Three weeks after my customary marriage. Finally i got time to write my blogs. Haha.

Let me recall what happened on my wedding day.
25th April 2009
Started my makeup at 6.15am. Helen did a good job and I received a lot of praises from my relatives and friends that I was a pretty bride indeed. Hehe.
8am: Gatecrashing started and my hubby and xiong di were very sporting and they completed all the games. After that, proceed with taking some outdoor shots at Xiao Gu Ling. It was a super sunny day so all of us were perspiring while taking the outdoor shots. After that, it was tea ceremony at my hubby's house fellow by tea ceremony at my house.

Around 5pm: Reached CSC club and began to makeup again. Helen started to do makeup for my mother followed by my mother in law and lastly my turn. By the time, I finished my makeup, some of the guests already arrived liao.

I felt so touched when I saw so many close friends, relatives, ex-colleagues and present colleagues took time off to attend our wedding celebration.

The party went on all night long till 11.30pm. My hubby and I enjoyed our wedding day a lot.

Wedding Updates

Tasks completed
1) Completed the briefing session with my jie mei and also finalised the games to be play on AD day.

5 Category of games:
i) ACTION
ii) LOVE DECLARATION
iii)LANGUAGE
iv) TREASURE HUNT
v) DON't FORGET THE LYRICS

No rough games for guys because I want the games to test their IQ/memory rather than physical fitness test. I really enjoyed the gathering with 2 of my jie mei and they are my best friend since primary school time.

2) Painted my house gate by my uncle. Hehe. Lazy to do it myself.
3) Changed money for ang paos & all ang poa are ready for AD.
4) Booked my pedicure and manicure on the eve of AD.

List of tasks not completed
1) Dye my hair not very sure how many weeks or days before AD is better.
2) Change money for honeymoon. Exchange rate is not that good. Wait again.
3) Collect my air tickets.
4) DIY ang bao box
5) Finalised table arragement
6) Visit dentist
7) Prepare my thank you speech.

Got to jia you on my preparation.LOL.

Wedding updates

30 days more to go...

Tasks completed
1) Bought all the items for GDL on Good friday(10/4/09).
2) Bought the wedding bears for the wedding car deco.
3) Hubby ordered 50 boxes of cakes for the GDL from cake history.
4) Hubby applied annual leave and wedding leaves.
5) Completed my wedding montage. No more changes this time.
6) Given out most of the wedding invitation cards to colleagues and ex-colleagues.
7) Table arrangement for bride's side (Done), groom's side yet to complete.
8) Confirmed to use my MUA(Helen)to do makeup for my MIL and my mother.
9) Tested out my wedding montage at the Hilltop garden resturant.


List of GDL items for hubby
1) Part of pin jin
2) One shirt & pant
3) 2 bottles of orange juice
4) 12 oranges
5) Some boxes of wedding cakes
6) Some cans of pork legs

List of GDL items from hubby
1) Pin Jin
2) Two pairs of dragon & phoenix candles
3) 4 din jin (Jewellery)
4) 50 boxes of wedding cakes
5) A packet of sweet peanuts
6) 2 bottles of western wine
7) 68 cans of pork legs
8) 12 oranges

List of items to be done
1) Meet up with jie mei for briefing & brain storming for gate chasing ideas.
2) Finalised table arrangement
3) Buy paint to paint my house's gate plus painting
4) Visit dental
5) Dye hair
6) Book my pedicure and medicure
7) Change old notes to new notes for ang bao & prepare to give out on AD.
8) Change money for honeymoon usage.
9) Pack my staff to bring over to hubby's house.

Lucky I am not staying very far from my current house, I will slowly bring my barang barang over to my hubby's house instead. I will miss my mother. I hope I can cope well staying with my PIL ba. Actually, I am so used to staying alone with my mother, I really hope I can get use to my new house and family members in near future.

Wedding updates

48 days left to my BIG day. Hehe.

List of tasks completed

1) Collected my hard copies of wedding albums.
(Already kept them all inside cupboard liao.)
2) Done my wedding montage. Thinking of re-doing again. Not so satisfied with it.
3) Booked my honeymoon trip to Bali with Hong Thai Travel F&E/ A long 6 days 5 night trip.Confirmed with with the local tour guide that I will take up his tour package.
Meaning i am paying both to Hong Thai travel plus another local tour guide in Bali.
4) Sent email invitations to my guests plus confirming of attendance.
5) Sent Emcee script to my 2 emcee already.
6) Ordered my wedding bed and will be delivered on 20/4/09.
7) Will buy wedding cakes at cake history outlets. A box with 10 pieces of traditional cakes only cost $8.50. Quite cheap. Will order 40 boxes for GDL.
8) Applied my wedding leaves and annual leaves with my boss.

