Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

I love the New Year, everyone is so joyful, so relax, so slack, so i don't care what you're doing, so the whole world is on holiday, so i love every soul in the world, so.. so.. so.. many things..

We wish you, me, us, your family, your extended family, your pets a Happy New 2009 Year! May all your wishes and dreams come true! May you live happily ever after! May you everything n anything and etc and etc..

i was there in 2006!

one of my dreams is to experience New Year in a different country for the times to come!

2nd January 2009

It is this friday!!!!!

I totally love the last 2 weeks of 2008. non stop public holidays! It feels like we are permanent vacationers and working part time!!

Though 2nd Jan is JUST a registration of marriage. yes. IT iS ONLY registration. Though we're married legally, our parents do not see us as married couple, because we haven't gone through the chinese tea ceremony yet! Sometimes i think it's quite ridiculous. However, i wonder am i gonna treat my kids the same in the future!

I'm excited about this Friday! I have my white lil' dress, with ... well i don't have the perfect shoes yet...

I've dyed my hair to natural colour now, so i don't have super 'blonde' hair anymore. I've made appointment for manicure tomorrow. Though i have the tools to do it myself, i decided to pamper myself a lil bit more

I have never thought of holding a bouquet of flowers, because.. it is only signing of papers, to be married in the eyes of the law.. BUT! , S.A my sister in law, asked me the other night, what about flowers and corsages, she said she can help me with the corsages! so.. me and mervin decided to make the bouquet ourselves!

GOOGLE-d. And the internet make it so simple to DIY wedding bouquet. I thought of orchids, but orchids means alot of work, i'm guessing the orchid's stem is probably not as tough as roses, so we have to add and twist and bend the floral wire to each orchid's stem. So.. since it's supposed to be a DIY simple bouquet. (simple to the brain too).. I'm gonna go with roses. Gonna ask the florist if they can remove all the thorns for me.

I've bought the satin ribbons and the lil' pins! all set and excited to make my own bouquet! I hope it turns out well, if not, i'll just hold one stalk of rose that day. :P

i'll try to make something like this.. kekeke!

Bacherlorette party / Hen party / Hen night but i want 3days2night trip

I don't really wanna get high and drunk on my hen's night and puke and drag myself to the toilet and just puke again.. praying to the toilet bowl is not how i imagine to celebrate my night with the gals.

I hate to admit this but clubbing nights are no longer fun for some reason. I used to love going to clubs, dance the night away. But now, i complain about my legs tired, my back hurts and wonder how i could stand/dance in clubs till the wee hours of the morning!

So i wanna plan for shopping in Bangkok with the gals or lazing at the beach, perhentian sounds good?

It's so hard to decide, we LOVE shopping.. and IT IS shopping in Bangkok, the hot humid CHATUCHAK, the CHEAP wholesale PRATUNAM market, the yummy thai food.. the stew pork rice, the yummy hot spicy tomyam, the KAU MAN GAI (chicken rice)..

BUT..

PERHENTIAN.. is SO NICE too. The sunny beach, the sound of the ocean, the vibrant nemo swimming, BUT.. it'll be wrong for me to go diving, while my friends go snorkelling right? But it's so hard not to go diving, since i'm already there at one the most beautiful beaches in Malaysia...

and besides, i can't tan myself, i don't wanna be a burnt bride! :P so does that mean i have to pour tons of sun block? But that means i will pollute the sea and kill the fishies! -_-

Its so clear that I AM so TORN apart.

I need my gal friends to help me decide.

i love the way we make each other laugh

is there a right time in your life to get married? the ideal age? how many years should you go out with your bf/gf before you pop the question? before moving on to the next stage. how many years do you think you need to know each other before saying, i know she/he is the one!

I've asked a few friends and some of them said 2 years paktor before he proposed, and 1 year planning, so 3 years in total before they are husband and wife, shortest 1 month after he met her, he pop the question, love at first sight it seems. some 6 months paktor then they got married, some they paktor for many years and they never thought about marriage till the day she finds a positive result on her pregnancy test.

Merv and I however, 6 years paktor before he asked me to marry him. I ask mervin, do you know you wanna marry me during our 2nd year courtship. (he answers, no) Well, I never thought about marriage at that time either! Honestly, I've always thought i'll get married approximately at the age of 30!

