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 :)