Honeymoon

Oh, and how can mrsfartball forget. Her research n Booking of honeymoon! Bali, here they come!

Countdown

It has been eons since mrsfartball wrote. And now, the wedding day is only 28days away. Okay, mental note to herself to write more often.

Anyway the wedding preparations have not been easy. Thefartballs' stressful jobs n long hours leave them free only during weekends. Mrfartball literally works full day on saturdays. This means mrsfartball has gotta run the errands mostly by herself n have the man pick her up in the evening.

Let's look at the things done to date.

1. Dinner venues n rates - research by mrs. Mr brought along for site inspection, contract signing. Mrs the liaison between couple n hotel coordinator.

2. Bridal studio - drilling of sales staff, Gown selection x2, collection of gown for PS, mrandmrs. Settling of dispute, mr.






3. Pre marital checkup, mrandmrs.

4. Wedding bands - research n design done by mrs. Mr brought along to try sizes n for collection.






5. Photoshoot - PG research, liaison, arrangement for overseas PS taking (coordinate between hotel, PG, MUA, hotel and ferry and driver booking by mrs), PS selection, arrangement for PS printing by mrandmrs.






6. Cards - selection, wording, liaison, collection by mrs. Guestlist by mrandmrs. Pending cards distribution. To be confirmed seating arrangement.






7. Brothers/sisters teeshirts/dresses and corsages and thank you gifts. By mrs. Arrange to meet up.
























8. Justice of peace - liaison and arrange to meet up. By mr. Esubmisson. By mrs.






9. Wine selection. Mrandmrs.






10. GDL - cakes ordering, items preparation,












11. New room preparation - bed shopping, dresser, ceiling fan, curtains. By mrandmrs






12. Reception, dessert bar, rom table. Labour intensive. By mrs!!
Preview as below.






This pretty sums up the preparation works done. N why mrs has been so quiet.

Corsages

Mrandmrsfartball had been busy preparing for the wedding n suddenly it's only 2.5months left!

Okay, items check
1. JP arranged. Pending meetup in first week of sept
2. Hotel Food tasting, ballroom layout, wedding favors done
3. Jiemeis dresses settled
4. Jiemei corsages work in progress! (mrsfartball is so proud of her artwork. She handmade them)












5. Recep table, ROM table, dessert bar items bought/work in progress.
6. Bridal PS settled
7. Tea dress/ROM dress/matching shoes bought
8. Guestlist 80% done. RSVP almost completed for mrsfartball's guests
9. Actual day itineary
10. Mrfartball's room repainted n new bed n sheets bought (even washed)

Pending
1. Printing of invitation cards
2. Brothers clothes
3. Mrfartball to confirm his guestlist n start RSVP
4. Seating arrangement
5. Arrangement of GUo da Li
6. Buying a chest drawer, bedside table, a lamp for their room

N they should be good to go!

DIE

Mrfartball's latest hobby is to test mrsfartball's patience, then say "no la, there are better ways to die. Why would I wana put myself on the expressway to hell" then proceed to give that sideways mischievous glance.

Repeat above 271 times, mrsfartball told him "seems like your expressway has a lot of entrances n only one exit huh".

Repeat 272nd time, mrfartball challenged mrsfartball "people have BKE, PIE. What is mine?"

"DIE"

"what does that mean?"

"Death Instant Expressway"

Mrfartball laughs his head off.

Boys. They never grow up.

End of the world?

Mrsfartball met up with eil sis for lunch n BFF for dinner today. It's comforting to know that no matter how crappy the world gets, gfs will always be there to lend a listening ear n give objective opinions n comments.

Looking back, mrsfartball wonders why they used to think it was the end of the world when things dun work out (e.g falling in n terribly out of love with all the wrong guys, bad job, bad frens, all bad things). Little did they know that the right world had yet to come n with time, they'll learn to appreciate the finer things in life n learn to live with the imperfections.

