A Fusion Affair

As you know, I have long ago determined the theme for my church wedding reception. The butterfly-spring concept together with green and pink for the colour theme would be able to re-create a garden-feel and a romantic ambiance for the matrimonial service. Perfect!

On the other hand, I didn't have anything in mind at all for the dinner banquet in Putrajaya Marriott. All I knew is that the overall decor would be in burgundy as the hotel only provides limited choices of colours, and burgundy was the best amongst all. That was a good start cos my wedding gown and evening gown matches the overall colour theme. :) We didn't want to fork out extra for decor in the hotel since we are already paying such a hefty price for the hotel package. The theme was suppose to be free & easy aka bebas aka no theme until ...

Recently, it striked me that both me and Bear come from a very diversed family, culturally. I have Indian and Malay uncles, he has Nyonya aunts, both of us come from Chinese parentage (duh!), and some of our friends/relatives has some western influences in them. And then I had a brilliant idea (at least that's what I thought) ...

UNVEILING THE THEME FOR THE DINNER BANQUET.

(JENG! JENG! JENG!)

Theme : East Meets West

Colour : Burgundy / Maroon / Red

Attire : Formal / Classy / Traditional

In other words, it will still be a free & easy (aka bebas) event la! Just that it sounds cooler with a theme and it will be easier for me to design my wedding invites and plan my events for the night. The first half of the night would be Eastern-influenced, and the second half would be Western-influenced. What I have in mind is to create an Asian Fusion kinda ambiance. The overall theme would be quite classy (think Black Tie Events) and traditional (think Shanghai Tang & Nyonya Kebayas).

What do you think?

Love;

The-Bride-To-Be

Destination Wedding

I was surfing the net when I came across this amazing wedding destination place called Tirtha Bridal in Bali.

The place has two venues, Tirtha Uluwatu which is set on the southern cliffs of Bali with a magnificent view of the Indian Ocean. This is where the famous glass chapel is located on an infinity pool which overlook the cliff towards the Indian Ocean. Magical isn't it?

The other venue would be Tirtha Luhur which is located at the Sourthern-most point of the Bali island. This is the most expensive package whereby your ceremony will be by the spectacular cliff-side pavillion at the two-tiered infinity edged pool. You would also be given a nights' stay at their luxurious bridal suite.

Both the package starts from USD$4,500 up to USD$6,500 (not inclusive of dinner). It includes everything you need; from paige boys to flower girls, from decorations to music, from your bridal gown, make-up and tuxedo to your flower bouquet, from photography to videopgraphy. All you need to do is just pack yourself and your husband to Tirtha Bridal and everything will be prepared for. How do I know? I asked for their quotes before. :)

How I wish that I can have a small and intimate destination wedding.

Sigh ... :(

Love;

The-Bride-who-Hearts-Intimate-Weddings

Movies Galore!

I just come to realised that it has been so long since I've last watched a movie with Bear. I don't even remember what show was the last one which we watched. It has been so long, I forgot how popcorn smells like, how surround sound sounds like, how big screens looks like, how theather cushion seats felt like. (Is that good enough a hint? :p)

So I texted Bear manja~ly and asked :

"Baby it's been so long since we've last pak tor. Let's go movies ok?"

"What show you wanna watch?"

"Shutter Island"

-end-

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No conclusion also. :(

Plan failed miserably. :( :( :(

Is this what 7-years of relationship can do to you? 0_o"

So I also a bit TL (read: tu lan) and texted him today and said I will book for a movie in Tropicana City for tomorrow. He has yet to reply. -.-" Good also, I can drop by one of the printing shop there to see their sample and ask for quotation to compare prices for our wedding invites. Oh.. diverting a bit, I found out that one of my church member is also doing designing on a freelance basis, gonna get her quotes and ask her to help as well. I am SO bless!! :)

Some of the shows that I intend to watch are:

And here is the second trailer of Eclipse. Heart topless boys men *swoon* !!!



Love;
The-Bride-Who-is-Severely-Deprived-of-Movies

My 30 minutes blog post

This morning I woke up at 7:45am, which means I was late for work. Lied Was stuck in a traffic jam along Jalan Maarof. Apparently, some road in Brickfields/KL Sentral is closed for an indefinite time. -.-"

Despite me being late, I still spend some time putting on my make-up before heading to work. :)

In my hastiness, I PK~ed (read: Pok Kai~ed aka slipped and fell) in front of the office. My pedicure chipped off, so did the skin on my toes. And I was saving my pedicure for my aunt's wedding tomorrow ok!! Sigh ... Luckily no one saw. Not so embarrassing after all since I was already late for work and most of the crowd was already at their desk working. Hehehehe...

