Together in 3s

About 4 years ago, the Tan family (my mum's side of the family) had 3 weddings happening back to back, 2 months apart from each other.

Ee got married in Sep 04 at Conrad, Net in Nov 04 at Shangri-la and then Grace in Jan 05 at Raffles Hotel.

After a wedding drought among the Tan cousins for the past few years, we might just be having another 3 weddings happening back to back in 2009/2010. HH & Ting are waiting for their flat, S & CS just got engaged last week and we're set for Sep 09.

Funny how things come together, huh?

Christmas eve

It rained ALL day on Christmas eve. The weather made me feel I was out of Singapore, somewhere else in the world!



From the rain (and traffic jam) into the warmth and coziness of a beautiful home all ready for Christmas.



While waiting for the clock to strike 12 on Christmas so that we could open our presents together like we always do, we played 'Hungry Hungry Hippos' (waa... very nostalgic!), and 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus'.



Thank you PMS friends... for playing key roles in helping us at/for our wedding! You guys are very precious to me!

Monthly anniversary

On the 23rd of every month, Edmund gives me a card. He takes about an hour to write each of my cards cos they aren't the "Dear Sue Ern, Love XXX" kind of waste-time cards. I love receiving letter-cards!

Edmund and I 1st got together on 23 Apr 2007. Today marks our 20th month together. We went to SKS to do some last minute shopping and then to Pasta de Waraku at Square 2, followed by more last minute shopping at United Square.

Outside United Square

Edmund has been very sweet accompanying me to do my last-minute Christmas shopping. I know he is utterly bored but he still wants to come with me. He always offers to carry my bag and I try my best not to let him unless it's heavy and I'm awfully tired. Just think guys look weird carrying ladies bags.

Look alike?

Someone at the Christmas party we were at tonight commented that we look alike.


Discount our white outfits and sticker nametags... face look alike meh?

25 in a quarter

Edmund's good friend from secondary school told us he had 25 weddings to attend in Q4 of 2008!

That's a disgusting number of weddings to attend in 3 months! That's more than my 3 year preferred quota!

Christmas cards

What a treat to receive 2 Christmas cards from UK today. One was from my sister and the other was from Kay.

While my dad and sister communicate via skype, my sister and I write letters/cards to each other. We take the opportunity to show off our pretty letter-writing papers/cards and enjoy the thrill of receiving a non-bill/advertisement in the mail!

Taken in Hokkaido - Jul 08

We planned the wedding date to fall during my sister's school holidays so that she can be back for my wedding. I thought it so sweet of my sister to want to be the best bridesmaid!


Kay and I have known each other since 1993. It's amazing how we've stayed in contact all these years even though we don't go to the same church/school and are sooooo different! Kay really makes the effort with friends and it's good for me to have more free-spirited, artistic and creative friends to balance me off!

Kay can't be back for my wedding but she's been helping me with my wedding remotely from where she is by giving me great ideas. I'm looking forward to her visit back home to Singapore in Jan 09. Kay's a budding photographer and she's kindly volunteered to spend some time with me to do a little pre-pre-wedding shoot for me! Haha! I LURVE taking photos! *vain*

Taken in Kay's room - Jun 07. We need a better photo of us together, Kay!

Custom-made

After going to Goldheart, Soo Kee, Poh Heng, Lee Hwa, Citigems, and the likes, we've decided that we'll just borrow ideas from what we saw there and get our wedding bands custom-made somewhere else where they don't spend tonnes on advertisements and sales staff.

I think we're more or less decided to go with a ching-chong jeweller that takes up half a HDB shop space in Ang Mo Kio. This lady was recommended to me by Auntie Amy. Cousin Grace and Lynette both had their wedding jewellery made/set there.

The lady at the ching-chong jewellery shop is a great business woman! She custom-makes jewellery, buys gold jewellery you don't want or need cash in exchange for, allows jewellery trade-in, repairs/services watches, can add diamonds to your eg. rolex watch. Don't you love it when people say more can's than cannot's especially in the sales and service industry?

There are 2 things I care more about with regards to wedding stuff. The gown and the rings. So we're having both custom-made to satisfy fussy me.

Cousin Grace

I met up with my cousin Grace today! She's back from America visiting relatives over Christmas & New Year.

It was great catching up with her. I didn't realise it's been 4 years plus since she got married! It was nice talking to someone who understands what I'm going through because she was in a similar position 4 years plus ago.

Look what Grace bought for me from America!!! It absolutely made my day! =)

Over made up

I happened to chance upon an acquaintance's wedding photos online today. The photos so didn't look like her. I thought she looked prettier on a 'normal' day.

I think I would be quite upset if I ended up looking unrecognisable after the makeup on the wedding day!

