Wedding Invites for AD Selection & Car Deco_Flower Bouquet (19-9-09)

Early in the morning, I woke up to prepare because today, we’ve got a lot of things to do since 7th month is over!
This is the time to start preparing for the Actual Day Wedding too!
Gosh…

Ok, so first thing, we went to Yitai Hotstamping to confirm and order our AD wedding invitations. It only took us about half hr in there and the girl told us she’ll send us the soft copy template next Thursday afterwhich, if we confirm to print, then she’ll go ahead.
We were told that we’ve to tie the gold strings to the cards/inserts ourselves! Haa… think gotta engage help of others to do! ^^

"Cards, Cards on the wall, Who's the prettiest of them all?"After the printing company trip, we headed to BBC to choose my AD bouquet, car deco and also to see the photos layout.
Turns out that the layout is very sweet and colourful… :)

Didn’t manage to get the soft copies that day for both the edited and unedited (extra photos we bought) though. Told Kim that I’ll collect them on next Thurs when I collect my ROM gown instead.
Xiaofen also told me that she’ll be adding a string of blingblings to the peach ROM gown.. haha..hope it turns out nice… ^^

I've shortlisted 2 bouquets.. This one below and the 2nd pic below... Which is nicer??
Cast your votes and let me know, ok?? *Turning into a Bridezilla!* :p

Before we left for Orchard, we dropped by at Suntec's Travel Fare and guess who I saw? haha... Tay Ping Hui... Macho handsome guy! *drools*

After the selection, we went to Orchard’s Takashimaya to buy sweet wedding card. My intention was to use the card for the guests to sign. While browsing the many nice cards, I saw a very nice Prince & Princess Pop-up card and being the Princess-fanatic, I decided to buy it to add to the deco for the reception table. Hahaha.. so ended up, I bought 2 cards.

So the cards are settled and then we went to the basement and saw that there’s the mooncakes sale with many vendors! We ‘snaked’ in with the crowd and went around sampling different mooncakes. HAhaha… I find myself loving durians mooncakes this year!! And also the yam/pumpkin flavor mooncakes!! Alright..let me go dig out the pricelist/pictures before I post them here again…

Having our dinner at Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant
BB with my drink again!!! Mango Lemonade...*slurp slurp*

Dinner outing with the S.H.E.s (11-9-09)

Today had a dinner outing with the S.H.E.s…
We had wanted to have dinner at Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant at Orchard ION but alas, the queue was terribly long! I wonder how long we’ll have to wait for before it’s our turn.. *faint*..
So we decided to change our dinner place to a few shops beside it, called “OSAKA Hiroshima Ramen”.

Here’s some pics of the “Cha Shu Ramen” we ordered together with some mayo prawns and fried tofu.

Pardon me for the 3/4 finished mayo prawns and tofu..hahaa... too hungry at that time.. :p

Oily Ramen ya!... Sandy's even oilier!!

After dinner, we had our dessert of Chocolate Fondue with fresh fruits @ Wheellock Place’s Coffee Club.
It’s a nice place to just chill out with your friends especially at night as it can be quite windy. Since it’s outdoor, u can also get to just relax and watch passers-by stroll by while enjoying your cuppa coffee/tea. :)

The S.H.E.s girls....hahaha...

Belated Bday Celebration for Wiwi (21-8-09)

Went out with OCAS gang today and had dinner at AglioOlio at China Square.
It’s a cosy little restaurant outlet for spagettis. The food and price is reasonable and taste-wise is also not bad. =)

After the dinner, we headed out to Boat Quay’s pub for a drink and KTV with some games.
This outing is actually to celebrate a belated Birthday for our dear Wiwi.
She’s getting married next year in September! ^_^
I’m excited for her too..hee… don’t know if she’ll be holding 2 banquets? One in SG and another in Indonesia?

We did some cam-whoring at Boat Quay before we ended the day….yawnz.. I get tired so easily these days.. :p

Villa Halia @ Botanical Gardens Wedding Showcase 19-7-09

Last Sunday, I made Brother accompany me to the wedding showcase since BB has agreed to go to Hwee Suan's house-warming party.


