Nothing much to blog about these days unless I'm keen in blogging my house moving etc. Nothing special so shall not spend time. lol. Hmmm, work is pretty fine actually alot to learn but I'm only learning simplier tasks as my mentor doesnt want to load me with all the heavy responsibilites.. or should I say she's afraid she might scare me away? hahaha.

This year hasn't plan any trips but going for one short Batam retreat soon with hubby and my family (except mom who will be the caretaker of the house). This is my first trip with family so looking fwd to a rewarding holiday of rest, fun & eat.

That's all folks. I know it's a boring update. I can't think of any to blog now. Maybe one fine day I might close this blogspot since I hasn't been active.

Byeeez for now...

I know I have been hiding away from my blog for way too long. There has been a tremendous change in my life this year. From being single to married, from shifting my parents' house into hubby's house and then jumped to a new job with a totally new line. There are many stages in life and it so happened that I'm up a few levels ahead this year. heh trying to adapt to new life meanwhile. :)

Here are some of the items I am happy to own :)

French style furniture

2 x side tables for my MBR..

my dressing table

cushion seats from Ikea

Panasonic fridge *sponsored :)

Bosch washer *sponsored :)

Beautiful house

I'm looking forward to the completion of our new house. Things have been moving slowly as we aren't in a rush to shift in. We are taking a step at each time to ensure our ID has time to focus on our project.

Below are just some of my ideas. Note: these designs do not belong to my house, just for reference.

The living room: Splashes of black, white and some red

• Bible verse and flower decals to paste on our empty walls

• cushion stool for guests

Our master bedroom: Splashes of white & purple

• Baroque style dressing table


• cushion chair
  

Our bathroom colour: white, red & black

• red & black vanity top (exactly like the one on the 1st pic)
  


• square basin


• huge mirror
  

I'm back!

From the busiest months started from April, I have been fully occupied with wedding and house renovation. Come to think of it, it's four months since I last blogged! OMG..

I have since collected my house keys on 18th May (Wednesday), four days right after my wedding! Dear and me were so happy about it as we waited for almost 3 years for the flat. Everything seem to come at the right time. New marriage, new house and last of all, new job starting on 1st August. Thanks to our lovely God that I got through the interview and he place me in a reputable company.

We had spent quite a huge sum on our electrical works as we plan to have more downlights and cove lights to make the appearance of the whole house cozy. I gotten most of our lights from lightings.com at Balestier road. It's a good deal. Do drop by there if you are looking for affordable prices!

Here's some of the lights taken at our new house. I love the chandelier I have chosen because it's cheaper than I thought!! Guess how much?

Chandelier for our dining area @ S$159 only! good deal!

Cove and downlights for our MBR

Baroque lights for our two rooms: guest room and wardrobe cum study room

I have to say that curtains and wallpaper are not cheap if you plan to install quality ones. We did not go for Ikea curtains, instead we went to a curtain shop at Balestier introduced by our ID for some quality and thick curtains. We did some bargaining and finally managed to reduce $200 off total price. I do feel the pain of it when the things we like are costing so much! The wallpaper is a killer too.. but no choice, we both love to have our dining area looking posh and romantic.. There goes our savings.

I declared myself broke! :'(

Valentine's day at Mimo

Darling has been wanting to bring me to this special, whimsical place for my birthday last year but unfortunately the place was undergoing renovation. In the end, we decided to go after renovation works were completed so there we were, on a Saturday to celebrate our Valentine's day @ Mimolette. The place has revamped to a very whimsical, comical wonderland feel. I just feel like Alice stepped in a wonderland! Lol.

The food was so-so so don't expect too much ya. We ordered our lunches from the brunch menu. Had light lunches as later part of the day, we were meeting friends for dinner at Jpot.

Here are some of the delightful photos. I simply love the layout and design of the restaurant!




Thanks darling who always bring me to special places and giving me numerous memories!

Service at M Hotel is awesome!

Yesterday met up with our banquet manager once again to choose wedding favors and discussion for AD. Evangeline is so sweet and accommodating to give us additional more invites when I, the thick-skinned face asked for more yesterday. In fact, she has already given us quite alot of perks the last time we signed up with her. Thumbs up for our banquet coordinator. I really love her service and I am very glad that I signed up with M Hotel. :)

Jolly well recommend her to any of my friends. :)

Our last pak tor anniversary at Dozo

I suggested to BF that I wanted to return to Dozo for our anniversary and he brought me there for dinner. He highlighted to the staff that the reservation was meant to celebrate our anniversary and on that special day, the staff planted a simple surprise for us. The waiter, named Fernandez who served us said I looked familar and after engaging in a few conversations, we all realised he was in the same school with my sister and he knew her.

