Hubby's away....TIME TO PARTY!!!

Our First Western Meal with Zhenlin & Ah Pek
Mussels! YUM
Creepy Crawlies
DIE!!!!!! U MUST DIE!!

Sushi Turned out a little Soggy..but Tasty.

We Thought this was Eel! Turns out to be Mackerel!

Two babes @ work

Chef Liew Rocks!SLURP....dont u wish u were here?

My baby is still in Shanghai. After 10 days of getting married, my baby is off to Bkk for GOLF n then Shanghai for work. Talk about having sex every night after marriage!Hahaha. But it's really a refreshing change to have the big house all by yourself n catching up with old friends and most importantly catching up with yourself n all those outstanding shit!

Had a cookout session n compared to our first cooking session (made up of steaks, mussels, carbonara..basically western), i think we did a better job at reducing wastage! It's terrible u know to have so much leftovers! Second session was with my new relatives. Sis and bro-in-law and couz-in-law who unfortunately had to leave early coz she was unwell. Nevertheless it was really fun. Check out the 6 crabs i bought from Giant. 3 for $8.90! It's a steal! Those little rascals sure would crawl. Despite being tied, they crawled from my kitchen all the way to the balcony whilst i was bathing. they did this 5 times until i decided to put the notie one into a pail. Killing em was another skill. Peishi used a long chopstick and we all took turns to poke the poor thing. Chef Liew whipped up a mean meal with the blechan given by Godma...yummy chilli sotong and stingray. Needless to say, there wasn't too much of a wastage. (just the miso soup which was really too much and we saved 3 crabs for another day. =)

CHEERS! GOOD JOB!

Guo Da Li

Just realised that I didn't really write about the Guo Da Li. This happened 2 wks b4 my weddding. Thankfully I had my old aunt who was well versed in all the traditions. Here's a rundown of what was given:

Stuff that Bridegroom side must give:

1. A roast pig (to be given on wedding day)



2. 2 bottle sof hard liquor



3. 12 boxes of cakes & 38 cake vouchers



4. Pin jin for bride's mother



5. Ang pow for grandparents



6. ginko nuts, lotus seeds, red dates and dried longans

Stuff that bride side must return to groom:

1. Chop off the middle section of the roast pig and leave only the head, and legs of the pig. replace the chopped off section with a pair of pants for teh groom wrapped in plastic reason for this is "Da Fu Da Gui" to the groom. But COME ON!! we are in the new century! this is all replaced by an angbao



2. 2 bottles of F&N strawberry



3. Give teapot set to groomside



4. Give a packet of ginko nuts, lotus seeds, red dates and dried longans to groom side



5. Pass a pair of lamps to groom (which must be lighted throughout the day of marriage)



6. Bride must give ang bao to groom's parents, siblings (for buying new clothes)..errrr..can't quite remember if this was done!Hahah
   

On the day of Guo Da Li, my mil also went over to our love nest to An Chuang. This is an important part of the Chinese tradition. Wonder if they got little dragon virgin boys to jump on my bed!hahaha....thereafter, we weren't suppose to sleep on the bed until wedding day. The items on the bed were to be placed on the bed for 3 days n no one is allowed to touch! All tresspassers will be prosecuted!

The Aftermath

THe next day after our weddding, we went out to have couple of drinks with frens. Guess we hadn't had enuff!haha. We were still pretty tired and was busy counting ang baoz. Sadly, we didn't earn. Fortunately together with the $$ collected from Tea ceremony, we didn't lose too much. The next day, we did the most amazing thing...nope, it's not XXX. haha...it's a 3 hour spa compliments from The Oriental Hotel (otherwise known as Mandarin Oriental now). Damn shiok i tell u. The moment they put that scrub on me, i dozed off! n then there was that bathtub which i keep slipping into. n fruits n tea n that 1hour + massage....we simple dozed off to lala land! BUt sadly, after the spa, we had to check out n return to reality. Returned the gown n went back to our love nest!

10 days into our wedding, my dearest is off to Bangkok n then Shanghai for work. I'm left all alone in a big big house. Quite Shiok to be really honest! But i do miss him, especially since it's the lull period for me now. Can't wait for him to come back! n can't wait for our honeymoon!

