Chateau des Ormeaux

We pick this over Chateau du Guerinet after many days of comparing and researching.. this chateau has won Best Hidden Gem (world and europe), Best Bargains (europe) and Best for Romance (world and europe) from tripadvisor's 2006 travelers' choice.. dinner will be provided at 48 euro per pax with minimal 8 pax.. i hope there will be enough guests for that night.. looking forward..

http://www.chateaudesormeaux.fr/

ROM

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

Excited.. finally..

We have been busy with accommodation researching and booking.. itinerary planning.. some highlights are as follows:

1. chateau stay in loire valley with dinner and breakfast (255 euros and i'm still thinking..)
2. mont saint michel and D day beaches
3. farm stay in uk

Will be renting car in paris and road trip to loire valley and mont saint michel.. 2 days rent is more ex than 3 days.. weird.. same for london.. 2 days rent and road trip to southern wales.. hehe.. our budget is getting more and more with all these special stay.. *stress*.. anyway.. need to settle all by this week..

Had my last fitting last evening.. hehe din lose much.. so sad.. but EG will be altered.. slimmer waist :P.. it keeps dropping.. album reviewed and will be ready on friday.. my MUA cannot make it at 630am.. need to sort out the actual day schedule.. montage still on the way.. haven't decide on match in songs.. geeee still plenty to do.. OMG..

Itinerary

After few days of searching and researching we have fixed on the cities that we are going in 2 weeks.. between rome and venice we picked venice.. we dropped geneva bcoz of the limited time and ex flights.. the budget airlines (ryan and easyjet) fares kept increasing since last week.. its complicated and tedious to find and compare fares and routes.. but still my dear managed to sort all out.. thanks dear *pat*.. about 300 euro in total.. accommodation is next.. goodness the rates are even more scary.. peak season.. spring and easter *pout*.. kinda tedious oso.. as i need to check the location, rates and reviews of the hotels.. hmm mayb it's better to join tours.. but i dun think so.. still fun to do free & easy despite of all the troubles.. flexible and interesting esp when we got lost :P.. geeezzz i'm getting excited..

Paris (26-30 mar)
Barcelona (30-2 apr)
Venice (2-5 apr)
London (5-8 apr)

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*..

Clash

well.. this 24th mar must be an auspicious day.. we are having service centre move.. call centre application major upgrade.. pabx upgrade.. so most of my colleagues won't be able to attend.. so sad but still i will appreciate those who can turn up..

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*..

The Kissing Cat

An ex-co set up a store at klang valley and online store to sell bags and accessories.. so those who are keen juz check out the link.. it's quite decent.. so no worries..

The Dating Loft

A JC fren has set up a dating company to help singles to find the right ones.. well most of my frens are already married but we can always pass the message on.. simply click on datingloft under my links and check out the service..

i believe in fate.. it's about meeting the right person at the right time and the right place.. so share with your single frens and who knows.. he/she might meet the ONE.. for those who know us.. know how we met.. it's fated.. for those who dunno.. will know on our wedding day.. hopefully the montage can be done on time.. else i will try to blog it instead..

Happy birthday crankygal

You are the best.. i wish that only good things happen to you and all bad things to go away.. stay happy and bubbly always.. plenty of hugs and love..

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..

Next to-do-lists

Still printing in process.. including envelops and some special cards (i hope it works *crossing my fingers*.. dear jiayou)..

Facial mask twice a week.. this watson brand really revitalizes and moisturizes my skin.. cheap and good.. montage.. buy cakes and "zhu jiao" for guo da li.. guo da li on 3 mar.. confirmation on number of tables on 16 mar.. appointment at rom for verification and statutory declarations, and confirmation with JP on 20 mar.. bed delivery and packing, and manicure and pedicure on 23 mar..

Aaaahhhhh... wat else did i miss out?!?!?!

Printing in process..

Yeah.. we have printed invites for our folks.. hehe red wordings for red cards.. so not tat tuff.. now test print for our frens.. tried many colors.. few colors are suitable for the insert paper color and card design.. lavender, peach, pink, lilac, sky blue etc.. finally we have decided on 1.. really sweet and soft *grin*.. but this is not done yet.. still need to tie ribbon on all these cards *pout*..

Busy day

Wash car.. reunion lunch with his family.. pack his room.. reunion dinner with mine.. bz bz bz..

Happy ZHU year.. may u and family blessed with happiness, good health and wealth.. gong xi gong xi..

Pre CNY eve

A simple dept kickoff with lao yu sheng and bites.. half day work.. felt terrible on my way home.. napped until mom woke me up.. have been sick since last fri.. accompanied her to buy meat for shabu shabu steamboat for reunion dinner.. packed my room after dinner with my dear's help.. done in 3 hours.. cleared as much as possible so that i have less things to pack when the new bed is delivered.. it has a storage space underneath.. hehe i will juz "dump" all those things lying outside inside *grin*..

Fotoshoot

First was outdoor shoot at old parliament house.. we were giggling hard over the poses requested.. hehe the fotographer was trying hard to make us look natural.. the weather was super hot!.. so hot tat our eyes can hardly open.. next was marina pier.. never been there.. the building and sea view are gorgeous.. it looks like the yokohama pier in japan.. with greeny on top for ppl to relax and enjoy the view.. next was st theresa church.. den back to shop to change to kua.. and set off to temple.. somewhere near ex-mos.. the carvings here are really nice.. dragons tat look real.. den set off to studio to take my gown and evening gown.. had 2 different looks.. goodness it hurts so much when makeup artist "breaks" the "sprayed" hair for style change.. worried abt the amount of hair lost here *sob*.. den set off for outdoor again.. eaton and labrador park.. we wanted to take the sunset from the top corner "bridge-like" place for shooting.. but we found a couple there.. the guy actually do up the place with balloons and candle lights.. roses on the organza over the table and chairs.. prepared food, fruits and champagne.. so romantic.. we cant help but ask if we can take pics with the settings.. hehe.. really nice props.. but.. the sun was hidden behind the thick clouds.. so disappointed.. den we went down for the seaview shoot.. finally the last stop.. well.. it was tiring but we had fun today.. giggled and laughed alot.. definitely a special vday for us..

Happy vday..

to all my frens.. esp crankygal.. thanks for your advices and magazines *grin*..

and we are out for fotoshoot today.. so in case you see couple taking foto.. it might be me!.. take a closer look and say hi ok *wink*..

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!