Wedding Preparation..

I wanted to post this earlier but just didn't want to spoil the surprise!

The wedding went GREAT! we received loads of good feedback! We are just happy that our guests had fun and everyone involved had a great experience & enjoyable day! :)

Firstly, I must thank my sister (Ee Wen), my mum, my mum-in-law, Syaza & Ai Chee for coming over to help me with the preps. Also Sulo for driving me around to settle stuff on New Year's eve. :D

Here are photos to tell my prep story! :)

Our application to have a church wedding mass at Kristus Aman Chapel was put up at the Chapel's bulletin. Han & I were so happy and excited to see this. Well, it's obvious that no one came to reject our application. so.. ~phew~!

My mum & I at my place separating and bunching up the flowers. I'm pleasantly surprised by mum when she offered to help me with the prep. I thought she would be negative about it as she might find it troublesome. Thank You MAMA! :))

Part of the Church Wedding Booklet. :) Which my sister helped my mum in tying them together.

My sis & my mum in action. Look just how much fun both of them are having. hahaa.. It was definitely a good bonding time for us. Although my mum was naggy. Well, just a matter of getting used to. If we don't fuss about her being naggy, it's actually very enjoyable to be talking to mum. :)

Our church wedding booklet. :) Syaza helped me tie them up. My sis & mum weren't good at tying ribbons. Luckily Syaza came by. If not I'll be tying up 180 booklets all by myself! ahha.
Oh.. must also thank Raymund Sze (my sister's friend) for helping me out with this too. He came by to look for my sister but ended up helping me with the booklets. For a guy, he is quite good at it. (Oooppss.. not sure if he wants me to mention this feminine side of him.) :P

The stairs decor! Han chose the flowers combination. I did the work! :) It's so beautiful that I've decided to keep it til CNY. Perhaps will just leave it there til it's dusty and OLD looking. hahaa..

LOVELY! :)

The "Tea Ceremony Chairs" at my in-laws place. The colour combination & flowers were Han's idea. As usual, i'm just the executor. :P

The railing decor at my in-laws. :)

The Chi Mui gift & the wristlets for Chi Muis. I did the gifts by myself as it's a surprise for the Chi Mui (There is Flower Honey or Raspberry Jam by Crabtree & Evelyn inside the bag). And I got help from my mum-in-law with the wristlets. My mum-in-law & I were making the wristlets while waiting for Han to finish work at PD. :D

Me & the girls at the nail parlour. :) Can only see Ai Chee at the background. My mum, sis, Sulo, Syaza & Tan Lu were the others who went to the nail parlour.

Syaza enjoying her pedicure. ahhahaa.. Didn't get to snap her funny face. :D

Preparation on THE DAY!

My bridesmaid, Tan Lu getting her hair & face done by Leric, my make up artist. I really love his work. The make up didn't make me feel uncomfortable at all. and the best part is, even when I cried, the make up didn't smudge! hahahaa..

My maid of honour, Ai Chee getting her hair & face done by Leric too! Poor girls had to wake up at 4.30am because they were the first to get their make up done before it's my turn. Leric manage to finish making us pretty by 7.15am. And that's very impressive! :)

My next post..Photos of THE DAY! :) [If I rajin, I'll post something before the wedding post.]
Can't wait to get the photos & video. :)))

4 days!!! ;)

It's coming! We have pretty much settled everything. Just a few more errands to run, then we are SET!

First of all, I have to thank my mum, sis & my soon to be official mum-in-law for helping me out. And also SYAZA & AI CHEE! :))
and to the other girls who offered to help but unfortunately (fortunately), I manage to finish it all up within 3 days with the help of the people mentioned above. :))

So now, only have to make myself pretty (remove whatever facial hair) and clean up my not that neat house... hahahaha..

More wedding updates... after the wedding! hehehehe... ;)

It's one of those things...

...that is bugging me and making my tummy upset.

