OH MY GODDDDD.. ITS 12 HOURS COUNTING DOWN TO BFF MIKO'S WEDDING!!!

Its been such a ride: the ROM, the process of planning the wedding, and the final meetups leading to the actual day.
And its not easy..!

The worst part is the guest list where u have to act like a loanshark and run after everyone, hounding them to RSVP.
And its sad when people are reluctant to come, or make blatant requests not to sit with certain frenemies.

So all couples get stuck trying to make everyone happy, yet filling up the tables nicely.
I have not been married before , but I heard that this happens in ALL weddings.

Hence, so the rant list goes on.. hehe.
:)

And its not even MY wedding yet!
Keke.

Enough of my anal retentive personality disorder.
Wanna see what I got for my BFF?

I really hope she likes it.
(Although technically its not for her.. so..)

Lovely owner of LOVEWRISTLET wrapped it up so nicely I cant really bear to open it all up to take pictures!
Registered mail, no less.



Lovingly assembled and created specially for our night theme - all delicately handmade from scratch!
Can u guess what is it?
:D

So cuteeee! Love My Melody... (or anything pink for that matter.)



Love comes in small doses.



Individually wrapped waiting to be opened on the wedding day!
CORSAGESSSSS!



Distinctively unique, the colour theme was thoughtfully created by LOVEWRISTLET based on BFF's Miko 'dark' night theme.

I LOVED IT!!!!

Usually you have the usual peach, white or pink flower corsages - but this dark midnight blue/purple combination is so exclusive and striking.



Another view.
The pearls between the roses give it a classic feel as a hand accessory.



All 5 jie meis will wear this only at night at the banquet, because its so chic and glamorous.
Nice???

Special thanks and with much appreciation to LOVEWRISTLET.livejournal.com(Click here!) for designing this unique corsage for my beautiful bride-to-be BFF!

There were many emails going 3 ways between us, back and forth - due to the colour schemes, particular look or flower types.
But thankfully the lovely owner was not only patient, she dealt with us in the most professional manner.
And this was the end result.
:)



And precisely what we envisioned it to be.

Thank you J and LOVEWRISTLET.livejournal.com for such beautiful corsages, BFF n me are extremely blessed.

Now u promise to think of something for me on MY wedding next year!
:D:D:D

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Thank u everyone for being so patient with me, I just came back from work today, BKK yesterday, and BFF's wedding is tomorrow..!
Its a full day and I have to get my dress, do my hair and makeup so hopefully everything will turn out great!

But like I've always said and Im going to say it again: The show must go on.
*grin*

Love ya all~
Tags to be replied soon!
Off to pack for GATECRASHING tomorrow~ woooot wooooot exccitedddd max!

xoxo
elaine73

I am finally back from LONDON...!!!!

Loved the cool weather there.. had such an amazing time with my sweetheart Cindee and Miss Sotong baby Audrey Lim Sotong..!

Moet for dinner.. Piper H for pyjamas party - 3 crazy girls laughing until wee hours of the night.
It was a very very amazing trip and I love them to bits.

Now off to meet BFF for dinner coz she has a looooong list of items for us to do for her wedding!
4 more days!

The countdown to BFF wedding starts right nowwwwww!

Back soon, then tomorrow I going Bangkok u noe?
Cheap buys await me!!!!
:D

Love love.

p.s
I have so many catch-up blog posts to post!
:(
And my lovely tags to reply... :)

Hellooooo! Its amazing how the week had simply FLEW by me!!!!!!
Is it november already???

Oh gosh~
I remember celebrating my birthday last year in Hua Hin... and now its my birthday month again???

This year we are planning another trip together (coz if u realise I always go for holidays on my birthdays... haha nice try..trying to delude myself that I AM NOT GETTING OLDER!)
:p

Im really excited.
Going to London on Friday with my baby girl Cindee~ and then its BFF's Miko wedding of the year!!!!!!!

She just scolded me on msn AND sms coz I was honest in telling her that I dun have the dress for the gatecrashing yet... hehehe.

