Amara Sanctuary 8th June 2008

Im glad we had the wedding in two days as the night before i did not zzz a wink hence was rather stoned on the wedding day itself.Once again i wanna thank all friends and relatives for gracing this occassion.Both Munn and i hope you enjoyed the dinner.Thanks Ju for the beautiful hand bouquet which you did personally.

my lovely emcees

Marriage is a Covenant...7th June 2008

Wedding cake from Pine Garden

Thank God for Munn....Thank God for the beautiful wedding though there were some hiccups here and there...Thank God for his abundant blessings on us..Im so blessed..

Is my Hen's Party!

In a few days time, is gonna be my big big day...hence the ol gang decided to have a night of fun with me...in fact this is the first time the five of us are going pubbing...we first met up for dinner at vivo city before we proceeded to st james station for some drinks..We had so much fun that nite, was kinda surprised to see how dear J behaved when she is high..haha. 

hmmm what was ms lim thinking?

Our Love NEst

Atrina is finally Borne....a beautiful baby that cost a bomb.well the reno has been smooth except for the facts that the air con installation was giving me problems n there were some hiccups here n there...Anyway praise the lord for his goodness and generosity he has given Munn n I an express home...

My parents in law have been very helpful n supportive as our house was only ready a few days before wedding,mil n Fil actually took time off to clean n pack the house for us and i really appreciate that.Thank God for my parents in law..Munn has been very stressed this period that he has lost weight but nt the bride.He has been cleaning up the house n seeing to the preparation for wedding.Munn has been doing a great job n im glad that this responsible and amazing guy is my Hubby!to end Preparing for Wedding Plus House is not that fun afterall....

Here are some pic of Our First HOME! I proudly present ATRINA to all of u!

comic stip of Munn & Jo

A comic strip of Hubby and i ....With courtesy from Dear Joan.

WeddinG Pictures By Dsire..

It has been a long long time since i last blog....Have been really Busy with many things...well Ah wah did a great job except that Munn n i dont look very natural in some of the shots.Many ppl commented that the pic look good but i feel is pretty average i wanted more of those journalistic shots...anyway i do like the pic afterall we spent a BIg bomb to change them to metallic surface..

Snap Snap

*Praise the Lord for the awesome weather!*

Our Lord is simply amazing...it has been raining heavily last week and the whole of our island has been so wet.. we were praying so hard that t wont rain today so that we can have our photoshoot..n in fact i was not worried cuz i have faith that MIghty father will control the weather well.

hmmm to me photoshooting was tiring, fun, unnatural,sweet......initially i was quite worried that the make up wun turn out well however ponnie did a great job and she has been very helpful...i realise brides are pretty helpless when the gown is so heavy and those long pretty nails are in the way i will really need lotsa help on my actual day...afterall im satisfied with her hairdo,make up and service...may the great lord bless her with a wonderful boyfriend just like my baby.

Though all the gowns are pretty average to me still i enjoyed the process cuz is a once in a life time experience....just pray that ah wai did a great job, hope i wun looked too unnatural or FAT..well as long as there are 28-30 shots that r nice will do...

The only pity is i din managed to bring baby joey with us...all along i wanted to include her inmy wedding album but is difficult as we have no assistant today and the baby needs lotsa attention and care.i felt bad towards her.though i borrow the gown n tried to take some pic at hm the pics were nt very nice as MUM photography cant really make it haha.Also i felt sad that today we did nt manage to go OL for photoshoot.. it was the place we met,the place that god put both of us there to serve yet i din manage to take any pic there.Hopefully we will be able to take some shots of Ol on my wedding day itself.

to conclude i hv less than three mths to complete my reno n wedding preparation hopefully everything will turn out well..I believe i can do all things through christ who strengthen me...

Our Love Nest*atriNa*

Munn JoLEne Joey 2008

BaBy JOey Loves Atrina

Praise the lord for our first love nest Atrina!! just wanna say a big thanks to our father who has given us our new flat..we r so blessed that we manged to get a flat n we only waited for 8 mths....

saturday was the second time munn n i went to our new flat,this time we brought the new member of the hse BAby joey...THis lovely maltese of mine was so happy and excited abt the new place ,she was so bouncy..while munn and i were busy cleaning up the place little maltese went to explore the place on her own...

i Love the new place just that i find it a bit small cuz im looking forward to hosting small parties in near future...however when it comes to cleaning i think is a perfect size...(a small hse suits a lazy person better)

Dear dear just proposed a new idea to shuhua and nw we r waiting to see the new quote also decide which is a more feasible n practical design for us.Im looking forward to my new place and my new life which im gonna embark on in June!!

