One more year left.

And Yes, our countdown begins now!!! Exactly one year from today, we will be declared as husband and wife in front of all our guests. But before that, there are still many things yet to be settled. So stay tuned with more upcoming updates. Cheers! : )

Double Happiness wax seal kit

In order to create more oriental touch on our wedding invitation, Elizabeth went to purchase a Double Happiness 囍wax seal kit from bigdeal.com.sg at a very cheap price. hehe.

This kit includes the following:

1 double happiness stamp 2.5cm in diameter, 9cm with handle height.
3 wax sticks, 1.1cm*1.1cm, 9cm height (in box)
1 heating spoon
2 heating candles
1 gift box

Unfortunately because of the large number of guests we are inviting, we foresee that the 3 wax sticks won’t be enough and thus, we will only stamp on VIP invitation cards. Hehe. :P ( if possible, we will purchase extra wax sticks in order not to disappoint our beloved guests. haha. Please stay tune for more upcoming wax seal pictures.

Confirmed PG, VG and Instant Print Vendor

After a few rounds of discussions and contemplating for a week, we have finally decided on our AD PG, VG and Instant Print vendor - Mojoideas on 27th Sep 12.

Both of us like MJ for its:
- Express highlights that emphasized on gatecrash and tea ceremony
- Express highlights lasted for about 7-9mins in average (value for money! Haha!)
- Highlights includes the Jie Meis and Xiong Dis blessings (Will definitely heartwarming when we look back at the video many years down the road)
- AD photos met our standard
- 4R Instant Prints throughtout banquet (the usual is credit card size while this is 4R)
- Able to confirm the PG and VG on our AD
- Free Live Feed (this happens to be a promo for their 8th Birthday)

Highly recommend Mojoideas if you are looking for a vendor that provides everything for AD. Its also saves you trouble to find a separate VG, PG and instant print vendor.

Mojoideas (MJ)

Met up with Jaze from Mojoideas (MJ)on 19 Sept'12. MJ is another vendor that Zhi Xiang and I shortlisted after I saw the Jul-Dec 12 publication of Blissful Brides. As from previous post, we have meet up with Beehoon Productions and Unique Colours (UC).

I would say MJ's VG and PG standard is rather close UC's. That is why both Zhi Xiang and I are in a dilemma now. Although their pricing is only a few hundred difference.

What we like about MJ is their video. We felt that it emphasized a lot more on the areas which we felt are the highlights of the morning. It also felt closer to our hearts when MJ actually include the jie meis' and xiong dis' blessings in the highlights. *Plus point!*But UC is able to include our solemnization into the hightlights! *Dilemma*

On top of that, the size of the photos are 4R instead of the usual credit card size photos. *Another plus point!*

Jaze also took a pic of us and gave it to us as a gift. He showed us his printer which he highly raved about and we are assured of the quality of the pics and the ability of the printer to print continuously for 4-5 hours.

MJ is also willing to go the extra mile to video Zhi Xiang's preparation in the morning and then come over to my house to video my preparation because we stay just 2 blocks away. Therefore, we do not need to top up for an additional VG in the morning.

Decision to be confirmed. :)

Unique-Colours (UC)

A few of my friends highly raved on UC so I checked out their work in their website and FB before I dropped them an email and arranged for a meet-up.

Showed dear dear their work but their prices exceeded our budget by quite a fair bit. Still we decided to meet up with them to discuss further.

Adrian (the boss of UC) met us personally. He showed the different albums and the quality of the albums are really excellent. Dear dear loved the leather album. He also showed us what are the equipments that they have and will be using for our AD depending on our needs. He also showed us different feel that couples portray on the actual day and they will choose an appropriate song to suit the feel. Needless to say, the quality of their videos and photos are also outstanding. 真的是一分钱一分货.

He showed us a particular video and I was so touched by the vows made by the couple that I teared. Deep inside me, I told myself that I will come up with my own vows and so much dear dear. Wahaha...

Discussed about their package and they are currently running a promotion where we can choose between free instant print, printing of our wedding pics or live feed. Adrian was not pushy at all. This makes us feel at ease. No obligation to confirm on the spot.

After the meet-up, dear dear said that he will increase our current budget to UC's price. But this time, I am the fickle-minded one cos of the price.

Beehoon Productions (BH)

BH was highly recommended in Bluebay (BB) forum in FB. So I decided to enquire on their price package. The brides-to-be in BB are really nice people and they shared their different AD PG & VG in the forum. So I emailed all the AD PG & VG requesting for their price lists.

BH has the lowest price which attracted dear dear. Haha... It was much lower than our budget so dear dear urged me to arrange a meet-up with them.

Meet-up with Nigel and another guy whom I cant remember his name. [Sorry :( ] They showed us their express highlights, photos and Save-the-date video. Can really see their effort in doing the videos. Dear dear feels that their videos are not bad. But the downside is I don't fancy the style of their photos which I feel that photos are also important especially for AD. It is a once in a lifetime event. Once it is over, its over. So I do not want to take any risk.

