tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38672081510612858072012-02-16T22:10:12.437+08:00William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.comBlogger961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-34344648711688042872011-04-02T18:41:00.006+08:002011-04-06T19:07:34.300+08:00

I will be going to be 38 weeks tomorrow! I have been having weekly checkups with my gynae since my 36 weeks.We had chinese new year celebrations during the trimester and I had a total of 8 Yusheng tossing. Although it was not advisable to eat this festive dish for pregnant women, I ate only the vegetables only. Maybe I'm having a bunny inside me, Yusheng was especially yummy this year!We had our

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The pregnancy sickness started to subside after 14 weeks and my energy was slowly returning.2nd trimester is a much better period for me. Although I do not have any cravings, I have food that i dislike such as ham, hotdogs. They r mainly processed food, well, thats fine!One of the 1st things during my 2nd trimester was our babymoon trip to Hong Kong! We bought the air tix b4 I knew I'm pregnant,

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It had not been easy for me and my hubby during my 1st trimester.I had spotting for 3 weeks and I had been advised to bed rest for about a month. My appetite was not good and had pregnancy sickness. I worried quite a lot for little baby because of my past. However I also try to stay optimistic. I am very hopeful to my weekly gynae visits. My baby's heartbeat was detected about 7 weeks. I could

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Missed menses for a week liao. So I had decided to do a little urine test using a home pregnancy kit (unknown brand) which I had bought online. test done on 15-Aug-102 lines = Positive!!!Really happy and excited about it. However, I was still unsure about the accuracy of this test kit. So, I bought a branded test kit from a pharmacy to test again.Test done on 17-Aug-10It stated : Pregnant 2-

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My hubby and and I got know this very special someone when it was 4 weeks old. We don't know what is its gender. It was someone who we had looked forward to see in 9 months time. William gave it a name while its inside me and its called 蔡小Cute (Chua Xiao Cute). We would call, talk to and sing to Xiao Cute everyday. Our bonding got closer everyday.However, mummy got spotting every few weeks and

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It was the chinese new holiday and William's family had decided to go for a holiday since everyone dun have to work during this period.We had taken a night flight from Singapore and reach Melbourne the next morning.Went on the great ocean self drive trip and we stayed 2 nights at Apollo Bay.This is Apollo Bay.We also visited the Cape Otway lighthouse along the Great Ocrean Rd. This is the famous

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It has been one year since we been through our nuptial ceremony. Time flies!I think we will not be having much celebration today but more of a family outing today. Going for a concert by some veteran singers (i dunno who they are but my mom in law likes them).Anyway, I want to appreciate my hubby for taking care of me well, supporting and spending as much time as he could with me (he spend most

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This is one of the song which will remind me of our honeymoon holiday. Lovely memories of our trip kept coming back whenever I hear this song.Thanks to Vincent the punter who had sang this song during our punting ride along Avon river. This had our honeymoon even unforgettable,memorable and romantic.

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It was my "kor" Jennifer's wedding last Saturday. For us, Matthew and Jennifer's wedding was the 1st wedding dinner since our wedding.I'm very happy for them and sweet memories of our wedding rolled back in our minds during the banquet.I was too busy watch the newly weds that I had forgotton to take some pics during the banquet and even got a chance to throw a few pieces of rose petals too! It

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Sorry that I have not been blogging for quite sometime. Ok, I shall do some about it. Write our our new life ba.We have been living in our own for about 7.5 months now. From different upbringing and family background, we have to accommodate and let each other understand our mindset and habits.William had been a fantastic husband. He makes breakfast and drives me to work every morning, even though

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William doesn't like to have pets at home. After pleading him to allow me keep a hamster, we finally brought this little 3 weeks old satin short-haired cream banded syrian home today. Gender still unknown.I have decided to name it Udon. It was very frightened when I first met it. Maybe, its was its 1st time being all alone leaving its mommy and siblings. Don't be afraid Udon, you will be taken

