Member ?

I am always puzzled when aunties, uncles or even young boys or gals standing behind the MacDonald's counters asking this question whenever you are about to pay for the purchase.

'Member ?'

'No'. This is what I usually replied plainly and simply. I didn't even bother to ask how to become one and the MacDonald's staff also don't bother to explain how to be a member or ask me to be a member.

So today, I decided to ask.

As usual after my purchase of a hot fudge sundae (yummy !), the boy asked me,

'Member ?'

'No'

He took my money and I asked,

'How to be member?'

He just smiled sheepishly and gave me back my change. While keeping the money back into my wallet, I asked again,

'So, to be member, you must be a student is it?'


And the answer from the boy was ...................................






'YES'




Ai yo ! From my look and dressing, I can never look like a student oready mah (maybe Feifei still can pass off as one), then why they bother to ask all the time?

Haiz.....must be the order from Mac management and all of them just follow instruction - blindly.

Honeymoon - Prelude

1 week after the wedding, we have chosen Malacca as the moon to pick our honey. It was to get away for a relaxation weekend in fact.

I only remembered Malacca very vaguely and this is actually the 3rd time I'm there. The 1st time I was there, was with my secondary mates during sec 3 or 4 (I can't remember). It was a school trip as we were studying history of S.E.A at that time. The 2nd time was with Alvin & family. The focus of the trip is actually Water World with a short stopover at Malacca.

This time, I really got more time to enjoy this town. While the famous red church was one of the famous historical building ....

...... I've set my eyes on this quiet like church just outside the border of the historical site. It's called Church of Francis Xavier and it was built in the 1800s.

Initially we wanted to have lunch at the famous Malacca's chicken rice ball. The so-called most original one was located near a bridge housed inside a old coffeeshop. However, we gave up because :
1) we had to find our own seats
2) all the workers there seem to have a 'million dollar' face, they don't answer you promptly when you ask a question.

In the end, we decided to walk down Jonker Street and decided to just eat anything we walked past. As we walked, we realised there are so many shops selling the famous chicken rice ball. We walked into this one that attracted us to its decor, for Alvin, he is most happy as it is air-conditioned. Malacca was just simply too hot !

The decor was so pretty and it creates a very nice ambience. The weather was just simply too unbearable that we retreated back to our hotel to rest before we headed put for dinner and enjoy the Pasar Malam at Jonker Street.

We stayed at Bayview Hotel and the view from our room overlooks the Straits of Malacca.

We wanted to settle our dinner at one of the chinese restaurants. After a 2 rounds of driving, making out the roads in Malacca, we gave up. All the chinese restaurants we could find were having a wedding banquet ! We were amazed and thought was last Saturday a very auspicious day for weddings.

In the end, we had our dinner at a 'zhi cha' stall in a coffeeshop - just opposite our hotel :<

The food was good and its famous dish is the Fresh Milk Crab. We ordered the crab, pork ribs, vegetables, 'big head' and steamed promfret. The uncle who took our order told us the wait is not long but we actually waited for almost 30 mins ! Probably, their 'not long' is a min. wait for 30 mins. Ha ha ha....

Anyway, we finished all the food as we were dammed hungry. The bill came and I was quite surprised and I think we had been chopped. The bill is RM 140 for 2 of us with 5 dishes. I find the place we had the dinner & the portion of the food does not equate the price we paid.

As we brought quite limited cash, after paying for the dinner, both of us ended up with RM12. Ha ha ha..... we have never been so broke before on our holiday. Even during our poorest time, we still can't afford to spend $$ to buy things we liked during the holiday. But this time, we felt we are so poor and I don't even dare to buy a RM 8 clock that I liked at one of the stalls at the pasar malam.

We walked the rest of the evening admiring the stuffs but without buying anything. Ha ha ! It's so unlike me !

However, we still managed to fetch home a few t-shirts at the factory outlet store and the reject shop at a good bargain. Malacca have 2 mega mall, 1 called the Mahkota which was the 1st modern looking mall in Malacca. The other one was opened quite recently which carries more labels, local and overseas. Interestingly, this new mall was built on a piece of massive land, yet they do it 1 level only, same like Mahkota. Wondering does it have to do with the religion or feng shui if the Malaysian authorities believe in. Or just simply their way of doing things ??? We were RM 70 richer the next day when the hotel gave us back the deposit the next day.

Malacca was an interesting town and it is a good destination if you decided to drive there, enough for 2 days 1 night get away, with time for relaxation yet enough things to keep you occupied.

Pan Pacific Hotel

I've get to stay in a hotel suite before and this is one of the reasons why I choose Pan Pac to hold my wedding. Usually, hotel will throw in a night's stay for the bridal couple but Pan Pac is giving 2 nights. It's so excited. I'm going to stay at a hotel suite for 2 nights !

The suite room consist of a dining area and a living room area.

