Wedding Clip

This has been by far the most touching wedding clip I've ever seen.

Eggs, anyone?

Being an egg lover, I extremely love egg. Even the sight of eggs increase my appetite. Be it scramble egg, steam egg with pork, fried egg, half boiled egg, all will vanish without a trace. See how yummy the yolk is, yellowish and full of protein.....
However, a cheeky colleague of mine purposely send the egg ovulation pictures, just right before lunch....sian.... See for yourself.






















Now chicken, anyone?

ROMming next year

Initially we had plan to hold our ROM next year on 1/1/08. Why this date? Well, I had this idea of getting a mass wedding. Saw it from a website and thought the idea is cool. However, that will be registering AFTER my Chinese wedding ceremony. It will be something unusual in the Chinese tradition. Luckily I have a valid reason, apart from wanting a mass wedding badly. Apparently, I bought an insurance that will pay me when I get married. The trick, the registration will have to be after one year from the date I purchased it. And that would be exactly next year on the first day. So with that reason on hand, I managed to persuade my traditional, conservative parent's thinking.

image from http://tzeyanghin.blog.co.uk

But as the day gets nearer, things had popped up. Hubs sis and BIL will be moving to Shanghai probably this year end or next year. Knowing that my parents will be more than happy to see us ROM before ceremony, I suggested the idea of getting an earlier date. Without further thinking, I spilled out the idea before we manage to secure a prosperous date. However, after frantically searching for the right date, we just give up the idea. Hubs is having so many classes on weekends to accommodate the ROM. With this, the trouble began. I know how mum love to use other siblings to get her message across. Being the kpc person, second sis took the responsibility. But her big mouth never goes thru her brain. She never fails to make things worst by saying, " Where got ppl ceremony before ROM?", "Are you NUTS?", " Where got ppl choose good date for ROM?", "First this silly insurance reason, now this stupid no-good-date reason?",bla bla bla and the list goes on. I was furious and upset with her words. She never face the problem we are facing, mainly because her PIL is supporting the whole wedding. Now that it's only Hubs supporting the whole wedding (a lil chip in from me ;p), we have to do cost-saving one. That means a lot of things we have to DIY and search thru mountains and seas to secure a good price. They will never know all that. To them, money will settle everything. To them, wedding is just another day. So waste no $$, save them to go honeymoon. To us, it's such a memorable thing that we would like to do everything ourself and enjoy the fruit of it. No doubt, sometimes it's more stressful but heck, we enjoy it every much. It has strengthen our relationship too.

For example, we've been searching for the tracing-paper-like paper to be used as insert in our invitation. Been to so many bookstores but none have the one we are looking for. What we do, we saw the address of the production company is Penang. So we got in the car, got to the location and managed to get it directly from them. And it cost so much cheaper. The main point is, we found the source of paper and it might come in handy when we are into own business later on. That's the satisfaction we got that no one can understand. We compliment each other when we achieve something, some sort of encouragement and it feels good. Bless us!

Anyway, due to the stress my sis put on us, we took half day leave yesterday to settle the necessary procedure to secure a place in the registration center. Everything went on smoothly, from the IC dept to commisioner of oath. But it all come to halt when we reach the center. The date we had chosen is FULL! The lady at the counter doesn't even have to see the record. Panic attack! I took out the calender while Hubs phoned his friends to confirm the date of their studies. Those dates that he is available is not available anymore. HOW??? Called dad to ask his permission to do it AFTER ceremony. The lines in our house is already not clear, and yet he moved around when talking to me. So the line goes....What?.....Huh?....when is..... I almost shouted back to him. I managed to keep my cool and got his verbally approval. And so my dream comes true even after many obstacle. Bless us!!

Newsletter

I just finish making the very first newsletter to my fellow bridesmaid and best men.. Hoe they will like it. You can make one too at Letterpop. It's so easy and pretty. What is best is they are totally..........FREE!! I just love free stuff. With a small fee, you can even upgrade them. COOL!

Pre-wedding Jitters - Wedding Nerves or Cold Feet?

Pre-wedding jitters? so it's dawning on you that you may have cold feet. The penny has dropped that you are going to be spending the rest of your life 'till death do you part' with the one person, through thick and thin, good and bad and all that. How do you know this apprehension isn't something more permanent that you have been in denial about? If it's any consolation, this happens all the time. The freak-out period known as the pre-wedding jitters is pretty common. Occasionally however, these symptoms may be a precursor for a more serious problem and need immediate attention. This article will help you determine whether you should run right back into the arms of the one you love - or head to the hills in the opposite direction.

