tried to argue on the late interest payment, but the developer insist that they must receive the payment before they hand us the key. For the bank to investigate, it will take freaking forever! So we've decided to fork out the money ourselves.


Done with the developer, it was then up to the efficiency of the bank to disburse the payment. Vincent made a call to them on Monday, and we received good news! Money has been forwarded to the developer, and appointment was made to collect the key today! Yet another historic day - 11.11.09 - The day we collect our key!


We arrived at 10.30am and was brought to our unit. I was so excited! My very first house! Mine! Erm well, technically, it's OURS! But still... Our own place!

We checked the place thoroughly, and also the furniture. There were some minor cracks at the kitchen wall, and there was no water once we flush the toilet bowl. Other than that, everything was pretty fine. I guess we are lucky because we heard some units were complaining about worse things.


We settled the rest of the paperwork, and our car park. They gave us this house rules (which I have not read). We stopped by our swimming pool area and it looks FAB! Fantastic scenery, and there is a pool table where we can hold parties and gatherings. Looks like a good place to hold the house warming


I did took a few pictures of our unit, but I won't post it up (yet). Lemme get it done and then I'll post it up, I promise!

Congrats luv!

Good news to share. One of my best friends is pregnant!

LOL it's so weird! We started our journey as teenager together when we met in Form 3, and through all ups and downs, we have been friends for 11 years! We've cramped for exams, laughed, cried, and share everything... Now she's pregnant! OMG! *sob sob* (happy tears)

Congrats to her and her husband! I'm really happy for them!

Here's wishing them a healthy baby!

The chosen auspicious dates!

Chinese believes that with the auspicious dates, they will be blessed with health, good fortune, and good luck. To choose our auspicious dates, both our date of births from the Lunar Calendar with our birth time were taken into calculating which date would be best for us.

Coming from a superstitious family (dad is a businessman), I want to have an auspicious date for both the house warming and wedding. Vincent's parents said that Vincent was adopted by this "Wong Dai Dai" in a temple in Seapark when he was a baby. So we have to go back to that place to get the dates. We went there last Sunday. This is actually the first outing I have with his parents LOL!


Upon arrival, we fufill our duties with prayers. It's been awhile since my last visit to a temple. I used to go to temples more often when I was living with my dad.


These are actually the "Fu" - Piece of paper with chants to wrath of evil or cure sickness. There is this practice where this paper is burnt in a glass, pour water in it, and drink it.


The place to burn the paper prayers.


Setting of the table of offerings to the God.


They gave us a couple of dates for both our house warming and wedding. We told them our preferences first, i.e. which month we would prefer to have it, and they gave us a few options to work around.

Once we have decided which date, Vincent's parents have to go back to this place 3 months prior to our wedding dates. They will need to get the timing, the list of offerings, and the to-do's for the wedding.


Now that we have the dates for our house warming and wedding, we will move to the next step. For the house warming, we have 2 dates to select, which we will decide depending on the renovation progress... While for the wedding, we will decide based on the availability of restaurant. Stay tune to find out the auspicious dates!