We hate Cheaters!

I am so appalled to hear cases whereby wedding planners run off with the BTB & GTB money. Like seriously, what could possibly be going through their mind that they could do something so evil so as to run away with the hard-earned money that the BTB/GTB painstakingly tried to raise for the wedding cost? I totally feel the pain as my fiance and I struggle to save up for our marriage within a period of less than 2 years.

This was exactly what happened to a GTB last weekend. Poor Groom. $15k gone just like that. And the evil, black-hearted wedding planner company is called ENCHANTED WEDDING. Yea, from the name itself, I guess there is a hidden meaning to it "being enchanted until you don't know what's going on".

So what happened was... the caterer back out the last minute ON THE WEDDING DAY itself and left the event in a total mess! Decoration was incomplete and beyond acceptance, no food for the guest... basically, nothing! Poor family spent their time crying while calling their guests (and please, some of them have already arrived) to tell them that the wedding has been called off. This is a special day for them, why did these two motherfuckers (sorry for my language) ruin everything for them just because of greed? Total turn off! And these two motherfuckers are EjayReyzal and Hafyza Azmi. Please beware of them!

Here are two links to their cheating escapade;

1. Happily Never After: http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20130107-393860.html
2. enchanted wedding...terkena enchanted: http://www.kahwin-khronicles.com/2013/01/kakak-kahwin-khronicles-does-not-approve.html

Oh and please be careful of ATIRA WEDDINGS/ LOVE WEDDINGS as well. Sama jugak! Prangai Enchanted! Please do a thorough research on your wedding planner before engaging them, no joke babes!

This incident worsen my already existing nerve-wrecking pre-wedding jitters. My mind is already in a rojak state thinking of all the outstanding items and adding on, the fear of something could go wrong at the very last minute on my wedding day. I really pray that my wedding will go as planned smoothly with no hiccups, insyaallah...

Leah A A

I'm Finally Free!!!

Yea yea yea!

I got the job that I so much wanted! And the benefits are good too! I am so over the moon, finally having this feeling after having job search for the longest time!

And the best part, I can start work after my wedding. Whee :)

Masyallah... Syukur Alhamdulliah

Leah A A

Wedding Guestbook Ideas

I have been pondering over the ideas for my guestsbook, deciding between the need to make it lavish or make it simple. After all, it's the thought that counts right?

And lucky for me, my dear friend is sponsoring my wedding guestbook section! Thanks <3
That is really so sweet of uuuuuu :)

So before she had offered, I have pondered over ideas on the guestsbook as I had wanted something different, not merely signing on a scrapbook that may be left in the closet after the event. GOOGLE was my best friend again. Some of the ideas were;

A) Photobooth (Polaroid or Digital Cam with Portable Photo Printer)

B) Vintage

C) Wedding Tree

D) Jengga

E) Envelopes with Notes Inserts on a huge cardboard

So collectively, here are my thoughts - get something that can be displayed in our future nest, something that can constantly remind us of the well wishes from our loved ones and friends. 

A photobooth may be fun but the photos will end up in the scrapbook. Also, the attention should be focused on the Bride and Groom right? Not the photobooth right? HEH ;p

Jengga may be abit too messy. And the Envelope thingy, it may get dusty over time. Ha!

And there, I am left with 2 options. I really love the vintage and wedding tree. So I told Shaz to go ahead with the wedding tree. I might combined an element of vintage into the whole theme... (where the hell do i get that typewriter? I used to have it man!)... well, it's time to start planning, and survey for some things vintage.

YAY.

Leah A A

Interview Tomorrow!

It's been a long time since I had a job interview. And I'm having one tomorrow.

Anxiety level? TO THE MAX!

Having failed in many interviews before, it is no surprise I will get jitterbugs and start wondering if there is something wrong with me. Surely there is something wrong?

I'm an introvert kind of person. I hate being in a social circle, especially among people that I have just met. I am not that "social butterfly" as people call them and that is so weird considering that every Marketing personnel should generally be a "social butterfly".

Having said that, I tried practicing for tomorrow's interview and got frustrated. Why does it seem easy for others and not me... Being depressed at the thought of staying in the current company with no further career progression, I turned to my best friend "GOOGLE" for some advise...

I love this article: It's Worth a Try: An Introvert's Guide to Surviving a Job Interview
It gives you the pump and energy that turns the table around, and makes you, the introvert, leads the conversation. I mean, definitely I am not going to try it because it seems too extreme but I like the fact that the writer "made the interviewers her bitch". LOL.

What a good but weird piece of advise! There are some good pointers though, for example, listening to music that makes you stronger and feel full of confidence before the interview. I'm going to try this tomorrow :)

Leah A A

Wedding Posts, Wedding Posts, Wedding Posts

This few months, my blog will be flooded with wedding related posts.

