And she said yes

Last weekend was all about wedding, and I thought that I'm too old to be a "Ji Mui". Boy I was right. Experiencing the whole process again after a year (since my very own wedding) was as tiring as I can remember.    

The bride was one of my girl friends whom I've known the longest (mind you I don't have that many), 11 years to be exact. We were neighbors since our college days, and I used to "tumpang" (as my fellow Malaysian would say) at her small little room during my KL-UK trip those days. And boy oh boy, time really flies. It seems like just yesterday when her current husband then not-yet-boyfriend was still courting her. It stirred up alot of emotions in me seeing her said yes and finally became his wife after 7 years of courtship.

Back to my point, I am really too old for this thing called wedding. I stayed overnight at her place the night before wedding, and supposed to wake up at 630am the next morning. I couldnt sleep the whole night for some reason, woke up with puffy eyes and started the whole drill of getting ready -  make up artist / photographer / videographer came - prepare the tea for tea ceremony - lots and lots of photography session - leave the place to go to groom's place - another tea ceremony - more photography session etc. By the time the whole procession end, it was 1.30 pm, and I have to quickly rush back home, had a small nap and then went for the wedding dinner reception. By the time I reached home last night (or early morning) at 12 something, I was totally flat, but thank God I'm excused from the "playing games with the grooms and  groomsman session, if not the damage would have been even greater.

So the conclusion is, wedding is tiring! Don't get me wrong, I am really happy for my friend and felt honored to be able to be of some help to her, but seriously, after went through the whole bride thingy myself and being a 2 times bridesmaid and a 2 times Ji mui/ wedding coordinator, I think I would like to "retire" from this whole wedding "business" if I can. While I had stayed simple with mine, it always baffled me every time I heard about the sophisticated plan for weddings and the amount of moolah couples willing to spend for a single day. With that being said, its not my wedding, and its a matter of personal choices. So as long as they are happy, i'm also happy for them. BUT then, I am so glad that Peter is on the same page with me when it comes to these things. ;)

Anyway, my heart goes to the newly wed couple and I hope they will enjoy the companionship of each other in a deeper way in the days ahead.

Love Happens

Our dear wedding photographer uploaded our wedding photos in September, so check this out Walking down aisle-peter & susan 

At first i was thinking of uploading 1 more batch of our wedding photos but i think the photographer did better than me so this is the last post of my official wedding photos blog series. 


This post took me ages to write, and i'm glad its finally done. I've intended to publish this right after wedding, as a recollection of the post wedding feelings. However, its really difficult for me to pour out my heart in words, without any inhibition. Its a feeling of being stripped naked, whereby all the hidden pages of my life are now laid open for other people to read. At the same time this is also a love confession to my one and only, in words and in entirety. Sometimes a hug or a kiss can speaks thousands of words, as there are no hidden emotion behind such intimate gesture. But to put thousand of words forward in order to show those same intensity of emotions deep within, its harder than it looks.


So here it comes, dedicated to him - my now and forever.  


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Official Wedding Photos Part 3: Wedding Entourage

This is the second last post about my wedding photos.

Our brides maids and best men

His boys

My girls

And two of my dear flower gals

Words cannot describes how thankful i am to my dear dear friends, who had tirelessly lending us their helping hands during the entire process. Undoubtedly, all of you are important parts of our wedding, and we can never be thankful enough for being the witnesses of the covenant of our love.

Love you all so much. 

Official Wedding Photo Pt 2: The groom

The man with the boyish charm. With his rich facial expression, its stupid for me not to spice up the pictures with some funny dialogues. 

So the lady say yes and married him. The end. 

I love his contented face whenever he sees good food, the big drumstick in his bowl of mee suah just made his day.

Official Wedding Photo Pt 1: The Bride

Taking a break from my Taiwan post to give way to some of my wedding photos from the photographer.

I figure out i wont be uploading all the photos onto fb and leaving it there waiting to be tagged or if not rotten as no one will care about it. So am choosing three of my favorite of each theme to share with you all in this blog. So here comes the first, which is me, myself and I.

Hope you've enjoyed it.

Prelude to wedding photographs

I am probably our wedding photographer's best customer as i do my own the framing and compilation for the prelude. Do check out our photographer works at www.lovehappensphoto.com, they are a newly wed couple who took up wedding photography as their part-time job. I admired the courage they have in transforming their love and passion for photography into something real and fruitful despite the fact that it requires more time and effort for full time workers.

