I'm in the finals~ It's tomorrow night~ hehe

And I'm finally singing the song that's been playing on my blog for ages~

I'm going to just enjoy myself and see how its goes.

There's only 3 gals out of a total 12 in the finals~ I just wish to be the best among the gals~

Got to go practice liao~

My semis is on sat~ yippee~ no need to take leave liao~

I suddenly remembered why I was so happy with my performance last week. I set a goal for myself and I achieved it~ Thats why~

I told myself (and WC too~) that if I am able to have everyone's eyes fixed on me instead of the tv while I'm performing, then it would be a great and successful performance. And I did it~ Well... not sure how true lah but at least the MC said so~

Anyway, no one has told me exactly what are my strengths in singing. The most common comment that I get from judges are '你唱歌让人觉得很舒服' and thats about it.

But I want to hear more leh~ don't always say the same thing la~ Say something to help me improve??

Finally, some excitement in my life. Joined a competition, went through audtions and quarters. Now going into semis.

But the dumb dumb semis will be on 29th & 30th May~ afternoon 2pm~ Siao boh?
29th is friday leh~ 2pm?? then got to take leave? wah piang~ cannot believe this.

Pray hard I kena saturday one~

And the worst thing is, the FINALS will be on 2nd June TUESDAY LOR~ haha..
If I really get into finals, got to take leave again~ SIAO BOH??

Anyway, see how first lah.. get into finals then decide.

Anyway, now it comes down to songs selection. I've got to submit songs for both semis and finals.

Do I want to do well and sing something that I've sang duno how many hundred times?

Or do I want to just enjoy and sing something that I've just mastered and wanna perform only?

Decisions... and I hate making them...

Been really lazy to blog or maybe its because there's nothing to blog also lah.

The wedding was a blast~ Cant help but be super impressed at myself for planning the entire thing and my timings were spot on! Thanks to all who attended and definitely to those who helped. Really appreciate you all.

The inspiration to blog today came from some events happening in the office. Lots of office politics, no.. shud be department politics. New head come, old head go. New staff outcasted by old staff. Yup, I'm one of the newbie but i'm glad there are more and more newbies like me coming into the picture.

But recently alot of turnovers in the department. The Head is 'banging into the wall' because of all these people. Hope everything turns out fine.

In the mean time, I'm just going to do my part of the job and leave the politics behind me~

Less than 4 days to go~ OMG~

I still havent collected my mass booklets~
My seating arrangements are not done yet~
And the final figure is~ 61 TABLES~ FAINTZ

On another issue, guess what I saw on the weather forecast???
Everyday SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM~ Wah piang~ Dont leh~

Ti Gong, I don't need super super good weather~ I just dont want the rain to come okie?? Scatter the rain to the west lah! THANKS AH!

Please po pi po pi me hor!

Everyone, please pray for me~

Rain rain go away, come again after friday~ Let the 'hor sin' rest one day~

Hello?? Am i the only one getting married??

I sourced and ordered the bedframe.
I went down myself to talk to the wedding card printer.
I went down myself to collect the wedding cards.
I bought the stamps.
I wrote all the invitation cards for your friendS.
I sent them all out.
I alone meet up with my own friends to pass them the invitation cards.
I had to ask your sister to contact your little niece and nephews to be my page boy and flower girls.
I had to go ask around to find flower baskets and ring pillows.
I had to ask your sister to contact your auntie for the church deco.
I went online to find the template of the mass booklet.
I went to meet your cousin myself to ask for her advise on the mass booklets.
I typed the mass booklet myself.
I went down to the printer and check the price. You said too ex.
I went down to Bras basah to check prices. Then you say printer cheaper.
I called the printer to get all the details.
I amended the template to the correct size and mail it back to the printer.
I presume I will going down to collect the booklets myself too.

I only want a simple rehearsal at the church. That's all. Is it so difficult?
You keep saying its very standard.
BUT I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED A CHURCH WEDDING IN MY WHOLE LIFE??
WHAT IS STANDARD?????

So what if you paid for everything?? SO WHAT??