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After introducing so much about our New Zealand trip, I think it will be useful that I put down some links for everyone's reference.Transport:Singapore Airlines - www.singaporeair.comIntercity Coachlines - www.intercity.co.nzTransalpine train - www.tranzscenic.co.nzNew Zealand Information:New Zealand Official site: www.newzealand.comChristchurch I-site -

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Its the last day of our honeymoon! Felt very sad to leave this beautiful country. How we wish that we could stay longer! We will miss this place! (I'm missing it now.......)It was a fruitful trip and brought back many experiences we never had before. Maybe we will return again someday.Below are some pictures of Christchurch International airport.Inside departure loungeOut gate to

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This was our 2nd last day of our New Zealand trip and we shall spend our day at Hanmer Springs!We had booked our day trip to Hanmer Spring organised by Kowhai tours. Our lovely lady guide, Valmai picked us up at our accommodation.During our journey to and fro, we past many towns like Amberly, Waipara, massive vineyards, Weka Pass, Hurunui and Culverden.Finally, after about 1.5 to 2 hours of

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After the farm visit, we went for horse riding. As we were first time riders, we were taught how to ride a horse. After that, we rode the horse for about an hour, follwing a path and walking along Waimakariri river.I fell in love with horse riding!The border collie loves William in particular!

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After our Cathedral visit, we met up with David of Canterbury Adventure who brought us for our sheep farm visit and horse riding.This sheep farm was located around Woodend (off Christchurch City). We were greeted by their friendly sheepdog. The farmer then drove us to the field and the sheepdog demostrated his sheep herding ability. The sheeps were very timid and fearful of people! They will

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Christchurch Cathedral is the most prominent building at Cathedral Square. This Anglican church was opened in 1881 and is 60m long and 30m high..It is able to house 1000 people.The high altarOrgan PipesThe Rose Window and Mosaic Panels (represents Christ's 6 classic acts of mercy)The pillars along the CathedralThe York GlassEntrance to tower climbThe tower staircaseThe steps (Have sunken after so

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The main center point of Christchurch is the Cathedral Square. The main landmark of of the square is of course the Christchurch Cathedral. There are also many activities going on the this square like a bazaar, mega chess, pick up for tours, etc.....The old post office building is also a very prominent landmark and houses New Zealand's I-Site ( visitor inforamtion centre).

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After visiting the Arts Centre, we continue to take a walk.Passed by the Art Gallery.Traffic junctions (we saw the Singapore Airlines office!)Victorian Gothic Revival building: Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings and a tram stop outside Victoria Square.In Victoria Square: Statues of Queen Victoria and Captain James Cook (A British explorer).

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The Art Centre was located opposite the street from where we stayed (YMCA). The Arts Centre has many stone Gothic Revival buildings and used to be University of Canterbury.As an Arts Centre currently, it showcased many artwork and crafts. There are many shops, restaurants, cinema and theatre and events like workshops and weekend market.Although I do not appreciate arts, I like the environment of

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We came back Christchurch City again after returning from the Gondola. We came across the Bridge of Remembrance on the way back to our accommodation.This monument was location on Cashel Street Bridge and is used to remember the Army personnel who went during 1914 to 1918 .

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We went to the Gondola after we checked in our last accomodation YMCA.Took a public bus number 28 from Colombo Street bus exchange. As this is the first time that we had taken a public bus, we were extremely and obviously lost. Although we know that this bus will reach our destination, the bus leaflet on the bus did not show where were the bus stops that this bus stops along the way. We kept

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Its another whole day of travelling. This time, we left Queenstown for Christchurch.Boarded the Newmans coach, this time we past towns and places like Cromwell, Omarama, Twizel, Lake Pukaki, Lake Tekapo, Mackenzie Country, Canterbury Plains, Geraldine, Ashbuton....The road becomes less mountainous as we travel. Along this route, the beautiful southern alps and Lakes can be seen. There were many

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Its Valentines Day. We did something tough and rough! Something that William likes... Especially stuff with wheels and if its 4WD with rough terrain, its even better!We signed the Quad bike tour organised by Nomad Safari. We had the chance to ride 400cc Honda all terrain vehicle (ATV). Owing to its power and ability to move on uneven ground, this kind bike is commonly used in farm for the farms

