So this is my 2nd time back in KL this month...this was quite an impromptu trip back home actually...got a msg from Cam about 2 weeks back telling me her ROM would be on 26/3....best news i've heard so far this year...so happy for her...she's getting married!! so among us '3 sekawan' i.e. Jess, Cam and i, i'd be the only single girl in the group after 26/3...guess we've had always knew that i would be last among us to be married, if at all, hehe...
Just landed in KL this evening...Pei came to pick me up from KL Sentral and we went to Mid Valley for dinner...had japanese food at Sushi Tei...coz Sushi Zanmai had a ridiculously long queue...then we went to MPH to look for 'Fifty Shades of Grey'...didn't find it there...then we went to Borders and they didn't have it there as well...crap...
So went back...while in the car, suddenly received a msg from Elaine...saying she passed her exam...2 good news in a month (March isn't going to be a bad month after all)...so now she has officially joined the world of paediatricians...so proud of her!! and i told Pei, my friend's a paediatrician now...and i'm still a loser...sigh...oh well, at least i can share my friend's joy and success and be happy for them...
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Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
My Best Friend's Wedding 2...
I was back in KL over the royal wedding weekend...coz i had another wedding to attend...my (guy) best friend's wedding...which was the day after the royal wedding... i was back on Wednesday night and managed to hang out with Ernest one last time before he ended his singlehood...we went out for lunch at Chili's on Thursday...then we went shopping for his shirt and shoes...which were for his wedding...really, men can be such last-minute creatures...2 days before the wedding and then they go shopping for their shirt, tie and shoes...good thing men shop real quick...
I was shopping for a clock for home...apparently all the clocks at home has been annihilated by an epidemic of clock plaque...and this was the first time i was actually clock shopping...and neither of us knew where to find a clock shop...so after a whole afternoon of shopping, Ernest got his shirt
and shoes, i got my clock...he couldn't find a plain white tie...and he still had to buy 'standby' rings for the wedding...er, that's another long story which may be told another day....oh, and we managed to get a wedding gift for him and his wife as well...Ernest kept saying he wanted a conventional oven...that was like rm4000...couldn't afford that...then he said, you could get us a PS3...that's like rm1300...hmmm, i could fork out half of that...and initially he was like trying to be the Chinese he is and declined...but i told him, i'm not gonna ask 3 times and that's all i can afford...
So we went to the Sony Centre and bought a white PS3...he was quite happy...coz he knew his wife would be ecstatic when she saw it...let's just hope they don't get too addicted to that machine...Friday i was out with Pei and Ee...went to Isetan KLCC...bought a bag for Ma for Mother's Day...and went for free makeover at Burberry...courtesy of Jie...
那晚我睡不着。。。该是早上睡太多了。。。一直想起明天的婚礼。。。又另一个好朋友结婚了。。。一直哭。。。哭不是因为他娶的人不是我。。。那概念我早就放弃了。。。我和Ernest虽然认识十七年了,我们真的只能做好朋友。。。有些人的缘分真的只是做朋友。。。哭是因为突然觉得自己还是一个人生活。。。孤寂的命。。。我身边的朋友, 一个又一个找到属于他们的幸福。。。我也体他们高兴。。。但上天几时才把我的幸福带给我呢?
教堂婚礼的早上,虽然简单,却让人感动。。。第一次遇见Ernest的妻子。。。真的很漂亮。。。我觉得一生人一次,当新娘一定是最美丽的一天。。。当她走进来的时候,这个傻瓜就开始幻想。。。想像自己是新娘。。。而我命中注定的他在坛上等我。。。我就一直祈祷。。。你一定要等我啊。。。一定要等我遇到你。。。至于Ernest和妻子,祝福他们白头谐老,每天都幸福快乐。。。送给他们方大同的
新歌 "好不容易"。。。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGGAaDsN8Y
I was shopping for a clock for home...apparently all the clocks at home has been annihilated by an epidemic of clock plaque...and this was the first time i was actually clock shopping...and neither of us knew where to find a clock shop...so after a whole afternoon of shopping, Ernest got his shirt
and shoes, i got my clock...he couldn't find a plain white tie...and he still had to buy 'standby' rings for the wedding...er, that's another long story which may be told another day....oh, and we managed to get a wedding gift for him and his wife as well...Ernest kept saying he wanted a conventional oven...that was like rm4000...couldn't afford that...then he said, you could get us a PS3...that's like rm1300...hmmm, i could fork out half of that...and initially he was like trying to be the Chinese he is and declined...but i told him, i'm not gonna ask 3 times and that's all i can afford...
So we went to the Sony Centre and bought a white PS3...he was quite happy...coz he knew his wife would be ecstatic when she saw it...let's just hope they don't get too addicted to that machine...Friday i was out with Pei and Ee...went to Isetan KLCC...bought a bag for Ma for Mother's Day...and went for free makeover at Burberry...courtesy of Jie...
那晚我睡不着。。。该是早上睡太多了。。。一直想起明天的婚礼。。。又另一个好朋友结婚了。。。一直哭。。。哭不是因为他娶的人不是我。。。那概念我早就放弃了。。。我和Ernest虽然认识十七年了,我们真的只能做好朋友。。。有些人的缘分真的只是做朋友。。。哭是因为突然觉得自己还是一个人生活。。。孤寂的命。。。我身边的朋友, 一个又一个找到属于他们的幸福。。。我也体他们高兴。。。但上天几时才把我的幸福带给我呢?