Anyway, this is just a teaser, i need to wait for another 2 weeks for all the other photos and montage. Do stay tuned.

Peek-a-boo at the wedding photos

I have yet to receive my wedding photos from our photographer yet. So here comes some of the shots from my friend's camera.

At home, with my favourite girls (and angry birds!)

and my favourite man

The wedding car and the church

The march in

My dad is super nervous k

In front of the altar

The march out

At the restaurant

Peter was the star of the noon, everyone called him the Justin Bieber

And the cupcakes. Anyone interested please let me know, my professional baker friends are happy to expand their cupcakes business

With my churchie friends

I will write more when i am more settling. :)

3 more days

3 days to go.

wow...

what i really mean is WOW!

Can you believe it, the wedding bells are just around the corner, and the clock is ticking faster and faster even as when i'm writing now. I know it sounds ridiculous that i'm getting anxious unnecessarily, yes things are getting prepared according to plan, my sisters are getting their hands busy (and 'dirty' for the bakers) helping me out with all the details, the gown is hanging in the closet.... yet the whole realization of i-am-getting-married is like a bomb which set to explode in 3 days time, and i have to constantly hold my chest so that my heart wont just bursting out.

The worst thing is i cant wait till the whole thing is over, and that's exactly what i have been trying to avoid since the whole wedding preparation started. I am worried that i may not really 'be present' on this important day of my life. Many brides told me that they felt their wedding day went off so fast and it felt like a blur as there are so many things to do and to take care of. At the end of the day, when the whole event ends and the light is off, they left with a pair of sore feet and messy hair to shampoo, which literally makes them nuts.

I don't want that to happen to my wedding day, I hope i'm not just physically there, but i'm really present there, relish in it, take it all in, have all the fun i can because its the happiest day of my life. I do hope that i'm able to get my hands off from all the details and leave it to my trusted friends as I do know that i have the tendency of getting caught up in "getting-the-things-done" rush cuz basically i'm THAT type of person. I love running around in my heels, making sure things is done according to the plan and all the guest wears the biggest smile on their face. I may be a good wedding coordinator but may not be a good bride.

Anyway, gals if you see my hands started to get itchy please tie it up, shoo me off, but most important thing is enjoy the moment together with me.

See you all on the wedding day.

About wedding, not mine

Tomorrow will be Sam and Tong's big day. I don't know whether is it faith or something else they see in me (of which i'm totally blind to), they have chosen me to help to coordinate the morning wedding service. Nevertheless, it was an honor.

Last night was the first and the last rehearsal. A bit kelam kabut as the care taker of the church suddenly requested that we need to vacate the church at 9pm. And the worst thing is initially we had planned to start at 830pm since everyone has to rush to the church straightly after work. However, the rehearsal was accomplished on time in good spirit. And i really have to thank the cooperation from all the people who involved.

The wedding service will be conducted at Zion Lutheran church at Brickfield, which is like 5 minutes away from the church which my wedding will be at. It was old traditional church built in 1924, the internal looks abit similar to Catholic church and i love the old feeling with the chandeliers hanging on the wall and wooden bench with classic red carpet.

Anyway, grabbed some photos from weddingguideaisia.com about the church. It looks stunning from the lens of the photographer.

For those who are going, see you all tomorrow.

Ps: Please wear your best piece of clothe with a bit of red or white K? their theme is red and white.

Wedding is way overated

Time for a little complaining.

Along the process of wedding preparation, one thing which I'm constantly frustrated about is the people's general perception towards wedding.

For simplicity, i would called the so called generally stereotyped weddings as celebrity wedding, while mine which is less extravagant and simple as my humble wedding. Apparently, not all, but some who doubted peter and my decision for a humble wedding. For example, during the course of wedding preparation, we were being bombarded endlessly by questions such as "are you serious of not serving any alcohol?", "what about speech?""why there is no reception dinner/tea ceremony/ chip san leong?", "you got no money is it?" etc.

Let me emphasize this before i continue, this is purely my PERSONAL opinion, so it does not conform to the general opinion of how wedding should be. And i am relief that the other person who is integral in this wedding is 100% in tune with me. PERSONALLY, i believe that wedding is the occasion where the couple come together as one, and it is a special moment for the couple to celebrate and sharing their joy with their love ones. On the other hand, wedding frills and favors are secondary, am not saying that its not necessary, but i would say that its not that important compare to the focus of the wedding, which is the couple themselves. The frills follows the ceremony for obvious reasons, as it contributes to the entire ambiance and good feelings of the wedding. However, with or without the frills, extravagant or not, all the wedding are of the same purpose and it should brings equal sheer happiness to the couple as well as the witness who shared the happiness of the couple.