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After rafting, we went around to explore Queenstown for the first time. A lively town beside a lovely Lake Wakatipu. There were any shops selling outdoor equipment, apparel and accessories. Souvenir shops were plenty. Bought most of our souveniors there. It was very cold and windy. I even bought a pink fleece jacket to wear!An open area near Lake WakatipuOldest house in Queenstown: William's

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In Queenstown, well known for its extreme activities like sky diving, bungee jumping, etc. How can we not participate?We signed up for white water rafting which was organised by Challange Rafting and Queenstown rafting. There are 2 rivers to choose from Kawarau river and Shotover river. We were recommended to the latter since we had rafting experience in Thailand.Their changing area is located

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We reached Milford sound after about 5h of coach travel. Milford Sound is located in Fiordland, southwest of South Island of NZ.By road, Milford Sound can only be reach via Te Anau and passing Homer tunnel (a tunnel that cuts through a mountain.Milford sound is a very scenic place making up of mountains rivers, water falls and shores. One of the distinct icon of Milford Sound is Mitre Peak.

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We took a day tour (Coach-Cruise-Coach) to Milford sound from an operator called Mitre Peak. The tour had taken up a full day with the coach journey taking up most of the time.However the journey was not to boring with short scenic stops along the way.Te Anau ( A very cold and windy village)After Te Anau Mirror LakeMonkey's Creek and Upper Hollyford View Homer Tunnel and the KeasAfter Homer

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We left Fox Glacier early in the morning next day, boarded a coach departing to Queenstown. It was full day journey with some short stops along the way.We past fox river which came from the melted ice of Fox Glacier.There was a breakfast stop at a Salmon farm selling different kinds of salmon meals. We had out breakfast before the bus journey, so we just browse its gift shop. We pass by Lake

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We saw in post cards of Lake Matheson were very beautiful. It is located off Cook Flat Road which we thought it was quite near by. We set off at around 4pm. As we walk, we had taken some photos long the road. Also self took photos by placing our mini tripod on one side of the road and running across the other side to take photos. We enjoyed the countryside scenery with mountains, grass, sheeps

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Fox Trot is a half trekking at Fox Glacier operated by Fox Glacier Guiding. Equipment such as fleece jacket, backpacks, raincoat, over pants, boots, crampon and sticks were provided. It was raining in the morning when we were on this trekking trip. Our guide was Richard. He introduced to us the glaciers and how they were moved over years.Before we were able to reach the ice, we had to walk up a

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We reach Greymouth about 1.15pm and had to transfer a coach which will bring us to our final destination, Fox Glacier. Greymouth is a small town at the West Coast of south island. The weather was very gloomy, with grey skies, rain and wind. It was really cold but was a typical weather for a place in West Coast area which is rainy most of the time. Greymouth really look like a grey place to me.As

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We woke up early the next day to catch our shuttle bus to the train station. We would be taking this train heading ending at Greymouth. The train passed through the Canterbury Plains, Southern Alps and rainforest in Westland area. It whole journey was very scenic and there were occasional stops and slow down of the train to let the passenger to take some beautiful photos. However it was very

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As we bought a 3 in 1 combo (cost NZD50, consisting of punting, tram ride and Gondola ride), we went for the tram ride next. The tram pass is valid for 2 consecutive days and can hop on and drop off any time. We could only use for a day because we would leave Christchurch for Fox Glacier the next dayThe tram is connected by the cable and a track which travels around the heart of Christchurch

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After enjoying the boat ride, we went for a walk in botanical gardens. The local had told us the Christchurch is a garden city and they have many parks. Indeed, the park is very beautiful, and a stroll was very enjoyable with such a cool and peaceful environment.This is Curator's House We visited the Canterbury museum which was next to Botanical Gardens. It features the history of New Zealand

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The first activity we had done was punting in the park. This was something which I wanted to do very much because I think this is very romantic and honeymoon couple should do it.Our punting route was in Avon River (which goes through Christchurch city) in between Hagley Park and Botanical Gardens. Our punter was Vincent (below) and he made interesting commentary as he punt and enterained us with

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Although, we had prebooked our accomodation and some of popular activities online. We still had other stuff which we want to do.New Zealand is a very tourist friendly place and they have visitor information centre called I-Site in almost every town! it is a 1 stop location to make your enquires, bookings and picking up brochures.