Then followed by a big king size bed,

a working desk with an enogromic (correct spelling?) chair, and definitely not to mention the BIG bathroom that consists of a walk in wardrobe....

The whole suite room was lit up with warm (orange) lights which cast the room with a hint of romantic, relaxed mood. But this is not really me coz I like my room to be bright, bright and bright. Luckily the room has ceiling to floor glass panel that natural light can come into the room thus making the room looks happier and full of energy.

A colleague told me today that the hotel underwent refurbishment but the suite room doesn't look a bit very new to me..... But indeed there's drilling and knocking sound in the day to enforce what my colleague had said.

Anyway, I thought I will be very tired but not really. We woke up at 9.30am and headed down for breakfast. Agter that, it's ang pow counting time ! And I spend the rest of the day watching a whole set of 20 episode HKG TV serial, catching an afternoon nap and an hour's break to go my mum-in-law place to have dinner...

After 2 nights' of stay, I could feel I returned to office recharged but I wish I could take a longer break.....

My Wedding (Part 1)

And so it's true... ...

Every couple who went thru the same ordeal will tell you the same thing ... ...

'Months' or a year's of planning will be over in a flash !'

We only decided to throw our traditional wedding banquet dinner last December. Although planning the whole wedding doesn't really kicked off until 2 months prior to it or the pace only began 1 month prior - to be exact, you cannot imagine how everything manage to fall into place and pull off the day so quickly... ...

From this wedding planning, I have learnt to take things in its stride. Be positive, and probably I've learnt and enlightened fully by Sam's philosophy, Shit happens anywhere, no matter how well-planned you are.

I'm totally not bothered whether my emcees are going to do a good job later, even though they only decided who to do which part (English or Mandarin) on the banquet day itself at 5.30pm. Maybe, I have total confidence in my lurpy sista and our handsome bro....

I left the whole task of doing up montage 3 to Lao Niang and Vivien (the photographer) though I did make quite a fair bit of noise to them while they are doing it up. I do admit I was initally pretty nervous that we cannot do it up in time few days prior to the event and rehearsed so many times to put myself into standby mode if I have to take over anytime... ... though Lao Niang insisted I shouldn't stress myself in the first place.

I didn't even check whether my evil twinnie can read my instructions or not on which buttons to press even though I know she is good at IT, not like me ... ... and made her to co-ordinate wif the emcees on laying my 3 montages.

The ballroom is so long that 3 of them have problem communicating, reading each other's cues but I also didn't bother as I know they have telepathy.

Deep inside me, I have total faith in them. I know they will run the show well. I know they will show their professionalism no matter under what circumstances. We all perform best under stress and can get things done in the fastest mode within a very short time span ... ... I know I will be safe under their hands.

The success of the whole day of event was really the work hard of not mine BUT the volunteerly help from all my friends who should enjoy all the credits. Not only that, the efforts from the team of people at Pan Pacific who had also contributed much to the success of the wedding - except the hairline crack.

Sharing you a few pics here ... ...

The 'chor lor' bride who walked faster than her 'jie meis' at Labrador Park & grabbing her gown so 'cho lor' also despite she looked so pretty that day ! (whuak...)

Resting under the shade and waiting for the photographer's instruction on how to pose.

Ha ha ha... ... finally over at the park... ... can go home liao !

Do you want to 'fatt choy' ?

More pictures to follow... ... ... stay tune !

You Are Such A Spoilsport !

Is it a must, traditionally, customary to 'sabo' the couple during their wedding day/banquet ?

Is it necessary to play prank & embarass the couple in front of all their relatives and other friends ?

Is it always a/some 'sabo' then is considered a memorable wedding for the couple ?

Is it the couple's fault when he/she decline such initiative that was sincerely plan by his/her friends who meant well to add to the atmosphere of the wedding ?

Is it the bride/groom's fault to get a lifetime partner who turn out to be so serious who will not entertain to such 'sabo' request ?

I thought the best gift to give to your friend on his/her wedding day or night is your greatest blessing & attendance plus to ensure he/she look their very best throughout their wedding instead of 'malu-ing' them ?

Or is it my usual jovial character, evil straits, has made people think that I am easy going and sporty all the time..... which I'm really am (most of the time!).

You can imagine how his/her heart sank, right from heaven of happiness plunging straight into hell of deep dark ocean that very second when he/she decline the 'sabo' and his/her whole table friends fell into dead silence and wore crest fallen faces.

He/she had RUINED his/her OWN wedding at that very second. 30 mins where he/she can close one of his/her most important chapter in his/her life.

Probably the words used to decline the offer were too harsh that turned the friends off. But verbal communications and email correspondences had stated clearly that the partner will not buy such entertainment ! And no one expect they still came prepared.

Oh well, he/she may had thought too hard & mistaken his/her friend's intention on the 'sabo'. They could have meant well.... The 'sabo' could have been their true and 100% sincerity for the couple. He/she could had been such a 小人 and talking bad about his/her friends here.

