Counting down to our Big Day (^.^)

Its been a long while since I've blog. I've been so busy with many events; just attended my guy's younger sis wedding on 09.09.08, celebrated my 2 best pals birthday in Aug & Sep respectively, took our pre-wedding PS in July, went for interview & hitched the job. Somehow or rather, I feel that this year passes by in a breeze (even though its not december yet) ... & time is simply not enough for usage.... hmm...

As I look at the Ticker on my Blog, which is like 3 months counting down to our Big Day, I suddenly realised that our AD is drawing nearer and there are still lotsa things and details to take care of. And most vital of all, we've to manage our budget & expenses. ;p

Guess like the rest of BTB, I simply cannot avoid the fate of having pre-wedding jitters. (",)

But I think we've handle everything pretty well and on schedule, hee...

The very last thing that I would want is to fuss & worry about minor details on our AD. I just wanna relax and enjoy our Big Day.

This prompted me to write down a list of actions for this upcoming 3 months preparation. (It is not in sequence as whatever comes to my mind now I will jot it down. Looks like the list seems endless, haha...)

~ Wedding To-Do List~

1. **Impt** Drafting & RSVP of final guest lists.

(Baobei's parents side and his own frenz, my own side and frenz.)

2. Printing of wedding invites inserts.

(Pending for sis to help me get quotation from her friend.)

3. Selection of photos & song for our wedding montage & to pay deposit.

4. Check with Coffee & Tea the progress of our animation.

5. **Impt** Confirm wordings to engrave on our wedding bands and date of collection.

6. Confirm AD lunch buffet with Fuzin Palate.

(To finalise total n.o of pax to cater for.)

7. Bring Dad to tailor his suit.

8. Arrange food-tasting @ IC.

9. Confirmation of AD Dinner Emcee.

10. Wrist corsages & small gifts for jie meis.

11. Customised ring pillow & wedding shoe.

12. Collection of our wedding album. (Andrew Tay)

13. Confirm photos for 3-in-1 potrait.

14. Schedule a date with DC (Kim) for a final fitting before AD.

(At the same time, to meet up with MUA (Kelly) to discuss and finalise hair-style for AD

morning & dinner. )

15. Finalise AD morning schedule and dinner programme.

16. Furnish & decorate our "Xin Fan" (An Chuang).

17. Purchase traditional items for GDL. And also "Xi" decorations.

18. Confirm bakery to order GDL cakes and for whom.

19. Register for marriage online & to meet up with our JP before AD.

20. To meet up with florist (Justin) for discussion of AD posy.

21. Source for wedding accessories to go with EG.

22. Highlight hair 2 weeks before AD. ~Angelyn~

Trim & cut hair 2 weeks before AD ~Rick~

"What Happenz In The Cathay?"

First of all, sorry but I really really have the need to rant here.

Is it me or what, I realise that as the pace of our life gets faster, as we get richer, and as we have higher education, we Singaporeans are becoming more & more rude, self-centred and selfish. (Before you start to bombard me with negative comments, let me tell you, I'm a true-blue Singaporean ok, no doubts about it!)

Recently, I felt that me & baobei were damn unlucky lor, met with some incidents with absolutely rude people. I personally met with couple incidents, first with the elderly man at the mrt (which I've told my story in my prev post.), followed by another encounter while at golden shoe during lunch time, then this week, twice @ Banquet food-court. (I'm not going into details about these incidents as I pretty much wants to brush them off.)

And with baobei, not too long ago, we met with a couple who tried to snatch our parking lot @ IMM and made us damn pissed off. You see, we've been waiting there for like ages. And he have the audacity to just try to snatch our lot when he has just arrived. He was not like waiting behind or infront of our car, mind you! Which if its the case, we would have simply closed one eye and just let it go. But he just came suddenly from our side, while baobei has already flashed the indicator and prepared to reverse and made into the empty lot. I'm sure you know what I meant. Haiz.... not going into details about this one either.

Ok, lets jump to our incident last night. We attended the Her World Bridal Show last sunday, and as we are the first 100 participants to register, we were given 2 free movie tix to attend the premiere at The Cathay cinema. Oops, forgot about the movie title "What Happenz In Vegas"

The show was hilarious & quite good, but was almost ruined by this couple of rude movie goers.

Infact, perhaps I should called it "What Happenz In The Cathay", wahahaha....

It was free seating, and we've managed to get a cosy seating at the end of the row. But that is also the angst and the begining of the whole unpleasant experience we had.

You see, there was this loud couple seated just behind us. They were eating and talking loudly, which I try my best to just ignore them, thinking that "hey, maybe they were just rowdy people and were getting excited about the movie..."

Then, they saw one of their friend, and the lady called out loudly for her friend to sit beside them.

When the movie finally begins, we started to experience this whole "shaking effect" of our chair behind. Please do not think that this was some kind of new technology installed at the cathay cinema whereby they have shaking chairs for some action-packed kind of movie. Ours was a romantic comedy, fyi.

Initially, there was only once or thrice, but its got so frequent that even baobei was very irritated. Thats when I turned my head slightly behind, and guess what I saw?

The couple, especially the lady, was slouching and criss-crossing her legs until her heels kept kicking into the back of our seat. And she was munching away with tidbits. It was damn ridiculous lor, as the space between the seat and the back of the seat infront of you was so spacious. (If you have been to The Cathay, you would know what I'm talking about here.)

We really can't understand how can they possibly keep kicking into the back of our chairs. Not just the lady alone, but her guy was seated just behind me and he did the same too.

I did asked baobei if he would like to change seat, as its free-seating, but he said nevermind.
So, we begin to tolerate their kicking of our chairs and hysterical laughter and remarks while watching the movie.

But baobei finally got so damn irritated that he turned his head around, wanting to tell them not to do so. I did turn around and tried to say "excuse me, can you stop kicking our chairs?". I did not even intended to be hostile because I truly thought they did it unintentionally as these were the insentitive, selfish movie-goers.

Guess what, when both baobei and me turned around, they completely ignored us. Yes, you heard it right! They acted nonchantly with their eyes glued straight at the movie screen. Not once, did they looked us in the eyes and acknowledged what we've told them. Their friend actually saw me and was giving me this shocked facial expression.

WTF!!! Acting nonchantly has actually pissed off baobei, which he really showed it and I can tell he didn't enjoyed his movie. I told him to just ignored them and meanwhile, I tried to enjoy the movie. (Ok ,ok I admitted that I was as pissed off as baobei and it was simply hard to concentrate on the movie, feeling so much like telling them off sarcastically. But I endured, trying not to lose my cool if they decided to act ignorant and treat us as transparent.)

"Hey, why should we not enjoy our movie and be spolit by such people. I am not going to fall for their deliberate actions of ignoring us." I was thinking to myself.

After that, the Biatch kept continuing to kick into the back of our chairs. (I've lost count how many times seriously.), which I've a feeling it was done deliberately.

