Wedding Preparation Progress Report

1. Finalize Guest List: 80%
2. Send Invitation Card: 50%
3. Arrangement/ Program Discussion with Photographers: 50%
4. Arrangement/ Program Discussion with Videographer: 30%
5. Arrangement/ Program Discussion with Wedding Planner cum Emcee: 80%
6. Food arrangement (catering) on Wedding eve: Unknown
7. 办嫁妆: 100%
8. 赎契 and other stuff relevant to Chinese Tradition: 0%
9. Arrangement with Concorde/ Tai Thong: 80%
10. Select Wedding Gown : 100%
11. Collect Wedding Gown : 0%
12. Order hand bouquet/ Corsages: 0%
13. Arrangement/ Program Discussion with brotherhood （兄弟）: 50%
14. Arrangement/ Program Discussion with sisterhood （姐妹）: 30%
15. Arrangement with Make-up artist: 90%

16. Wedding Reception Checklist Preparation: 0% - High Priority
17. Wedding Actual Day Checklist Preparation: 0% - High Priority
19. Wedding Ang Pow: 0%
20. Purchase Wine/ Hard Liquor: 100%
21. Collect Wedding Albums: 100%
22. 过大礼 'Guo Da Li' preparation: 80%
23. Distribute Wedding Pastry （派喜饼）: 0%
24. Arrange Accommodation for friends and relatives: 80%
25. Prepare Thank You Gifts to sisterhood: 80%
26. Print Poster: 50%
27. Purchase Wedding Ring: 100%
28. Finalize Wedding Theme for Wedding Reception: 100%
29. Finalize Wedding Theme for brotherhood: 100%
30. Finalize Wedding Theme for sisterhood: 100%
31. Buy soft toys for wedding car decoration: 0%
32. Confirm Wedding Dinner Menu: 100%
33. Book Pre-Honeymoon Package: 100%
34. Plan for Honeymoon: 0%
35. Facial Treatment/ Spa: 0%
36. Hair Waxing: 0%
38 Manicure/ Pedicure: 0%
39. Shop for Wedding Shirt: 0%
40. The list goes on...



P/S: Wedding Reception RSVP closed. Thank you for replying.  For those who replied late, sorry to inform that the reception venue booked is insufficient to accommodate additional guest anymore. Really sorry about it.

Pre-Wedding Phobia?

Sorry for not being able to blog recently. We have not forgotten our blog. Nonetheless, we are very busy and our schedule is tied up with our wedding preparation.

'You don't want to get married twice after all the troubles in preparing a memorable wedding and the amount of the money you've spent or going to spend.' This is a Quote from someone... us..? or perhaps me..? Well... who cares.

Despite the money spent, (85% of our savings are gone now, sigh) we find wedding is very troublesome, no kidding. And, Chinese wedding is even more troublesome, especially when your parents are very demanding and they are the 'just-follow-rules' kind of people.


If you ask me what is a wedding to me...? Well, it is supposed to be a new beginning of another chapter in life for a couple, and hence it shall be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that shall be remembered for the entire life of the couple. However, in order to start the new chapter in life, the couple need to go through lotsa lotsa obstacles (that's right, wedding preparation) that are trying to challenge the couple's patient. Okay I am about to exploit!

Besides, guest list is always an issue. Seriously, it evolves just like the earth! Our KL guest list started from 25 tables to 33 tables, and to 43 tables now. Even the reception venue booked cannot accommodate this amount of people and we need to look for alternatives. This is seriously crazy!

Luckily things are so far going well in Ipoh. Thank god. (Just in case if you do not know, we have 2 wedding receptions, one in KL and another in Ipoh. Hence we need to take care of our family, friends & relatives at two locations.)

Seriously, I do not enjoy the process, not at all. Maybe I have got pre-marriage phobia. It is so stressful and sometimes things just pissed me off.

I always question myself recently... 'Is this what I want?'; 'Is everybody facing the same situation as we are now?'; 'Is it worth it to spend all our savings just for a wedding?';blah blah blah... and the list goes on.

These questions keep bugging me, and I am just so tensed!! Sometimes I wonder how nice it would be if the money is spent on our honeymoon...?

Sigh I really don't know. I'm trying so hard to gain some, at least a little excitement, but I just find it is so hard... Sigh... God bless us please. I need a break. What I am longing for is actually the pre-honeymoon in Phuket right after our wedding. How sad it is.


Written by MM



P/S: P1W1max sucks!

Wedding Preparation - Guest List & Other Stuff

Life's been rather busy recently. Apart from busy compiling the receptions' guest list, we also made a decision, that is to rent an apartment nearby the place where we are staying now, as the condo we bought is still under construction and not ready for us to move in.

Here is our checklist in August:

• Book accommodation for our relatives and friends - Done
  
• Compile our Wedding Guest List - Partially Done
  
• Learn Photoshop to touch-up some of our wedding photos before they can be printed into album - Not Done
  
• Build/ Come out with our wedding site - Done
• Shop for necessary stuffs for our new home; i.e. furniture, electrical-ware, kitchen-ware etc - Partially Done
• Clean the new home and ready to move in - Partially Done
• Pack our stuff to shift to the new home - Not Done
• What's next? Our minds are empty now
  

Shifting is messy. Shopping for the new home already gives us a headache. What to buy? What not to buy? Our shopping list is restricted by the budget we have.

From furniture like Sofa TV cabinet, beds, tables, dining set, kitchen cabinet, wardrobe, to electricalware like Washing machine, Fridge, Rice Cooker, Air-Cond, Microwave Oven, Hair dryer, Iron, Ironing Board and other small small thingy like pails, broom, dustbin, mirror etc etc... The "What to buy? What not to buy?" questions are still bothering us.

Besides headache, it also gives is a heartache. What a great damage it causes to our wallet. Oh my! Gotta work extra hard to earn the money back!

Despite the busy schedule, we managed to come out with our wedding website. Thanks to mywedding.com for providing such a wonderful tool, it is very user-friendly and most importantly, it's 100% free XD

Herewith is the URL to our wedding page: www.mywedding.com/ansonmimi.

Feel free to drop by and leave us some words ;) And, for our friends, esp. the INVITED ONES who have yet to confirm your attendence to our wedding reception, kindly do so via the RSVP page on our wedding portal. Thanks mates.

What's next? Yeah can finally recall now, after urging you for the confirmation of RSVP ;P What's next is our checklist in September

• Red Wine Tasting, Selection & Purchase - Not Done
• Food Tasting - Not Done
• Table (Head) Count Confirmation with both Tai Thong Ipoh and Concorde KL - Not Done
• Printing of Wedding Invitation Cards - Not Done
• Wedding Gown Selection (On actual day & Wedding Receptions) - Not Done

Oh my! Wedding is tiring! Chinese Wedding is even more tiring!!





P/S: My long-lost Engagement Ring is finally found, after it went missing in action for ages!! Yesh!!