The day I became Mrs Soi.

The night before my ROM, I couldn't sleep well. My brain couldn't stop thinking about what's going to happen the next day. I woke up at 8 ish the next morning, thank goodness I didn't have puffy eyes and face! Make up, dress up and hair do took me about an hour. With just a small pack of Dutch Lady chocolate milk, I got out to fetch my family from Crystal Crown Hotel to Thean Hou temple.

Still got time to camwhore before heading out!

I guess it was a good day afterall. The registration area was hoarded by loads of people, people mountain people sea! I thought we would need to wait for some time, but the numbers kept going and I had to go in 20 minutes earlier than my scheduled time. Everybody had arrived already, except all my friends =( I WAS SO SAD! The day before I realised I had more than 20 people attending my ROM and I thought it was a little too much for me to handle. But on that day none of my friends were there yet, I got so anxious I started texting my friends to step on their paddle, fast! After we got into the room for our vows, thank God we needed to wait for the registrar. My friends made it before the vows and rings were exchanged *sigh in relief*

Waiting waiting waiting.

With sis.

After all the procedures were done, we then took photos around the temple under the hot burning sun. Gosh, it was so hot we were sweating like pigs. But better than pouring rain with thunder storm though.

I really wanna thank everyone who came to my ROM, despite the hot weather. It was my day but thank you for enduring the crazy weather and be there to give me your blessings =) And also to those who texted me and sent me their wishes either via Whatsapp, SMS or Facebook. My utter gratitude from the bottom of my heart =)

Here are some of the photos taken on that day by Alvin's brother, thank you for the photos! Will upload the whole batch in my Facebook soon. But my friends have already tagged me all the photos taken by them. All looked so lovely!

Signing the papers that bound us for life.

The rings!

Making the vow.

Mama Alvin looked so happy.

I now pronounce you husband and wife!

Make up of the day.

Face: Laneige

Eye make up: L'oreal, Maybelline

and Marjolica Majorca

Contact lens: Maxim

Brow: Empro

Lips: Maybelline

 

Hair piece: Diva

Dress: Egete from Korea

Handbag: Salvatore Ferragamo

Heels: Charles and Keith

Necklace: A gift from my late grandpa to my mother

on her wedding 30 years ago (nostalgic)

Ain't Alvin looked handsome?! I helped him to pair his outfit =)

Nails by One Kuku Nail Parlour. Yes, I purposely asked
the manicurist to give a different design for the ring finger ;)

Finally I can reveal my wedding ring! Solitare 0.3 carat diamond accompanied by a swirl of 16 small diamonds with white gold band. Fuan Kee said why on earth I took photos of the diamond ring with my phone, it doesn't do any justice to the sparkle of the diamond. Ok fine =_= I will take with a proper DSLR with professional lighting props, very soon.

Our rings =)

And last but not least, videos! To my friends who missed out my ROM, here you go =) Taken by Alvin's friend, Kieng with iPhone and edited by me with Windows Movie Maker, amateur level =)





Next week I'll be taking my wedding photoshoot, super anxious! I still haven't finalize my photoshooting location! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Both families finally have met and THANK GOD everything went well *phew* Will be sending the dowries all the way back to Ipoh 2 days after my photoshoot. Will be updating again =D

Confession of a very emo bride-to-be.

Saw Gan's Dr Dre Beats headphone lying pitifully on his desk while he was away for event so I decided to do him a favor and took it home for safety sake, what if somebody steal it! (actually I just want to use it =P) Stayed home on Friday night to indulge in music with the headphone.

I'm registering my marriage this Sunday, and I wonder if it's the power of Dr Dre Beats headphone or am I experiencing emotional roller coaster, all the songs played in my iPod makes me wanna cry. I did actually. Suddenly I just feel so emotional, it struck me like a flash of light. I have no idea if it's me or it's the bloody headphone.


When Alvin proposed to me, I was over the moon. Making the preparation and planning was so stressfully enjoyable. But now that the date is drawing near, reality suddenly hit me and I came upon to my conscience that I'M REALLY GETTING MARRIED, no shit.  The responsibility, the commitment, the status. Everything is not tied by a string anymore, it's now solid hard and real. I can't cut it off just like that anymore, everything has consequences now.