"Lady, if you can't sit properly wearing pointed high-heels, I would suggest you to wear flatties or even sandals. Oops, sorry I should know that you can't, as you are a shortie. My bad..."

And after the movie ended, they stood up first, and I was completely surprised to find that they were not so tall afterall. Pardon me for being bad-mouth, but I'm trying to state the facts. Both the couple look like barely 1.60cm, thus I'm very belwildered how in the hell they can kick into the back of our chairs???? Its pretty absurd I find.

And really, looks can be deceiving as they look pretty decent and harmless.
But their actions, OMG!!!

When the movie ended, we proceeded to go to Level 1 washroom, and while exiting the entrance, well well well, we bumped into them!

That lady looked at me from head to toe at that split second when we passed each other through the door, but I immediately said loudly to baobei "There, she is the one lah! Biatch!!!" Her bf did not even dare look us in the eyes.

I absolutely abhor people who stared at others from head to toe and treated others as if they were transparent. KNS!!!

Yes, you may call me a biaTCH as well. But seriously, I don't care anymore. It is such rude, selfish & insentitive people that caused us to react in such a way.

And I sincerely believe "What Goes Around, Comes Around....." And they will one day, be dealt with, in the very same manner as us.

Starting to lose faith in Mankind.....

Celebrated my future MIL birthday last night, and on our way home in the car, we tuned into Class 95FM, and I almost couldn't believe my ears when I heard this story.

Someone wrote in and shared her angry and sad feelings about this Coasta Rican artist called Guillermo Habacuc Vargas who paid little kids to catch a stray dog, tied it up with a rope, displayed at an art gallery and starved it to death without giving it food or drink.

(P.S I do not wish to display the pics here as it makes my heart very very sad.)

All in the name of Art?!!!

My immediate reaction was WTF! Is this true?! Is this a joke or something??! OMG!

I searched for information on the internet and came to find out that there are many versions of it. Some saying its a hoax and that the dog did not actually died and that the Art gallery did feed it and release it the next day. But only God knows if its true.

I'm a 100% dog lover and am utterly disturbed, angry and upset when I came across this incident.

I'm really starting to lose faith in mankind. How sadistic or complex human being can really be. And the worse thing was, those who visited the art gallery, saw this and does nuthing to stop him???!
Arrghhh.......

Until now, I still could not believe this cruelty act of a so-called artist. I mean what are you trying to prove? Another article states that he was actually trying to put across the message that everyday there are many stray dogs dying on the streets but nobody cares, and when its on display in a art gallery, it provoke so much attention.

"BUllshit! Yes, Mr Guillermo XXXX whatever, you've indeed achieved your aim of getting all the attention and publicity that you've wanted. And yes, the truth hurts, but who do you think you are to act as God. I think you are a devil in disguise as your act and thoughts are pure evil, regardless of what message you are trying to put across.

What next? How about tying yourself up with a rope and starving yourself to death to put the message across that many people in Africa or third world country is dying of starvation?

What is your real ulterior motive?

Maybe, those stray dogs will ultimately die of hunger or diseases, which is sad too, but at least, they have freedom to go wherever they want to. Maybe they will meet a kind soul who will adopt it and feed it well. Who knows. I believe God has a plan for everyone of us. But who are you to deprive it of its freedom and to humiliate & torture it in such a way??!

I absolutely abhor & despise your act. And I believe this is not what a artist should do. You are just a twisted, evil-minded exhibitionist who is a danger to mankind. You are no different from other animal abusers, except that you did it in public and finding lotsa shit excuses to cover your own backside when the uproar begins. And ultimately what goes around comes around...."

Apparently, it was believed that he was going to represent the country at the "Biennale Centroamericana Honduras 2008".

If you shared the same sentiments as me, please go to this website to sign your petition to boycott him from repeating the act again!

http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition.html

I choose to believe that this is not a hoax, as I does not wish to take any chances that this person will repeat the same thing again. By signing the petition, this is the very least that I could do.

I came to think of a recent quote from the movie that I've watched "Horton Hears a Who!"

"A person is a person, no matter how small!"

Now, will someone please make me rekindle the faith in mankind again...... please....

My Digi Cam is here!!!

I just got it last friday. "Big Grin"

Geez, I'm now feeling like a little gal who is excited about her new doll, and simply can't keep my hands off it, haha... I have not really read the user manual in details yet, am too lazy you see. Perhaps shall do it this coming weekend.

I initially was lemming over the Sony DS-T70/200 but after reading so many reviews about its mediocre pictures quality and that its more of a stylish digi-cam, rather than a performance one, I decided to shift my focus to Canon brand. Moroever, a Sony would definately cost me a bomb more than a Canon.

Overall, I am very satisfied with my new Canon IXUS 80 IS, in pink!

Yes, you heard it right, it is in PINK! Metallic light shade of pink!

But I must say the Brown, Caramel and Blue are all so delectable & yummy looking as well.

I'm also pretty surprised that the 2.5 inch LCD screen is not as small as I deem it will be, lolzz. Perhaps I'm so used to seeing Baobei's Lumix, which has a 3 inch LCD screen lor. And it does not seem as pixelised as my previous Casio Exilim. And there is even a view-finder, which is rare to see on a digi cam nowadays. But this can greatly help to reduce the battery life when its running out, as you can still use the view-finder to focus your pics.

And oh, it has this uuber cool feature, whereby you can find it on iphone, kekeke...

You take a pic in landscape position, and when you tilt your camera to portrait position, the picture preview automatically adjust itself to portrait for viewing... vice versa. But it doesn't work all the time, sometimes its kindof lag.

I even bought a hello kitty casing (to use as a camera case) during my lunch time today, coz there is no free casing thrown in when I bought it. Alas! A free 4GB SD card but no camera casing. Come to think of it, quite stupid hor... But never mind lah, consider I bought it cheaper than the retail price.

But the casing seems too big for the cam lor. I seriously suspect this is a cigarette case, wahaha.... a hello kitty cigarette case?!! Haiz, just use it temporary first till I can get a better one. But its really cutez, with matching pink colour, and a big silver ribbon. A pity about the size though. Hello kitty stuff ain't cheap. Cost me $9.50 loh.

Ok, enough of my description. Here are some pics I took with my mobile.

Seriously, the pics doesn't do it justice. You've got to see it IRL.

It is a good All-Rounder Digi-cam. Nuthing to woww about, but yet its simple and nice.

The front-view


With the Zoom out.


The Back-view

Side by side with my new hello-kitty casing. Love the big silver ribbon!

Wedding updates (Evening Gown)

This week has been really busy for me at work, as there is a major meeting held in our office, plus my usual deadline to meet for work. All the higher-up management flew in from the different countries offices. I have been going into the office earlier almost everyday. Thankfully, being busy makes the week passed by very quickly, which is good good. (",)

I finally met up with Kim yesterday since our last appointment in February. Took a half day leave yesterday. We discussed about the design, type of fabric and colour that I would like for my EG. I told her that I wanted to have fuchsia colour and something in mermaid style. Kim let me tried on a few pieces of EG with different fabrics and cuttings.