I have no idea what's stressing me out. Most probably it's work. I have exactly 12 more working days to finish a super long list of things to do at work! somehow, i can sense.. that I might just need to pop in pills soon! The reason why I must try to do everything is because I've requested to go for a 3 weeks break! *serve me right!*

I'm already having some discomfort every now and then. It's good that I have these kind of reaction cause I only get it when I'm stressed. Good to know that I'm stressed then at least I'm more alert of how I should think and how fast I should work. It's bad cause I may just end up in the hospital. Moreover now, it's not as "convenient" to get someone to send me there in the middle of the night. Oooo boy.. I sure hope I don't end up in that situation. To prevent it from happening, it's time to pop in a pill! once in the morning, once at night! :)

On the brighter note, me and my sis (biological sis) is planning for a short "sister" trip to Singapore when she comes back. Unfortunately, my mum has decided that she wants to tag along. Well, I would love to bring my mum but she'll probably restrict us from doing stuff youngsters like to do. Like buying Starbucks and just chill even though the drink is overpriced! Well, hopefully my mum will get the hint. hahaha..

Also on a brighter note, I've been longing to go for this break since September as it will definitely help me settle tonnes of things for our wedding.

I'm so excited that our wedding is near!! :)) FINALLY... Aaaahhhhhhhhh!

Well well, it's just 1 month & 2 days away!! ~wWwweeEEeeeEEeeeee........

1 month & 1 week...

Is it too late to start panicking? hahahaa... well, I have to say, I haven't started panicking just yet. Maybe when I see.. "1 week to our big day".. then i'll go... Oh.. MY!
hahahahahaha...

Next week is already December! can you believe it? how time just "ZOoOOommm" pass you? sigh.
must really appreciate everything that we have every day!

My colleague and I started buying Christmas gifts. I bought some from Crabtree for my in-laws & also for my wedding. :) They had a 30% discount for members. Though non of us is a member but the promoter could recognize that we often drop by the outlet. So she still gave us the discount! *NICE!!*

Also bought a thermos from Starbucks for my colleague.

Now I need to get 2 more gifts! think think think... :P

I got a beautiful surprise last night! Hubby came back to surprise me. Just can't describe how happy I was. Just couldn't stop hugging him. Even asked him if I was dreaming. haha.
*Thanks darling.. *hugs* *

I better go check the laundry and allow dad to use the computer. haha..

Make-up artist hired!

My make-up artist came to our house last night. He was very nice. He did a free trial and wasn't expecting me to hire him on the spot! (maybe that's his trick!) :)

Anyhows, i liked his work. He didn't put a whole inch of make up on my face, which is something that i'm very particular about. And the other thing that i'm fussy about is, i don't want too much colours.

He did mention that i have very small eyes, so we need more make up to correct the "imperfection". And I also have very soft, fine & short hair. So i'll definitely need extensions on "THE DAY". sigh..

Here's a photo of me last night,

Please ignore the silly hair. He brushed it all to one side so that I can see the full make up. and also only one side of my eye has fake eye lashes. Guess which one. :P

This will be my reception do. He said that the lights are going to be dimmer during dinner, so i'll need more emphasis on my eyes. :)

I received a few comments after showing it to several people:

1) my dad: "Hey don't look like you. Look like Julia Roberts." (because of the "HUGE" smile.)

2) my mum: "Are you sure this is you??? You look so thin."

3) my colleague: "OMG, you look so different! your face look very big here. You look like a guy!"

4) my other colleague: "Hey who is this? You ar?? sure or not??"

OK OK.. once and for all, yes this is me! and yes, i have to learn how to not have such a HUGE smile. practise practise practise.. makes perfect!

and yes, i need to remind my make-up artist not to sweep all of my hair up if not i'll look like a man and a woman with such a huge square face! *think for once, i have to blame my dad for passing on the square face. :P *

Anyway, I like it. so I texted him and hired him today. :))

Ok.. One down.. the next, our wedding invites! :)

3 month plus.. til the day.. continued..

Just came back from dinner. Now at my own house. :)

My dad just helped me set up my streamyx and I'm wondering what is he doing now. (Oh.. he just told me that he went around the house to test whether all places can detect the wi-fi.)

