24th Jan 2015

Settled the most important part, the venue!

Will be held at Marriott Hotel 24th Jan 2015 :)

Today I will be taking up a program.. and hopefully it works for me. After all the thoughts, I decided to give it a try. Does not come cheap.. but no pain no gain.

I leave this space for more updates on it!

Hehh.

Preparations.

After a serious talk on the differences we are facing, we finally managed to sort it all out and agree that we should be doing what we believe in and not let external factors affect us. Glad we managed to talk it out and come to a consensus together.

Meanwhile, preparations for the big day starts! And I am getting more excited now. (:

Wedding venue.

After very serious discussion and consideration of all factors, we agreed on lunch instead of dinner. Not mainly just on cost factor, but also on the long hours if we chose dinner. Both of us are the chop chop kind and prefer to finish it fast instead of dragging it through the day and making us very tired the whole day. Though I have to say I would still prefer dinner due to the "atmosphere" and feel, but come to think of it I do not think I will fully enjoy myself if I were to be that tired. So wedding lunch it will be!

Venue wise.. after a viewing of several hotels, we are now more inclined towards Marriott. Superb location, near to the MRT, totally sheltered in the event of rain, nice ambience and most importantly, we loved the Grand Ballroom they are offering us for our 18 to 20 tables. Love the grandness of the whole place and even to the reception area, everything was so grand. 

Wedding Date. 

November would be too rush for us to prepare so we would actually prefer December 2014 or January 2015. All the Saturdays for Dec 2014 were fully taken up so we were left with only January 2015. He leaves me to decide on the date so I would most probably choose 24th January 2015.

Pre-Wedding Photo Shoot.

We will be having 2 pre-wedding photoshoots. First in the Philippines this coming Feb and the next in Singapore. He wants to do it in these 2 countries because there is a meaning to it. Even the photoshoot style which we will be doing is different from others. And the suit color he is choosing.. OMG.

I think he is more hiao than me.....

Meanwhile my simple gown is still in the making.. Decided to tailor made one for myself :)

Needa buy heels and accessories!

Bridal Package

I do not think we are taking up any bridal packages at the moment.. We would most likely be doing it ala-carte because he wants it different from others. Might cost more but we have not really calculate how much more it will cost. 

There are still many more things to plan.. but I am enjoying it! Can be quite stressed at times though.

Looking forward to the big day˜

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On a side note, I noticed that I have been travelling too much.. Just went Batam in November, then Bintan in December, Batam again in January, Philippines in Feb, Bali in April and then now we are considering New Zealand in August.

I need more money!!

Dedicated to my loved ones..

I do not want to be a mediator.

I just want everyone to be happy. But there is no such thing as a perfect ending.

How can I make both sides happy?

In the process of making everyone happy, I gave up my choice to be happy.

Will it be better this way?

All I know is.. I would have been much happier if everyone give and take.. and accomodate a little.

I do my best to accomodate to everyone based on their individual beliefs.

I love my loved ones around me more than I ever loved myself.

But.. who is there to listen to how I feel?

Maybe you, my blog.

23rd November 2013 - The day I said 'Yes'.

Our trip to Turi Beach, Batam was confirmed 3 months back and on the 23rd of November 2013.. without a single idea what was going to happen, we went to our weekend getaway with his university mates...

At the receptionist area waiting to check in.

View at Turi Beach was not bad. 

After checking out our rooms and settling down our stuffs, we went down to the beach area for some water sports. It was my first time playing water sports and I was so excited. Was torn between banana boat and jet ski but in the end we played the jet ski instead! Totally did not regret it. 

Went back to wash up and after dinner, we went back to one of his friend's room for some fooling around.

After which we went back to our room to get the champagne and while he was bathing, I lied down on my bed to take a short nap... Then the next moment when I opened my eyes, there he was in front of me. And he started speaking to me in Chinese...

"You have tolerated my shortcomings,

You' have seen me at my worst,

You deserve me at my best,

Let's share a lifetime so you can see me become a better man,

Be my wife."

I was laughing non-stop because of his pronounciation but then I was really touched by his effort. I know how hard it is for him to memorize those sentences in Chinese but he did it.

And I said 'Yes' to the man whom I trust will take care of me for the rest of my life.

This was the moment I have been waiting for. The ring he had custom made from scratch for me..

Every single detail carefully chosen by him. :)

I am engaged! My fiance and I :)

Trip Confirmed for 2014: The Philippines!

So finally after all the discussion and research, we decided on The Philippines in Jan 2014/Feb2014. It may not be the most luxurious trip but I am sure it is all worthwhile and a good experience for a city girl like me. It's gonna be a walk down the memory lane for boy as we are going back to his hometown - Leyte, where most of his childhood memories are. I can see from how much he really wanted to go back to the Philippines because ever since he has come to SG, he has not gone back to visit anyone. 

Really appreciate the thoughts that boy has for me initially when I wanted to go to the Maldives. He's always trying to meet my every demands and I can feel it.. I am very grateful for that. But this time round, I wanted him to go where he really wants to go.. and this is it - The Philippines.

