Kboy says
This is long in waiting, but a list of links --
Wedding Present did our wedding package.
Our photos (which we can't show you yet!!) were done by Travis from Utopia. The photos turned our beautifully, thanks Travis!
Our church wedding is at Geylang Evangelical Free Church, and will be catered by Kriston. Stephen Loh from Lyrical Moments is doing our on-day photography. Do check out his site, and his blog as well.
Right now, at Clara's recommendation, am surfing alot to Renotalk for all the house stuff. Previously, was Singapore Brides - this is like the lodestone of all Singaporean wedding information. SDU/MCYS should seriously consider buying over this site.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
New house (before)
Here are some "before" shots of our new house .... We went with our contractor for a viewing and took a few measurements. ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Big Purchase
Reality hits at last! On Monday I just signed a cheque for almost $40k...and was informed that my CPF account would be wipped out by August 07. Every month for the next 10 years, we would have to pay for our mortgage... GOSH!!! Its scary >.<''''
To beat the GST increase, we then went to purchase our big electrical items such as aircon units, fridge, and washing machine. Ask kboy on my haggling skills and he will testify that I do make a rather good negotiator. :) Well, every cent counts you know!!
Well, at least now, we have a house to call our own :) Renovations will start in August and hopefully, it will be ready before October comes....
To beat the GST increase, we then went to purchase our big electrical items such as aircon units, fridge, and washing machine. Ask kboy on my haggling skills and he will testify that I do make a rather good negotiator. :) Well, every cent counts you know!!
Well, at least now, we have a house to call our own :) Renovations will start in August and hopefully, it will be ready before October comes....
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Photoshoot!
Kboy says -
We had our photoshoot yesterday! Was a full day of clothing changes, makeup, posing and strutting around. Quite tiring, and today both of us were nursing headaches and spent most of the day sleeping. They should put a health advisory on photoshoots!
We went to SAM, or the old SJI, for the outdoor shot, where we chanced upon a art installation all about weddings! The artist made a "wedding cake" out of miniature wedding couples (the plastic type that you find on top of the cakes) and this was surrounding by huge blowups of cake recipes fixed on to the walls. Add so
me pink fluorescent lighting and we had some wonderful unique shots.
Just as we were finishing, we chanced upon Kenneth and his girl-pal. Kenneth got a few lucky shots of us on his lomu :)
Later we went to Seletar for the greenery shots, it was a wet, muddy time, and Jgal got her wedding gown all soaked in the rain. Halfway, we were even chased away by the seletar airport security, so we had to cut short our airplane photos, and had to satisfy ourself with the hangar :(
We had our photoshoot yesterday! Was a full day of clothing changes, makeup, posing and strutting around. Quite tiring, and today both of us were nursing headaches and spent most of the day sleeping. They should put a health advisory on photoshoots!
We went to SAM, or the old SJI, for the outdoor shot, where we chanced upon a art installation all about weddings! The artist made a "wedding cake" out of miniature wedding couples (the plastic type that you find on top of the cakes) and this was surrounding by huge blowups of cake recipes fixed on to the walls. Add so
me pink fluorescent lighting and we had some wonderful unique shots.Just as we were finishing, we chanced upon Kenneth and his girl-pal. Kenneth got a few lucky shots of us on his lomu :)
Later we went to Seletar for the greenery shots, it was a wet, muddy time, and Jgal got her wedding gown all soaked in the rain. Halfway, we were even chased away by the seletar airport security, so we had to cut short our airplane photos, and had to satisfy ourself with the hangar :(
Justin's done up a really lovely posy for Jgal, but I can't post any more wedding shots, or else she will scold me!
Green Shirt says that we have no useful links on this site, so I'll post some later...
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Last minute shirt
Kboy says -
So we went shopping for a shirt to wear with my suit for the photoshoot, and I almost fainted at the prices of wing-tipped tux shirts. There are like $150, 5 times the price of normal shirts! And this is for a shirt with less material on the collar! Absolutely unjustifiable ...
I mentioned this outrage to my mum, who had just come back from Shanghai. And she did a bit of magic and managed to get a shirt tailored over in China for a fraction of the price - less than 150 RMB!!
I'll post some pics online soon ...
So we went shopping for a shirt to wear with my suit for the photoshoot, and I almost fainted at the prices of wing-tipped tux shirts. There are like $150, 5 times the price of normal shirts! And this is for a shirt with less material on the collar! Absolutely unjustifiable ...