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After about 10h for travelling, we arrived at Christchurch International Airport. New Zealand's time is faster than Singapore by 5 hours.A customs doggie which was leashed by an officer came around stiff our belonging as we wait for our luggage at the conveyer belt.New Zealand customs delarations is very strict especially on the biosecurity part such as no fresh food, outside soil are to be

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We checked in quite early, plus an hour delay, we had a lot of time in Changi Airport. This is the first time that we are inside the departure hall of terminal 3.Here are some of the facilites they had:Handphone charging stationA special toilet for ladiesA lovely butterfly garden.There also many shops in the departure hall. We were kept very busy, even though we had a very long wait to board our

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Giving a brief introduction on the events happened in our New Zealand honeymoon trip.These were places which we had covered at South island of New Zealand.ChristchurchCanterbury PlainsGreymouthFox GlacierJourney between Fox Glacier and QueenstownQueenstownMilford SoundLake TekapoHanmer SpringsCommuting around South IslandWe based at a town (starting with Christchurch) for few days, did some

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Finally! Its coming! We are going for our honeymoon after many months of planning. I had named our trip as Fun, Exciting, Romantic and Scenic New Zealand Honeymoon!Its a free and easy trip covering the south island only. Did quite lot of research from travel book like Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. Some of my colleagues also went before and I had consult them for advise. We bought our air

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We collected our actual day photos and video sometime back before chinese new year from our photographer and videographer Fotowerke. They had a done a good job in capturing our precious moments. Thanks to Celestine and Meng.Will be posting some of the photos soon.

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Our wedding had been very successful! Its had not been possible with our family, friends and colleagues involvement.Our family members and relatives who had been engaged and help a lot with our wedding customary events and preparation from the start to the actual day of our wedding.Our main coordinator of the event, Daming had had been involved into every detail of our wedding from the itinery,

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It was our last day at Furama Riverfront which also meant that our mini honeymoon had come to the end. I looked out from our suite window and had taken the last look of the view. Apart from our wedding day, it had been a relaxing time for us. We enjoyed our stay.In overall, we had not not regretted choosing Furama Riverfront as our wedding banquet venue. We felt very welcomed and our banquet

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We slept till 11am today. We will only be checking out tomorrow because we had converted our anniversary stay to our 2nd night stay. Therefore there is no rush to pack our belongings. After washing up and initial counting of our ang pows, we went to the the Square to have our buffet lunch. So glad that they have salmon sashimi! my fav!I went to had my complimentary head and shoulder massage at

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These photos are taken my colleague, Caroline who is also my emcee that night. These are some pictures of my GSK colleagues who had attended my wedding.

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Its our big day today! Just completed our daytime activites. These are some of the photos taken using my camera. Thanks to Lena aka my pa to helping to take the pics of the actual day.

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Its the last day before my actual day wedding! My uncle's family from Malaysia had arrived and they will be staying over at our home. Appreciated that they came all the way from Ipoh to attend my wedding.My mom and I went for mani and pedi at Fingerworks and then went over to my Floral School to collect some flowers for making wrist corsages for my Jie Meis and our mothers. This is how my Jie

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-45124251251275341452008-11-20T23:55:00.001+08:002008-12-06T00:20:44.187+08:00

Its time to do An Chuan, a chinese wedding tradtion at which a bridal bed is set up. We did a simple an chuan by ourselves. Putting new bedsheets, shifting bed to position, putting yuan into the wardrobe, placing an chuan stuff like peanuts, red dates, lotus seeds, 2 oranges 2 money bags consisting $9.90 and $8.80 worth of coins.This symbolises the good health, fortune and the off-springs for the

