Snippets of 03.09.2011

So here are some photos taken by Doris' camera. I'm typing from my phone again. So progress is sloe. I mean slow. Bear with me..

Also, photos are not in order. Damn. I still haven't got the hang of this yet. Will I ever?

Anyway. I shall try to explain as best I can. I wrote out a super long post of part 2 of my wedding, including the church ceremony and the night one, but I have no photos yet.

So, I'm stuck/reduced to writing like this. Oh, woe is me.

Refer to Part 1 of my wedding session here.

Like I mentioned before, we held the church reception at Riverside, the hotel ballroom itself. By about 1030 am, everyone gathered here to witness Cs and I saying our vows to each other. The blessing ceremony.

Awaiting the bride and groom's main entrance! Ehh wait no lah! My dad gave me away. Silly. I forgot. Dad walked me in and handed me "away" to cs.

I thought I would be shy/awkward to walk arm in arm with dad. That either one of us would be shy, but surprisingly we both were actually "giggling" together at the door.

I had to estimate how long the march in song was, and I kept reminding dad not to walk too fast in. He laughed with me, saying that he has never walked this slow before in his whole life.

Yeah, in case you were wondering why daddy and I were laughing throughout the walk in. We were talking about our steps. At some point, I was worried that we were walking too slowly and that the song might finish halfway before I arrived, so I asked dad to walk faster.

He laughed again, saying are u sure? You told me to walk slowly. By the time he reached cs, dad was telling cs: she keep telling me to walk slow, and then fast.

I post photos when I have them. Heh heh.

church reception

Cs and I staring off into the distance. I think the choir/band was playing/singing by then. So we are looking at the projector screen for the lyrics.

We owe quite a lot to the church to help us out btw. They rehearsed and picked out the songs. Pastor Jerry and a few others came to the rehearsal with us, decided on the speeches, the vows etc. All Cs and I did was basically, show up.

So, a big Thank You to Pastor Jerry, Aunty Lily, and the rest. Too many to mention. They even brought the projector from church, now I think of it.

A few of the bridesmaids/grooms men dunno doing what. Haha..Doris took this photo. I'm guessing that at this moment, we are all still waiting for the arrival of the guests.

Our bridal suite at the hotel and my dress for the night. I love this photo taken by her. It feels sort of romantic somehow..

This photo is edited by me. The first photo on the left was taken at the end of the night. Photo stolen off ermm..either Cherling or Angelo's photo album. I forgot. I copied photos from many friends who attended our wedding that day, but forgot now. Kudos to them!

Anyway, first photo was taken at the end of the night. Most of the guests have left. Left behind are the very close friends and relatives. By the end of the night, cs is walking around holding a jug of beer. It is full, then empty, then refilled again, and empty and on and on. Hence, his red face. Haha. This was in addition to the whiskey's he had.

Top right photo is the photo of our signature book from Hollywood bridal. For some reason, nobody signed in it. Probably too pretty to touch. Heh. I meant the album design ah. Ahh stuff like this isn't important. Guests signed on other signature books provided by the hotel, but after 03.09, I haven't seen even a glimspe of them.

The pretty signature book is now at my parent's house. Sitting pretty. Untouched.

Bottom right photo are cupcakes. The bride and groom figure on top are also a cake by themselves. These very pricey cupcakes and cake are a gift from my brother-in-law, Jerrick and wife! :) Thanks!

Jerrick was reminding me to take home the cake, don't let it go to waste, ask your friends to have some more cake because, the cupcakes cost RM 5 each ahh, and the cake on top costs RM 100 plus!! lol. So yea, we did bring the remainder home. Nice..

Oops photo not in order. This was at the church reception/lunch again. As you can see, the tables are set up nicely behind, that is where we had the buffet lunch afterwards. Nice candid shot. I like!

♥

Doris took this photo of me after the lunch gathering. After everyone had left, those who were staying over night at the hotel went to check in, and those good friends who were not staying overnight, went to the spa and came to kepo. Haha. :) Joke of couse.

I was so tired by then already. But gawdd (I like this - taken from Winnie), my hair! It took sooooooooooooooo long to untangle that mess. While I was in the shower, a couple more hairpins fell out.

I was looking forward to a 30 minute nap at least. But le sigh. No time!

OK that's it. Update more next time..

10 day challenge: 5 foods

1) Pizza. Especially stuffed crust but I eat just about any type of pizza and/or crust. If it wasn't so fattening, I would eat it more often. As it is, I had to stop eating pizza for a month before my big day. The day after, I dragged cs to have pizza with me! :)



2) Sushi, sashimi, Japanese food in general. I had a hard time deciding which should be number 1 on my list, but if I was honest with myself, pizza ranks ahead.

