Wow, what a day it was. We received a call this morning from the printer. The cards were ready and we rushed over to collect them. Luckily we did a check. Some of the workmanship was not satisfactory. About 50 cards out of 400 were defective and they did some fixing on the spot. Very nice of them. I think they were professional and discounted the cards that were not up to mark.
Overall, the ones that were printed right are fantastic. I’m happy with them.
Now for the hard part: sending them out.

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Edited 29Mar2007

We would like to thank our friends who generously blessed our wedding with their presence as well as gifts.

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Dearest friends and family,

We have come up with a list of wedding gift ideas. Most of these items will
help us set up our new home. Should you wish to get us any of these gifts,
please add a comment below and we will remove the item from the list. Thank
you for your thoughtful kindness.

1. 1-litre Panasonic rice cooker (Dad)
2. Oven toaster (Sashi)
3. Slow cooker (Sumitha & Johnny)
4. Water heater
5. Table fan (Dad)
6. Steam iron (Mum)
7. Panasonic washing machine (Papa)
8. Panasonic fridge (Mum)
9. Thermo pot
10. Juice extractor
With gratitude,

Michael and Jin

Just got a call from the printer. They called to confirm to go ahead with the printing.
Well, it’ll be ready soon. Looks like we have to go and refine the guest list.

2 months plus to go… and I’m thinking, why am I not stressed? Well, at least I don’t think I am, yet. Everything seems to be under control but I do know I have tonnes more to do. Meet with photographer, wedding schedule, gifts, thank you cards, refreshments, slideshow, facials, SKII eye treatment, flower arrangements, flower girls’ attire, rehearsal, rehearsal, rehearsal. (I’m sure there’s more) I guess there’s really no point in being stressed because it really wouldn’t help. (No, breakouts won’t help at all!)

A married friend told me that the best way to avoid stress is to plan and then delegate! That’s where all our trusted bestmen, bridesmaids, friends and family come into play. I love you all! *muaks*

Hello everyone! Thank you for visiting our site. Please drop us a note and share your thoughts on just about anything nice!

Preparations are underway. We’ve just sent our wedding card design to the printers and they should be ready in 10 days. Can’t wait to see the labour of love, which is a custom-made design incorporating the traditional ‘red’ with the Chinese character ‘hei’ and a touch of creativity.Well, it’s a simple design but it answers the brief and pleases us and my mom. Also, it’s affordable. RM2.10 per piece for 400 pcs, with the printers’ logo printed on the back. Good deal. It’s called Happiness Wedding House in Pudu. They provide good service and the boss seems like a trustworthy person. And no, we’re not getting paid to advertise for them. Just telling the truth…:)

I had a bit of a shock when I received an email today… Sashi ‘helped’ broadcast to the MC Zoo- about our (Jin and Me) wedding! Well, it was nice of him. I haven’t yet informed many people and the wedding cards are still in the process of being printed. We are looking at a guest list of more than 500 people. We love to invite more and more, but the reality is that the ballroom is of a finite size and it’s our parent’s honour too. So we have to somehow compromise on the guest list for the dinner reception.

I would like to invite many people to the Ceremony of Spiritual Union though… This, I think there is no limit. (actually the floors can take up to about 300 people…)

Anyway, drop us an email. Cheers!

Some technical updates:

-Fixed : the sidebar. I’m having fun with the editing of PHP. I’m no programmer, but it’s been quite fun trying to figure things out and uploading the files every few minutes to check the changes.

-Fixed : the commenting system. There was a line in the php file that was giving some problems, so I got rid of it.

Be back later. Remember to check out the images on our Flickr site. I’ll continue to add more to it when time permits.

One of the first things we did was book the hotel for the dinner reception. We figured that the guestlist would be considerable, since we both have rather large extended families. My father has five brothers and two sisters. My mother has three brothers and a sister (and more who are not in the country) Jin’s father has also about six brothers or so, and her mother comes from a family of six siblings too.
Just family alone would be a great many tables.

We went through 12 hotels and all fully booked. Our luck came when we managed to get the Legend Hotel. With that settled, we moved on to plan the other aspects.

1. Hotel - done
2. Photographer for actual day - hired
3. Photography (pre-wedding) - already shot, awaiting edit and album.
4. Bridal car - picked.
5. Dai kum che - favour asked.
6. Wedding tea ceremony - applied for
7. Wedding Miko girls - picked and practiced 3 times so far
8. Wedding plant - purchased and being nurtured
9. Groom’s suit - purchased and already used. needs dry cleaning
10. Bride’s gown - not finalised.
11. Invitation cards - designed and awaiting printing
12. Catering for teatime - not done
13. Website - this the one la…
14. Makeup for bride on actual day - booked.
15. Bridal bouquet - not decided
16. Slideshow/video - someone else wants to do this.
17. Furniture - just the bed, paid.
18. Flower girls/bridesmaids for dinner reception - favour asked.
19. Rest - going to get some after all this is done.

So far it’s going well. It is already July and so few weeks left. We are both excited and scared at the same time. Wish us luck.

:)

Wow, just set up this blog using WordPress. A friend recommended. Really quite easy to set up. Thanks Sashi.