1.5 weeks to the wedding and it's our first meeting to discuss the emcee script due to all the last-minute incidents.
Hui Han and Jasmine were rendered nervous all because of our last minute notification. I think they are just as stressed as the bride, having no experience in being an emcee before!
Initially, I assigned Jasmine to be the Chinese speaking and Hui Han to be the English speaking emcee. But after a dry run, it was apparent that Jasmine is more suited to take up the English instead.
I'm perfectly fine with them doing either language so long they are comfortable with it.
They will work on getting familiarised with their own part and have also planned to meet up next week for a rehearsal together. They will also decide between themselves the dress code for that evening.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sisters Meeting Part II
The day is finally here!
Jasmine and I went Bugis for shopping prior to the meeting and we met up with Daisy at Suntec. Haiqi was the first to arrive, followed by Joo. Soon later, Emma came to join us.
It was not easy to host a dinner where you are the only common factor among them but fortunately, everyone warmed up to each other pretty fast.
I went through the morning program with everyone and luckily some pointed out a few areas which I overlooked. Of the sisters, Joo, Daisy and Yen Ling are experienced with being a Jie Mei but it's a first time for Haiqi, Jasmine, Emma, Ivy and Jasmine Chua.
We thought of 4 games, enough to cover the 45-mintue gate-crashing. 1 warm-up game will be played at the door step before the borthers and groom are let into the living room to continue 3 other games.
I can't wait to see them play the games and how they are going to be 'tortured' by the sisters! I believe the games that we thought of will be fun to play and at the same time, turn out aesthetially well on the photos too.
Ivy managed to rush down from her dept dinner and joined us at about 9am to learn more about the games that the sisters will be playing so that she can fill Yen Ling in.
And so, the meeting ended off with the run-through of the evening program and handing out of the skirts and t-shirts to the sisters!
Jasmine and I went Bugis for shopping prior to the meeting and we met up with Daisy at Suntec. Haiqi was the first to arrive, followed by Joo. Soon later, Emma came to join us.
It was not easy to host a dinner where you are the only common factor among them but fortunately, everyone warmed up to each other pretty fast.
I went through the morning program with everyone and luckily some pointed out a few areas which I overlooked. Of the sisters, Joo, Daisy and Yen Ling are experienced with being a Jie Mei but it's a first time for Haiqi, Jasmine, Emma, Ivy and Jasmine Chua.
We thought of 4 games, enough to cover the 45-mintue gate-crashing. 1 warm-up game will be played at the door step before the borthers and groom are let into the living room to continue 3 other games.
I can't wait to see them play the games and how they are going to be 'tortured' by the sisters! I believe the games that we thought of will be fun to play and at the same time, turn out aesthetially well on the photos too.
Ivy managed to rush down from her dept dinner and joined us at about 9am to learn more about the games that the sisters will be playing so that she can fill Yen Ling in.
And so, the meeting ended off with the run-through of the evening program and handing out of the skirts and t-shirts to the sisters!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Raymond
We had a casual meet-up with Raymond for the first time at Coffee Bean, 313 Somerset. Almost could not recognise him so we called to make sure that we do not identify the wrong person.
He was friendlier than we thought, though not as talkative as Joe. Everything went smoothly and we told him that we would like both him and Andrew to take some photos on the taxi convoy and the licence plate of our bridal car too.
Andrew will start out from Henry's together with the band of brothers and Raymond will arrive at my house at about 5am to capture moments of the hairdo and makeup.
Raymond showed us the photos and the montage that they did for Alicia's wedding a couple of weeks ago. It's a standard template style adopted by AR which we like, so we can put our mind at ease and leave the 2 of them to the job.
We requested to use "Wanna grow old with you" by Adam Sandler as the song for our photo montage but it was too short a song. In the end, we decided to use "Can't take my eyes off you"!
He was friendlier than we thought, though not as talkative as Joe. Everything went smoothly and we told him that we would like both him and Andrew to take some photos on the taxi convoy and the licence plate of our bridal car too.
Andrew will start out from Henry's together with the band of brothers and Raymond will arrive at my house at about 5am to capture moments of the hairdo and makeup.
Raymond showed us the photos and the montage that they did for Alicia's wedding a couple of weeks ago. It's a standard template style adopted by AR which we like, so we can put our mind at ease and leave the 2 of them to the job.
We requested to use "Wanna grow old with you" by Adam Sandler as the song for our photo montage but it was too short a song. In the end, we decided to use "Can't take my eyes off you"!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Betrothal Day!
The first customary preparation that made me feel it's getting really close to the Big Day.
