Happy 1-Year Proposal Anniversary! LOL!

Exactly 1 year ago, Irwin planned a weekend trip and brought me to Singapore seemingly for the Great Singapore Sale and to visit the Singapore Zoo! I LOVE VISITING ZOOS! Little did I know he also had a li'l surprise install for me. Two surprises actually:- The first was bringing me for the Sky Dining Experience at Mount Faber and the second, asking me if I would be 'the last person he sees every night and the first person he will greet every morning'.

It was truly unexpected!

Today, we have exactly 14 days till we pledge our lives and love to each other on the 11th of next month. The last 12 months' worth of wedding preparation is finally gonna 'Go Live' but the feeling of actually getting married is still surreal :) Perhaps it will sink in when I finally walk down the aisles, huh?

Here is my dashing groom-to-be getting his hair cut and dyed before his Big day! :P

A Must-Have for the Bride-to-be

I have found another "Godmother" in Aunty D -- a church friend and neighbour on the 16th floor! This week, she double-boiled 6 portions of my favorite yummilicious bird's nest soup -- a must-have for the bride-to-be, she says :) Apparently, amongst other health benefits such as promoting smoother skin and increasing your immunity, it also improves fertility! Gosh. Perhaps I've now discovered the real reason behind why my mom and the other two-hundred aunties have been so keen on me drinking bird's nest soup twice a day as our wedding approaches. *yikes.

Each morning, I wake up and look forward to THIS bowl of haven :) I absolutely LOVE it for some reason. Too bad Irwin doesn't share the same liking. But perhaps I am secretly happy too, just so that I don't need to share my 6 portions of preciousness! :)

Little Joys of Wedding Planning (Part II) : Celebrating the Newlyweds

As RSVPs pour in, we have also been receiving gifts from guests near and faraway who will not be able to make it. I guess its not so much the monetary value of our gifts received, but the heart warming feeling of knowing that friends do go the extra mile to celebrate with you, despite their absence on the actual wedding day :) It makes us happy!

A good friend of daddy brought us to a really nice place in the city couple weeks ago for an early celebration over exquisite Italian food and wine -- oh, it was one of the best wine we've ever had. Irwin had so much till we couldn't make it to church the next day :P At the end of the dinner, we even had a CAKE and candles to blow out :)

Our Exodus (Part II) : There is just something really weird going on in me

When I live with my parents (which btw, I still do... at least for the next 3 weeks), I take it for granted that I will never find a strand of hair on my bathroom floor -- coz really, I don't. It just miraculously gets cleaned up everyday! Then I never realized how FAST dust settled, because like I said, I never came across dusty bedside tables except for my book shelves -- coz there really is alot of stuff/books/ornaments/what-have-you-not on them.

BUT... these days, I've learned that your hair can drop anytime and anywhere -- on the bed, in the bathroom, on table tops!!! ... and DUST -- omg, don't even get me started. You can mop the floor today; open the windows at night and come back to a dusty-muggy-kind of floor feeling when you get back from work the next day. WHAT IS GOING ON?!!!

So lately, I've become this anal person. I think I now realize that I inherited this trait from my mom (which FYI, I dislike -- coz I dislike being told to keep my letters lying on the foyer table after 3 days :P ) Now, I DO THAT TO IRWIN! OMGGGGG *Help me please. Its weird because when I reminise my varsity days when I used to live with my MOH Yee Mun, I also turned anal overnight just because I had to keep a clean house! Everything I did, I thought 2 steps ahead so that it would take me less effort to clean it up later!

So anyways, enough of my anal ways already. I finally FINALLY finished cleaning the whole condo and sorting out 95% of our stuff today :) Everything's in order now-- I've picked up another weird way of arranging everything in boxes and compartments (which I call "a Home" for everything). Perhaps its always been in me, just that I hadn't noticed it earlier. But now that I need to run a place of our own, the onus is on MEEEEEEEE to keep it tidy all the time. Ok, Irwin helps out too. Keke. He's my super mop-person! WEEE~ And I love him best coz he just accomodates my strange meticulous ways. Just hope its not too much of a culture shock for him!!! :D But really, I'm trying my best not to let it get a better of me. Some things just gotta slide, doesn't it?

"My Kids Want to See the Bride!"

RSVPs have been pouring in, and we've started working on table and seating arrangements; taking into consideration some of our guests' request on their choice of company at the dinner reception.

Much to our surprise, we have also been receiving many RSVPs for our church wedding ceremony as well :) I'm truly happy because to me, the church ceremony means more than anything else -- it will be when we pledge our lives to each other in front of God and our friends and family as our witnesses.

However, my mama's mentioned that many have commented that they will be attending the church ceremony because "my kids wanna see the brideeee!!!" .And boy, for me, that is really added pressure! Keke! I can't imagine if if tripped on my dress and fell on my face -- that would truly be something the kids came to see, huh?

So this is something that the bride went to do today!!! :P Get her hair trimmed and treated :) Its happening... in exactly three Saturdays' time. OMG!

