ROM 06th June 2009

Have you been waiting for my post? Or thinking that wat's on FB were probably 'all' there were for my ROM?! HA! Nope! I will save the best juicy parts for you & you who follow my blog la... how can I neglect my FANS?! Afterall, FB network are too wide to even include ppl U're not in close contact with, hence probably wont share MY joy. agree?? Heeee..

1st off - My anticipation


There really wasnt much to do 'last minute' except to buy my hand bouquet. No need to take a off-day to 'finish-off' any matter at all. It not the BIG Actual Day afterall. Just nice, romantic & closey afternoon with my loves.. I had no 'butterflies' anywhere.. not even until the moment when we walked to the Terrace for our Entrance.. I had jus A LITTLE jitters.. just a little.. like "OH... so this is it? IS IT REAL?!??"....

ok ok.. there was some nervousness when I was still touching up on my hair @ 2pm & seems half my guests were in my suite !! Gosh ! WHO's outside?! Will other guests feel neglected that they're on time but not warmly welcomed by the hosts?? The same instance I shouted "Where is Thomas?! Is he outside already to greet them??!?!" Liren - my stylist - had to calm me down "relax, relax.. its ok.." -- twice! ha!

2nd - Blessings

Photographer
Studio called to confirm of our appt & the photographer in-charge. We have paid the the basic package for their in-house photographer @ $380.. So happened that the owner Jaki Ke was free for the weekend & volunteered to take ROM assignment & the kind assistant Jan Phua give us to him! Jaki's fee is min $680 & above!

Background - Jaki Ke is the founder of O Studio. Born in Taiwan, Jaki migrated to Singapore 10 years ago. He has more than 20 years of experience in the Photography and Filming Industry. Over the years, Jaki has done extensive assignments including famous faces, bridal and commercial photography.
Celebrity - Have done extensive assignments for famous faces such as Cindy Crawford, Tom Cruise, Karen Mok, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Media Corp Artistes. - O Studio


Bridal Room
Initally when we negotiated, GWP would not promise a bridal room for us but upon sign up we made them give us one & they did. Glad. Cos it will be more convenient for me to dress up, makeup etc etc.. When I checked in, this manager (must be the Service Manager rather than the Catering Manager whom we liaised with) gave me the Pool Side Suite! Well, I dint know what difference it would make but on hearing its a SUITE must be not bad! She kindly explained cos the make-up room 'somewhere' along the washroom area don have nice room number so she changed it to another one for us & the pool side suite happened to be available!!

The Pool Side Suite has a small living room with a 2 seater couch with coffee & dining table, in front of the TV cabinet. The side doors do opens out to the swimming pool & The Terrace! Not forgetting it has a KING size bed! However, we dint get to sleep for the nite.. cos its jus a day-use room for that couple of hours.


Woo hoo!!!

3rd - Hiccups(small ones)

Hand bouquet
In brief; Went to the Bugis florist.. had hardtime choosing types of flowers & arrangement.. decided & realised it cost $88 for 6 stalks roses + some simple pieces + man-fee.. shocked.. reduced to mere 6 stalks of roses but each cost $4.. sorry & goodbye.. went to Cold Storage.. found ready made bouquet @ $18 !!!! Grab & pay!
Conclusion: Florist is a total ripped-off!

MC of the Day
Had the vows in Mandarin so that both our fathers will understand. Hence, any speech will have to be in both Mandarin & English.. This handsome best-frd here read the wrong name.. Our gd pal is named Xiang Ann & my Honey is call Zhi Xiang.. & he annouced 'Pls welcome Xie Xiang Ann & Han Li Fen..".. Honey's name WAS TOTALLY WRONG even to the surname! Honey surname is XIA not Xie !!!
*shake-head* I dint realised this actually until everyone asked me.. o.O

Xiang Ann scratching his head.. ?? or
was Ann in such shock that made him suddenly light-headed so much he had to support his head??

I caught U! Not paying attention!

'Lecher-Honey' - look at his tougue..



Best Photos of the Day!






Private pool in GWP



Jaki - Our photographer praised us for being 'like a model'.. hee!

Honey after pinching my nose..

Really like this shot cos its natural & showed us enjoying ourselves

Swee..

Hurray!!!

Thank you to all who graced my event. You've made our celebration of love complete.

Thank you again.

Yours Truely

Bride's Dress & Necklace - Chim Design by Chim

Bride's Shoes - Charles & Keith

Make up & Hair - Liren Neo

Groom's Suit - Self
Groom's Tie - Bride hand made!

Photographer - O Studio, Jaki Ke

Venue - Goodwood Park Hotel, The Terrace

Day 7, 8 & 9 !

Wah! Finally I coming to the last few days of my Taipei trip. Realised that blogging daily events can be SO tedious lor! Hence, I'll post only dos 'better', interesting pics la..

Day 7 - Hua Lian 花莲

Having the first time experience taking their TRA when going to Rui Fang-Jiu Fen, we now know what to look out for & be careful we're on the rite track & direction.

11-12pm: Reach Hua Lian.
Have booked our hotel & is expecting someone to pick us up. Funny thing was, cos it was the bridal studio who help us to book this hotel stay & they register Thomas name in chinese directly as "Tang mu si"... So, the driver waiting at the train entrance was looking for a Causasian! U get the joke? Hence, we had to identify ourselves instead.

3pm - Half day tour

Here's Honey! We are making our own tea-tree fragrance soap! He had already finished it a week after we came back & the fragance was really nice..

By the beach.. I quite like this pic cos I look pretty & pretty-young! WAHAHAHA

Carcass of a spiked-puffer fish??? Its so prominent on the pebbled beach

Can you spot the eye & mouth areas? Ya.. u probably hav guessed the eyes popped out & the small pebble got stuck in the socket.. heheh



Here's the real life one!

Dinner!! In PJ !! hheee!!!

Day 8 - Hua Lian 花莲 - Taroko Caves 太鲁阁

Mother of Earth
Make a guess why isit named such... Heee

Hua Lian is famous for their moutains & is proud to be 1 of the top largest producer & exporter of marbles, granites

Here's vivid... beauty..

Look at the centre of the picture & see if you can distinguish a figure out of it. Guess what it looks like & tell me your ans!

The mountains have been for many years and are still quite active with regular rocks falls & they are huge ones! Here's testiment to the kinda damage & dangers

Big wind within the caves!! bear the chill & chheeze!

This is the temple built to commemorate the workers who gave their lives for the pavement & constructions within Taroko Caves mountains, making it assessible to all.

It was built such that the spring water 'cuts' through the temple from the mountain behind to what you see, down to the river..

Gate way to the temple.
Just beside, there are 3 huge Buddha status overlooking toward the river

Beware!

Skipped to the marble factory.. the giantic pork is in real granite patterns!!
Nature's beauty & humans creativity

Day 9 - End of trip & well pampered meal!!

Korean BBQ!! we've been eyeing this since we landed on day 1 !

My favourite La La - Clams!
SUPER fresh!

'Damage'
I think I've set my own record! Did it beat yours?!

Flying Dog Bus 飞狗巴士

Really got such a bus lor. It fetch or bring your from the airport to your hotel doorstep. Rem this.. next time you don need to do that many switches via bus, speed train & mrt.. we done all..

=p

Does that felt like honeymoon?? yeah.. happy thoughout *wink*

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