The family will be going BKK after my London trip, and Im soo sooo excited becoz I love amazing Bangkok.
People are so friendly there, the mango with glutinous rice rocks and then dun let me get started on the SHOPPING~~~!!!!

What a lovely planned sweet november.
:)

Birthdays can be a cool thing, I suppose.
(After the age of 18, u dun really keep track anymore.)

Bye loves, I will sit down and reply tags by tomorrow before I go to work!
Thank u all for the warm wishes.. I feel fuzzy all over!

Spread the love n happiness too, will ya?
Peace out.

xoxo

p.s
The Social Network is a cool movie..! Although Mark Zuckerberg seemed pretty much like a jerk, u cant help but be in awe of Facebook.

I loved the last scene.. "Add Erica Albright as Friend.. Send Request?"
And after all the money he has.. he clicked "cancel".

Moral of the story: Money doesnt buy u friends.
Or love.
:)

Helloooo everyone!

Thank u all for the warm wishes ~ I am too pooped right now, having touched down from an awfully long flight... to NEW YORK..!!!

A call from the company is all it takes to do so, and maybe one day if I ever stop - Will I miss all of these?

Remember I said I'll come back and blog that day?
Here's what happened, we went to meet the hotel peeps and yes.. we've confirmed and booked the venue!!!

So now our wedding's date is confirmed : 01.10.11.
Its a year of a new journey, embarking it together as one.

Thank you everyone once again, from the very bottom of my lil pink heart.
:)

I'll be back soon.
Need to catch some zzzz now.
Much loves.

Helloooooo!

U know how I wanted to sit down and reply tags yesterday.. until Jungle Boy told me that he was bringing me out for a surprise dinner date!

It was very sweet of him.. knowing that being alone is precious time together.
(Becoz we usually always have dinner with our families.)
:)

*BEWARE PICTURES GALORE*

This dinner is a special experience where u have ur dishes at 3 different places!
All within The Beaufort but very, very unique.



We arrived in the evening before the sun sets and guess what I saw!
Lovely peacocks strolling along the main entrance!



Lush greenery as the backdrop.



We were shown to The Pavilion, a chill out lounge where we drank some champagne and was shown the dinner menu.



Overlooking part of the hotel and sea.



U can choose each course from a selection of 3, and the service was very personalised and detailed.



After our order-taking, we were presented with an amuse bouche.



I actually liked it alot!
Foie gras and eel something something.
LOL.



We held hands and talked alittle before catching the sunset.



The server will check on us periodically and once we are ready, they arranged a buggy to bring us to another restaurant for our hors d'oeuvres.

Leaving the Pavilion.



Where are we going?



It was very exciting not knowing where exactly I was heading.
Can u tell that Im actually hanging on to dear life in the buggy!



We ended up next to Spa Botanica, in a restaurant called The Garden.
It specialises in organic food, hence the green deco.



My selection!



The flower looks good enough to eat!



His dish.



After the hors d'oeuvres, the servers will arrange the buggy to pick us up and send us to another place!
:)

Byeee the Garden.. and then we ended up back to the hotel, at The Cliff!
It was dark by the time we reached there, so we had a great view of the Beaufort with its lights and candles.



This was not on the original menu, we ordered ala carte - coz I cannot resist oysters!!



Our mains finally arrived.



I drank some wine, had a good heart-to-heart talk with Jungle Boy and it was absolutely comforting to know that we agree on certain important decisions.
More on that, laters.
;)

Desserts!



I likeeee the warm chocolate oozing out of my souffle at the bottom and his nutella cake was great too!



The night ended with us looking forward to our future, extremely happy that we have made this huge decision and today we are going to the hotel to look at the ballroom.



I am sooooo excited!
Once things have been confirmed : I will let u girls know rightaway.. okieee??

Hopefully we will like what we see later!
:D

Wedding details below!
Scroll down for more...

xoxo
elaine73



WEDDING PREP AND MORE...