Fast forward 10++ years later, they are now happily in love/found the right ones/have their own love nest/looking for their own love nest/totally know what they want or at least what they dun want. And best part, the BFF/sisterhood/friendships remain strong. How could they ever thought it was the end of the world?

Darling, life is just beginning.

Photos

Thefartballs have gotten their raw photos about 2 weeks ago. However mrsfartball has been away on her company retreat n fell sick for a week after she returned, hence the late post. Here are some of the favourite shots.

P.S by favourite, it means there's only one. But it's so difficult to pick just one out of the 200+ photos they have.

Photoshoot

Thefartballs were away from 10 May 2011 to 12 May 2011 for their bridal PS. It was very tiring. But the freelance PG they hired n the BS MUA made everything worth it. Here's a sneak preview.

Tods bag

Mrsfartball was feeling real unhappy n stressed out for the longest period of time. The real sweet mrfartball conspired with mrsfartball's Gf and bought her this. To cheer her up. Omg! Loves!

Mrfartball's 30th birthday

The man's a lil upset that he can't claim he's in his 20s anymore. Hahahah.

Happy birthday, mrfartball. U now have 熟男的魅力. And I love u no lesser.

Love, mrsfartball.

BS dispute settled!

Yay! It's finally settled. To cut the long story short, mrfartball called up the BS n expressed his wife's displeasure with their service.

Mrsfartball then engaged another freelance PG n had the BS remove the BS PG and revised the BS package fee.

So well, though they'll be getting lesser items but at least all soft copies of photos taken will be returned to them. Not too bad a deal.

And mrsfartball has been busy preparing for the upcoming PS. Did they say they were going to Tempat Senang at Batam? It's this most lovely resort. They've booked two rooms there n are bringing the mothers along too.

Tea ceremony

It's kinda troublesome. The whole Chinese wedding tradition thingy. The groom has to bring one big basket of items containing red dates, pig trotters, mandarin oranges, wine, and 1000 other things to the bride's house. The bride has gotta prepare sewing kit, potty, and another 1000 other things. All to symbolize good luck n all the good things that are associated with weddings. Mrsfartball says, troublesome.

But well, being a chinese, there're just some customs that the elders would like the younger generation to follow. And though the younger ones have no idea what where why how, they just follow suit. For good luck n to make the elders happy.

Mrsfartball bought her cheongsam today. For the tea ceremony. Loves!

Bridal studio

So far, mrandmrsfartball had an okay experience at the bridal studio. Gowns were ok, fittings were ok.

Today they went to the BS for mrsfartball's trial makeup session. MUA was great. She communicated with mrsfartball on the different looks, exploring ways to enhance, giving her opinions, seeking her acceptance level of dramatic looks. And mrsfartball even confirmed her and requested to extend her services for the actual day dinner (to stay behind to assist with 2nd march in's makeup and hairstyle).









Then comes the PG who got mrfartball pretty mad. You see, mrandmrsfartball had decided to go to Batam to take their wedding pics (both indoors n outdoors). They had booked this lovely boutique hotel with different themes for each of their 7rooms. So prior to that, mrandmrsfartball had seeked the BS view on bringing the PG and MUA over for a day. The PG and MUA agreed, with a fee of course.

So mrandmrsfartball had agreed to pay and today when they visited the BS, all the PG was concerned abt was what time he has to reach and what time he has to leave. There was no communication on the style of the photos, the itinerary, but just what time he has to leave. So this got mrfartball pretty mad for there is no display of professionalism in this PG.

Hence mrandmrsfartball are thinking to drop this PG and seek the other BS PG's services. And if he displays the same attitude, then to drop the BS PGs all together and hire a freelance PG. And not let the BS earn any $$.

P.S. BS earns from additional photos selected. So more often than not, they get really pushy during the photo selection session. It costs $65/photo on top of the free 38 provided.