For 26 years I'm so used to the single status, but now I'm going to be someone's wife, changing my status to married and it will be that way for the rest of my life. From the surface, it looks like it's just a process, no big deal. But emotionally, it's a life changing experience to me. I don't know how to put it in words, the feeling is indescribable.

The songs in my iPod have been with me since my college days. 8 years have passed and I went through so many heartbreaks along the way. Each and every song reminds me of some memories. All the heart wrenching experiences have brought me here today and now, I'm getting married. I wish the people who once hurt me and the people I've once hurt in the past, to lead a happy life. Because...I'm happy now.

The most amazing love story in 4 minutes. No words, no special effect, just pure love.

Rainbow Color vs Maxim.

I used to wear cosmetic color contact lens. Not because my eyes are small but just plain fatt hao. I wore Geo Lens, it was cheap, comfortable and nice! They have all sorts of colors and patterns! But because this brand is getting more famous and it's not available in Malaysia except online, people came out with imitations and selling them like hot cakes to innocent people, thus injuring their eyes.

Geo Lens is a Korean brand, Malaysia doesn't have license to sell the brand, therefore people are getting the stock from Korea online and selling them online. I got mine online too, just RM25 for a normal pair. But lately pasar malam people are selling them. To my horror, they are now selling 3 pairs for RM25! O___o Do you dare to wear?

Was wearing Geo Lens in Violet.

I tried FreshLook but because I have big pupil, not all color contact lens are suitable for me. The colored part of the lens blocked my pupil, so my vision was blurred. Sad =( I threw it away.

Lately I bought another pair from Rainbow Color, came upon the brand from Cheeserland, she endorsed the brand. I bought it for my ROM and wedding photoshoot. It looked good on her (judging from her photos). But the color came out too light and again, it blocked my pupil and blurred my vision. NYAHHHH!!!!!!! The color is called Earth Brown, but it looks more like Tangy Orange =__= I looked like one of the Cullens in Twilight.

Here's my verdict:

Rainbow Color contact lens. Selling for RM58 at Sasa.

It looks alright in picture. Trust me, in real life I look like an albino.

BOO!!!

Insist of being vain, I tried my luck and bought another pair from Maxim. Fann showed me the website of her sister's online shop and I saw the choices from Maxim are quite tempting. I bought the color Cocoa and mamamia! Thank God it fits perfectly for my pupil and the color is au naturel. It's not too obvious and doesn't make me look weird. Though it can go a bit lighter but I'm ok with it. It feels like as though I'm not wearing anything!

Here's my verdict:

I bought for RM65 from an optical shop at Ikano.

More natural compared to Rainbow Color.

 

Look like purple here because of the filter used.

 My ROM is this Sunday! To be a Mrs in another 3 days. Enjoying my last few days of singlehood. Adios!

I haz red hair.

I went to the salon yesterday to colour my hair. Wanna look vava-voom for my ROM and wedding photoshoot. So I wanted something lighter this time. My hair is probably the most stubborn object on me (besides my blackheads). Whenever I dye my hair the colour has super difficulty to absorb in. As in my hair has it's mind on it's own to block it out. I thought maybe my hair hates goldish brown, so every time I pick that colour, it won't come out.

This time I opted for reddish brown. Red makes skin look healthier and fairer while blonde makes people look pale, especially without make up. After the salon people took off the towel after washing off the hair dye, I was like...

HOLY MARY JOSEPH!!!!!

The first picture that came into my mind was Jean
from X-men!

I told the salon guy that I find it too red. He told me the red colour won't stay long. Sooner or later it will fade to orange, and then brown.

ORANGE???!!!!!!!

LIKE THIS?!

Imagine I have orange hair for my wedding photoshoot! THE HORROR!!!! I had fragments of horrible pictures scrolling in my head! GAU MENG AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Enough with the irrelevant photos =___=

I looked fab =_=

Doing some treatment after hair dye to repair the follicles.

Final result.

Picture taken under white light.

Picture taken under natural light. Damn red!

I hope I won't look too lala for my wedding =___=

That time of the month.

I had horrible gastric since last Friday until Monday. All thanks to my colleagues. Lunch time is usually a pain in the ass for me, I literally have to beg them for lunch. Some will chill outside the office and some will stay at their desk doing their work even it's already 15 minutes passed lunch hour. They are either procrastinators or just pretending to be hardworking.

