My nails *LOVE*, Taipei 101, SYS Memorial & Other...

OoooOoooo I love my new nails atm. SO Hello Kitty!!


I even wore a dress to match :)

Here we are outside Taipei 101 tower... the only place anyone ever goes in Taipei *yawns*...



And OMG how big does my bum look in this pic?? Then I realised it was the wind making the dress billow...


... so we tried again and this time there was no wind but my butt was still big *cries*

We were meant to get the "Taipei 101" sign at the back but the random cameraman failed:

The Sun Yet Sen Memorial Hall *yawn* and the newlyweds trying to look respectfully serious:

AND THE REST...

This is how I get treated normally:

I LOVE MUMMY:

We're fuckwits:

... and a random pic of me & Rebecca on the street:

Mutterings on being a wife...

... already.

It's only been 48 hours but I have already decided that it is very important to start being a proper wife. Of course, nothing changes between us but there are certainly things we should change about ourselves.

Firstly, the day after we got married, my mum woke up and boiled 2 eggs for Steve. She then proceeded to tell me that its fine if I cant cook or do housework, but I must look after his "health" and give him eggs in the morning (or other protein) because too much "expenditure" is not good for the man. LOLOL!! So yea... ok I'll make some eggs...

Next (and we have had this discussion before), but I have REALLY REALLY made the decision to buy less junk and more investment items. Well, actually I buy a lot of both at the moment, so Froggie and I have come to an agreement that I should get rid of the former. I'm gonna be a high-quality wearing/no junk wife now!

Oh also... he hates acrylic nails and I agree that it is very girlfriend-looking and not very wifey, so this next set will be my last (apart from special occasions).

WOW im such a brilliant wife already!

I'M the BEST.

Did you know in Florida, you can void a marriage within 78 hours and pretend you were drunk or something? And it's different from a divorce so its like you didnt get married at all! Well... we dont live in Florida so its too late, he's stuck with me now.

OOOoooHHOohhhoOHHH I wanna watch Australia so bad!! But it's not showing here *KILLS!!* If someone knows how I can get a hold of it do tell!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It always feels weird celebrating Thanksgiving with Americans, being from a Commonwealth country and all... but we decided that food was very important (and i really wanted Turkey), so we went to Dan Ryans and ate under the premise of celebrating a holiday that I completely donnot understand...

The boys were even more rebellious and had steak! Well... Adolfo's didnt come for ages...

... but we settled on a traditional turkey dinner, and got really full:

I had so much for lunch that day I had a mini telletubbie already even before I started eating! See??

Never mind, a poo will fix that.

It was funny cos during the whole meal, every time Steve called me he started off his sentences with "Wife". Cute, but eventually I want him to switch to something like "yummy mummy", "MILF", or "beautiful, sexy and unbelievably tolerant and intelligent mother of my children".

YEAAAAAA

Welcome Mr & Mrs Chang!

Yes, it was in a registry.

Yes, it looked like the RTA.

Yes, it was very much like Carrie & Big getting married in City Hall. I wore an old dress, and a cuff given to me by all my friends before I left Sydney.

And YES, we will have a proper wedding when we get back to Sydney.

But we really believe that marriage is about a commitment between 2 people under God, and more important than any big wedding or ceremony... is the love we have for each other and the binding commitment we made yesterday.

Our wedding bands:


Our ticket to wait in line LOL:


Our witnesses!


Signing the registry papers:


I was so so proud of Froggie. He dressed up in a suit, and shaved himself so cleanly! It is the VERY FIRST TIME I have seen him get that little piece of hair that he always misses! Awwww... I love you hubby XXOO


My lovely pretend bridesmaids and my mummy - we are all wearing the same pearl necklace that I made and designed for them in Shenzhen :)


The traditional 3 bows... 一拜天地:


二拜高堂:

夫妻交拜:


What a hole this registry is! LOLOL


Dinner at the best restaurant in Taipei on the top of 101 Tower:


Some slightly intoxicated girlies in the toilet...

Thanks everyone for being there for me! I kept it so small and hardly invited anyone, but thats the way we wanted it :)



Some things are true when whispered, but become false when shouted.

For the first time - I am happy whispering blissfully...

Thank you everyone for all your well wishes. If you would like to see more pictures, I will post them up on facebook soon.

Froggie & Gracie Chang
XXOO

While I was gone...