Date : 28th Jan 2008 (43 days to go)

Called the invitation card printers at Excelsior this afternoon and asked for Connie. She is highly recommended in the singaporebrides.com forum for her excellent service. She told me that she was the only one working that day so she asked me to go down earlier. But the lazy me decided to laze around till later afternoon. By the time I reached, it was already 5pm. To my surprise, there was already 2 more customers there~ 1 was being served and the other one waiting for her turn. So I decided to walk around and went back in 15mins later. By the time i got back, there was another couple waiting at the door~ Don't understand why everyone have to go at the same time~

So after serving the 2 customers before me, this couple thought i was there later and cut my queue~ So i was like... okay lah, anyway i'm not rushing for time~ Connie kept apologising.. poor woman haha

So finally my turn came, I decided to choose the simplest form of printing. There were fanciful cards with ribbons, but the thought of having to tie them myself made me drop the design. Then it was between printing on the card directly or printing on another piece of paper then sticking it onto the card. The difference in cost was only $10~ And by paying the extra $10, i do not have to paste 350 pieces of paper on the 350 cards~
Of cos, I chose to pay lah~ Dont have time for this kind of arts and crafts.

So I paid the deposit and got the receipt~ OMG, the numbers were exactly the same 4 numbers as matt's grandma's new 'address' - 6287 ! Though my number was in random order - 6782 but i wouldnt have gotten it if that couple didnt cut my queue~!!

And i didnt realise this until i was chatting with my mom 2 days later~ which was friday! So I immediately smsed matt to buy 4D. and guess what~

WE STRIKE 4D YESTERDAY~ FIRST PRIZE HOR~

Thank you ah ma for your big big angpow~

Date : 21st Jan 2009 (50 days to go)
Went down to the hotel to pay deposit and got all the details i need to prepare. Eg, choice of food, food tasting date, invitation cards printing company.

Next most important thing is the invitation cards. I need to get them printed by 21st Feb coz my mum will be going into Malaysia to pass the invitation cards to my relatives there. So I have less than a month to get everything printed! ARGH~ HELP~

I've confirmed my sisters entourage and I'm happy~ There will be 8 sisters and brothers if nothing goes wrong~

I'm still working on my guest list. Its more or less done on my side. Just having some headaches with my ex-colleagues list~ Hope I can work it out soonz~

Date : 19th Jan 2009 (52days to the wedding)
Today, me and matt went down to Orchard hotel to discuss our wedding package with the planner. Its lucky that their ballroom are available when Grand Copthorne's was not.

Orchard Hotel was our first choice actually but their ballrooms were not available on 26th dec.

So when I first knew that my wedding date has been changed, I called Grand Copthorne but their ballroom was not available. The next hotel in my mind was Orchard Hotel and I'm so glad that theirs were available.

I also like this wedding planner than that of Grand copthorne. She is much more friendly and easier to talk to. Anyway, we will need to go back down on wednesday to sign the contract and pay the deposit.

My package with Grand Copthorne Waterfront is available for transfer. So if you have a friend who's looking for wedding packages.. please feel free to contact me. The package is for 26th Dec 2009.

Though I didn't get my bowl of shark's fin soup, I still had fun performing the song. I do hope the couple liked it.

As the uncle says, its a dark dark performance...

Karen actually suggested that I keep a journal of current adventure...
Planning a wedding in 56 days...

So instead of starting a new blog, I would just incorporate this in my blog becoz I can foresee myself blogging alot about my wedding... so i might as well~

Date : 18th Jan 2009 (53 days to wedding)
My sis and mom accompanied me to the bridal studio to choose my gown today. I wasn't as excited as I expected myself to be but it was definitely fun changing in and out of the gowns. There were a few designs that I liked but it came down to 2 that I prefer. They are not the traditional satin with embroidery style that are so common nowadays. I really like one of it, it was simple and elegant... almost princessy but the gown didnt really compliment me much as the bottom makes me look abit rounder. My sis and mom prefer the other one but it was abit loose on the top and therefore I wasnt able to see the full potential of the gown. Guess I will choose again during my second fitting.

As for the evening gown, it was a really quick choice. I knew in my head the colour that I want and so I just need to try on gowns of that specific colour. I'm sure I will like it more after they amend it to my size.

Second fitting will be on 2/2/09 and our wedding shots will be taken on 5/2/09.

Its confirmed. 13th March 2009 will be the big day~

I have 56 days to plan a wedding!

GOD BLESS ME~

We went to the geomancer and ask him if we could still carry on with our wedding as planned.

He threw us a super big bomb. We only had 2 options.

1) Get married 2 years later which is year 2011 or,

2) Get married within 100 days! He gave us 2 dates.
13/3/2009(fri) or 24/2/2009(tues).

There goes my perfect wedding date.. sobz~

After checking with hotels and bridal shop, it is possible to get everything ready in 2 months and wed on 13/3/09.

