1. I am looking forward to the wedding because:
a. I finally get to sleep.
b. My hair and nails won't matter anymore.
c. I need not obsess over pimples and wrinkles.
d. all of the above.
2. Weddings are:
a. So much work that we don't ever wanna get married again.
b. A good way to experiment on the minimum amount of sleep required to be functionable during the day.
c. A good way to remember your family members as you crack your head around the guest list.
d. Expensive.
Other snippets:
- It's hard to come up with the guest list when your mother remembers your relatives as "3rd Uncle", "Cousin's youngest son", "Ah Meng / Peng / Tin", "2nd Cousin's youngest daughter" etc. How do I come up with a namelist?
- Given our taste for rock / alternative music and general disdain for poppish love songs, choosing songs for our wedding was harder than we thought. Switchfoot, U2 and David Crowder Band do not flow for weddings. We seriously tried to imagine what will it be like to have the processional to "Sweetest Thing" but ... nah.
- I have better things to do at this point. Cheerios for now!
It's the final countdown!!!!
17 February 2009
06 February 2009
25 Random Things About QuirkieKai
This is from my FaceBook, but I thought I'd post it here anyways.
Because I'm narcissistic and believe that everyone should know juz that much more about me. ; )
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1. i've always liked the sound of an acoustic guitar =) annd the sight of a (geekish) guy playing it ;)
2. I like doodling, sketching and playing with water colour... and often am caught doodling in class.
3. i once drew my english tutor as an owl, and was passing it to my classmate when she caught me. she wasn't amused, obviously.
4. i am daddy's girl, but we had a stormy relationship during my younger days, resulting in many days when i resented his presence at home. things can't be more different now =)
5. i'd love to go deeper into photography, but i must first be able to afford a decent DSLR and the accompanying lenses.
6. my mole's quite the trademark... but a hairstylist once offered to let my fringe grow longer so that i can cover it. baka.
7. 80% of my handbags are my mum's hand-me-downs, but they still look new =) i am one gal who doesn't need to shop for bags!
8. love to shop for shoes! but haven't done so recently. wait til the great singapore sale comes around this year. i will shop with a vengeance!!
9. i blog to document the lighter side of life and keep the darker thoughts offline.
10. cooking is fun! i love cooking :D but have had disastrous experiences which embarrassed my family cos we had guests over. i curled up in a fetal position in a corner of the kitchen when i saw how the food turned out.
11. i love late, late nights and early mornings, but usually my late nights mean that i don't get to enjoy early mornings. not so hot about afternoons tho =P
12. i've not eaten uni before, and i intend to get that problem corrected this year.
13. my ambition at this point is to do an oil painting for my living room!! :D i've not done any form of oil painting before, but i'm sure i'll love it :D
14. i am totally not a dancer type... but surprise surprise, intuition is a very good dancer ;) undiscovered talent, he is. hyuk hyuk. (sisters, pls take note!)
15. i think social work is such meaningful work, and am sad that social work is so under-valued in singapore.
16. i take a perverse joy in shocking people out of a state of deep sleep. intuition beware!
17. my brother and i love to kill ants. we advocate pouring boiling hot water. simple and effective.
18. i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms.
19. i love blue skies, open spaces, bright flowers and a cool breeze. but no sea please. thanks.
20. i get strangely nervous when the wind is too strong... like i'll get a mild panic attack. thoughts of the wind uprooting hdb flats and trees don't do me any favours.
21. i have the best parents in the world =) and the best younger brother too, but don't tell him i said that.
22. i like both cats and dogs. yes, i'm bi-petsual.
23. i can be very pensive. sometimes i wonder how my life will be different if at certain key points in my life, i had chosen the other path.
24. at times like that i appreciate reminders that God has a plan for me, and He's good. Indeed, He's good.
25. it's 2 weeks and 2 days to the wedding on 22 feb 2009 (and bus 222 goes to my church), with 22 tables for the banquet and my wine costs $22 per bottle. i still can't imagine my waking and sleeping hours without my current family. i will miss them so.
Because I'm narcissistic and believe that everyone should know juz that much more about me. ; )
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1. i've always liked the sound of an acoustic guitar =) annd the sight of a (geekish) guy playing it ;)
2. I like doodling, sketching and playing with water colour... and often am caught doodling in class.
3. i once drew my english tutor as an owl, and was passing it to my classmate when she caught me. she wasn't amused, obviously.
4. i am daddy's girl, but we had a stormy relationship during my younger days, resulting in many days when i resented his presence at home. things can't be more different now =)
5. i'd love to go deeper into photography, but i must first be able to afford a decent DSLR and the accompanying lenses.
6. my mole's quite the trademark... but a hairstylist once offered to let my fringe grow longer so that i can cover it. baka.
7. 80% of my handbags are my mum's hand-me-downs, but they still look new =) i am one gal who doesn't need to shop for bags!
8. love to shop for shoes! but haven't done so recently. wait til the great singapore sale comes around this year. i will shop with a vengeance!!
9. i blog to document the lighter side of life and keep the darker thoughts offline.
10. cooking is fun! i love cooking :D but have had disastrous experiences which embarrassed my family cos we had guests over. i curled up in a fetal position in a corner of the kitchen when i saw how the food turned out.
11. i love late, late nights and early mornings, but usually my late nights mean that i don't get to enjoy early mornings. not so hot about afternoons tho =P
12. i've not eaten uni before, and i intend to get that problem corrected this year.
