My Perfect Wedding Photo Book

What does picture means to you? To me, it immortalizes the happy moment that I have and allows me to enjoy the moment again every time I look at the picture...and what does picture book means then? It crafts a story of the happy moments that I experienced that I was brought back to the time to cherish the memories again...

Few weeks back, my photo book from Pixajoy finally arrived. It is a photo book that tells the story of my wedding day....ok, my wedding was actually slightly more than a year ago but I was tooooooooooooo busy that now only I have the time to do it ~.~  (actually it's because the voucher was expiring soon :p)

Being Featured in WedResearch ^^

Wow!!!! I'm over the moon ^^ I'm featured in the Malaysia Top Wedding Blog ^^

WedResearch has garnered popularity among brides-to-be since its debut and has since top almost all other wedding websites in Malaysia. Le Ann, the lovely lady behind the blog, definitely understand the frustrations of future brides that she hit the right button eh?

Anyway, in one of the recent posts on how to research the potential make-up artist for your big day, Le Ann has used my wedding make-up artist, Yen (of Yen Make Up) as the example, and guess what...I'm featured in that post ^^

If you are a bride-to-be or even groom-to-be, WedResearch is a page for you :)

Curling Hair with Sponge Curler

As I did not book any make up artist for my wedding reception at Bagan Serai, I was looking for simple DIY hairstyling on the web. Then I saw this key-shaped sponge curler on a website of an online shop. Among benefits it claims are you can sleep with it overnight since it's very soft, and that it curls hair without heat so it is not damaging the hair.

But the price was not cheap. RM20 for a spongee thingy?? No way....I have to let it go...

Then one fine day while shopping at the AEON (formerly Jusco) pharmacy, I saw the same product on the display rack...and it was darn cheap at only RM6.90!!!!

 

So I took one pack and made my payment. 

Everyday I Love You...

I didn't know this song until when I was looking for song for my pre-wedding photos...instantly I fall in love with this song, and decide...This!!! This would be our MV song!!!

And the lyrics for this beautiful song....

I don't know, but I believe

That some things are meant to be

And that you'll make a better me

Everyday I love you 

Last Chapter of Manicure and Pedicure

After done my first and second session of manicure & pedicure, I still have another 2 sessions left before the package expired on 30 September 2012...but it was already 21 September and I would not want to 'torture' myself for 2hours++ within the same week lol ^^

So I brought Mom along, to enjoy the pampering together on that day...one thing good about this package is it is transferable to close family members :P

I can't remember the girl's name who served me, but I still remember how patient and passionate she was when doing this design for me; strong maroon base with white and yellow flowers and motifs...love it :D :D

Loving my Tiara ♥ ♥ ♥

It was by chance I entered this contest....I was simply browsing the Facebook, looking for ideas for my wedding...thus my browsing tend to be on wedding pages from those wedding vendors lol....and so happened I bumped into this Wedding Planning page...and so happened I saw this tiara (oh, so beautiful !!) giveaway contest going on...

The contest rule was easy. It was:

1. LIKE our page

2. Simple question for you to comment: 
"Do you need a wedding day coordinator? Yes or No, tell us why?" 

Simple right? So I decided to give it a try....

My Bridal Affair with Tom Wedding City

Bridal shops and wedding services business are really blooming these few years, as many couples are now more willing to pay a bomb for that special occasion. Some spent more than 10k for the PS, and some went abroad to Bali, Korea, Perth, Taiwan etc for the scenery as a backdrop to their pictures....wow...

As for me and my fh? We signed up a bridal package in January 2011 during a bridal fair at MidValley Megamall, without doing much research and have no idea on the plenty of choices we could have consider. Well, I think our impulsiveness was due to the thought that our wedding would be in the same year...

Anyway, we signed up with the first booth right in front of the entrance, Tom Wedding City (TOM = The Only Match), where the BS is actually located at Jalan Loke Yew...the staff that served us, Lily, was actually the MUA for the BS...because we were so 'naive' on wedding stuff that time, we didn't negotiate much but just listen and nod our heads, swiped the card and signed on the dotted lines without negotiating for extra =.=" Lily told us that since we were the first couple to sign up on that faithful day, we were given discount RM1k, so our package cost RM3k only...till now I'm not sure if she was just trying to make us feel lucky and also as a persuasion strategy lol, because I know the normal package at Tom Wedding City is also around RM3k only...

As our wedding postponed to October 2012, so do our pre-wedding PS. It finally happened in April 2012, after many phone calls by SA Helen to remind us lol...Helen talked very sweetly on the phone that it made me feel comfortable, haha good job...during our first meet-up, Helen told us that Lily has resigned from Tom, so we would be assigned another MUA...doesn't matter to me lah, haha...