Dear lord, i lift all my anxiety, worries and fears to YOu lord take charge of my life ...pray that as munn and i get along with the hse n wedding preparation we will understand each other more n are able to solve all the problems together as u guide us along the way....In jesus most prcious name i pray Amen!!

Chinese NeW Year

Well... CHinese New Year is here again, i never really like festive season cuz so much chore to do .THe last min spring cleaning and shopping is always exasperating...and there is always so much preparation for the chinese department to do every year...guess only the kids like new year.

The good thing abt CNY is you get to meet up relatives and this is the only time dad will stay at home for a few days and we get to do "bonding" while playing majong but these few days i have no luck kept losing money chey.Anyway as long as i dun hv to work thats good enough.

THis year was my last yr to stay at home n have reunion dinner with my family frm next year onwards guess i will be dining with munn and his family the thought of this is quite sad.Im very sure i will miss this annual gathering..but the good thing is my parents r gonna have a son- in- law soon...also the thought of giving ang bao next year is also quite sian haha.

Dear lord thank you for the good food, the great company and all ur blessings during these festive season..pray that there will be less quarrels at home.

SicK...AGAIn

Im sick again....having a very bad cold n a high fever(39 degress celcius) thank god sis manage to bring me to doc otherwise i could have just fainted at home...seldom felt this vulnerable n weak before...fever was high n i was so uncomfortable that im getting spasms n whole body was numb..i cant even walk had to drag myself to doctor...felt so sick that i even cried at hm wanted to see dear dear badly but i know he was in class so i din disturb him...

At the clinic i was about to faint..was really feeling terrible.had a jab which help to bring down the fever..but was sneezing away the whole nite.....is only 5 days away frm new year n i haven been shopping even my mani pedi appt has to be cancelled today...

I Cant stand teaching anymore....all the amt of work,meetings, wedding preparation,housing and studies are making me breathless....Im all stressed out..dear lord besides teaching what can i do please show me the way...

5Th Jan 2008Pam& JJ Wedding

Our Dear Pam is hitched!!! wow i would say this wedding really tire all of us in a way or so..first we were busy with our tailoring...couldnt imagine we had to put on cheongsam it was so stressful for me as the rest are all slim they had no prob looking good in that..i had to go on diet so that i can look good on pam wedding haha.EVen at the dinner itself, a few of us did not even dare to eat .

Also as we were preparing the surprise video for her we spent few hours doing it..over n over again as sometimes we were unnatural, we forgot what to say or so..the whole recording was quite a chore.I bet the videographer was about to throw up blood.along the way some conflicts surfaced but im glad they are all cleared. The most important thing is we want our dear gal to be happily married n have lotsa beautiful memories on her wedding day....

Xmas cum New year Party 2007

This year we had our xmas n new year party held at athena and alan place...everyone had so much fun playing with their new gadget nintendo wii...it was really entertaining the bowling ,boxing,swimming games and etc were tiring us..Well dinner was quite good and Mr Leung planned so much team games to keep us entertained...The funniest part was when the guys were dancing away...I almost cried...

It has been a long long time since all of us gathered together n had so much fun.having great buddies around really makes me feel comforted..They saw me through my lowest point of life n have been there for me all these years..though at times there were miscommunications and conflicts we are still the best of friends...

father Lord i thank you for this group of wonderful friends that you have given me...may u bless them abundantly may they return to your side once again..

Our 1St ScrapBookinG Session 29.12.2007

Our 1st Scrapbooking session was At made with Love In plaza singapura.. It was Pam hen PArty session n all of us were to make a scrapbook which we had to exchange with the gals at the end of the session...I had to do a scrapbook for Lujin n Ying will have to do one for me..The first half of the session was theory it was pretty alright..the more exciting part was the hands on session where we get to select the colours, the title,the arrangement of the pictures and the embelishments...

Though it seems simple we actually spent 7 hours doing it in the shop...sound quite unbelievable right..As it was a gift for our dear friends we all wanted to "perfect it"...Though germaine was not in town,we did not forget about her..Once we were done with our scrapbook all of us quickly help to complete her scrapebook.The end product was beautiful...The simplest reason was these scrapebooks were made with love n you will not be able to get it from outside.....

I bet there will be more sessions coming up soon...

SurPrise FROm BAby

This dec both dear and i did not plan for any holiday as we did not wanna put a strain on our finances as wedding and reno cost a bomb....also dear is not on holiday..Anyway as long as im not in school im very happy and relieved..im glad i have some personal time for myself..

dear told me to make myself avaliable on 23rd sunday he was gg to bring me somewhere after service and we r going to spend the night out...he sounded so mysterious...n im all excited...