Whatever it is, the damage had been done and there is nowhere to mend this wonderful chapter of the couple's, no matter how fine this crack is.

You are such a spoilsport who ruined your own wedding that you have painstakingly planned for the past few months - just by being quick tempered, blunt and straightforward.

You have to learn to curb your bad behaviour despite causing so many hurtful incidents in the past and you still dun learn from mistake.

This is your retribution for always pouring evil onto people surrounding you.

13 Hours to Go

I will be traditionally married off in 13 hour's time.

It looks so far yet so near.....

And there is till so many things I have not done yet !

Exfoliate my face ! Give my Face a good mask !

Pack my make up kit ! Pack my toiletries.....

More importantly, SLEEP !!!!

I'm very tired now........

I promise myself I must go to bed by 9pm..... coz I gonna wake up at 5am !!!!

No dark eye rings for tomorrow, that's for sure !

Hen Party

Secretly planned by my evil twinnie and lau niang..... Initially I was supposed to apply leave on last Friday and have to stay outside overnite......

Somewhere 1 or 2 weeks ago, the plan changed and I have to apply half day leave on Friday, no more overnite.

They said it's a surprised for me but both of them ended up telling me bits and pcs without me asking ! I only asked when attire need to be in so that I am prepared wif what they are going to do to me.....one question led to another and lao niang auto told me we are going orchard..... hee hee hee...........few days to the hen afternoon...... evil twinnie auto told me,

'u can wear your pretty wedges liao. We are going mani and pedi !'

Ha ha ha..... happy happy....no striptease, no late nite, no heavy alcohol...... My incesstantly annoying request that I must go home by 8pm had managed to ward off the above ! And this has won me another nickname.... Cinderahsoh...... An pretty Ah Soh who is like pretty Cinderella who have to reach home before 12 midnite.... Ha ha ha !

An email early in the mornig nearly knock me off the chair....

'We are going Changi Village' Huh ?? I rather MIA than go to Kampung Changi lor which is just a 5 mins ferry ride away from Kampung Ubin.... But later, I told it was not a bad choice either, we can go Changi Village to watch sunset and eat seafood & CRABS !!!!

Lao Niang came over punctually tis time at 1.15pm to bring me out but I was still sending emails out furiously while I asked her to go and entertain her mentor. We left about 1.45pm and lunch at Taka Crystal Jade where I fill my stomach with favourite tim sum dishes.... Instead my dear lao niang brought me to the place they wanted to bring me there, it ended up I brought her there.... insisting going to level 16 using the departmental store lift..... haiz......

They brought me to Asia's Largest Spa and treated me to a full body massage plus mani & pedi. See my mani & pedi.... 'swee boh' ?

After the pamering session, we headed to Giraffe at Istana Park for dinner.... We ended fighting, slapping and scratching each other after the dinner..... WHAT HAPPENED ?????

Fighting over who should pay.......

I extended my Cinderahsoh timeline from 8pm to 10pm so that I can join them for a drink at No. 5......with a few of their frens joining us later..... With laughter and I realised the night stretched to 12 midnite and by then, my eyes turned itchy (signalling I should go home to sleep) and I decided to end the day.

Twin twinne and lao niang continue the hen party with their frens while I was sleeping soundly in my 'pang pang' bed.......

It's such a memorable day although there's nothing kinky programmes for me. They planned such a relaxing evening for me that I really needed it badly..... The only regret is that the 3 of us forgotten to take a picture !

They must had spent too much $$$ and it will be my turn soon to recipocrate by giving both of them a monkey party...

What's in store...... for me to know, for you to find out !

'Ang Ang' 'Ang Ang'

It's all so 'ang ang' !!!

Last Saturday we did the traditionally part of the wedding with Alvin & 1 of his aunties to bring stuff over to my place and then we exchange and he brought the things back to his place again.... I was so fascinated by what both my mum and mum-in-law prepared that I forgotten to take pictures ! There are oranges, martell, red candles, dried preserved oranges, turkish delight lookalike soft sweets, canned pork knuckles, cakes, and lot of things that I can't remember !

The whole exchange process actually did not go beyond half and hour, before you realised it, it's over....

Mum also prepared a tub-full for stuffs for me to bring home to symbolise I've married out and like mum gave daughter kind of dowry. All of them are in red, so 'ching chong' !!! There's a pair of chopsticks, spoons, cups, etc, etc ....

There's also a pair of oriental bedroom slippers that is so 'ang' that i quite like it. Mum said it used to be clogs and now they actually made so nice slippers.

Mum also got me a pair of lamp, but now it is battery operated and no longer oil lamp so it is very safe.....I'm not going to burn down the whole house. The instruction is I got to leave it on tomorrow all the way until the next morning..... There's a significance to it, but cannot remember it now.....