This is our last year to celebrate our pak tor anniversary, Up next, we shall celebrate our wedding anniversary. I don't think it's necessary to celebrate two anniversaries since we are going to upgrade to Mr & Mrs. Save money for my darling too. So thoughtful. hehe

Anyway, here are the photos... Pls do enjoy them and the food. If you want to please your girlfriends or boyfriends, pls bring them there. They surely will like this place, I promise. (:

A private corner by the window but no nice scenery outside.

Fernandez willingly took pic for us and even wanted us to kiss in front of him. Blushing liao..

I love this pic that showed my sexy back and that confident look. :P

Exciting Rabbit year

It's gonna be an exciting Rabbit year for BF and me as we will undergo several changes and decisions making. Counting the days, it's 81 days closer to my wedding and soon after, I can't believe I will be known as 'Mrs Lie'. Awww, how's that feeling like I wonder.

Things are running smoothly and accordingly as planned. Most of the stuffs have been finalised except booking caterer, confirm guests list, order of service for church.. We will have a sisters' meeting on 5th March for gatecrashing plans. hehe.. So looking forward to it! Chosen Tea Cosy @ Plaza Sing for our meeting session.

Last Friday was at T Dragon around noon to choose our design for M hotel wedding card. We set our eyes on a floral design card with wordings " 嫁" or "取" to fold on the card. Glad we made a 2nd trip down as the first time we went was on a weekend and it was so crowded the service was lacking. We also didn't get to see the card we have chosen though it's placed on the first page of the sample album. We asked the lady if the card design is the latest and we could have missed out but she said all along was inside the album. That's really puzzling us. But despite all these, the experienced lady served us pretty well. Less crowd = good service!

We have also placed order for our wedding favours from http://www.sgweddingfavors.com/. They have many wide choices to choose from and we wanted something practical for our guests. In the end, we decided on different flavours of jam and also included a personalised sticker to stick on every jam. The service wasn't that fantastic from the testimonials on the website though. They were slow in replying and I made several calls to them to confirm that they received my email.

My keys will also be ready this April but shall wait till my wedding is over before I start scouting for contractor/ ID.

This will also be the time which I will tender my resignation and find a job nearer to my new house.

Sorry, it's a long post and I haven't been up to load my anniversary, family lunch and Valentine's photos. Hopefully, can finish them this weekend and upload in FB! Cheers!

Countdown: 3.5 months to go!

Time is really moving fast.. Still remember vividly a year ago, BF and I were checking out the banquet venues and contemplating which ballroom fits our criteria and we saw M Hotel. We confirmed our venue after meeting up with Evangeline, our hotel coordinator. She was very sweet and even explained to us the extra perks we will get if we sign the package during the wedding show which was at that point, held one month later. On 28th Feb'10, we happily paid the deposit at BOWS. This was the beginning of starting our lives together where discussion, planning and decision-making took place.

And now, it's already 3.5 months more to go to our wedding! Seriously, I haven't been working too hard for my themed wedding except browsing through photos and picking bits and pieces of people's ideas. There are many more couples out there who really took effort in planning a lavish themed wedding where huge amount of cash were spent on! However, I know I have a budget to keep (though I have been expanding my budget on certain days) so I told myself, I will be a DIY bride! I have not started on my DIY project, maybe I should start after CNY. Otherwise, time is really running out. hee hee...

This was taken during my bridal shoot while taking a short break.


This was taken while we were all getting ready to go out for our outdoor shoot. The balloons looked like m&m sweets right?

Unforgettable Moments

Haven't been updating for quite a while, I hope you readers are not abandoning this blog anymore! Most of my time has been busy scouting ideas for THE WEDDING.
Just a quick recap of the last few months, always had something to do with rainy days. haha :p

• Taiwan trip - 19th to 27th Oct with dear

It was a fruitful trip as we get to stay with the Taiwanese family in their minsu. We had fun despite the torrential rain on some days. I know Taiwan is the place I will love going to!

• Oh!dear photoshoot on 7th Nov.

We postponed our shoot twice 'cuz of the rain. Luckily, sweet Melody was very accomodating and she made time for our shoot. Thanks!

• Bridal photoshoot on 30th Nov (postponed).

We postponed our shoot as we are not mentally well-prepared. I can't explain exactly how the feeling is like but it seems we just don't know the concept we wanted in our shoot. :) Glad we postponed it to Jan as it was having a heavy downpour that day, OMG!

• My 29th birthday celebrations.

Really elated to have friends and colleagues celebrating my birthday. Thank you Tyan mei who has been taking care of me like I'm her big sister, always extending her big help and gave me a good surprise. Wonderful! We had a cupcakes and balloon party at Des & Rain's house for our double celebration. It was a mini affair but enjoyed the kick of a good meal. It's also the first time Bunnie and Fel celebrated my birthday, nice knowing them. And to my BF who never fails to bring me to special places to take nice photos! haha. I always love a good meal at quirky cafes, sharing a drink and cake together with long chit-chat sessions. That's simple life pleasures.

• Christmas and New Year's eve celebrations.

