June 2011 – Deardyan

Staycation: Amara Sentosa

June 20, 2011November 21, 2013 Dyan

Last weekend was great. My company did a weekend staycation for all of us at Amara Sanctuary Resort, Sentosa. It was a god-sent cos i was supposed to go for a Tioman Trip on the very same weekend but Luxury Tours cancelled our booking cos they don’t have any more rooms at Paya Beach. bleargh.

The place itself was nothing special to be honest but it was super relaxing cos there was not a lot of people in the resort itself and because it’s a beach resort, u almost feel like it is a beach holiday somewhere.

Too bad it was a 2D1N affair. I wouldn’t mind staying longer. If the company is paying. haha

*All pictures taken with my iPhone, so they are of not the highest quality.

So awesome to be spending Friday afternoon at the beach instead of the office despite the unforgiving sun. I slapped on so much sunblock, i smell like one.

Random hotel pictures i love to take. lol.
I didn’t even get to berendam at the bath tub cos i was so busy having fun with my colleagues.

Their infinity pool was so tempting lah. Macam nak berenang tapi takut gelap.
I’m having my outdoor shoot next month and i don’t wanna look dark in it. sigh.

Dinner was so-so but we managed to catch up with each other and because i was sitting at the same table with my MD, i had to minimise my talk-cock session with my other colleagues. lol

i.want.that.udang.

The chempedak creme brulee is to die for. Seriously.
I have never tasted anything better than this.

Right after dinner, me and my team-mates retreat to our room to play Monopoly Deal.
It was awesome. We had so much fun laughing, perut macam nak pecah.

But kalau main Monopoly Deal, takde forfeit macam tak best kan.

So siapa kalah, conteng muka. This is a tribute to my abg guitarist. lol.

Lady luck wasn’t on my side early in the game, hence my conteng-ed face.
yes, that’s sh*it on my forehead. thanks uh. Pipi sebelah tu angry bird that looks like a chicken. haha

I started to gain momentum and won most of the games nearer to the end. Siap ah..

I had a great time with my team-mates.Fooling around like we usually do in the office.
I had a great laugh and it was so hilarious when we called Housekeeping for an extra pillow, then bila budak housekeeping dah picit doorbell baru kita teringat muka kita ada conteng2. Tiga2 tak nak bukak pintu. Dah budak china tu tertunggu2. lol

Luckily my colleague went over to the door, grabbed the pillow and closed the door immediately. lol

Ok, last picture before i go.

Musings of a Bride

Of wedding planning.

June 15, 2011 Dyan

I have a new-found respect for Wedding Planners. Really I do.

I don’t know how they manage it, but aku suspect kuat, because it’s not their own wedding, hence no emotional strings attached to it, and making it a whole lot easier for them.

For you girls whom would be planning your own wedding (like most of us, cos we are just ambitious like that), we need lots of luck and hugs.

While the bigger things are not really stressing me out anymore cos it’s more or less settled, it’s the smaller things that’s popping pimples on my face.

Siang2 lagi, the boy’s mother told us, try to refrain from wearing white. In fact kalau boleh, jangan pakai white langsung pasal kita dua2 bulat. Kang nanti makin bulat dalam gambar. But i wanna wear white! boohoo.

So, the boy told me maybe we can wear a cream colour or maybe other pastel colours instead.
So i gave in. I told him if we can find a nice pastel colour nya baju nikah from Lyanaz Bridal, we will go ahead, but strictly no light green or even yellow. Pasal aku tak peberet kaler tu. Maybe Pastel Blue or Cream or champagne gold. Pink tak boleh pasal deco dah kaler pink and i don’t think i wanna see the boy wearing Pink Baju Kurung. hahaha

But i am going ahead with a white wedding gown. mati2 gak aku nak pakai white wedding gown.
Even if it would make me look like a whale. Yes, degil aku ni pun boleh tahan gak.

We both agreed, on our 1st fitting with Lyanaz Bridal, to choose our outfit, strictly the two of us. We are not gonna bring anyone else with us cos nanti kepala serabut, dua2 mengamok, kahwin nanti pakai Baju Raya je nanti.

Tu baru part baju. Belom part the Hantaran trays. His mom casually mentioned, the theme colour for the hantaran from them to me is Yellow. Walaupun aku dah berjuang untuk dia tukar fikiran, maybe colour brown ke tapi dia kata Yellow tu Royal colours.

Ok lah, tak pasal. Pasal his mom and her friends are the one who is gonna do the hantarans themselves so aku tak nak cakap banyak.

The other day, i was casually telling the boy, “nanti your hantaran i kasi Light Blue k. Tapi i tak tau ah nak letak bunga kaler Red or Pink.”

Dengan pantasnya member jawab “RED!!!!”.

Dengan pantas jugak aku cakap “Nope. i think White and Pink flowers nicer.”

Kalau aku ada wedding planner, confirm dia dah resign. lol

Musings of a Bride

Spanx my tummy.

June 15, 2011November 21, 2013 Dyan

Alas, i got spanx-ed.