PS: Still extremely awkward with calling new mom n new dad. Think they are equally as awkward!haha

14 October -- How the night ended

Gorgeous Sisters
Happie Family! Happie Happie!
Suan Tian Ku La
Cheers!

It's our wedding..but it seemed that everyone felt it was their wedding that night!haha. We went a few tables and were made to drink and eat a slice of fat meat (Yum for him....yucks for mi!)...then at the end of it all, our brothers gave us the Suan tian ku la treatment. i tink there was vinegar, chilli padi, beer. my poor darling ate them all..i helped with the beer. By the end of the night, everyone was pretty high n i heard some even PUKE!haha. Andy was the funniest, went down on bended knees n started singing to our dear Xiuling! yup...coming from someone like him, it was truely a sight. Then he want on a rampage and started grabbing ppl to kiss!YUCK.

Fortunately it was a Sunday n next day people have to work, thus they all left. (quite sad though...coz i wasn't high enuff). We went back n continued with a few more rounds of wine with Ah pek n brother Zhenlin. Suddenly my sweetie stood up n said he was gona sleep!!! He took off his shirt, socks n shoes n headed to the bedroom. haha..Ah Pek n I were left dumbfounded! n the rest as they say, is history (dont let ur imagination run too wild)

14 October -- The memorable nite

It was the Oscars. People dressed in all colours and bling bling galore! We arrived at the hotel at about 4pm. Considered early. It rained n my little piggies on my car got soaked. Hubby decided to take them off n my bridal car was just a plain BMW valet parked in front of the hotel! Grrrr.

For the first march in, we used a lovely spanish version of Whitney Housten Song -- I will always love u. It was a long march, thus it was utterly suitable. We searched high n low for the CD. It was all worthwhile. Marching in, I felt like a superstar. Waving to the crowd, some of whom I dont even know who! Honestly, in the midst of the darkness, u wont know who is who. My cheeks were getting a little "suan" when suddenly one aunty shouted "JAnice!!! Janice!!"..wow! that realli "woke me up" and brightened my smiles! She was my fan, n I was like some Superstar (definitely not singapore one).

First dish then came. The song, chosen by urs truely was Tokyo Drift by the Tereyaki Boyz. Inspired coz the other day we were just watching the show Tokyo Drift!haha. it was totally apt n realli got people in the mood. After the sharksfin (thank goodness i could eat that!), we went up for a change. Hubby had a bad boy style whilst I changed into my gorgeous fuschia number. It was totally sexy (i feel la). Our 2nd march in song was Truely Madly Deeply by Savage Garden. I couldn't think of any other songs. we din want a slow one...i dug out all my CDs n listened n finally found the one. It was pretty last min.

The whole photo taking session lasted for quite a bit n the whole nite ended at about 1130pm. some left earlier as expected. but our dear bros and sis stayed on to party.

14 October -- Happy Families!

Groom's Daddy's family
Groom's mommy's Family
Bride's Family
One happy family

(The guy in grey silvery hair is my daddy dearest and not grandpa by the way)

Mother & daughter (i think i look great here!)
Our families suddenly felt bigger. Gosh. more ang baos to give away next yr!

14 October -- Tea Ceremonies

The weather was great (though scorching). By 11am we were at Blk 110 Lengkong Tiga, getting ready to serve tea to Groom's relatives. We had to serve tea to both mother and father's side. Boy there were so many people, I honestly cannot remember who is who!! I think I'll have to do up a family tree when I'm free. It was really funny to be serving tea to my new bro-in-law and to be served by new sis-in-law.

Buffet by Purple Sage (http://www.purplesage.com.sg/) was served at both bride and groom's parents' place. It was a pretty good spread, though I didn't really get to eat much! After all the tea drinking, we had to eat tang yuan whilst sitting on our new bed. I guess it's to symbolise yuan yuan man man tian tian mi mi.

We were right on schedule, if not earlier than expected. I changed into my tea dress (that stunning James Bond Red Hot number) and by 130pm we were back at the bride's house serving tea AGAIN. this time the tea had red dates. Some tradition again, to symbolise luck i suppose. By 2+pm, the first half of the day was completed!