Makeup should enhance and not mutate a person's face.

Desserts

A recent discovery: Tiramisu at Miss Clarity Cafe! I love it!


I always tell others that I have a separate stomach when it comes to desserts. No matter how full I am, there's usually always room for dessert.

Edmund doesn't have a sweet tooth. He doesn't fancy cake or ice cream the way I do! Sometimes, he'll ask me for a bite to have a taste and a bite is usually all he gets. Most of the time I get too carried away enjoying my dessert to offer him another bite.

A very common 'dessert' scenario...

Sue Ern: I want dessert! *excitedly*
Edmund: Can you finish it all by yourself?
Sue Ern: yup! *very happy*
Edmund: I thought you said you're very full?
Sue Ern: Ha! There's always room for dessert!
Edmund: Can share?
Sue Ern: ... but I don't want to share!

I love sharing desserts when it means there are 2 of us sharing 2 different desserts. But when there's only 1 dessert for 2 people... it's not enough!!! ;p

I offered him a 2nd bite on this 1!

Come home in Sep 09

I've got a few friends living/working overseas that I would love to have at my wedding. Being super KS, I already sent them an e-mail asking them to consider planning a trip back home to Asia in Sep 09 to visit their family around my wedding. *kill 2 birds with 1 stone for them*

Today, Audrey e-mailed me to say that her sister is going to give birth in Jul 09. So now, there's an additional reason for her to come back in the 3rd quarter of the year!

Yippee! I'm crossing my fingers it'll work out for Audrey to be back for my wedding!

From left: Audrey (now in London), Limei (now in America) & I.
I feel short next to the 2 of them!

Wedding 1

Couple:
Angie & Boon Kiat

Interesting facts I learnt about the couple:
- they dated for 11 years
- she was a girl guide and he was a boy scout and that's how they met

Venue:
Marina Mandarin Hotel

First time:
seeing waiters/waitresses dance on stage with the cold dish platter perched on their shoulders. (it was quite well-executed... but it sure was something unexpected!)

Discussion points:
- Who started the fancy 1st-dish entry "stunt" at chinese dinner banquets?!
- Is it just for entertainment value?
- Should I let the hotel carry on with their 1st-dish "stunt" or should I cancel it altogether? (I am in 2 minds about it! Maybe I should let the hotel continue with it so that it can be a talking/joking point for my friends!? ;p )

A string of weddings ahead

This month marks the start of the wedding season for me...

Dec 08: Angie & Boon Kiat
Jan 09: Barbra & Peter
Feb 09: Mei Wan & Jiaming
Apr 09: KC & Peter
Jun 09: Yu Min & Andy
Jul 09: Kara & Randy
Aug 09: Stacia & Andy
Sep 09: Edmund & I
Oct 09: Ee Lee & Edwin
Nov 09: Zin Ee & Chris
Dec 09: Pearlyn & Andy

I'm quite sure there are more coming... just hope it's not too many more!


Looking at the bright side of things, at least it's only 1 wedding a month (so far)! Cos I've heard how friends have attended 3 weddings in a weekend or 4 weddings in a month! *shiong*

No ear-holes

I have no ear-holes. Most of the time I go earring-less. Once in a blue moon, I torture myself with clip-on earrings.

I was talking to Lydia on MSN today and she told me that she wore clip-on earrings on her wedding day. My ears hurt like crazy just having those clip-ons on for 20mins so I wanted to know how Lydia survived the whole day with clip-ons on.


When I asked, she said something to the effect of...
'considering how tight the dress was and how irritating the fake eyelashes were, the clip-on earrings were ok'

That made me laugh... the things we girls go through to look beautiful!

When I was Wendy's bridesmaid, I got cramps from wearing a modern girdle to keep my tummy from bulging. And when I went to 2 bridal studios to try on dresses in Oct, I could barely walk home from the train station because of the tummy cramps gotten from squeezing into those bridal gowns I was trying.

I better remind my bridal gown designer about my tummy's low tolerance for tight clothing!

Friends from school

Recently I've been getting back in touch with friends from primary and secondary school through Facebook. It's great to hear how they are doing... married, pregnant, with children, successful in life.

I met up with my pri 4 and sec 4 partner (same girl I sat next to in class those 2 years) for lunch today. I forgot why I liked her so much as a friend until she started talking. She's so funny and so much fun without trying hard! She even brought her Sec 4 autograph book and told me my autograph entry was the neatest in her book!

I'm glad she's found her man and happily married! She told me how she kept crying on her wedding day... so much so her fake eye-lashes came off!


I wonder if I'd be a crying mess on my wedding day. High probability if I don't sleep enough the night before which is most likely, isn't it?!