My online wedding album..

is up.. yes.. finally.. i have uploaded the wedding album and actual day lunch pics.. let me know if u wana see =)

Pics..

Sorry dearies.. i'm still struggling with the tons and tons of pics we took for the wedding and honeymoon.. as usual.. it's just too much to be sorted out in a short period.. just b patient and it will b make available asap.. i hope.. the lazy bug is still inside me.. *grin*..

ROM

We have collected our certificate of marriage.. 3 days to the wedding..

Honeymoon

Yippie.. after sourcing high and low for cheap air tickets and package tours for so long.. we have booked sin-paris london-sin by emirates for 2 at 2426.. depart 26 mar 12:30am and return 8 apr 8:30pm..

Was considering qatar at zuji and emirates online.. the flight schedules are not so ideal.. emirates online is better.. luckily i have been lazy and indecisive.. keep delaying on the purchase.. last weekend we went suntec to check out sa tours, chan brothers and asa holidays.. so crowded and super long queue.. we gave up.. then later at night found out that chan brothers was offering 750 fare by emirates at the suntec fair.. geeeee was quite disappointed.. then i found this fare from misa travel on wed.. booked sin-paris-sin online on wed night and next day the fare was increased to 780.. luckily my booking locked the earlier fare.. after many queries and verifications we changed the outbound to london-sin.. the airport tax is ex.. difference about 180.. but to reduce traveling time we decided on this itinerary.. so excited.. think more excited over my honeymoon than the wedding :P.. but more planning to do.. itinerary, accommodation, car rental, etc etc.. another 2 weeks *grin*..

Fotoshoot pic selection

It's ready and took us about 2 hrs plus to select our 25 pics.. hehe no extra pics.. it's either get extra 10 pics and negotiate better price or none.. somehow after many rounds of viewing (lost count) we decided to keep to the given.. well.. personally just not used to how i look after the makeup and styling.. dun think i look good.. so anyways.. i may appreciate it when i grow much older :P

Guo da li..

another task down.. we are glad to have mk as our mei ren.. accompany and help him carrying some stuffs.. she went trekking with us on separate trip to pelepah.. with him on vday with xtrekkers and 2 weeks later with me and another gang.. so technically speaking she knew us both when we first met.. and so coincidentally we all work at alexandra.. hehe we often meet up for lunch.. or should i say my dear always make effort to arrange lunch *grin*..

my mom invited the relatives and cooked lunch.. we have prima deli sliced cakes and cans of pig trotters.. 12 boxes.. 2 vsop.. 12 oranges with xi stickers..ang baos and etc.. only went bedok south and north to pass invitation cards.. all and all.. everything went smooth and nice.. *peace*..

See things thru...

Strongly feel that a wedding is a project and a process where you will see your hubby/wife-to-be, folks, relatives, frens, colleagues and ex-colleagues in a different light.. no wonder ppl say you will lose some and gain some.. always not to have expectations.. so glad to have a wonderful and supportive hubby-to-be.. love you dear..

Fights..

not with my man but with my mom.. dunno it's different expectations or over concern or juz bei gam.. not juz over the wedding prep.. even when we were traveling in bali.. ahhhh.. i have to be calm.. volcanoes have erupted.. dun wana have another eruption.. getting upset over my wedding and her "jia-nu-er" thingy.. making both us unhappy and grumble for the rest of our life.. thanks touraco for your advice.. i will try your method and see if it works on my mom *wink*..

Trial makeup and first fitting session

I have forgotten when was the last time i "painted" my face.. hehe.. somehow i felt weird.. juz not me.. my dear too.. cant get used to how i look.. keke mayb too pretty liao *grin*.. gee wonder how i will look on the actual day and fotoshoot.. cant imagine!

Well.. to cut the story short.. we had tuff time finding a bridal studio tat we are comfy with.. 1 from someone i know.. super hard selling and sells only fotos.. refused to let us go if we dun sign it right away.. 1 from high class designer type.. juz too ex to deal with.. dun have a chance to try the pretty gowns as the fitting room was occupied.. 1 at marina square.. tat man was loitering outside waiting while we were shopping for bed.. quite hard sell but we juz cant imagine an uncle helping us to choose gowns.. 1 operates like designer but still not there yet.. quite "stingy" to let me try gowns.. and was a bit upset when my dear commented that the gown was "squeezing" out my fats.. 1 where the place was cosy but my dear din find a gown he likes.. so we picked ritz couture.. 1 who let us in even it was closed.. letting me try so many gowns and explaining patiently on the package and wedding preparation till late night.. we were so comfy wif the people and the place was really cosy.. i must say we prefer service to cost.. really make us feel money worth paying for.. make us feel like prince and princess..

So after trying at the bridal for 3 times.. finally i have picked my gowns.. was really difficult decision.. simply love most of the gowns here.. elaine has been sooo patient.. spending 3 late nights with us.. there are gowns that i even tried for 4 times.. hehe juz to compare and decide.. so here they are.. hehe i must say i live up the name of tiffanygal.. even my evening gown is so "tiffany".. my fav color!

Our wedding day

It will be a customary, solemnization and banquet lunch at marina mandarin vanda ballroom.. all-in-one-day thingy.. had a discussion with the banquet sales and finalized on most of the details.. the wedding preparation has been less stressful with these experienced people whom i met.. helping and advising us.. even comforting us.. making us feeling more at ease and relax..

We decided to do our own insert printing.. to customise and make use of my dear's expertise.. finally our design is completed.. simple and varies for different people.. gosh we still need to print.. dunno how long to print my invites name by name.. *stressed*.. oh well thou it's tedious but we are happy doing it.. joint effort.. it's really great to compliment each other.. really fortunate to have my dear around for shopping and hunting for banquet, bridal, bed, etc..

We have also set on going great britain and paris for honeymoon.. but the air ticket hunting has been confusing.. either no miles accrual or long transit or lost in the different permutation of destinations.. dunno if we shd try sin-paris-london-sin or sin-glasgow-london-sin or sin-glasgow-paris-sin or etc etc.. arghhh..

So far these are wat we were bz with.. forgot about the bed hunting experience.. it's amazing wat we found out abt king koll.. different departmental stores have own branding and exclusive models.. it took us a week to decide on 1.. hehe a week of sleeping on all different models and type.. finally we bought king koll king size memory foam pocketed spring mattress. memory foam pillows.. headboard and storage.. egyptian cotton satin 500 thread counts bedsheets.. never tot tat buying a mattress, bed and bedsheets can be such a chore.. goodness..

Meet-the-family dinner

Thanks touraco, crankygal, duchess and ah lian.. time flies and i'm over 30s.. an age tat i felt a great difference in my body and mind.. definitely not as fit as before.. but i guess it's juz the rite time to take things easy and enjoy every moments..

To make the day special.. we have arranged a meet-both-family over a dinner.. to celebrate my bday and to discuss about our wedding.. guo da li and actual day traditions.. yippie 1 to-do-list down!