ehlana's Xanga

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:17:42 GMT

Wedding prep has been ongoing for quite some time now. It started with sourcing for the really urgent stuff like securing a wedding venue. It's funny how our kiasu Singaporean mentality has 'naturally' overflowed into wedding preparations. To secure the popular venues for the wedding banquet, couples actually have to book about 1 & 1/2 to 2 years in advance! Or else it'll be booked by someone else and the date for your wedding banquet (worse still, if it's a popular date) will be GONE with the wind!

I was getting quite desperate and was starting to mass mail hotels but to no avail because all the hotels within our budget were already booked for 12/13 Dec. Boo hoo! But we're thankful because we manage to book a nice place for our wedding banquet (I'm sure you already know the details because they were under 'Wedding Events").

Now I always carry my 'Wedding Planner' notebook with me. It's just a normal notebook with dividers but I like to spend little pockets of free time writing down ideas, plans or just writing out the guest list. It's exciting to see how the plans are starting to firm up slowly as the notebook gets filled up. =)

All Filmed Frame by Frame!

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:54:57 GMT

Wedding Excitement & Ailments

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:02:49 GMT

Hahaha.... I think all of you know that already but sometimes I can't believe it. I don't know how come a great guy like Dom can love a girl like me with all my imperfections. I'm blessed. Sometimes I just wish I can get married like...... next week or something! 8 months feels too long to be waiting to get married but oh well..... I guess we just have to wait and do our best to plan a great wedding!

In the meantime, I'm really excited for a friend of mine. Need to confirm details with her but I wish I can just talk to her right now!!!

Right now, I'm kinda nursing an ailment and was on ML for 3 days. Lost about 2kg so far coz I can't eat properly coz I can't open my mouth properly coz it hurts my jaw. Infection of the salivary gland. Salivary WHAT?? Yes. How come I come down with all sorts of weird ailments? I don't know. Well, it's swollen and all and has been recurring since I got mumps about a year ago. But this time it didn't subside after taking medication and I got fed up of its frequent recurrance so I went to see a specialist. So I'll be doing a CT scan this Wednesday. Hopefully I'll find out once and for all what exactly is wrong and get well soon.

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Yesterday, No 1 showed a video about a child who untied the knot in her heart and managed to open up about her father's death. I was on the verge of tearing. Why was I so emo? Then I thought of him. Yes, it must be because of him.

Then this morning, I heard this old Kit Chan song on the radio. It's a song asking someone to walk out of their dark word and reach out to those around them. It made me think about him again. If only he reached out.

It's been almost 2 years. But I cried once more tonight for him despite trying to keep it all inside.

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:25:20 GMT

A while back, I talked about the different stages of attending weddings.

Stage 1: Weddings of parent's friends (as a kid)

Stage 2: Weddings of seniors

Stage 3: Weddings of peers

and that's where I stopped coz at that point in time, my friends had only started getting married and I was lamenting how I've entered another stage in life.

Now, I'd like to add another stage to the above.

Stage 4: Weddings of friends younger than me! (2 so far and the 3rd will be later this year!)

Excited for them!

As for me, let me see what I've accomplished so far for my wedding planning.

Date set
Dinner booked
Church booked (oops need to email the form)
Bridal studio booked
Day 1 photographer booked (signing contract next week)

And these things left to be done.....

Dinner photographer (Have someone in mind already)
Church Deco (Small budget = BIG headache)
Design of wedding gown (-_-)
Toning up myself project (Complete failure)
Fund our wedding project (Also suffering a financial crisis) :'(

Of course there are tons of other stuff but that's all I can think of for now, I guess.

Jiayou to Dom & me! *Waves pom poms*

Friday, February 27, 2009

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:31:50 GMT

Just a minutes before the bell rings & I have to go for a meeting....

- I like it that BSF is starting again! If only I can live out what I'm learning!

- Wordload is better this year but ST*LLAR programme is stressing me out!

- Table is still in a hurricane state. Save me someone.

- Suffering from post-vday & post-anniversary blues. Wish everyday/night was so special! But I am thankful for everything!

- Slumdog Millionare is really good! But didn't understand some things. So are Jamal & Salim Hindu or Muslim????

The bell just rang! Please comment!

A 'Little Nyonya' Spoof cum YAF ad by a friend's church =)

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:30:18 GMT

Monday, February 02, 2009

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:10:07 GMT

Hi all,

Sorry for the slow response. I haven't been able to access the internet at home. Actually my internet is fine, but my laptop screen has gone mad, so I can't use it for anything right now. (P.S. Is there any friend out there who can advise me on what I should do?? Ray?? Rui??)

Ok now for the proposal story. It's quite simple really. Let me summarise coz I'm having lunch at the same time

When it stuck midnight on my birthday, Dom called me to wish me happy birthday. So we chatted for a while and he told me he was on his way home (he had dinner with his colleagues). Then he said he was reaching home and will call me again after he has showered. At this point, I didn't really suspect anything but I remember thinking to myself that usually Dom would be very tired (It was after midnight & Cinder-boy needs beauty sleep.) and would want to go and sleep. But I thought maybe he's just being extra nice to me coz it was my bday after all.