教堂婚礼的早上,虽然简单,却让人感动。。。第一次遇见Ernest的妻子。。。真的很漂亮。。。我觉得一生人一次,当新娘一定是最美丽的一天。。。当她走进来的时候,这个傻瓜就开始幻想。。。想像自己是新娘。。。而我命中注定的他在坛上等我。。。我就一直祈祷。。。你一定要等我啊。。。一定要等我遇到你。。。至于Ernest和妻子,祝福他们白头谐老,每天都幸福快乐。。。送给他们方大同的
新歌 "好不容易"。。。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGGAaDsN8Y
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Elaine & Siang Lin's Wedding
I had a good break over the weekend...a bunch of us went to Muar for Elaine and Siang Lin's wedding on 20 Nov 2010...yes, the wedding that i've been anticipating for the last few months...Flora, Connie and i flew to JB on Friday morning...i forgot my passport so i had to trouble Becky to send me back to grab it...thank God i didn't miss the flight...Siang Lin and Nelson (Elaine's younger bro) came to pick us up from Senai airport....and we drove back to Muar...which was about 2 hours away...
We dropped by at Elaine's house to pick her up and send her to the nail parlour to do her nails...then Siang Lin brought us for lunch at Elaine's favourite bak kut teh shop...then we checked in at D'99 hotel....Flora, Connie and i shared a room...we practically slept off the whole afternoon...while waiting for Jasmine, Suet Lai, Alisa and Anthony and Darrien to arrive...when they've all arrived...we hung out at the Delifrance adjacent to the hotel....it was good to catch up with old friends...and having Darrien was a lot of fun...
We went to Elaine's house for dinner...she had a pre-wedding dinner for her friends and relatives...and we even celebrated Darrien's 1st birthday...Elaine bought a Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake...we ended up enjoying the cake more than Darrien...hehe...after dinner, the jie muis discussed about the things we wanted the heng tais to do during the morning wedding ceremony....then we went back to the hotel and slept...
We woke up about 6am plus on Saturday morning...we got ready and had breakfast at the hotel...then Nelson came to pick us up to his place...we spent about an hour preparing the 'special drinks' for the heng tais...then us girls were busy placing our kisses on paper...it was for one of the task for Siang Lin...he had to guess which one was Elaine's kiss...we even got Nelson's help with the kisses...hehe...
Siang Lin and his heng tais came about 9am plus...from the beginning, he and his guys had to look for the house key to enter the main gate...we gave the house key to one of the neighbour who really took the guys on a trip...coz he gave them the wrong keys...twice...only after Siang Lin gave him an ang pow only he gave the right key...hahahaha....then after they entered the main gate, firecrackers were ignited...gosh, lost a few decibles of my hearing....
Their next task was to send some guys to eat cut apples from a plate on the floor while doing push-ups....most of the guys managed 2-3 slices...then it was time to down a whole long glassful of beer...the guy who did it could really drink...and he's chinese...next task was to drink the 'special drinks' we prepared...from red wine to hot chilli sauce to vinegar to raw egg...guys really would down anything...hehe...then it was time to dance....i think 'Nobody' by Wonder Girls has become the official wedding dance song...so 2 of the guys had to wear dresses and danced to the song...the guys were quite sporting to oblige....
Then we had some naughty poses for the guys to imitate...that was pretty hilarious...then Siang Lin was finally outside Elaine's room...but before that, he had to spot Elaine's kiss among many kisses...us jie muis managed to get lots of ang pows from Siang Lin during that task...hehe...but eventually he managed to choose the right lips after like 5 guesses...then he thought he could go into the room but then it was locked...and the room key was stuck on the ceiling...so he had to climb up on a chair and use an umbrella to reach the key...
Siang Lin must have been so relieved when he finally opened the room door...could really see it in his smile...hehe...so he went into the room...unveiled Elaine and puts the wedding ring on her...Elaine looked like an angel in her wedding dress...the epitome of a vision of loveliness...after putting on the ring, Siang Lin planted a kiss on Elaine...sigh...best part of any wedding...then we proceeded to the tea ceremony....after that it was time for the bride to leave the house...hehe, we had quite some fun throwing rice at the wedding couple as they walked to the car...
Then we went to the hotel where Siang Lin's parents were staying for another tea ceremony...Connie, Flora and i followed one of Siang Lin's friend's car...when we reached the hotel, one of Connie's strappy heels broke...so i had to lend her my heels so that she can go get herself a new pair...which she did in record time...and her new heels were fabulous...not to mention quite cheap...after the 2nd tea ceremony, it was time for lunch...
We went back to our hotel after lunch...slept a bit till about 5pm...Flora got ready earlier and left for the restaurant coz she was the MC and needed to prepare earlier...Connie and i took our time to get ready...we had to wait for our transport...which was late...but somehow we managed to reach the restaurant before the dinner started...met Ah Liam at the dinner...it was good to catch up...
Then it was time for the bride and groom to enter the restaurant...it was quite an entrance...Elaine looked like a princess in her pale blue gown...and Siang Lin her dashing prince by her side...there were lots of bubbles in the air as they were walking in...quite dream-like...dinner was good...and there was live band performing...so we requested and dedicated some songs to Elaine and Siang Lin...i requested for "Wonderful Tonight"...but the wedding singer totally ruined it with his own version of the song...totally unromantic and inappropriate...i still think Khalil Fong's version is amazing...
So, that was 'the' wedding...a friend told me he hates attending wedding...coz it makes him feel old...i love attending weddings...i love sharing the joy and love with my friends who are getting hitch...i just wonder if this whole getting married business was meant for me...coz it doesn't look like it's gonna happen...
We dropped by at Elaine's house to pick her up and send her to the nail parlour to do her nails...then Siang Lin brought us for lunch at Elaine's favourite bak kut teh shop...then we checked in at D'99 hotel....Flora, Connie and i shared a room...we practically slept off the whole afternoon...while waiting for Jasmine, Suet Lai, Alisa and Anthony and Darrien to arrive...when they've all arrived...we hung out at the Delifrance adjacent to the hotel....it was good to catch up with old friends...and having Darrien was a lot of fun...
We went to Elaine's house for dinner...she had a pre-wedding dinner for her friends and relatives...and we even celebrated Darrien's 1st birthday...Elaine bought a Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake...we ended up enjoying the cake more than Darrien...hehe...after dinner, the jie muis discussed about the things we wanted the heng tais to do during the morning wedding ceremony....then we went back to the hotel and slept...