Let me tell you about the man I will marry :)

Wedding jitters. Cold feet. These are some of the things that I often hear brides-to-be talk about just before their big day, and I'd always thought it was a myth! Well in some ways it really isn't a myth. Its natural to sometimes have thoughts about how it would be like to move in with someone and sharing your entire life with ... well, just HIM!

Lately, I've had these thoughts -- just trying to imagine how it would be like living with Irwin in just less than a month's time (But definitely no cold feet lah :P ) And if I've had such thoughts, I'm POSITIVE that Irwin's thought about it 5 million times more than I have, since he is Irwin Oh -- a natural-born THINKER. But I think the amazing thing is, after having these thoughts, I've come to realize that I am truly blessed to be marrying a man like Irwin Oh because he is truly someone that puts me first in everything -- Just like Today!

^ Taken from Kris Wong (The Wedding Hub) Facebook. Keke! My amazing makeup artist Lee Kuen & myself. Gown sponsored by Pretty In White.

Even in the midst of our busy-ness and house moving, he encouraged me to take a couple of hours off a precious Sunday to destress and unwind... and go to The Wedding Hub to "be a face" for this workshop Lee Kuen of Bridal Glam was conducting.

I'm glad I went because it was fun :) And I managed to drag 2 of my besties-bridesmaids along -- one of whom is a bride-to-be herself this coming January! The best part was when I went back to our new place to continue unpacking the rest of my stuff, I found my baby vacuuming and mopping the floor!!! :D

Our first pizza "party"

Ok, so PIZZA isn't the ideal diet for a bride & groom-to-be. But some things cannot be help. We've been so busy the last 4 weeks that often times, we find ourselves ordering pizza or McD's just to help us save time. Coupled up with our 4-week absence from the gym, Robert our personal trainer wouldn't be too happy... HEE HEE! *sorry Rob -- really no time, ler*

Anyways, we had an impromptu visit from a guest just recently at our new place! Oh, the joy of using my new plates and cutleryyyyyyy. HAHA! Since it was unplanned, we just ordered some pizza, turned on music and had a good chat over pizza and coke :) It was a nice way to unwind on a rainy Sunday night.

To my shopaholic bestie who's been bugging me to let her come over, this was just an impromptu visit! :P You are most welcomed to visit us starting this weekend...

Wedding Makeup Workshop

^ Taken from Weddings Malaysia. Photo by: Louis Pang of LOUIS PANG STUDIO.

I was pleasantly surprised to see a familiar looking face staring back at me when I opened this monthly circulation from Weddings Malaysia :)

Brides-to-be, if you're looking for the best makeup artist in town, pop by The Wedding Hub this Sunday 14th June at 2pm to catch Lee Kuen of Bridal Glam in action!

Little joys of wedding planning

Distributing hundreds of invitations has its pros and cons. The eeky side to it is, of course having to gather everyone's contacts and plan the logistics of sending it out. But I must admit that one of the nicer aspects of it is being able to catch up with old friends and people who have played a significant role in your life while growing up.

In my case, one of the people whom I looked forward to personally handing out our invitation is my dear aunty Dot -- my nanny when I was 4 :) It is really very heart-warming to have people share the joy of our pending union when they receive our invitation -- especially so, when they are special people! It personally encourages me to continue 'working' on our preps eventhough we are really quite exhausted at this point.

Our 31-day countdown has begun!!! I can't believe I am getting married in less than a month... HAHA!

Our Exodus (Part I)

After 3 weekends of massive cleaning, we've finally begun our exodus into the new place. Well, at least I have. Irwin's gradually catching onto the idea of moving as well after seeing it all cleaned up... and being livable!

I started with organizing our kitchen last weekend. After all, the way to a man's heart is through his tummy ;) I figured the espresso machine, ice + water in the fridge and microwave would keep him happy... for now. HEE HEE! Then I started moving my whole molehill of books and weird treasures (like my POLLY POCKETS!). I found MORE weird treasures while packing up my stuff... one of it being my HELLY KITTY FACE CD holders!!!!!!!!

Treasure Box 1: BOOKS!

Treasure Box 2: CD's & DVD's. I just realized I might potentially have more DVD's than some of the peddlars you'd find around town!

Treasure Box 3: MY BAGSSSSSSS

Irwin and I have this mini "challenge" going -- Whoever who moves in more stuff first gets his/her first pick of drawers/shelf space/favorite spots/etc. Of course, whoever who moves in more stuff, gets more space too!!! keke!!! (Its just my secret ploy of making him move now, instead of 2 days before the wedding when we'll also have a gazillion other things to do) ... And its working!!! :D

Here is how our book shelves look like side-by-side. It took me one whole NIGHT to pack my books and another whole WEEKEND to unpack and arrange them -- It only took Irwin 30 minutes to PACK + UNPACK + ARRANGE his ... *heh. No wonder men are from Mars; and women from Venus. They are just SO different.

Vanessa: Baby?!?!?!? Why you never sort your books in order and arrange them properly wan?
Irwin: HUHHHH?????? Arrange dee wattttt... See... Here all business books... and more business books.... and oh, there also business books....
Vanessa: *hmmmm* Why all tall, short, tall, shot, tall, short and not arranged properly?
Irwin: ................