I’ve been shopping for ROM things and I’ve been acting so vain. Hard to imagine that I’m behaving like a bridezilla even though I’m no where near that for other things. Haha. I just have to get the nicest and prettiest things.

The most challenging to shop for was my shoes. It was either too expensive, heels not sexy enough, too sexy design, too much diamante, etc etc etc …. I think we’ve scouted so many shopping malls and finally found the right one in Tangs Pavillion KL. Then, I also made him go for a haircut in the saloon I always frequent. The barber is good. I even bought colorvue bigger eyes contact lenses.

The best of all is the lunch I’m going to provide for participants. Everyone who is coming are the people who matters the most to me. People who I care deeply about and vice versa. A person once said we can test whether a person is a true friend but asking yourself…if you are stuck in Brazil and you call the said friend to come “rescue” you. Will he/she come? A true friend will just hop on the next plane to come. All the friends coming will pass this test with flying colors. That’s why I wanted to give them a good lunch for their time.

Anyway, back to the topic. I was looking for a good lunch venue but had a lot of headaches because there’s just not many restaurants in Putrajaya. Somehow, I felt that Universe answered my call for help and landed me in a page that offers Marriott Putrajaya Premier Plus Membership. I bought the membership. Now, not only will I be spending less for the lunch in a 5 star hotel but I can also have a one night complimentary stay. Happy!

I’m all set now. Thank you, Universe!

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Very busy in the last few days. Just so many things to do.

Thank you, Universe! I was having some headache arranging for my ROM luncheon’s venue. There’s just not many restaurants in Putrajaya. Geez. Then, last night, I stumbled upon this great blog and I have everything figured out. Happy! Somehow I feel that Universe has something to do with this.

Had a great dinner last night with a couple of friends. It was my first Lou Hei dinner for the upcoming Chinese New Year. We chatted for 3 hours, which I thought was pretty long. Haha. The theme word for the dinner was “Game Over”, which refers to be getting married and no longer out there playing the singles game. Oh yah…same for him too.

I’ve gotten all the things I needed yesterday in Mid Valley too. I’m all set for my ROM. Woo hoo!

After a 3 days of attending full day seminar + 8 hours work, I’m super exhausted. I woke up at 12 noon today. That’s how tired I am. It has been a long time since I last woke up so late. I’ve gotten quite a lot of new knowledge from the seminar. Just like all other seminars I’ve attended, I’m at the highly inspired/motivated level now. XCool is extra motivated, more than me. I guess it’s because the subject falls within his area of expertise.

Anyway, I came to know about this website www.richwoman.com which is a website owned by Kim Kiyosaki. Sounds familiar? She’s the famous Robert Kiyosaki’s wife. Wow. I’ve read her introduction about herself and a little on the website’s content and I’m in awe. I would love to be the owner of RichWoman.com and be able to say all those things she’s saying. How great will that be?

It’s the second half of January. That means I’m one step closer to all the awesome events that will happen in this year. Happy happy! *clap clap*

This weekend was a pretty eventful one. On top of covering night shifts for my shop, I’ve attended a 3 days seminar (starting from yesterday). The seminar was conducted by Robert G Allen and Patric Chan and it’s called “Multiple Streams of Income in a Flash”. Tomorrow is the last day. With so many information given to me in the last two days, I’m mentally exhausted. Now, I am like a zombie working in my shop. Anyway, I thought that blogging will keep my mind away from my tiredness.

What have I learned from the seminar and about myself?

Let me start by telling what I’ve learned from the seminar. Two things, really. The first thing was nothing new to me. It’s Internet Marketing. Patric Chan is one of the well-known Internet Marketer from Penang. He showed us some tricks and tweaks we can all use to start up Internet Marketing. Of course, there are more to it. The other thing I learned was from Robert G Allen. I learned about Infopreneuring. When it comes to this subject, I have an inkling of what it really is but I didn’t really know how powerful it can be until today. Wow! I now know the secrets behind some of the most successful people in this world.

One of my mentors once told me it’s not how many seminars you go to, it’s how much results you get from each of them. Do I think this seminar is good for me? Yeah. Of course. Although i am not that interested in Internet Marketing nor am I ready to be an Infopreneur, I know very soon in the future I’ll be using what I’ve learned this weekend to enhance my wealth. For now, I just have a lot of challenges (or what my friend would call it as “projects”) to take care of and this leads me to what I’ve learned about myself last two days…

The most important thing I realised is that I’m currently in a position where my self-esteem is at all time low. I guess this isn’t the lowest I’ve been but I definitely got to start picking myself up. I can’t tell you why I feel this way. I know why I do, however. And I realised this self-defeated position has affected my health in such a way that I’m not as energetic as I used to it. Me, few years back, was so fit and energetic. Today, it is as though somebody took the life or some people called it as enthusiasm, out of me. Nevertheless, i will not quit. i will keep going. As the analogy Robert used, I got to continue climbing the mountain and reach the top.

