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Yo... had been missing for quite some time. Finally decided to update on my whereabouts... After "piaing" the November deadline, I had finally been able to have more rest and need not do so much OT. Yeah... had been doing OT until 10pm for almost every weekday during Nov and earned quite a bit of OT. haha... finally, the mad rush is over.
Right after 30 Nov, I had to "pia" for my JLPT 2 exam which was held on 7 Dec. Took 1 week leave frm 1 Dec and stayed at hm to drown myself in those Jap vocab and grammar. These 2 are not really a prob to me as long as I can memorise them. The real killer is "cho kai" (聴解) which means Japanese listening. This is the part that will determine whether I pass the exam or fail badly. During the exam, it was terrible as I couldn't really catch what was in the conversation. Hope I can get at least 1 correct as I really "tikam" all the way loh... (the exam consists of all multiple-choice questions).
Over the last weekend, I went to take a look at the layout for my wedding book at the bridal studios... It's very well made i would say, except for some parts which need further amendments. One of them is the photo of my hubby. They had touched up a lot on his face due to some 'smile-wrinkle' showing up when he smiled widely during the photo-shoot. In the end, it doesn't look like him at all. So ugly... Had asked the studio to amend it and we went to see again at the amedment. Still doesn't look like him... then we told the bridal studio not to touch up so much lah... still feel tat original is better. At least it looks like my hubby. So need them to amend again. Hopefully can get everything done by this week.
Alright, here's a preview for those who are curious on how my wedding book will look like (which i've taken while looking at the layouts over the weekend):
Shit is...
1) when your reviewers give you things to do all at one time;
2) when it's ok they give you at one time... but the deadlines all fall on the same day/period.. that's more shitty;
3) when you tell your reviewers your hands are full and request them if they can help with it but they just tell you "erm... but it's your case right?";
4) when your reviewers give you things which they should be the one doing (cos you are lower rank than them);
5) when clients shoot emails to the mgt giving sarcastic remarks;
6) when clients give unrealistic deadlines;
7) when you ask people to repeat what they have said which you couldn't hear properly initially and they flare at you and said, "go and see that document lah... you should know right?"
8) when you feel helpless and need help and people push you even further down to drown you more;
9) when you sleep less than 7 hrs a day; and
10) when you want to do your best and know that one day you will screw up something as you can't fulfill other people's requests and demands.
That's what I have in my in-tray now.. and hopefully everything will end on 30 Nov... the crucial deadline... yes it's a sunday and i'm likely to be back in office.
Last Thursday, my grandma passed away.
It was the saddest part of my life. I and her were not that close as compared to my other cousins. However, I could feel the loss very deeply. She was a demanding woman and the centre of attention. Though there were some not-so-nice events that happened in our family, I still respect her. She was the one who taught me how to hold chopsticks correctly as well as to fold A4 size paper into a box (for discarding fish bones that kind). I learnt a lot from her, especially the values of life.
婆婆，你永远活在我们的心中。
Just to share my experience which really make me think twice of using fake nail extensions especially for wedding... I had put on mine during my photoshoot on Monday and guess what, it kept coming off. Had used double-sided tape (now I think it's a rather stupid idea to use it) then it became loose and did not stick well once i washed my hands with soap and water. I switched to putting nail glue and thought that it would be better cos the nail glue is very sticky one loh. BUT some of the fake nails still came off despite putting the nail glue and I had a hard time 'keeping track' on all the nails and sticking them back. It's really mafan loh... and after the photoshoot when I took them off, my nails were a bit damaged. Haiz...The main reason was that I had to hold on to my gown as I walked and the fake nails came into contact with the gown a lot of times and they somehow became loose as time passed by. I think i will not put on any fake nail extensions in future. Rather do my own nail painiting or go to a salon for manicure... no more extensions!
