Valentine's Day Idea

This year is my first Valentine's with my husband. So I want to make it special. On little paper hearts that I cut out from pink color papers, I write down love notes for my husband. 

Some of the notes that I wrote...

1. I love your cheeky face =)

2. I only have EYES on you!

3. You are my SUNSHINE

4. It's awesome to spend my life with you

5. Let's grow old together! :)

I hide these hearts in places where he can find them in the morning before he goes to work.. for example on his wallet, in the handkerchief drawer, near the light switch and all over the washroom mirror. *grin* I did this all while he was reading on the bed. He hardly notice I was doing all this! >.<

But he found out the notes on the mirror in the middle of the night. Though I wanted it to be a surprise in the morning, I love seeing him all happy and he giggled while saying "darling, I saw your loves on the mirror.. I love them!"

He loves the love notes! ;D And I'm glad cuz I love it too as the notes helped me to focus on the things I love about my husband. 

2014 - year of the Horse

2014 is the year of the Horse according to Chinese zodiac. I received a couple of greetings from friends showing the horse in different designs. Nowadays, we don't usually receive cards via the slow mail or even via email. Many send their greetings via SMS and mostly through "Whatsapp" and posting at FB, which is the trend in this generation. Here is a collection of greetings I received from friends. 

This year is my first year of NOT receiving angpaos (red packets), means I have to give out angpaos! Lol.. The reason is that I'm married just last Dec and according to Chinese tradition, those who are married will need to give to the singles, especially children. Some said for newly married couple, they should give double packets to signify double joy. I'm not sure when and where this tradition started and whether it is a must to follow, so I only followed partially. ;-P Anyone can shed some lights here? 

Registration of marriage - 08.12.13

Ah... How time flies...

Finally, we have reach this important moment 

~~ our registration of marriage on 08.12.2013 ~~

It was a simple ceremony with our parents and friends to witness the signing.

It only took us 5 minutes to sign the papers.. 

no exchange of vows or rings yet as these will only be done 

on our actual wedding day in the church. 

We are half way to become husband & wife...woohoo! :P 

so happy to be called his wife. ;D

Although legally married, marriage without exchanging vows & rings 

and witnessing by our family & friends, it seems incomplete. 

Never the less, it's an important day to remember. 

Counting the days till we exchange our vows. >>>>> 11days

Our Pre-Wedding Photos

May I now present you my best friend, my lover, my soul mate...my fiance and husband-to-be, Andrew. *grin* I'm counting the days! It's going to be in 32 days time. Exciting and yet nervous at the same time. Wooh! ;D 

Before I go into details about the wedding preparation..let me first show you our pre-wedding photos. Photographer was Sam from France Taipei Ipoh. I would say he is a professional. Worked as a wedding photographer for the past 10 years plus. The photos proved to be good quality, perfect moments captured.. we like our photos very much. 

I have chosen 6 gowns - 1 outdoor and 5 indoors. I was skeptical to the dark brown gown at first but it really looked good on me. It bring out my fair skin. *wink*. The below white gown was the front part of the the gown with the sexy see-through lace at the back. You can check the gown from my previous post. I especially like this hairstyle with tiny braid at the top. 

Outdoor shoot was actually mostly done indoor. hahahaha..because we are afraid of the sun and hate sweating. :P We did it at his uncle's house, on a hill but most of our photos were actually photographed in the house. And most of our photos are not really for the scenery but mainly to capture our faces and the feel. 

I love these pictures! Love the hairstyle..love the poses...especially love the moments with my fiance. :)

Weird phone call

Today I received a very weird phone call from an unknown telephone no. At first, I hesitated to pick up the call. Never the less, I picked up the call after a few seconds. 

A girl greeted me in Mandarin. Although I wasn't properly chinese educated, as a Malaysian, I could understand and speak simple Mandarin and I'm very sure she's asking for me and I answered, "Yes, speaking". 

But I could not understand what she was telling me after that.. =.=' 

I think she was asking me to attend something at Time Square. 

So, I told her politely.. "I'm sorry, I couldn't understand what you have just said." And guess what I got from her?

"Do you want to die??" Ouch!! I wasn't prepared for that. That's so rude! And she hung up after saying that to me. Where's her professionalism as a telemarketer? But what puzzled me is that the call was from Hong Kong! A number starting with +852-9423-XXX. 

Pre-Wedding Photoshoot at France Taipei Ipoh

My fiance and I had our pre-wedding photoshoot last Friday, 23.8.13. I was excited the whole week and couldn't wait to take the shoot with my fiance. I did my manicure & pedicure at La Zen the day before the shoot. Took 1.5 days off just for this special day. I feel that it's really a milestone in my life and an important day to remember. Even though it's not the actual wedding day, but the closeness during the photoshoot seems like we are already married. Lol... :P I don't mean the physical closeness, but the feeling and how we have enjoyed the shooting together. 

Our appointment was at 10:00am. I was nervous what will my make-up artist do to my hair and eyes. But my doubt was washed away when I was ready for my outdoor shoot. :D My fiance was all smile and his eyes were literally glittering in awe. hahaha.. ok, ok.. i'm a bit exaggerating here but he did look very happy when I stepped out from the makeup room. :D

Mandy was my MUA. Yuki, the famous MUA from France Taipei that many brides had talked about in the bridal forum, was there to help around too when her client had gone for photoshoot. They are both very professional and precise in their work.

Our photographer was Sam. I'll have to see the actual photos before I can comment on his skill. 

Here's a preview of some of the gowns that I've chosen for the photoshoot. I still prefer white gown to the others. The actual photos have to wait for the photographer's photos as these were taken using mobile phone. (updated here)

I've enjoyed the shooting very much especially because my fiance enjoyed it too. We had fun trying out different poses. Some easy and some really difficult. But overall.. it's a once in a lifetime event that I will never forget. :D