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The main programme for the day is to meet up with our coordinator, Albert Liew for our wedding banquet at Furama Riverfront to finalise our contract and to test our media to be played during our wedding banquet.Albert went through the contract with us with many many details which made us feel at ease that many things had been arranged. Our wedding coordinator who is William's friend Daming came

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-68527794342984761412008-11-18T22:47:00.007+08:002008-12-05T23:44:09.206+08:00

It was a super busy day for me today.Dental appointment, trip to hair salon to get my hair trimmed and treatment done,collect my photo montage at academy videodo some shopping for my wedding related stuffmeeting up with my jie meis for a final briefingFor the JieMeis meet up was not just a Jie Mei's meeting up but also my mini Hen's Party @ Esplanade for me.It was a surprise for me and I did not

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-20789834890311222362008-11-17T22:35:00.004+08:002008-12-05T22:42:52.586+08:00

It was last day of my work before my wedding today. I am very busy at work as usual, completing my last user test experiment before I go on leave. I will be back next Wednesday.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-91305273151665563062008-11-13T22:31:00.010+08:002008-11-13T22:47:46.561+08:00

As promised, these are some of photos taken during our Chicks party! The Chicks Starting BBQ The BBQers Taking pics together Rehearsal for the emcees Playing with sparklers, well wishes and saboing The drinkers

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Like one of my colleagues had quoted, this was prelude to the event of the year! Together with Yumin and Meifang who the the main organizers, my other fantastic colleagues and attachment students: Caroline, Jocelyn, Angela, Suellen and Samantha had prepared (since last month) this Chicks party (bachelorette party) specially for me.1st of all, let me introduce our party logo designed by our logo

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-72699321187644157462008-11-03T21:47:00.003+08:002008-11-03T21:53:11.268+08:00

We ordered our wedding cakes from Sweetest Moments and this is the card created by them. This card was included in the wedding cakes.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-15713192904277543842008-11-01T22:36:00.003+08:002008-11-02T23:11:46.559+08:00

Its our Guo Da Li this morning. William, his sister Tiffany and his Aunt Kelly came over to our home with bethrothal gifts.Guo da li is an one of the main wedding event whereby both families of groom and bride acknowledge and give blessing to this marriage.William's family also prepared a bouquet of flowers for me which was pleasant surprise for me. Thank you so much! I love the flowers!These are

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-14729606778381945682008-10-26T23:25:00.009+08:002008-10-27T14:58:02.569+08:00

Together with my mom-in-law, hubby, sis-in-law and her boyfriend, we went to Chinatown to procure our things need for Guo Da Li. My MIL had went racky around the shops selling bridal stuff in Chinatown a few weeks before.The dowry is one of the main category of stuff to buy for the bride's side. Dowry are the things which the bride's family give to bride for her new life at her new home. This is

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-16080626244681832032008-10-22T23:48:00.002+08:002008-10-24T20:10:32.807+08:00

Time flies! Its a month to our big day!Had met up with my Jie Meis this evening. My jie meis are Lena, Karin, Xiao Yun and Pei Ru. They are my good friends who I'm closer to and had kept in contact.This is my 1st official gathering at Rocky Master at Marina Square. I chose this place because it is not crowded (in fact, empty).We had a little warming up session to get to know each other and a some

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-66127452177024096652008-10-20T17:18:00.002+08:002008-10-20T17:31:57.356+08:00

I ordered cakes on the behalf of William's family for our coming Guo Da Li (bethroal). They had empowered us to order cakes we like and will be using ang pow to represent cake.I surfed through a few websites. Shortlisted KYO cake house, sweetest moments and Chocz confectionery. All three have delivery service. I decided on Sweetest moments in the end because of the price, personalised card and

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-82835405379820114042008-10-13T19:23:00.002+08:002008-10-13T19:45:01.712+08:00

