HDB Queenstown Flat selection

Today 13-12-2006 is a D-Day for our flat selection. I am very worried that our queue number 187 will not be able to get us our preferred choice, which is #26-314. However it was already taken up by the others on the very first day. So we list down our priorities. After going through all the anxiety and stress, we finally got our Number 22nd choice, which is a unit at level 27. We feel so relieve and happy to get a house of our own.

2nd Fitting

Today I went for my 2nd fitting for my wedding and evening gowns. Joanne was there to give me my trial makeup. The makeup was very good and natural, Victor and I thinks that its very nice. Victor say I look very pretty with the makeup and the gowns.
Huimin on leave today, so she went to see my fitting. Hehe... she also praise that the gown and makeup was good. hehe... Feel so excited about my photoshoot in Bintan now. The gowns was abit lose on me, meaning I have slim down abit. However, Helen do not want to alter for me yet, cos she is afraid that I will gain back after x'mas and new year season. So I am waiting for my 3rd fitting before my photoshoot in Jan for her to alter it. Victor was also excited with his own fitting. He was changing all different suits to see which one suits him better. Helen commented that he is definitely a "hiao" groom. What do you guys think? Haha...

Love of the Ring

Yesterday, finally we finally selected a pair of rings at Lee Hwa Jewellery shop at Orchard. The design is half brightly polish and half gross. My ring cost more and heavier than Grace's ring. Keke. The feel of it so solid, at least does not feel like wearing a can drink cap. Grace's ring has two lovely small diamond on the top. It comes with a lovely ring pillow. But we will still have to wait for the shop to finish customizing before we can have the rings in January 2007.
The two rings really suit us, as when we pick the rings there are no objection from either of us.

Next we went over to Centerpoint HUSH Puppy shop and bought a pair of shoes. I like the comfort cushioning of the shoe sole. Maybe they should rephase it "HUSH Puppy AIR".


Grace also manage to get a pair of wedding shoes from U.R.S. It look very nice and shiny on her, I think she will definitely look nice and beautiful on our wedding. Can't wait to see her with the nice Divine gown with the pair of shiny shoes. Keke.

The lucky number is...

Today is such a happy day.. This morning I checked HDB website, and the result is still not out yet. So I was quite ken cheong.. so I called HDB and asked.. I was so happy that the HDB staff said, "Your balloting is successful." hehe..

Hurray... Yippee... We got a queue number from the balloting exercise. The lucky number is 187. hehe.. Which means that we have at least 68 flats to choose from the blk of flat.. Hm.. Getting very excited with our lovenest. hehe.. Both of us are so happy that we can get a house there. Yippee....

Tonight, I went to Divine to confirm my wedding gown. Victor saw the gown, both of us like it, so one thing off my tray. hehe.. I love going to the shop for fitting, Helan, my designer will give me lots of ideas on the design. Really enjoyed my time there.. now need to confirm my evening gown design, and looking forward to the fitting.

Photo Montage in minutes...

I tired using Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows XP. Thumbs up for this freeware from Microsoft, it can really help you to create a simple photo montage in just a few minutes. The following are the steps to creating your own photo story.

1. Import your photos.
2. Add text to your photos (if any).
3. Perform customize motion (Photo Story will perform some motion on your photos, you can skip this step, unless you want to customize the motion.)
4. Select background music for your montage.
5. Specify a location for storing your photo montage.
6. Your photo montage is be created.

It's as simple as 1,2,3.. haha.. I am going to use it for my wedding photo montage. Now gotta start finding some photos for it.

Chances of getting our house

The balloting exercise have closed, and the total number of applicants are ... 1572. Wow.. 254/1572 = 16.16%, we have 16% chance to get the house. Hm.. Properbility is higher than striking 4D. haha.. I am getting optimistic with the result.. ;)

Phase 1 of Lovenest - Application of flat

Today I happened to access the HDB site, and saw that there is a balloting exercise going on. I was so happy, and click the link to find more information about the balloting.

Hurray.. The flat that we are waiting for is finally out for balloting. I was so excited, and give Victor a called. He is as excited as I do, we are really looking forward to get the flat, and create a lovenest of our own. We immediately applied for the Queenstown 4 room flat without further delay (as if we will get the house as soon as we apply.). So what are you waiting for, wish us luck, and pray that Lady Luck will be with us for the balloting exercise. Hehe.. ok, as a reward for those who pray for me, I will treat you to my house warming party (if I got the flat). Thanks in advance for your prayers. Hm.. But the result will only be out by end October. I am looking forward to receive good news on the result, will update you guys again. ;)

Getting a Videographer

After seeing comments from people in the forum, we have finally met up with a few videographers. And the winner is.... Christopher Tay from HiLO production.
He is definitely value for money. For the amount I pay and the work he produce, I believe its a good deal. ;) Hope I won't have any regrets.

Trying out the gowns

Yesterday I went to Divine and try out a few wedding gowns, its really feel great to wear the wedding gowns. Although its just the initial stage, but I am really getting very excited about it. Haha...