After reading this post on here, I realise I'm having a pre-wedding jitters. Not that I'm not happy that I'm going to marry this great loving partner I have but wanting every single things to be perfect makes me a little stress up (OK, I admit......a whole lot!). From gowns to tables, invitation to wedding favors, seating arrangement to bedroom decoration, I do not trust others with the job. If possible I would like to solely handle everything myself. But being just less than two months away from my wedding, I couldn't take it anymore.

Hubs sis said that I look too thin, and that I should eat more to fit nicely in my wedding gown. Secretly, I'm so happy with the compliment. I mean, all this while no one had ever told me that I'm TOO thin. I always see myself as plump. Not that I'm fat or anything. In fact, I should be glad that I have a not bad figure, 34-24-37. Yup, a good top and bottom. But the tiny waist makes my bottom looks so big. When I had my photo shooting 4 months ago, I did went on diet and exercise regularly. But I've been putting it off since then. Now, even without both of that, my pants are starting to hanging desperately on my hips. All thanks to my stressful mind.

Hubs BIL said we should enjoy our wedding preparation and don't over concern with wanting everything to be perfect. I agree that I must enjoy, but at the same time, I just couldn't help feeling so anxious. There's one point where I wish everything is over by now. But the other side knows that if everything is over by now, I'll miss them deeply. I'm a fickle minded lady. Too many thoughts at one time will make me go crazy.

Shhh......please be quite and line up, you lil "ideas". I promise to attend to you shortly.

Ayamas, finger licking good!

Just a few hours after my last post, I told Hubs I long for Ayamas. He was quite ok with it. But the nearest shop is almost 10km from where we were. Hubs had a football session at 5-7pm. So I told him to drop me off at my place, to wash up my dirty clothes and do some manicure/pedicure while watch TV. While on the way, Hubs took the left lane instead of the usual right. When I asked him, he said he's fetching me to buy first, then only send me home. Aw...so sweet. He drove all the way to the forever delicious Ayamas shop. Although I was the one who went down to tapao, my heart still feel so flowery by his action. Thanks, Hubs! They don't have the quarter bird or set, so I go ahead and bought half-bird (all to myself). I though to myself, " I need to exercise before consuming all these". The moment I set down the box, I couldn't refrain myself from tearing open the box like a hungry bear. Totally forgot to even take picture on this. Aroma filled the air and down my nostril. Nothing could stop me now. In less than 15mins, I salvaged 80% of the meat. STOP! I really need to exercise. So without further ado, I went down to the gym only to find a lady on my fav machine. That's the only machine I ever used whenever I'm at the gym. So plan cancelled and I went up to rest my tummy. The rest of 20% was eaten in less than an hour later. I consoled myself by putting on UZap. Way to go!!

Vegetarian....not!

It's the 9th month of lunar calender where they pay respect to the 9th God (or something like this, I'm not so sure) by being a pure vegetarian for whole 9 days. When I said pure, I mean purely pure. They have to even use the utensil that has not touch or cook meat before. Most household that practice this, will have a special sets to be used only once a year. During this period, you can see set-up stalls along the road with yellow cloth hanging on the roof. This indicate that they are selling pure vegetarian food, practically for this occasion. If you think that vegetarians only eat green vege, then you are truly wrong. They have advance to create all sorts of meat by using flours and preservative. You can get chicken meat, duck meat, fish meat, lok bak and all sorts of daily food.

Hubs is one of them. He's been practicing this since a few years ago. I'll only be a pure vegetarian on the last day. This year, while my family is on vacation, I had to stay with him. So for this few days, I'll be eating together with him, in those "yellow stall". The problem is for the past few days, I felt like I have not eaten anything. I admit, I'm a carnivor person. So without meat, it's like the meal is not complete. During this period, I'm craving for so many meaty stuff. Thai food, seafood, medium done beef cook top with perfect gravy, steamboat, Ayamas and many many more. Just the thought of it makes my tummy growl, my saliva drooling. Hubs assured me that it's ok to eat other than vegetarian food, but to me not eating meat is kinda respect for his practice. I do feel ashamed to have all those meaty thoughts, but I just can't help it. No matter how good the vegetarian food taste, I still crave for meat. Maybe tonight I'll try to get some meat to satisfy my hunger.

New mum

All my life, I've been blessed with so many good things. From young, all the good things come one after another. Although there are several hiccups on the way, they were nothing major to be worried about. Just recently I've ranted about the stress I had with my bridal house for delaying my design viewing. However, immediately after we voiced out, they really tried their best (even bring back home to work on) and delivered them within one week.

Lately, I have on and off been feeling dizzy. The real problem is not diagnose yet but others say it might be due to low blood. There's a possibility there as I've been quite worried as the wedding gets nearer. People says this is wedding jitters, maybe it's true. Hubs went to ask his mum bout this condition, immediately she brought over a bottle of vitamin B Complex for me. At that very moment, I'm going to have a warm and happy new family.