We woke up about 6am plus on Saturday morning...we got ready and had breakfast at the hotel...then Nelson came to pick us up to his place...we spent about an hour preparing the 'special drinks' for the heng tais...then us girls were busy placing our kisses on paper...it was for one of the task for Siang Lin...he had to guess which one was Elaine's kiss...we even got Nelson's help with the kisses...hehe...
Siang Lin and his heng tais came about 9am plus...from the beginning, he and his guys had to look for the house key to enter the main gate...we gave the house key to one of the neighbour who really took the guys on a trip...coz he gave them the wrong keys...twice...only after Siang Lin gave him an ang pow only he gave the right key...hahahaha....then after they entered the main gate, firecrackers were ignited...gosh, lost a few decibles of my hearing....
Their next task was to send some guys to eat cut apples from a plate on the floor while doing push-ups....most of the guys managed 2-3 slices...then it was time to down a whole long glassful of beer...the guy who did it could really drink...and he's chinese...next task was to drink the 'special drinks' we prepared...from red wine to hot chilli sauce to vinegar to raw egg...guys really would down anything...hehe...then it was time to dance....i think 'Nobody' by Wonder Girls has become the official wedding dance song...so 2 of the guys had to wear dresses and danced to the song...the guys were quite sporting to oblige....
Then we had some naughty poses for the guys to imitate...that was pretty hilarious...then Siang Lin was finally outside Elaine's room...but before that, he had to spot Elaine's kiss among many kisses...us jie muis managed to get lots of ang pows from Siang Lin during that task...hehe...but eventually he managed to choose the right lips after like 5 guesses...then he thought he could go into the room but then it was locked...and the room key was stuck on the ceiling...so he had to climb up on a chair and use an umbrella to reach the key...
Siang Lin must have been so relieved when he finally opened the room door...could really see it in his smile...hehe...so he went into the room...unveiled Elaine and puts the wedding ring on her...Elaine looked like an angel in her wedding dress...the epitome of a vision of loveliness...after putting on the ring, Siang Lin planted a kiss on Elaine...sigh...best part of any wedding...then we proceeded to the tea ceremony....after that it was time for the bride to leave the house...hehe, we had quite some fun throwing rice at the wedding couple as they walked to the car...
Then we went to the hotel where Siang Lin's parents were staying for another tea ceremony...Connie, Flora and i followed one of Siang Lin's friend's car...when we reached the hotel, one of Connie's strappy heels broke...so i had to lend her my heels so that she can go get herself a new pair...which she did in record time...and her new heels were fabulous...not to mention quite cheap...after the 2nd tea ceremony, it was time for lunch...
We went back to our hotel after lunch...slept a bit till about 5pm...Flora got ready earlier and left for the restaurant coz she was the MC and needed to prepare earlier...Connie and i took our time to get ready...we had to wait for our transport...which was late...but somehow we managed to reach the restaurant before the dinner started...met Ah Liam at the dinner...it was good to catch up...
Then it was time for the bride and groom to enter the restaurant...it was quite an entrance...Elaine looked like a princess in her pale blue gown...and Siang Lin her dashing prince by her side...there were lots of bubbles in the air as they were walking in...quite dream-like...dinner was good...and there was live band performing...so we requested and dedicated some songs to Elaine and Siang Lin...i requested for "Wonderful Tonight"...but the wedding singer totally ruined it with his own version of the song...totally unromantic and inappropriate...i still think Khalil Fong's version is amazing...
So, that was 'the' wedding...a friend told me he hates attending wedding...coz it makes him feel old...i love attending weddings...i love sharing the joy and love with my friends who are getting hitch...i just wonder if this whole getting married business was meant for me...coz it doesn't look like it's gonna happen...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Bridesmaid dress....
I haven't been updating my blog for about a week...guess i've been busy and distracted....and there isn't much happening lately...was doing locum from 2-8pm yesterday...quite busy...but what to do... have to earn more money coz will have more liability now that Petrina's going to med school...anyway, Elaine texted me and asked if i thought it was a good idea if she made dresses for her bridesmaids...she was thinking about something short, simple and flattering to all types of body habitus...
So i got quite excited and told her i'd help her look for some designs and email them to her...so i was surfing the net for photos of bridesmaid dresses...in between seeing patients...saw quite some lovely ones...i found some one-shoulder dresses which i liked a lot...and some v-neck, cap-sleeve and strapless ones...so in the end she decided she wanted us to be wearing strapless dresses with ribbon at the waist...
Actually, i've been surfing the net for wedding dresses the last few days...suddenly had the urge to check out wedding dress designs....must have been coz i went to see Elaine and Siang Lin's wedding photos few days back...was thinking, if i could draw, i'd probably have been a fashion designer instead of a doctor...at least i won't be missing a PGU like how i did on my Saturday call...sigh....
Anyway, Elaine's gonna be checking out the material for her bridesmaids' dresses...she's thinking of maroon colour...and i'm supposed to be taking my measurements for the dress...gosh...don't dare to measure...might be utterly shocked at how much i've grown...:P
So i got quite excited and told her i'd help her look for some designs and email them to her...so i was surfing the net for photos of bridesmaid dresses...in between seeing patients...saw quite some lovely ones...i found some one-shoulder dresses which i liked a lot...and some v-neck, cap-sleeve and strapless ones...so in the end she decided she wanted us to be wearing strapless dresses with ribbon at the waist...
Actually, i've been surfing the net for wedding dresses the last few days...suddenly had the urge to check out wedding dress designs....must have been coz i went to see Elaine and Siang Lin's wedding photos few days back...was thinking, if i could draw, i'd probably have been a fashion designer instead of a doctor...at least i won't be missing a PGU like how i did on my Saturday call...sigh....