The puppies were at a colleague's house, and she was so good to them! She bought them new clothes and looked after them real well :)

Here's Chloe in her new red outfit:

... and as a Bumble Bee:


... but poor Peanut hated his alligator outfit so much. He was really depressed! So she went back and returned it :(

... and then he was naked.

AWWWW....

P.S. Apparently I look like her:

OMG as if.

I'm like 100x uglier than her and 1000x fatter.

Oh OH! And my friend Mel has a new bilingual fashion blog now - Girl in a Scarlet Dress as well as her old Beijing Baby blog. Check it out for lotsa good Jap fashion & ideas :p

Shanghai Highlights

DAY ONE:

Picked up at the airport by Jay, and arrive at JIA Boutique Hotel, recommended by Nat. It was really good, I was impressed! Have decided that it is no fun paying the same amount for some poshy 5 star hotel with no character when you can get cool foyers and great designs like this:



I wanted to eat hairy crab so Jay got his chef to make me really yummy ones! And also cooked up a big meal. These people are so lucky, they have a live-in chef, maid AND a nanny! 3 x hired help - ME LIKEY :)

Mandy, Me, Little Jay & Nat:

My godson:
The Sun family reunited (although I'm gonna be a Chang soon):

Dont we look just like a family here??

The parents stayed at home while we went bar hopping with Nat.

First stop: Glamour Bar @ M on the Bund

Next: Lounge 18

Last stop: Muse I (where supposedly I got drunk according to Froggie but im like pffft)

DAY TWO:

In front of my hotel with my OMFG I LOVE YOU red cashmere coat:

We had Western food at Element Fresh for the first time in a week and Froggie was in heaven:

Strolled around Plaza 66 (my favorite place) and took a picture in front of my fave store (at the moment). Froggie just kept complaining about how much everything cost, sounding like a husband already...

Was going to go up the Pudong and/or bottle opener tower but decided to wait for the next day as it was cloudy (MISTAKE as you will soon find out):


OK this is weird. We decided to try out this restaurant called Black Cafe. It is a restaurant that is completely PITCH BLACK and you sit in the dark feeling around for your food and your drink and your cutlery (if you can even be bothered to use it, as you dont even know what you're aiming at). Before you go into the restaurant, you have to wash your hands, put all your belongings including phones into the lockers cos there is not allowed to be ANY light. It was the most bizarre experience! We were served by blind waiters and had to walk in with our hands on the shoulders of the person in front of us, led by the blind person. I didnt even put my wine glass down the entire time for fear of spilling and/or not being able to find it again. It was the most exhausting meal of my life! Not to mention the fact that - because we couldnt see each other - we were yelling at the top of our lungs and the whole restaurant was really noisy!

I was also the only one to order the "Mysterious Menu" haha... noone else wanted to risk it so I took the bullet and it was fun, although I think I just got smaller portions of what everyone else was having (but I wasnt really sure)...

Next, we got tickets to Yoko Ono's new art launch. She was meant to be there, but we missed her cos we spent so long having that blind experience LOL:


One of her works:


The Art Wall, where you write your own messages:

We ended with drinks and water pipes @ Bar Barossa:

DAY THREE:

Nat took us to an Australian BBQ restaurant called Kakadu owned by a half-Aborigine where we were served by Phillipino expats. Nice!

I decided I REALLY needed to fix up my nails with the new polish I got from Sephora:

... And spent the whole meal eating like this:


We then hung out in the trendy lanes in Shanghai's French Concession - shopping in stores, cosy cafes, and acting like an unco:


Then we went back to Pudong, hoping to go on top of the new Financial Centre (aka the "bottle opener") that is taller than Taipei 101. It also houses the new Grand Hyatt:

But it was raining and even cloudier than the day before. Omg so HILAR, we couldnt see a thing, it ws completely white:

This is the Park Hyatt across the road. Almost as tall, but not as ugly looking:

We had coffee in the lounge bar inside and it has this really cool atrium thing that reaches all the way to the top:

And Froggie the Nerdie bought one of those mind game things (its like a Rubix Cube) and spent the whole time working on it...

... And conquered!!

Claps from us! Clap clap!

Celebrating an early B'day for Nat at Lost Heaven right before we leave:

I love Nat! Happy Bday! You know what gonna happen on your Bday - so I will never forget it! :)

Yay! Old friends are still the best...

LOVES!

But get this. The best part of the trip was when Froggie announced in front of everyone that he will get acrylic nails when I climb a mountain.

I want him to remember that when I conquer Kinabalu, or whatever its called...