I’ve won the bid for a Spanx Bodyshaper on Ebay.
Such a great deal. Rugi kalau tak beli.

I got the In-Power Line Super Higher Power in Bare Nude as recommended by Fei (thank u darling!)

Yes, babat-babats ku memerlukan yang super higher power tahap maksimanya. Yang lain confirm tak jalan. Kalau yang ni tak jalan jugak, aku wrap sendiri pakai plastic. bleargh.

I chose Nude cos i felt since it’s closer to my skin colour, jadi nanti kalau pakai baju putih tak obvious sangat. Although i’m really really tempted to choose black instead pasal black nampak sexy sket. Colour nude macam grandmother nya style. Tapi takpe, takde orang nampak selain mak andam aku.

The original retail price was going at US$38.00. At first i thought, ok lah reasonable enough. Sekali part nak checkout, direct shipping to Singapore would cost me US$31.00. That’s US$7.00 shy from the Bodyshaper itself! Tu takpe, dia ada discount US$5.00 for International shipping tapi ada hati nak charge additional US$10.5o handling fees. The total price came up to US$74.50 which is equivalent to S$102.80.

Waaaaaaaaaah… Rasa macam nak give up and wrap pakai plastic je time big day aku.

Then i remembered Fei mention Ebay would be cheaper. So i went Ebay and check it out. True enough, it was cheaper. Walaupun dia tak lah murah sampai US$10.00 but at least the shipping was cheaper. So much cheaper.

I got my Spanx at US$26.00 and the shipping was only US$9.99. Total amount was US$35.99. Cheaper than the orginal Spanx Retail Price, siap masuk shipping lagi! All i know, Paypal made me paid S$45.00 which to me is a great deal!

At least S$45 sounds reasonable enough lah kan dari S$102.80. (bloody international shipping)

All i hope now is the bodyshaper reach me safely and hopefully before 5 July cos that would be my outdoor shoot day and i wanna wear my bodyshaper! Menyesal tak beli siang2.

So kalau sesiape nak beli Spanx, pi lah Ebay. It’s Brand new but probably takde kotak pasal it’s either ex-stock etc but who cares about the box kan? At least i don’t! lol

But if you all betul2 nak brand new nya and die2 nak beli direct dengan si Sara Blakely tu, u can try getting Vpost or Borderlinx to ship it for you. Not sure if there’ll be much difference. Or better still, gi ajak your girlfriends ramai2 beli and share shipping since Raya pun nak dekat. Boleh pakai ngan kebaya. haha.

Our Shoebox

My First 2D

June 14, 2011 Dyan

This is what i was doing the whole day in the office. The 2D drawing of the house and it’s proposed arrangement of the furniture. I will try do a 3D next! Sungguh aku free tapi step busy.

Not much updates on the wedding preps for this month. This month is all about the house. Rumah tu tak abis2 bersihkan. I’ve been telling my friends that my kitchen and living room are kinda small, tapi bila dah kena cuci satu rumah, haaaah amik kau. Besar jugak rumah ni! Sakit pinggang, sakit kepala semua lah kuar.

July would be an exciting month for the wedding department though. First would be our Outdoor Shoot! Suka!
Then on the same day would be our 1st selection of our bridal outfits. Lagi suka!

The photographer was suggesting that we take few shots of us in the bare new home. We are still thinking though if we should.

It is four months away from our Big Day and i am so freaking out. Bleargh.

Our Shoebox

The Home

June 7, 2011November 21, 2013 Dyan

Ok, as promised, more pictures of the house and a clearer view of it since i used the camera this time round.

Last saturday, me and the boy semangat cuci dapur, cuci toilet, pasang lampu.
Sumpah penat macam lari marathon.

My arms were aching that evening from all the scrubbing i had to do to remove all those dusty stains on the floorings.

Tapi bila dah nampak lantai kilat macam gelang makcik tingkat atas, waaaaaaahhh happynya! Macam nak rolling-rolling je.

and oh, i finally get to meet the next door neighbour.

At first i thought my neighbours are gonna be some old retired couple with grown-up kids our age.

Look at the exterior of their house and you’ll know what i mean.

But it turns out to be a relatively young couple lah. About late 30s to early 40s gitu and they have 2 sons which i believe baru nak masok NS those kind of age.

Terperanjat bila dorang came over to say hello. But it was so nice of them to do so and they look so friendly. Selamat aku.

We also managed to korek some history of the house from them since we are at it. haha

Turns out, the house was previously owned by a young Malay couple with no children. Dua2 malas nak kerja, api air tak tau berapa banyak kali kena potong, dah dua2 tak kerja, takde duit lah nak bayar duit rumah, so HDB tarik balik the house and the house has been vacant for about 2-3 years already.

Most importantly, he said not to worry, so far belom ada loansharks cases etc. haha

Dengar part tu je dah happy.

Ok sorry cerita meleret. Nak tunjuk gambar rumah dari tadi tak tunjuk2.

