Gown Selection

I am finally going for my gown selection tomorrow afternoon at Seletar Broadway. Have to choose a WG and an EG. From my past experiences during gown selection, I look best in a halter, heart-shaped neckline gown. Off shoulder gowns makes me look bigger than I am although it can mask my big arms. Halter gowns can also hide that piece of flesh near the armpit that is the bane of all women's existence.

Heart-shaped gowns flatter my shape but strapless gowns are a big nono as the bust tends to fold over onto itself resulting in creases forming on the gown just below the bustline. Toga's also look good on me so I might be getting a Toga style for my EG. Empire or A line cutting is also a must to hide by big tummy and slim line my body shape. Keeping my fingers crossed that I am able to find the gowns that I like.

Wine Selection for Banquet

What is a dinner banquet (酒席) without alcohol? As my banquet package does not include red wine, and the wine that the restaurant is offering us is on the high side, we have decided to source for our own wine.

I have checked out Carrefour and they have it on 30% consignment basis. Another one is Bottles & Bottles at Parkway Parade. Theirs is also on 30% consignment with minimum $400 spent. Being a complete novice on red wine, we bought a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon to try on the recommendation of the sales girl.

We have not opened the bottle yet but I been reading up on red wines this morning and a lot of recommendation is for a German Riesling which is sweet and fruity to be paired with Cantonese cuisine. From what I learnt from the salesgirl, the Carbernet Sauvignon is more full bodied compared to the Merlot which is lighter and fruitier. The Merlot also compliments Peking dishes which features heavier meats like duck and beef. According to this article,

“There are a few wines that will work well paired with Chinese food. They are a medium-dry to lightly sweet Riesling, a Chardonnay, not too oaky, not too dry, and a mild, full-bodied Merlot with just the right amount of acidity. Riesling, Chardonnay and Merlot wines always go well with a variety of foods and are very safe to be among your choices when pairing a wine with Chinese food to enhance the experience.”

Source: http://EzineArticles.com/955731

Since we cannot serve white wine because the Chinese are superstitious as White is associated to death, and Red is associated with Weddings and happy occasions. I believe we will be taking the Merlot after all.

Now Listening to ..

I was blog hopping when I came across this song by Christine Fan which tells of her love story with Blackie.

Been putting this song on repeat and I still get goosebumps everytime I hear this song.

Her lyrics are super meaningful.. And never fails to make me think of J.

范瑋琪 - 最重要的決定 Lyrics

《最重要的決定》

詞:姚若龍 曲:陳小霞

我常在想應該再也找不到

任何人像你對我那麼好

好到我的家人也被照料

我的朋友還為你撐腰

你還是有一堆毛病改不掉

拗起來氣得仙女都跳腳

可是人生完美的事太少

我們不能什麼都想要

你是我最重要的決定

我願意 每天在你身邊甦醒

就連吵架也很過癮 不會冷冰

因為真愛沒有輸贏 只有親密

你是我最重要的決定

我願意 打破對未知的恐懼

就算流淚也能放晴 將心比心

因為幸福沒有捷徑 只有經營

Quote of the day

We did not change as we grew older,

we just became more clearly ourselves.

 ~ Lynn Hall

Our Love Nest Progress 2

I have been following closely the progress of our love nest via forums where forummers periodically upload photos. My block is one of the slower ones at level 5. The fastest one is already going on level 10. Word going ard the forum is that TOP will be 3rd or 4th quarter 2012 up from 1st quarted 2013 which was what HDB told us. I can't wait to get my keys. On the other hand, reno would be another big ticket item which we will have to fork out. Have to scrimp and save ...

Source: bern from Construction of Punggol Residences Album Forum

8 Weeks till our wedding

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Things off my To-Do List:

• Mummy's Qipao checked
• MIL's Qipao checked
• Delivery of Bed arranged for 6th May
• Invitations for my friends and colleagues have been done
• 1st batch of invitations have been hand delivered
• Food tasting checked

Now Listening To ..

Bridal Shop

We have finally confirmed our bridal shop with just 2 months to go till our AD. 2 weeks back when I found out that Judy Wedding messed up our order and they promised to send me photos of the WGs and EGs (I have not received any calls or emails from them till date. This is what happens when you have paid full before collecting your items), I decided to have a backup plan since it was too late to MTM a gown with the cheapest contact that I could find previously.

I took a 1/2 day leave and went BS shopping with C. Our first stop was Bluebay at Delphi. Tried on a gown which I totally fell in love with. Super princessy and the Wow factor was there. I was not prepared to fork out another 2K for 2 gowns though. So the next stop we went to was GHA at Marina Square. The lady quoted a price which I was pretty comfortable with for 1 EG, 1 Kua and 1 WG but I still wanted to check out the gowns that they had over the weekend before committing. So I arranged to go down to their outlet at Yishun where they had more selections. Our last stop was at Graceful Image at Tan Quee Lan St. No doubt their gowns were pretty and the designer was very patient but 1 WG already exceeded my budget.

As luck would have it, while I was scanning through the SingaporeBrides forum, there is a section on exchange of BS. Decided to take a look and chanced upon this thread where the guy was looking to sell his comprehensive AD package (w/o PG and VG) from Seletar Braodway at a price much lower than when he bought it and the price happens to be slightly higher than my budget. Decided to head down to SB to check out their gowns and found that the gowns were pretty ok so we decided to buy over the package from the guy if he was able to decrease the price. And guess what? He agreed and we went down to the BS to do the exchange yesterday afternoon. Am a happy girl now cos the package also comes with a Bridal Car (which can be exchanged for $200 off my package if I am not using it) and accessories for me.

One more big item off my To-Do List and I am so looking forward to the day of our AD.

10 weeks till our wedding

And more stuffs off my To-Do List

• Completed re-beading of 姐妹s gift
• Finished sewing sash for 姐妹s
• Sent out first round of SMS-es to guest
• Collected invites
• Prepared 1st draft of AD schedule (to confirm again 1 week before)
• Prepared helpers role

Disappointments

Pardon my lack of posts for the past week. Have not been in the mood to blog as I've been busy looking for a bridal shop for my gowns. Was orginally planning to get the gowns which I have tried from Taiwan but the BS (for those who do not know, my BS is Judy Wedding Taipei) lost my receipt and I do not have a copy of it. Only knew that they did not have any record when I asked them for the umpteen time to take a photo of the gowns for me to refresh my memory on what I have chosen. WTH! Although they said they will take some photos of other gowns for me to choose but seeing and wearing it is different. It might look nice but when I wear it it might be ok only. Giving me problems so close to my wedding day. Super pissed off now. Anyway it has been 5 days since they said they will send the photos to me and previously when they said they will call, they nv call. We have decided to write them off and get another local one asap so I am now scrutinizing the forums for cheap deals and hopefully I will be able to get a BS by next week.. On the bright side, at least they did not screw up my albums..