A Love That Will Last - Wai Mun & Sharon

Just finished packing my little goodie boxes for my girls and was reflecting on each of them. As when hubby and I went around shopping for the gifts to put into each box for my girls, we kind of were talking about each one of you and how our friendship has grown throughout the years. Some I knew sometime ago, some just recently and were close. Friendships are important vital parts of our lives! "At times best of friends makes us wtf but then without them we will be a little less richer!" So I decided to dedicate one entry each for my girls.

Just went shopping yesterday and guess what! 

After busying yourself for a few days, we have finally finished up the invitation cards and ready to go out! We have particularly make our own emblem and make our invites more special and personal.

We were wrong when we thought it was a relieve that we are done for the first day.The next day was even more challenging, we booked outdoor shots and here we go, with a prayer that it will not rain and the smartness to kind of put whatever we get from yesterday to use! We arrived at our first place, it was uneven ground (thank God I get to wear sandals!) and we then were made to follow all pointers while standing steadily on the ground. Next shot we were to lay down on the ground. I try not to do it but then "wth?!! we paid so much for it, we should do things that we wont normally do while "cam-whoring"" so here we are laying down on uneven rough ground. DONE!

Next challenge, hubby was to carry me, hubby already suffered from backache and having to patch tiger behind him and now the photographer made him carry me! Firstly I am not size 2, repeated myself for a dozen times.... (Remember all the rules of photography yesterday?) While carrying me, we had to perform smiling + eye focus + expression + legs + hands) and that we got sounded many times and finally we gave up. Ready to consider it a loss! 

Next up was the wet wet field! When I repeat wet twice, it was really wet! No joke! No swaggering! Its really wet! And we will have to walk to the middle of the field while avoiding the puddle of mud. Remembering how I used to avoid my PE classes a day after the rain by not going to school at all. Now it is the time where all the avoidance came back to me! I had to face it! - WITH A SMILE (: 

The session went on until evening and finally its done! 

Guess what? Coming back from yesterday, all the hardship has been worth it. Smiley! Smiley! The funny uneven rough ground! We totally look sweet on it, we have a few very very pretty shots. And then the carrying shots? Very natural, hands? legs? all in place and my eyes are even! Aww... And wet wet field? We pose like pro! You guys will get to see the pictures on actual day! As cooky as it sounded, I thank God for all the shots that came out pretty and I am really happy. Now we are waiting to share this pretty shots with all the people that we love. Aww... 

Have to admit I am no size 2 bride! But we just came back from viewing our pre-wedding pictures and it makes me really chirpy. In fact I am very happy with the pictures that we have taken and deem all the two days of hard work worthy.

Looking back at the day - 15th November, after our 28th October session got postponed due to false alarm of a fire in the bridal house, we arrived with anticipation and a little nervousness! Not really knowing what to expect! (Hello! Its my first time. All this while I only look at people's picture perfect albums and drool!) So now it's my turn to look all pretty and poise! (Man! Its difficult, I prefer my own usual look better) 

Make-up was like 2 hours! Honestly the time I took for make-up is like 15 minutes and not more than that, reason? I do not know what else to do if it runs beyond 15 minutes! Then getting into the dress and the challenge began! (Now it makes me salute models a little bit more! They deserve it) We kind of have this warm up session where we are allowed to clown around and emotions were rising. First actual pose was already difficult. Now I realize that a good pose consist not only of smiles and stuff that we normally do for our Facebook profile pictures and stuff. A good pose consist of :- - Smiling (But not too much) 
- Standing but not stiffly on both feet
- Expression flirty but not bitchy
- Both hands to be in stylish composure but not dramatic
- Legs (Ok what we do with it just soft but not like a ballerina and not hard like a soldier)
- Mouth (Show some teeth but not in a lame blur way + Smiling)
- Eyes (In spite of a pair of long eyelashes attached to it, being born with the right eye bigger than the left has it disadvantage. I must try to control my stare in order not to look like a retard)  - Eye focus = Smiling + Standing + Eyes  (Practice those formula and it will be fine... else get sounding again from photographer!)

And the list goes on! That was just in the studio with just walls, posters and stuff where everything is even, air-conditioned and clean.

I am still having Christmas hangover even though Christmas is over for like 3 days, I love Christmas, its the only day we talk about giving, and I love giving. Seeing the happy faces of the ones I love when they opened the gifts I bought for them. This year I did not buy much presents, I just bought presents for family members, because continuous three days of celebrations were spend with families, both my side and hubby's. 

So I took off for a few days to enjoy the spirit of festivity and now I am back. Lets have a run down on my list! Bridesmaid Woe is over for now, I will not respond and we will see what happen next! I have order the dress for the rest of the girls and it will arrive 15 January 2012! So at least one item on my list is crossed out! 