Here goes:

Living Room:

This is where our TV and Sofa are gonna be. The view from the dining area.
We will be running the TV Cables from the other side of the room to this side instead. HDB punya designs kekadang menyakitkan hati. Siapalah nak pergi letak TV and sofa betul2 depan pintu?

Living room and Entrance to the kitchen. View from the Front Door.

The dining area. View from the Front door.

The living room and Dining Area. View from the TV & Sofa area.

View of the Living Room from the Kitchen door.
That’s the TV Cable Point. Betul2 sebelah window kecik tu. If i were to put the TV there, then takkan sofa tengah2 rumah kan. haha

Entertainment Room:

View from the door.

View from the window.

The wall that’s gonna be Pink. Hopefully.

~~Hotel 81~~ Guest Room

View from the door.

View from the window area.

Master Bedroom:

View from the door.

View from the window area.

Side views of the Master Bedroom.

Kitchen:

Where we’ll be putting our cabinets. The cooking and washing area.
We have found a Carpenter who can build our kitchen at a very very competitive price. So far he quoted us the lowest price but we have yet to meet up with him and get the final quotation.

We have also also not decided the colour of our cabinets. Could be either White or Grey. 🙂

The other side of the kitchen. I know this space is bigger and much much suitable for cooking and washing. However, there is no drainhole at that area and if i were to cook there, it’ll be kinda stuffy.

The cleaned kitchen. I still have to clean it some more ngan stain remover. I don’t know why, even though the kitchen is newly-renovated by HDB, rasa mcm tak fresh gitu. haha. Nak aje aku acid wash satu dapur.

Service Balcony:

Nampak tak betapa berhabuk nya flooring tu.

Lepas dah cuci the floor. Mau aku scrub flooring tu macam maid.
Penat tau. and oh.. washing machine dah sampai! hahaha
We got the washing Machine during Best Denki Mother’s Day Sale. We got it at a very good price and i love love the shape!

Toilet yang dah di-scrub macam nak gila! Ni pun macam nak crub lagi tengah2 tile tu. Nak beli stain remover yang terhandal di market. hmmph.

Nampak tu baldi pink? The first pink household item yo!
The boy gave up. Dia sampai tolong aku look out for pink household stuffs pun ada.

Sampai je kedai hardware, member cakap
“ahh tu baldi pink, penyapu pink, mop pink. Gi lah beli.. ”

Thanks B! :))

Ok, itu aje cerita rumah kali ni. We are in the midst of buying lightings for the house and kita dah sign up a contractor to do up the grilles for us.

The grilles and the floorings will be done once we are done with the house paintings which i hope could be done by this month. Tapi nampak macam tak boleh je, pasal the boy will be busy with wedding performances in June. sigh.

This week, we’ll be cleaning the other parts of the house and as much as i hate cleaning, it sure feels different to do it to at your own place! hehe

Musings of a Bride

Guestbook Poster

June 7, 2011November 21, 2013 Dyan

Ok, some kahwin-kahwin talks before i get back to the house again. lol

Since getting the house, i have been thinking of ways to decorate the house and there’ll be one so-called “Entertainment Room” which i’m pretty sure the boy will just end up making his Jamming Room. lol

So i told him he can store Jentayu stuffs there and all the music stuffs but i want to have the feature wall Fuschia / Bubblegum PINK! amik kau.So far, he has agreed to it. Tak tau lah kan kalau tetiba dia phobia main music dalam bilik pink. haha

Back to decorating the house, i want the house to have our personal touch, little bits here and there and i know i’m gonna put up posters of us, pictures from our wedding and i figured, why not.. put up a Guestbook Poster in our Entertainment Room? Brilliant kan idea aku? :p

So i went to Google Guestbook Posters and saw some i really really like.

Cantik kan? At least i can hang it up the wall and not let my guestbook be redundant after the wedding.

Annnnnddd… it’s cost effective!

Ok done!

Our Shoebox

Guess what i have been busy with?

June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 Dyan

Our new home of course!

I can’t tell you guys how tired am i nowadays. I been to Tradehub 21, SG Expo, Sungei Kadut, IKEA umpteen times.

I have been scouring the net for tips and contacts of Contractors i can use.

So far, we managed to get our Bedroom Set from Nova. It was love at 1st sight for me and him. Paling suka the dresser table. Pasal ada banyak storage place. Bole simpan my makeup yang melambak2 tu.

We also got a Washing Machine from Best Denki during the Mother’s Day Sale. I feel so auntie buying a washing machine. Haha

One of our close friend got us a 32″ LCD TV recently as a wedding gift. Such a nice surprise! Lol

Now we are gonna get some basic lightings first, get our paints and the grilles done for the living room.

The electricity and water are already available so i’ll probably start washing the kitchen etc 1st cos it’s sooooo dusty!

Some pictures i took right after we took our keys from HDB.

Member excited. Nampak sgt. Lol

This is where our TV set is gonna be.

Ni gambar sungguh tak perlu i know, but u should see the amount of junks we had in our letterbox!! Macam bukit! Haha

Ok, sorry for the poor quality of the pictures. I was using my iphone. Will take a clearer picture on Saturday!