I bought more gifts than last year for my colleagues and friends 'cuz I made more friends! We had nice gift exchanges. Also met up with coco and Ah Xiong for gathering, an annual gathering lol. For the next Christmas, hope I can invite all my friends to my house and have a good time. The best gift of the year? KS bag!

• Bridal photoshoot on 7th Jan 11

I went for fitting and trial make-up on 3rd Jan, brought a bridal magazine which Eileen gave me for the makeup artist to see so she will have a rough idea the style I like. On 7th Jan, dear and I got ready for our photoshoot. Pretty nervous initially but things started rolling well when the bridal crew chatted with us. Rain took leave to come and help us in the afternoon. Things were really turning out good. Weather was fine, it did not rain at all! We have a fun photoshoot as the photographer was a joker. I also brought my DIY cutouts to use for the shoot and it turned out very pretty! We couldn't keep smiling and frankly speaking, I enjoy photoshooting. lol. We treated Rain to dinner at Watami after that.

• Bridal selects on 21st Jan 11

We had to choose from over 200 plus photos ,took us 5 hrs inclusive negotiating! Rain was with us during our selection. Most of the photos turned out well, didn't expect the photographer to do a good job. We have to eliminate a few good ones if not, we had to pay more. In the end, we topped up with $800 for extra photos. it was ouch! in the pocket but they were really nice taken. I just can't wait to show them off to my guests! =)

• Wedding invite on 22nd Jan 11

Dear and I went to T Dragon to choose our wedding invite, but since we do not have the no of guests invited so we decided to submit our order after CNY.


Next up, Meetup with Bunnie on our church design and on 6th March will be the day we will see the layout of our album! :)

Priceless memories

Omg, I know this is a very belated post ever since my last update. I have been catching up with friends, doing Christmas shopping and more...

I had a bet with my BF that I promise NOT to surf Facebook for one week! I know this bet may sound kiddy but I'm really obessed with Facebook and I admit it. So I really want to adjust my lifestyle again and spend more time in other useful areas. hehe

Here are some of my selects from the shoot we had on 7th Nov with Melody. There are so many I like and it's really hard to choose from these photos. Nevertheless, I picked some for showcase. lol. Some of these photos will be printed and hang on a love tree to showcase on our wedding day that is part of our DIY wedding project. We will have to start our project next mth!

Venue 1: abandon railway track at Sunset way

Venue 2: Commonwealth railway track

Venue 3: Haji Lane


Venue 4: Hort Park Meallows

Taiwan trip - To be continue

I'm back from my adventure! Had great experiences and mishaps during our trip but still, enjoyed myself to the max! We survived carrying loots while walking long miles, pulling our luggages through the rain, getting our way around etc.. These are the kind of experiences you are bound to get when doing a free and easy trip. I learnt alot through our journeys and if I do have the time, I will share them in my blog. :)

The deadly torrential rain on 22nd Oct happened during our trip has made our family members and friends worry abt our safety. But thank god, our prayers have been answered by God and we were lead to our destination safely. :)

We have been watching the news closely and were saddened by the fact of those who lost their lives and some were found missing of taking the fateful road that caused landslides.




Picture of my Ah Fat dear! hahaha~ Getting ready our gear for our photoshoot this Friday!

To be continue...

What was I doing on this month one year back

Didn't expect BF to tell me that he wants to buy the cap and suspenders for the shoot. We bought them at Bugis village on Sunday after our church service. haha. Initially, he was so against it when I suggested to him.. now he gave in 'cuz I keep pestering him to wear...

So let's look forward to our shoot on 5th Nov. Hope weather will be fine and cooling. Dun want to sweat so much cuz we won't look good in front of camera.

What was I doing on this month one year back?

I read through my blog and missed those days where I was closer with my colleagues. We went to Helipad, wedding dinners in Oct and had so much fun.
We used to have so much merry and laughter together.. I missed those company. Some have left the company to pursue a better future. Things seem to change. Atmosphere is gone :(

Now with the SAP launching soon, everyone is stressed and tire out, including me. I have to take over some of the work as my colleague is fully-occupied with SAP. Next week is the beginning of the SAP training and happened that I am out of town. Don't know why each time I want to go holiday, always crash with something unforseen. I want to go "with a no worries" heart but I guess when I return, everything must have turned upside down. Can't imagine how it will become. Scary.

I haven't really start on my SAP training and will be lagging behind when I'm back.. oh dear.... feeling so emo and no mood to work.. :( Hope this feeling will bypass soon!

Our adventure at Universal Studios

Sister won four free tickets to Universal Studios through her company contest, therefore we only paid for one ticket and made it a little birthday treat for brother's birthday. :)

Some photos for sharing the fun we had last month.. More can be found in my Facebook!


BF and bro happened to wear green on Hari Raya's day! haha so funny!


We brought the gingerbread man back home. He's so irresistable that we decided to bring him for our Ohdear Photoshoot too. heh :P