Not much work done

I can't seem to get much work done this weekend. Without Chris (he's away), I feel so lazy and lack the drive to get things done.

I only managed to select songs for the ceremony service, do up an itinerary for the wedding day, tidy up the service order, do a bit of research on our honeymoon and that's it.

I feel so useless. Can't seem to make myself type out all that wonderful plans I drafted in my notebook. The Adobe Illustrator software didn't work anymore and so I can't design the family dinner invitation.

Now I am thinking about Koh Samui and wondering which resort we should pick for our honeymoon. I was strayed from Koh Samui when I caught sight of a promotion for Banyan Tree Phuket but ditched the idea after realising it works out to be about $400+ a night which is almost double of what I am budgeting for our Samui resort.

Considering www.nalinnadda.com but the location is so far from the main beach Chaweng and the price is steep.

I realised I only ranted on my problems but didn't update on my solutions.

I found the perfect cupcake company to solve my problem. Will be testing the samples out on 11 May and I can't wait to see them.

We'll be using C-Cup for their classy cupcakes and they are definitely more reasonably priced than the others I found. Here is a picture of how the cupcake tower will look like. It's so pleasant to know my favourite singer Kit Chan was also their customer :)

Btw what's even more amazing is how C-Cup has the same corporate colours as my colour theme.

Our wedding pictures from Feldberyl!

So excited... We caught a glimpse of some of our pictures from Feldberyl yesterday. I'll share some of it with you here until his pictures are all finalised. There is a password and all to view his images so I don't think it's a good idea to publish the page here :P

Here are some of the best shots so far...


an awkward start

the groom doesn't look so happy :(

the bride always smiles to herself...

maybe she is delusional about married life

then he tries to do his best GQ pose with a bit of "Zoolander Bluesteel"

she admires her skirt and wonders if the stains can be removed

Pandan Reservoir - where it all happened...
This is the place he proposed to me... but not the exact same bench ;P

Don't you think the flowers look so pretty? Ah hah! I did IT and it was even better than the third bouquet which we hired this auntie to do and she did such a shabby job... it was the worst looking flowers I ever saw in my life.

So you think I got the chops to be a florist? ;P

paranoia sets in...

Aside from the regular stress of planning a wedding, I am also very paranoid that I'd see my made-to-measure bridal gown on the body of some model in a bridal magazine. I have taken all possible measures to prevent this from happening by keeping the gown at home, away from the bridal shop.

However my attempts may seem futile now considering the gown is now with the bridal shop for dry cleaning after the photo shoot. They seem to be pretty shady about the dry cleaning which strangely takes 3 weeks counting from last week!

And for the record, my paranoia is not uncalled for as Cheryl told me about her friend's experience with the same shop. They had used her gown on some fashion shoot for a magazine without her knowledge. I definitely don't what that to happen to my gown though I half-regretted not telling them straight up that I knew about that incident.

I think I have to be honest about this and tell them how I feel... Next week!

Should I date a Superhero?

Today I did a test on the above topic and here is the result:

Jasmine, you need a superhero when it comes to Manly Manners

Sometimes, might does make right ... at least when it comes to your heart. While you're known for being feminine and warm, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that your strong side craves someone just as powerful. And who doesn't love to lean on someone solid? Of course, this isn't to say you need to be taken care of: It's just that you appreciate a little chivalry once in a while. Poised and confident, while you can hold your own in any arena, you can still be a bit of a traditional girl when it comes to matters of the heart. And that's exactly why a superhero like Spider-Man is just who you need. Way to be the perfect lady!

I learned that we cannot always insist it our way...

Today I saw the sky, it looked promising...

Then I opened up the Daily Bread booklet and my Bible and read today's lesson. The words seemed to speak to me... the message seems clear. The passage in the Bible was talking about The Vine & The Branches.."If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you." The story told in today's Daily Bread was about how you have to trust God and let 'His will be done' not always pray for 'your will be done'. It was very meaningful and I could tell He spoke to me about this situation that I was in.

I know I have been insisting it on my way and I know I couldn't feel His closeness when I pray that. This morning, He has given us a blue sky. I thank Him for it but I don't know what is to come in the afternoon. I hope it will remain beautiful but if it doesn't and I have to go through the shoot, then I know He has a reason for this. Maybe I'll have some very cool pictures with a storm in the background.... erm... Not sure how likely that can be. But I'll have to leave it to Him.

bad morning

yesterday was one of the worst mornings i had.

it was the day i was supposed to do our re-scheduled outdoor bridal shoot. yes it's the second time because of heavy downpour on the earlier date we had set... and that meant additional costs for hair, make up and flowers. so i woke up yesterday morning to see a gloomy sky and my newly painted nails all disfigured because it didn't dry well last night, i was disheartened. My family's "gloating over my misery" certainly didn't help... and when my dad sent me to work, I opened the car door and hit the side mirror of a red mini cooper. It's not any mini cooper, it's a resident cooper in the keong saik area... ARGH! there was a slight marking left behind and I felt horrible.

After a nice awakening from Hoon, I know I had to own up to the small scratch even though it was barely visible and on the black plastic area. I went up to our neighbour across the street and told her about my mistake. She sent her friend to check and it was okay and she was quite nice to me saying it was okay. I felt relieved...

The weather didn't help.... things looked bad and I consistently checked on the weather website and the numbers 6542 7788 never escaped my phone. Reports kept saying "cloudy" or "showers with thunder" and I freaked out. It looked like we needed to postpone again and my photographer has told Chris he wouldn't be available the next day. I got upset and asked Chris to demand for our day of shoot the next day as that was what he agreed with us for weather contingency. He relented and we were relieved.

We postponed it to the next day and I kept wondering why God didn't hear my prayers for a good weather. Then at lunch time, the strange weather seemed to clear up. I felt awful cos it seemed as if I didn't even need to postpone it. It was horribly frustrating, you can't predict the weather... our forecast is never accurate. I guess I can only rely on my faith in God. But I found it so hard to have faith in God despite what I can see is bad weather at the start..... so I kept praying for tomorrow to be better.