“live this moment”

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We are 7 days away and it's a good time for the 7th wedding post:)

Here's all the little things that make the big big day:



Wedding preparation has been a breeze.... Till it comes to my bachelorette party.

Don't get me wrong, it was sweet crazy fun but getting to the day was a little nerve wrecking. Let me count the ways it got me to become a walking bunch of nerves:

1. It was a kept secret. I know nothing.
2. Random girlfriends will suddenly whatsapp me "I'm so excited for you!"
3. When I meet some of them for dinner and drinks, they kept smiling sheepishly and tell me once again " I'm so excited for you!"
4. No matter how I pry, the answers I get is and always be varying from " dun know" and "not sure"... Followed by a smile...

Basically I lived for almost 14 days with these top secret agents.... One sleeps in the same room as me..one works with me 5 days a week, 8 hours a day.... Two chats with me on whatsapp daily....but no one leaks a single clue...how to not be nervous!?

So the BIG DAY came... 28th sep 2012, 730pm.... My one and only hen night party is here!

Pink*9 bridesmaid to be*black*rose*paris tower*beer*pizza*songs*man in white*talented*gangnam style*温柔*polaroid*photo*balloons*pink veil*

Then it was off to secret destination #2...

Pump room*vodka*orange*cranberry*mixer*
entrance*butt*5 phone numbers*horny lies*lol*topless man*pole*柯南*gangnam style*gay*high*heels*phone*funny face*prank call*weird spectacle guy*hovering*kiss on cheeks*puke*toilet*3am

I love you girls so much and thanks for giving me such an exciting night:) it's one of the best thing about getting married!


*will update with more photos:)





Since the day we decided on having a wedding in New Zealand, I have this question repeatedly thrown at our direction...

Some asked with amazement, but most asked in disappointment.

to be honest, there were times I start to question this decision; especially when my love ones express their desire to be part of this special moment.. ( thank you)

The decision started out as just something that I thought was more unique than usual weddings... Then the bonus came when mr soon like this idea of elope wedding, bigger bonus came when our parents didn't have much objections to this...

Everything flowed at ease and now,I'm ready to revisit the main reason why my wedding is truly going to be an elopement:

After the engagement, i started to envision our wedding. There were many big dreams that includes beautiful gown, lush wedding venue, lovely guests, pretty floral decors etc etc..... But the one part that I'm truly looking forward was the vows and ring exchange....

There's this image in my head... How he will hold my hand, the words he will say to promise his love, the way he will be the only one that matters at THAT MOMENT.

No, I do not really care what rings they were, how simple his vows are gonna be like.... The only thing I really cared and will care about is, he is the one before me, becoming my man.

With this, it sort of sets the tone of my dream wedding; I just need to be marrying him, that's dream come true... The others dun seemed all that crucial...

I hope to be able to look back at our wedding many years from now, to remember we marry out of purely love and not expectations:)









I have a new love.

Knew your existence since I was 3 but I was too young to love you whole.. I only love a part. The salty, sandy and sunny part... I'm too young to explore the rest of you...

20 over years on, I return to you with mr soon next to me. You are refreshing to me, every corner has something for us to discover... I'm heading back to you almost 3 times a month now...I think I'm falling for you... Huge part of you... My dear east coast.

Let me count my love for you:

Yummy food; new quirky ones, old comforting ones alike.

Cycling freely on East coast park

Navigating through the shophouses

Skipping into parkway parade for Howard storage and organic finds

Having our little singing concerts in katong shopping centre

A stone throw to old airport food centre.








Eugene has an issue.. He takes things slowly...

I have an issue.... I need him to take things in my perspective... And that is faster!

So for a hassle-free wedding, we have almost nothing much to prepare other than our attire and vows... Attire wise, me as a bride has more to prepare but given the ample time and no guest to show off to... No stress... I just put on whatever I like:) all are in placed, 3 weeks before our wedding.

BUT my groom is taking things a little slower...

Better than nothing done, he finally took the big step to go tailor his suit! 4 weeks before we leave for new Zealand..... The tailor must be thinking that ours is a shot gun case....