Lena, who is my buddy aka my "pa" had recently came back from Germany after 9 months of training by her company. I met her up for shopping last weekend.She passed me this lovely gift which she had bought online in Germany. This gift is for William and myself. I like it very much because the picture of the couple looks very cute. Thank you pa! I have not shown this to William yet. My pa hopes that

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-36719899829117767182008-10-05T17:03:00.003+08:002008-10-05T17:15:09.399+08:00

Its our food tasting session today! We had its as our lunch at the Square restauant in Furama Riverfront. Both sides of our family members participated in this session.The food tasting session is just like sitting together and eating banquet food. The restaurant would provide the menu with a remarks section at the end of each dish which we had selected. We can put our feedback in the remarks

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Jus uploaded the photos. Its one the main page of my blog. Enjoy!

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We went to Yvonne Creative in the evening to review our selected edited photos today. We spent about 2 hrs there.The photo editor uncle showed us our edited photo and make the necessary amendments after we reviewed them. We also chose our big portait and table top photos.After which, he cropped the photos in front of us to fit our 15R and 5R photo albums. Selected our front cover material too.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-90718290392052495722008-09-10T20:11:00.003+08:002008-09-10T20:22:18.878+08:00

On and off, I would visit Sg brides forum to read my favourite thread regarding wedding related topics.One of the thread was discussing about chinese customs stuff like guo da li and dowry. They were sharing where to get the stuff from.I find this website which they shared useful, so I decided to put the link here.http://www.worldoffortune.com/WOF/FY/index.phpThere also this wedding shop which

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-26075673164440911992008-08-31T21:44:00.002+08:002008-08-31T21:49:37.855+08:00

As our big day comes nearer, I have to think about doing an email invitations for my friends and colleagues. How should I go about doing a nice e-invite? I think I have to do a few drafts 1st.

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Last weekend, I received an email from Master Tong, a fengshui master (Chinese Metaphysics global consulting) who calculated our wedding date.He told me that he saw and complimented our wedding website. I was very surprised and happy. As I only give my web address to the people I know, I was curious how he got to know and I asked him. He shared with me how he got to my website. He also wanted to

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-66660212277414598672008-08-24T20:13:00.005+08:002008-08-24T20:37:18.785+08:00

I have been trying to look for nice songs for my wedding. Here are some of the songs which I'm considering to use.All my life - KC and JoJoFly me to the moon - JazzamorSway - Michael BubleDream a little dream of me - Louis Armstrong and Ella FitzgeraldCan't smile without you - Barry ManillowSometimes when we touch - Rod StewardStand by me - Ben E. kingWhat a wonderful world - Louis ArmstrongFirst

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The 90 day plan idea is adopted from my company (As shown below). As our wedding is coming close to 90 days, I have decided to use it as a planning tool to work on the tasks required to do to work towards the wedding. Hopefully my hubby finds it useful too.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-32356318495603305802008-08-17T14:44:00.003+08:002008-08-17T14:57:09.122+08:00

It was our 1st visit to Focal Ad whom we engaged them to print our wedding cards inserts. We selected our insert and wording colour (ivory and matt gold respectively). Stephen who was the in-charge also guided us on the approriate contents to put inside the inserts. He would give us a draft in three days time and would be ready in 1 week after confirming the draft.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-8078039687542717352008-08-04T22:16:00.002+08:002008-08-04T22:41:13.009+08:00

Together with my sis and Xiao Yun, we went to select my photoshoot photos yesterday. As my hubby had something on, he did not come along but picked us up when we left.I heard about many horror stories from friends and colleagues about bridal studios pushing and pressing couples to top up photos and even became hostile to couples if they did not top up. I was quite worried about this. My friends

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-39794906647638045662008-07-03T22:35:00.005+08:002008-07-03T22:53:39.407+08:00

Its an exciting day for us today! Our photoshoot day. Our make up artist is May and photographer is Chris. Here are some of photos taken before our each segment of our indoor photoshoot. As for our outdoor photoshoot, we went to a few places like Ben & Jerrys @ Dempsy Hill, Hort Park Entrance, field at Wincester Road and Henderson Waves. It was a smooth and fun photoshooting time. We can