Anyway, Elaine's gonna be checking out the material for her bridesmaids' dresses...she's thinking of maroon colour...and i'm supposed to be taking my measurements for the dress...gosh...don't dare to measure...might be utterly shocked at how much i've grown...:P
Monday, June 21, 2010
Elaine's Gown Fitting
Elaine went for her gown fitting on Sunday...she and Flora were post call so they went home to sleep a while before the gown fitting appointment...which was at 3pm...i was having my afternoon nap as well... woke up half an hour before 3pm, after getting ready, rushed to the bridal studio at Lintas which was called All About Love...thought i was late, but as of Malaysian custom, everyone else was late too...about 5 mins later, Grace showed up...so we went into the shop and waited for the bride and groom and Flora to arrive...
They arrived about 10 mins later...and so we started browsing through the gowns...the shop didn't have that many choices...so we had to make do with what they had....we managed to narrow down to about 6 white gowns and 6 coloured gowns for Elaine to try...by this time, Siang Lin has disappeared off somewhere....so it was just up to us girls...we were totally having fun helping Elaine try out the gowns and help her choose...so she tried gown after gown...eventually we narrowed down 4 gowns for her photoshoot and 1 gown for her dinner reception...



Really, Elaine is definitely no bride-zilla...coz we finished trying out the gowns and she decided on her choices within 2 hours...then it was Siang Lin's turn to try out his coats and pants...then we were watching dvds of other couples' photos while we waited for the tailor to alter 2 of her dresses as one was too loose and another was a little too tight...these are photos of post alteration....
After we're done with her gown fitting, Elaine and I went to City Mall to check out the shoe shops coz she needed to buy her wedding heels....unfortunately, we didn't find any that really wowed us...so we went to 1B to have dinner and continue shopping for Siang Lin's shirt and Elaine's shoes...managed to buy the shirt...unfortunately, we still couldn't find the right pair of heels for Elaine...i guess she'll continue her shoe-hunt next weekend...
They arrived about 10 mins later...and so we started browsing through the gowns...the shop didn't have that many choices...so we had to make do with what they had....we managed to narrow down to about 6 white gowns and 6 coloured gowns for Elaine to try...by this time, Siang Lin has disappeared off somewhere....so it was just up to us girls...we were totally having fun helping Elaine try out the gowns and help her choose...so she tried gown after gown...eventually we narrowed down 4 gowns for her photoshoot and 1 gown for her dinner reception...
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Going for wedding gown shopping...
I was post call yesterday...managed to sleep about 4 hours during my call...was in OT practically the whole of Sunday...even missed the makan that some of my colleagues organized...but the guys were very kind...they ta pau-ed and brought food for us on call ppl...so boss, Saidah and i had our dinner at about 11pm...was so hungry and tired...and the food tasted so good...hehe...
Was awakened at about 7am yesterday morning for an appendicectomy...i asked one of the HO to tell boss that i'd be in OT...halfway through the op, boss kept calling...but didn't manage to answer...finished my appendicectomy and rushed up to elective OT...praying hard there'll be no leak or infection for the guy...anyway, my bosses thought i was dead or kidnapped and they kidded that they were planning to call the cops to report for missing person...apparently the HO didn't tell boss that i was in OT coz boss didn't ask him where i was...hmmm...
So i was in OT the whole day yesterday....assisted in an anterior resection with defunctioning ileostomy and chemoport insertion which lasted 4 hours plus...it was fun...but my back was aching quite a bit after the op...OT finished about 7pm...but i went out earlier to do pm rounds...by the time i left the hospital it was about 8pm...
Elaine called me just before i left the hospital...she was bitching about the Kudat incident...hehe...so we talked for a while...then i had dinner at the Olde Station...then went home...just as i reached home, i got a msg from Elaine...saying that she needs my help to go wedding gown shopping in March or April...suddenly i was so excited, i totally forgot that i was dead tired...hehe...i just love shopping for wedding gown..even if it's not for myself...the last time i shopped for wedding gown was for my elder sister when she got married almost 4 years ago...finally i have another chance to go wedding gown shopping again...yay!!!
Well, so now besides my chinese new year break, i'll have Elaine's wedding gown shopping to look forward to...yea, i know...i'm so sad...i have to look forward to shopping for wedding gown for other ppl since i won't be shopping for mine anytime soon..;P...still, i can't wait for Elaine to come back to KK so that we can go wedding gown shopping...and have more frequent Chinese tuition sessions in karaoke...hehe...
Was awakened at about 7am yesterday morning for an appendicectomy...i asked one of the HO to tell boss that i'd be in OT...halfway through the op, boss kept calling...but didn't manage to answer...finished my appendicectomy and rushed up to elective OT...praying hard there'll be no leak or infection for the guy...anyway, my bosses thought i was dead or kidnapped and they kidded that they were planning to call the cops to report for missing person...apparently the HO didn't tell boss that i was in OT coz boss didn't ask him where i was...hmmm...
So i was in OT the whole day yesterday....assisted in an anterior resection with defunctioning ileostomy and chemoport insertion which lasted 4 hours plus...it was fun...but my back was aching quite a bit after the op...OT finished about 7pm...but i went out earlier to do pm rounds...by the time i left the hospital it was about 8pm...
Elaine called me just before i left the hospital...she was bitching about the Kudat incident...hehe...so we talked for a while...then i had dinner at the Olde Station...then went home...just as i reached home, i got a msg from Elaine...saying that she needs my help to go wedding gown shopping in March or April...suddenly i was so excited, i totally forgot that i was dead tired...hehe...i just love shopping for wedding gown..even if it's not for myself...the last time i shopped for wedding gown was for my elder sister when she got married almost 4 years ago...finally i have another chance to go wedding gown shopping again...yay!!!
Well, so now besides my chinese new year break, i'll have Elaine's wedding gown shopping to look forward to...yea, i know...i'm so sad...i have to look forward to shopping for wedding gown for other ppl since i won't be shopping for mine anytime soon..;P...still, i can't wait for Elaine to come back to KK so that we can go wedding gown shopping...and have more frequent Chinese tuition sessions in karaoke...hehe...
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Josephine and Nigel's Wedding Dinner...
