Valentine's Day Flash Back

Ryan and I have been together since 2007, which means by now there would be many memorable romantic Valentine's together, right? Well, I'm not really much of a romantic or big on lovey dovey surprises. I normally don't even know how to react on situations as such.

We went through 7 Valentine's before we got married, but I don't think I got the order right because I am really forgetful....booo......

There was the time we had a lovely cozy candle light dinner at Moussandra – Mediterranean & Tapas Restaurant @ KL Plaza, Bukit Bintang. Once I was in Singapore while Ryan was back in KL during Valentine's because I was spending Chinese New Year with my relatives there. Then there was the year that I was sick with acute bronchitis where all I could eat was steam pork or fish with soup or porridge for a month!

First 2014 Post

Wow, almost 3 months without a blog post. Maybe because every time I click "New Post" I just get memory lost or word block, or maybe just plain lazy like this little puppy....

How Does It Feel To Be Married?

"How does it feel to be married?" The common question you get asked after your own wedding, followed by "So when's Ryan Jr or Jo Jr coming?", "How is it like living with the in-laws?", "Have you been homesick?", "Do you plan to continue working or become a housewife?".

So how does it feel to be married? Honestly? I feel no much different except that I am living in a new environment which fortunately I am able to adjust to quite comfortably. We are talking things day by day, where the hubs seem to spend more time at home accompanying me and catching up on his own personal time. Definitely miss my mom's home cooked meals and talking nonsense with my dad and sis. I won't need to do much chores because the in-laws have a maid, now that is the adjusting part since I'm used to cleaning and tidying up after myself.

When will we have a baby? Chill bro....we've only been married for like a month, we want to enjoy married life :) and the in-laws are great, they have already made me feel part of the family for year, though I still haven't practice calling them Mom and Dad ... hahaha! I haven't been homesick, only miss goofing and joking around with my dad and sis and spoiling my dog Ginger.

Currently I'm still going to continue my working life because come on, nothing is free in this world, got to have financial stability yo. Maybe some day I'll stop working or start my own mini business, who knows, the dreaming never ends and the journey has just begun.

I can't wait till I receive all our wedding videos and photos, meanwhile you've really got to check out my dear friend Nora's blogpost about our wedding. She is a real master in baking all 250 mini butterfly cupcakes as our wedding favors! Thank you! And thank you to all my dear friends for being part of our big day, it couldn't be more perfect.

Post Gossip Girl

Finally I've finished watching Gossip Girl! And I love Blair and Serena's wedding gowns! Just saying!

Soon

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Time to update and amend the check list yo, only a month and a half to go!

• 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 for Passion Road
• Wedding Favours (Need to discuss with the awesome pawsome baking master soon)
• Flowers
• Wedding Gown Fitting (For pre-wedding photoshoot)(For THE DAY)
• Evening Gowns Fitting (Soon...)
• Pre-Wedding Photoshoot and Video Shoot
• Wedding Speech
• Wedding Shoes
• Schedule Food Tasting
• Schedule Rehearsal
• Schedule Meetup DIY Session
• Collect Bridesmaid Dresses
• Send out Invitations (On-going)

Only the surface checklist is like overwhelming, the detailed checklist is scarier! But it will all work out, positive thoughts! It only happens once in a lifetime anyways.

Only 2 Months To Go

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IT'S THE LAST DAY OF JULY 2013!! Oh my frigging goodness!! *takes a deeeeeeeep breathe*

At first my wedding date seem to be like miles away, and I kept telling myself that there is plenty of time. I WAS WRONG. OBVIOUSLY! But I feel that I have had quite a lot of the important stuff settled. 

These few weeks have been so insane for me, having to deal and handle so many emotionally and mentally draining situations, which always leaves me exhausted by the end of the day that I just want to curl up and go to sleep. No I can't just go to sleep just because I feel like it....my new job scope requires me to be responsible and available at anytime of the day to respond. But I know I will get through this phase. I have a group of people who I really care about that are helping me, though sometimes I admit I do get annoyed as times because I tend to want to handle things on my own. I like to settle things in a quiet manner.

Now I've got set up more meetings with both families to comb out every tiny little details till everything is almost perfect. Everything will work out fine, I just need to calm down and take it one step at a time.

Yay! I have completed my dukan diet journey and have started Stabilization phase where I am suppose to have pure protein days once a week. Feel kind of odd eating like normal, in fact I sometimes feel guilty after having some rice, noodles, or buns. But I still prepare my own dukan friendly lunch to work, it's better than eating "chap fan".

I guess that is all I can update for now on my blog, with the limited breather time I have right now, juggling 2 skype discussions and typing this!

Tick-a-Tock!

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June has ended! Sweet Bananay!! Time is like running an F1 race now that I have more new responsibilities at work and have been trying hard to manage my time and all. Got to admit, being somewhat "free" at the office in the early months of 2013 was so bad for me, now that I have to make a lot of decisions and do a lot of brainstorming, I feel that my brain and eyes are on over drive! Everyday by 8pm I'm shutting down already!

Yesterday was July 1st! Gah! My pre-wedding photoshoot was initially scheduled to be done on June 24th, but due to the NASTY haze! I had no choice but to postpone, health is wealth.

Thank You Lord that the weather was nice, and the sun came out a little after 8am, we were late to arrive at the venue because of the epic Cheras jam and I left my bouquet at home! Overall it was a wonderful experience having our dear friend Nigel shooting our pre-wedding photos, along with his little wifey Kel Li's great guidance, many would know that she and I are kinda crazy over Pinterest and we got a lot of inspiration from there to prepare ourselves. By the time we finished with the photos, it was lunch time, we could see everyone was shutting down, especially Nigel because he has a really long weekend of shooting, I myself could barely walk straight due to hunger. So we decided to take a break and head out for lunch.

After a lovely meal and conversation session, we got back to the part slightly before 3pm to proceed with the video shoot, and thunder started rolling! We tried to rush a few scenes right before it started pouring, and wait out the storm under a shelter in the park. The rain finally stopped around 4.15pm and we rushed to finish up all the rest of the scenes before 5pm! And it was a wrap just slightly before 5.30pm. Really grateful for all those who were there to help out. My sis Jenn, Ryan's bestman Sim, our make-up artist Mel, and of course the man behind the lens, Nigel and his other half, Kel Li! All the aches and pains were totally worth it!

I'm excited to see the outcome of all the photos! Now back to work, I need to excel in my new job responsibilities and focus on my Wedding, now that the photoshoot and videoshoot is settled!

I think I've pretty much covered more of my checklist.......

• 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 (For pre-wedding photoshoot)(For THE DAY)
• Evening Gowns Fitting (Soon...)
• Pre-Wedding Photoshoot and Video Shoot
• Wedding Vows
• Wedding Speech
• Wedding Shoes