My designer Helan, gave me a call today and told me that my photo shoot will be on 2nd March 07. So excited.. Looking forward to that day..

Birthday Celebration @ Angsana Bintan

Wow wow.. we had a great trip in Angsana Bintan. The beach, the sunset and the resort are so beautiful... Everything is so nice and beautiful, its simply so romantic to be at this place to celebrate Victor's birthday. I would highly recommend couples to go there for a short getaway. ;)


There were a couple who had their dinner on the beach under the moonlight, isn't it very romantic.. Look at the picture, that's the tent where the couple is going to have their dinner. Its specially setup for them. I took a picture of it before they arrive at the tent. Opps.. But I have left my footprints on the sand.. Gotta run before they catch me. Haha..


Just before we leave the resort, we treat ourselves to a very enjoyable spa (and expensive :( broke liao..) session at Angsana Spa. It was a great spa experience. So shiok... Would really like to do the spa again when we go there next time.

Pre-wedding Photography

After flipping through so many photo albums, we have decided on the "story telling" type of photos for our own wedding photos. We manage to meet up with Peter Lim from Daylight Pictures.
He seems to have alot of passions for his works, and we love the way he designed the photos layout. So we decided to sign up with him for both our Pre-wedding photos and our Actual Day photos.
We meet up with him today to view his works again, and make deposit to him for both the services. Oh.. time really past very fast, when Peter ask about our wedding date, Victor replied him, "Next year, today." All of us laughed.. The way Victor answer is so cute.. hehe.. So glad to have him. Yeah.. one thing less to worry from our wedding list.

Will upload some of the pictures after the photos sessions. Happy waiting.. ;)

Bridal Boutiques

Other than the wedding banquet, bridal boutiques is the other "big" thing that will keep us running away and comparing the prices. At first, we thought of going to JB to get our bridal package, but later a friend of ours told us its not worth time and effort. She told us she regretted doing that, and advice us to not to follow her footstep. So we end up aborting the idea.

After attending so many wedding shows, seeing so many gowns wore by models, visiting so many bridal boutiques, we are more prepare and know what we want from a bridal shop. Those one-stop bridal shops really turns me off with their "hard sell" tactics, one of the shop even insulted us, when we say we are not really interested in their package. Another didn't want to let us leave until they finish with their "sales pitches". Then we went to some of those designer bridal boutiques, and was happy with their service. They didn't gave us any pressure, and their gown are much beautiful and of better material. Although these boutiques are much more expensive, we still think its worth it to sign up with them, as we want to feel happy and comfortable when visiting the bridal boutique, without having pressure of paying more for this and that.


Now we confirm we want to sign up with a designer bridal boutique, we need to make a decision on which one to take. Hm.. the fight is between Divine Couture and Silverling. Their style is very much the same, however, we felt that the quality of gown at Divine is better than Silverlining, and Divine is slighty cheaper. I bet you know which one we choose in the end.

Wedding Banquet @ GPPR

We have finally selected our wedding venue. We sign up with Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel during their wedding show today. We saw the hotel bridal suite, the room was very nice and cosy. In addition to that, the room has an outdoor jacuzzi. Wow.. I am definitely looking forward to use the jacuzzi after my wedding.
We are quite happy with the hotel, except for the bridal shop that they tied up with during the wedding show. It was Z-wedding, both of us are very pissed with their hard-selling style of promoting their packages. Angry with what they say to us... hm.. Guess with their attitude, their business wont last long.

Our Love Story

We got to know each other in Melbourne, Australia. He was my housemate, and he is staying in the room beside mine. We start to have feelings for each other as time goes by.. On 10th March 2002, we were chatting on ICQ, and he wrote these.

"
Victor : What if someone in the house like you?
Grace : Depends on who the person is. =)
Victor : This person's name is the name of this state without the 'ia'
Grace : Then I will be happy. :p
"

That's how he win my heart. haha...

The Proposal

This morning, I woke up feeling excited. Today is the day that I am going to propose to Grace. With the proposal ring in my pocket and bouquet of pink and red rose, I am in a confident mood. Even the flower shop girl also wish me good luck. With the big bouquet of flowers at the back seat, I pick up my Grace, she was absolutely delighted when I ask her to turn around and saw the flowers. keke..


After dinner, I brought her to Marina Mandrain, there is a very romatic lounge with live band. I ask for an excuse to go the gents, but in-fact I went down to get the flowers and the ring. I purposely dedicated a love song "Now and
Forever" sung by Richard Marx. I waited for the song to start and I walked anxiously, accompaned by the F&B manager and his assistant. It must be a long walk with smiling watchful eyes looking at me and my flowers.
When I reach Grace, I kneeled before her and said , "Grace, I know that I am not a good boyfriend, but I deeply believe that I will definitely be a good husband. Will you married me ?", she seems touched, and reply "Yes", I continued , "If yes, please take this ring as my token of my love for you. She accepted the ring, with appause of the surrounding people. Grace was nearly moved. At last, I have succeed. haha. What a great occasion.


Nice ring on her beautiful hand.