I just came back from Jo and Nigel's wedding dinner...i'm actually post call and pre call today...so i was practically paying off my sleep debt the whole day after i came back from the hospital...i was still contemplating on whether i should go for the wedding dinner until about 4pm this evening...but i decided i'd go anyway...though i didn't rsvp, hehe...so that would kind of be wedding crashing huh?
Jo was wearing this subtly sexy corset dress which really looked good on her...and she looked so beautiful and happy...i'm so happy for her that she has finally found the guy she'd be spending the rest of her life with...they were showing photos and video clips of the morning tea and wedding ceremony during the dinner...and they were awesome...i suppose if you pay enough money for photographers like Louis Pang, you're bound to get lovely shots...and the video clips totally moved me to tears...and the videographer looked kinda cute...from afar...since he didn't even come near our table...hehe...
I guess these days when i attend weddings, the question that i'd be wondering to myself would be: would i ever be blessed enough to end up getting married?..hehe...well, i guess God has His plans for me...though i can't seem to see it happening...oh well, que sera sera...tomorrow i'm on call again...Lord, give me strength to go through eod calls in a stretch...thank You, Lord...good night...amen...
P/s: Oh, and Lord, please stop throwing jerks my way...:P
Jo was wearing this subtly sexy corset dress which really looked good on her...and she looked so beautiful and happy...i'm so happy for her that she has finally found the guy she'd be spending the rest of her life with...they were showing photos and video clips of the morning tea and wedding ceremony during the dinner...and they were awesome...i suppose if you pay enough money for photographers like Louis Pang, you're bound to get lovely shots...and the video clips totally moved me to tears...and the videographer looked kinda cute...from afar...since he didn't even come near our table...hehe...
I guess these days when i attend weddings, the question that i'd be wondering to myself would be: would i ever be blessed enough to end up getting married?..hehe...well, i guess God has His plans for me...though i can't seem to see it happening...oh well, que sera sera...tomorrow i'm on call again...Lord, give me strength to go through eod calls in a stretch...thank You, Lord...good night...amen...
P/s: Oh, and Lord, please stop throwing jerks my way...:P
Sunday, November 29, 2009
A romantic beach wedding...
I was at a friend's wedding tonight....Colleen's..my coursemate in uni and clinical partner in 4th and final year...Colleen and David's wedding was a beach wedding at Avilion Port Dickson...my first time ever attending a beach wedding...so i was very excited with the prospect...
Since i had no car at my disposal in KL, i had to rely on Khai Meng, another ex-uni coursemate to drive me there (he was attending the wedding as well)...he came to pick me up about 4.30pm and it was already raining at that time....i thought oh dear, hopefully it's not raining in Port Dickson...so we drove about an hour in the rain, got lost a little, listened to and sang along to Khai Meng's pirated cds (Chinese songs)...and finally reached Avilion about 6pm...but it was raining too...
I quickly changed into my dress (i wasn't wearing the dress coz i didn't want to crease it during the drive) and went to look for Colleen...she looked so beautiful in her cream coloured strapless wedding dress...an at least 2 sizes smaller than the last time i saw her....eventually the rain stopped at about 7pm...and so the beach wedding was still on!! but we totally missed the sunset by the time they set up the whole venue again...
But it was still beautiful...and romantic...when Colleen walked down the aisle with David, me and a few others who were sitting at the aisle seats threw rose petals at the wedding couple...Colleen and David exchanged their personalized vows...and exchanged their wedding bands....then they poured coloured-sands into a heart-shaped bottle...apparently that signifies the merging of two lives as one...so sweet...then it was time for my favourite part of a wedding ceremony...the kissing part...:) needless to say, i cried...not all throughout the ceremony, but certain parts lah...and ruined quite a bit of my make-up...
Dinner was buffet style....and the spread was quite extravagant....fried rice, spagetthi marinara, steamed egg with eggplant, lamb chop, beef, chicken tandoori, lobster, crabs, sashimi and salad spread...fruits and dessert...and ice-cream...and cute little cupcakes topped with green icing....as usual, i ate plates after plates..hehe...i especially liked the pistachio creme brulee....
David made a special toast to Colleen...which involved a lot of magic tricks like making flowers appear from nowhere and levitating bottle of champagne and glass and making a white dove apparate from thin air....well, not somethin that will impress me...but Khai Meng was quite impressed that he said, no wonder Colleen married David, i would want to marry him too...hahahaha...
Colleen and David's honeymoon suite was at one of the chalets that were built on stilts on the water...and theirs was the one on the edge...we managed to catch the sunset there and it was soooo romantic...now i know why ppl love beach and sunset weddings....but i guess it would be a safer bet to have a beach wedding in February or March when the rain is not the evening's constant companion....
It was quite sad to leave...and i hardly get to talk to Colleen...but then that's expected...the bride's always too busy entertaining guests...but it was good to meet up with my other old uni mates...we left PD about close to 11pm...Khai Meng and i were listening to Wang LeeHom's cd...then we listened to Khalil Fong and Joanna Wang songs which was incorporated in a cd...the beauty of piracy...you can put all the songs you like in a disc...hehe...
So, that was Colleen's wedding...of the 4 of us who used to hang out together in uni, Chiew Ping got married first...now she has a daughter age 2...then Alisa got married...and just gave birth to a baby boy...and now Colleen's also married...hopefully she'll get a baby soon too...so that leaves me...and of course when i gave Colleen one last hug before i left, she asked me when's my turn? and she answered for me..next year...i was like yea right...sure...que sera sera...
Since i had no car at my disposal in KL, i had to rely on Khai Meng, another ex-uni coursemate to drive me there (he was attending the wedding as well)...he came to pick me up about 4.30pm and it was already raining at that time....i thought oh dear, hopefully it's not raining in Port Dickson...so we drove about an hour in the rain, got lost a little, listened to and sang along to Khai Meng's pirated cds (Chinese songs)...and finally reached Avilion about 6pm...but it was raining too...