Last time, when people tell me they were planning to get married, i ask, how do you know she's the one, or are you sure, only 2 years together, or 1 1/2 years together??? serious?? haha.. and all of them answered the same thing.. 'i just know it' and 'we've been through enough to know what we want in life and i've found the person'

Wah like some lines they stole from a romantic movie.

Anyway, i've always been really sceptical about marriage, like there's so many broken marriages out there. So there's no such thing as happily ever after? We see our parents get on each other's nerve, they nag, they yell, they get so annoyed at each other. and We wonder, are we going to be like that in 30 years time? It's just so sad. Why get married then? Just to have kids, so they can tell you 'i hate you'?

I believe, our parents generation didn't paktor enough. :)

They were forced into marriage? Ok, forced maybe too strong word. But maybe their parents were like, who is this boy? You smile at him ah? Is he going to propose to you? Ask his parents come see me, and we table talk?! haha..

then, they get married, and then 9 months later, here comes the baby, and the next baby and the next baby.. and the folks work... they work and they work.. to support the family and the kids, and their kids education and everything else that needs to be paid.. the folks just concentrated on the money and to provide for the children.

Then one day, the children all gets married and leave the nest, and thats when, THE PARENTS get to know one another! and they will say.. IF I KNOW YOU ARE LIKE THAT bla bla.... etc etc.. I will not marry you... and some folks can't stand each other, sleep separate room/ stay separate house/ maybe, just maybe they get a divorce. (just observe, just take a moment to really 'notice' your parents, ponder on what you see. if you see love, you're so lucky. But I've seen many parents and i see the distant, noticed the petty fights etc. This little exercise is to prove my theory or rather learning experience right!)

So sad right? And you may ask me, then why are you getting married? Because ... i'm in love? head over heels? ... Because... i'm ready for the next stage, i'm ready to face the challenges of a happy marriage life. It needs lotsa effort, not from one side, but both husband and wife. We need to encourage, compliment, support, laugh, cry, (the list goes on) .... together-gether..

Merv thinks the key to a happily ever after marriage, is to make each other laugh. Because as all would say, laughter is the best medicine.

I think he is SO, right. :)

this is how i make us laugh (being silly)

I have a boring/dead blog

i officially received 2 complaints! hahaha.. that i need to update my blog. But i haven't been doing any wedding preparations lately! and i thought i should keep my blog about my wedding preparations... and not blog about the weather, or anything under the sun.. i guess i am forced to blog about my boring life just to keep my blog alive! :P

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i've been very ill lately (for those who knows me, i might have just exaggerate that a lil) .. but it's quite true lah.. haha.. i fell sick on the 4th of dec, thursday, and i didn't enjoy my long weekend, actually, i did enjoy the long weekend, but not the FOOODD! i missed out on all the yummy foooodd...

I had fever, sore throat, i lost my voice, i sound like a man / sexy voice to some, i'm coughing greenish phlegm (according to dr. wk, its infected), and i'm still coughing till today, 1 1/2 weeks. (dr wk says i need antibiotics, he doesn't know am allergic to all drugs :P)

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So boring right?

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Back to something related to my wedding preparations.. :)

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I am EXCITED and NERVOUS about 2nd january (the day i am legally married to Mr Soon - OMG), many many months ago, i bought myself a cute lil' white dress, I bought it without having any functions to attend, I bought it because it was nice, i look nice in it, and i told myself, aiyah, buy only lah, the day when i need a dress, i have to go out searching and might not find a nice dress! (good excuse for us gals, to shop for no reason right??)

Now i just need a pair of cute lil heels to go with my cute lil' dress. :)

PM says she'll stay over my house, and help me out with my make up. hee hee!

My hair is now so boring, i can't cut it cos am leaving my hair long for my big day, hopefully it grows really really long.. (yeah rite).. I told mervin he should have told me earlier, that he wanna marry me. haha.. so i wouldn't have leave my hair long, longlonglong time ago!

Back to my hair... its so so boring, and my roots are showing, so ugly... i decided to make an appointment and go dye it! maybe this Sat.