Bro drove me around Bt Timah and Cluny Hill's private property estates to oogle....ahhaha...and we passed by his friend's huge mansion and saw him sitting alone in the sofa of his room with back facing us and playing his handheld game. We left without notifying him cos we're already 5 mins late for the showcase. hee..
But somehow, I feel that though they are so rich, they're somehow quite lonely.. it's like living in a fortress..

Anyway, when we reached, it was just about time that they started their 1st presentation. There was a live jazz band playing in the courtyard and the place is really cozy.



I like how the Gallery room is being set up with orangey lightings... ^_^
Food-wise, tasted pretty good! Bro has too much of the semi-raw tuna till he had to go loo at the end of the evening cos he wasn't supposed to take too much raw food since his stomach is always so sensitive.. haaa.....

The solemnisation table setup outside Gallery Room, in the Courtyard..

The non-air con changing room...=) Anybody realised that they actually placed the table over the toilet bowl??!! hahaha... Yeah... that's right! The flush button & toilet roll are still visible cos they can't hide that one..hahaa...luckily, it has 2 fans inside..hehe..The jazz band having a break in the courtyardThese 2 drinks are the specialty that day.. Bro and I esp. like the yellow ginger cocktail as it's really refreshing!Gallery Room at night.. =)

Each couple will also get a heart-shaped clay container as a gift after the end of the programs.
Overall, the event is considered quite successful :)

Personalised Chocolate Favours 15-7-09

I was surfing the net today and found an interesting wedding favor which can be found under Personalcreations.com

I just find the cartoon images of the wedding party group so cute! And you can choose different designs of the wedding party ranging from pageboys to bestmen etc and tag a name underneath their cartoon pic! =p

This lets me thinking of doing something similar for an extra wedding favor..hehe...*winks*

Bottle Tree Village Restaurant & Park 4-7-09

2 weeks ago on Saturday 4-July-09, I went shopping myself and 'toured' almost all of central Singapore! hahaa...My objective for that day is to buy some of the materials for the ROM.

First stop, I went AMK Hub as I was told my another BTB that I can get faux flowers at a craft shop at AMK Hub. The problem is that day I forgot which level the shop is at and I just shopped ard while keeping a lookout for that craft shop. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find it..haa.. so I decided to walk outside of AMK Hub and shopped at its neighbourhood. I found nice deals for the stickers which I'm gonna use it for my invitation cards' envelops. Let me see..each sticker pack cost $1 and if I buy 5 packs, I get 1 pack free. hee.. so I have 6 packs of 3 designs!

Next stop - City Hall. Headed for Bras Basah Complex and reached at abt 430pm. Went straight to ArtFriend and was very pleased to find many nice stuffs suitable for DIYs!! Though, I can't find feather pens there...I manage to grab a heart-shaped styrofoam at abt $1.30 and white ribbons at $0.98! HAHAHA... saves me alot becos initially I intended to buy a heart-shaped baking tin for the pen-stand base which will cost me abt $8 or more..plus, I need to buy green plasticine to fill the tin before I can stick my faux flowers. Haa...so now, I have a cheaper version!
Next, I went to its Popular Bookstore and found really nice wrapping papers!! Think it costs me $1.20 for this very nice wedding wrapping paper! Was thinkin of using it for my base background for my display stand. hehe..or as a hanging 'tag' on the chair of the solemnisation table.
Also glitters and double-sided tape. Sigh.. wasn't able to find my yellow envelops for invitation cards.. :(

3rd stop, Bugis. haha.. the BTB told me that she also saw a push-cart selling faux flowers at Bugis. I roughly know which cart she was talking abt and went to search for it. She has nice sweet stuffs, but her faux flowers are so expensive! A small packet abt palm sized with maybe less than 20 flowers costs $12! Bigger ones costs even more! Haa..faintz... she also doesn't sell feather pens either..so I left Bugis again for next destination..

4th stop - Plaza Singapura's Spotlight. haha.. bear in mind, I've been walking to and fro all this while..my legs are beginning to ache.. *lol* I'm such a great walker "Johnny Walker - Keep on Walking" My right ankle has not recovered fully since I 'twisted' it accidentally 3 wks ago at Lau Pat Sat.. :(
I decided to walk slower this time round and before that, I bought myself a small tub of ice-cream as a reward..haha..