Ahh, where was I again?

Oh.. my shoes! Yes, I just love them. haha. I think the design is kind of old cause I remember seeing it before. I don't bother. As long as I like it and it fits! Now I just have to practise walking in them since I'm so used to flats.. and flats.. and flats. Just don't want to walk funny on my big day.

Does anyone have any good nail parlour to recommend? With reasonable price? I found two that is reasonably priced. One at TTDI and another at SS2. They are both charge at a similar rate. below Rm30 for Manicure and below RM40 for Pedicure.

I'm going to try the one at TTDI on Sunday and will try the SS2 one next month. They both advised me to start my manicure & pedicure earlier since I don't go for it regularly. Both said "Your skin won't look perfect immediately."... yikes! think they will faint when they see my hands and feet. :P

I also just hired my make-up artist. I actually thought I settled my make-up artist much earlier. However, something happened. So I had to look for another one. I like this guy's work. He showed me his work and ... YUP! it's what I'm looking for.. natural! His rates are also reasonable. So hopefully I won't have to go looking for another make-up artist again. *fingers crossed*

The process of searching for cupcake/cake bakers, make-up artist, nail parlour and wedding card printers was tiring but fun! I had to do a lot of research, looking at prices, designs and etc. It gave me a lot of information, ideas and made me understand things better.

Plus, I enjoy doing this. :) Anybody wants to hire a wedding planner? hehee...

Tomorrow's mission: CLEAN UP THE HOUSE!

Since we moved in (16 August 2008), we haven't unpack our stuff. They are still in boxes. So we have to put the wedding stuff aside and start unpacking all the stuff. Also bring over whatever that is remaining at my parent's house.

Hopefully we can get it done tomorrow and be ready to organize a house warming party next month! :)

3 months plus... til the day

My dad would walk me down the aisle!

I've been busy since last weekend. Met the cupcake/cake bakers. We are 60% sure of who we are going to hire and what we are going to give as church favours. We are also 60% sure that we are going to have a wedding cupcake & cake! :)

We have also decided on our invites design. Got the printer to do a mock. Now just waiting to see the mock and confirm the wordings.

I also bought my shoes!! it's from Aldo! :)) They were on sale. so I just thought of walking in to see whether I could fit into them (The last time, I couldn't fit into size 7 or size 8.). So I found one that I really really liked and I could FIT!! YES!! hahaha.. and the price of it is way below what I budgeted for. so double YAY! hahaha.

This weekend, I'm going to try out a nail parlour's manicure & pedicure service. Just to see which nail parlour I would prefer. :)

Ok.. more updates when I come back from dinner!

we are always hunting for something...

My last update was about the treasure hunt. Team Power Rangers were in the top 15.. we got the 12th placing! hehee..
each of us brought home a Phillip DVD player! :)
Well, not that bad... Han admitted that he had fun. So we are going to be back up hunters! and perhaps join more novice hunts if we are free!

Now that treasure hunt is over....
Our house hunt is also over!!
We found a house at SS 18/4F! it's the perfect house.
I like it cause we don't have to do much with the house. Perhaps just paint it a different colour, install the grills and "TADAAA!" we have a new home. But that would cost us a little money.. so perhaps we'll have to wait for that. No problemos.. everything can be worked out.
Everything is there: cabinets, wardrobe, air-cond & heater..
It's fully renovated, front & back.

So the next "hunt"... is housing loan hunt!
I'm looking for the best rate. Working out on a few types of combination of loans/the bank that could give us the best rate. Just making sure that we could save as much $$$$ as possible.

We are also hunting for our wedding dinner venue. Will start the hunt next week. Went to one today but didn't like the idea of not having a private room. So we canceled it out of our list.

After hunting for these two stuff, which may take my time up to January...
I'll have to start hunting for other stuffs, i.e: furniture, wedding stuff (which i have no idea what just yet..), wedding gown, evening gown, shoes & etc..

Hopefully I can do all these month by month so that I won't be too stressed up towards the wedding day! ;)