I quickly changed into my dress (i wasn't wearing the dress coz i didn't want to crease it during the drive) and went to look for Colleen...she looked so beautiful in her cream coloured strapless wedding dress...an at least 2 sizes smaller than the last time i saw her....eventually the rain stopped at about 7pm...and so the beach wedding was still on!! but we totally missed the sunset by the time they set up the whole venue again...
But it was still beautiful...and romantic...when Colleen walked down the aisle with David, me and a few others who were sitting at the aisle seats threw rose petals at the wedding couple...Colleen and David exchanged their personalized vows...and exchanged their wedding bands....then they poured coloured-sands into a heart-shaped bottle...apparently that signifies the merging of two lives as one...so sweet...then it was time for my favourite part of a wedding ceremony...the kissing part...:) needless to say, i cried...not all throughout the ceremony, but certain parts lah...and ruined quite a bit of my make-up...
Dinner was buffet style....and the spread was quite extravagant....fried rice, spagetthi marinara, steamed egg with eggplant, lamb chop, beef, chicken tandoori, lobster, crabs, sashimi and salad spread...fruits and dessert...and ice-cream...and cute little cupcakes topped with green icing....as usual, i ate plates after plates..hehe...i especially liked the pistachio creme brulee....
David made a special toast to Colleen...which involved a lot of magic tricks like making flowers appear from nowhere and levitating bottle of champagne and glass and making a white dove apparate from thin air....well, not somethin that will impress me...but Khai Meng was quite impressed that he said, no wonder Colleen married David, i would want to marry him too...hahahaha...
Colleen and David's honeymoon suite was at one of the chalets that were built on stilts on the water...and theirs was the one on the edge...we managed to catch the sunset there and it was soooo romantic...now i know why ppl love beach and sunset weddings....but i guess it would be a safer bet to have a beach wedding in February or March when the rain is not the evening's constant companion....
It was quite sad to leave...and i hardly get to talk to Colleen...but then that's expected...the bride's always too busy entertaining guests...but it was good to meet up with my other old uni mates...we left PD about close to 11pm...Khai Meng and i were listening to Wang LeeHom's cd...then we listened to Khalil Fong and Joanna Wang songs which was incorporated in a cd...the beauty of piracy...you can put all the songs you like in a disc...hehe...
So, that was Colleen's wedding...of the 4 of us who used to hang out together in uni, Chiew Ping got married first...now she has a daughter age 2...then Alisa got married...and just gave birth to a baby boy...and now Colleen's also married...hopefully she'll get a baby soon too...so that leaves me...and of course when i gave Colleen one last hug before i left, she asked me when's my turn? and she answered for me..next year...i was like yea right...sure...que sera sera...
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Sylvia & Sashi's Wedding Dinner...
I was quite tempted to put this post's title as " Sylvia & Sashi's Wedding Dinner..and the horrible day at work before that"...but that's a bit too wordy...and it kinda ruins the title...anyway, before i go into Sylvia's wedding dinner, i just had to get this off my system...yes, my horrible day at work on Friday...
So i was post call on Thursday...and i had no idea what the plans would be for ICU patients on Thursday and Friday...so i was at Sylvia's house on Thursday night and got myself nail art on my finger nails..thinking that it should be a less busy day since it's Friday...boy, was i wrong...went to CME in the morning... suddenly got a msg saying, there's a tracheostomy for an ICU patient at 930am...i thought dang!!! all the transportation will definitely ruin my nail art...but was i in for a bigger shock or what?... so just a little background information about a normal transportation for a trachy patient who's stable on ventilator and does not require inotropes...you need to carry the ventilator, the emergency kit, the oxygen tanks and the patient's case notes...that's already quite a handful and you need at least 3 personnel to handle the transportation....
But this particular patient for trachy was not only on inotrope, he had 2 bloody chest tubes...when i left the hospital on Thursday he still had only 1 chest tube, which was bearable...but they just had to insert another one just before the trachy lah...and his platelets were low so we need to carry his blood and platelets as well....the worst thing was boss ORDERED that at no time should his chest tubes be clamped...i was praying to God the whole time to not let the patient die on me...
The tracheostomy was supposed to be at 9am...we only managed to leave ICU at 945am...i won't even go into the details of waiting for the damn ambulance, the transferring of the patient from trolley to trolley and how the patient desaturated when i clamped the chest tubes in order for trolley transfer...so i had to unclamp and move the patient with the chest drains on the floor...and the patient desaturated again in the ambulance so i had to manually bag him till we reached the ENT clinic...
When we finally reached there, it was 1030am...already i rue this day...so we started with the trachy which only took 30 mins...and boss actually called the HO who helped in escorting the patient, back to ICU...and he bloody knew that we needed as many ppl to help in transporting the patient...and the last straw was when i received a msg from boss in bold saying: DO NOT CLAMP THE CHEST TUBES!!! I was so pissed that my first reaction was to reply him this: F**K OFF!!! now i don't usually swear in public but boss was really pushing my limits...
The transport back to ICU was worse now that we had one person less to help us carry the stuffs...i really felt like walking away from everything and let boss settle the mess himself...as if things weren't bad enough...the oxygen tank ran out of oxygen...and we had to change to another tank...and patient desaturated again...when we finally reached ICU again, i was in such a foul mood that i actually shouted at my colleague...though the person i wanted to shout at was boss... i really felt like shouting at him: NEXT TIME, YOU BLOODY ESCORT THE PATIENT YOURSELF!!!! and he dared to tell me the chest tubes weren't fluctuating anymore...i felt like bloody slapping him...coz the chest drains were bubbling like a damn bubble bath!!! men can be such asses!!!
So that totally ruined my day..not to mention my nail art...uugh!!! thankfully the patient was ok...except that we killed a bit more grey matter with all the hypoxic episodes but well, his GCS was already low anyway...and thankfully the rest of the afternoon was less eventful...if boss had asked (oh wait, he doesn't 'ask', he just bloody orders people around) me to escort another patient, i think i'd have totally blown my top...