Happy valentine's day.

mrsfartball arranged to spend valentine's day with her super bff. mrfartball was agreeable since he knows how much bff times are impt to her. When she felt bit bad, He says, "Silly, Whr got guilty. Everyday spent and any other day upcoming that we will spend together will be better than Vday so what the big deal is feb 14? Haha"

Little did she know he planned a surprise for her. He had flowers delivered to her office. Something he hasn't done before














And just when she felt even more guilty, he surprised her at her place. Since mrsfartball decided to do valentines day with bff, mrfartball loitered around til she got home n surprised her below her home with starbucks choc and the next day's breakfast. He said, "how can I not wana spend the day with you when this is the last year you'll remain as my gf?"

Touched.

Long time no write

Dear blog, It's been one long year since the last entry. How have u been? *hugs*

Some updates:
Mr and Mrs Fartball are getting married. It's how funny time flies when people are going through the happiest time of their life. In the last 1 year, thefartballs were basically hard at work. Though there was always the talk of marriage, it remained as talk since there was no real action i.e proposal on mrfartball's end.

9 May 2010 was mrfartball's birthday and mrsfartball decided to bring her man on a trip to Phuket.

So mrfartball decided to spring a surprise on her. With her good fren Eileen Ng in tow, he picked a ring for her. And tried to keep it a secret. He din really succeed for he has always been a poor liar. Hahahaha.

And so off they went to Phuket on 8 May 2010, and he gave himself a few scares along the way. On 9 May 2010, he became paranoid and after a whole day of trying-to-propose-but-could-not-find-the-right-moment, he did it back at the hotel room. Just before midnight. And of course she agreed and there were tears and hugs and solemn promises.














So the last 9months were spent being busy with work and wedding preparations. That sums up the update for last year.

They are now counting down to 30 Oct 2011. So pls join them!

new year resolution

mrs fartball finally fulfilled her 2010 new year resolution today i.e. jogging! although she got stitches 200m into the jog, she managed to brisk walk the rest of the 2km trail. yay!!

fartballs

mrs fartball has just seen a doctor for her sore throat. mr fartball was walking her home.

her: the doctor asked me real funny questions just now (she was only having sore throat). she asked me if i had gastric pain.

him: yes, u did on friday.

her: yea, and she asked me if i had problems poo-ing.

him: yea, u do.

her: and she asked me if i have a lot of gas in my stomach. i told her i farted alot last night.

him: hey! i ought to know details like that.

her: hahhaa. i cant help it.

him: i ought to know what's going on under the blanket!

her: HAHAHHAHAHHA.

different class

an extract from their daily crap

her: baby, i see now time is 11.11. i saw a drama before and it said that if u happen to look at the clock at this time, someone is thinking of u. u got think of me??

him: haha, of cos got think of u. i was still wondering how's ur morning awhile ago.

her: so it's true lor!

him: i cannot recall the time though. haha.

her: @_@

him: haha, what's that expression?

her: roll eyes

him: why roll eyes at me??

her: unromantic. white lies also cannot meh.

him: different class romance?

her: nowadays men low class. give small diamonds. u different class, can give me big diamond right?

him: haha. on the contrary, men are buying bigger diamonds nowadays. may i get u the opposite and be different?

her: then bye bye

him: haha. this one i will be same. no different class. i will get u a decent one. how many times i buy things for u and u are disappointed with the thing? i different class but still quite high class.

her: haha. good good.

him: no worries. trust me ya?

her: i always do, baby.

ring browsing

mr and mrs fartball went ring browsing today. he wanted to get an idea of what she wanted. she liked something like this. nah, not one carat. now it's for mr fartball to do his homework... =)

taiwan

mrs fartball loves travelling. especially to taiwan. she loves the people, the food, the culture, the variety shows, the cutesy meimeis, the little cafes, the bubble tea, the oh-so-sweet fruits, everything! so mr fartball brought her there on her birthday trip. yay!!

P.S. the longshan temple is super good. mrs fartball got her wishes come true both times she prayed there.

tanjung pinang

food trips are the best. the fartballs love tanjung pinang's nasi padang and avocado juice!