Most of us, have certain level of "wedding indoctrination" buried deep within, i.e. designer dress, expensive wines, wedding banquets etc. Frankly, i'm the lone ranger here, fighting the Goliath celebrity wedding 'system' which was deep rooted in any culture or society. I blame it to media influence OR ..... its sheer vanity.

Well, all i can say is that its unavoidable that there are expectations from many, however in the end of the day its up to me and Peter to keep it in perspective.

I guess you got the point now, other wise dont blame me if i turn into bridezilla k.

Save the date!!

Its 25th of June, 2011.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!

The wedding will be at Church of Holy Rosary, Kuala Lumpur.

Its a 100 years old church, can you believe that! I remembered when i was still a young and innocent college student, i always saw the church through the windows of the LRT everytime the train passed by Pasar Seni heading to KL sentral station. It is standing tall and magistic in white, and i cant helped but wonder how the church looks inside.

And now, am gonna get married in the church. * Awe Stuck *

"The Holy Rosary Church was completed in 1904 but suffered some damages during World War II. Therefore, renovations took place in the 1950s to repair the building, resulting in the structure that we see today. In addition the Holy Rosary Church at the time of complete construction was different from the present building. The roof of the church was flat and the wings were not added until 1950.

Easily the Holy Rosary Church is one of the most beautiful of the Malaysian churches. Little is recorded of the history of the church except that it was constructed by Father Francis Emile Terrien, a French missionary. The church took 18 months to build, and was blessed on December 18, 1904.

The attraction of the Holy Rosary Church lies in its Neo-Gothic architecture style. Its characteristic features include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. The Neo-Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and parish churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities, and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings."

Extracted from http://holidaysinmalaysia.org/kuala-lumpur/holy-rosary-church/

Wedding at Church of Francis Xavier

I came to know Peter's God brother and his wife through the Catholic marriage preparation course half a year before, and yesterday we have attended their wedding at Church of Francis Xavier. They have a very happy theme with Brunos Mas, "Just the way you are," as their theme song. Its really an out of norm kinda selection, but i love the way the song had brought alive the entire ambiance of the wedding. It was fun and the couple really enjoyed their special day.

Anyway just to share some photos here.

The colorful windows of the church, they looks magistically beautiful.

Their theme was blue, so all the flowers are in blue.

The wedding bulletin (which is super thick) and the cute clipart of the wedding birds at the back of the bulletin

The wedding favors- at first i thought it was a gingerbread man biscuits, until someone pointed out that it is a candle.

Aren't they adorable?

Peter and I at the banquet

I have to confess that after i attended their wedding i felt a bit depressed, I havent done much cuz the date is yet to confirm. Any volunteers to help me with the prep??

Wedding Diy: Wedding Car Deco

For the whole of last weekend, am putting my creativity cells into great test. The challenge is to reuse my sister wedding car deco and diy it according to my own taste.

Frankly, i really dont mind reuse some of the old deco staff for my wedding. Both Peter and I believe in spending money in its appropriate place, and funny to say wedding decoration comes at the least in our list of priority.

This is what i've 'inherited' from my sister. There is 2 sets of the big ones (for both front and back of the car) and 2 sets of small ones (for side handles). Its not my favourite color, but well at least it pleases the elders (Red - good color for chinese).

I bought this white-pinkish color artificial flowers with shiny edge from a shop called "Ribbons and lace". Each cost at RM1.50. The important thing is that it must have a sturdy (preferably long) metal stem which is easy to bend, yet tightly seal to the flower. It will be funny if the flowers keep falling off from the car during the drive to the church.

Some other essential materials are the metal wire (RM1 for 25 pieces), and the white web like plastic wrappers of the same materials (RM 2.20/metre) with the original car deco (red and pink). Fold the wrapers into three layer from the side, then back and forth from the end. Tie the middle with a piece of the wire. The output will look something like this.

Next, release the folds from the sides so that it looks fluffy. Tie the fluffy white flower with wire in the middle to the original red-pink deco.

Then add in two flowers on top of the white fluffy flower, make sure all the wire stuff goes through the main deco structure to the back and tie all the wire together into a knot.

TaDa! this is the final outcome. Wonder how my Myvi looks with these decos.