I mentioned this outrage to my mum, who had just come back from Shanghai. And she did a bit of magic and managed to get a shirt tailored over in China for a fraction of the price - less than 150 RMB!!
I'll post some pics online soon ...
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Shanghai Part II
Yes, Jgal has indulged in too much good food during the 5 day stay in Shanghai. From Xiao Lung Baos, to Foie Gras, to Korean BBQ, Baby back ribs, and even giant lychees....just cannot resist good food, u know. So now, wedding dress is abit too tight :P Need to do more crunches before the photoshoot (oops, that is only 2 weeks away now)!
My favourite was the Korean BBQ. I never really fancied kimchi very much, but hey..this one is really good! Even though we are not in korea. Kboy says he will bring me to Korea to eat the even better ones.... :)
The most memorable one is probably the french fine dining restaurant - La Platene. We were just walking around Xin Tien Di and chanced on this nice looking restaurant, so we walked in to check out the menu! Its French (at that time we all wanted non-chinese food due to overdose) and to our surprise, it's opened by the chef of Les Amis - Justin Quek! Think French in Shanghai and you get "Foie Gras Xiao Lung Bao"!!! Kboy was so nice, he bought us this fantastic meal. I think it burnt a hole in his pocket >.<'''
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Shanghai - Part I
Kboy says-
Jgirl and I have been in Shanghai for the past few days, lots of eating and shopping. I meant to blog during the trip, but was too caught up in getting a nice foot rub each night, so no time! Ha ha …
We went non-stop shopping for three days, first stop was the famous fabric market where I managed to get some shirts and a casual jacket tailored. Jgirl also got a nice dress, as well as two beautiful cheong sams. The sales staff there are fantastic, they will flatter and butter you up just to get you to buy another shirt!
Next stop was the wholesale markets where we stocked up on all the wedding paraphernalia – paper cuts, stickers, ang baos, wedding cards. We stopped short, though, of buying the huge cutesy ring pillow (the size of a laptop) with the teddy bears cavorting on it. You name it, they have it – in bulk! The sales lady there also tried to sell us some firecrackers – very tempting, but it will never pass through customs!
Part II on our foodie adventures and photos will be coming up soon.
Jgirl and I have been in Shanghai for the past few days, lots of eating and shopping. I meant to blog during the trip, but was too caught up in getting a nice foot rub each night, so no time! Ha ha …
We went non-stop shopping for three days, first stop was the famous fabric market where I managed to get some shirts and a casual jacket tailored. Jgirl also got a nice dress, as well as two beautiful cheong sams. The sales staff there are fantastic, they will flatter and butter you up just to get you to buy another shirt!
Next stop was the wholesale markets where we stocked up on all the wedding paraphernalia – paper cuts, stickers, ang baos, wedding cards. We stopped short, though, of buying the huge cutesy ring pillow (the size of a laptop) with the teddy bears cavorting on it. You name it, they have it – in bulk! The sales lady there also tried to sell us some firecrackers – very tempting, but it will never pass through customs!
Part II on our foodie adventures and photos will be coming up soon.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
The sale worth waiting for
Kboy says -
So we decided to check out this sale over the weekend, cos we heard that the beds were very cheap there. Checked out a few of the big branded names beds and realised that there really is a huge difference in price. After being showed around some beds, realised that the salesgirl was getting a bit distracted - apparently, the owner of the department store was also buying a bed! We saw this ang moh couple, together with two kids on two, trying out the various beds. Anyway, in the end we didn't really find any thing so we walked to the shop opposite which had the original brand we wanted.
The salesman at this shop was really weird. For some reason or another, he quickly buttoned his shirt when we walked in (don't ask me what he was doing). All through the time, he kept cleaning off his sweat with his shirt collar, pulling up the collar and wiping his cheek. Good thing was he tried to give us some really good prices (Jgirl also bargained hard), but in the end, his boss said no go. So looks like we have to go back to the original store after all.
Seems like bed buying is never short of adventure.
So we decided to check out this sale over the weekend, cos we heard that the beds were very cheap there. Checked out a few of the big branded names beds and realised that there really is a huge difference in price. After being showed around some beds, realised that the salesgirl was getting a bit distracted - apparently, the owner of the department store was also buying a bed! We saw this ang moh couple, together with two kids on two, trying out the various beds. Anyway, in the end we didn't really find any thing so we walked to the shop opposite which had the original brand we wanted.
