Food Tasting Menu

8 Course Dinner

Appetizer
Cold - Salad Prawn
Japanese - Chuka Hotate
BBQ - Roast Suckling Pig
Grilled - Unagi
Deep Fried - Seafood Dumpling

Soup
Braised Shark's Fin soup with Crabmeat & Crab Roe

Abalone
Braised Whole Baby Abalone with Chinese Spinach

Seafood
Stir Fried Fresh Scallops with XO Sauce

Fish
Soon Hock steamed with Superior Soya Sauce

Meat
Pipa Duck

Noodles
Fried Crispy Noodles with Prawns

Dessert
Yam Paste with Gingko Nuts

Drooling already? We are going for food tasting on 9th December... yum yum

Wedding Cards~

Picked up the wedding cards from our coordinator last week~ take a look at our options.
Call me traditional, but I prefer the red one

Outstanding Things~

I decided to type out all my outstanding tasks for the big day (52 days to go)

Pre-Wedding Day Tasks

• Register on ROM - DONE
  
• Guo Da Li (Dowry preparations & official asking of hand - the traditional Chinese way) - Date fixed - DONE
  
• Engraving on our wedding bands (any suggestions on what we should engrave?), polishing too - DONE
  
• Auspicious timings for various tasks required on actual day - Verified to be 7-9 Am
  
• Confirm timing with makeup artist for morning & night
  
• Confirm attendance for tea ceremony
• Meet with "Jie Meis" & "Xiong Dis" to confirm outfits, tasks & roles
  
• Confirm drivers/car for N & Me, and our entourage
• Make arrangements for buffet for both extended families & entourage
• Buy outfits for both mums, collect jackets for both dads and dress for my sis - My mum's, dad's DONE
  
• Pick up our outfits from Bridal shop, outfits altered & cap-sleeve to be included
  
• Have bridal car decked out by Bridal shop
• Ensure wedding album ready along with small photos & Big photo with frame for bedroom
• Ensure guests flying in will be taken care of (transport, attendance in day/night)
• Ensure jewellery & heels for me, shirts & socks for him already bought & ready - DONE
  
• Prepare Ang Baos... meaning go to bank to exchange for new notes & get hundreds of red packets & start filling them up!
• Ensure that our actual day photographer & videographer are available & equipped
• Accommodation for relatives (dad's taking care of this)
  

Wedding Dinner Related

• Ballroom setup - still looking & deciding
  
• Wedding Invitations (To Print, pack, write & Send!) - 80% DONE
  
• Food Tasting - DONE
  
• Rehearsal (may have to rope in some "jie meis" & "xiong dis" to help)
  
• RSVP List
• Attendance for "Make-Up" tea ceremony
• Confirm with solemniser again on date, time & venue
• Montage ? (still thinking whether to put up cheesy & boring montage)
• Prepare MC & our own speech (MCs, you know who you are!)
• Programs during dinner (actually N & I are clueless bout this... any one with bright ideas?)
  
• Digital photos to prepare for screening in reception area
• Music compilation for march-in & dinner?
  

House related

• Doors fixed up
  
• Tile change (1 last one)
• Last round of wiring
• Electrical works
  
• Mountable items to be up
• Sofa set to be in - DONE
  
• Dining table to be indented - ORDERED
  
• Window grilles
• Curtains
• Some display shelves
• Final Painting
• Packing up of bags & boxes
  
• Shoe cupboard (eyeing Ikea one)
• Clearing of bomb shelter
• 1 last wash-up
• Putting up of "wedding-essentials" plus lamps

Wow... think I may have missed out some more stuff, I'll add on when I recall them.
Meantime, I may need help for certain menial tasks like packing of wedding invitations so please help me out k? thank you thank you!

Busy is an understatement

Long time since I last posted anything...

Busy is a word I have been using too frequently these days, but I am definitely not exaggerating.

Japanese exams papers, spread over 2 weeks.

Picking out photos from photoshoot, preparing for end of month trip to my dad's hometown for a good friend's wedding.

Also, having to juggle hunting down the last few pieces of furniture lacking in my house, settling the last touch-ups, along with doors and window grille, having to meet up with friends for discussion of our outfit for another friend's wedding next year.

My invitation cards yet to be printed, food-tasting not yet done, viewing of ballroom setup unfinalised....

Last but not least, still not registered on ROM website yet...

And the big day is less than 60 days away!

Photoshoot Part 2

Started off at 10AM on a Tuesday afternoon...

sky was somewhat grey but not raining, fingers crossed.

1st stop Marina Square stairs facing Esplanade, where I first met N. in outdoor gown... was prespiring under the hot sun.

Went back to bridal shop for change, we headed out to SJI Chapel, N used to study there, n called up to request to take pics there... approved by a very kind Brother. Chapel pics turned out nice, plus pics taken on the track were really nice.

Headed to Botanic gardens, took some pics, somewhat ordinary and cliche.

Labrador park... didnt reach there in time for sunset. so pictures were taken mainly in the dark. Rather nice pics, if I do say so myself.

Last stop Henderson Bridge, in another outfit. I like the nite scene there, pics turned out real nice.

Finally back at bridal shop to take pics in my school uniform n N's uniform. These photos, i like the most, we took pics with our PS3 game controllers... love these pics.

Again we ended after 10, so got home at 11 plus...

Our indoor shots turned out real nice, went down last saturday to pick out pics, preliminarily... whittled the numbers down to 250 from 500+ in total....

Going down again this weekend to do final selection... Phew*

How to keep to the stated 40 pics on album? I have absolutely no clue...