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I had another round of gown selection today. My mom and bro accompanied me.I selected 1 more gown for our outdoor photoshoot. I had chosen this short gown. I think it look very cute and princessy!Thanks to my little bro who had help me to give his opinions on gowns I tried and selected them very quickly. Also thanks to Denise and Yvonne for helping me to try on the gowns.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-58624134291361341592008-06-01T19:13:00.002+08:002008-06-01T19:38:30.662+08:00

My hubby and myself went to racky a few photoshooting location for our wedding. They are labrador park, HortPark and a swing at Hyderbad Road.It was a hot and sunny day today, even though it drizzled a little while as we left the HortPark.I dun really like Labrador Park because there are a lot of ants! As I will be wearing a bridal gown for our photoshoot, there will definitely them climbing up

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-85305256578341632362008-05-31T14:03:00.003+08:002008-05-31T14:11:07.198+08:00

Sorry, no pics of groom's suit for now. My hubby make to measured his trousers at YC yesterday. As YC will be providing us 2 coats (white and black), he made a pair of white trousers. He will be wearing his own black pants.We will be getting a simple white coat with collar and a half mandarin collar for the black coat.I will take a few pics of my hubby when he does his fitting in a few weeks time.

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-74621233909540062472008-05-28T20:54:00.004+08:002008-06-01T19:40:29.555+08:00

Although our photoshoot will be in a month's time. I have started thinking what to bring for the activity. I also looked through some references from my friends and forum friends.This is the list:mini fanumbrella sunblocktissue and towelwater and snacksblotters panadol and ointmentlipstick, blusher and loose powderslippers or track shoesKindly advice if I had left out anything else. :)

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-81700679320267399812008-05-04T23:12:00.003+08:002008-05-04T23:34:18.519+08:00

My hubby suggested a spacious car such as Toyota Estima for our wedding car initally. I don't mind having this car being our wedding car.Then he came across this Audi A6 through his friend and found it very suitable to be a wedding car. He consult his other buddies which car he should use and all replied him "Audi!" . They reminded him that a wedding is once a life time occasion and should use

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By Edna:I'm very happy today because I'm have booked our honeymoon flight with permission from my hubby! Although our honeymoon will be early next year, it is better to book the air tickets early especially I can get the tickets at a special price and also other charges like the fuel might increase if I book later.This is also the first time that I can book my seats in advance, so I had booked

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-51863290447122756712008-03-24T22:04:00.004+08:002008-03-31T15:57:42.856+08:00

22 Mar 2003 was the day that we left behind our singlehood. Its has been 5 years! We had spent 5 year anniversary at Bintan's Nirwana resorts. Althought it was a short holiday, I feel very relaxed and I enjoyed my time being with him. Taking a stroll along the beach, swam in the pool and sea. I still felt very lazy at the end of the holiday.Thanks dear, for being there for me and accompany me as

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We went to select our wedding (WG), evening (EG) and photoshoot gown last Sunday. I was very happy that my hubby could make it last minute. He was suppose work overtime. My friend, Xiao Yun came along too. She helped to give me some feedback to my gowns which I had tried. Thanks a lot!We managed to complete our selection of gowns very quickly (in about 2hrs!). My gown changing process was also

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By EdnaOur gown selction day is this coming Sunday. I have been looking forward to it, but William told me last night he had to do overtime work on that day. They have a tight deadline to meet and there are not enough workers. Therefore he had no choice and have to help out.Although I had asked my friend Xiao Yun to accompany me to select my gown for an extra opinion, I was so sad and

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By Edna:I had just called up Yan Ping our coordinator in Yvonne Creative. We had made our 1st appointment on 16 Mar. Dunno how it will go. We haven't met Yan Ping since she had took over from Feng Jie who used to be our coordinator. Hope that she is as good as Feng Jie.Looking forward to it and hope that it wll be a fun and enjoyable process!

