A matter of days

My wedding is like wat...8 days away. Next week i'll be married. Still busy with preps myself. I havent got the Guestbook nor developed the pics... i also gotta get solid paper which i'll be printing the table numbers on.and the flower baskets n decorate it.To make things easier, I'll just allot table numbers for close relatives n friends and the rest of the kahos,just tell them to sit at table number watever.
For alvin's side, his sister or cousin will handle since u guys wont know anyone there.

Gotta get it all done within the next 3days.So i'll be looking forward to seeing all really soon! If u guys wanna take a look at the coffee table album do drop by early on the 5th jul so i can show it to u before the kahos arrive.

The rest i'll keep u informed as and when i get the time.

Pro's n Con's

Hi ppl!

Thanks for the opinions...i really needed them. After reading thru, i think the best idea will be to just get a guestbook and get people to sign it. Easier to store and hassle free. Might get some 4R pics of my pre wedding shots and paste them inside so can show the pple my pics and at the same time protect my costly coffee table album from any damage the kahos might cause.

The cost of the polaroid film is 1buck per piece and i dun wanna waste it on the countless number of kahos. What i can do is get one of u people to take snaps on the digicam so i can look back and see who actually came.Since the cameraman will be busy doing his job...

So who's volunteering to take the snaps?????

Renu and Sheetal i really hope u guys are coming back!! decided what to wear?

Manisha thanks for dropping by...cant wait to see u...erm yeah i might need some help from u. I need to collect 2 baskets which will contain flower petals to be showered on the 'couple' ..once we're done with the phera's.Think ur mum knows i need them.
Are u going to be home this week..fri or sat night so i can come n collect it? I need 2 similar ones..so i can decorate it.
Let me know via sms... please! Thanx!

Wes n Abhi i need ur help...on the 4th July, I need u guys to come over n help to decorate the place...with the floral strings and stuff.I cant help cuz getting my henna, mani n pedi done.. early eve will be good if u can make it.

Renu, sheetal, manisha, madhu n poonam will need your help on the 5th july...the haldi day. TO direct the RWT caterers on where to set up and stuff.Pls be here before 2pm...the thing starts at 2pm.Need to get prayer stuff ready...(will try to get them ready beforehand but just in case)

on the 5th I'll hand out the duties assigned to u guys. So please be present!!! I'm so counting on u all.All i can do is plan and count on u guys to execute it i hope all goes as per plan! :)

HELP !! GuestBook

I am in a dilemma about the guestbook now. I am wondering how practical a guestbook will be, just containing some signatures and wishes after reading them once, prolly it will be tucked away sumwhere never to be recalled again.

So a friend came up with a suggestion of using a big voloured vanguard sheet to get their signatures n wishes and also use a polaroid cam to take pics of guests as they arrive and stick their pic next to their signature/wishes.I think its a great idea and so does Alvin and dad... the problem is Polaroids take a anyting from 30 to 45seconds to appear. Will the kaho's actually have the decency to wait that "Long" what if while who ever is assigned to handle this is taking the pic and all the other guests just walk in? Though it is a really good idea since i can get almost every guests pic there to remind me of their presence i dunno if its feasible

The next idea was of designing pages and handing it over to guests as they arrived with colourful pens. They will then fill it up answering questions like "what are ur wishes for the couple?" how do you know them and a box to draw a self potrait...
Thats one great idea too but i wonder if it will work?

SUGGESTIONS NEEDED PEOPLE!!!!
Help!!!

NOTICE~ MAKE UP & HAIR STYLING

As requested I've enquired if my MUA provides make up n hairdo' for relatives n all. She chages $120/pax for house calls and $85/pax if you visit her at her place/spa. But since she will be doing my make up at my residence, she is willing to do it at a special price o $85/pax. She will do Make up + base coat and all incl hair do and getting u dressed as well. So if you are interested, pls let me know so i can book her assistant n her fo u.