Lets see.... Next up is Ring Bearer's Tuxedo! Sounds nice! BUT where to get! Aiks! I have asked around a few shops, even my own bridal shop but I couldn't find one that has the right size. Now is all scratch my head time! Where to find a shop that rent tuxedo for my little ring boy age eight! To add to the requirements, my ring boy is very tall compare to the boys his age! Lets just KIV it for a while.....

Another headache to read up, The Tents. This items has been sitting on our list and has been pushed to the next line for almost a month ++ We are doing a poolside wedding, and being in Malaysia - weather is one of the most unpredictable thing! Therefore tents are very important but we seems to always procrastinate when it comes to dealing with the tent guy! So I guess must make a progress in this item and hopefully we can cross it out before we ring in 2012! 

Round after The Tents! Well The wines! We have tasted a few and would have to go back and get more! The downside of this shop is that it doesn't provide tasting, so we end up having to buy a bottle home to taste it. So far we have not found to our fancy yet! We have been to weddings where the hosts just serve simply any wine! We do not want that to happen, so we are taking time (oops we do not have much anymore) to pick out a good reasonable one! That is hopefully we could pick the right one next trip because I am feeling that we can turn into wine-holic if we keep downing every bottle. Ha! ha! 

The list goes on and on! So the next time people ask me how is the progress, I am just going to smile and say... In progress! Fingers crossed! 

I just flipped through some really nice pre-wedding pictures with amazement. It was really nice piece of work, err... art  and blah... blah... blah.... (kudos! kudos). Well it is indeed something to place them first place in today's "challenging-I-am-better-wedding". Pictures taken from as far as New Zealand, Japan on the Mt. Fuji, Prague and the most bombastic I seen so far has got to be on a snowing mountain of Switzerland BUT then for the less, China & Taiwan is the substitute for the other costly destinations. All this has us including myself (no pun intended!) ogling and saying wow! 

(Pun intended now) Even though we could afford that kind of boisterous pictures taking, we will not! My friends ask me WHY??!! It's once in a lifetime! (OK! During this wedding prep period, I had heard that phrase used like a million times and it's a little really overrated! Wedding is Once in a lifetime! But so are all the other events in my life! They are as important! It is people's kiasu attitude that makes people especially particular about it. I am not going to embark on this "I want to be better than my friends" attitude) What is the use of squeezing your wallets and working extra part time just for this? I known a few friends like that! 

Reasons why I wont even though it is so call once in a lifetime! 
Firstly : 
Those pictures are nice to look at and it will make my friends drool over it BUT its just pictures and 5 or 10 years down the road, it will just be like any other pictures! Plus many married couple will share with you, they are actually a pile of white elephants at home!(Who would ten years later still ogle at your own self and say WAH!) 

Secondly :  Why waste all the money? (Oh! I forgot! There are actually a lot of filthy rich folks out there whose dad can afford Bentley or a Lambo and so they do not know what to do with their extra money in the bank! Ok that is acceptable! Kudos to them!)

Thirdly : 
The hassle involved in arranging those trips and time wasted! I rather have a lavish wedding, where all my guest felt appreciated, cozy and personal. 
Ok! Whatever! I wouldnt want to go on! Its your own wedding do what you want as long as you are happy, after all 'ITS ONCE IN A LIFETIME' isn't it??

In all the tradition, it was my mom who insisted on me going through a typical christian wedding. If given a choice maybe I will! Or maybe I will not at all go through this hassle! Looking at the trend nowadays! Non-believers are all going for the Christian "walk-down-the-aisle" wedding! It almost make us look hassle-full to actually go through the whole process of counselling and getting an actual pastor to do our wedding!

Like I somehow mentioned and grunted a few times back;

Well I read many comments now online about how this bridal house and that bridal house is a big scam and they sell empty promises instead of actual package! Honestly I myself have signed up to one of the bridal house with the most negative comments! (Oops I just check online! Missed that earlier when i do an online research about bridal house! Ok! I ask Google about everything at times.. in which could be annoying to hubby..) Reading through all the comments, I believe that it all boils down to one thing!

Gown choosing done! In fact yesterday! Eventhough I talked smack and tried to be confident, yet the smack talk doesnt calm me! When the clock ticked away and the time drew near to 2pm, I was as nervous as a.... (whatever the idiom is). Glad that my sis was around to make silly jokes and cool things down. As I was getting ready, realized that the nu-bra wasn't actually that easy to put on! Reading the instruction doesn't really helps but i managed to struggle my way through. Put on my make-up in the midst of sweat overload proved another challenge! So everything didn't went preliminary well.

As years unfold, decades past. I felt that wedding nowadays are getting outrageously over-rated! With the use of social media nowadays, people make tonnes of money out of weddings. Because it has become a competition among friends to be the best, to be the most special, to be the most extra-ordinary, to be the most luxurious, to be the most grand that it loses the meaning why two person should get married in the first place!

Tomorrow is the day!

Wedding Bag?

The planning starts here, remembering the first thing we did after talking about what will be "our perfect wedding".