Grandmother arrived at 8.30am, followed by Granny and 4th Aunt at 9.30am.
Henry went to collect the wedding cakes from Sweetest Moments at 9am before making his way to my house with his Uncle and Auntie.
He called to pre-empt that they have arrived then all of us 'hid' in the kitchen while they made their way in, placed all the wines, Si Dian Jin, oranges, canned pig trotters, traditional pastries and wedding cakes on the table.
Betrothal goodies...
Everyone gathered to take a look.
Mommy and Daddy preparing for the nececssary.
I like the cute Xi sticker which my MIL bought! 
The lovely cakes from Sweetest Moments!We went over to Granny's for the ancestral offerrings before bringing Granny back to our house again. After doing some packing and returning of the ang baos to Henry's Uncle and Auntie, we set off for Henry's. We have also brought my new shoes and clothes along with our 32-inch TV which Daddy gave to us back home.
While we do some packing at home, Daddy drove Mommy around to distribute the cakes, canned pig trotters and invite cards to all the relatives!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Hougang
After I triumphed as the cleanliness and neatiness monster, came another piece of good news! We have finally, finally, got a queue no. for the Hougang BTO!!!!!!!!
No more oversubscribed message, no more wasting of $10 for the BTO application (we have spent $70!)!
Our queue no. was 262 out of 528 units so it's a definite that we will be able to get a 4-room this time round.
My PIL were happy to know that it has come to our turn to choose a flat at last though my parents felt it was far away from them. But they understand what's most importantly is not to forgo this golden opportunity!
My FIL was more excited than us so he suggested we went to for a site recce after we buy the bed in the evening.
We are almost settled for the bed which cost at a special promotion price of $699 for a nice bed frame, inclusive of a 12-year warranty mattress. What held us back was the order we made for the mattress from Henry's friend. Until now, there was no confirmation on the delivery date.
Hence, MIL had a suggestion - to buy the bed set at $699 first and if the order for the Slumberland mattress is confirmed, she will replace her old mattress with the one from the bed set. If not, we will take the entire set.
We would like to wait a few more days for the confirmation of the mattress. So, both my MIL and I will go down together to buy the mattress on 20 May.
After dinner, we drove to the site to check out the location. Apparently, it's a distance away from the nearest NEL station, Buangkok but it's close to the nice Punggol Park. I think we don't have much of a choice here. MIL said we could consider buying a small car in few years' time to cut down on the inconvenience of going to work and going back to my house.
No more oversubscribed message, no more wasting of $10 for the BTO application (we have spent $70!)!
Our queue no. was 262 out of 528 units so it's a definite that we will be able to get a 4-room this time round.
My PIL were happy to know that it has come to our turn to choose a flat at last though my parents felt it was far away from them. But they understand what's most importantly is not to forgo this golden opportunity!
My FIL was more excited than us so he suggested we went to for a site recce after we buy the bed in the evening.
We are almost settled for the bed which cost at a special promotion price of $699 for a nice bed frame, inclusive of a 12-year warranty mattress. What held us back was the order we made for the mattress from Henry's friend. Until now, there was no confirmation on the delivery date.
Hence, MIL had a suggestion - to buy the bed set at $699 first and if the order for the Slumberland mattress is confirmed, she will replace her old mattress with the one from the bed set. If not, we will take the entire set.
We would like to wait a few more days for the confirmation of the mattress. So, both my MIL and I will go down together to buy the mattress on 20 May.
After dinner, we drove to the site to check out the location. Apparently, it's a distance away from the nearest NEL station, Buangkok but it's close to the nice Punggol Park. I think we don't have much of a choice here. MIL said we could consider buying a small car in few years' time to cut down on the inconvenience of going to work and going back to my house.
Mummy knows it best!
I was under tremendous stress to pack Henry's room before the big day arrives.
Being a cleanliness and neatiness freak, I just can't sweep everything under the carpet and wait till the wedding is over to do all the packing properly! I felt very troubled and uneasy in getting married in such a messy way.
I stayed over at Henry's last night, hopefully to start on the packing but it failed. Reluctant to get up this morning as I wanted to run away from the reality of packing. No choice but to drag myself out of bed while Henry has gone back to work on a Sat.
I took the liberty to pack all of Henry's stuff as I do not want to hold this back any longer.
There were too many stuff which I don't know if I should keep or throw.
There were too many clutters in his wardrobe and cabinets which disturbed me terribly.
There were too many unused space which are not utilised to their max.
There were too many things lying all over which I have no idea where to get started.