So last Friday I skipped my breakfast and waited for half an hour for them with my grumbling stomach. Plus the traffic jam and non existing parking, my grumbling stomach became numb and came tremendous pain of gastric. It was so bad, I think my stomach has inflammation because no matter I eat or not, it hurts. It lasted until Monday and I finally went to see the doctor. "Why wait til Monday?" my friends asked. Simple, I want MC! ^^

After the gastric subsided, came that time of the month! HOLY MACARONI! Gastric + period cramp, awesome! Been lying on the bed for 1.5 days like a corpse, feeling shitty and cranky. Wait, corpse doesn't have feeling =_=

Finally back to work today, with equal shitty feeling.

The best remedy to cure my mundane-ness, camwhore.

The Love Story.

Since my blog now has partially became a wedding blog, I'm pretty sure everyone knows I'm getting married. So let me tell you how our love story started more than 3 years ago.

Once upon a time, there was a princess (me) who got cursed by an evil ugly witch, trapped in a dungeon for a long long time. On one fine day, a prince (Alvin) came to my rescue in his shining armor and gave me a kiss of love, which broke the spell. We then live happily ever after. The end.

....

Just kidding. Such cliche fairy tale only happens in the book, or probably some childish dramas. Actually I've already had the story typed out until the confession part but I found the story was over narrative and long winded. So I will cut the long story short (Just in case you fall asleep halfway reading, you can play the videos below while reading. It makes the whole love story more alive =)

If you want a romantic and emotional feeling while reading, play this song:




But if you prefer a slightly more cheerful happy feeling, play this instead:



Our love story is not a dramatic one. No forbidden meeting, no rejection from the family or whatsoever. We just met through a mutual friend. 4 years ago I got my heart broken very badly by someone that I shall not name (my ex lar). After that there were quite a few guys who came chasing me, including Alvin. All the guys were very aggressive and pushy, all asking me desperately to accept them, all except Alvin. Judging from my condition at that moment, still bleeding from the previous failed relationship, he took a step back, be patient and gave me space to breathe instead. I guess it was that sense of respect and patience that caught my attention. There are things in life that you can't push for it. Good things come to those who wait.

We went Bali together with the rest of our friends and it was then that I found out I enjoyed spending time with him, in regardless it was with friends or personally just with him. But who won't fall in love at such beautiful place! It's Bali! So to keep my heart safeguard, I told him things will go back to normal once we went back to Malaysia. After some time thinking, I realized that with all the respect and patience that he has given me, he deserves a chance from me. And so we became a couple.

Bali, the place I fell for him 4 years ago *shy*

Like any other couple, we fight a lot during the early stage of the relationship. But it was the arguments that made us understand each other more. Yes, it might be very irritating and nerve wrecking, but trust me. Couples NEED to fight, but take it as a progress to a more understanding relationship. It is through all these rough patches that we learn to understand and accept the other person for who they are.

I DO NOT believe in people saying "We don't fight, once we fight, means we are over." There is seriously no such thing, it's either your partner is too patient with you (don't be proud, its not healthy) or both of you don't give a shit about each other.

He doesn't buy me expensive stuff, except for the occasional birthday or anniversary presents. I don't get branded bags, sparkly jewelries or flashy cars from him like other girls get from their boyfriends. Everyone has the perception that he gives me all the expensive stuff that I have. But no, he doesn't. I'm not a material girlfriend, whatever branded stuff that I have, it's from my own money. I don't mind having meals with him at hawker stalls, I don't mind staying at home with him on Saturday night watching TV and I certainly don't mind him cooking for me and chill at home on special days like Valentine or Christmas.

He might not give me the material things that I want, but he certainly can give me everything that money can't buy. It's not all the about material stuff, it's too staged for people's eyes. It's all the small little things that he does for me (sometimes even without him knowing it) that matters most. For instance, he drives my car to pump for petrol when he saw my car is running out of fuel. He cuts the chicken for me when he sees me cutting it clumsily. If I order half boiled eggs and when it comes, he automatically reaches out and break them for me.  It may sound like he is babysitting me, but which woman doesn't want a husband who can do everything for them! And most of all, he doesn't mind watching Desperate Housewives, Glee and America's Next Top Model with me. Furthermore he will imitate how Tyra Banks walk and shake her boobs and head when the opening song is played. How not to marry a man who does that.