My Bali tour package with astrawan
Day 1 Check In to 5 Star Kuta Paradiso Hotel( No Meal )

Day 2 Kintamani Tour ( Start 8.30am )
- Batubulan Village ( See Barong Bance & Batik Shop )
- Celuk Village ( Gold & Silver Craft )
- Mas Village ( Wood Carving Center )
- Lot Tunduh Village ( Traditional Balinese Painting / Artist )
- Tegallalang Village ( Rice Field )
- Kintamani ( Vulcano, Lake Batur and Lunch )
- Bali Coffee
- Tirta Empul Temple
- Elephant Cave
- Dinner at Local Restaurant

Day 3 Dolphin & Sunset Tour ( Start at 3.30am )
- Lovina Beach ( See Dolphin & Sunrise )
- Banjar Village ( Swim with Hot Spring Water )
- Gitgit Village ( Water Fall )
- Mongkey Forest
- Bedugul ( Ulun Danu Temple, Lake Beratan and Lunch )
- Taman Ayun Temple ( Royal Temple )
- Tanah Lot Temple ( Sunset )
- Dinner at Jimbaran Bay with Seafood BBQ ( Seaside )

Day 4 City Tour ( start at 9.00am )
- Turtle Island
- Nusa Dua Beach
- Lunch at Local Restaurant
- Garuda Wisnu Kencana ( GWK ) Cultural Park
- Uluwatu Temple
- Discovery Shopping Mall at Kuta
- Dinner at Jimbaran Bay with Seafood BBQ ( Seaside )

Day 5 Shopping Tour
- Sukawati Art Market
- Lunch at Bebek Bengil restaurant ( Dirty Duck Restaurant )
- Ubud Art Market
- SPA ( 2 Hours )
- dinner at Local Restaurant

Day 6 Check Out
- 1 Time Meal Extra
- Airport

I am looking fowards more to my honeymoon in Bali especially the spa. Hehe.

My V Day Celebration on 14/2/09

Dear and I had a simple and relaxing V day celebration.
Went to bugis to look for pork leg can food at victoria warehouse shophouses. Then proceed to lunch at Chinatown Hawker center. Took dinner at Sushi Tei and enjoyed coffee at Coffee bean.Went home straight because the next day was food tasting day cum MIL's birthday.

As for today, work was quite busy due to the need to generate many reports. Haha.

A brand new year now.A Very Happy New Year 2009!

Reflections.

My first times in year 2008.
1) Put on my wedding gowns
2) Took wedding photos on my first wedding anniversary day.
3) Worked in new job after working 7 years in SingTel and made friends with many new colleagues.
4) Went fishing with my hubby.
5) Painting my rooms and doors with hubby.

My new year resolutions
1)To learn to spread kindness and love.
2)To be a better daughter to my mother, to be a better wife to my hubby, to be a better friend to all my dear friends.
3)To learn how to swim, pick up a new language and learn how to ride bicycle.

Today is Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to all my dear friends and family members.

My xmas wishes
1) Good health (Been sick recently again)
2) Be a happy person (Trying hard to do it)
3) Worry about less things (Been stressful about wedding issues and work)
4) Lose more weight (Fit to my gowns better)
5) I don't lose my job. (Heard my dept cutting staff 2)

How I spent my Christmas eve
Worked from morning till noon.
Went to shop alone at East point. I enjoyed shopping on my own even though I am married. LOL.
Attended a xmas party in Changi office from 4pm to 6pm.

Food for party
1) 4 super expensive cakes and logcakes
2) Mini mandarin oranges & grapes
3) KFC
First time in my life that I ate one slice of $100 chocolate logcake cake. Just because the cake was from some famous cake shop, the pricing was so steep.

Gift exchange
I bought a flask + a pair of earrings for the exchange program. In the end, I got addidas perfume and shower gel for men. Gave it to hubby as xmas gift.

Lucky draw
1) Just 5 lucky draw prizes, first prize was ipod shuffle and second prize was a huge puma bag.

After the party went over to turf city to meet my hubby. My hubby and his colleagues went to eat at resturant and it cost $50 for his dinner. Hubby sent his collleagues back home then it was my turn to take dinner. My dinner only costs $3 (fried hokkien mee). Then hubby sent me home. Got home settled down and watched "Little Nyonya". After that , sleeping time already.

Thinking back a year ago,I even had a xmas party at home. So fun with so much laughters at home.How i wish i can bring back times.

I realised as a person aged, thinking was so different from the past. I become a less cheerful person. Always in deep thoughts and also worried about recession.