WEDDING - we're on!

So 2 months after our marriage, and a month after our honeymoon.... we are now planning for a wedding.

Do things differently, dont we!

It's actually very stressful at the moment, as I am trying to pull this off REMOTELY in 10 months flat, with only a short visit in April to finalise things. YIKES! Believe me, right now I am that insomniac bride that wakes up in the middle of the night to write something crucial that cannot be forgotten on a post-it.

Not to mention we are severely over budget and need to be ruthless enough to cut down a tentative guestlist of 195 to 100... *weeps* ... All these people I want to invite!!!

Anyway, I'd like to share a few of mine (and my Bridesmaids) ideas about the wedding:

THE THEME: An Understated Marie Antoinette





THE BRIDESMAIDS: Pastels in 4 different colours

Ok here's the terrible bit. In the same week that I announce my macaroon-and-lollipop-pastel-covered idea about having all by bridesmaids in different colours... Cherie sends me a picture from the SMH Wedding of the Week:


OH... MY... GOD.

I was inconsolable, I tell you! I considered suicide for a few hours, but then decided that I had to make dinner before my husband came home so I had to put it off...

Anyway, my wonderfully talented and brilliant Maid of Honor and BFF Xtine (aka. up and coming fashion designer/makeup artist) offered to design my bridesmaid's dresses and get them made. EXCITEMENT!!!

I should live, I guess.

Here are the 2 shortlisted sketches she made with her descriptions. Let me know which one is better!

Option 1 Waist Sash: This one is loosely based on your white Review cotton dress - the first idea we discussed. Has a sweetheart neckline, with a little bit of ruching at the bust. There is a contrast waist sash, but it is sewn into the bodice seam at the top only, so that it doesn't flap around & stays in place - it will be loose at the centre back so that it can tie in a bow at the back. I imagine this to be in a softish satin, so that it has a bit of movement & is slightly gathered at the waistline. The neckline has a small contrast frill (same colour as sash).


Btw, the Review dress she is talking about is this one:


Option 2 Bow Bodice: This is based on a Seduce dress I saw on the weekend when I went shoppin with Ange - its really cute, and Ange took some pics in the fitting room when I tried it on, except we still have to get this made because it only comes in black & navy blue...yuk. The contrast bodice bow bit is actually a seperate layer that goes over the body of the dress, it then extends around to the back & ties up in a long sash. This dress is more structured than the first one, i.e. not as flowy...and I imagine we can do it in a duchess satin or similar weight fabric.

And this is Xtine modelling the Seduce dress:


THE FLOWERS: Carnations


THE CAKE: Grace Kwok's invention, design TBC :)

YAY! How very excitement.

OK next bit of excitement. Ange has finally got her wedding ring! Long story, but there was a big drama with the first ring that Phil got her (which she still has, cos they havent been able to get a refund - its just RIDIC!) but then he went and got her another one made which is perfect:

Lovely, aint it.

OK, who's next??

Back in Taipei for One Night Only!!

Back at work for one day, but that didn't stop us from having a long and yummy lunch :P

And what great timing! It was Betty's Bday THAT DAY and we went to a restaurant called Robins in the Grand Formosa Regent. We had our own private room and the food was EXCELLENT! Although Rebecca almost had a heart attack when she saw the menu...

Poor Rebecca, the Povo Porno star...

But even being a Povo Porno, she still bought me a lovely gift! A FROGGIE RING!

...that we licked together...

Awww...

We compared darkness, and I'm like an Islander compared to everyone else. YIKES!!

A green frog and a red flower. Thats all I see.

HAHA!! Check out the losers wearing bibs teehee:

Our very pleasantly quiet teppanyaki chef that just cooked silently and ignored all our screaming:

He did a mean scallop:

And ultra sexy lobsters:


OMG this steak was to die for! I cant remember what I ordered - tenderloin? Anyway it was amazing and easily the best Teppanyaki steak I have ever had in my life. Melted off my tongue, I tell you!

Some very aromatic Flie Lice:

Bday girl with some giggling girties:


.... and a really red husband HAHA:

Peoples:

And this was our dessert. ALL OURS!! Yummilicious!


Note I am always holding a dry martini in my hand in 8 out of 10 photos. Hmmm... I wonder what that means?

Why is everyone else drinking tea? I dont get it...

Niki came right at the end when we were leaving! She went HIPHOP dancing instead of having drinks with me!! Ok fair enough, I only gave like 2 hours notice... at least she made it when we were walking out the lobby LOL...

Note how I'm holding a really cool gadget? No, that is not a sex toy! Its a back massager that you thump on your back when you get really sore shoulders. Its pink and its a strawberry and it was a present from Angela (actually, I just took it from her desk) and it was from the 39NT shop! ($2AUS)

Loves it, I use it all the time ;)

Bye bye Taipei! I'll miss ya terribly *sniffles*

Here's my ode to you:



Makes me wanna DISCO!!

XXOO

KL again! Sunway Resort and our private villa

This is the Sunway Lagoon Resort & Spa. Its like this massive hotel complex with a themed shopping mall, theme park and lagoon included:



But we did NOT stay in the main hotel - YIPPEE!! We stayed the the private villas which are still part of the hotel, but situated in a jungle at the back and it was lovely lovely lovely.

Sitting in the lounge at check in waiting to be taken to the villas:

Walking into our villa. There are only 17 of them and it is full with honeymooners! We also have our own restaurant/bar which is separate from the hotel so we dont have to eat breakfast with the plebs.

The outdoor pool ajoining the hotel and the villas:

At the Shopping Centre - look, its Asian Avenue! Chinky dory!


We did indoor archery:

HAHA... look very closely - the left one is his and the right one is mine. LOL...

It was hard alright!

Oooooh... you walk into our villa and there is our own little plunge pool inside our room:

View walking out to the ajoining theme park:


Need to get some Tony Romas in me before I start theme-parking!

Getting ready to go on the bungy thingy:

YAY! I'm a star! I'm so far off the ground hahaha:

Rock climbing?


Ok you gotta watch this video:



Shooting some paintball thing:

LOL! We had to wear hair nets to go on the motorbike thingys:


Walking over the longest skybrige in Asia... or something like that:


Look! I got a henna tattoo to match Froggies :) It was supposed to last for 1 week but really only lasted 1 day...


On the puniest shittiest pussiest Ferris Wheel ever... but tradition is tradition:


Ooooo someone's perving on me:


Getting ready to go into our romatic bathtub:


Nice!

Breakfast Part One (there are usually more than 3 parts and ends with me holding my stomach):


Our couple spa treatment in the Mandara Spa. Foot bath, body scrub, rose bath, hot stone massage. Detoxifying!!


All spa(ed) out and refreshed! ;)



Getting ready to go out shopping by myself while the man gyms. Pfft... why would you wanna do that??


Having a ball at the shopping centre by myself LOL:


Last night! Drinks at the bar and some funny videos:





That's it - THE END!

Sadness in our eyes...


But the honeymoon isnt over - its NEVER OVER!

We'll be honeymooning forever.... ♥♥

XXOO