Hey guys, finally i'm back updating my blog again. Had been very busy with work and preparation of my wedding photoshoot which was yesterday. hehe...Last saturday (4/10/2008), i went to A*Mei 张惠妹's concert. I've gone to her concert last year and was really amazed by her singing live at the concert. This round is her encore concert and it's really even better than last year's. Although her opening song was the same as last year's, the songs she sang subsequently, like 勇敢, 我要快乐, etc were those she never sang before in last year's. She indeed covered alot of songs which she did not sing in last year's concert. She even sang the japanese song, theme song from the musical Turandot, a Japanese musical which she acted in Tokyo. This song was not even released in the market loh. I will go n learn the lyrics and hopefully one day, sing in ktv when the ktv version is released... hehe.Here are some of the pics which I took at the concert:
Yesterday, I had my wedding photoshoot. Was very excited and couldn't sleep early the night before despite reminding myself over and over again to have a good night's sleep. My husband and me arrived at the bridal studio at 10am as I had to do my make-up and hair-do. We began the photoshoot at about 11am and we wore the traditional kua first. My husband brought his chihuahua, Mr Sand, for the photoshoot. He was very scared at first as he was at an unfamiliar place. The photographer was very friendly and jovial and taught us how to put our best smiles and poses in front of his camera. Mr Sand also had different costumes, from Japanese style to the English tuxedo. haha. My husband had to calm him down and carry him to the indoor photoshoot studio. Altogether we wore 4 different kinds of costumes and gown for the indoor shoot (the traditional kua followed by Japanese kimono, evening gown and wedding gown).
After the indoor photoshoot, we had our lunch (which was about 3.30pm liao lor). Was super hungry but at the same time couldn't eat much. Then the worst thing which we feared happened... the rain started to pour. Omg... we were supposed to go for outdoor photoshoot loh... How could we go for the shoot in this kind of rain? We went online (thanks to my sister-in-law's bf who used his laptop; the bridal studio there actually hv wireless@sg network!) to check out the weather forecast. We had decided to go to Botanical Gardens, the HortPark and Fullerton area for the outdoor photoshoot. Then we managed to get an update on the weather near Botanical his friend who happened to live near Botanical Gardens... Still raining there but could try to go. We decided to 'hiong hiong' go. If reach there still raining, bo bian hv to postpone. Luckily, lady luck was on our side. When we reach Botanical Gardens, the rain had stopped le. We quickly took our photos and proceed to the HortPark as it was getting late. When we finished our shoots at the HortPark, it was already about 7.30pm liao. No time to go to Fullerton area. Haiz... Nevermind, tentatively, we decide to have another photoshoot on our 1st wedding anniversary at the Fullerton area and the Changi Airport.
It was really tired after all the photoshoot.. but I really enjoyed it and find that it was very fun. Oh ya... let u guys see a photo of me here which my hubby took 'secretly' at the bridal studio...
ok lah... time to sleep le... back to the hectic world of work tomorrow.
Finally, I'm married to the man I love yesterday. We held our solemnisation ceremony at orchid country club. Had been very excited since morning when I woke up and even more excited as I arrived at the bridal studio for make-up and hairdo. When I looked into the mirror after the make-up and hair-do, I asked myself: Is this Wanhua (a.k.a. Lydia) who's getting married? She's so much different man! Even I myself couldn't believe the girl in the mirror is me! haha! Wow... really coudn't imagine I was getting married... there were many things to attend to yesterday and for a moment, I was like, huh.. what's going on man? Everything happened in a flash... BUT I really enjoyed being a bride yesterday. Everything went smoothly yesterday.. The only bad point was that there were too much food left over. We had to da bao back the leftovers if not it's kinda wasteful. This kind of buffet really hard to estimate the amount of food to match the number of guests i guess.Now for some photo-viewing...
For the past 2 days, i have been rather sick and took medical leave from work. My big day is around the corner and yet i'm falling sick.. fever and cough especially... haiz... hopefully I can recover by this coming weekend. Really dun wish to be sick on my big day sia.. oh come on.. body... fast fast recover can?