From frustration, to excitement, and back to frustration... Little did I know that wedding preparation could cause this kind of roller coaster cum ROJAK feelings. The wedding stress is coming on to both of us and we have so much disagreement that is so frequent, unlike those dating times when we were carefree and easy.

Going all out now, we have 3 MONTHS to our big day. I thought my last post mentioned only 5 months previously??? And I still haven't make my wedding cards! Faint!!!

Shopping Spree at IKEA and Courts
And so, we went for a shopping spree at IKEA Tampines and Courts last weekend to buy some items for our bridal room, which needs quite an amount of work for touching up. We managed to buy toilet mirror, shelvings, bed linen, mattress protector and comforter. All that cost about $400. Gosh! I wonder how parents can buy these household items and still have spare cash and savings for their daily expenses. I'm super B.R.O.K.E.
 
Funny thing is, we spend about 2 hours to decide on the bed items. LOL. Thread counts, bed size, quilt size, blah blah blah... so difficult to match these things! Seriously, I looking forward to sleep on the bed linen we have purchased. I think it was 700 threadcount? *oooh.... so soft...<dreams dreams>*

JB Visit and Home Recce
Last Monday we went to JB again to visit the wedding card shop. To our much horror, it was CLOSED! Well, it was partly my fault for overlooking their off days that was stated on their namecard. Many shops were not opened on Monday. I guess they are avoiding the Monday Blues. LOL. I felt so guilty that my in-laws had made a wasted trip. We are going again this weekend (just the 2 of us) and I pray so much that there will be no massive jam :(

And so, we proceeded back to SG to take a look at our BTO progression. Fortunately, a nice contractor brought us to an available unit of a different block for us to view the house layout. It felt surreal. Wow.

But the house is god damn small! I think, after placing all the furniture in, you probably have to climb over the furniture to get from one place to another. The MBR is the same size as the common room. So what is the point of calling it MBR? With such sizes for new BTOs, I feel grateful that I did not ballot for a 5Rm flat. Seriously, a resale flat is much more worth it...

Wedding Cake Discussion
We met with our wedding cake patisserie to discuss on the design and do some tasting. It was delicious but too sweet for me. Well, that's because I do not have a sweet tooth. But hey, one thing to strike off my "to-do-list"! YAY! And so, we have settled on the design and color theme for the cake. I believe its going to be awesome and I cannot wait to see the final product.

Honeymoon Accomodation
I'm happy that we have booked for our stay too! It is that accommodation which I fell in love with at first sight. He likes it too for the fact that the room provides PS3. -_-

With stay booked, and flight booked, we now have to place booking for car hire and probably, get a discounted pass for various attractions. I dreamt that I went on a skydive in my sleep yesterday. LOL. Egg-cited!!!

So these are the things that were covered in 2 weeks. This craziness will continue till our honeymoon is over. It's really tiring and I don't understand why is it so easy to plan events for companies or anybody else, as compared to planning for your own event.

Leah AA

Pre-Wedding Photoshoot Excitement!

Really love this shot. It looks as if we were mesmerized by each other, probably be good for a wedding advertorial. LOL.

So yesterday, we went to make our photo selection with our photographer. He captured more than 250 beautiful moments and we painstakingly had to select 32 only for our album. Can you imagine that? 32 POSES ONLY! How to???!!!

I couldn't exactly remember how many rounds did we take a look at the pictures but all in all, we spent 4 hours just selecting photos. Goodness! So tiring.

I think we made a good vendor choice for this photoshoot. Although the experience left me with sandfly bites all over my body, the photos turn out great even without editing. I cannot wait to get my hands on the final product but we still have to wait for 1 month, to view the edited photos, and another 3 weeks to collect the final product.

*excited mode*

Leah A A

Wedding Bells Getting Closer!!!

Less than 5 months away and still counting... I am so excited! Well yea, excited partly because of the wedding but the main reason for my excitement is in fact, I will be OFFICIALLY MARRIED!

Haha. Sounds dumb isn't it? I really can't believe it that I will be sharing my bed with someone soon. There goes my freedom to roll and stretch, as he invade my private space :(

LOL.

Time pass real fast. Little did we know, we are left with 5 months to prepare for the wedding. We used to think, "Nvm, we still have a long way to go..." and in a blink, the date comes nearer and nearer, faster than we had expected.  With most of the time spent on work, it has left us with little time to plan for the wedding. But thank goodness, we manage to get these things going nevertheless...

Our Checklist;
- Decor - done
- Catering - done
- Bridal Costumer - done
- Event  Photography - done
- Wedding Favor (my side) - done
- Void Deck Booking (my side) - done
- Henna Booking - done
- Gift Exchange Decor - done

and there are many things UN-DONE! yikes!

Upcoming Events;
- Selection of pre-wedding photos
- Ordering invitation cards
- Wedding cake design discussion
- Buying gifts exchange
- MANY MORE >_<

How? How? How?

*Panick mode*

Leah A A