In the end, I settled for a halter-neck, bare back style, which we both agreed looks good on me. As for the type of fabric, she suggested to use satin and on top of it will be a layer of tulle to achieve the "mermaid shape" as satin fabric itself will be soft and flowy, clinging onto the skin, thus alone cannot achieve the shape that I want.

The colour that I've choosen for the inner satin fabric will be a lighter shade of pink, whereas the tulle will be in a bright fuchsia colour. Exactly what I want! I had a hard time deciding on the colour, as I wanted fuchsia (loud pink) but yet does not want to look too wayang. At the end of the day, I wanted something glamorous and elegant, not something too OTT.

Crossing my fingers real hard that it will turn out to be my dream EG. And I'm really happy to fixed my first fitting on the 29 May and our pre-wedding PS with Andrew Tay will be on the 16 July! Gotta note these dates down in my calendar. My appointed MUA is Kelly.
Yippee!!! Looking forward excitedly towards my first fitting and PS.

And oh ya, I need to source for my wedding heels. Before Kim tells me how many inches that my heel has to be, I told her that I'm comfortable with 3 1/2 inches, hehe... cheeky me. She then laughed and said ok lah, between 3 1/2 to 4 inches is perfectly alright. And she did reminded me not to get those with "claw-like" diamonates as these will hook onto the cancan of the gown.

Overall, having Kim as my designer and overall bridal stuff coordinator, makes me feel rest assured that I am in good hands.

After the appointment, with some time on my hand, I went down to Sim Lim Square to get my Digi-cam. Been waiting for so long since I missed the recent IT show held at Suntec. Not enough funds then, keke... I did my homework and luckily asked my sis if she had lobang. And she told me that her ex-boss recently bought the same exact model that I want (Canon IXUS 80IS) at a lower than retail price. Bought it at S$385 (incl gst) whereas retail is selling for S$429 (which I have no idea if it includes gst or not.) She recommended me to Alan Photoshop @ SLS Level 1, and to look for Anthony.

I know I know, most people thought if you purchase consumer electronic stuffs at SLS, you will surely kana chop carrots one. But my sis ex-boss said Alan Photo can be trust worthy, thus I gave it a benefit of a doubt. Anyway, I know what I want and did my homework. I'm sure its usually the ang mohs and tourists who kana chopped, hee... no offence though.

Yeah!! Finally got my digi-cam since the very last one I had got "drowned" during my Koh Samui trip, hahaha.... Now I have one to take pics of my fittings and all wedding related stuff. Am a happy gal now.

In the evening, tagged along with Baobei to SAFRA Club for a swim. Its been such a long time that I swim. I always find tranquility in the water, probably because I'm a Pisces. Anyway, nice amenities they have there. Bathrooms at Ladies were big and spacious. Locker room were clean and with pipe-in music, plus there is a hair-dryer, combs and even Johnson baby powder somemore, haha. But who will dare to use the combs there, lolzz..

We end the night with a sumptous dinner at Pepper Lunch at IMM. Have been lusting over its grilled beefburger steak for a long time. Delicious and fulfilling dinner. Yummy!

Arrghh!!!!

Super damn pissed off is how I would describe my feelings at this moment. Arrgghhh!!!!
I've been having a terrible tension headache (or is it migraine, ohh... what the heck!) since this morning, and it was excruciating painful during the later part of my work day. But this is not the main point.

While waiting for a train at raffles place station after knocking off from work, there is this elderly uncle also waiting, standing just right behind me.

When the train arrived and the door opened, as usual droves of people dashing out. I stood aside to allow them to alight first before entering the train. But you guess it right, that stupid uncle behind me decided to act kiasu and jabbed at my bag, pushing me in. I was thinking "Helo uncle, the train door is not going to close like within 5 seconds lor, stop being a kiasu singaporean."

Usually, in such situations, I would just let it go and ignore whoever. But today, I simply couldn't contained myself and therefore I blurted out at him in an irritated voice (Yes! I was damn fucky irritated) "Can you stop pushing...." And he immediately shouted back in a defensive tone "I'm not pushing!" (Quoting his exact words.), followed by staring at me as if I "killed" his whole family. And he never stopped staring at me all this while, even when I looked away and ignored him. I decided why should I be afraid and so I stared back at him too. There is no such thing as being fierce or loud = you will win. And I'm even prepared to reason with him if he wants to continue mumbling.. I'm not afraid!

He even had the audacity to mumbled that I'm trying to be funny with him. WTF!!! Sorry for my unpleasant usage of language here, but I've not been so pissed off ever since that dinner session with Simon's friend Jas the other time. Well, that is another super pissed off situaton too, which I'm not gonna talk about it here.

At this moment, I was super damn angry already, but I decided to ignore him and act as if he was invisible. Because I do not want to be wasting my energy quarelling with such an unreasonable person. Moroever, other people who doesn't know head or tail will be thinking that I'm bullying an elderly. Haiz... whatever... I guess by ignoring him, I wouldn't fall into his trap of him, trying to agitate me into a quarrel. After all, losing cool is more easy than keeping cool.

I understand that there are many such people existing, and probably my headache made me in a super grouchy mode. But well... what happens if a pregnant lady was in my place... is he going to act in the same manner as well? Does he think that being an elderly gives him the right to be unreasonable so that others can give in to him? Put aside his age, I think he doesn't even possess simple basic courtesy.

And you know what, when there was a seat available, he was in his "kiasu mode" again and rushed for the seat, thinking I would vie with him. (That empty seat was very close to where I'm standing.)
Such childish act really... And this was an educated (he spoke in english, ok!) elderly old man, and yet displayed such behaviour. What can I say! Haiz... count me unlucky.
There is a saying "Kindness Begets Kindness"... now I really seem to doubt it....

Dog Swim @ Tanjong Beach, Sentosa

Today was a very exciting & joyful day for me! Jasymn & Marcus organised a dog swim session @ Tanjong Beach, Sentosa. And this is the 1st time that baobei & me brought ah roy for an outing. Yes, you heard it right, first time outing, if you do not count bringing him for grooming, to the vet or strolling session. Its just like a family outing, coz ah roy is part of our family. (^.^)

I woke up at 7am in the morning, which I usually wouldn't do so on a weekend, hee.... Getting all ready and excited to bring him there. We didn't bring Snoopy along as Uncle said he does not like water. And probably 2 dogs would be too much for us to handle. Feel kinda bad....

We reached there at about 9 plus am, and we tested by putting ah roy in the shallow water first. And he paddled quickly! He really liked swimming, which he displayed by wagging his tail simultaneously, wahaha. After which, we put him a bit further away, and watched him swim back to the shore. He was so adorable!!! Kawaii!! It was so fun watching him swim and treading water.
Kindof regreted not using my hp to video his swimming session. And baobei's camera battery was spoilt. Luckily the rest have brought cameras along.