Their package is so value for money that dear dear don't mind signing their package on the spot and also their add-ons like instant print, live feed and photo booth. But I stopped him as I feel that I need to recee more vendors before deciding on BH.

3-D Cardstock Cakes using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

I have been thinking of customizing my very own ang pow box and Zhi Xiang totally agrees with me. We came up with a couple of designs for the ang pow box. We already have some rough ideas of how it is going to be like until I chanced upon this video on youtube.

Shall take this design into consideration. :)

The Proposal II

Genting Highlands - 5th Aug 2012

Thought that this was purely a trip for us to relax but it turned out to be another proposal for me. Dear dear planned it months before this trip. Really touched. This time, I have many photos and videos for this special day. Haha... 

Knowing that I love to watch Running Man, he made use of that idea and gave me missions to complete. Those were easy tasks but my brain was stucked at one of the mission. My best friend and her bf already solved the answer while I was still trying hard to solve it. Stupid me. 

The whole mission ended with him kneeling down to propose again. Of course I tearfully agreed. 

For this 2nd proposal, he folded 106 paper roses (cos I don't fancy real roses), a heart shaped necklace and a pair of wedding bears bought in Genting. 

Thanks Dear dear for this wonderful proposal. 我是幸福的! Many thanks for my best friend and bf for helping out to make this successful. Thanks best friend for being the photographer and her bf to help out by pasting the pics in your hotel room and being the light-man. 

求婚成功！

Sophia Wedding Collection

During one of my gathering with my ex-colleagues, they asked about my wedding preparations. Upon knowing that I have yet to finalize my AD WG and EG, one of them strongly encouraged me to drop by Sophia Wedding Collection (SWC) to take a look at their collection. She raved about their pretty gowns and their good make-up skills SWC did for her sister-in-law.

I am looking for gowns that gives people a princess feel, simple but yet classy at the same time. Preferably with some lace at the edges of the train. 

I did some research on SWC and a few other bridal studios like Z Wedding, White Link, Silhouette The Atelier and Yvonne Creative. Also saw some of the wedding pics posted by some brides wearing the wedding gowns from the various boutiques.

Saw White Link's Bridal Fashion Show at Marina Mandarin's Wedding Show. Their gowns are not really my cup of tea. Checked out Silhouette. They have really fantastic gowns but of course tagged to very nice prices too. :(

Came across many awesome gowns in the Jan-Jun Edition of Blissful Brides. Tried to make an appointment with Z Wedding on the same day as my appointment with SWC but they were fully booked. So I dropped by SWC first.

Hebe, the coordinator at SWC was really nice and patient. I told her that I needed an extra set of EG/WG for my local PS with Lightedpixels and she added this into the package without hesitation. Candy was the lady who helped to search for gowns that suit me. On the day of my visit, I tried 2 WG and 1 EG. I love it! One of the gowns was simple with a sweetheart neckline and toga on the left side the bottom is very bling! It gives me a very sweet princess look while the other gown gave a more sexy feel with a low cut neckline, body hugging corset and the whole dress is so bling! The EG is a striking fuschia pink toga with black lace as the toga. The edges are surrounded by black lace. Totally in love with the colour contrast!

Discussed with Zhi Xiang and Sherline. Sherline thinks that their offer is great and having accompanied other girlfriends to other boutiques, she was definitely the person to ask if this deal is good. Zhi Xiang on the other hand felt that we did not give other boutiques a chance and is therefore hesitant on signing with them. But the majority wins! Haha.. I was really won over by their pretty gowns.

永恒的爱情之旅

Today, our eternal love journey blog was officially created. We feel so blessed not only to have one another, but to get to celebrate our love with all of you thru this blog.




Photo taken in Hong Kong - yr2010

Eliz and I knew each other for about 9years before we started dating again in 2007. Over the years, we are happy to have gone through the good and bad times. It has been an amazing journey and I seriously couldn’t imagine we have been through so much together. So after five years of dating, i finally decided to propose to her on 14 January 2012. What's more, we have also decided to tie the knot on 24 November 2013!

And as we are approaching to a whole new chapter next year, we thought that it would be good to actually note down the 酸甜苦辣 and also share our preparation for our big day. So please stay tuned for more updates.

The Proposal I

It was a simple day. After dinner, we had actually agreed to go KTV but because I was held up at night, we couldn't make it for the KTV in time. So dear dear suggested to go Waterfront and just sit down and chat.

As usual, we chat about anything under the sun and it did not strike me that he will propose on this normal day. He even dropped hints like if I was ok if the proposal was not done in a posh venue with roses and expensive gifts, would I mind. But it did not occur to me that he will propose on that very night.

He suggested to walk around and in the end, we stopped at somewhere with lesser people. Suddenly, he said that we can start searching for a banquet location and I rebutted by saying no proposal nothing how to look for banquet as we have to finalise a wedding day. He kneeled down and took the proposal ring and said other touching things. My tears dropped uncontrollably. I was shocked and touched.. I agreed to his proposal.

The kpoh me started to ask him about his search for this ring. It was then I realized he bought the diamond from a diamond dealer (he went with mummy!) and he designed the ring! Aww… So sweet.

Presenting my engagement ring!