To tell the truth, for my birthday, my choice of food would normally be Japanese food or pizza or both. What what? Don't tell me you celebrate once only?

3) Taiwan street food. Maybe cos I'm missing Taiwan. Emo sial. Oyster mee sua, fried chicken, and actually I can't think of anything right now. Oh yea, that beef noodles on the sizzling hot plate, and the noodles are actually pasta. Beef on top of the noodles refers to steak, not chunks of meat like in beef noodles here in Kuching. I miss that.

Tried to Google it. This is what I'm talking about. Click to read!

4) Bread. Yea, I love the smell of freshly baked bread. I love bread, period. Why did Delizze shut down!

5) Fruits. I love the smell of fresh strawberries too. Actually I've run out of food that's why I said this. But really the smell of strawberries when you open the plastic bag. Nicee..

Cooking attempts

Because i realized that photo below of my tuna pasta salad looks quite er..unappetizing.

So..here are some photos to document my cooking.

This is my attempt at coleslaw. Healthy indeed! :) I took the recipe from kimberlycun and modified a bit i.e. less mayo and no nutmeg but instead used mix herbs and lemon juice instead of vinegar. Worked out fine and I feel healthier eating this, instead of my staple mee goreng for lunch in the office.

I loved KFC's coleslaw recipe so i went to google it up. There were many claims to be the "original" kfc coleslaw recipe. From what i can tell, the kfc coleslaw recipe all includes about 1 or 1/3 cup of granulated sugar, milk AND buttermilk, in addition to other stuff.

This revelation kind put me off from eating their coleslaw in future. Too much sugar. Haih better make my own. Cheap and easy!

Fried noodles attempt: a success! I don't exactly remember the exact ingredients. Hmm from the photo below (I really have no talent in taking food photos lah haih), you can see eggs, carrots, cabbage and hot dogs. Recipe was googled from a few websites, and modified slightly to whatever I had in my pantry again.

I also made potato salad. Also credits to Kimberly again. Thanks btw! :) I always wanted to try out her recipes cos she makes it look so easy and delicious. Lihai.

Yum! I added hot dog to the potato salad so I could eat it as a main meal, instead of as a side. More filling. :)

I would like to cook more often but for now, we haven't really settled into a routine yet. Both sets of parents wants us to go back for dinner or tapau food for us, and I want to try to cook my own meals, and at the same time, some times all I want is grab a takeout and go home to rest.

So yea, I need to set up a routine real soon..

And that's it for now. More updates next time.

Recently

I tried blogging from my phone. All photos from my phone, but then it turned out to be too much of a hassle, or I'm not used to blogging from my phone yet. Aahh anyway I gave up and used the laptop instead. /shamefaced. Oh well.

So, I made tuna pasta salad for my lunch on Friday. (Practicing healthy living and living up to my words of eating less instant noodles these days) Even boiled an egg to go with it. Healthy. But in my hurry to get to work on time, I forgot to pack a fork or spoon. Brilliant work sister!

Btw, I realized trying to eat healthy in Kuching can get quite pricey. Haih. I want to drink more milk and yoghurt, and fruits in the hopes that I can go to toilet easier. Some more, when trying to cook at home, buying all the ingredients are quite expensive.

Not expensive lah but it makes me think why don't we just go for a kolo mee/laksa/fried noodles etc for RM 3.50/4.00. Much cheaper, less hassle to cook, and simple food to just get it over with.Particularly for dinner when both of us are already tired and on nights when he has to rush off to work again. Boo. Oh well, at least I try. I will keep trying especially when I get my oven! :)

Thanks to Xiaxue and her apps (haha), Winnie and I are on a photo editing spree. I've downloaded photography apps such as leme leme and instagram but never the face makeover or facecam she recommended. Its so easy to use.

This photo of Cherrie below is edited using Instagram and Princess Cam. Also another app recommended by Xiaxue. Its very cutesy and fun to use. As you can see, Cherrie looks so much cuter now. Haha. Miss the lil cutie.

Here are a few more examples below. This is a before photo of Emily.

After photo of Emily. Ya, I know its way too bright. I'm very lazy when it comes to editing still. Lazy to tweak and learn more from the apps. :)

Unlike Winnie. Maybe her app got more features. This is her before photo:

Winnie after. Added lightening features, skin looks smoother. I think she also added liquify cos her face looks slimmer too. Apparently you can make your eyes bigger too. Kinda cool. Never knew it was that easy to edit photos. :)

Btw, in case you ever wanted to know the difference between camera quality of an iPhone 4 vs HTC Sensation, observe:

This is a photo taken with my iPhone 4. Horrific. My skin looks yellowish from the flash. I don't mean that the camera is that bad. Most of the other photos turn out okay, not that bad.

