Wedding prep IV: going postal

It was not until i've had to send out our invites that i've realised the lack of postboxes there days. Went round and round looking for somewhere to post the letters but no luck. Maybe the advent of electronic mail has caused snail mail to wade through the dead sea (dun ask me where that came from), thus postboxes have become a rarity. Why dun you count the number of these endangered species today and let us know?

Wedding prep III: invites

One more step forward today, the printers called to say the inserts were ready so we rushed down during lunch to collect. 
Unfortunately, we neglected to notice that our lunch time was also their lunch time, so when we got there no one was in. So we went for lunch as well. Interestingly enough, smack in middle of this industrial were a whole row of shops selling cakes, snacks and kuehs. And we bought a glorious durian ondeh from a nonya shop. 
Went back to the printers and there were people there now. We had a quick last min check and all was well! This outfit has been professional, courteous, and always aware of the deadlines involved. Kudos to them! Email me if you want their details.

Wedding Prep II: almost farcial facial

We had some time to spare at Novena after visiting ww's fav shop (at least for this period), so she decided to go for a facial. And i was made to go for one too, 'cos apparently my face not pretty enough.

After wearing what looked like a moomoo (i spell it like that 'cos i looked like it was made for a cow), i got to lie down, which was good, since i was tired. Then came the cleansing, the steaming and the mask, which were ok as well, until the time came for the mask to come off. That's when i got comments like "wah so much?" "wah so fat one!" (hey! i resent that! i'm just slightly overweight!), "wah, super a lot leh!" (i kid you not) about my blackheads (and i was just getting attached to them that i've even named them...). So the long and the short of it is, now i've got a face that even an ant would have trouble getting a grip on as they'll just slide off my super smooth face. Note to self: must remember not to prop up my head with my hand since it might slip and i'll end up whacking my head against the table...

We had food tasting at 7 and had to fetch her grandma at 6.40 so told the people that we had to leave by half past 6. However, as we weren't wearing watches which announced the time, we lost track of time and were late. Dinner was ok though and what we saw was quite a professional outfit. Good on them, i think i feel like i can trust them not to screw up the event.

Thoughts at dawn

Seeing the break of a new morning (since when did a morning break? is anyone going to put it back together?) always triggers introspective thoughts and today, it was about our upcoming nuptials. Someone asked whether i was prepared, and i replied "not really..." and the person was shocked. But i explained on "because i've got a ton of things to sort out and Mr Murphy and his famous law are running amok."
"No, i meant are you ready to be married." clarified the person.
"Of course! I would marry her in a heartbeat." and thought to myself, what a weird question to ask. Looking back i guess for some, a marriage was always going to be iffy, but we were uniquely different (heh) and unconventional right from the start, and somehow we always knew we would be together. It was the journey there that was interesting, and it was this exploration of life with a constant companion that made for a wondrous trip.
Strange thoughts? Actually pretty par for the course. Lol.

Store sign

I should send this to engrish.com. Lol. I can't even think of what this can mean.

Wedding prep I

This is the first of a series of posts that i thought i'd share about our wedding.

Today, we went shopping! It was for all the various items required for the Guo Da Li, and since we are of different dialects, we had to come to an agreement as so what was required, as different dialects require different things. =)

First, we helped WW's mum at the chinese wedding shop. I have no idea what to call these shops so i'm just calling it that. There are several around Singapore, but in particular, there are a few grouped at Beauty World Shopping centre, following the Singaporean trend of "if there's a successful shop here, i must set up one that sells exactly the same thing". We got our stuff from a corner shop on the ground floor (dunno the name, the one beside HealthTech), after searching high and low for it, and it was quite worth it 'cos the kindly man running the shop was very nice and very helpful. WW's mum bought things like baby's bath tub, tea ceremony tea set, battery operated double happiness lamps (which looked like kerosene ones), sewing kit, wash basin, mirror ("dun let anyone else look into the mirror on the big day hor" was the advice given), talcum powder case (for baby)(dun ask), etc. The guy also sold red packets so we also got some of that, but had to say no to the rather gaudy looking red mug. We still need things like toothbrush, toothpaste, and WW's gotta get some white pajamas. Tomorrow is another day!

Went to Bugis to help my mum buy the dried goods to be sent as gifts to ww's family, this included dried oysters, dried abalone, dried red dates, white lotus root, dried scallops, dried longans, dried lychees, chestnuts, and some nuts. Lots of bargaining involved! No shark's fin or sea cucumber was required, so i didn't have any dilemmas ('cos i feel bad for one of them, and feel like i want to laugh at the other one).

We'll be borrowing a basket from her grandma, which would help us transport the various goodies (and look good at the same time), all we need is something blue according to Western tradition (something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue).

More updates to follow!

Free Burma

May peace and prosperity return to this resource-rich nation.

The white ninja strikes again

I can't believe i'm running a 38.9 degree celcius fever, on the first day of my qualifying exams too.