My album is on the way

I'm so full of excitement now. As I'm writing this, my pre-wedding album is probably on it's way to the printer to be printed into a nice and lovely album. After been waiting patiently for 4 whole months, yesterday we finally manage to nod our head in approval and get them to start printing the photos into album, streamer and some other to be framed up. She told us all will only be ready in 2-3 weeks time. Hopefully, this time she is not giving us false hope again.

I got our prewedding shoots

Last Friday was a tiring but happy day. We went to have our first viewing on our wedding album's design. It turned out so simple and nice, the way I like it. No huge change but slight modification still need to be done. Afterall, their color enhancing makes Hubs' face too perfect, erm.....he looks kinda girly. Before this I had no idea how my wedding album would be like, but now I can't wait to show them to the world, I've already uploaded the pictures on my wedding website. This is so amazing. This will be the prettiest picture in my entire life. They said a lady will look the best on her wedding. I'll even raise both my leg to show my agreement...hehe..

Today, we might be able to view the second viewing, after the modification. Hopefully this will be the final viewing and be able to send for printing after this.

-REJECTED-

I just got the news. I'm stamped with rejected...again.

Well, I'm going to continue writing even if I'm not paid. You can't stop me.

TOEIC

I'm so nervous today. After graduated 1 and 1/2 years ago, this is the first time I sit for a test...again. How I dread test. But you can't escape from having test as long as you live, be it formal or informal. Luckily we had practice in class and online too. If you are interested and decided to take, you can see the sample here. Come to think of it, it's good to take the test without having to pay the fee. All bear by my beloved company ;p

Oh hello, magnet!

I've been sent an angel. He must have heard our prayers for a magnet supplier. I posted in a wedding forum bout our quest on getting 5cents diameter magnet. I was quite worried yesterday when there's no single reply to my post. I waited and waited but nothing comes by. However, as I open the forum today, guess what I saw? 2 reply! I almost skipped a heart beat. One member suggested I contact a photographer from Ipoh regarding this. He is making magnets as wedding favor, so he might have supply. In just a moment after I send him a PM (personal message), he replied. The price are quite reasonable but still not the economical enough. If Hubs couldn't get any, we'll have to settle with this. Might have to travel all the way to Ipoh to get it. Or better, get our Ipoh friend to bring back when they go home for Raya holiday.

I'm so happy!!!

Magnet where r u?

Me and Hubs have been searching high and low for ferrite magnets. You know, those lil black round thingy behind your fridge magnet? We just need the magnet, not the whole fridge magnet. And we need them in large quantity, say a few hundreds. The feedback we receive from those we've asked, buy the fridge magnets and pull them out. If only it's that easy. We are not talking about one or two but few HUNDREDS. I've beens searching for them online but the supplier need a company name when I wanted to email them bout the quotation. We've been to hardware shops, bookstores, gift shops....but it wasn't a popular thing. Hubs have a few friends that might help out in sourcing this magnets. Keeping finger cross.

By the way, we need them for our lil DIY wedding favor. If anyone know where to get the magnet, please kindly let me know.

From 2 years to 1 year to......half?

I had a long lunch break yesterday. Not that I am not used to it but this time is different. Me and 2 other female colleagues had it in-house. Normally an in-house lunch would only take 1/2 hour to max of 45 mins. Yesterday we sat for nearly 1 and half hour. We had our lil lady chat ;p One of them is preggie. So I started off with asking her how many babies did she plan. Apparently this question had been raised by so many people after "When are you going to have baby?" question ended when she got pregnant. She used to think like me, to only start planning to have baby a year or two after getting married. Somehow the question being asked too many times she started to lose count and got stressed out. Couldn't handle the stress, she and her hubby got into serious discussion and decided to try it after 1/2 year into marriage. Panic button started to beep furiously when their attempts didn't show any results. Upon consultation with doctors, it seems that the reasons were because she is over stress and partly due to her hormone change from her frequent traveling. After trying for almost two years, now she is into her 4th month of pregnancy. Congrats!

When she asked what's my plan, I casually told her probably in 2009 to which my other colleague had a good laugh. According to her, my plan used to be two years after my wedding. What to do? From the previous chat with my sisters, they urged me not to delay it for so long. My eldest sister has been trying for a few months but to no avail, and to that she is has anxiety attack. So all of them, including my colleague advised us to start trying after a few months. Now, they are making me more nervous. I've shorten my period from 2 years to 1 year.

What if luck was not on my side when I want to have one? Should I start trying earlier? Half year? I must be insane for thinking so early. I'm not even married yet! GOSH! Should I start planning? Should I not? How long do one need to conceive? How long did you take to conceive?