COST : $85
SERVICE: Make up, Hair do, Dressing u up(tying sare etc)
VENUE: My Residence
TIME: 2pm onwards

Pls let me know by FRIDAY!!! 22nd June so i can book her. Thank you!!
In case u wanna noe, i've enquired with a few other MUA's and they chage between $90-120 so she's really the cheapest and is a professional in her field. SO dont miss the chance!!!

Let me know by FRIDAY!!! 22nd June or it might be too late....

Relieved

Sigh! A sense of relief, so easily put in a single word but the feeling it enormous! WEll all our shipment was taken away from my home today by 1pm and i cant tell u how good it feels! The living room was filled to the brim...REALLY no space at all..

Finally its all settled and i can start thinking about our wedding again. the past two weeks were filled with stressful days where all i did was shop shop and shop. I know everyone loves shopping but this was different. But ah!what the heck i shant think about it and stress myself furthur. I'm just happy it has left and its 2 weeks to my wedding so i shall just concentrate on that.

just 2 more weeks to my big day.LEft with purchasing the guestbook, the garlands and tying the program sheets.:)and getting flower basket from Big B n decorating it...

I have already started missing my parents n sisters n family...i tear so often i've lost count. Never thought i would feel this way but hmmm...i guess all we gals will go thru this sooner or later and even the toughest one of us will feel this way. :) anyway all u cousins and aunties and uncles and frends pls be spontaneous in dancing and all ah... ;) its all up to u guys to make it a memorable event.. so just smile n tyr to accomodate all the kaho's righty? thanks!

18 more days

My mum and i were just talking about rhe wedding... i realised i have a little more than 2 weeks left to my big day. Today my parents have gone to give out cards personally to close friends & relatives who havent as yet received them. Alvin has gone to do the same on his side... WE had a small meal cooked for our dad as part of fathers day...we tried some south indian dishes. Lenthil, potato and scrambled egg side dish and mock mutton mysore ;) i also tried making mysore pak but its yet to set :( just finished doing about 50 program sheets. Was tying a bow with the ribbons to make them look more fancy...I just want everything my way. mum says i'm being too "extra"

but i want everyone to know i m really puttin alot of effort in everything and its for all of them :) i want it to be special...from all the other hindustani weddings..hopefully it will stand out and all of you will help in makin it special...
feelin really nervous as the day draws closer.Funnny that ive been ROM'd for 2 years and i still feel this way....

The dance is Cancelled

The sad news is Poonam has cancelled the dance performance she wanted to do. She feels that the 20 days arent gonna be of much help and to top it off her friend who was doing the dance with her is going to Brunei at that time so...sad but true..its off. I am disappointed but its ok...at least she gave ample notice and even volunteered herself :) we could use a little bit of help from her in other areas

Manisha is back in town!!! So manisha yeah i'll be so looking forward to visits from u. MAdhu when will u be back? Renu and Sheetal... u guys reading the blog? and what about the brothers? no news from u both at all.

The move, shopping and makeup

as you might have already heard, the shipment leaves next week leaving us with alot of running around to do...preparing for both the wedding and the Move simultaneously.
So we've been to places like Sheng Shiong, carrefour, NTUC and watsons to get our daily necessities. From toothpaste to medications, Tissues to cotton buds.We've left no stone unturned :P We've also bought our Electronics, such as a modest 32" LCD Samsung TV, 1600W Moulimex Vacumm cleaner, A 22L Panasonic Microwave Oven,Novito Humidifier, Powerpac fan etc...Bringing our old pc and will be purchasing a laptop before leaving.

I also gotta pack my whole wardrobe in a box...meaning i gotta survive on 2 pairs of jeans and a few tees til i leave...anyway all the shopping cost us a bomb...but we had no choice had to get it all as those who are already there have warned us about the sky high prices and high standard of living.