Spent about 1 hour for him to choose all the different designs and components of a suit and shirt... Didn't know it will take so much... But it's all worth it... We left the shop happy and looking forward to his first fitting next week!



I do not have checklist..

1. I can't keep up with a checklist... If it is a piece of paper... I lose it. If it is in a book.... I find it hard to carry around...

2. If the list is too long, I get stressed. Striking it off doesn't give me any relieve or sense of accomplishment ....

3. My mind changes too much.. When I look back at the list, it doesn't make sense... Why the hell did I wrote that?!

4. Checklist only provides me with a very brief moment of organization, the moment last about an hour.

So for such a small, simple, free and easy wedding vacation... No checklist is needed.

Joey

When I was 10, I directed a make believe wedding with my cousins.. Me as the beautiful bride, only male cousin; song as my groom... And rest of the younger cousins as smaller parts a wedding calls for... It was fun; I always look forward to the "cocktail" ( mixing fruits with different soft drinks) after the "ceremony"...

When I turned 16, I had a taste on puppy love and thought I could start to plan my dream wedding.. There was this feeling, it is going to last and we better start saving... It was day dream after day dream on gowns, flora, rings, me looking beautiful... All the dreams was about me on my big day... Groom was a blur... So I thought... Maybe it's not really gonna last.... I will just dream about my part.

When I am 24, I started attending more weddings and I began to be all soaked up with that fuzzy warm feeling at the wedding ceremony. I start to see beyond the gowns and decor; I'm seeing marriage..... The union, made great by two different individuals, coming together wanting to share the their life, make good their life promises to each other... Now wedding has meaning. I like that.



Now I'm at 27, 50 days shy of my own wedding... I think I start to truly see what a marriage holds... ( though I believe it will still change as time goes...)

Elopement wedding was never in our plans and dreams... There was no seed to this crazy act. It just stung me one day and when I kiss him, he got that idea too! ( ha ha joking)... it is just that I wanted something intimate... He wants something hassle free (wedding shouldn't be a chore) so we thought lets go elsewhere and get married! Just him and me:)

It's a selfish thing... I deprived those who love us the chance to witness this lovely milestone in our lives. But they love us enough to respect or accept ( with complains and nags we can't hear)... So yes, this two blessed selfish lovers are setting off to create a memory only they two share... No one else.

There are loads of emotions, all happy ones and it really feels that it is too good to be true. This is not a make believe party, not only about me and myself.... The only thing that stays is in still looking forward to that cocktail party!!! I like celebration:)

It's a personal celebration of our love; one that only matters if he is my groom.






i remember i posted something about bridezilla sometime back... ...


"SINGLE BRIDEZILLA?!

Read on daily mail some time ago that there is a new species, named 'single bridezilla'.

According to the report, 'Single bridezilla' is the new breed of bride-to-be who are organizing their wedding before they have even got engaged. Before this report comes about, I thought most women would admit that they have been dreaming of their fairytale perfect wedding since they were little girls.... Now suddenly there is this collective term and it sounds really horrible!

Well I for one am not getting married real soon but when I come across a gown that is simply lovely or a wedding photo that is stunning, I sometime make it a point to bookmark it( for the record, I bookmarked alot of stuff so...). ... Okay, my point is, if we are not obsessed and scare our husband to be or bf off, it's alright to day dream a little when you are feeling romantic :)"

Woman needs to feel attractive, i have moments like this too..

Engagement is a special stage in a relationship.. it is probably the sweetest period as there are so much assurance and happy planning for our upcoming solemnization.


Happy 29th Birthday!

Given the moolah and time we spent getting the house, rom and our cruise vacation together, this birthday was not so bombastic :x i only mastered the time to push for a birthday plan the very last two days but given that Mr soon is not a person who is big on occasion, he didnt mind at all and found it pretty good still.