So my SA is Helen, MUA is Jacquelyn and PG is CM...and album designer is Bing...our package costs us more than RM3.5k after upgrade, excluding miscellaneous such as fake eyelashes, ampoule, hairspray, nude bra and white wing collar shirt, which were sold at very marked-up price =.=" and we only got the basic usual stuff oh since we didn't negotiate much...

Note: Pictures below are not the actual album design...the BS didn't give us the design soft copies... Helen told me that the design would be additional RM30 per page =.="

This is our first image for the Tom exclusive themed shooting. I chose the dress during the gown fitting day, but not the background and setting. The setting that I chose should be dim lit and has flowers around...I'm not sure why the setting was changed without consulting us, and even worse I didn't voice out the wrong setting...stupid me...We chose 5 pictures only for this image, as many of the picture outcomes were really not nice and I looked really 'weird' from some angles...

A Thousand Years by Christina Perri

I was at hubby's colleague's wedding dinner when I first heard of this song. This song was used as the photo montage background music of the beautiful couple's wedding day....immediately it made me felt warm and sappy hearing the song...what's more, it's for a wedding video!! My heart melt right away omg...!!

I was determined to find out the song title...I can't remember how exactly I found out, but months later I realized that the song is titled "A Thousand Years", voiced by Christina Perri. In fact, it is from the album "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", lol...me not a Twilight fan, so pardon me :P :P

Review by a critic: "Initially, it sounds just a bit sappy and even a bit twee, however, stick with it and as the Waltz time begins to sway more and more the song moves into a bridge that is stunningly gorgeous. It then melts back down into a gentle place before sweeping along into a pleasing conclusion."

Wish more beautiful songs like this....♥♥

p/s: See also my choice of wedding songs ^^

Slimming Band for my *Fat* Arms

I am not fat, but I have *quite* fat arms...ugh, flabby arms...all the fat consumed over the KFC or McD meals seem love to converge to my arms... =.="

I want to look great on my wedding day...and so I'm looking for lazy way to lose the fat...then I saw a merchant from one of the many the group discount page offering the Upper Arm Slimming Band at only RM15....cheapest among other merchants selling the same product... ^^

 Picture source from Groupon. But the pair that I bought was not from Groupon...

Picture source from Groupon, another merchant...also more expensive compared to mine :P

Sneak Preview of My Pre-wedding Photo

Yesterday, we went to collect our albums and other stuff from the bridal shop that we engaged.... Excited?...jeng jeng jeng.....

The big photo frame for bedroom (24'x48'), smaller photo frame for '娘家' (18'x12'), big album (18'x12', fully designed), small album (08'x12', fully designed), album box, calendar for year 2013, love card (which is actually poker card), '姊妹' pictures (06'x04', 50 pieces), photo montage movement DVD (1 song), original photo file CD (70 poses)

This is the first page of the big album...it's outdoor photoshooting...

Ronald Cheng & Kelly Chen - 製造浪漫 Zhìzào Làngmàn

I'm falling in love with this sweet song!!! The melody is catchy, the tune is great, the lyric is awesome!!

Sung by Kelly Chen (Chén Huì Lín) 陈慧琳 & Ronald Cheng (Zhèng Zhōng Jī) 郑中基, this song generally urged us to be creative and actively seeking opportunity to create romances in our daily lives, so that the love with our loved one remain strong...aww, so sweet ♥♥

I think the song is a great companion to a wedding MV...wee...♥♥

p/s: See also my choice of wedding songs :)

Wedding Songs

I've been cracking my head lately to choose which songs suitable for my wedding march-in, wedding photo MV, couple photo MV, first dish presentation, songs to play over the dinner bla bla bla....

These are a few songs that I've shortlisted and love so much:

Evergreen:

• The Wedding (Ave Maria)

English:

• 98 Degrees - I Do (Cherish You)
• Backstreet Boys - What Make You Different (Make You Beautiful)
• Boyzone - Everyday I Love You
• Bruno Mars - Marry You
• Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
• Celine Dion - I Love You
• Celine Dion - The Power Of Love
• Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
• Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
• George Benson & Roberta Flack - You Are The Love of My Life
• Westlife (ft Diana Ross) - When You Tell Me That You Love Me

I ♥ Nail Art

I have always loved to see nail art...it takes patience and skill to draw a beautiful design on the narrow surface...the end result is always satisfying, and you just can't stop admiring your pretty nails...

But i'm too lazy to learn the skill, haha....that's why i signed up the manicure + pedicure package at Kamar Emas, Sogo so that people would do it for me, hohoho...well, to be exact, i was 'duped' to swipe my credit card and sign on the dotted line =.="

Anyway, the package of RM252 includes 4 sessions of manicure + pedicure + nail art, and a small gift...not too bad huh, considering i never really spend a lot to pamper myself... (^^)

 This is the design that i chose during the first session, one day before my pre-wedding photography shooting in April...simple and nice....

 This design looks good on the sample, but the end-result was not so....it looked like my toe nails are dirty or i have some kind of weird disease that infect my toe nails =.="