He is a certified Good Swimmer! :)

But the strange thing was, he does not like walking on the sand. When we put him down, expecting him to walk back to the shelter area, he does not move a single bit. Staying stationery at where he was. Alas!!! I only realised that he doesn't like it, because after we bathe him and placed him on the pavement, he actually walked & ran as per normal. And I also discovered one thing, he is very afraid of the cold. He kept shivering profusely after dipping in the sea water.

Overall, it was an enjoyable & fun session. Ah roy also gets to make some new friends. Maya, zai zai, jia jia and niu niu were all there. And breakfast (Roti prata) was provided, courtesy of Jasymn & Marcus. Thanks to them!

After the dog swim session, we went to this restaurant at Science Park, where you can bring along your pets. But its only restricted to seatings at outdoor area only. Nice ambience for a cozy, leisure afternoon lunch or coffee. After lunch, we proceed to purchase some dog stuff at Annie's pet shop located at Boon Lay shopping complex. Bought 2 dog collars, (purple & red colour) one each for ah roy & snoopy, a retractable dog leash and a dog ear wipe solution, which was recommeded by Nena.

Baobei said he was tiredz. Me too. But I thought it was such a valuable outing which we don't get to do it every other day. We should go again sometime. Btw, today's weather was damn erratic lor, early morning it was drizzling. Then sunny again. Then while eating lunch, it rained heavily. Stopped. And by the time we reached home, it rained heavily again. Weird weather indeed...

Oh, I would be uploading photos of the dog swim session later on at my multiply account.
Do add me @ http://bubbles1579.multiply.com/ inorder to view them.
I find it such a chore uploading here on the blog, as each time I would have to edit as the text seems to go hay wire after inserting pictures. And seems like I could not upload multiple pics at the same time. Can anyone enlighten me??? Hmm....

Bizzare Life....

Had BBQ at ZenSports yesterday night. Yes, you heard it right, BBQ held not at the beach or chalet, but at the car workshop, haha. And also its been a long time since I've tasted delicious BBQ chix wing. And I must really commended that the ones I had were really good. Yum Yum!!! Think they ordered from this place called BBQ wholesale or something.

We ate, drank and chatted thru the night till about 3 plus. Initially, we were chit-chatting about places to travel etc, but somehow or rather our topics drifted to encounters of the third kind... and all those strange incidents that some of them had during their holidays. Most of their encounters were at the hotels.

Frankly speaking, I absolutely abhor staying alone in a hotel room. Well, that is unless I've no choice but to. Just like last year when my boss decided to send me to Shanghai Office, ALONE. My first thought was, "I've got to sleep alone?!... arrghh..." and especially, after hearing all the frightening stories from Eileen about her strange incident once in a Taipei hotel, and of her colleagues. Alas, I thought I was gonna die of fear... ;p Yes, I hate to admit it, but as my age increases, it seems like my level of timidness increases as well. A parallel relationship, wahaha. But hey, at least I'm frank enough to say so.

But still, I guess sometimes your mind does play tricks in your head. Luckily, that trip was only for 2 nights, and the room was not eerily spacious enough. Somehow, I feel that a hotel room does not need to be too spacious. And of course, I do not mind it to be if I do not have to stay alone, hee...
Talking of that, I was wondering how will our bridal suite at the Intercon Hotel looks like? Hmm.....

Another sad news I heard from Billy during last night chit chatting. A recent true incident. The story goes, he had a customer, a malaysian guy who will always called him everyday morning to order stocks from him. But one morning, he did not get any call from him, and just as he was wondering why, he heard the bad news. He had went to desaru with his wife to take their prewedding pictures. On their way travelling back to Singapore, they met with a fatal car accident. Both the driver and photographer whom were seated infront, had miraculously survied with minor injuries, but the couple died, the guy immediately, and the gal on the way to the hospital.

The saddest part was, both died in their wedding gown and suit. And they ended up having their wedding pic for their wake. :'( What could be sadder than having a happy occassion turned into a tragic one. My immediate reaction was a gut wrenching feelings in my heart, and I silently mourned for a minute. And all of us went silent for a whilez, before we resume our chatting and joking. Guess everyone just wanted to avoid continuing with it.

How bizzare and fragile indeed life can be and how everything seems to be fated at times. We should all treasure what we have now and enjoy the moment..... for we do not know what life has instore for us. The super irony was that while writing this blog, I was listening to a string of romantic love songs with baobei, as we are selecting songs for our wedding express highlights.

Company Team-Building Retreat 2008 (BBS)

Just came back from our company retreat at Sentosa yesterday evening. I was super shagged, but overall, it was fun. We stayed at Treasure Resort Hotel, which was very near The Merlion. I noticed alot of constructions going on at Sentosa, and now the monorail is link to Vivo City, which is so convienant.

We reached the resort in the afternoon on friday, and followed by a delicious BBQ dinner at the courtyard restaurant. Our table has a nice view of The Merlion. After dinner, there was a game session by the event company which was hired for our Team Building Activities.

Perhaps you've played it before, it goes that everyone form a group of 3 persons, two of us hold hands and form a bridge. They will be the "trees", then the other person will be half-squatting in between as the "squirrel". When the command shouts "Fire", the trees would have to swop partners with other trees. When "Hunter" was shouted, squirrels will have to run and look for new homes. Lastly, when "earthquake" was heard, everyone have to run and swop, e.g trees have to become squirrels, and vice versa. It was hilarious to see our dept head running around as squirrels, wahaha... and you get to see the fun side of your colleagues, whom usually you won't get to see at work.

The game session ended near 9pm, and my colleagues and I make a trip to Vivo City, using the complimentary monorail pass provided. The monorail station was just across from our resort, which is very convienant. I managed to get a sweater I like while shopping at Espirit, hee. But too bad that the shops started to close at around 9plus, sianz... back at the hotel, after bath, catch a bit of tv programme, and chit-chatted with Anizah, my room mate till about 1am before I doze off to sleep.

Our hotel room was scarily small, but everything was like brand new. And I must really give a thumbs up for the super duper comfy pillows. It was so fluffy and soft, and we had 2 to each bed! Had a really good sleep with these pillows. And oh, the hotel service was good, whereby they were friendly and courteous.

The next morning, we woke up really early at about 6am, bathe and proceeded to the restaurant downstairs for our buffet breakfast. The variety wasn't alot, but I had more food than the previous night dinner, whereby I ate very little. I did not even touch on the bbq food!

After breakfast, we had some light stretching exercises, before we proceeded to one of its ballroom, where we had some brainstorming activities and interactive games. Really enjoyed the games whereby teamwork played an important part. The facilitators were also quite good. They were funny and cracked alot of jokes while we were participating in the activities. And they really help to bring out the fun part of us. I laughed so hard during the games.

I ate alot also, breakfast followed by tea-time, then lunch followed by tea-time. ;p
In the end, I ate very little for my dinner as I felt that I really ate alot during the day, haha.

When its time to go home, Dylan gave me a free ride to CCK, Lot 1, and baobei fetched me from there. We went to Zen workshop and stayed there till after dinner.

