Officially 29 today.

That day is finally here, my birthday, my 29th birthday! the big 30 is just a step away! Oh dear......

Normally my birthdays are spent with family or friends, just having a nice meals and some good laughs. Sometimes I just don't celebrate it at all. So this year Ninja Fiance said that he wants to celebrate my birthday a few days earlier, on Saturday the 25th of May, just to have some nice steaks at Las Vacas (he's been wanting to try that place for the longest time!). Normally he would take me for dinner on my actual birthday which is on the 28th of May, but I'm ok with an earlier celebration.

Not being able to sleep well for the pass few nights and having stiff neck, I decided that I really need a nap before the dinner, so Ninja Fiance said that he will pick me up at 7pm and told me not to be late. Obviously I overslept and was late! HAHA! So obviously he was a little annoyed and we still weren't very familiar with the roads to Mont Kiara, and we made a wrong turn....

Well my lovely fun sized bestie is known for her plots of throwing surprise birthday dinners had me sorta guessing if she is going to be plotting one for me, since I've been part of her plotting for the rest of our gang very often, but then I noticed that her husband was in Port Dickson that weekend. So I guessed it's really just Ninja Fiance and I, well a girl can dream right?

And so we finally arrived at the restaurant, and since I just woke up..I was still in a blur state. Walking in to find a nice seat, it was then i noticed a familiar face and I wondered "Eh? Is that Kel Li?" because she was sitting at the front and the whole table yelled "SURPRISE!" Yay! My very first surprise birthday dinner! Organized by the fabulous Craig with Ninja Fiance suggesting to make it a surprise! :D This gang is the best! I really Thank God that I had the chance to meet and get to know this bunch! Growing up being quite reserve and socially shy, somehow the presence of Kel Li, Nigel, Nora, Jen, Craig, Jason never fails to make me feel loved and accepted for who I am. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE SURPRISE DINNER AND THE LOVELY GIFTS!

Pretty ALDO watch with changeable wrist bands from the whole gang, and red velvet cupcakes in the background from Nora.

Photo taken from Kel Li's instagram : Holding my delicious birthday red velvet cupcakes and Coach wristlet from Kel Li, and being silly.

Craig always captures my weirdest facial expressions, and a glimpse of Kel Li trying to whack the silliness out of me.

Lovely shoots from Jason's camera. :)

We forgot to take a group photo! Boooooo :/ We were having too much fun laughing and playing Bang!

Ninja Fiance bought me a pair of Foldable Ray Ban Wayfarer but I didn't take a photo of it. Maybe in another blog post or something.

I arrived to a really sweet and cute surprise at the office too! A digital drawing of my by Kea Siang who is in the Creative Multimedia team at our company, and a Happy Birthday glittery banner from Maggie.

Run to me!

Run to me you little cutie pies!

Commencing 3rd Phase!

Finally begins the Consolidation Phase of my Dukan Diet! Woohoo! I can now have 2 slices of wholemeal bread, 40g of cheese, a piece of fruit, and a little starchy food per day! I admit I kinda miss having some bread and cheese, and most of all fruits!

I went to try out my wedding gown over the weekend, and i had forgotten how heavy and long the gown was! And it was now toooooooo big for me, so they have to pin the sides and back so that I could walk around. But I was concern about the difficulty of moving about in it, because my wedding is semi outdoor, then the girl was assisting me brought over a new gown, she told me its was brand new, not worn and the beading details are still being worked on. She said I should try it because it's almost similar to the gown I picked.

The 2nd gown I tried was more simple looking (maybe because there were no crystals and beads on it yet), with lace details reaching to the hips. It was too big for me, so it looks a bit odd at first, then she pin it to fit me a little at the sides. i really like how it looked! The gown is very similar to a design I saw online that I really like and also similar to a gown my dad showed me online too!

Now I'm torn between both gowns, I really like them both for certain reasons but I've decided that I will try them on again once the details have been added on to the 2nd gown.

Mum and sis says I'm getting too thin....am I? I think I'm still alright, now that I have already completed the first 2 hardcore strict phase of the diet and am almost reaching my target weight.

Getting Hitched in 5 Months!

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT

Oh Lordy it's May already! How fast time flies!! Time to do a check list of the planning for The Day Part 1 and Part 2.

• Booking of Venues
• Booking of Wedding Gown
• Rental Evening Gowns
• Theme
• Wedding Invitation Designs
• Marriage Preparation Course
• Draft Guest Lists
• Draft Tea Ceremony Lists
• Draft Itinerary
• Fabric hunting for Bridesmaids dresses
• Down-size the ring (but recently discovered that the setting of the diamond is loose..got to send it back again...le sigh)
• Purchase Wedding Bands
• Recruiting Help for both days
• Some DIY props for Pre-Wedding Photoshoot and Video (WIP)
• Decoration planning with PR and HM (WIP)
• Wedding Favours (Need to discuss with the awesome pawsome baking master soon)
• Flowers (Comparing quotations)
• Wedding Gown Fitting (Soon....)
• Evening Gowns Fitting (Soon...)
• Pre-Wedding Photoshoot and Video Shoot
• Wedding Vows
• Wedding Speech
• Wedding Shoes

Hmm.....not sure if I missed out anything crucial as all these are just memorized at the back of my hand. I don't know about experienced wedding planners' schedule, but I think the Ninja Fiance and I have managed everything well so far.

And....a number of friends who knew I have been on the Dukan Diet for approximately 6 1/2 weeks now have been encouraging and pestering me to post a progress photo. So I finally did last night, and thanks to everyone for the encouragement. I so need to work on my photography skills, especially angles when taking self portraits.