1st Chinese New Year

Time flies.. sorry we have not been updating the blog but generally, we are settling down also and life is getting boring...so there's not much to update. :P

However, this coming CNY will be our first - and yes...we'll have to give ang pows for the first time!! It will also be cross-visiting for the first time. So I'm looking forward to it. It seems like we can still take ang pow in the 1st year of our marriage...so mai tu liao!!

We've also just been promoted to Yee Yee and Yee Zhang because my sister just gave birth to a cute little baby boy on 1st Feb. His name is Tim Soon.

Long-awaited wedding photos!

http://picasaweb.google.com/leelihui/WeddingAlbum?authkey=TLfr3wL2dD8
Check out our web album!!

Fatigue!

Jgal -
After about 5 months of furniture shopping, Kboy and I are suffering from furniture-shopping fatigue! If there is a scientific medical term for it, let us know so we can go to the doctors and apply for MC.

We've finally completed furnishing our house with the latest purchase - a TV console from a shop in Furniture Mall. Haven't been into Furniture Mall for the past 6-7 years i think, and that place is still the same!! Like a smaller scale IMM, it houses various furniture brands and shops, featuring almost every type of furniture you can think of, from modern, to classic, to woody chinese looking pieces, to upmarket ones, mass market ones, beds, curtains and carpets etc... Bryan Wong and Mark Lee should go to these places for their Bai Jia Le program!!

We also purchased bedside lamps from Balestier. You have to shop around, there're more than 15 shops and prices vary quite abit (of course quality is different la) but about half the lights in our house are purchased there.

Jgal was also pestering Kboy for a Christmas tree, as its always been Jgal's dream to put up a christmas tree and decorate it, just that in my former home, there was simply no luxury of space. Kboy gave in eventually, and if you come round to our place this Christmas, you'll see a very nice tree around :)

1st House Warming

We just had our first housewarming today (11/11). Initially it was just a simple catch up and dinner with Chin Yi, Jamie, Kelly and Janet. But since they came with gifts, then i suppose its considered a housewarming!! :) Not too bad, we all had an enjoyable time, except that we had a little electrical problem halfway into our steamboat dinner...the extension plug decided to call it quits. You can imagine our panic when we realised that we had no other extension cords. Eventually, we shifted the whole dining table nearer to the powerpoint itself, otherwise I think we might have had to cook all the food on the stove instead.

Since moving into simei, both kboy and jgal are enjoying our new home and convenience. It takes jgal 30mins to get to work now, (5min walk to mrt, 15min train, 10min walk to office) and for kboy, he's enjoying the fact that we can just pop into Eastpoint to get stuff (5min walk). No need to drive or find parking :)

We are shopping and getting new furniture every week. Its like weekly outings to Ikea is a norm for us now... but we are still searching for a few essential pieces before we can hold bigger house warming parties. Well, those of you reading this and wondering when you'll be invited (or want to be invited) drop us a comment :) We'll try our best to slot you in before Christmas!! (wah...dua pai!! hehee)

Back to work

Kboy says

Its back to work for us. I still am feeling a bit jet lagged, and have a slight fever. Think I caught something from london, the weather there was appalling, as usual! Good thing was, I got fewer emails than I expected at work, so managed to clear the backlog quite fast. Still, its a bit of an effort to get back into the swing of things.

Jgal is now sitting next to me with a mask on ... watching our new TV that we bought yesterday. Cash and carry from Parisilk. Good deal, got a free TV with the new new TV.

Married life is looking good ...

Barcelona Pics

Adeios Espano!

Jgal -
Its our last day in Spain today! Having spent the last 10 days in Spain, I´ve grown acustomed to Spanish lifestyle....this means that i must have a siesta after lunch nowadays, and wine with every meal!! But Jgal is also missing her Sliced Fish Bee Hoon and Tom Yum soups...Need to get a Singapore fix soon :) Madrid is also really cold...its 11 degrees even though the sun is shining brightly! Miss home...

Kboy -
Last wrote from Seville just before we were off to Granada. Granada and the alhambra started off badly with terrible grey and rainy weather, no shelter, a bad ticket booking experience so we had to pay twice for entry into the alhambra. Luckily the palaces and the generalife gardens were spectacularly beautiful and the sun made a brief appearance in the evening. It was then off to Madrid on a late evening train, where we were almost conned by a rogue taxi driver! Good thing jgal had her wits about her and quickly ran to the hotel to get some help from the receptionist, who managed to talk down the driver!!