To my surprise baby actually brought me to changi village hotel..he actually signed up a spa package for the both of us that afternoon.How sweet my baby boy he knows i love massage n he has been doing his homework all these while.

we went to the highest storey with an outdoor jacuzzi pool n it has a spectacular view facing the beautiful sea...we were given some time to enjoy the jacuzzi and chocolate fondue that they hv prepared..afterwhich we had the massage...as usual becuz of the air con my nose was bad...the lady recommended ear candling to me saying it helps to clear sinus..well i gave it a goal but i would say it was not of much help....the whole session was very relaxing n i simply love it becuz baby took his own initiatives to plan the whole thing.

It was the most memorable xmas ..thank you baby...

Our First GInGEr BreadMAn...

MunnIn AcTiOn









Our Cute Gingerbread man

Today i drag munn into the kitchen to do Gingerbread man with me so that i could pass some to Ling N LOuis as xmas cookies during our majong session.It was the first time we tried the recipie and we din hv much time to prepare everything was in a rush...however it is an interesting to see Munn in the kitchen.and it was very fun while we were doing the icing for the cookies...

Hmmm i would say there is still room for improvement as the cookies were abit hard but definitely edible...But afer the ginerbread man my throat hurts guess is abit heaty ...

anyway i love baking and I shall attempt again..

Angry..

Right now... im feeling angry angry angry ^!*^*&^*&@(&) first im angry with myself for raising my voice at mum at the shopping centre this afternoon,i felt bad.2 Im angry with some friends - y is everyone told of e montage thing except me, y do u make me feel like im a lousy friend....and now (3) im angry with the bridal shop staff!!! i feel short- changed,this is already my second bridal shop... why is it others always get better deal than me...just becuz i dun kick a fuss or bargain thus im always short change>>>or is it becuz they r always out there to cheat MONEY!!!being kind is nt a bonus becuz others take advantage of YOU!!! y is it others pay 3288 that comes with Actual day photographer and made to measure gown n y do i need to pay 3688 with OFF THE RACK GOWN n actually day photographer!!!!i hate dishonest ppl....BAD BAD SERVICE i feel short changed!!

Hubby -to- be y r you so kind,if only u r more demanding maybe we wont get short changed all the time..

Holiday

After 4 hectic school terms is finally school holiday!perhaps this is the only time of the year teachers can take a short break before we return to "madhouse "again...the only pity is hubby to be is no longer in MOE hence he has no school holiday...so most of the time im alone with doggie at home...n the good thing is the weather recently is perfect to ZZZ...i dun hv to struggle to wake up every morning..every Dec holiday i will definitely go somewhere for holiday however this is the first yr im staying in spore...Firstly i was so worried i hv to take sub paper for Sim,secondly hubby to be says we need to save for weddings...sigh...

anyway my priority for this holiday is to lose weight FAST....i need to go for gown fitting in JAN n im still so FAT ...HELP HELP HELP.....is already december and i only hv a few more mths to go...I WANNA squeeze into my gOWN...

Praise the Lord!

Praise the lord,glory to u my king....

1) For the past one month plus i have been feeling down,i was worried about my SIM results.I dunno why as time goes by i seemed to be more dumb and lazy..going for night classes and preparing for exam was a nightmare.Im aware that i din do well for my exam this time round and was prepared to take sub- paper.STill everynight i have been praying so hard i knew that i have done my best and i believe my father will do the rest..the results were finally out and i guess i can finally zzz soundly tonight.I managed to pass all three modules..What a relief!Though i din do that well still thank you father.

2) POochie BLood TEst
Yesterday sis and i finally brought babygal to the vet for her annual vaccination.Poor joey was shivering in the taxi,she sensed something was not right...doc say joey looks good and her cataracts din worsen.baby was brave she din cry when she had the jab on the butt...sis and i decided to let baby do a blood test since she is 10 and we have yet to do any.We love baby joey n want her to live forever if possible. she din like the blood test n it was painful..i cant bear to see that so left the room n left her with doc n sis..standing there i can hr my maltese breathing so hard...then she was very angry growling away..my heart felt the pain..but i hope she understand cuz we meant well. She was so angry last nite that she refuse to cum out frm the sofa n i can see she is still in pain.*sayang joey*.Clinic called us todat n told sis baby results r out.Her liver kidney n everything are in good condition.*phew*but she must cut down on oily food.As baby doesnt really eat i guess the oily food cums frm CAESER.....hmmm will try to reduce that ...anyway thank GOd My BABy is fine.

3) KTV session

I met up with AP and jas today and we went K box fo KAraoke and lunch at the same time...these days i cant sing sounds like a fog croaking away.Anyway glad to see them n we went shopping afterthat.I bought two tops that i really love...afterwhich i took a train to woodlands to meet Hubby- to- be for dinner..WE had KFC (SINFUL FOOD) and after a while he had to return to sch for night class.Poor dear has to work till 10 these two night.*hugs*

Back Door....