I was once a selfish, impatient and bad tempered person. But he changed me without me knowing it. It's true, I've became someone better. Now I start to understand the situation before I get angry, accept him for who he is and be patient with his weaknesses. Don't ask me how or when he changed me, he just did, subconsciously. I guess when 2 person are meant to be, they compliment each other. It's like 2 pieces of jigsaw puzzle, he completes me the part that I'm lacking, and I complete him the part he is lacking.

Us, today. Soon to be husband and wife.

 *both of the songs above will be used for my wedding =)

The Barbie Princess Gown.

Finally the people from My Dream Wedding sent me the correct photo of my photoshoot evening gown. Like I mentioned in my previous post, the Barbie princess gown! LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEE~

What's missing is a tiara.

I have tons to do during all the weekends on this month. I'm going for firming facials (wtf), hair colouring and manicure/pedicure. All for the sake of my ROM and wedding photoshoot. Getting married is so memafankan, especially for the woman.

But I enjoy it nonetheless =P Different case for my wallet =__=

The White Dress.

There is always a secret in every girl that her dream is to see herself in a wedding dress. It's like the happiness of her life is sewn out in a dress, each and every details on the dress represent the hopes and dreams she has. I guess it's all the Disney cartoons we used to watch as a child, that we wish to wear that beautiful dress and transform into a princess, being whisked away by her prince charming.

I had a second trip to My Dream Wedding yesterday for gown fitting. We sat down to talk to the consultants first regarding the venue of our photoshoot, the concept and the look and feel that we are looking for in our photoshooting. After some brief discussion, the consultant decided to pick some airy gowns for me since the places that I chose are mainly nature oriented.

At first I thought I got to browse and pick for the dresses from the rack myself. But to save time and avoid the indecisive of woman, the consultant chose about 8 gowns for me to test and took photo for each and every gowns I tested. After that they loaded the photos in the computer and let me chose from there instead of hoarding their space with the gowns. I guess I watched too much movies, they are so misleading!

But nonetheless I enjoyed the process =) Though I prefer to try on all the gowns in the shop XD

Below are the dresses that I chose for my pre wedding photoshoot!

I love this lace chiffon mermaid wedding dress.
Sophisticated and elegant.

The back gave me that perfect silhouette.

I would prefer a black sash on this dress,
like Vera Wang. Now it looks a bit blank.

Long train! Me like!

I LOVE THE BACK OF THIS DRESS!!!!!!

I was struggling between this ribbon dress with the long train dress. I like the back of the ribbon dress so much, but I want a dress with long train. Sharon said since I've chosen the mermaid dress, I should have a long train dress for variety. I agreed. Wish I can transfer that ribbon on to the long train dress!!!!

As for the evening gown, I chose a can can dress. SHO CUTE! I looked like a Barbie princess (except the blonde hair). But the consultant didn't save that photo into my thumbdrive, CISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something like this without the shoulder drape.

The consultant saved this photo instead.
Which is the wrong dress.

According to Sharon, this dress looked like bridesmaid.

Sharon said this kinda simple long dress can be worn any time during dinner or functions. Wedding is a once in a lifetime event, we should go all out and choose some OTT gowns! Thank God I have a girl friend to give me some valuable advise. Alvin just said "Up to you, up to you" whenever I asked for his opinion =____= She also asked if I was the one who chose the evening gowns, because all the gowns are in pink! LMAO!

After deciding on all the stuff, the consultant gave us a list of "Do's and Don'ts" The highlighted one is hilarious. 

Touch up artists' nightmare. THE HAIR!!!!!!

Sharon and I camwhoring with the giant mirror!

Busy woman took some time off her schedule
to kepoh at my gown fitting.

The mirror in the lift made us look so slim!
How can I not take a picture!
#Note Alvin holding the lift door
opened while we camwhored, LOL!

They will be altering the gowns according to my size so I will be going back again for another final fitting on a day before the photoshoot day. Can't wait to test the Swavroski crystal gowns for my actual wedding day! Guess that one will need to wait until August or September =(

Alvin asked why they took my photos during my gown fitting and nobody bother to take his when he tested his tuxedo, poor thing. 

Nah! The one and only photo of the groom in his tux!