I think my MIL saw how vexed and frustrated I was, hence she offered her help. Being the mother, she knows room packing is not the son's forte and the best time to do it is when the son is not at home to obstruct. Hehe! Therefore, the 2 of us managed to pack, categorise and organise 3/4 of all the stuff properly before Henry got home.
I could not have done all these without my MIL, really. Of course, I expressed my heartfelt thanks to her after that! Love her to bits!
Packing done, and Henry and I were down to cleaning the windows. Tough job, I would say. The windows have not been taken care of for quite a while. We poured away 7 pails of black-coloured water and the 2 pieces of white cloths were completely reduced to a dark shade of grey.
I would say the room is almost 80% ready to be presented decently on 28 May, we will just need a touch-up and minonr packing to do 1 week prior to that!
Being a cleanliness and neatiness freak, I just can't sweep everything under the carpet and wait till the wedding is over to do all the packing properly! I felt very troubled and uneasy in getting married in such a messy way.
I stayed over at Henry's last night, hopefully to start on the packing but it failed. Reluctant to get up this morning as I wanted to run away from the reality of packing. No choice but to drag myself out of bed while Henry has gone back to work on a Sat.
I took the liberty to pack all of Henry's stuff as I do not want to hold this back any longer.
There were too many stuff which I don't know if I should keep or throw.
There were too many clutters in his wardrobe and cabinets which disturbed me terribly.
There were too many unused space which are not utilised to their max.
There were too many things lying all over which I have no idea where to get started.
I think my MIL saw how vexed and frustrated I was, hence she offered her help. Being the mother, she knows room packing is not the son's forte and the best time to do it is when the son is not at home to obstruct. Hehe! Therefore, the 2 of us managed to pack, categorise and organise 3/4 of all the stuff properly before Henry got home.
I could not have done all these without my MIL, really. Of course, I expressed my heartfelt thanks to her after that! Love her to bits!
Packing done, and Henry and I were down to cleaning the windows. Tough job, I would say. The windows have not been taken care of for quite a while. We poured away 7 pails of black-coloured water and the 2 pieces of white cloths were completely reduced to a dark shade of grey.
I would say the room is almost 80% ready to be presented decently on 28 May, we will just need a touch-up and minonr packing to do 1 week prior to that!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Colleagues.
I have officially handed out all the invite cards to my colleagues today.
Some of them were very sweet. They were all prepared and were only waiting to receive my invite cards and some mentioned that they have already marked on their personal calendar, save for the 3 Accounts people who didn't really 'give face'.
Two of them were hesitating when I asked if they were free to attend so I said they can let me know at a later time, which kind of disrupted my plan to do up my seating arrangement asap.
When I handed the card to their boss, who is the Senior Finance Manager, she touched the card with one hand (while I was still holding on to it with both my hands) and the moment I mentioned my wedding date, she immediately withdrew her hand and explained that she needs to take her daughter to some classes that will only end at night. Of course, I was taken aback by her action of not even wanting to take the card!
Since I can't possibly reuse the card for another person, I told her I will just leave the card with her. When I related the matter to Henry, he said most likely she feels obligated to give ang bao once she takes the invite card...
On the other a, I got a more positive response from a new colleague who is just 2-weeks old. At least she received the card with more excitment and promise to check her schedule on 28 May before letting me know.
Initially, I was hesitant in inviting her as I thought some people might not like it when she is not on a good term with you just yet. But I feel bad for leaving her out since I invited everyone from the office. Looks like I was wrong.
Some of them were very sweet. They were all prepared and were only waiting to receive my invite cards and some mentioned that they have already marked on their personal calendar, save for the 3 Accounts people who didn't really 'give face'.
Two of them were hesitating when I asked if they were free to attend so I said they can let me know at a later time, which kind of disrupted my plan to do up my seating arrangement asap.
When I handed the card to their boss, who is the Senior Finance Manager, she touched the card with one hand (while I was still holding on to it with both my hands) and the moment I mentioned my wedding date, she immediately withdrew her hand and explained that she needs to take her daughter to some classes that will only end at night. Of course, I was taken aback by her action of not even wanting to take the card!
Since I can't possibly reuse the card for another person, I told her I will just leave the card with her. When I related the matter to Henry, he said most likely she feels obligated to give ang bao once she takes the invite card...
On the other a, I got a more positive response from a new colleague who is just 2-weeks old. At least she received the card with more excitment and promise to check her schedule on 28 May before letting me know.
Initially, I was hesitant in inviting her as I thought some people might not like it when she is not on a good term with you just yet. But I feel bad for leaving her out since I invited everyone from the office. Looks like I was wrong.
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