The move is still secondary to me right now...not really in the right frame of mind yet...still brooding over the wedding. I've got blue ribbons to tie up the program sheets and will be starting on them soon.I've also visited La vie En rose and signed up for 2 Bio-Oxygenating Facial (Repair) sessions at $120 each.Going for one on the 20th and the othe on the 3rd July.Its meant to be a Intensive repair facial to boost the skin condition.

It was a pleasure meeting the owner who has won numerous titles in pagents. She is in her 30's but can effortlessly bluff her way to being in her 20's. She's really maintained herself well.I've decided that when i return i'm definitely signing facial packages with her ;) motivated to lose weight again :P

Introducing the FE 230

If there are three things that characterise the Olympus FE-230 they are style, ease of use and a great price. Measuring just 16.5 mm thick,its slim stainless metal body cuts a great figure. Its really easy to operate. A 6.4cm LCD screen means that framing shots is effortless and viewing results an absolute pleasure...Image quality is second to none thanks to the TruePic TURBO image processor and 7.1 Megapixel resolution.

And just how compact can it get? Need i say more than it fits in my palm...effortlessly :)

Been a while

I know i havent updated in a while but i got a valid reason for that. I was down with a throat infection causing me to have fever :( my parents were away om a trip to Ipoh and I had to be taken to a 24hour clinic...at about 10pm but i'm all fine now.I have done quite a substansial amout of stuff in this time away... Check out the next post.

Sooner than expected

I'm totally freaking out at the thought of having to purchase, pack and move everythin sooner than expected.I'm only left with a week to get it all done. So i've perpared a list of stuff to buy... gonna cost us a hand and leg to get it all but we have no other option.We went out in search of furnishings last night and spent more than $2k on a goose feather L shape sofa, a shoe rack, dining table+2 benches and a chest of drawers...all wenge/walnut in color...

Moving everythin out on the 20th of this month!!! SO i gotta get on my toes and start running around. Most of it is going into electronics like tv, dvd player etc and furnishings and foodstuff... gotta bring loads of convenience foods there. Things there are really expensive. A plate of fried rice can cost up to 18 sing dollars and movie tickets come at 17bucks per person...

High standards of living...but now thats not the most important thing in my mind...the MOVE.SO many otsy bitsy knick knacks to think about its getting my blood pressure up...Anywya will keep u guys posted.

Wats going on...

We're preparing for 2 major things simultaneously. Preparing for our wedding and the move... The boxes have been delivered and we've taken up a unit at storehub kallang for $189/mth... yup i know all their ads 'for as low as 88/mth" all crap. The unit size is pathetic. Well anyway so we got a unit and have started shopping.
Started with the kitchen stuff still got a long way to go in the shopping area but insufficient time. Shipment either goes off before july on in july...i'm goin off in that same month...

Also been looking for ribbons to tie up the programme cards. need bout 70m in all.. anyone knows were to get them at cheaper rates? i know of sumone selling it for 6.50 per roll for 18yards per roll. and the flower basket...

Our aunt and uncle from india, Noida are coming over for the wedding as well and after the wedding, they got to be brought about on a tour to singapore and malaysia.

Updated Task list

The Updated Task list



Should you have furthur queries, pls do not hesitate to ask :)
Thank you everyone of u for being so helpful :) I really appreciate it!

The Digi Cam

The next best option worth the buy is the Sony cybershot DSC W55

FEATURES
Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar lens
7.2 Mega Pixels
3x Optical zoom, 6x digital zoom
High Stamina (Up to 380 Shots)
Large 2.5" LCD Screen
Real Imaging Processor
High Sensitivity ISO 1000

She could get them from the following dealers:
Click Here
IT comes with the carrying case and a memory card...
its a great buy at $399

Now i feel that the SOny is a better buy :P

The nikon coolpix S200 was released in feb this year.it seems that most places dont carry it yet
just in case u might want to call before going down...try these places:
Click Here for the dealers

Its the cheapest at Parisilk so far at $383 and they have alot of freebies too.. like 2x 2GB SD card, case, screen protector, minitripod etc. whereas at other locations, its only the cam alone costing abt $428+ (",)

Among the 2 anyone will do :) thank you!!!