Elaine came from Kudat and met me at the hospital...i left work about 430pm and we went straight to the nail parlour...coz my nail art by then was just a hideous looking mess...and i didn't have nail polish remover at home...so it was either go buy one or go to the nail parlour and repaint my nails..i thought i deserved the latter so to the nail parlour it was...so i had my nails repainted in this colour called "kisses of peach"...and Elaine did nail art on her toes...her toe nails paint matched the dress she was wearing for the dinner...
After doing our nails, we went to the hair salon to get our hair washed and blow-dried...by then it was almost 6pm so we rushed home and bathed...splashed on some make-up and made it to Shangri-La Tanjung Aru's Grand Ballroom just in time before Sylvia and Sashi were about to walk into the hall...hehe...Sylvia looked so lovely in her wedding dress...it was a simple cream-coloured strapless laced dress with a long train...and the hall was packed with probably 70 tables...and hers was a dinner graced by Datuks and Datins...there was even a live string quartet playing classical music....talk about wow....
Food was good...managed to catch up with some ex-colleagues who were at the dinner as well... halfway through the dinner, Sylvia changed into another aquamarine silk dress which has a low back...i love dresses with low back...very sexy....when dinner ended and most of the guests have left, we took pics with the bride and groom...by the time Elaine and i left, it was 11pm plus... went to toilet...and then Elaine and i were busy taking photos of ourselves through the mirrors..in the toilet...hahaha...the silly things girls do...
So i guess it was a good end to what started out as a horrible day...friends' weddings always lift my mood...and i'm just glad i'm in a job where i don't have to bring work home...well, at least for now i don't have to...
So i was post call on Thursday...and i had no idea what the plans would be for ICU patients on Thursday and Friday...so i was at Sylvia's house on Thursday night and got myself nail art on my finger nails..thinking that it should be a less busy day since it's Friday...boy, was i wrong...went to CME in the morning... suddenly got a msg saying, there's a tracheostomy for an ICU patient at 930am...i thought dang!!! all the transportation will definitely ruin my nail art...but was i in for a bigger shock or what?... so just a little background information about a normal transportation for a trachy patient who's stable on ventilator and does not require inotropes...you need to carry the ventilator, the emergency kit, the oxygen tanks and the patient's case notes...that's already quite a handful and you need at least 3 personnel to handle the transportation....
But this particular patient for trachy was not only on inotrope, he had 2 bloody chest tubes...when i left the hospital on Thursday he still had only 1 chest tube, which was bearable...but they just had to insert another one just before the trachy lah...and his platelets were low so we need to carry his blood and platelets as well....the worst thing was boss ORDERED that at no time should his chest tubes be clamped...i was praying to God the whole time to not let the patient die on me...
The tracheostomy was supposed to be at 9am...we only managed to leave ICU at 945am...i won't even go into the details of waiting for the damn ambulance, the transferring of the patient from trolley to trolley and how the patient desaturated when i clamped the chest tubes in order for trolley transfer...so i had to unclamp and move the patient with the chest drains on the floor...and the patient desaturated again in the ambulance so i had to manually bag him till we reached the ENT clinic...
When we finally reached there, it was 1030am...already i rue this day...so we started with the trachy which only took 30 mins...and boss actually called the HO who helped in escorting the patient, back to ICU...and he bloody knew that we needed as many ppl to help in transporting the patient...and the last straw was when i received a msg from boss in bold saying: DO NOT CLAMP THE CHEST TUBES!!! I was so pissed that my first reaction was to reply him this: F**K OFF!!! now i don't usually swear in public but boss was really pushing my limits...
The transport back to ICU was worse now that we had one person less to help us carry the stuffs...i really felt like walking away from everything and let boss settle the mess himself...as if things weren't bad enough...the oxygen tank ran out of oxygen...and we had to change to another tank...and patient desaturated again...when we finally reached ICU again, i was in such a foul mood that i actually shouted at my colleague...though the person i wanted to shout at was boss... i really felt like shouting at him: NEXT TIME, YOU BLOODY ESCORT THE PATIENT YOURSELF!!!! and he dared to tell me the chest tubes weren't fluctuating anymore...i felt like bloody slapping him...coz the chest drains were bubbling like a damn bubble bath!!! men can be such asses!!!
So that totally ruined my day..not to mention my nail art...uugh!!! thankfully the patient was ok...except that we killed a bit more grey matter with all the hypoxic episodes but well, his GCS was already low anyway...and thankfully the rest of the afternoon was less eventful...if boss had asked (oh wait, he doesn't 'ask', he just bloody orders people around) me to escort another patient, i think i'd have totally blown my top...
Elaine came from Kudat and met me at the hospital...i left work about 430pm and we went straight to the nail parlour...coz my nail art by then was just a hideous looking mess...and i didn't have nail polish remover at home...so it was either go buy one or go to the nail parlour and repaint my nails..i thought i deserved the latter so to the nail parlour it was...so i had my nails repainted in this colour called "kisses of peach"...and Elaine did nail art on her toes...her toe nails paint matched the dress she was wearing for the dinner...
After doing our nails, we went to the hair salon to get our hair washed and blow-dried...by then it was almost 6pm so we rushed home and bathed...splashed on some make-up and made it to Shangri-La Tanjung Aru's Grand Ballroom just in time before Sylvia and Sashi were about to walk into the hall...hehe...Sylvia looked so lovely in her wedding dress...it was a simple cream-coloured strapless laced dress with a long train...and the hall was packed with probably 70 tables...and hers was a dinner graced by Datuks and Datins...there was even a live string quartet playing classical music....talk about wow....
Food was good...managed to catch up with some ex-colleagues who were at the dinner as well... halfway through the dinner, Sylvia changed into another aquamarine silk dress which has a low back...i love dresses with low back...very sexy....when dinner ended and most of the guests have left, we took pics with the bride and groom...by the time Elaine and i left, it was 11pm plus... went to toilet...and then Elaine and i were busy taking photos of ourselves through the mirrors..in the toilet...hahaha...the silly things girls do...