At Spotlight, it happened that there's a 20% storewide discount for that 2 days only and I was lucky! haha.. I bought a box of foam roses (15 med sized roses) at only $5.60 after disc! Happie..~~ I also saw that there's masks selling at $10 (usual price $19.95). Think it's a good buy especially for those which comes with feathers & deco in it. Too bad, I can't a nice one otherwise I would have bought it.. ^_^
I also tried searching for feather pens but can't find them but it's ok because I have a backup plan..^^ Bro also said he'll help me find. haa...

Materials for my Penstand :)

Basically, my penstand should look something like this after pinning all the roses on it. ^^

Close up look at the foam roses

While at Spotlight, mommy called me and asked if I want to go Bottle Tree Village Restaurant with them for dinner. Of cos I agreed!! ahaha.. and asked them to come fetch me as my legs are aching so much.. *lol* But bro asked me to take MRT to Sembawang and they'll fetch me from there. Faintz..but it's ok at least I got myself a seat at Dobhy Ghaut station. ^^

It's dad's and mom's 1st time dining at this restaurant and they were amazed at how we're able to find this place as it is located at a very ulu place hidden far inside Sembawang. The good thing is that they said the food is nice here and so is the price. ahhaa...
we had Fish-head steamboat...yum yum!

If you are interested to go to this restaurant, you can go here for more directions and details! ^_^
http://www.bottletree.com.sg/?page_id=46

Kushinbo @ Jurong Point (24-6-09)

Haven't been following a strict dieting regime recently...OMG!!! especially when on Wednesday 24-6-09, Me, Yongxi and Meiling even went for a bingeing session at Kushinbo - Jurong Point!! ahahaha.... OMG....*eyes popping* It was ladies nite, so it's cheaper for us and I can't remember how many tempura prawns I gobbled down....hahaha....I'm really terrible!!! Shouldn't brides be controlling their diets? Oh dear... really gotta FAST seriously starting on Thursday!

Anyway, that whole day, me and Yongxi didnt really eat anything as we're saving our stomachs for the buffet in the evening. :p Then come the buffet time, we just "whacked' ah..haha... I am SOOO damn FULL after the session that I had to keep standing/walking for 3hours before I think I can rest so that the food inside me can sorta 'burn' away from the 'exercise'. ahhahaa....

Realised that they added Chocolate Fondue to the food selection too! Yay!! for choco-lovers like me. haa... I think the food that's worth to eat should be tempuras, Ginseng & Scallop porridge (I think this is really very nice..hee...), Alaskan Crabs, Sashimis and Prawns. *yummy*

I only managed to sleep at 3am that day as I was simply too full!
But................. HORRORs came the following day at about 6am when I just woke myself up with the strong feeling of MERLION'ING!!!!!
I quickly rushed to the toilet and became a 15mins Merlion. hahaa.... *Serves me right la..for eating too much* Faintz...
I guess this is the 1st time this yr that I ate so much. It's supposed to be an enjoying session but end up I'm like torturing myself..haa...

Okiez, so that's it, NO MORE TEMPURAS or SASHIMI for the next 3 months or so.. *blehs* (can hear BB objecting when he sees this...hahaa...)
And me and Yongxi really kept our word and FAST the whole day of Thursday! *lol*

A little ice-cream treat (12-6-09)

On 12 June 09, BB came over to meet me and we caught a movie that night at Westmall.
While waiting for our movie, we had dinner first before we head for a little nice ice-cream treat at the corner of level 2, near Aussino.

It's a newly opened shop - UDDERS...hmm... hee... very similar to Ben and Jerry concept.
Anyway, they had many ice-creams, and some with alcohol!!! They range from lightest alcohol content to the strongest which is Rum & Raisin.
We ordered a medium alcohol content flavor ; Tiramisu + Cookies & Cream

The girl was kind enough to let us try out different flavours, including a REALLY nice one DURIAN..hehe... D24 or Shan Mao, to be exact.
Next time, I'll definitely take the durian one. ^_^

hahaa...they had tables very similar to Ben & Jerry's too. And I was amused by one cartoon picture on the table...Don't u all think it's a little .....obscene??!!!!! hahahaha..... *OOPS, dirty minded peeps you are!! hahaa... It's actually the milking parts of a cow 'falling in love' with another of a cow, just that their bodies are hidden underneath the tall grasses!* lol...