Oh you know, i'm not only preparing my hair for Jan 2, but I've bought myself a hair mask, so it will grow super nice like a sunsilk/pantene ad gal! :) .. then maybe i can twirl around for the camera man. muahaha..

Besides me, and myself...

We have decided to have a luncheon at Nanking Court! :) instead of Shangri-La. it's gonna cost us a bomb if we gonna have it in Shang for so many of us.

Have been thinking to myself, if we really need to hire a pro-photographer for the registration day.. (haven't decided yet)

You see, just for the registration day, My head also almost cracked into half ady. hahaha..

Honestly, i'm quite panicky, that i haven't been doing anything! I thought preparing for a wedding has lotsa of things to do.. but am so ........ lepak........

actually, am still looking for a good make up artist that will make me superdropdeadgorgeous on my BIG Day.

You know anyone? ............

Oh fairy god mother where's your magic wand? :)

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Let me know k? Pleaseeeeeee...

Us @ the lucky wild boar, taiping

(the man behind us were molesting the wildboar!)

it's never too early to plan

Everyone says, 'still soooo earlyyy'.. 'nevermind wann'.. or 'you have 1 year to plan'... 'take your time'..

it's never too early to plan.. if you have 1 year to plan, spread it out and do it share the planning and workload .. i think it's not so stressful that way, and besides, it'll avoid unneccesary arguments with your future husband. and most importantly, it teaches you how to work in a team!.. its not everyday you would work as a team with your husband/wife.

if you want to hold you wedding reception in one of those top 10 hotels in KL, you have to book em' fast, especially if your wedding date is on a HOT auspicious date.

BOOK everyone!! even your HOT high society friends. (in thai they call em 'hi so'/ lower society group 'low so')

I had to book Alvin, haha.. so he has blocked his calender for us. Thank you alvin. (hi-so) :P even my brothers & sister in law (hi-so), or friends from overseas, you need to tell them way in advance, and not 2 months before the wedding.

That reminds me, I haven't book a videographer & make-up artist! yikes!

Recently i saw a photo which will be wrong for me to put it up, the bride's face was like superduperwhite! Sometimes we see they look fine, until we see the photo. How strange, maybe when we buy our next foundation we should request for a 'non reflective' foundation. o_O (not sure if there's such thing, maybe i should invent that)

check

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It's our photographer's calender for 2008 - 2010! (have you book yours yet?)

Look at the calender, i just realised there's no bookings for April. (April = 4) (4=Die) (something you don't learn in school)

So Moral of my story is..................

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i dunno

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I failed my moral

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money isn't everything but everything is money

advertorial: Because Stephanie has been helpful to me, i told her i'll blog about her product. :)

Stephanie, someone i met from malaysiabrides.com sells alluminium Just Married signs. The Just Married fonts are embossed, and the date and name is sticker i think.

She has 3 different designs to offer. RM108 for one.

i dunno who is albert & jessica + jordan & cathy

apparently some ppl pantang the red fonts

this comes in blue too

i don't remember if this comes in blue.

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Want to buy one? Call Stephanie @ 012-359 7752

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There's other Just Married signs but its PVC. (from other ppl) Although they have many other designs, I personally prefer the alluminium.

getting married the lanna way

For my BLUR friends,

it's not gonna be in BANGKOK lah. It's gonna be on the 31st of October 2009. The next airasia promotion, rush to book our air tickets k?? Fly there on Friday 30th Oct 09, and wedding is held in my grandma's place, in Lamphun. (27km away from chiangmai) SO, Book your tickets to CHIANGMAI, Thailand! (Bangkok to Chiangmai is FAR - 696km)

The weather should be COOLING & NICE.

NO Blacks. the thais only take out their black dress out of their wardrobes if there is funeral to attend. In my hometown, if we see a group of ppl wearing black. its not like.. 'oh its the latest trend' but, who passed away? For guys Black pants okay lah.. Cause i don't think i can picture mervin in a white pants. o_O

Anyway, why 31st of October? Cause 2nd Nov is Loykrathong, a romantic thai festival. it will be nice to stay back for it and fly home 3rd of Nov.. its one of the festival not to be missed besides the FUN splashing Songkran in April (water festival)

I have 11 more months to blog about the thai ceremony.. :)

so ... END? ... oh no.. TO be Continue. ngek ngek ngek

releasing of kom loi (lantern)

a circle has no end so is our love

do we ever wonder which finger are we suppose to wear our engagement ring? wedding band?


the chinese saying is 'male is left, female is right' (yes, female always right wan) everything they do, palm reading .. actually i dunno what else except palm reading .. is male left and female right. so if you want to follow the chinese way, the male wear on the 4th finger of the wrong hand, i mean left. and female 4th finger on the RIGHT hand.


