My Solitaire Wedding

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一梳梳到尾 Yi Shu Shu Dao Wei， First combing, continuous from beginning till end, may you be together all your lives. 二梳百年好合 Er Shu Bai Nian Hao He， Second combing, may you have closeness and harmony in your marriage. 三梳子孙满堂 San Shu Zi Sun Man Tang， Third combing, may the laughter of children fill the halls of your home with children. 四梳白发齐眉 Si Shu Bai Fa Qi Mei。 Fourth combing, may you enjoy an everlasting love till a ripe old age. The solitairebride's take A simple and lovely ritual to perform and practise differs for this simple ceremony. To me its a meaningful ritual. I somehow instill the idea to my mum that this is a need as she originally thinks its not necessary. I'm more well versed in wedding ceremonies than her now.

The an chuang ceremony is done to symbolise good health and bring fortune to the couple and to bless them with lots of children. When: It is usually done a few days to 1 week before the customary wedding. An auspicious date and time needs to be chosen for An Chuang. The bed is usually not disturbed till the wedding day itself. A good fortune woman, one whose husband and children are alive and has many grandchildren will install the bridal bed and make the bed with a new set of bedsheet (red or pink) . After which, the woman or couple will leave on the bed a plate with the following items: 1. 2 oranges 2. Peanuts 3. Dried red dates 4. Dried lotus seeds 5. Dried longans 6. Sweets 7. Dried persimmons 8. A twig of promegranate leave 9. 2 red packets After setting the bridal bed, the pair of bedside lamps from Dowry will be lit. These lamps are not turned off until the wedding night. If the An Chuang date is too far off from the actual day, the plate of items to be placed o...

[The chronology of events is simply acts as a reference to give brides a rough idea of the flow of events. Remember to always communicate with your bridal coordinator. No one will know what you desire until you voice them out.] For me, i always like to sit on matters until i'm certain that this is what i really want prior to liase with my coordinator. Apparently i didn't give him any heart attacks with my change of mind (i did not do it very frequently though). The entire process from the gowns making to actual day is almost a year long so its important to work with someone you think you can communicate with. Else it is more a dread than joy for the photoshoot and actual day. 11 Nov 2008 - Recce bridal boutiques and sign on the spot with Digio 25 January 2010 - Design wedding gown 29 March 2010 - First fitting of wedding gown 02 April 2010 - Suppose to make evening gown but end up trying evenings gowns 24 April 2010 - Meet up with designer to design evening ...

I made this cute mini album using our photoshoot photos a while back as i was so into my holy matrimony then. All high and jazzed up. Its so mini and definitely easy to lug around since its the size of a thumb. The quality of the finishing is good. And what i love about it, is the express service. I got it under 1.5 hrs with no surcharges. Whatever is free is good. And now when i want to reminisce about my wedding, i can whip it out from my handbag and browse. How convenient.

This is one of my "biggest" project for my wedding. The montages. I made 3 in all. I pretty satisfied with the final outcome. In case, you are wondering. The montages were made using Imovie in Macbook. This little software makes things a lot more easier. All i need to do is choose the songs, input my photos and have a transition effects. And Yay its all done. (Well almost) There always a need of minor tweaking. Though i prefer it to be more fanciful with more effects but well it beyond the capabilities of the software. Here's my childhood montage which was played before march in. Growing up (Childhood montage R) from val seah on Vimeo . The second was played during dinner with the background music. Behind the scenes from val seah on Vimeo . And now where's the third? Let's keep it in suspense for a little while longer. Buy Macbook Pro from AMAZON for your montages  Apple MacBook MK4M2LL/A 12-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (Gold, 256 GB) NE...