BB queuing to buy.. suddenly got many people after we just sat down.

My Tiramisu + Cookies & Cream!! SUPER YUMMY-licious!!!! There's so much cookies bits inside! Look..it's over-flowing..hahha..Oki...here's the amusing clipart!! ^o^

Cupcakes (14-6-09)

Currently, I'm also sourcing around for cuppy cupcakes for my ROM..
I have found and shortlisted a few nice and affordable ones... BUT as to how good their cupcakes taste.....this~~~~ I have no comments becos I havent get the chance to taste. :p

However, as most people would say... "Cupcakes are nice to see but not nice to eat lor"
Those pretty decorations are used either i) Butter Cream, ii) Fresh Cream iii) Sugar icing or iv) Marshmallow Fondant (which is basically sugary stuff again).

I would love to try the 1st 2 types of cupcakes, so am now looking around to see if those neighbourhood bakeries got or not..hahaa....
But a word of advice for BTBs, I was told that if you're having your solemnisation in the outdoors (especially if there's no aircon and it's a day event), then cupcakes with (i) and (ii) will not be suitable because the decorations will tend to melt easily. Cupcakes with (iv) deco will last the longest.

I met up with a cupcake vendor on Sunday 14-6-09 and she's a very nice lady who gave me 2 free samples of her cupcakes which she just made as she had a wedding order for that weekend and could spare me 2 cuppies for sample. (*^_^*) *delighted*

I must say her creations are very very nice and she's able to accomodate to my ROM theme and her price is reasonable too. ^_^
I've personally tried emailing one cupcake vendor which people are raving about probably because she appeared on newspapers before? However, she didn't reply me even though I've sent a few followups and there's no other way of contacting her except emails?
Anyway, that aside..I've also read reviews that her cupcakes are too over-rated... haa... whatever it is, how delicious something is also depends on the taste of an individual (you can't satisfy everyone...and there's bound to be some critiques)

Oki, back to the cuppies, I brought them home and took some photos first before I stored them inside the fridge as I was too full to eat them that day. =p
On Monday, I brought one of them to work and showed off to Xixi. hahaa... she also agreed that it's too pretty to just eat it away but ultimately, it still has to end up in our stomach!

I broke a few of its flower petals because I know it's gonna be very sweet to eat the whole flower deco. And true enough, even though it's a teeny-weeny bit of fondant, it's over-whelmningly sweet!!!! So I guess, the guests will really have to 'peel' away those deco if they want to eat the cuppies.
However, the good thing is that the little choco cake (that has nutella spread around its surface so that the fondant can stick onto it) inside the cuppy, is still soft and moist and not very sweet. So that's a plus point. *thumbs up*

Perhaps, I will discuss with her more on the cuppies!! ^o^

Valentine's Day 2009 part 1

Where did you all go to on St. Valentine's Day this year?(*^_^*)

Yesterday was a day whereby I saw so many couples all coming out on the streets..gosh..hahaa....They're everywhere! You can see girls carrying bouquets of flowers, and GUYs too..hee.. They poor thing, have to carry girl's bag and flowers too, on that day. What to do? It's practically a GIRL's day mah.. haa....

BB asked me to meet him at Suntec City's Giordano @ 5pm. He only came at 535pm!! argghh... anyway, while waiting for him, saw a funny thing! It's a pity that I forgot to take photo of it..hahaa...because I was busy laughing my head off. You know what? I was standing and waiting outside Giordano's manequins' display window there beside IORA. Then 1 family walked past and the little boy was giggling and pointing to his sister to look at the manequin beside and behind me. His sister glanced towards his pointed direction and giggled out loud. I was so curious and thought what happened and so looked behind lor..

HAHAHAHA.....

It's actually the "MALE" manequin's pants has been either "pulled down" or "dropped by itself" to below his knees. hahaha... It looked so funny even though it's not a real man's! Saw a few more family/couple/friends walking by and said "Hey, his Ku4-Zi3 diao4 liao3" haha..

I decided to move away from that place cos if people anyhow take photos of me wif that manequin, then DIE liao lor..it'd look as if I'm the suspect!! ahhahaa....