I know everyone is eagerly waiting for my proposal story, but maybe I shall start from 2006?
Where we first met.

I think some of my own personal friends dun even know how we met.. so this will be interesting I guess, hee!
:)

Back then, I was single for about a year - having broken up with my then boyfriend in a really bad way.
I was disappointed, hurt and pretty much angry with men.

It was a dark period for me, I partied alot and had many clubbing friends.
Each day was a night after night at Zouk with some people that wasnt very good - to say that least.

But its a learning process of adulthood, which I have grown out of - thankfully.
Ok, so I digress.

I have a friend, lets call her June.
We were chummy back then, meeting up every other day for drinks and dinner. One day after doing my nails (then at Bugis) : we were supposed to meet in a pub for beer called S Club.

Jungle Boy was there.

I have seen him so many times before, while in Velvet when I was in my teens becoz we have mutual friends who go there all the time.
But we have never spoken and I found him very quiet - and Im an extremely talkative person (as everyone will attest to, ) so somehow in the past : we never talked.

But that very night, I was wondering why was everyone calling him LIM BUEY TOR???
It didnt occur to me then that he was the blogger with the same alias, I just thought they was joking when they called him that.

And that he is very thick-skinned becoz it means "NEVER DRUNK" in hokkien!

Maybe it was the alcohol, but I didnt put two and two together even when he told me that his real name was "Chris".
Hmmm... silly me.

We were all drinking alot, playing five-ten (usual) and it was raining that day so I bought my Cookie Monster umbrella.
I dun have a picture off-hand now, but its blue and the handle was Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.
And not only do I have Cookie Monster, I also have a red Elmo umbrella!
(All from japan)

Why am I talking about my umbrellas?
U'll know later.
;)

After S Club, we all adjourned to another pub in boat quay and we split up in different cars.
June and me squeezed into his car that night and we all arrived in the pub only to start another round of drinking.

And five-ten.

Suddenly a fight broke out at the next table and before I could react, June grabbed me and ran becoz glasses were smashed and people started shoving people.

I cant really remember what happened but before I knew it, we hopped into a cab and went home.
It was quite a crazy night but I went back, showered and forgot all about Jungle Boy.

The next day, an unfamiliar number rang and I picked up, not knowing who was on the other line.

"Hello? Can I speak to Elmo please?"

---TO BE CONTINUED---

Im really sorry but I will continue tonight babes!
Meeting the wedding coordinator now so I have to go shower n change! :)

Love y'all.
Take care.



Back soon.

Sometimes I enjoy going for a quiet lunch with Jungle Boy.

We like exploring new places, it doesnt have to be terribly expensive - all we want is to experience good food.
And spread the word, hehe.

How typical Singaporean.

Food is a very important part of our lives, when we are sad we eat - happy also eat.
But like I've mentioned it before : Food tastes best when shared.
:)

Last week, we went to a quaint little bistro cum wine shop.



I like looking at rows and rows of wines.



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I love the prints!



I wore it with a denim jacket.
Gorgeously casual chic.



Wines on a side table.



Cute french chef pictures depicted the charm of the place.



What we ordered that day.



I love escargots! They were baked to perfection.



I like spicy so I chose to have the Arrabiata spaghetti.
With lotsa cheese...!!!



Actually I was rolling my eyes at him.
:p



But it was fabulous, being alone away from the world - just the two of us.
We have quite abit of discussing to do, the wedding, the avenue, photoshots and all.
Its absolutely exciting, yet quite a chore to the lazy me.

Reading up on wedding materials, corresponding to hotel representatives and just thinking about the gown puts me to sleep!
So many things so little time.

But then again, its a bigger step towards to the future: just the two of us.
And even if it puts me to sleep, oh what a lovely dream it will be.
:)

Thank you everyone for the lovely tags, I am extremely thankful for all encouragement and well-wishes.

TAGS TO BE REPLIED LATER.

Off for some coffee, a hair wash at the salon and a parcel in the post office!
Love ya all.

Take care!

xoxo
elaine73

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