Strolled Walked into the office at 8:45am. My colleague aka next-door-neighbor who is perpetually late was even earlier than me today. 0_o" *paiseh*

In my craving for cupcakes, I went to Curve for lunch and got TWO BOXES of delicious cupcakes to bribe my Boss bless my colleagues as well.

That two boxes cost me RM30 over bucks. T_T

Found out today that men do have mood swings too. Found out the hard way. Was a bit tu lan though. Oh well.. whatever ...

Found out that Bear has his own boys' thingy today, so I called my back-up plan my Dad and I had dinner with my family instead. Followed by teh tarik. Mmmm..

Dad found out that I am using treating him as a back-up plan and casually reprimanded me for it. :p

After this, I am gonna laze on the couch clutching my bantal busuk, sipping on my hot coffee, and watch my TVB Chinese Drama.

Oh.. before that, I will try and save my pedicure first (try to cover the patches with whatever similar colors I can lay my hands on). Hopefully it won't look too ugly! -.-"

Perfect Friday, yes?

Love;
The-Bride-To-Be

A Very Tiring Affair

After one week from the photoshoot, we finally went back to Red Bliss to choose our pre-wedding pictures. I have been waiting excitedly for one week just to view them! So kan cheong ok .. was so worried that my pictures will turn out ugly, me squinting, my lazy eyes will be prominent, me hunching etc etc. Those who knows me knows that I am not photogenic I am prettier in real and I almost always take bad pictures.

Our folder FULL of pictures!

The process is rather simple, all the raw pictures will be uploaded to the PC for you to select. In total, we had about 300+ photos to narrow down to 85 poses!! Of course, this is purely a business strategy, the more pictures they take, the higher chances of their customers picking out more, and hence more $$ will have to be used to top up. Come to think of it, I guess the shortened outdoor session in FRIM (due to the rain) could be a blessing in disguise. We could have ended topping up more for the pictures!

Couple portrait.
Thanks Angie for loaning me the jersey *heart*

Kua portrait

I am very happy that all of the photos turned out great!! It was beyond what we had expected. Which means this is where the headache starts. For our package, we are entitled to 55 wedding poses, 10 MV poses, and 20 couple poses. Choosing the MV and couple poses were relatively simple. Choosing the wedding poses on the other hand was really a pain in the ass.

MV - behind the scenes being made up :)

Evening gown #1. Yes I know I am squinting a bit.
And no we didn't choose this picture

And so we began at 12:30pm and started eliminating - the first round was relatively fast. We narrowed down the photos to about 100+ in 45 minutes. Then came the tough part. Alice (the owner of Red Bliss) helped us to re-arranged the photos in a series, meaning like a storyboard so it would be easier for us to further eliminate. Both me and Bear know that we don't intend to add any more poses because it will cost RM70 per additional pose! Ridiculously pricey! We had to be brutal, so we had no choice but to let go those which we liked as well. *proud*

Piano Series - So heart this!

In FRIM

We stayed there until 7:30pm and STILL didn't manage to finish the photo selection process i.e. choosing the albums, frames etc. We were already very tired and I didn't want to rush through the entire process because we had paid so much so I intend to take my time and make sure everything is in order.

Evening gown #2 ..
uhh.. is that my muscle arms???

Sigh.. I guess we will be making another trip back there next week to finalize everything. And I shall end this post with this picture below. There was a couple who was doing their photoshoot there as well. The Groom was trying to pick the Bride up for this pose - he tried and couldn't cos the Bride was heavy. Ended up looking like this :-

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Bride: Oi! Lift me up higher la!!
Groom: Argh! Tolonnggggg!!! *breathless*

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA

Moral of the story:
Either you get a bigger size husband, like Bear who lifted me up effortlessly or for goodness sake, do your photoshoot on a weekday when there is not much people around!!!

Love;
The-Bride-Who-Heart-Her-Photos

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I broke off my engagement. It was a long and hard decision to be made. As much as I could, I wanted to salvage the relationship - but I just couldn't. It would be unfair to him as well as for me. Deep down, I knew what I am doing is wrong. And people would judge me for that. But why force myself to continue in a relationship when I know that I already have someone else in my mind? I couldn't help it .. things just happened. The person works in the same organisation as me. Neither one of us expected things to turn out this way. I tried avoiding him but somehow I always end up drawing closer to him.

It is an emotional turmoil. Really it is. Calling it off was not easy, and it is even more so for the person at the receiving end. I know. I am really.. really sorry that I hurt those closest to me.


