Madrid is a big city with the usual shops, museums etc ... Getting a bit of traveller fatigue - just had our last meal of paella and sangria!

Honeymoon II

Kboy -

In case you´re wondering, we´re having quite a bit of difficulty finding internet cafes that allow us to upload photos, so far no luck. Also, all the cafes come with limited timing so have to quickly check mail/update the blog/etc in like 10 min!

Seville is hot hot hot - unfortunately both the famous cathedral and the royal palace were closed when we arrived so we decided to change route to Jerez - home of sherry. Had a good time touring the grounds and tasting the sherry. tomorrow its the Seville Alcazar and then, off to Granada ...

Stephen, our photographer put some of our wedding photos on his blog :) http://lyrical-moments.blogspot.com/2007/10/child-like.html Have a look!

Thanks Stephen!

Honeymoon

Jgal - We are in Spain and having a great time!! Thinking of uploading photos but don´t think we have enough time given that we are at this Internet cafe and have only a few mins...
Last night we took an overnight train from Barcelona to Cordoba. Jgal can´t sleep cos the bunks smells musty :(
Kboy slept like a pig... So far the trip has been really fun and the weather is fantastic, ranging around 15-20 degrees. The old cobbled streets and churches are really lovely too!! Jgal is eating and drinking too much on this trip!!!

Kboy - Yup lots of reasons for a great honeymoon
1 Clear blue skies and lots of sunshine, t shirts most of the time
2 Great food, lots of tapas
3 Wine is cheaper than water. We have not yet had a meal without alcohol (except for breakfast)
4 Great architecture and great scenery (and great company!)
5 Zara Mango, etc.

Some links of places we have been to :
http://www.tallerdetapas.com/

http://www.senyorparellada.com/

http://www.sagradafamilia.org/
http://www.montserratvisita.com/

Happily Married

Kboy says -

Its been a really fantastic weekend, busy events and everything has just seemed to rush over! Thanks to all our helpers who have really looked after us and made sure that everything went smoothly - there were so many details but you guys took care of everything! Thanks also to Wedding Present, Justin, Keeren, Robert, Eric & Chris who really made our day special for us :) And also thanks to all our guests who took the time to share our joy and were so generous in their giving!! ( We counted ang baos till 1 am on Mon morning ...)

Jgal says -

Can't believe it's over at last! However, we throughly enjoyed ourselves throughout the weekend and will have many happy memories to last us a lifetime! Special thanks to our families and friends who were involved in making sure everything was smoothly carried out. We didn't have to worry at all!! We're off to Spain tonight for our 2 week honeymoon. Please cover us in prayer for journey mercies and protection against pick-pockets!!

Also, our wedding pictures will be ready in 2 weeks so we will update it here when we're back! Watch this space :)

2 days of singlehood left!

Kboy says -

Yup, this is probably the final post before our big day. Thanks to all who've helped! Hopefully the next post will be from spain :) And we'll post on the final renovations when we get back from our trip - will have lots of links and photos from the day then ...

Signing out for now ...

4 days away!

Reality hits. Its just 4 more days of singlehood!! Am starting to feel my nerves...but I'm also very excited about the wedding that we have been planning over the past few months! More than that, I'm looking forward to married life and living in our new home. And there's also the honeymoon. You would agree that we really need a break to just relax and spend time with each other after such a hectic weekend. We get back to Singapore on 30th Oct :)




I guess if we don't get to slot in another post before the big day, I should just express my gratitude to everyone who has helped out in one way or another for this wedding.

• To my colleagues, thanks for covering me in my absence. Thanks also for alot of understanding and patience when i've been stressed and cranky this past week.
• To our churchmates who helped us in numerous ways and are supporting us in prayer!! :)
• To my aunt, sister, cousins, thanks for assisting us in getting most of the RSVPs sorted.
• To my KM's parents for taking time to helping us with the wedding preparation, carrying the shopping bags..
• To Alan at The Wedding Present for designing my gorgeous gown!
• To Patrick our renovation contractor, for doing such a great job with our house.
• To Justin at Fleurlicious for doing our flowers and church deco
• To Vicki, my makeup artist for making me pretty!!
• To Eric of Tung Lok for assisting with our needs for the dinner banquet
• To Robert of Conrad, for accomodating our requests for the brunch
• To Kereen of Kriston, for giving us so much additional help on top of the package
• To Julia of GEFC who has taken her own time out of work to help us ensure that the church is able to accomodate our requests
• To Uncle Bernard for polishing and lending us his car to us as the bridal ride!!
• To our "Brothers" and "Sisters" for dedicating their time to make our event fun & memorable :)
• To everyone else who have sent their well-wishes, gifts, love and presence at our wedding!