Till today, I was still feeling shagged. Oh dear, is this the effect of age catching up? Hmm.... perhaps I really lack of exercise lah, thats why I felt lethargic easily.

Shall post pics soon! =)

Friday - 15 February 2008

Had a very busy day at work, as it was the deadline today. Bernard treated us to a CNY lunch at Beng Thin Hoon Kee Restaurant. We had a sumptous lunch, consisting of sharksfin, steamed pomfret, abalone with spinach, roasted chicken, fried ee fu noodles and yu sheng. A very full & satisfied meal. Next tuesday, there will be another CNY lunch treat from another manager, hee...

In the evening, we packed some food and headed to Serene & Billy's house. (They were the couple whom got married on 02 Jan 2008). The purpose of the gathering were to view their actual wedding day's video. We kickstart with dinner, followed by some mingling and then watched the video together. The usual bunch was there.

Really enjoyed and had a good laugh while watching, as I did not participate in the morning convoy session. The most hilarious parts were the groom fetching the bride, barganing with the jie meis and made to do funny stuff with the bros, like pole dancing, wearing coloured undies etc and also at the end of the dinner whereby matthew & jia hong asked the couple to do funny actions. And they inturn created alot of funny moments. Well, they are certainly "targetting" baobei and me, as ours will be the next upcoming wedding. Guess, that day will be so much fun with many friends around, as they will spice out the event. We even intend to invite good friends to our bridal suite to continue partying after the dinner, as its a friday on our wedding and we had 2 nights stay at the bridal suite, hee.. Looking forward to it!

The night ended with baobei playing mahjong and me had a chit-chat with Serene about wedding and stuff. She showed me her wedding album again, which I find the photographer was quite good indeed. But she said she had requested them to do alot of changes to the layout and I'm starting to worry if we do no get to see the draft of the layout as per Andrew Tay. Perhaps, we can have another negotiation with him to see if we can change the layout if we see something we do not like.
Because seriously, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and different perspective. And also, baobei dropped a bomb to me while on the way home. This will greatly affect our wedding and seems like we will have to cut down on alot of unneccessary spending inorder to save more money. Haiz... crossing my fingers that everything will turn out fine.

Happy Belated Valentines Day

A Happy Belated Valentines Day to All! Didn't post in time as my notebook was down with an error application and baobei has to re-instore for me. All my information were wiped out! Those precious photos... haiz. Luckily its not the hard-disk down, phew... Microsoft Vista sucks! Heard from my boss that it was a failed programme. Anyway, we re-instored Windows XP and now the notebook runs so much faster and smoothly. Don't know when I can have my own Apple ibook Air, hee... So cool, its the thinnest notebook in the world currently I guess, but not available in Singapore yet.

So how did you spent Valentines' Day?

I met Baoebei at Bugis Junction after work for dinner. After dropping several hints that "It's the thoughts that counts", I got a small valentines gift from him, haha. Nuthing fantastic, but its enough to make me smile. Hey, I really meant it when I said the statement "It's the thoughts that counts."

He surprised me with a tiny bunch of cutez, fabric roses and a piglet handphone holder. Maybe, I'm easily contented, but I always thought its not how expensive the gift is, but the well intention and how much loving effort put into the gift. In exchange, I bought for him a cartoon boxer shorts, "Spong Bob Square Pants", packed in a cute red heart shaped box, lolzz.. Bought one for myself too, in Bart Simpsons cartoon, can't resist. Haha.

We had our dinner later on at Sketchers Restaurant. It was fully packed by about 8 plus when we finished eating. While during the dinner, I was observing alot of other couples and it was a common sight, the girl will be holding a bunch of flowers and carrying a paper bag containing gift (I guess lah) and holding hands with the guy. Both will be dressed to the nine. Most important of all, most of them looks like in their teens. Seriously, as I get older, I find it very kitsch and cheesy to be holding a bunch of flowers during the Valentines' day. Same as Everyone. Infact, Valentines' day has become so commercialise, to target the youngsters into spending. And everywhere you go, it will be jam-packed with lovers.

Well, if you were loving, you could have spend Valentines' Day EveryDay! or Any Other Day! Hmm... just a thought of my own, no offence to couples.
I don't deny I love flowers, but probably during my birthday, wedding anniversary or just any other day! Talking about birthday, mine's coming next month soon.

"Is She/He The One For You?" - Questions to ask before Marriage.

Just came back from Felix & Li Juan's house, and was browsing through the internet when I chanced upon an interesting article, which I think its good to ponder over before you even intend to pop the question or nod your head. The article was meant for the guys to raise the questions, but can be vice versa too.

It is a tad long (which I've painstakingly copied and pasted here, lolzz), but if you have the time, do spare about 15 minutes to read thru.

Hope you will gain something insightful!

I especially like Question No. 11, which is blatantly true indeed.

"Marriage is a life-time and a milestone to a different phase of life."

1. Money

Ask him/ her: What would you do if you won $100,000 in the lottery?

You must find out her financial priorities.

"One of the biggest problems couples have is money and, specifically, differences in styles of spending and attitudes about their budget," says Karen Sherman, Ph.D., a couples psychologist in New York City. You'll learn how she views money, saving, and long-term investing.

Will all of it go toward cars and trips, or most toward retirement? It's not essential that you share the same investment strategies. What's important is to use the conversation to prompt a discussion about financial behavior: how you pay bills, invest the year-end bonus, or decide on major purchases. If your attitudes don't mesh, now's the time to get the issues on the table and build a consensus.

Degree of potential difficulty: HIGH


2. His/ Her Family

Ask him/ her: What's your favorite holiday? How does your family spend it?

It's important to learn about her family roots.

Where you spend the holidays can be a huge political issue. "The underlying issue is whose family comes first, and that stands for who has the power in the relationship," says William Doherty, Ph.D., a professor of family and social science at the University of Minnesota and author of Take Back Your Marriage.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM to HIGH


3. Religion

Ask him/ her: Do you believe in God?

This helps you find out how compatible your faiths and religious rituals are.

In a Syracuse University study of 120 married couples, those who shared religious holiday rituals reported more marital satisfaction than the pairs who practiced holiday rituals separately.

It's not necessarily the religion itself that's key—though the particular religion you practice can certainly be a huge issue with her family—it's all the things that go with it. "When you engage in celebrations and rituals, there's usually a lot of planning involved, something to look forward to that's meaningful to discuss," says Barbara Fiese, Ph.D., a professor of psychology and coauthor of the Syracuse study.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM to HIGH


4. His/ Her Work

Ask him/ her: What's your dream job? Where would you most like to live?

You need to know his/ her goals, and how far he/ she's willing to go to reach them.

Just asking shows support for her career, an important factor. A George Mason University study of 117 married couples found what the Wonderbra people have known for a long time: Those who felt they had more support had greater satisfaction than those who felt unsupported.

