It is drawing near…

Finally, the long awaited examinations and markings are over!

Ben and i were supposed to start full-fledged on our wedding preparations but nothing seems to be done.

To make things worse, i had the worse PMS ever last friday… sobbed for a whole 2 hours with Ben being worried yet amused by me. We both concluded that it is pre-marriage jitters.

Tons of things to be completed:

1) Send out all wedding invitations

2) Confirm guest list

3) Sitting arrangement

4) Wedding montage

5) Actual Day Run Down

6) Paint our room

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and the list goes on.

Just as we thought we could both spend every day after school to settle our wedding stuff, our days seem to be filled with meetings, workshops and whatsoever. =(

This weekend, we are gonna shift his current bed to my current room in order to make space for our new bed! =)

2 weeks later will be the Guo4 Da4 Li3… shall post more pictures then!

Wedding Preparations

We spent the entire day shopping with my mommy and aunt today.

The entire shopping process was rather fun actually. We went to this shop in Chinatown where they sell all sort of things required for traditional chinese wedding. I realized that being in this line is rather lucrative!

Ben & i love the way it is SO TRADITIONAL. We had a lot of fun learning about the different traditions and the significance of all the different items, despite the fact that the shop was rather humid!

Ben decided to buy this super HUGE ang bao for the 聘金 ( chinese term for this sum of money which he is supposed to give to my mommy on the day of 过大礼. My mommy told him it’s not the size of the ang bao that matters, it’s the amount INSIDE that matters more!! Although i agree with her, i find this big ang bao super cute!

TO MY JIE MEIs : Ben bought one big ang bao for you all too! hahaha. But i don’t know about the sum inside!

Ben observing the carvings on the pair of 龙凤烛 which he was about to buy.This pair of candles is supposed to be kept burning till their ends to symbolize 百年好合.

Ben making payment for his items.

I like the way he is so keen about all these wedding preparations.

Other than the candles,  we also bought several stickers to be pasted on our doors, new cupboard, and other wedding-related items.  My dear JIE MEIs – see the BIG RED ANG BAO that states 万事胜意??? That one is for the gate crash! =) =) Give Benben some ‘effort-points’ ok!

This set was bought by my mommy for me. The potty and large basin is for the baby who may come along next time =)

Among all these items, i like the tea pot and the ‘thread-and-needle’ kit the most ( the heart shaped box).

Ben and i have decide that we will set up a Love Altar in our future home. It will be a corner which displays our unity candles, and all our wedding related items, so that we can always remember The Day. I kinda like this idea. =)

We are 2-year-old!

It’s been a week or so since i last blogged and yay! There’s progress in our wedding preparation!

29 Sept – We attended the first session of our marriage counselling! It was quite an interesting and refreshing session. Together with 2 more couples, several relationship issues were raised and discussed. It was interesting because we could hear from the other couples and realized that it is indeed true to say every relationship is unique and different!

Us! Looking tired outside the counseling room.

The entire session lasted from 7pm to 1015pm! By the end of the session, we were both exhausted and famished!

30 sept – booked our HK trip from 23rd to 27th Dec! just the both of us!  Minor disappointment of the day was that there are some minor changes in our honeymoon to Europe as the tour group was canceled. =(  though it was a bit disappointing, God blessed us with a good travel agent who helped us a great deal! While at the travel agency, i experienced the first earthquake in my life!

1st Oct – Children’s Day. Bought little erasers and placed them on each individual desk in my home class as a little surprise for them before the EL paper. =) Woke up feeling lighted-hearted because it is our 2nd year anniversary today! Although we did not make plans for anything special, it was still a special day to us!

And on this special day, we received an email informing us that our wedding album is ready for collection! YES FINALLY!!!! it’s a pity because we will not have the time to collect it until next tues =(

cant wait to see the album!!!!!