Oki, finally BB arrived and looked apologetic. Me wasn't really angry la cos I know he's rushed down from his workplace to meet me. =p

So, the next place we went to was to explore LOVE & Co's wedding bands since I read from forums that theirs are very nice and they've wide selection of bands. Well, their place is really sooo beautiful and fit for a Princess like me. MUHAHAHA.... I especially like their big chandeliers which are hung at the center of their showroom.

One thing I like about Love & Co is that their SAs are friendly. :) Calvin (from Suntec's outlet) was the one who attended to us. We saw a couple of rings which we like alot. Me shortlisted 2 rings for myself - a chanel setting with diamonds surrounding half the band, and another one with 3 rows of diamonds surrounding half the band. If I remembered correctly, was quoted S$1728 and S$1200+ respectively. Calvin wrote the models for us and we told him we'll shop around first before making the decision. It's great there as we don't feel being "pushed" to buy. (^_^)p

As we left, I saw 1 pair of chunkier WBs which looked like those which Kings & Queens would wear as they're very BLING BLING! haha...BB said we can go in to try again but I told him nvm next time bah. So he brought me to the surprise venue for dinner..

His surprise venue is none other than Hog's Breath Cafe @ Chijmes. The 1st time we went there was last year's 3rd anniversary and the experience was good as the food was very nice. =)

Yesterday's menu was a 4-set course dinner.

Here's BB with the appetizer - Salad

Me with Passion Fruit Soda & Salad

The Main Course - Terriyaki Chicken & Cod Fish wif Mash potato - YUMMY!!
Very thick Cod Fish.. hehe... so delicious! It's definitely so much better than Big O's Cod fish which is only half its thickness!! *Slurp Slurp*

Eh... missed out on the soup part..but there's nothing much about the soup..just vegetables wif sliced chicken meat pieces..hee... and waiters forgot to serve us soup until we've finished our main dish...haa... but lucky lor, cos if we drank soup first, then we surely won't be able to finish the main dish. ^_^

Here's the dessert! Another great combi of Cold icecream with Warm cake..tastes like butter raisins cake..

Ahh... here's the main SURPRISE of the day.. haha... presenting the PRESENT from BB!! Taa-Daa... it's a raspberry cheescake which he made himself! *lol*
He was telling me not to luff at him before I open to see what it is. Cos.. he said other people's cake are concave whereas his... is *Convex on the top part..haha..

*means the top part of the cake sinks in abit in the middle..hahah...
But nonetheless, it's still a wonderful great effort from BB though I know he's got a scolding from his mom and sister for messing up the kitchen!

After the wonderful meal, the waiter gave us the feedback slip to fill up, and look.... BB is busy filling it up.. *THUMBS up*

After the meal, we walked to Raffles City and passed by Love & Co again..haha.. so this time round, still "gian-ning" the chunky royal rings, we went in to try them out and were served by this nice chatty SA - Floribelle. She's from Philippines and just came here to work 2 mths ago wif the initial thought of joining her husband to work in SG. However, just last mth, her husband was retrenched... :( and her eyes teared abit when she talked about her 10-yr old son whom misses her very much. Anyway, since her hubby has airlines experience of 8 yrs, we told her to ask him to try out SIA lor.. hope everything'll out for her as her hubby (who flew bk to philippines after retrenched) and son will be coming to visit her 2 weeks from now! (^o^)m

Alright, back to the rings, well... it didn't look so nice on our fingers and I think it wasn't practical lor..cos it's really chunky! haahaa...but BB did choose a simple white gold glossy surface band for himself after trying and finding that yellow and rose gold rings doesnt reaully suit his skin color..haha... and worse are those with diamonds! *lol* So, I think diamond rings shld still be left for the LADIES!! *lalalalal*

For a preview of some of their rings, visit this -> http://www.love-and-co.com/prod.htm
We tried "LVC Promise" chunky bling bling rings. :p But my heart's with LVC Ceterno.

After the visit, we walked down to Esplanade and couldn't find "The V Tea Room". Could it have changed its name to "The Cookie Musuem"? hmm.. cos I always thought that place's The V Tea Room..
Well, there's a public singing performance @ the public stage outside Esplanade near the sea. Very nice...sitting there, listening to songs wif gentle breeze blowing against your face..=)

Here's a pic of us there..supposed to capture the heart shape lei..but the auntie didnt take properly. :p
See the red heart in between our heads?