And then ... I woke up from my dream. -___-"

What the hell was that wei???? What a weird dream!!!

The person whom I scandaled with is non other than my CEO ???!!?!! (not the one currently in my office ya ... later you think I am like Amber Chia). By the way, my 'CEO' is not married yet so I am not the mistress ok! I was working on a project with my 'CEO' and had to stay back late in the office for quite a number of times (typical scenario) and feelings started to developed.

Ok.. let me describe how my 'CEO' looks like. He looks like a chinese version of Richard Gere *sizzling*. He is around late 30s-40 years old (I so dig old men!!), tan (I dig tan men too!!!), has a little bit of grey hair, tall, has broad shoulders, square jaws, and a fairly nice body. Not only that, he is authoritative but yet gentle at the same time, and he is cool but yet caring. Oh .. and he wears a jacket most of the time. *wink*

I know la ... very fictional, in this world no such perfect person exists. Only in dreams. :) Here is the profile picture of how he would look like:

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Conclusion is, I think I am either:

a) Getting crazy

b) Experiencing pre-wedding blues

c) Stresed-out

d) Lack of quality sleep

e) Too much of TVB drama

I think it is the lack of sleep. :p

Today is F.R.I.D.A.Y !!!!!

Which means ... MARATHON TVB DRAMA SERIES!!

WwwWwOOOoooooooOoooHhhhhhhhhhhOooooooooooooOoo!!

Love;

The-Siow-Bride

Wedding Invites

In case if you are wondering why have I stopped updating my blog and Facebook~ing, I am extremely busy watching my TVB Chinese Series. Past few days, I was sitting at home feeling bored, so I took one series (from the stacks of pirated Chinese DVDs that Mum had bought previously and still is buying) and started watching. Bad move! I couldn't stop and almost every night I am sleeping at 1:00 am! -__-"

Current TVB craze : Emergency Unit ("E.U") - so many dashing hot old actors

(I am a sucker for mature-looking actors in jackets ahem!),

the actresses sucks though.

Back to the preparation, we are now working on the dreaded guest list and we are having such a headache doing it!! Should we call this person? Church event only? Or both events? Can we accomodate so many people? What about the costing? I have been inserting names, striking out names, and re-inserting names again. It is so tiring and troublesome! At times like this, I wish I had a wedding planner. :(

And we have not even gone to sorting out the name list in Excel, the table arrangement, the RSVPs, and the actual day coordination yet!!! *pengsan*

I am still waiting for Bear to revert with the finalised guest list as he may still want to include some more names before I pass it to my parents to include theirs as well. Wonder why Bear is taking so long?

Initially for the wedding invites, I didn't want to spend more than RM2.00 cos people will end up thowing them away. So, I spent a lot of time sourcing and asking around for cheap invites. Ultimately, LH Creative Concept located in Pudu was the place to go. But, the designs are like your stereotype of mass-produced cards. In other words, so ugly! :(

Keeping in mind that I STILL don't intend to over-spend on the invites, I sourced for more alternatives and ended up in Sunflower Paper Passion & Things located in Ikano. Me and Bear dropped by there and no doubt the designs were much better.

Problem is that, the nicer the designs, the more expensive it is! An empty card costs from RM2.00 onwards. Printing would be additional RM100 per block. All in all, for a simple design like the one below, the quote would come up to RM3.30 per card, which is not too bad we reckoned. A tad too simple for my liking though. :(


One day, as we were walking around Tropicana City Mall - I asked Bear to teman me to Storybo*k. I had always been curios about this shop as it looks so pretty from outside. And voila I saw that they print invites as well. The invites were so pretty, contemporary, clean, and sweet ok! Having no expectations at all (I was almost certain that the cards would be expensive), we proceeded to ask the owner, Enya on the quotes. Turns out the cards starts from RM2.20 - RM10.00. The pricing is tiered and discount is given in accordance to the volume. Best of all, ALL of the cards are custom-designed (i.e. no other couple can have the same design as yours), designed in accordance to your theme, and the pricing INCLUDES printing as well. You can print as much stuff and insert as much pictures as you want at no additional costs! Of course, if you want to further enhance the cards by decorating it with ribbons (RM1.80/piece) or crystals (RM0.80/piece), then there would be additional costs incurred.

I am SO excited!!!! So, right now we have shortlisted Sunflower and Storybo*k. Honestly, I am skewed more towards Storybo*k. We shall ask for further details once the guest list is more or less finalised to ascertain the number of cards needed and the final costing.

Love;
The-Bride-to-Be