If there was a theme for this birthday, it would have been "Food Coma"

To kick off, we had lunch... lunch at The Knolls @ Capella Sentosa =) this is the place i have longed wanted to visit and heard so much about their awesome sea view etc........

lets start with... the view...

the view wasnt too impressive.. its probably to do with two things; i just came back from a cruise vacation and i saw a huge piece of sea so hardly anything is on par with that... plus... i went with an expectation too high... so it was nice.... relaxing but i cant help but to feel a little disappointed with what i saw...

the food was pretty good....he ordered a steak which was nicely prepared and the serving was pretty huge for the price we paid... mine was pan seared sea bass with black truffle risotto... sea bass was so so... but the risotto was yummy =)

The thing that made the whole lunch a little more fun was a peacock hen strolling around freely with her two chicks.... great entertainment for the otherwise boring lunch.

Went for a very very cheem movie on alien.... Am not sure if we are dense or the plot just dun make alot of sense...but it's really like we are lost in space translation :( the good thing that came our was we have very comfy seats and rested for 2 1/2 hours... Fully charged for dinner!!

So dinner was maybe the best thing that happened( to me :p). We went to my favorite Italian restaurant and I had my best pasta while he has a unique veal dish that we both dun quite fancy:(. But all in all we sent sone really quality time together and the night ended with a pleasant bus journey and a paper heart from him <3.

I love my boy!! Happy birthday!!



It was not the most romantic proposal..
I thought it will happen... And when I thought it wouldn't, it happened.... So yes it was a surprise.

This is definitely not your regular wedding proposal... Ha ha... Of course, it's mine! Okay, save the crap, it's more like a decision after a heartfelt talk... A talk that happened after a row... But one that allowed him to bare his true feelings, expectations and dreams of us.

Baby

I truly want you to know, I will not exchange anything for the words you said, it was a dream proposal that I didn't dream of... One that goes beyond what i thought was meaningful.

It's almost like once again you show me you love me in your way, the way I sometime fail to see and appreciate. It's a tough road ahead, I'm so glad you chose me to be the one to rough it out with ;)

thanks for the ring :)








When a vacation calls...... The sea answers . We went on my very first cruise vacation on board royal caribbean's voyager of the seas :)

It was a fine weather when we set sail on the 2nd of June, am pretty impress with the ease to board this cruise and in awe of its size and interior...



Before boarding, i really though we paid an exorbitant price for this vacation but after seeing our stateroom and experiencing the service and facilities provided by Voyager... it is worth the dollar!

We stayed on deck 10 =)



Our home for the next 5 nights... i love love love the balcony!!


they have a shopping promenade with lots of thematic cafes and pubs... you can always find photo opportunity here...


went for art auction to learn about art and we had free flow of champagne =) mad love the bubbles!!


the housekeeping service we had was superb... had surprises everytime we come back to the room..... our attendant know us by our names and we were always greeted with a wide smile.......without fail =) thanks norman!




food was abundance on the cruise and no need to rush.... no long queues...no yucky food... it was real good food with wide wide variety....great and professional service from formal fine dinning to causal dinning...to even poolside BBQ!!  They say you put on 2 pound on a cruise everyday....i bet its 4 pounds a day on Royal Caribbean!




To work off the kilos... we gym and i rock climbed!! one mid-way climbed left my arms aching for the rest of the cruise...nice one!


To be honest things do get boring on cruise after the first 2 nights so good thing they have land tours and we hop on land for Penang and Phuket...




you see..we truly relax and enjoy.... and after the first 2 nights...we lost track of time and day...not to mention we both have no access to fb...sms...whatsapp etc.... so the only way to know which day it is....... the carpet in the lifts...


the best part of the trip.... other than we got engaged:









Yohoo!

I'm engaged:)

It's like finally I can update formally all the exciting stuff I have been crazily busy with for the last 2 months....

It goes in this order:

1. We started house hunting after I got back from my hong kong vacation... Mr soon suddenly mention we go do this...

2. We found a big apartment (EA) just right below a level where he is staying... It took us about 1 month or so to get this baby which is just 3 mins from mrt and 1 station from my house

3. We went through a bit of crazy drama when the current owner decides to not sell it cause of some emotional distress ( he is worried he can't find a house in time to move out to)

4. Thanks to our wonderful agents and the fact that we dun really need this house fast.... We exercise extension if he really needs it.. Drama ceased..