This morning i felt lousy,i felt tired, i felt fat ,i felt ugly, i felt warm,i was grumpy...what a sunday i thought...it must be the stupid exam and wedding preparation that are affecting my mood.but to my surprise it turned out to be a special day that i will always remember...all thanks to munn and Backdoor and of cuz baby joey...

after service,we had to rush for lunch, head home n fetch joey gal to the groomer to get her nails cut.There were somany lovely puppies at the pet shop.Seeing their innocent faces really makes my day.

After which munn insisted to bring joey gal and me to a place..as it was raining i told him to forget it but my sweet boy drove all the way to sultan road to give me a surprise..

He brought me to "BAckdoor"- a place for pet photography...I was really caught by surprised i din expect it at all... it was sooooooooooo sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet of him my boy seldom give me surprises....we decided to let joey hv a "makeover" and have soemglamour shots.GOOdness i haven bathe her for two weeks,i was hoping they dun complain of her SMElll,but i was worried
she might appear yellowish in the picture...poor maltese she has turn frm white to off white...sob sob but i still love her..

We chose a pooh bear outfit, a korea outfit and a strawberry outfit for her.she looked so adorable in those outfits.but she looked kind of silly in the strawberry outfit..frankly i think she looked the best without any outfits.she looked so natural and happy.....my joey is the most beautiful maltese i ever seen..i bet u cant guess her age based on the shots..im so proud of this photogenic little poochie of mine...

wedding preparation hurray!!!

Munn and I had a fruitful Saturday....Though we went out in late afternoon but we managed to sign up a bridal package and AD videography.Afterwhich we went to expo to speak to ID again (I have lost count how many Id we went to)

1. Feeling confused and disappointed

I was feeling confused before we signed up the bridal as there are so many bridal shops out there and most of the gowns out there are gorgeous. It really a headache.. Sigh when we sat down at Bliss Bridal creation we were stucked.That was our first and last bridal shop.Some of the pictures were beautiful but some are just average.

The lady who served us was very friendly and nice, she was not pushy franklyI was not very interested.. in the end baby decided to sign as the package was reasonable ans service to us is very important.Still I find it a pity as i did not get a chance to take a look at other bridal.Bliss Bridal was not the shop i had in mind. Now i worry about the gowns they have in the shop and i worry that the photographer is not up to standard.*sigh* As usual my baby is encouraging he assured me i will look good in any gowns.Though they seemed to "throw in" many stuff for us when i checked online just now i realised other bride -to- be have more pictures than us even, i felt abit disappointed and cheated cuz why cant all customers get the same deal .munn says is okay n i shd nt be upset over such small details Shd we transfer the package??or go ahead...am i worrying too much.???I will only go try the gown in Nov or Dec..

2Feeling HAPPY

After getting the BRidal we walked past One eye click photography, I saw the company portfolio in magazine and online before.i Love their styles and immediately we sign up a package with them..It was love at first SIGHT...if my bridal shots are going to let me down, i will definitely spend more money on AD photography.GOD is so good,i cant believe im getting married to MR Sze Toh...

3.Feeling Troubled

Now then we have settled the BS and AD gonna tackle the first prob again r we having holy matrimony in CMC church or are we going to other church or are we having it in the hotel itself ? We kind of love CHIJMES but is not available on the day.Are we really going to AMAra Santuary???I wish i can hv the ans fi from baby but i know he will always let me make the final decision cuz as long as im happy he will be too. (I hate myself cuz i cant make decision! n i always regret)

4.Feeling Paiseh

I duuno how to say NO to people or sales man and this is tough.Today we were struggling with Tommy.he is a nice guy who is frm an interior company.He is friendly and patient with us.However, I decided not to sign anything today as I do nt want to hv any regrets when it cums to hse.We are gg to leave there for long and i hv not seen the other proposals frm other ID. We tried so hard telling him to give us time to think abt it n he tried even harder convincing us. I find so paiseh and tired rejecting ppl.Luckily we manage to get away in the end,but we promised to get bk to himGod pls give me an answer.....which ID should we go to!!

5 Nite prayer
Lord i thank you and praise u for all teh wonders and blessings u hv done in my life.Bless with me abunadant wisdom n perserverance that i will complete my degree in two yrs time.Pray that i will do wel for my coming exam and lord i leave my wedding preparation to u.Take charge of my life and remove all my fears and anxiety.I wanna be a happy child of urs,a cheery friend,an amazing teacher and an irreplaceble wife of sze toh khai munn.Amen!!