But if you want to be really romantic .. i suggest both male and female, wear it on the left hand. (we can't always be right you see..) it is said that the 4th finger of the left hand, contains the 'vein of the heart/love' so when we wear our rings is are close to our heart. (aaaaaaaaawwww, so romantic right?)


It is said the engagement ring and wedding band to wear it on the same finger. But its not easy to find two that fits nicely together, unless if you custom made that is if you have extra money to spend on. But then again, if you wear it on the same finger, you'll scratch both the rings! I just surf the internet, in the US, they have matching bands and engagement ring. I think its just M'sia lah.. so lousy. not many options.


some said u don't need to spend alot on your wedding band, some said you should spend alot on your wedding band because you'll be wearing it for life.


wedding bands are meant to be smooth, simple, no gaps, no holes, no nothing.. Because it is a symbol of our love with one another. A symbol of how our marriage is .. i heard from the sales assistant, some don't even want hollow rings. they want a solid ring. (some superstitious cliche la)


maybe after our wedding ceremony, we'll tattoo our 'rings' onto our finger.. o_O definitely, there will not be any holes, gaps, hollow, sharp edges.. its skin deep..


maybe a lil' wrinkle in 30 yrs time. ^_^

irrelevant - i've been tag

this post may be not so relevant to my supposedly life after 'i do' blog. however, i've been tagged by my future sister in law. I think that's relevant enough. I've always been the only girl in the family, now am gonna have a sister. Yikes. she's too young to share clothes though. hehe.. :) so i still miss out on sharing clothes and shoes and etc etc.. maybe not now, maybe later in the future.. maybe never.. since i'm 12 yrs younger... older.. :(

i am probably old fashion to her! hahaha..

Rules :- Pick your birth month .

- Strike out anything that doesn't apply to you .

- Bold (or italicize) the best apply to you .

- Copy to your own blog , with all twelve months .

- Tag 10 people

January.

Stubborn and hard-hearted. Ambitious and serious. Loves to teach and be taught. Always looking at people's flaws and weaknesses. Likes to criticize. Hardworking and productive. Smart, neat and organized. Sensitive and has deep thoughts. Knows how to make others happy. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Rather reserved. Highly attentive. Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds. Romantic but has difficulties expressing love. Loves children. Loyal. Has great social abilities yet easily jealous. Very stubborn and money cautious.

Febuary.

Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexy. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest and loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizes dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions.

March.

Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate. Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Loves to serve others. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Observant and assesses others. Revengeful. Loves to dream and fantasize. Loves travelling. Loves attention. Hasty decisions in choosing partners. Loves home decors. Musically talented. Loves special things. Moody.

April.

Active and dynamic. Decisive and hasty but tends to regret. Attractive and affectionate to oneself. Strong mentality. Loves attention. Diplomatic. Consoling, friendly and solves people's problems. Brave and fearless. Adventurous. Loving and caring. Suave and generous. Emotional. Aggressive. Hasty. Good memory. Moving. Motivates oneself and others. Sickness usually of the head and chest. Sexy in a way that only their lover can see.

May.

Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spendthrift.

June.

Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills.Talk ative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

July.

Fun to be with. Secretive. Difficult to fathom and to be understood. Quiet unless excited or tensed. Takes pride in oneself. Has reputation. Easily consoled. Honest. Concerned about people's feelings. Tactful. Friendly. Approachable. Emotional temperamental and unpredictable. Moody and easily hurt. Witty and sparkly. Not revengeful. Forgiving but never forgets. Dislikes nonsensical and unnecessary things. Guides others physically and mentally. Sensitive and forms impressions carefully. Caring and loving. Treats others equally. Strong sense of sympathy. Wary and sharp. Judges people through observations. Hardworking. No difficulties instudy ing. Loves to be alone. Always broods about the past and the old friends. Likes to be quiet. Homely person. Waits for friends. Never looks for friends. Not aggressive unless provoked. Prone to having stomach and dieting problems. Loves to be loved. Easily hurt but takes long to recover.