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-49524602373420918942008-02-13T22:41:00.002+08:002008-02-13T22:50:34.949+08:00

By Edna:We have not been doing much wedding preparations since our booking of AD photographer and videographer last year. We decided to do it after our Phuket trip and chinese new year since we want to enjoy them.Now, we had been to Phuket, I personally enjoy this relaxing and slacking holiday. Chinese new year will be over soon. This will be the time that we have to start our wedding

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-24595514091987744762008-02-02T19:10:00.000+08:002008-02-02T19:22:24.062+08:00

It was one of my colleague's wedding last Thursday. He had the same wedding banquet venue as me.I was invited to attend, sharing the joy as well as considering this wedding dinner as my 1st time trying out the food.The dishes were generally fine for me except for the sharksfin soup which I tasted a bitter taste and the rest of my colleagues on the same table smelled fishy smell.The auntie server

William Chua & Edna Wongnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867208151061285807.post-16885557767685198102007-11-28T22:27:00.001+08:002007-11-28T22:52:15.344+08:00

By Edna:I wanted to post this on the Monday, but pc was not available to me.26 November 2006: The day my hubby and myself tied a knot officially at Maysprings condominum clubshouse. The old and wise Mr Chan Kai Yau was our solemniser for the day. Until today, I'm very grateful to our friends and family who had helped in the preparation as well as attended our solemnisation.Most importantly, I

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By Edna:We met up with Celestine from Fotowerke to take a look at their photos and videos. Both of us feel their works are ok and I feel that Celestine is professional and sincere.They are currently having a promotion, giving us a good rate for their basic package. I want to have the express highlights too and we will have to top up to it.As the express highlights will require the videographer to

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By Edna:Its our minus 1 year anniversary today! Hope that we enjoy our wedding preparation for our big day which is today's next year!

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I think its time to source for photographers and videographers. Had ask for some quotations for a few. Most of them quoted above more than $1k. I feel that its quite ex.Came across one of them in SG brides having promotion at a very attractive rate. I had just arranged an appointment with Fotowerke to see their works.Looking forward to meet them.

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By Edna:Although, Master Tong had shortlisted a few dates for us, only 2 dates (22 Nov 08 & 28 Dec 08) were more suitable to us. Many of us would prefer the former because it is on a Saturday and all of us can get a rest next day.I tried our luck on the 1st date. I had dream venue in mind which was Noble House but they were already booked on both days. My husband and myself decided to get the

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By Edna:As we had planned to get married next year, we wanted to get a good day too. We had shortlisted the last quarter of the year 2008 for our big day.I visited to Singapore Brides forum to find out more about the fortune teller or fengshui masters which they consulted. I shortlisted a few and contacted them to find out more from them.In the end, we consulted Master David Tong from Chinese

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Eversince our wedding preparations started, I have been thinking how can I be less common from others in a wedding banquet which is usually seems to have a 'standard operating procedure' (SOP).Last week, I attended my friend Lijun's banquet and I found that hers is very different and enjoyable. Her husband is a band member himself and they performed during the dinner. I think this is a nice idea.

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By Edna:We went to our wedding banquet venue, Furama Riverfront wedding show this afternoon. We had already booked their Venus ballroom . Just went there for lucky draw and to explore other wedding services.It featured its 3 ballrooms: Jupiter, Mercury and Venus, deco and setup plus a bridal gown show by La Belle Couture. There were also booths which offered other wedding services like

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By Edna: On the night of 18 May 06, I was preparing for my next trip to Krabi when I received a call from my "then" boyfriend, William. He asked me to go down to the carpark to get from him something that his friend asked me to buy in Krabi.I was not really willing to go down because I'm wearing pyjamas and I even asked him to come up to pass the item to me. He insisted that I must come down

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By Edna:Our wedding preparations started since May 2006. It was when we 1st started to look around for bridal studios. I was very excited then, I'm going be a bride! The 1st bridal studio which we walk into is Yvonne Creative and it was the only bridal studio which we hunt. They gave me a chance to try out their gowns. They are very beautiful and I like the designs very much!We further discussed

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