Life after 26 May 2012

So the vows have been exchanged, kisses planted, champagne popped, dinner hosted, the big move almost completed.
Countless of people have asked us (individually & together) "so how's married life?"
Well, I have to admit that it's not an easy question but on the top of my head, it has been "so far so good!"

With a home we call our own (almost la) to upkeep, it's definitely not a bed of roses! Load the clothes to wash, hang the clothes to dry, fold the clothes to keep etc etc.. and the cycle continues. But the exciting part is yet to come as we build our home over the next few weeks. With some personal touches here and there, this so-called temporary accomodation for the next 3 years will be what we call home.

Even though we have known each other for almost half our lives, I am still learning about him and about us every single day.

He kisses me good morning every day, no matter how late we are, how engrossed am I in putting on my make up, how preoccupied i am in blowing my hair dry etc etc..

He doesn't mind those arm-exercising actions of hanging up the clothes to dry but he HATES folding and keeping the clothes. (i still don't understand why but I am not complaining!)

He CANNOT live without his TV.

He tries to reload the toilet roll when its used up but can never find the new rolls. -_-

Pleasant ones, surprising ones, yucky ones - I want this learning curve to go on forever until our hair turn grey. =)

Its u and me against the world

Missing the slice of heaven on earth

It has been more than 1 month and I am missing it everyday.
The clear blue skies and the endless ocean
The white, the green, the blue...

Missing the overflowing love  and energy we had while we slogged and prepared for the perfect day in our lives, missing all the madness we went through just to put both our familes on the same table to enjoy one meal.

One could imagine the high we experienced as we saw how picture perfect it was.
And hearing how all our guests enjoyed themselves that evening just sealed the whole event with the sweetest note.

Well at least we have all these wonderful memories captured in our hearts and most importantly in the photos taken by Fush! So when we grow old and our memories fail us, we can always flip through the albums and take a ride back memory lane...

Wedding vows

Am finally done with my vows. I thought it would be rather straightforward. I thought to myself "how difficult can it be? Just say sweet things and impress the wife." Oh boy was I wrong about it.

I decided to go on a lone trip to Bali last month thinking that I could spend some "Des-time" to reflect on the past as a dating couple and the future as a married couple and then I would probably come up with something. And I came out of the trip with one whole week of "Des-time" with no vows and missing her a lot. Eventually I decided to just focus on tying the loose ends for the wedding instead.

And then I thought since I achieved what I planned to achieve in my career plans for 2011, I could go according to my plans for 1st half of 2012. And boy was I wrong BIG TIME (again). I ended up having the busiest 1st quarter of my work life. Trying to think of something to write for the vows during lunch times certainly wasn't helped by endless errands to be run during lunch and last minute attempts to get fit in the gym. Plan B obviously failed.

In the end, I figured that I would simply note down little bits of emotions and memories that pop up at the most unexpected of times. Thank Apple for the iPhone! Every single one of those ''moments'' were captured and noted. As I sat on my bed every night running through the 'notes' that were diligently taken over the last few weeks, I wondered how I could piece it all together seamlessly. In the end, I simply went back to basics. I imagined and went back to 13 years back when I first held her hand, wrote my first love note, whispered my first sweet nothings...

Everything came back like it was just yesterday. The little bits of emotions and memories were really fragments of what had been hidden in the inner-most vacuum in my heart and were just waiting to explode into life for this day. The day I make my promises and present my part of the deal to you. Now that it is done, I simple can't wait to say it to you. Thank God for putting us in St Andrew's. We were not there by chance indeed.

Counting down!

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was like just yesterday when I had 6months to prepare for our wedding and now we are left with less den 2 weeks to go!!!!
Excites!
Nervous!
Stressed!
Excites!!!!

See u all in Bali-paradise-land soon!

xoxo

More on What to Wear to our Bali Dream Wedding (Men)

Pretty simple for guys, just dont come in a suit/tux or singlet and surf shorts!

Footwear:
- Sandals
- Pumps
Tops:
- Short sleves shirts / linen shirts
Bottoms:
- Linen pants / berms (no boardshorts/surf shorts)
- Bermuda pants

More on What to Wear to our Bali Dream Wedding (Ladies)

Basically we just want you to be comfortable on our special day so you can enjoy it as much as we will!

Footwear:
- Sandals

- Flats/pumps

- Slippers
Dresses:
- Sundress
- Maxi dress
- Cotton dress
Tops:
- Tunics
- Tank / Spag tops
Bottoms:
- Short skirt
- Denim skirt
- long flowly skirts
- Linen beach pants
- Leggings

It aint easy

It is officially 2 months away from Bail and 3.5 months away from our banquet. The reason why this space has been so awfully quiet and empty recently is because we have been frantically busy putting our wedding together!

From getting our wedding coordinator fired replaced, to choosing furniture for Bali, to project Save-Hsing's-tea-dress. Weekend after weekend, we spend our time meeing various stakeholders, staring into our endless guestlist, shopping for the perfect dress for me, brainstorming for the most efficient way to plan and execute!

If you ask my honest opinion? It was a tad crazy but managable. And did i freak out at any point of time? You bet it did! I freaked out at the way my tea dress turned out! I freaked out at the thought of our wedding planner not being able to get the right furniture for Bali, I freaked out when i realised i havent formed my EXCO!

Nonetheless, I am glad to say that we are still very much in one piece, moving along steadily and surely, and when shit doesnt hit the fan, we are enjoying every part of the process. Besides the fun, the excitement, the anxiety and of course the occasional frustrations, this is very much a learning process for both of us.

Through the past 8-10 months of wedding preps, valuable lessons i have learnt:

- when i first said (in a calm, sure and confident tone) "i wana keep it simple.", it definitely wasnt words from my heart. And I doubt it would be from any normal gal's heart. Simple evolved into 2 weddings. Simple evolved into 4-5 wedding outfits. Simple evolved into over 400 guests for the banquet....

- I am not as rational as I thought. Well i am afterall still a girl right? ;)

- Compromise. Not just between the couple. It is also used when we need to deal with the planner, the photographer, videographer etc. I guess one can never always have her way.

- When i freak out or just about to freak out, he is there to take over and the show goes on.

- We bring out the best in each other when we work together as a team. U are indeed my best partner!

I may grumble sometimes, but i know deep down inside me, i will surely miss all these once 26 May 2012 is over...