August.

Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

September.

Suave and compromising. Careful, cautious and organized. Likes to point out people's mistakes. Likes to criticize. Stubborn. Quiet but able to talk well. Calm and cool. Kind and sympathetic. Concerned and detailed. Loyal but not always honest. Does work well. Very confident. Sensitive. Good memory. Clever and knowledgeable. Loves to look for information. Must control oneself when criticizing. Able to motivate oneself. Understanding. Fun to be around. Secretive. Loves leisure and traveling. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Very choosy, especially in relationships. Systematic.

October.

Loves to chat. Loves those who loves them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does not care of what others think. Emotional. Decisive. Strong clairvoyance. Loves to travel, the arts and literature. Touchy and easily jealous. Concerned. Loves outdoors. Just and fair. Spendthrift. Easily influenced. Easily loses confidence. Loves children

November.

Has a lot of ideas. Difficult to fathom. Thinks forward. Unique and brilliant. Extraordinary ideas. Sharp thinking. Fine and strong clairvoyance. Can become good doctors. Dynamic in personality. Secretive. Inquisitive. Knows how to dig secrets. Always thinking. Less talkative but amiable. Brave and generous. Patient. Stubborn and hard-hearted. If there is a will, there is a way. Determined. Never give up. Hardly becomes angry unless provoked. Loves to be alone. Thinks differently from others. Sharp-minded. Motivates oneself. Does not appreciate praises. High-spirited. Well-built and tough. Deep love and emotions. Romantic. Uncertain in relationships. Homely. Hardworking. High abilities. Trustworthy. Honest and keeps secrets. Not able to control emotions. Unpredictable.

December.

Loyal and generous. Sexy. Patriotic. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Loves to socialize. Loves praises. Loves attention. Loves to be loved. Honest and trustworthy. Not pretending. Short tempered. Changing personality. Not egotistic. Take high pride in oneself. Hates restrictions. Loves to joke. Good sense of humor.

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August.

Loves to JOKE. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high pride in oneself. Thirsty for praises. Extraordinary spirit. Easily angered. Angry when provoked. Easily jealous. Observant. Careful and cautious. Thinks quickly. Independent thoughts. Loves to lead and to be led. Loves to dream. (RM20million, where are you?, megajackpot!) Talented in the arts, music and defense. Sensitive but not petty. Poor resistance against illnesses. (had a hairline fractured on my spinal cord?, without knowing how it happened) Learns to relax. Hasty and trusty. Romantic. (tries to be, but i know i love romantic comedy movies) Loving and caring. Loves to make friends.

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I wonder who invented tags. 10 yrs ago there's no such thing as tagtagtag.. oh maybe some outdoor game that requires us to run and tag each other. not sit in front of pc and tag each other... sighs. times have changed. Is our kids not going to enjoy the outdoors anymore? and be glued to their pc, nintendo, or god knows what is it gonna be called in 10 yrs time!

ANYWAY, you've been TAG!!!

MUAHAHAHA........... (i don't wanna grow up, i just wanna be a toy's r us kids!) (the power of jingles in the 90s)

a day to remember (part II)

Since mervin took leave, we decided to visit JPN in putrajaya, (precint 2). We had to bring along our passport size photo, photocopy i/c. (lucky for us - mervin has our passport size photo in his wallet for situation like this)

what's negar? or missing an 'A'? -_-

Open everyday, but cannot register on Thursdays (dunno why)

We pressed Button A - Straight away *ting* it was our turn!!!

The form is free, and you can't use the downloaded form, itu rujukan saje. :P

I don't remember the officer's name but he's got sense of humour. :P
i gave him a 'amat memuaskan' for their 'rate me campaign'.


Mervin: Encik minta satu lagi form.

(can i have another form)

The officer: Tapi boleh register satu kali saje tau!

(but you can only register once yknow!)

while waiting for the officer to do his thing, we snap some of our excited faces.

=^_^= o_O

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We arrived at 4pm, before 4.30pm it was all settled. So simple, fill in form, take number, pass officer form, i/c, photos, wait, print form.