The salesman at this shop was really weird. For some reason or another, he quickly buttoned his shirt when we walked in (don't ask me what he was doing). All through the time, he kept cleaning off his sweat with his shirt collar, pulling up the collar and wiping his cheek. Good thing was he tried to give us some really good prices (Jgirl also bargained hard), but in the end, his boss said no go. So looks like we have to go back to the original store after all.
Seems like bed buying is never short of adventure.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Sake and Cake
Kboy says –
We went to a wedding event last weekend, organised by one of the premium caterers. It was an exclusive, invite-only event, so I was pleasantly surprised when they called me and said that we were one of the “lucky couples” who got in.
The place was done up very nicely – it was an old colonial building, all decorated up with flowers. The buffet spread was a limited, but the quality was pretty good. We sat around the cocktail tables and nibbled on the canapés, while the sales girl talked abut their various catering packages. The good thing was they also had a few booths of their partner / sponsors there, which strangely included a kite-flying service. Why anyone would want a kite flying service on their wedding day is really beyond my comprehension.
Anyway, the best part of the event was the goody bag, which had a beautifully decorated cupcake! One of the wedding cake people had baked cakes for everyone. We were still feeling a bit peckish, so decided to go Island Creamery for some ice-cream, where we quickly polished off the cake with some pear-sake ice cream. Yummy!!
The short-lived cupcake
We went to a wedding event last weekend, organised by one of the premium caterers. It was an exclusive, invite-only event, so I was pleasantly surprised when they called me and said that we were one of the “lucky couples” who got in.
The place was done up very nicely – it was an old colonial building, all decorated up with flowers. The buffet spread was a limited, but the quality was pretty good. We sat around the cocktail tables and nibbled on the canapés, while the sales girl talked abut their various catering packages. The good thing was they also had a few booths of their partner / sponsors there, which strangely included a kite-flying service. Why anyone would want a kite flying service on their wedding day is really beyond my comprehension.
Anyway, the best part of the event was the goody bag, which had a beautifully decorated cupcake! One of the wedding cake people had baked cakes for everyone. We were still feeling a bit peckish, so decided to go Island Creamery for some ice-cream, where we quickly polished off the cake with some pear-sake ice cream. Yummy!!
The short-lived cupcake
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Wedding Blog
Jgirl says -
Having read so many blogs, I learnt a thing or 2 about penning an interesting read.
Basically,
1) Write things that general people will understand and don’t use too much jargon. Did you know that there’s all these acronyms in wedding blogs like FH, AD, MTM, OTR, CS, EG, MIL…and you have to slowly decipher what it means. There isn’t like a ‘Legend’ to state that
FH- Future Husband
AD- Actual Day
MTM- Made to measure
OTR- Off The Rack
CS- Cheong sum
EG- Evening Gown
MIL- Mother In Law
Etc etc etc….
2) Try to inject humour
This is quite a subjective one cos some people do ‘cold’ jokes and you won’t even know that it’s meant to make you laugh… but generally I do find my friends’ lives very interesting when there’s something to laugh at. Just look at Kboy’s entries!
3) No mushy bits
Since this is a wedding blog of Kboy & me, we shall be careful to censor all mushy bits out of our logs so that you don’t feel like you’re subject to all our…erm…actually, come to think about it, we are not very mushy at all!! Are we huh, honey?
Having read so many blogs, I learnt a thing or 2 about penning an interesting read.
Basically,
1) Write things that general people will understand and don’t use too much jargon. Did you know that there’s all these acronyms in wedding blogs like FH, AD, MTM, OTR, CS, EG, MIL…and you have to slowly decipher what it means. There isn’t like a ‘Legend’ to state that
FH- Future Husband
AD- Actual Day
MTM- Made to measure
OTR- Off The Rack
CS- Cheong sum
EG- Evening Gown
MIL- Mother In Law
Etc etc etc….
2) Try to inject humour
This is quite a subjective one cos some people do ‘cold’ jokes and you won’t even know that it’s meant to make you laugh… but generally I do find my friends’ lives very interesting when there’s something to laugh at. Just look at Kboy’s entries!
3) No mushy bits
Since this is a wedding blog of Kboy & me, we shall be careful to censor all mushy bits out of our logs so that you don’t feel like you’re subject to all our…erm…actually, come to think about it, we are not very mushy at all!! Are we huh, honey?
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