5. We started planning for ROM and being a very willful me... We are going for a elopement wedding in new Zealand... Just him and me. It's crazy but it's beautiful and my dream of an intimate wedding... Just the both of us.

6. I got my gown, a pretty pretty one. Not gonna let mr soon sees it till the day... I hope he loves it.

7. Interior designer sourcing is a huge ass pain!!!!! Slightly better than all the applications for hdb but still painful to do... The good ones are busy and I have to follow up... The not so good ones buzzing around me like mosquitoes! But yup... It's slightly clearer as I'm blogging... Will show the plans soon!!

8. We went on a cruise and he proposed:) I will keep the details to my cruise blog.

Loving my life now even if the sequence is totally upside down...



You know that beautiful feeling. No matter how crazy all the preparations and planning gets, there's a part of me, still smiling.

Too many amazing things are about to happen in the months to come but I'm so afraid I will forget how I feel about all these build ups.. I'm just gonna sneak in this post so I remember.. So I'm reminded.

It's a blessing. I know now with his every look, I'm his chosen one.... The blessed one:)

Labels: love

i hope blogging about this will not jinx it *fingers crossed till cramp*
we found THE UNIT and is now in the process to make it ours =)
the thing is... there are lots of applications and documents needed... so its a bit of headache and just like how it has been, we got the sequence totally wrong so now we are making a small u-turn and spending time to get the application stuff before we make an offer...

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it is for real, i am going on a cruise holiday =)

this is the first time for me and here is the ship that is taking me to sea...



* Voyager of the Seas

Other than being my first cruise holiday, it is also the first for eugene soon and me... i am so looking forward to this trip, thanks to the following:



*eating on the balcony...naked.




* wake up with a seaview next to me in the morning




*staying at the top floor!!!!



*country hopping over 4 days!!




*room service!! i love lovvvveeeeeeeeeeeee this...

This is SO gonna be THE TRIP!!!

Labels: love, travel

Yes!!! WE ARE HOUSE-HUNTING!!! Yipee~

Labels: home, love

Came across this 5 languages of love on a show and did some research on it.

Everyone has their love language; the one that shouts love to them when their partner applies it..

Find out yours and your partners, commit to use these languages and do it willingly:)

1. Words of affirmation (care, love, appreciation etc)

2. Quality time together (doing things you enjoy with him/her)

3. Receiving gifts

4. Act of service (massage, cooking, making a drink)

5. Physical touch (kiss and hugs)

If he understands Chinese better but you are best speaking in English, maybe it's time you switch the language....

If you love buying little gifts but he love you giving him a massage, do what matters more to him...

My homework: 2, 4&5, 1 and 3

Labels: family, love

i have nothing to blog on but i need to do something to distract myself from the horror film that is playing in my background..

i have a bad habit to google the film while it is screening and the search result for this that is in the background is simply beyond my threshold ;/ i even have problem typing out the film title...

yikes!!! hate Saturday late night movies on channel 5!!!

*just in case you are wondering why i dun simply change the channel....bf is watching..and its his teevee...

Labels: random

Had the whole kitchen (eugene's house) to myself one random weekend so....

kitchen + no auntie or uncle + feeling domesticated + have lots of love =



Our first trip together after knowing each other for 6 odd years.

To keep this precious memory of us both.... I will just use key words for all we can associate to our lovely trip:)

*flight cancellation*630am*wedding talks*cityflyer*metropark hotel*room 630*mongkok*argyle centre*argyle new mall*shopping*10hours*许留山*大家乐*女人街*bargain*300..200..100*dim sum 肥仔*hk Disney*spaceship roller coaster* horseshoe coaster*drop drop coaster*fireworks*hot chocolate*Mickey waffle*shopping*mongkok*7-eleven*egg tarts*boluo bao*causeway bay*central*handsome guy on train*F21*steam milk*ginger steam milk*burberry salesman*mongkok* shopping*lighted room*extra pillows*H&M*mongkok shopping*credit card*packing at lobby*overweight luggage*dfs shopping......