It's also a good time to find out how far she's willing to move away from her family. "It's a very underappreciated area of stress—where are you going to live, whose family are you going to live near—yours or hers?" says John K. Miller, Ph.D., a licensed marriage and family therapist at the University of Oregon.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM


5. Your Work

Ask him/ her: What was your dad's work schedule like?

You need to find out whether she's already lived with a man who had the same work ethic and schedule as yours.

Maybe her dad worked a 7-to-3 shift every day of his life, came home and played with the kids until they went to bed, and never worked weekends. Maybe he owned a business and set his own hours so he was always home for dinner.

But your job—or your future job—may require late meetings, 60-hour workweeks, and business trips. And that can put stress on a relationship.

"Working until 9, 10, sometimes later, night after night, is a constant source of stress with my wife," a friend of mine in publishing told me. "She still doesn't understand that this is the nature of the business at deadline time. It's not the life she was used to."

Degree of potential difficulty:HIGH


6. Interests and Dreams

Ask him/ her: How do you envision your life in 5 years?

This will help you find out whether she wants to be a career girl or a stay-at-home mom or a mom with a career.

You should know whether she expects to live in a big house in the 'burbs, an apartment in the city, or a farm in rural Kentucky. More and more research shows that the "opposites attract" notion is a myth. Successful couples usually have more similar priorities than not, says Leslie Parrott, Ed.D., author of Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.

A couple has to have similar goals and a long-term plan, worked out together, to reach these goals. And, even more important, a similar tolerance for risk and sacrifice. If you don't share the same values, they'll be a constant source of conflict in terms of how you spend your time and money.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM


7. Discipline Style

Ask him/ her: What do you think of spanking as punishment?

You need to hear his/ her thoughts on disciplining kids.

We assume you've worked out whether you both want children, and maybe even how many. (You have done this, right?) But how you'll discipline them is a topic that's often overlooked. Bring it up the next time you see an unruly child at a restaurant shooting jelly packets across the booth. Ask her how she'd handle it and how she was disciplined as a child.

"Either we tend to follow the way we were raised, or, if something was objectionable about the way we were raised, we do the opposite," Doherty says. Different parenting styles can cause the most strain on a marriage because they can be a daily, even hourly, source of conflict.

"It's chronic acid on a relationship," says Scott Stanley, Ph.D., codirector of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver and coauthor of Fighting for Your Marriage.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM to HIGH

8. Genetics

Ask him/ her: What do your parents like to drink?

It's important to know if there's a history of alcoholism in his/ her family.

"Health problems like depression and alcoholism have a strong genetic component," Doherty says. "If her mother had depression or her father was a chronic alcoholic, there's a good chance it could creep up and become a problem.

" It's not a relationship killer (unless you use the terms "defective gene" or "your terminally plastered mother" when discussing it), but talking about hereditary health risks early will make it easier to discuss the same conflicts should they pop up in your relationship.

Degree of potential difficulty:MEDIUM


9. Your Potential In-Laws

Ask him/ her: How have your parents reacted to your previous boyfriends?

You should find out whether they'll think the current boyfriend is good enough for their little princess (and whether they'll pay big bucks for the wedding).

"If her parents don't approve, there's a potential problem," says Sherman. Not that that's necessarily a deal breaker. Who are you marrying, her or them?

What's more important is to learn something about your girlfriend by how she responds. Is she the kind of girl who wants to please Mommy and Daddy? Or is she secure enough with herself to make her own life decisions?

Here's a way to look for clues: Bradbury suggests asking how her parents have responded to her previous serious boyfriends, and trying to elicit how she reacted to her parents' disapproval. Did they make a big deal over the last guy's prison record? Will they care about yours? If she supported her past boyfriends in exchanges with her folks, she's probably a keeper.

Degree of potential difficulty:MEDIUM


10. His/ Her Father & Mother

Ask him/ her: What was your relationship with your father / mother like?

This helps you find out her attitude toward men.

Especially toward the one who mattered most (before you). If her father was distant and cold, she may seek male approval. If her father was abusive or a cheat, she may have trouble trusting men.

"If there's any unfinished business in her relationship with her father, it could manifest itself in your relationship," says Sherman. "When people get into serious relationships, they tend to look to their mate to give them everything they need. Couples get into trouble when they don't look closely at these tendencies early on."

You also should consider her relationship with her mother, which could have the very same implications. If she can't pee without calling her mother to tell her all the details, that's not going to change after you walk down the aisle.

Degree of potential difficulty: MEDIUM


11. The Most Important Question Finally,

you need to ask yourself this: "Can I ask these questions and have an honest, intelligent conversation with this man/ woman when we disagree?"

Because if you can't, none of his/ her answers really matter.

Gong Xi Fai Cai! Prosperous CNY!!!

Had a wonderful CNY this year and the holidays seems longer too. Probably because the CNY flows over to the weekend, and I've taken one more days leave on monday, which means one more day of rest and I don't have to have a Blue Monday, Yippie! But still, dateline for work remains on next friday, sianz. But what d heck!!! Worry about it only when I'm back at my office desk, hee...

Ok, heres how I spent my festive holidays. Beginning from CNY Eve, we had a sumptous feast cooked by Rick's dad, together with Sharon & Marson. After which, we went to Vivio City, GV to catch a movie with Mathew & Nena, Marcus & Jasmine, Andrew & Elynn and Felix. We watched Stephen Chow's latest CG movie, "CJ-7". Not too bad the show, and guess it will appeal to all ages of movie goers, be it the adults, kids or elderly. Think it has achieved its aim, coz Stephen Chow said in his interview that it has always been his dream to create a movie for all ages. But I guess the cons of doing so is that the movie turns out to be Average... Just Average lor, if you know what I mean.

But still, I must mentioned that the CG created "Alien-Dog" CJ-7, which is also the main cast, was indeed quite adorable, without it being too eerie looking, e.g like the teletuppies or stiff looking with its animation and movements. Kawaii is how I will describe CJ-7. Infact, GV is giving out a CJ-7 toy with every 6 tix purchased. But best lor, we were not entitled to it as they only starts the promo on the 7th.... arrghhhh.... the staff can even say it so proudly and offer to give us some red packets instead, to which i replied "No Thanks lor", with a smile. =) Though disappointed, but I guess it will just add on to my collection of soft toys collecting dust somewhere in the closet, hee...

The movie also does have some touching moments, so do bring some extra tissues for your gf or wife hor, haha.

The 1st day of CNY, baobei and moi went to visit my dad and after which we proceeded to my 1st aunt house also located at Jurong West. This is the standard procedure. I was glad to retrieved some of my childhood photos which will come in handy for my wedding montage. It has also been a whilest since I visited Dad. He seems quite healthy which is the most crucial. In the evening, baobei invited his friends, the usual bunch, Matthew & Nena, Billy & Serene, Marcus & Jasmine, Felix, Michy, Victor & gf to our house for mahjong session and to have a CNY gathering.

