Si Dian Jin

The long-awaited task for the wedding - buying PJs and Si Dian Jin!

Bought 2 sets of silk PJs in pink and blue at only $28!

Headed to a jewellery shop at People's Park where MIL's friend is working at. I spent an unexpectedly shorter time in choosing as compared to the jewellery selection at Poh Heng with Daddy.

I tried on 5 necklace designs and 8 bangles designs before I set my mind on these eventually:





They cost my PIL $2,800. MIL actually asked me to pick another pair of earrings but I'm satisfied with these 2, which I will wear them for special occasions!

Clothes dryer

A second worthy investment that we are going to make:



Chanced upon this article from a 2008 magazine!

A great solution for my laundry when I move over.

Bed sheets

Bought 2 sets of bed sheets from Home style at IMM for only $79 per set!!! Usual price: $399.

Consists of:
2 pillow cases
2 bolster cases
1 Queen size bed sheet
1 quilt

Confirmed!

Club Med has a room for us from 1 - 5 June!!!!!

I have a strong urge to take a month's leave - 2 weeks prior the wedding for preparation and 2 weeks after for Honeymoon... even at the cost of taking no-pay leave.

Photo album

I could not put the casual photo album on hold any longer. So I dedicated a few hours editing the layout that Henry has done up previously.

Finally, we sent it to print at Album Stories via their online services.

I have also discussed with my MIL on the ordering of wedding cakes, so I told her those from Sweetest Moments are good choices. She has no issues about it and let me decide on the preferred package and to go ahead with the ordering.

After seeking Mommy's opinion, I placed an order on 30 boxes of their LOVE set which consists of 2 mochi, 2 brownies, 2 swiss rolls, 2 fruit tarts! Will arrange to collect on 15 May, 9am which is the Betrothal Day.

The card to be included in the wedding cake boxes.

Maldives

We made a trip down to Travel Carnival at Expo in hope to get a good deal for our honeymoon to Maldives.

Checked out a few travel agencies like Nam Ho, Five Stars, AE Travel, etc. We found the package offered by Nam Ho under Club Med most attractive bcos of the full board meals and unlimited water sports activities. However, it was at a whopping $7,000plus!

We deliberated over the few choices and even called up another travel agency which Henry researched on for the quote but most agencies have packages that include accomodation and air tickets only.

Being quite confused, vexed and undecided over the choices, we left to meet our musician, Khairi at Tampines Mall McDonald's.

We discussed about the music for the dinner and the song for our parents after the thank -you speech. He's an experienced and jovial guy who is very passionate about music. He is familiar even with Chinese, Hokkien and Japanese songs!

I felt quite excited about our wedding dinner while talking to him cos he has lots of ideas about various genre of songs. He took note of our special requests and told us he will play by the ears on that day.

We do have intention to extend another session of 45 mins which will cost us $100 more.

With the music settled, we went back to the Travel Carnival to sign up for our Honeymoon package. Eventually, we signed up a 5D4N package with Club Med under Konsortium for their Water Bungalow at $7,010.64 after bargaining. Travelling dates are from 1 - 5 June, SQ flight.

We spent quite a while deciding the travelling period and only managed to secure these dates after checking the seat availability. Then came the bad news - Club Med Kani might not have room available from 1 - 5 June! Konsortium can only check on Monday but the person told us not to worry as chances of them holding back extra rooms are quite high.

Actually, the deals at the carnival are not to-die-for, they just threw in a 24" suitcase and a 3-piece breakfast set for us.

Manicure + Pedicure

We got a great online deal from Groupon - Classic Medicure + Pedicure at $20 by Beyond Beauty!

Sister and I bought a total of 4 vouchers for us (including younger sis and Mommy) to pamper ourselves on 27 May, day before wedding!

There's a little problem. They don't have enough manicurist to do 4 at one go... so we might end up in different outlets.

Oh, I changed my trial makeup appointment on 28 Apr, Thu instead as it coincides with my company D&D. Luckily, Chris is able to make it and he is nice enough to inform di Gio of the change on my behalf :)