CHEERS!

Hen Nights!!

Jgal says-

My dear collegues organised a really fantastic hen night for me. Some of the things i was made to do...erm...i can't even tell you (too embarassed)! But i basically got dressed up in a tiara and a "bride-to-be" sash and made to walk down Orchard..., went into Alley Bar and I had a really good and memorable night! Thanks gals!!!

My dear poly mates also threw a hen night for me. It was a much calmer one but i was truly tested on my alcohol limits!! Never done so much drinking (different types of drinks) in one night, from Sangria to Mojitos, to shooters, to the Drip @ Clinic!!! Fortunately, I think i passed the test! At the end of the day, I could still call for a cab and tell the driver where my home was. :) Thanks everyone, it was a truly great time and I hope I don't become an alcoholic!!

Renovation Part 4

Our house has been invaded by cupboards! Walked in one night and found the whole place filled with unfinished cupboards ....


On a less pleasant note, one of the workers has broken our toilet bowl, so I had to make a trip specially during lunch time just to buy another toilet bowl!! So sianz! Dunno how they managed to break the toilet bowl as well ...

Bridal Gift Register

Jgal says-

Check out our Bridal Gift Register at Takashimaya. (This function ensures that we don't get given 5 microwaves..hehe..)

Kboy and I were picking out a few items that we'd like to have for the new house, and if you're thinking of getting us a present for the wedding, please feel free to email Takashimaya to ask for Keen Mun & Li Hui's Bridal Gift Register. Don't worry, we've selected a wide range of stuff that will suit every budget, but you've got to be quick otherwise all the $1000 gifts will be snapped up!! :)

Email: busdev@takashimaya.com.sg

Back from Reservist

Kboy says -

Just got back from reservist, and now its back to my two jobs: 8am - 5pm is work at the office, 5pm to 8am is work at the wedding! heh heh.

Reservist was a nice "break", zero exercise of the mental faculties, and maximum physical exertion. Just had to run around, dig holes in the ground and shout loudly to show aggression ... quite dumb really. Am very sunburnt now, Jgal is unhappy that my face is now so brown. I told her that army doesn't issue sunblock, and she promptly went to buy some SKII mask when we went shopping yesterday.

Anyway, the house is really starting to come together, the floor was done and the cupboards are in. Lights are all fixed up as well. We are in the final leg now, so everynight got something on, final fittings, meeting with the florist, passing cards to friends ...

Gifts Galore!

Jgal says -

A few of our friends have asked if we are publishing a 'wish list', so that they can get us practical and good gifts that will be useful in our new home.

We haven't figured out the best way to do this because there isn't a mechanism on this blog to let a person anoymously select the particular gift, and informing other blog readers that the particular option is taken. AND we won't want to receive 5 coffee machines either... :P

We'll probably check out Tangs bridal gift services and see if they can keep a checklist for us. Those interested to get us a gift can call Tangs and quote our file to see what gifts have been booked, and indicate what gifts they would like to give us. If we confirm this arrangement, I'll update the information asap.

Alternatively, just give us in the most practical form :) and we will do the shopping..haha..

1 Month Away!

Jgal says -

It's one month away!! We are both getting a little stressed, especially when the house renovations are also underway. We are now writing and sending invitations, receiving RSVPs, keeping track of what's happening with the house. What's worse, as I'm writting this blog, Kboy is in camp for reservice for 2 weeks. >.<''''

Fortunately, we have most of the reno matters under control and it should be about 2-3 weeks away from completion. The lift upgrading at our new flat looks promising too! We may be able to take the lift instead of walking up 4 storeys when we finally move over. I'm praying hard about that!!

In the next few weeks, we need to take care not to fall sick. Lots of people are down with cold and even suspected dengue. Scary!! I'm taking lots of water and vitamins to boost my immune system. And i hope God protects us from the mosquitoes ;)

Renovation Part 3

Kboy says -

The contractor has been at our house, doing lots of tiling and plastering. Everything is now covered with a thin layer of white dust. The floors and walls of the toilets and kitchens are now nicely tiled. House looks alot brighter without the pink walls! Next up is to do re-wiring and the false ceiling. Then the first coat of paint and then the floors ...

Renovation - Part 2

Kboy says:

Reno has started! Look at our very bare kitchen and toilets, plus a huge mound of cement in the living room!