Next month is the day!!

Oh.. Time is running so fast, my big day is just next month. I am getting more and more anxious as each day passes by. Hm.. Seems like we have cleared quite alot of things in my wedding task list. Well.. thanks to my dearest HTB (hubby to-be), he has been putting in alot of efforts in getting the things done, and making sure that I can relax and stay pretty for the big day. Pipi, really appreciate all your efforts.


I have uploaded some more photos. These photos are edited by me, how's my skills? Haha.. It's still far from the professional. I am just doing it for fun.

My ang bao box and photo montage are done. The photo montage and ang bao box is very well done. Big thanks to Huimin and Weiyang. ;) You two really help me alot, thanks for all the hardwork and effort.

Outstanding items on our plate:

1. Finalize guest list (Big headaches for this)
   
2. Coordinate with hotel on wedding theme, favours, etc
   
3. Coordinate with Videographer, Photographer, and Makeup artist
   
4. Come out with actual day schedule and coordinate with brothers & sisters

Interview with MyPaper on 16-Mar-2007

Direction Map of Grand Plaza Park Hotel

Honeymoon in Switzerland & Italy

We went to the Travel fair at Suntec last saturday, there were lots of people queueing to enquire/sign up for the tour packages. We went to ASA, CTC, Dynasty and SA booth. After going through the different schedule and pricing, we finally choose SA Tours. We heard from our friends that their are the better one for leading Europe tours, and the tour schedule can meet with our requirements. Although its the most expensive among all, we believe that it will be value for money. Hm.. Now looking forward to the trip and saving for Rolex watch from Switzerland, LV and Gucci bags from Milan. Keke.. It's unlikely that we will have enough for the Rolex before the trip unless fortune god is with us. Haha...

So one thing off the task list. Oh.. its actually two things off that list - honeymoon and wedding car. Haha... We are honour to have Grace's long time friend cum buddy's boyfriend to provide the car and act as "Ahmad". Special thanks to both of them Huimin and Weiyang. Although I don't have a Mercs, I still want to volunteer myself as the driver for your wedding next time round. haha... Or maybe both of you can pray for me that I strike 4D, Toto, or Big Sweep, so that I can afford a decent enough car to be the wedding car. Keke..

Live Interview with Radio 1003

We just came back from the live interview @ Radio 1003 for their new 爱情马拉松 programme. We talked about our dating experience, our wedding preparation and the Marriage Preparation Programme (MPP) we attended. This program is sponsored by MCYS, so naturally we talk more about the good things of getting married, and about the MPP course. We really think that the MPP course is a very interesting session and couples who plans to get married should attend to know more information about marriage life. To find out more on MPP, please go to http://www.family.gov.sg. We were quite nervous at the beginning, but the DJs are very professional and lead us into the conversation. Both Wen Hong and Li Mei are very friendly, they showed us their equipment in the studio, it looked very interesting to both of us. Here's the photo we took with them inside the studio.


It was an eye-opening experience for both of us. Their studio seems quite new and well equiped. After the interview, we realise that its not easy to be a DJ, you really need to be quick-witted and be able to handle the machine well to be a good one. Overall we enjoyed the interview and will definitely be interested to visit the studio again.


This two 2530 的幸福 CDs are the door gift we got from 1003

3 months to the day

Outstanding task list :

1. Register with ROM for the solemnization
2. Source for wine to be serve on wedding dinner
3. Arrange for wedding car and helpers’ car
4. Printing of invitation cards
5. Come out with guest list
6. Buy new mattress & bed sheet
7. Gou Da Li stuff, eg. cakes, buffet, etc
8. Photo Montage (Pending my two dear friend)
9. Selection of wedding album photos and design
10. Coordinate with hotel on food tasting, wedding theme, favours, etc
11. Coordinate with Videographer, Photographer, and Makeup artist
12. Come out with actual day schedule and coordinate with brothers & sisters
13. Confirm with JP on solemnization time
14. Get emcee for dinner (Recuriting volunteers urgently!! Pls let me know if you have anyone in mind)
15. Book tour for honeymoon
16. Any other things that we missed out in the list
    

Photos from the Bintan shoot

Well-printed DVDs part 1& 2 from our Photographer, Peter Lim of Daylight.

Forget about the beautiful sea, with eyes on beautiful Grace only.



Striking pose at the beautiful green



Relaxing pose infront of Banyan-Tree BackDrop

Why are they not looking at the beautiful bouquet of flowers ? Beats me !



Wow.. that's a sweet look into the camera. Try to camouflage by wearing white ?




The Sun, the Sand and the Sea. Hey look, Victor is sinking into the sand

These are just some sneak previews of our wedding photos. To view more photos, please attend our wedding on 19th May 2007. For any comments, please email us at victorgrace.wedding@gmail.com .

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.