When he called a couple of minutes later, he told me right away that he was outside my doorstep and told me to go out. I was like 'HUH?!' but he quickly hung up and I couldn't ask any more. I was still in disbelieft and peeked out of my window but couldn't see anything. But I thought I better take a look outside the door.

So I took a peek outside. What did I see?

A message on the floor! It read "Follow the Petals"

Hahaha..... by this time, I knew that Dom was up to something! I was still dressed in my sleeping attire (tshirt & shorts) when I unlocked the gate & followed the white rose petals all over the ground. I was shivering as I walked downstairs. Was it from the cold or excitement? Who knows?

*ehlana apologises for the delay & continues writing*

The white petals led me to the poolside below my block. As I walked closer, I could see Dom and some candles while the voice of Michael Buble crooned to the tune of 'Always on my Mind'. It was quite amusing to see Dom trying to prevent the candles from getting blown out by the wind but in the end, he gave up =)

When I sat down beside him, he did not say anything. Instead, he opened up the drawing block and showed me the words he had written on them, piece by piece. These pieces of drawing paper traced our journey together as a couple & it was very heartwarming. I kept giggling as I was very excited. Not quite the effect he was hoping for

Finally, the last 2 pieces said
"And he got down on his knees"
"And popped the question"

And he did =)
Together with a whole bunch of touching words which I will spare you from.

After a long speech, he went
"Ermm.... you haven't given me an answer yet"

I said "Yes"

And the rest is history..............

Well not really,

WEDDING PLANNING MADNESS............. HERE WE COME!!!!!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:17:36 GMT

First of....

I'm ENGAGED!!!!

Have been busy celebrating my birthday, Christmas & his birthday!!!!

Does anyone in xanga want to know the proposal story?

Monday, December 22, 2008

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:37:25 GMT

Sometimes I miss the days where I flew off right after work week. Down under, you can forget all the stresses of work and all. It's like escaping to another world, a different life. Of course occasionally I'd still be working on some worksheet for next year but it's at my own time and space, so it's not too bad.

This hols started off not being much of a holiday in itself. While most of my colleagues stopped coming to school after the 2nd week, I was still having to go back for departmental work for most of the 3rd week and even up to a little of the 4th week, working from home and all that. Up to the night before I left for Taiwan, she still wanted me to make major amendments to her pet project.

Well, I'm glad that's over for now (till I return to school). Managed to squeeze in a day to relax in bintan with the boyfriend. It was lovely..... we just layed down in the hammock by the sea and rested to the lullaby of sea waves. What made it better was that the beach wasn't crowded at all. Just the right place to chill. In the afternoon, we had the most relaxing spa treatment. We definitely want to go back there..... even tho it isn't the most happening beach resort with tons of beach activities. It's a great place to relax and enjoy each other's presence.

And after that, of course was the Taiwan trip! Really wished the boyfriend could go coz I really missed him! But of course I still had a great time with my family and god-family. It's my first trip to Taiwan and we travelled all round the island. It's a good overview of the place but wished we could have stayed longer in certain places. Much too many temples!!! Considering that all of us are christians, temples are just..... nice buildings to us? No offence but we got kinda bored after the 3rd temple or so. The tour guide made some comment about chinese people ought to believe in a chinese religion...... but I felt it's seriously a matter of personal choice.

It's funny how we started off being quite cold (northern part of the island) and as we travelled down south along the west coast, we started peeling off the layers and ended up in tees, shorts and slippers in the southern part of the island. Then as we travelled back up along the east coast of the island, the layers came back on again. It's quite interesting to note that my mom came to this same island 30 over years ago as her 'O' level trip with her mom and sisters.

Sadly, we didn't get as much time for shopping as we anticipated. But at least now I know what I wanna do the next time I come. I will come during summer (so that there will at least be summer clothes in the stores), shop and eat lots in Taipei and stay in Kenting for a few days to enjoy the lovely beach!

No pictures yet but akan datang (coming soon in Malay)!

Now that I'm back in Singapore, it's event after event and I'm so busy but no one's complaining! This is my favourite season of the year and I plan to enjoy it to the max! We attended the church christmas cantata (which was fantastic. Wished I was a part of it!) and yesterday was my family christmas dinner - the largest crowd ever! My mom was worried if the house could take in everyone but I felt that the home environment is always the best... and it wasn't that bad after all! We had my dad's side of the family as well as some close family friends from church. Then the children's favourite part..... present giving! Usually I only give my immediate family and my single aunt and cousin. But this year, I decided to buy presents for my young nephews and nieces too! Althought present shopping and wrapping is a hassle but I really like giving presents! Do hope they like them! I got quite a lot of presents too and naturally, my favourite ones are the ones I got to choose and the one which came in a red packet! I think as I grow older, this is the way to go. Either let people choose their own gifts or give them a red packet. It's seriously more practical. Coz now I have a couple of gifts which I am not really sure what to do with. It's not that I dun appreciate them of course.

I realise I have many events lined up till 26th Dec (my bday, Christmas & Dom's bday in particular!) Till then, I will have fun before the depression sets in! Blessed Christmas everyone!