But actually most of my photos are of food, or I add leme effects or sepia or what not. So, I never noticed. But that day cs happened to take this photo of me with my phone, and then one more with his phone. Look at the difference:

Taken with iPhone 4.

Taken with HTC Sensation.

If you don't know already, HTC Sensation comes with 8 mega pixels, compared with iPhone's 5 MP. HTC also has dual LED flash at the back whereas my phone has only one. I didn't think there would be such a difference.

Cs and I are constantly trying to compete with each other over who has the better phone/apps/design. Haih but in this end, its kinda obvious. Husband 1; wife 0.

Actually, I was no iPhone fan at all. I initially wanted to get the HTC Incredible S, but cs who wanted to buy it for me on my birthday said it was out of stock. That is why I got my iPhone 4. No complains. I love my phone. Hypocrite fail! :)

After adding face cam, and princess cam. Voila!

This is another edited photo of the three of us, coincidentally all dressed in hot pink! Winnie and I were attending a wedding. Cs sent me from home, and Winnie went with Kevin, and mum went out with dad. Anyway, it was totally unplanned lah.

I'm so behind on my 10 day challenge. I'll get going on that soon. And if you're wondering where the hell are my wedding photos, its because I haven't got them yet! Waahhh..bawls endlessly. Its only my big day, no big deal. I'm in no hurry to see them really. Waaahh..

Wipes tears and takes big breath..

Cherrie.

OK bye.

6 Places!!

6 places! Before I start, I know 6 isn't enough already! There are so many places I want to go to.

If only I can apparate and disapparate, and take people along with me!! Or be a teleporter. Ahh how nice..

1) Maldives. Maldives. Maldives. Again and again. Or Seychelles would be nice too.



Heaven. Paradise.



This is Seychelles. I'm a sucker for beautiful beaches, soft white sandy shores, and crystal clear waters.



Actually, Mexico would be nice too. Mmmmmm..I'm thinking of that resort in the Sex and the city movie, where Carrie and the girls went on Carrie's honeymoon.

2) Venice. I have always wanted to go to Venice, Italy. But when I was in London and looking for people to go with me, there was no one. Nifer had already been there, and Shirley didn't want to. So there. :(


I'm gettin' on that gondola! Someday!



Now I'm stuck whining to cs about this, hoping and wishing one day he would relent. :)

3) Rome, Italy. Because I have to make a wish at the Trevi fountain. And it will come true..



And to visit the Colloseum.


Actually, I want to go and explore Italy. I want to walk everywhere, take photos and sit in a cafe sipping cappuccino, served with a slice of tiramisu.

I also want to go to the Vatican City and meet the Pope, and go to Florence..just to see what the fuss is about. But mostly Venice and Rome. But anyway, let's move on.

4) Toyko, Japan. Because of the food (all the different types of sushi/sashimi etc etc), technology (to use their full fledged bathroom, among other things!), and so on and so forth..

I also want to go to Kyoto and take a photo with a geisha. :)



For now, I think its difficult (for me) to go to Japan because of language barriers. Unless you know someone who can take you around, or follow a tour.

5) Iceland. To stay in the ice hotel. Just because not many people have been there. Haha.

As I googled for this image, I realized a lot of other places have ice hotels, including Sweden and Canada.



6) Canada. To see the Niagara Falls. I read about it in a novel, and ever since, I've really wanted to go. It sounded amazing.



Niagara falls by night. Pretty awesome eh?

I'm sure there are more. I just can't think of anymore right now. When I'm down in Popular bookstore, I always flip through the 501 places to go/beaches to see/natural wonders of the world etc.

What I have listed above here are the far off places that are out of reach. Heh heh. The places that I want to go to, within reach are:

1) Bangkok, Thailand - heard so many people raving about Chatuchak market that I must go. Cs and I are planning a trip sometime next year. Yay to Air Asia! :)

2) Taiwan (been there few times before already but I miss Taiwan so much. I want to go back! I want to hear the sound of the garbage truck (they play a song so that residents know when to come out with the garbage - do they still do that?!), to go to Shih lin for shopping, eat proper oyster mee sua with the intestines in it (I don't eat the intestines, I pick them out and pass to mum but I like knowing its there..its authentic! :)), have breakfast in the breakfast shop. I can go on and on about this. Ahhh memories indeed.

I'm going in Jan btw. :) With cs and his family! So happy!! SO excited! In winter some more! I can wear boots again!

3) Bali.

OK time to stop I think. The list will just keep growing if I don't stop myself NOW. Bye.