I do feel that 2 months is super tied to get everything ready. Imagine having to choose my gowns, take the wedding photos, get the album done, give out invitations, inform the church, collect my wedding cert and everything in 2 months? Its crazy and going to be super stressful~!

His mom and sisters are all encouraging us to wed in march since we already have available hotel and bridal packages.

So now I'm faced with a huge dilemma~ Do I want to get married within 2 months or to wait 2 years?

I have no idea~ Don't ask me yet~

How would you feel having a stranger sing at your wedding?

Thanks to the uncle, I'm going to be the stranger~

A whole new experience for me... scary!

PS: I want my bowl of shark's fin soup.

Matt's grandma passed away on 3rd January. She was admitted to hospital on christmas day due to some infection on her back. As she had diabetes, these kinda infections are not small issues.

While she was in the hospital, she was looking very healthy and almost ready to be discharged. On the morning of 3rd Jan, matt's aunt visited her and even fed her lunch. And at 3plus, we received a call from the hospital, telling us to all go down to the hospital course grandma wasnt feeling too good.

So all of us rushed down and realised that his grandma's heartbeat had already stopped. Apparently, she passed on in her sleep. And the next five days, we were busy with her wake and funeral.

It was her wish for matt and me to go through a church wedding, but sadly she can't be physically there to attend it now. Of cos, we still go through a church wedding to fulfill her wish.

She's had a good life and I'm sure she is somewhere in heaven watching over the Lim family.

MERRY XMAS EVERYONE!

Feel the festive mood~

But the weather is dampening the mood a little~ sianzz

We are the champions~~~! haha

AQUEOUS GEM~ I'm so proud of them~
They won!
And they definitely deserve it after all the hardwork they have put in.

I also put in effort by being the Number 1 FAN and the leader of the FAN club haha~ We had a little fan club going on.

We made everyone wear either black or red. My sis paid for the materials for the banners while I made them with some help from the rest of the gals. Nicole and Jacq bought all the stuff that made a hell lot of noise during the dinner.

We definitely enjoyed cheering for the STARS~ Everyone helped in blowing whistles, cheering and holding up the banners while the STARS performed.

I was kinda disappointed when they awarded the 最佳人气奖 to another contestant. We thought we were the loudest of them all! For a second, Me and Weicai looked at each other with super puzzling expressions. But then I realised, that means there's chance for them to be in the top 3. And indeed, they emerged CHAMPION!

My facebook is bombarded with loads of photos and videos of the event. I feel happy when logging into facebook nowadays haha~ It brings back memories of the same event last year.

A year has past just like tat, and I don't feel like I have made the fullest out of this year. It just went past very quietly.

I hope year 2009 will be abit more colourful~

I'm in need of singing therapy~

Got to sing the blues away~

Anyone interested?

Haven't got mood for anything recently. Not even ktv.

Something is wrong with me, but I don't know what.

Feeling down, very down. But cant find the reason why.

Nothing to look forward to in my life now. Nothing~

Tired, am very tired. both physically and mentally~

I need rest~ lots of it~

Let me rest in peace. Don't ask. Thanks alot.

Just attended our first smarky's wedding dinner on sunday night at Conrad. Enjoyed chatting and suan-ing each other at the table haha~ And I sort of can imagine the same's gonna happen for my wedding dinner too.

Throughout the dinner, I was taking little notes in my brain... The whole time I was thinking... 'If it was my wedding, I would...." Crazy crazy me~

I liked the way the dishes were separated into little dishes for individuals. That would be nice if not everyone at the table knows each other. But this took time off from the servers and prevented them from refilling our drinks.

There's one thing that I am always very particular about and that is having an empty glass during the toasting. It will be super embarassing to be holding an empty glass and saying YUM SENG but not being to even sip something out of the glass.

During the dinner, I realised that the MC plays a very very important part in the wedding. Its their responsibility to create the ambience or environment of the whole event. If you have a joker as MC, that would be nice as it lightens up the solemn mood. But how much he/she can joke is the key. Funny is ok. Cheesy / crappy is not!

But if you have a MC that reads from the script and nothing more, then it becomes a really boring evening. If I really have to choose between the two... Oh man~ I cant decide~

I have done MC-ing for 2 weddings and I can't say that I belong to the joker category. I usually leave that to the guy and just go along with the flow. But that will only work well if I know the guy beforehand, where I could predict the kind of jokes he would crack.

Anyway, I've been asked to be the MC for my good friend's wedding coming early december. I hope I will be able to find a balance between funny and boring. One thing that worries me now is that I do not who I'm partnering with. Gosh~