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~

Went to DESARU on friday morning and back on saturday night. Cant say that I had a great time but also cant say that I didnt enjoy myself. It was more like a weekend getaway with lotsa walking, lotsa seafood and lotsa babysitting~ haha



This is the view of sea from where we stayed, SEBANA COVE. Its a nice golf resort, very quiet, and nothing much to do here except swimming with the babies.



Thats the pool with the bridge separating the pool and the sea.


this is the view from our room.. theres a pond where guests can fish from... i thought it was kinda lame though...


We went to the ostrich farm.. this is a baby ostrich just hatched~


This is a male ostrich.. male ones have darker coloured feathers. And this one is apparently from africa... worth RM20,000~~~



Theres alot of ostrich there.. from babies to adult ones. There used to be one where adults could ride on but it passed away.


This ostrich here is shedding feathers... they go through this process every 9 months... looks like plucked chicken hahhaha~


These are a couple of ostrich eggs.. we could actually stand on it and they won't break! I tried and it felt like standing on rocks~




We also went to the crocodile farm that was kinda boring. Waste of time and money hahah~ but alrite for me, cos i've never been to our local crocodile farm.


We went to the beach too.. Just for like 5 mins and it started to rain~ sianzz...

Anyway, the best part of the trip was the food. Yummy~ Pictures to induce drooling hahhah





Thats all.. No souvenirs except for the mosquito bites~ haha~

Happy Birthday to ME~!!

Okay... another year older...

Its time to grow up, gal~

Some pictures I took at my workplace. Just the gardens as requested by Cheryl. She doesn't believe that we have alot of greenary over here!!!

There is 2 main buildings at my place. One is old building which has been conserved. Another one is a new building that was constructed about 7 yrs ago. These 2 pictures below is the landscaping found in from of the old building.




Below are the gardens in between the two buildings. Left and right Wing.





This is the main garden in front of the new building. I love this garden. It has a water feature with KOIs in it. Plus they have alot of cool structures and statues in all the gardens.



Taken from the rooftop.


See the greenish roof on the left. Thats the cafe with an external garden too.


Thats not all, we still have roof gardens on Level 2, 3 and 6. I havent finished taking photos. There's also a bamboo landscape beside the old building.

I'm so glad I'm not in charge of landscaping... BLESS ME~

I'm just not feeling well and that's it~

STOP NAGGING AT ME~

I've had enough already~~!!!

Guess what~~???

I finally got something that I've been eye-ing for since last year~!

TADA~

But I don't have a MMC card reader for my Micro SD. So I need one urgently~ If not, I can't load new games into it!

Super HAPPY~

Thanks to my dearest ah bui~ Love ya~

This guy is super CUTE~ And he is only 21!!!! Gosh~ I'm so in love with him!

Presenting my crush for the moment... JESSE McCARTNEY

A video of my performance taken by Weicai.
~Thanks dude~ But stop calling me AUNTIE~!!! I am younger than u hor~



That uncle is going to demand copyright fees from me again~ haha~