Overwhelmed

Manisha! Nice to hear that you'll be dressed in traditional wear... I'm honoured you decided to do that just for MY wedding.I'm looking forward to seein u cuz as far as i can recall i havent seen u in a suit for ages. Lotsa new stuff to expect...madhu in saree, manisha in indian costume, Sheetal in lehenga and chandini in saree...whats Renu deciding to wear? Brothers and uncles are gonna be in kurta...
Hey what about your dad, will he be clad in kurta too? :) BTW poonam will be dancing with her friend to "Kajra re" aint it cool?such spontaniety from all my cousins I'm overwhelmed!!!

Madhu, White and pink sound like a great combi... Must look real sweet...got your costume jewellery to wear with that? Dig out your mum's treasure chest she might have some lovely pieces.

Task list, I'll change it and add a little more detail for u fellas. About the shweta flower gal thingy.madhu, u just gotta get the basket and pass it to the gals...and once they are done, get it and restore it to its origin.

On my haldi ceremony on the 5th u all better be present, will give u all a copy of what ur supposed to do and when... am still workin on the itinery..

Collected the program sheets gotta get ribbons for that , place order for garland and get the guest book... thats abt all..yeha will be popping by at mad's place to see if Big B's got a basket or two to spare...and meet up with the deco guy to finalize it all..

We're wondering if we should actually bring our coffee table album to the venue...afraid it will be damaged... u know how kahos' are. What u gals think?

The games and MC thing is temp for the moment in case there is time... u noe once all the outsiders have left and only our family remains, i might just get it off the list... tell ur mum not to worry...we'll get the DJ to do the MC thing as well...

The Task List

IF there is any thing you wish to change or add or think you cant handle do drop it in the comments and i'll see what i can do about it...

Food Tasting

We went down for food tasting...the food was good..mutton especially it melted in our mouths so be sure to try that...mutton masala.
The ras malai was a wee bit too sweet but yeah not bad at all...
This again was all picked by me...
Here is what to expect on that day:
MENU

2 Starter item Chiken tikka Samosa
Assorted Naan Assorted naan
1 Rice item Briyani Rice
1 Dhall item Vegetable Dalcha
1 Veg(curry) Dum aloo Kashmiri
1 Veg(dry) Aloo Gobhi
1 Paneer item Palak Paneer
1 Mutton item Mutton masala
1 Chicken item Chicken do piaza
1 fish item Mock duck masala(we contra with other vege dishes)
1 Salad item Kachumer Salad
1 Raita item Dahi raita
1 desert item Ras malai
1 drink Lime drink (free flow)

One more

Made our way down to Serangoon yet again. This time shopping was with 2 of my aunties... Sanju's mum and Chotki bua... sanju's mum bought me a gold ring...its really pretty...white gold+yellow gold and a pink saree...for Alvin she got a gold ring as well....so sweet right

Chotki bua got me punjabi suit material which i chose myself.... Actually i have chosen everythin myself. The colour and design are really pretty!

Big b has told me she'd definitely get me the S200 nikon coolpix camera... :) so yeah now i'm left with guestbook, floral basket and garlands..

36 Days

Well, we're sitting pretty now at 35 days.

Can't say I'm not excited. I am really happy with the progress we made so far, but we have some more things that we have to do along the way. Nonetheless, so far so good.

We bought a number of household items, name it, cutlery, plates, rice cooker... We spent quite a sizable amount of cash already, I forsee some more spending before we can settle in totally. All the little knickknacks.

Oh yes, there are so many customs in the hindu religion... You'd know what I mean if you've been through it.

Anyone getting married would know the cost involved or at least have a hint of what the "damages" are.

In any case, faith is often put to the test here. Do you dare to imagine the the cost of the wedding itself, photography, bridal lehenga, make up etc? Everything costs something.

Phew. That's like a mouthful.
35 days people. And I feel a gazillion butterflies already.