And oh, forgot one more new friend, Matthew's new pup, Maya. An adorable Japanese spitz. Its a she and she is just 8 mths old. A very intelligent, active and ultra-friendly puppy. If you are curious how she looks like, see the pic below. Taken at the workshop the very day we accompanied Matthew & Nena to buy her at the petshop. Hmm... seems like everyone surrounding me is having a pup. Haiz... wonder when can I have my very own miniature schnauzer. Guess not for the moment, as we have ah roy & snoopy at home. Ooi, btw Maya was kindof "traumatized" by Snoopy, who chased after her all over the house non-stop, and wanting to "Do" her, wahaha... if you know what I mean. Kindof embarrassing for us too. Whereas ah roy was his usual self, being aloof. But recently, he has been very whinning, so cutez. See if I have the chance to capture it on video.





They ended the mahjong session quite late wor, at around 4am. And I was kindof shagged.

2nd Day of CNY, we visited DingDing's hse located at woodlands. Baobei lost his way not again... hmm... We had steamboat dinner at her place, and baobei began his fav mahjong session, whereas I got to play with Maya again. I must say that she is quite Ting1 Hua4, as she can really sit still at a corner when being reprimanded by Matthew for anyhow urinating. Lolzz... and the guilty look on her face, haha, so cutez. We stayed around till about 2am as dear has to work night shift the following day.

3rd Day of CNY, we went to Willy's house located at CCK for lunch. Didn't stay for long as baobei has to work at night. Our house was also jam-packed with my in-laws' friends and kids.
So left me alone, munching on hei bi hiam, with the spare time to blog and watch t.v, kekeke... Finally some rest time.

Tomorrow, we are expecting baobei's gd friends too, Leonard, Weihan & Esther, Simon & gf, Johnny & Weihui, Jeremy. And visiting Felix house in the evening.

Monday will finally be the rest-day for us. Quite an eventful cny this year. So, how did you spent yours? Bet you received lotsa of Ang Pows too, hehe. Its the last year for us to receive wor. ;p

Sincerely wishes all my dearest friends a great CNY!!! Gong Xi Fai Cai!
Shu3 Qian2 Shu3 Bu4 Wan2!!! (^.^)

Bridal & PS Finalised on 20/01/08!!!

We've finally settled on Divine Couture & The Edge by Andrew Tay as our Bridal Studio & Pre-wedding PS. Placed our down-payment with Kim on Tuesday evening. Am a happy gal now! hee...

Fixed my 1st appt with Kim on 29 Feb, to select d WG and discuss about d design for my EG. Feeling very excited about it.

Kim is really friendly and professional, and I believed we will be in her good hands. Plus, she always carries a smile and is not in a hurry to rush us into making a decision. Hope to sought out her advice so as to pick my dream WG. Still considering whether to MTM a tea-dress with DC, as it can be major damage, hee.. (^.^) I already have some ideas as to d colour and design of my EG.
Hmm... something in fuschia pink, bare-back, flowing and elegant. Guess I gotta do more research online inorder to know what I want. Ok, shall do that during d weekends. =)

Also met up with Andrew Tay on the same day at his photo studio located at Tras Street. He was very friendly and made us feel at ease. This is very important as we have to feel comfortable with the photographer. Moroever, he seem like an easy-going and honest guy. Explaining to us his various pkg and cost, without any hidden charges. We also went thru his portfolios and were satisfied with his works and album layout. Guess he knows his works.

Most importantly, his pkg rates were reasonable with his quality works. And we only need to pay a certain amt to get back all soft copies, unlike some BS whereby they charged exorbitant prices (2-3k) inexchange for all soft copies to be returned. As for d date of PS, we've got to liase with Kim, but Andrew was so kind as to remind us to also drop him a tinkle and confirmation of d date so as to avoid any misunderstanding. This small gesture also reflects on his meticulous ways of handling things, which makes me feel rest assured with him handling our pre-wedding album. Has a high expectation of him.

Phew!!! Finally settled on d 3 most vital aspects; Banquet Venue, Bridal Studio, Pre-wedding PS.

The next couple of months will be sourcing for JP (Justice of Peace) and reasonable rates for following car decors, jie-mei's wrist corsages. Seem kindof early, but well it is better to take my time, rather than last minute dash... Nuthing good comes out of haste, I think. Really contemplating to DIY my own AP Box and wrist corsages for d jie-meis, hee... see how lor...

And oh ya, gotta come out with a story script and songs selection for Coffee & Tea Dreamworkz.

Kelvin & Madeline's Wedding on 27/01/08

Baobei & moi was honoured to be part of Kelvin & Madeline's wedding convoy in the morning event & attended their solemnisation and dinner at Marina Mandarin Hotel (Vanda Ballroom).
A joyous occasion. Many pics to share!! (^.^) Anticipating moi very own wedding to come, hee...


Wedding-decal on each convoy car.


We woke up very early and met @ 06:30am, sky was still dark, lolzz.



Reached d bride's place finally.

Groom looking for bros to help him with The Quest!!!

Kelvin & Madeline's car theme cum mascot.

Artistic view taken by baobei whilez waiting at a traffic light.
Total of 20 cars for convoy!! Wheww!!!

We ladies taking a rest whilez d couple were busy taking pics by d beach.

Baobei & moi practicing our poses for "U know what lah", haha...

Phew, heart-shape finally completed under d sorching sun. Lovely!!!

Can spot moi?

Love dis pic. Taken just before the dinner started.

Group pic taken with d couple during dinner. (^.^)

Family Day Outing w. Baobei

Spent an evenful 1/2 day session with baobei on saturday. We woke up really early and meet at 08:30am for a Family Day Outing organised by Navy. Initially, I still kindof dread going, coz I was afraid it will be boring. But unexpectantly, it turned out to be very fun & interesting. Talk of the unexpected, lolzz. Kuodos to Uncle William Ho, who was the organiser in-charge cum our tour-guide. He was very humorous, fun and made our trip interesting with his enacting of PCK language and joking with the kids.

We visited 5 places located at Chua Chu Kang, and they were Hay Dairies, Hausmann Fish Farm, Lunch @ Bollywood (Poison Ivy Restaurant), Kok Far Veggie and Farmart Centre. Didn't realise that Singapore can have such a rural side of it. It was refreshing to be out in the nature, being an urbanite for most of my life. Had lotsa fun and learnt something new indeed, especially with regards to Hay Dairies. It is the only goat-farm in Singapore. And they mainly produce milk for sale. Infact, learnt that goat's milk have alot of benefits to human's body. Its alkaline and better than cow's milk which is acidic. It can even cure a baby's jaudice! But of course it taste slightly different from cow's milk, a slight tinge of smell. But the chocolate flavour one taste not too bad, with pure coco powder added. Most vital, it does not contain any preservative at all!

Took some pics to share with all. (^.^) Perhaps one of these days, you can go down and experience the fun of nature, farms and vegetation. Of course, look for uncle William Ho! Lolzz..

Wedding Prep - Divine Couture/ Coffee & Tea DreamWorkz

Yippie Hurray! Finally tomorrow is friday. Been so shagged and tiredz for the past whole week. Been extremely busy sourcing for Bridal studio, Actual Day (AD) Photographer (PG) & Videographer (VG).

