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! =)
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
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.
Monday, February 11, 2008
"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.
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.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
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!!! (^.^)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
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.
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.
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