Honestly speaking, I am quite excited about it because this is gonna be a rather long vacation.. 8D7N or 7D5N depending on the flight we are gonna choose. Nervous also because I am not sure what to expect and will be seeing his grandparents for the first time! 

Hopping over a few places in the Philippines and all these will be planned by boy. I am only in charge of the air tickets which is what I am best at. :D

Nope we will probably not be hopping over to Borocay because that is a touristy place and it will be quite far from where we will be. Will be going to more of the raw places.

Wee, vacation!

Doesn't matter where the place is; it's the partner who's most important :)

Motivation!

I have been diligently hitting the  gym twice a week in office for some routine exercise for the past 3 weeks. I really really want to lose weight so much but all years of procrastination just left me with no motivation at all. Because when I see food, i go wild.

So one fine day I was looking through my instagram feed and came across a wedding gown photo. I have a thing for fashion (even though I may always be wearing just that few dresses because it's quite hard to find my size). I like looking at unique designs and I always imagine I could design my own clothes. So yah I came across a wedding gown photo and immediately it just caught my attention. 

So who is the designer that caught my attention and gave me the motivation to work on my body shape?

Galia Lahav.

The gowns are simply stunning. Simple but with a taste of elegance, not like the usual gowns I see.

Really love how the laceback is, and mermaid cut!

And this label below from Reem Acra. Another unique piece.

I am really far from getting myself in such gowns so I am trying my best to at least exercise. Well.. better than not doing any at all! Each exercise session I managed to run 2.4KM which was a huge feat for me because ever since I graduated from JC, I have never ran such long distance before.

I hope I can persevere on, with these pics as my motivation!

Random

It's true that I have overlooked the small little things in life. Things that will bring happiness even without having to spend money. 

I didn't know being able to see, look and walk could bring happiness too until you mentioned it. Because I tend to overlook it as I earned more.

You are right. I should learn to cherish every small little thing I have..

Financial Expenditure

Just this month, I started to keep track of my own expenses via an Excel sheet installed in my phone. So I basically get to key in every single expense I have on-the-go. Glad I am still using it now because it really helps me keep track of what I have spent on, and whether I have overspent for the month! Pretty useful for people like me. Now I am starting to feel that the $500 personal expense I set for myself every month seems a little... hard to reach. Shall monitor for another one to two months first.

My facial package has come to an end. And it is time for me to sign up a new package. But I am still considering if I should really sign up for the Radio Frequency (RF) package. 

To me, I think going for frequent facials is a must because it really helps to clean up the dirt clogged up under your skin. It may not seem very prominent looking on your face but once you grow older, you will notice fine lines, uneven and dull skin tone, rough surface coming up. At 25 now, I am already starting to notice fine lines near my eyes and it freaks me out. I did not used to care about my facial regime that much but when I started working, I noticed that I started to have a brown spot on one side of my cheek. That is when I realized I should do something about it. Fortunately I met found a really good beautician. It's also because of her I signed up my first ever facial package 2 years ago. I had the normal facial package because I just want to keep my face clean and maintain it. Ally did her best to extract all the dirt trapped under my skin each time I go and though it was really painful each time, the feeling after the facial was shiok. I can see my face brightening up and feeling smoother than before.

So, it is really important for ladies to go for facial frequently!

Now that I am already in my mid twenties, I am thinking of signing up the RF package this time round. It's going to cost more than twice the normal facial price but I heard the results are good. 

Actually I am 90% sure that I am going to take up this package anyway, lol!

On a side note, I am really glad that I have my own investments instead of leaving them in my savings account seeing that it had only earn interest of a few cents. My heart jumped whenever I see how much I have contributed and made for my investment, super happy. 

Boy and I recently started to have the same thought.. we are thinking of the possibility to immigrate.. I am also up for it but if it is really going to happen, I need to see how to settle my family because they will definitely not want to move with me over there. He's gonna put some serious thoughts into it but it's not going to happen soon.

In my 30s maybe.

U.S Southwest Roadtrip Day 9: Grand Canyon

Woke up at around 9am to get ready for our drive to Grand Canyon from Knights Inn. It was another 1 hour drive away to the Grand Canyon!

We decided to go for the South Rim because boy said the view at the South Rim was much better.

The weather was still so cold. Look at how wrapped up I am lol.

Look at the magnificent rock formation at the Canyon. Heard that many years ago this whole place was under water, then something happen and here's what's left of the rock formation. I don't really know what is the whole story behind it lol.

Pretty interesting isnt it?

I really really love it there at the States. The weather, scenery and people! Everyone's so friendly (:

We were just standing right on the edge of the cliff in the photo below and I remembered I was so scared while posing. 

Jump shots again lol.

 Spot me busy taking a snapshot of the superb view.

Photowhore session 1!

Photowhore session 2 lol!

 

We spent almost the entire day at Grand Canyon itself and by evening time, we stop at one of the convenience store to stock up on snacks for the drive back to Las Vegas!

5 hours drive back to Las Vegas!