13. my ambition at this point is to do an oil painting for my living room!! :D i've not done any form of oil painting before, but i'm sure i'll love it :D
14. i am totally not a dancer type... but surprise surprise, intuition is a very good dancer ;) undiscovered talent, he is. hyuk hyuk. (sisters, pls take note!)
15. i think social work is such meaningful work, and am sad that social work is so under-valued in singapore.
16. i take a perverse joy in shocking people out of a state of deep sleep. intuition beware!
17. my brother and i love to kill ants. we advocate pouring boiling hot water. simple and effective.
18. i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms i hate worms.
19. i love blue skies, open spaces, bright flowers and a cool breeze. but no sea please. thanks.
20. i get strangely nervous when the wind is too strong... like i'll get a mild panic attack. thoughts of the wind uprooting hdb flats and trees don't do me any favours.
21. i have the best parents in the world =) and the best younger brother too, but don't tell him i said that.
22. i like both cats and dogs. yes, i'm bi-petsual.
23. i can be very pensive. sometimes i wonder how my life will be different if at certain key points in my life, i had chosen the other path.
24. at times like that i appreciate reminders that God has a plan for me, and He's good. Indeed, He's good.
25. it's 2 weeks and 2 days to the wedding on 22 feb 2009 (and bus 222 goes to my church), with 22 tables for the banquet and my wine costs $22 per bottle. i still can't imagine my waking and sleeping hours without my current family. i will miss them so.
04 February 2009
Come singalong...
Choosing wedding worship songs are nothing like choosing songs for cell group or gatherings etc. Songs that are dear to our hearts somehow don't quite flow in a wedding context :P
An example?
A favourite hymn, "It Is Well With My Soul".
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well with my soul,
it is well, it is well with my soul.
Umm... not so appropriate.
No wonder why the past few church weddings we attended all sing the same songs. The only hymn that we can think of that's suitable is "The Love of God", and we've sung it plenty of times.
An example?
A favourite hymn, "It Is Well With My Soul".
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well with my soul,
it is well, it is well with my soul.
Umm... not so appropriate.
No wonder why the past few church weddings we attended all sing the same songs. The only hymn that we can think of that's suitable is "The Love of God", and we've sung it plenty of times.
02 February 2009
3...2...1...
It's the last 3 weeks before the wedding.
I've broken 5 nails in the process of cleaning my newly renovated flat. We've been going there every weekend to fight the dust and it wasn't until last Sat that we made significant progress against the dust. I hope that when we revisit this week, it won't be reclaimed by dust again.
In the mean time, my mother gets uneasy when she sees me slacking off in front of the laptop at night, even if it's the only 2 hours I've spent in front of the laptop for the whole weekend. "Don't you need to pack???" She'd say. "It's only 3 weeks left and you need to get XXX and YYY ready for this that and the other. What about ZZZ? Have you done ZZZ?"
It seems like it's her wedding as much as it's mine. When I briefly mentioned to her that we seem to have more guests than expected for the dinner and that seats may not be enough, it apparently set of a series of rapid fire discussions between my mum, grandma and aunt about how to manage the emergency and how disastrous it will be if *HORRORS!* there aren't enough seats during the banquet. Fortunately, there are enough seats. However, my aunt, grandma and my mum has sat Intuition and I down and gave us a slew of horror stories about how terrible, terrible it is to not have enough for guests to eat, be it at the church catering or at the wedding dinner, and how it will be a conversation starter for decades to come. I am suitably scared.
Now that I'm on the end to give and distribute invitation cards, I must say when people say "OH I'M SO GLAD I'M INVITED!" it really makes our day. When people ignores our repeated smses, we slump into the pit of self pity and start singing "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I'm gonna eat some... nevermind." A word of thanks to those who took the effort to respond to our invites =) U guys rock our socks!
I'm sure there is something else that's waiting for me to do now, instead of blogging about this experience. But I thought I'd share it with you guys here ;) Thanks for being our friends. Appreciate you guys much =)
I've broken 5 nails in the process of cleaning my newly renovated flat. We've been going there every weekend to fight the dust and it wasn't until last Sat that we made significant progress against the dust. I hope that when we revisit this week, it won't be reclaimed by dust again.
In the mean time, my mother gets uneasy when she sees me slacking off in front of the laptop at night, even if it's the only 2 hours I've spent in front of the laptop for the whole weekend. "Don't you need to pack???" She'd say. "It's only 3 weeks left and you need to get XXX and YYY ready for this that and the other. What about ZZZ? Have you done ZZZ?"
It seems like it's her wedding as much as it's mine. When I briefly mentioned to her that we seem to have more guests than expected for the dinner and that seats may not be enough, it apparently set of a series of rapid fire discussions between my mum, grandma and aunt about how to manage the emergency and how disastrous it will be if *HORRORS!* there aren't enough seats during the banquet. Fortunately, there are enough seats. However, my aunt, grandma and my mum has sat Intuition and I down and gave us a slew of horror stories about how terrible, terrible it is to not have enough for guests to eat, be it at the church catering or at the wedding dinner, and how it will be a conversation starter for decades to come. I am suitably scared.
Now that I'm on the end to give and distribute invitation cards, I must say when people say "OH I'M SO GLAD I'M INVITED!" it really makes our day. When people ignores our repeated smses, we slump into the pit of self pity and start singing "Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I'm gonna eat some... nevermind." A word of thanks to those who took the effort to respond to our invites =) U guys rock our socks!
I'm sure there is something else that's waiting for me to do now, instead of blogging about this experience. But I thought I'd share it with you guys here ;) Thanks for being our friends. Appreciate you guys much =)
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