I think recently i've fallen sick on a regular basis. And all in a short span of 2 weeks apart from each other. I wonder if its because i tried to impede the process by taking loads of vitamins Prior the wedding. I had the unfortunate encounter by having an eye stye. I never had one for my entire life. And just before the wedding it had to strike me. I was frantic. But i suppose it serves me right as i have used the contaminated eye lash product that i left unused for 1 month. All for the sake of looking my best on my day and it had the opposite effect. Fortunately i had 1.5 weeks before the actual day. And my doctor assured me that i will be well before. Alas few days down the road, i was down with flu. But it went away fast enough. Then before the honeymoon i was sniffing and coughing in office yet again. But it dissappeared miraculously enough. And now days after i return from honeymoon, i was struck with sore throat, inflammation and high fever on Friday. Taking the panadol...

I had the most difficult time to get my first march in song. To be fair in the literal sense, me and my SO decide to choose a song each. I chose: Aslyn - That's when i love you. For the longest time, i thought i settled my choice of song until i realise how difficult and expensive it is to get the songs i wanted. Aslyn, i realise too late, is a small time artist in USA. Her album is NOT available in Singapore. And for copyright purposes, the songs must be original. OMG. Its 1 month to my wedding then. I tried to make do with other songs. But i found that that "That's when i love you" is the most meaningful and ultimate love song. Thanks to my great sis i finally got the album from another movie soundtrack from Japan - How to deal. Relieved. Here's my first march in song that i really loved. For the second march in, it came from my hotel's song list. Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand - I Finally Found Someone. The Background Music: Jo...

Time really flies for 2 weeks. Before i know it. I'm due to fly off for Honeymoon. Here's a teaser to our wonderful wedding album. Till i return then.

Its been 8 days after my wedding. Everything still seemed so surreal. The wedding ran smoothly and perfectly. And i felt like a superstar with at least 5 cameras shooting me at any one time excluding the videographer. :) Nearly had a heart attack when the make up artist was late. Agreed time was 6.50 am and earlier. As my mum insisted that i must be out of the house before 9 am. The PGs and VG had all arrived and still no sight of the MUA. *Hopping mad*. Fortunately, the gate crashing is short and sweet. (Send my love to my dear bridemaids) The bestmen never knew the doors ain't locked since the beginning. Funny how gentlemanly they all were. The other minor set backs on the actual day was the bride suffering from lack of sleep. So my efforts of sleeping early for the week went down the drain. And i still ended up with puffy eyes. This cannot be helped as i seriously couldn't sleep the night before the wedding. Sigh! And of course my clasp behind my gown had to give way...

I love rosettes and lace. Essentially all things pretty and handmade. The materials - 3 yards of blue lace (for 4 lace corsages) - half yard of rosettes - 8 pcs of diamante - 4 pcs of pearls - 4 pcs of swaroski crystalserials How to make the rosette lace corsage: Cut the required lace in even length. Sew the diamante to the rosette. Sew the rosette to the lace. Sew the embellishments on the lace to adorn. The completed lace corsage The side with embellishments The perfect ribbon

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I have always wanted to have a convertible for a wedding car. More specifically a volkswagon cabriolet in baby blue or white. However, it has gained popularity since the time I started planning for a wedding. Now this little car is getting as hot as my wedding date. I have to forgo it. In search for another car (its a personal preference not to get a Mercedes E200), I emailed several car rental company. Some does purely wedding car. For some, they do rental on a regular basis coupled with 2nd hand car sales. Some of their replies in "fine print" makes me quite horrified. The terms specified includes: - Limited trips and timing restriction "Limited from 7am to 5pm usage,up to a max. of 5trips. Any extension before or thereafter chargeable at $30 per hour per car and subjected to availability at point of request." - no assurance on delivery of service "reserves the right to cancel the booking with a minimum of 1 months notice, in which case deposit w...

I've done alot of samplers. But in the end. This is what i've eventually used on the card. I know how this is going to sound. But it essentially is the initial to our surnames. And it should be read as M.S. I love how the two letters entwine. This is when two becomes one.