So i guess it was a good end to what started out as a horrible day...friends' weddings always lift my mood...and i'm just glad i'm in a job where i don't have to bring work home...well, at least for now i don't have to...
Saturday, September 12, 2009
My (imaginary) wedding....
A friend asked me if i've got my wedding all planned out...and i said yes, i've imagined everything from the wedding photos to the ceremony and reception in my deluded little head...the only thing i couldn't imagine is, well...the groom...hahaha...he suggested that i write a blog about this to see the reaction i would get...might be interesting...so here it is...
For my wedding photos, i've thought of a few scenes...one would be an 'under the rain' scene...where my groom (God bless him, hahaha) and i would be dancing in the rain, in wanton, without a single care that we're getting drenched in a tux and dress that might cost a few hundred ringgit...i just love the idea of dancing in the rain...the last time i played under the rain was in Camp Cameron 3 years ago...
Next scene would be among the rocks by the sea...found a perfect spot for this...Byron Bay...my groom and i, watching the majestic waves crashing against the rocks...i know this is quite cliche but who cares...another would be also by the beach...perhaps under the boardwalk...watching the 'orange moon' dipping into the horizon...there's something about watching the setting sun together that signifies love eternal....
There'll always be a black & white profile yea? mine would be with a grand piano...groom in a white tux, me in an Audrey Hepburn style dress...ahhh, classic!!! Also to honour my nyonya ancestries, i'd love to be photographed in my mom's kebaya nyonya (which used to belong to my great grandmother)...if i can actually fit into them lah...and in the photos, my groom and i will be in colour while the background is in sephia (wonder if that could be done)...
Hmmm, how about a bedroom scene? hahaha...a purple heart-shaped divan for my groom and i to have a pillow fight on...oh, and depending on the circumstance of the marriage proposal, perhaps a re-enactment of it for photography sake...
I'm still torn between a traditional church wedding and garden wedding...i've always wanted a church wedding...but these days, a garden wedding is quite tempting...after all, it's easier to have a garden wedding since the ceremony and dinner reception can be held at the same place, one followed by the other...makes more money sense...
For my wedding dress, that will have to wait till when the wedding plans finally materializes...i'm too fickle...it'll be something that i fancy at the moment i choose my gown...probably a simple white one-shoulder, empire-waist Greek goddess kind of dress...another would probably be a halter-neck, low back dress....we'll see...
Wedding dance...got just the song...Nothing's gonna change my love for you....Khalil Fong's version...for the walk-to-the-altar-song, i'm still open to suggestions...Pachabel's Canon in D or Mendelsohn's Wedding March is getting a little too familiar...perhaps something original...hehe...like one my groom writes just for our wedding...;P
I haven't got my guest list ready...but the people i'll be inviting are all in my head...and if i get to give a speech for my wedding, it'll be a list of thank yous to my family and friends who've been so gracious to grace my wedding with their presence...it'll be the closest i'll ever get to delivering an Oscar speech...hahaha...
As for honeymoon, it will really depend on our financial status...exploring the Greek islands on a boat for a month sounds ideal...or a cruise down river Nile for a week...anyway, all of the above is subject to change...and at the rate my social life is going, it may remain (forever) as imaginary...hahaha...still, it's always nice to dream...:)
For my wedding photos, i've thought of a few scenes...one would be an 'under the rain' scene...where my groom (God bless him, hahaha) and i would be dancing in the rain, in wanton, without a single care that we're getting drenched in a tux and dress that might cost a few hundred ringgit...i just love the idea of dancing in the rain...the last time i played under the rain was in Camp Cameron 3 years ago...
Next scene would be among the rocks by the sea...found a perfect spot for this...Byron Bay...my groom and i, watching the majestic waves crashing against the rocks...i know this is quite cliche but who cares...another would be also by the beach...perhaps under the boardwalk...watching the 'orange moon' dipping into the horizon...there's something about watching the setting sun together that signifies love eternal....
There'll always be a black & white profile yea? mine would be with a grand piano...groom in a white tux, me in an Audrey Hepburn style dress...ahhh, classic!!! Also to honour my nyonya ancestries, i'd love to be photographed in my mom's kebaya nyonya (which used to belong to my great grandmother)...if i can actually fit into them lah...and in the photos, my groom and i will be in colour while the background is in sephia (wonder if that could be done)...
Hmmm, how about a bedroom scene? hahaha...a purple heart-shaped divan for my groom and i to have a pillow fight on...oh, and depending on the circumstance of the marriage proposal, perhaps a re-enactment of it for photography sake...
I'm still torn between a traditional church wedding and garden wedding...i've always wanted a church wedding...but these days, a garden wedding is quite tempting...after all, it's easier to have a garden wedding since the ceremony and dinner reception can be held at the same place, one followed by the other...makes more money sense...
For my wedding dress, that will have to wait till when the wedding plans finally materializes...i'm too fickle...it'll be something that i fancy at the moment i choose my gown...probably a simple white one-shoulder, empire-waist Greek goddess kind of dress...another would probably be a halter-neck, low back dress....we'll see...
Wedding dance...got just the song...Nothing's gonna change my love for you....Khalil Fong's version...for the walk-to-the-altar-song, i'm still open to suggestions...Pachabel's Canon in D or Mendelsohn's Wedding March is getting a little too familiar...perhaps something original...hehe...like one my groom writes just for our wedding...;P
I haven't got my guest list ready...but the people i'll be inviting are all in my head...and if i get to give a speech for my wedding, it'll be a list of thank yous to my family and friends who've been so gracious to grace my wedding with their presence...it'll be the closest i'll ever get to delivering an Oscar speech...hahaha...
As for honeymoon, it will really depend on our financial status...exploring the Greek islands on a boat for a month sounds ideal...or a cruise down river Nile for a week...anyway, all of the above is subject to change...and at the rate my social life is going, it may remain (forever) as imaginary...hahaha...still, it's always nice to dream...:)
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