Looks like the only thing I feel like blogging lately is about my wedding. It’s not that I am spending a lot of time preparing, I just don’t want to blog about anything else. Haha.

My so-called DIY wedding project is not so much DIY anymore. I don’t know why but I feel so lucky as to have found suppliers that can give me the same thing I wanted to DIY within my budget. It’s unbelievable. I managed to find someone to do my personalized wedding favor even cheaper than my DIY budget for the same thing. Yippie! As mentioned before, I will reveal all vendors I’ve used for my wedding project.

Wedding favor – checked; Wine – checked; Grooms men attire – checked; next -> songs for wedding band to play, calling guests, invitation cards, bridesmaids dresses, in-law clothes, choose my wedding gown, home decos.

Why does it feel like there’s still a lot to do? Due to certain unfortunate death in family, my friend planned her wedding within a week’s time and she pulled it off ok. I told her there are pros and cons. The cons obviously is that her wedding ain’t that organized and she cannot choose good restaurants/hotels. The pros are that guests would understand, guests would pay more for ang pow and she saved a lot of money omitting many things like invitation cards, wedding favors, wedding deco etc etc.

I’ve put in quite some effort to find the things I really want. I’m a bit of a perfectionist, you see. Really hope everything turns out like I’ve planned.

Yesterday, hubby and I went for our pre-wedding photo shoot. It was just a tiring day and I hope it’s all worth it. I actually enjoyed it even though my skin is burning from too much exposure to sun. They didn’t allow me to use sunscreen to preserve the dewy feel of my skin. My photographer was incredibly funny. Anyway, thank goodness that it’s over now. Can’t wait to view the photos 2 weeks later.

I slept before 12 last night and woke up to my phone vibrating non stop with every birthday wishes from all over the place. Thank you everyone!

After many many months of scouting for a good and reasonable wedding decorator, I finally found an excellent one! I went thru a few ones that seem quite good but ended up either really expensive or not competent enough. It’s quite challenging to find someone who would understand your taste and not just in it for the business. It appears that this lady I’m engaging is truly passionate about what she does. Her charges are so reasonable and she’s such a jolly person to work with. Happy! So so happy that I found her.

After our first meeting, she went back and did a lot of research on my theme. Today, she came up with so many wonderful ideas. Some ideas I’ve never even thought about it. I even found my wedding cake today. I’ve been looking for a fake dummy cake for so long and there it was sitting on her display shop. It’s a little old but I told her to spice it up and she’s totally cool with it. Getting a real cake is really expensive. I don’t think I’ll be serving the cake so it just doesn’t make sense to get one. But then again, most people focus on the cake because it’s the only outstanding item on the stage but it can’t be too ugly. I won’t be decorating my stage much so the cake is a very important decoration to have.

I have yet to reveal who she is but I will… I just want to confirm my booking before I share with everyone. Stay tuned.

Wedding decorator (by far, the hardest thing to scout for) – checked. Wedding cake – checked. Car deco, flower bouquet and corsages – checked. Wooooo hoooo! Next are wine supplier, wedding favors and invitation cards.

After the wonderful day where I was “crowned” Mrs Lim, my friends have been posting the ROM pictures they took in Facebook. So many! On top of that, there were gazillions wishes coming from everyone. People who seldom (or never) comment on my FB materials, this time purposely did so to send their wishes. I’m very overwhelmed and touched. Thank you all!

As I’ve always said, love is the one of the best gifts you can ever get (second is other people’s time). I only love those who love me. Because loving someone who doesn’t is just a waste of precious time. Thank you, everyone again. Being Mrs Lim now feels great. Him and I have been trying to call each other’s parents as our own parents. Hard to change the name calling and we have been teasing each other about it. Funny.

My aunt told me that I should also plan my marriage while I plan my wedding. After all, wedding is only one day and marriage is forever. It made a lot of sense. To me, I think that trust is the most important thing about a relationship. If one party cannot trust the other, always doubting, then he/she will find that they are constantly unhappy. It takes days/years to prove yourself as trustworthy but only one day to break it. To start a relationship with a person already breaking the trust in the beginning probably is a no-fail sign of disastrous relationship. This is the reason why I always tell my friends not to become a third party. Because eventually if you were to narrow it down to two parties again, you’ll find that you cannot trust your partner. It is not worth the time to invest in a 90% doom to fail relationship

Second thing that is most important is understanding. A good relationship is when both parties can make efforts to try to understand each other’s behaviors and values. Different people act differently when in the same situation. If you are understanding, you can look at the bigger picture and understand why your partner does what he/she does instead of punishing him/her for not meeting your expectations.

Third important things will be a tie between communication and teamwork. A lasting relationship will be one where both parties can communicate properly, nicely and consistently. Challenges come and go in our lives. Your partner and you should act as a team to overcome them.

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I’ve been so busy lately. My friend called me “busy woman”.

There was a terrible news last week which caused a huge disappointment. I was so disappointed. So so so disappointed. Everything I have planned for this year seems to need to change. I have to re-plan. Well, life is about readjusting, isn’t it?

From all the photos my friends took, these are the ones I love the most! So fortunate to have such great photographers as friends…





Portraits photos taken by Steven at Marriott Hotel





Really really love this picture very much! Didn’t know the fountain behind made it look very fairy-tale like. Well done to camera man!





The shoe I’ve searched high and low for. Really really like it. Although pricey but so comfortable. Thanks to him for insisting on this pair and buying them for me.





An upclosed profile photo taken by my good friend, Pei San.





How do I feel? I feel extremely happy. I’m still feeling the endorphin rush in my head. Why? Because I’m glad that the day went so well. My family and friends were so cooperative. All that I’ve planned were enjoyed by everyone. I’m happy that I have Steven and some other friends who helped me in photography. I’m happy that I found Marriott Hotel. The hotel was perfect for portrait photos. We stayed back for our complimentary one night stay, 3 free meals and free spa treatments. Totally worth it!

We finally left the hotel at 4pm today and went for a movie. The Green Hornet. Pretty okay. Jay Chou is as cute as always.

So tired now. Going to turn in early tonight. Good night!

Today is the day. An auspicious and happy day that lasted really long.

Here are some sneak pics of the day. My camera has limited photos taken and mostly blur BECAUSE I wasn’t the one taking the photos. Waiting for all other “professional photographers” who came. I felt like a celebrity. One post requires 6-7 takes from different cameras. Lol.


My bouquet of white cymbidium and roses.



I’m going to sign it!









His ring with mine in the background. Same design!

Thanks to iPhone and video conferencing, I have all my fookies with me!! (missing 7th fookie though…)

I’m Mrs. Lim now!

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!

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 !!!