My Guo Da Li (GDL) is finally over after all the preparation. I started since May and did not purchase any GDL during the lunar 7th month. I'm proud to say. I purchased most of the stuff all by myself. SO helped by carrying the stuff and accompanying me. My mum ordered the cakes, traditional cakes and biscuits. It was a very long day. My SO woke up at 6 am in the morning. And my mum picked him up with all 40 plus boxes of cakes and delivered it to my place. So i get to sleep in till 7.30 am. We started delivering the cakes to relatives and my mum's friends soon after. The day ended at 11pm. My cakes are the traditional type. For the Bride - 12 oranges - 12 cans of pig trotters - 2 bottles of Hennesy VSOP - 4 point gold - Dowry "Pin Jin" - 4 ang pows (representing 2 pairs of dragon and phoenix candles) - 38 boxes of Cakes - 8 Traditional pea-cake - 1 Candied peanut stripes (big) - 1 Seasame peanut stripes (big) - 2 Candied peanut stripes - 2 Se...

The perfect reason for a dream wedding: " All the jazz, for the sweet lass, who deserves nothing less."

This little gift came in perfect time. I will put it in use for our honeymoon in few weeks time.

An ambigram is a typographical design or artform that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation. My inspration came from chance. I was waiting for time to pass after going to my bridal shop. There are alot of interesting nic nac shops around tanjong pagar if you have the time to explore. To cut the long story short. I saw an ambigram which is a door hanger. Depending on how you hang it. It will spell as Go away or Come in . So i decided to try my hand on it. And i'm so amazed with the results. This is completed in 30 minutes on a bus ride home. :D I hope you can read this? ah....don't tell me even if you can't. Too bad i can't find someone who can engrave it on my ring. (cheaply that is). But i made it into a sticker so i can stick it to anything i want! how cool is that.

Are you like me? its my dream to have my home to be fully decorated in modern victorian decoration. I've been intensely searching and sourcing for related furniture. I've personally went down to check out the items for some shops. Classical Recaptured Enterprise One, 1 Kaki Bukit Road 1 #01-07/08 6749-1003 It has quite a range of colours. Red, baby blue, white, silver, gold and black. The furniture looks pretty sturdy. And designs are quite unique too. I was told the pieces are imported from France. And the dresser that i set my sight on has a unique identification number. How cool is that? But of course the price tag is huge too. Mahanttan home collection 116 Lavender Street #01-02 Pek Chuan Building Singapore 6836 3738 www.manhanttancollection.com.sg Per sales personnel, the furniture is made of solid mahogany wood. The seats are quite hard. Designs are classical and finishing pretty standard. The Cottage Crafts 37 Ann siang Road http://www.thecottagec...

I just bought a new ink authentic HP cartridge. It printed 10 pieces of 3R pictures. And the ink quality declined drastically. How can it be? According to the website it should print at least 300 pages. Ok i'm doing intensive printing for pictures but it should give me more than 50 pages at the least before giving up at least? Grrrrl. The shop that sold me ask me to go to HP solution centre at Alexandra Road. I've have to queue to exchange just one cartridge? Are you kidding me??? Frustrated.

'To love, to hold and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, till death do us part."

"photos are from weddingchicks.com" This is albeit of a corny way to ask your friends for help. But i think its quite a cute idea. But of course, i never did this. I did the traditional way. Asking them. The bridemaids are very important to my wedding. Girls i'm counting on you! Much love and thanks in advance.

Tokyo Fashion. Online Shopping so so fun. Anyway, recently there is a sale at Tokyo fashion. What's different this time is they provide direct shipping to Singapore if you purchase more than 15 pcs. Its a super good time to rope in all your girl friends and make a purchase. I bought my bridemaids dresses at this spree. My sis and i combined and purchase 23 pieces of clothes at one shot. Eagerly waiting for the loots to arrive. I love online shopping. Its easy, fuss free and cheap. Quality is better than those purchases from Lion City. Price is extremely affordable. Some of the dresses i short listed: Check their website out now: http://tw.user.bid.yahoo.com/tw/booth/mayuki0920