*drum roll*

we're getting registered on the 2nd of January 2009!

congrats calvin & eileen!

its not even my wedding, and i'm SO exhausted, my back is killing me,

my legs are aching.. my eyes are heavy, and i feel dehydrated..

i can't imagine how i can tahan on my big day.

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maybe we can find a 'double'

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another clever comment from sweefong.

a day to remember! (part1)

5th of Nov 08, was a day to remember. Mervin took leave and we went to Equatorial Bangi.

We discussed our menu with the Chef (who happens to cook yummy food and is really young!), we picked and chose the dishes according to our liking. We also finalised with Evonne the 'black & white' stuffs, and the most important thing, we PAID deposit to book the ballroom! SO 24th OCT 2009, its OURS! MUAHAHAHAHAHA.. :P

Evonne was EXTREMELY kind, and gave us 4 complimentary DIMSUM LUNCH BUFFET. (double yums), We were so EXCITED! and acted SO JAKUN (typical) HEE HEE. Irene (the waitress) , helped us ordered, and we managed to take some photos.. the first few dim sums went into our tummy so quickly, so no photos of that!! Oh so hungry thats why. hehe..

mervin loves the glass noodle, we pass it all to him.. :)

As of today, we official have a venue!

and 4 happy stomachs... Such a SATISFYING meal!

thank you evonne!

~to be continue~

keep sharks in the ocean and out of the soup!

Every year 100+ million sharks die because of finning. Why? Because there's a demand for SHARK FIN SOUP. Do you know what they served in the hotel, its not all pure shark fin anyway? Just imagine how many sharks they have to kill just to serve 1000 hungry people attending your wedding? 1000 bowls of shark fin?

you do the math.

the make belief shark fin taste exactly like what the hotel serves, that's because, shark fin is probably tasteless, PURE/ MAKE BELIEF can you tell the difference?

Currently shark fin cost heaps to buy, if there's no demand for shark fin, it'll eventually be worthless!

In support of ASIAN Geographic Online Pledge Against Shark Fin Soup. Mervin and I have pledge ourselves #146 #149 and you can too, if you want to :)

Want to make a difference? Say NO to shark fin

(and to turtles too, they ARE just SO ADORABLE)

how can you eat me and my eggs?

Your kids have to google to see how a turtle and shark looks like if you don't stop eating me :(

So we've chose to say NO to shark fin soup! and no they are not gonna reduce the price.

We're going to have a better yummy dessert!

so near yet so far

Our last dive trip for 2008: (this is gonna be a photo blog)

We went to perhentian for our advanced open water. Decided to take the 8 hour bus ride to Kuala Besut Jetty, because it was cheaper. Rm40 (after Raya surcharged). The ride was okay for me.. i didn't really care when the bus swerved left & right.. the only thing that bothered me was my butt was sore from sitting so longg!!

while waiting for our bus no 13 @ pwtc bus station

when we arrived at kuala besut @ 5.30am. So stoned and no nasi lemak ayam goreng. :(

mervin is addicted to novomin, he can't live without it!

YAYYY!!

Our holiday started!!!

YAYYYY!!

On our first night, we saw baby turtles walking really quickly and with all their might to the sea. No flash allowed, hence the blurry effect. (flash lights will hurt the turtles vision) In order for me to snap pics, Mervin was trying to slow the turtle down by putting his hand there.

i did something different this round, I played volleyball with the boys. On the 2nd game, i had carpet burnt. (ouch! it hurt even more when i had to put my booties on and fins and kena salt water and KICK in the sea WITH strong current) Until today, the wound is still healing. BUT Volleyball was soo fun and painful! my fingers and hands were sore for few days! i don't know how they invented this game.

this part of the our trip, is what i wanna share with everyone.

As i said earlier, we came to do our advanced open water. so we can go deeper and night. Our dives were mainly to do our skills and not much of a fun dive. (probably a wrong move to do our advanced) At 9am 1st group of divers from Bubbles went out to Tokong Laut, we the 2nd group at 9.30am. We were doing our deep dive so we were at 24metres below doing our skills and taking GROUP PHOTOS! sighs

1st group, did a shallow dive at 16metres.