To update from my last post about our visit to Divine Couture. One word. GORGEOUS! It has not failed my high expectation of it. The wedding gown (WG) I mean, hee... Met up with Kim, the designer and she was very friendly and pleasant. She was also very professional, in terms of understanding what kind of WG I'm looking for and explaining to me the effect of different kinds of fabric. She hand picked a few WG with different material and cutting for me to try on. Every piece was so beautiful, and seems to fit me so well, without any piece being too tight or too loose.... which was such a coincidence, and makes me wonder is this "The One"?? I really love the first piece that I've tried on. A princessy ballgown, with unique back detailings and organza material. Even baobei's eyes lited up when he saw me in the WG. It really has the "WOW" effect, which I regarded as the utmost importance for a WG. And that is one step closer to getting my dream gown.

The second piece was also pretty, with a low-back cutting, and seams of the low back embossed with swarovski crystals and tulle skirting. I find that their WG really has some special detailings without being over-the-top. And all their OTR WG are so nice and does not look "old" as in being wore for upteem times. Seriously, I do not mind to take the OTR selection, as I fear that MTM design may not turn out to my expectation. Baobei was asking me if we are allow to take some pics with the WG. But I paisay to do so, as there was another couple there for fitting, and we would appear to be suan ku for doing so. And also I would like to keep the suspense of how my WG will look like.... you will know when you come to my wedding that day, ok? Lolzzz. (",)

But the downside is of course their pkg price is not cheap, plus they only tied-up with PG studios, and therefore it seems like "Ala-carte", as in Bridal and PG are separate. Which also means nuthing much we can negotiate and bargain for. Plus, the pkg does not come with rental of tea-dress and fathers' jackets/ suits, which is kindof headache and will become additonal cost we will have to fork out for... hmm....

But upon discussing with Baobei, he agreed with me that their WG really impressed him. Plus, I get to MTM my Evening Gown (EG) and take home. Not like other BS, whereby they will usually only offer MTM (Rental). He also felt that Kim was very professional indeed, knowing what kind of WG suits me. After all, we should be "wearing" the dress instead of the dress "wearing" us, right? Moreover, he can then rest assured that his MTM suits will be in good hands, since baobei is also very particular over his suit. He had compromised when it comes to the pre-wedding photos. But that is a different set of headache, as we would then have to decide which PG to take up if we get Divine's pkg... haiz... decision decision decision... guess I shall leave it up to baobei to decide since he is sourcing for AD PG & VG. But something he said made me really touched. He said that I should chose the WG I really like, as he wants me to be happy with no regrets for the wedding. So sweet of him... "Thank you dearie!" :*

As for the AD PG & VG, we've decided to engage Coffee & Tea Dreamworkz, located at 44C Tras Street. Before that, we went down to Stefian, but find their animation works only so so. Plus the guy who is supposedly the VG was unsure of alot of things when we asked him. Which make us confused and doubtful. Even though Coffee & Tea's combo pkg was abit steep, but we think it will be $ well spend, as we do not want to sacrifice quality for that few hundred bucks of savings. Imagine these will be the only documentation of your special day in your whole life. It's priceless memories. We also especially like their coffee table album, which is a compact, light-weight magazine style album, with the couple's photo designed as the cover. And their animation was cutezz too, and we can even do our own narration if we want to, haha... and most importantly, they are able to churn out the express edit, like within 5 hours, so that we can share the morning tea ceremony with our guests just before the dinner starts. Thinking of it makes me feel excited about our Big Day... can't wait for it to come..

And we've also signed the contract with Intercon Htl. We've even managed to squeeze in some time to visit My Bridal Room, another BS located at Tan Que Lan Street. (The stretch beside previous shopping mall, The ICON.) I was only curious to find out more after reading all the good post in SgBride forum. But alas, I only find them to be of average and none of the WG appeals to me. But probably because after I've seen Divine's WG that my expectation only gets higher. The sale staff, Uncle Quek was friendly, but one thing both baobei and I does not like, he was too long-winded, bit of boastful and he made negative remarks about other BS, which I find, is very unprofessional. No point having excellent service, but being unprofessional. It just goes to show how they will deal with their customers. But to be fair, their pkg was still quite ok, although not as attractive as DiGio's offer. I didn't even bother to negotiate as we just planned to see see look look only, hee...

This week passes by so fast, especially being so hectic, rushing off after work to visit BS, PG & VG with baobei. But I was quite amazed that I can be so decisive when usually I'm very indecisive when buying shoes or clothings... keke. And this coming sunday is Kelvin and Madeline's wedding. I've to accompany baobei in the morning for the car convoy. Ok, better to have more rest tomorrow and on saturday too. My eyes can hardly stay open... Hope to catch some rest during the upcoming CNY break.

Bridal Studio - DiGio

Jessica from Divine Couture called me last minute on Monday to postpone our appt, as Kim (Designer) whom we were supposed to meet up with was on M.C. Therefore our appointment was rescheduled to this coming friday instead. We replaced the appointment with a visit to DiGio, as Kevin was going there too. The bridal boutique was located at 69 Tanjong Pagar Rd, and Baobei remembered the address wrongly as 65 Tanjong Pagar Rd. So we ended up, walking a long way from where he parked his car to the boutique.

Met up with Josephine and Jesline (Designer), upon recommedation from Kevin. Both were quite friendly and chatty. Am I glad that they are not pushy at all and makes us feel at ease! As usual Jesline picked a few WG for me to try it on. I feel so unsafe about their changing place, where its only separated by a drawing curtain. Anyway, that evening was jam-packed with other couples, some trying on WG, whereas others were just browsing.

They've quite a nice selection of gowns, and I personally like the one with ruched, pleated bodice and another one which looks very princessy-like with tulle ballgown skirt. Baobei commented that he liked it. But I thought I wanted something simple & elegant without much complicated details. All this while, Jesline was nodding her head, smiling and seems to know what I have in mind....

The package they quoted us was indeed very attractive. And I can get both MTM WG & EG, plus Baobei can get his suits MTM. Seriously considering to take up with them. But as I've been dying to look at Divine's WG, that I told Baobei to accompany me to go down to at least 2 more BS, before we conclude and finalise. Both of us also struck off the idea of going down to Volans Couture, as I read on the forum that the boss (Eric) is the newphew of Focus Bridal, the BS that suddenly closed down at IMM during X'mas last year, scared scared of Taiwanese BS. Kindof skeptical. We would rather pay abit more for an established BS.

Yippie!! Today Baobei told me that maybe my dream will come true... he is getting a Tiffany engagement ring for me.. Wowww.... all girls' dream to see the little blue box tied with ribbon.
But I'm afraid he may spend too much $$, also do not want to get my hopes up too high... just wish that our wedding will be something really special to us. Something both of us can look back on when we were old and still smile about. It also signifies a new chapter of a new beginning in our life. Looking forward to it. (",)