That’s all from now. Time to rest…

In one of the episodes of How I Met Your Mother, they revealed how panicky and anxious Lily got when minor things went wrong in her wedding planning. She basically cried all the time. Well, I experienced somewhat similar type of emotion today.

I went to a few florists in Subang and all of them told me they won’t be open on my ROM date because it’s still early Chinese New Year. I was panicking and even begged one florist to help me. I felt really down just now. I was thinking of getting some roses from the market and do some simple arrangement myself and forget about the luxury of having exotic flowers. Then, I got even more upset when it hit me… if the florists are not opened, highly probably that the market is not open too.

I went to my shop after that to start my shift. Business was exceptional good around 5-8pm today. My staff were getting out of hand so I helped out on the floor. After the crowd eased, I went to check my email. There it was…the email that made me teared with relief. The folks from www.pureseed.com.my replied my last night’s email telling me that they can do my bridal bouquet on my ROM date. I jumped for joy. I really love their work. It’s 5 times better than those done by the florists I visited earlier.

Now, I can have my dream bouquet. Thank you, Universe! I haven’t been thanking you enough. Just need to shop for a pair of strappy heels, cuff links and tie. We’re all set for ROM!

My search for a good wedding decorator continues… This is probably one of the toughest thing about wedding planning. All the other florists I went to earlier were good but somehow they didn’t really understand what I want. This decorator i met came to my shop and sat down with me for hours. In the past, I have a hard time explaining what I want to other florists. When it comes to this vendor, she already have many previous work that is similar to what I want. I didn’t need to tell her that much. She knows what I want. Secondly, she seems to be able to come up with better ideas to enhance all these. Lets not get too excited for now. Will wait for her proposal to reconfirm my impression on her. The last decorator really disappointed me.

By the way, I fell in love with one of her bridal bouquets. She said she uses white cymbidium orchid mixed with white roses. Oh my… love it! Think I want that for my ROM, which is next month. It’s a bit expensive, though. Hmmm….

These are two bridal bouquet pictures that I found online, similar to the one she showed me. Ain’t they lovely? <3 <3 !!!

Wedding is all about shopping shopping shopping. Honestly speaking, I’m getting very tired of all this. I love shopping but having a budget all the time sucks. I feel like not caring too much about all these wedding stuffs. Also, I felt a little disappointed with something that happened today. So disappointed it kind of killed my excitement and gave me a taste of bitterness I’ve never had. If I rule the world, I will say there’s no need for a wedding. Marriage is between two person only, ie the commitment between two person. So, what’s up with spending a whole lot of money for ONE day and then suffer a while after the wedding. What is the point? Seriously, think about it. If I get to choose, I would spend that money for travelling and build a more comfortable house because that would last. Well, the reality is that this is not possible and we still have to succumb to the society’s expectation. So….

*calming down* ohmmmmm… *calming down* ohmmmmm ohmmmmm… Break my pattern. NOW.

The lesson from this is that I MUST GET RICH! If we are rich, this will no longer be a challenge. I MUST BE RICH. NO MATTER WHAT!!!!

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Actually, today wasn’t all bad. This morning was pretty good. I went all the way to KL to attend Pei San’s ROM. Went around looking at some wedding art and craft supplies in KL before the event. Bumped into my ex-colleagues. Haven’t seen them for a looooong time. That was kind of nice.

Pei San’s ROM was funny and nice. She looked absolutely stunning. I’m so happy for her. *Sob *Sob.

For the last few weeks, I’ve had this really itchy thing developing on my skin every now and then. It’s not rashes. I’ve had it check by a skin doctor but he said it’s nothing. Just dry skin and possibly hives. when I asked him what are the causes of hives? He said can be anything. It’s a type of allergy. It could be a caused by psychology, allergy to food or anything under the sun.

Sitting here in my shop, researching on wedding invites and some other things, my hands and legs started to itch again. All these tiny bumps raised again. I think I’ve solved the mystery. Oh my God! My hives problem is probably due to stress from planning my wedding. Itch itch.

Anyway,

Sigh. I’m a little upset. I’ve been searching for venues to take pre-wedding photos and I can’t seem to be able to afford places I want. The place I really really want is Avillion PD because that was where he proposed to me and it means a lot to me. Look at the series of email correspondence below after I emailed them my interested to engage their hotel for photo shoot.



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WTF? RM5000??? Are you insane? Sigh. I’m a business person, I should know better that this is all just business. But, tell me what I’m supposed to feel?

Just can’t help but to log in and say this for the umpteenth time.

Happy New Year! 2011 is going to be great! Enjoy, peeps!

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands *clap *clap
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands *clap *clap
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will really show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands *clap *clap

This song has become my picker upper since Christmas. It works for me.

Muak!