GUESS WHAT!

they saw a

WHALE SHARK!!!!

All we experienced was taking a group photo at 24m and

swimming in WHALE SHARK'S PEE!

fortunate or unfortunate?

(of cos fortunate lah, have u swam in whale shark's pee?)

sighs. this is what happened (refer to above pic).



overall, it was a FANTASTIC holiday!

(we flew back, RM60 with 'now everyone can fly')

now back to the wedding preparations!

(chants: its supposed to be fun )
(its supposed to be fun)
(its supposed to be fun)
(its supposed to be fun)
(its fun)
(its fun)
(its fun)

nothing is free in this world

bridal fair @ midvalley 19th OCt 08

we were supposed to check out Photobook's booth, but i left the bridal fair, saying to mervin, 'i don't know why are we here, and there's nothing else to do, LETS GO!'

arghh... SO STUPID! :(


Besides that dumb situation, (yes there's more) we were also there to accompany our friend, who is getting married in May 09. They wanted to do some survey, and i brought them to 'wedding couture's booth'. The sales person ask rachel to spin the wheel, and she won a free rental of wedding gown worth Rm1000 for actual wedding day. Of course, there are fine lines, you have to sign up with them.

SO... being the typical me, i was like, 'yerrr.. why she can i cannot, and i also wannnnnnnnnnttt..' so she allowed me to spin the wheel, and GUESS WHAT, i won a FREE PHOTOSHOOT AT KRABI!

i told mervin, danny.. well whoever was there that day.. and they were like ARE YOU SERIOUS! krabi worrrrrrrrr... serious ahhhhhhhhhh.. soo luckyyyyyyyyy... i was so happy.. cos to sign up that package will cost ya, RM1688!!

of course, air ticket n accomodation, is on your own.

few days later, i called my sales assistant, and told her about me winning it, and i thought i had to book my air ticket etc etc.. cos they have only certain dates available..

so she told me, its not inclusive of photo album, the album cost rm1300 (magz style album) for 50 poses, you can get a cd of the photos too. If that's too expensive, there is rm600 for 20 poses (4R album), or rm900 5R album. Blardy hell.. my happiness was crushed... and .. i said chehh.. bluff ppl wan lah.. then she said its "FREE PHOTOSHOOT" not "FREE PACKAGE" , she told me its LUCKY draw, and we don't do 'sit bun sang yi' = non profitable business.

SIGHS.

taking a break

haven't been blogging lately, i just left the wedding preparation like how i left my last blog. :P

and we are going for our last dive trip for 2008 this coming weekend.. its perhentian again! 3 times this year! woo hooo!

we're going night and deeper. awesome.

anyway, we're not doing a garden wedding. XXXXXXX many Xs' for garden wedding. Its now october, and it's been raining cats and dogs. imagine 24 oct 2009? and i can't have my guest drench at 9pm at night? right? or in the middle of our speeches, or etc etc.. a dream wedding becoming a 'possible' disaster!

It brings us back to square one, 'a once in a lifetime' (i just can't afford any screw ups) event.

so.. we're going back to the normal, boring, ballroom. dad says i can just rent potted plants and place them in ballroom. *ha ha ha* mom says our house garden **HA HA HA*

sooo.. we're not gonna crack our heads over the venue. we're just gonna have fun and dive! YAY YAY!

*remembers motto - wanna be a relax bride*

adios, hope you're gonna have as much fun as we will!

we might have a winner!

Our meeting with evonne from equotarial, bangi was good. so happen they're preparing for a garden wedding yesterday, and we got to see the set up with our own eyes! instead of their ads in magazine.

We love it!

if it rains on the 24th Oct 2009.

Plan B - move to the ballroom

equotarial hotel - bangi

its only 20-30 mins drive.. same same with KL mar..

we have an appointment with evonne this coming sunday, sales staff of EQ. PM had her wedding there, and we liked the place. and they're one of the few hotels that offers a garden wedding theme.. apparently there's too many words here in this blog.. so i have some photos of eq bangi.

Nice anotttt?

after dinner, you can bring a koi home as the wedding favour :P

not only a garden wedding but a pool side wedding.. "1 stone whack 2 spot" (sf's version)




practising my photography skills :P

(*oo*)