So now that all the dust from the proposal has settled and I’ve gotten used to our new status (OK NOT REALLY IT’S STILL SO SURREAL HAHAHA) it’s…. wedding planning time!
Knowing my goldfish memory, I know I want to put this here so fifty years — or maybe just one — from now I can remember what’s happening.
Immediately after Fatty proposed, his mom (for easier typing, I’ll call her AT) told us she was gonna look for a fortune teller to find and set a good wedding date.
I was all like “pssshhhhh chill la auntie what’s the rush I wanna stay engaged for a while” but she insisted we needed to find out when, earlier better.
So she took down my birthdate and time of birth, as well as my parents and grandmother WTF. The fortune teller then compares our families’ birthdates and comes up with a day that will apparently suit all family members so we’ll all be in harmony with no problems.
Our date is somewhere in July!!!!! We found this out sometime in December which left us like 7 months to prepare for it. All my married friends told me, “Cannot. You need at least one year to prepare!”
But we’re all Nike Just Do It so we’re going ahead with the date.
Actually it’s because the fortune teller kept saying “THIS IS THE BEST DATE FOR THEM. THIS IS THE BEST EVER DATE FOR HER WOMB.” I’m not sure if I believe this but based on my birthdate he also said some accurate things about me and… I don’t wanna risk my womb!!! You can say whatever you want to say about me but don’t play with my womb!!!!!!
Oh and I also like the sound of a July wedding ^___^ Sounds summery even though we don’t have summer here. Or any of the other three seasons.
So there it is.
The last two months have been a flurry of slightly panicked activity.
My friend Bobo got engaged a month after me. The DAY after her engagement, she already fixed appointments with dress stores, planned out her theme, and could lend me wedding pamphlets cos she was done with them.
“FUCK.”
True story.
This girl had clearly put a lot of thought into her wedding! She’s not the only one — quite a few of my friends have been planning about dream weddings and dresses since they were kids, apparently.
I lose at being a girl in the most crucial way. .____.
I’ve been asked by friends over the years how I imagined my wedding to look like.
And every single time the image that pops to mind is this.
*brain explodes
Yea I’m not sure why. I don’t even like 98 degrees or Jessica Simpson.
Maybe subconscious desire to have blond hair, big boobs and a square-faced groom.
Anyway I’m blogging this to remind myself how lucky I am.
So far things have been progressing pretty okay with no major hiccups. Venue found and secured; wedding planner found and in discussion; theme decided on and all aspects working towards it; bridesmaids agreed and all pretty #shallow.
So many people — even those I’m not so close to — have come forward and offered help and advice in so many ways and I am so grateful T3T There are so many things we don’t know and I’m so glad there are so many nice people around me who are willing to help if they can 🙂
My close friends have all rallied and when they’re not going with me to check out wedding stuff, they’re online researching or throwing ideas out :’) If I can do half of what they’re doing back for them, I’d be awesome wtf.
And unexpectedly, complete strangers have also contacted me and offered their services or products because they said they saw the video or my blog and were touched :’) Because of this, my wedding dress will be designed by a very nice local designer — I’ve seen his work and I love it so far! When things are more confirmed, I’ll probably blog more about him.
I also have a short ROM outfit suggested and designed by a blog reader who owns an online shop. Again I’ll blog more about this later.
Bridesmaid dresses to be sourced by Hui Wen of Azorias. Who better than her, who’s also one of my bridesmaids, to do this <3
For eveningwear, I found a shop in SS2 which custom makes dresses for quite a good price! Although I have no clue what kind of evening gown I should wear -_- any ideas? No mermaid gowns cos my ass looks like a battleship in them wtf.
However I’m also searching for a photographer who can do a pre-wedding shoot as well as wedding day photography. If anyone knows any good photogs (and who are not crazy expensive), can you please let me know! Please leave a link so I can see what kind of photos they take.
No stagey dramatic shit please wtf. It suits some people but I don’t think we’re the type who can do standing on top of a hill in a tux and a dress looking into the distance while lightning strikes behind wtf.
I’m not even sure if I wanna do formal looking shots in wedding dress! Fatty says it’s up to me so yay I get to decide. I want something fun, happy and representative of us. Seriously. I don’t want to lean my head on Fatty’s chest and close my eyes.
HAHAHAHAHAHA that’s what I heard Kim had to do to Gareth FHL ahahahaha.
Please let me know! Thanks in advance!
Bribe you with picture of eyelash coming off wtf.
Comments (73)
battleship wtf hahahahahahahahaha!
You can try this for photog.. http://www.facebook.com/jennysunphotography?ref=ts
Just a suggestion 😉
Try Lighted Pixels. They are very good! https://www.facebook.com/Lightedpixels
But I think they’re based in Singapore. Alternatively, http://www.maxwangerblog.com/ is very inspirational. he takes the best pictures 🙂
i saw the video of ur proposal and showed it to my taiwanese friends.. she watched it for !*£^!*£*@$%£ times… and goes awwwwwww every single time… true story!
http://stories.my/ takes pretty awesome natural wedding photos! high recommended…
no closing ur eyes and leaning on ur husband’s chest stuff… dont worry~
Our wedding was on the 17th of March 5 years ago and some more years ago my husband had broke his leg when skying on the same date 🙂
And fun fact sort of 🙂 His BD is 24th, mine 7th and it makes 24-7=17th
But we didn’t plan at all, he sad whatever you wish, and I was too lazy. But it was fun anyway.
SO I think you have like a forever to prepare! Everything will be great! Enjoy your engaged time 🙂
Oh no I submitted my comment like 3 times cause I didn’t see it appear… this might get ugly, please delete duplicates if you see them and I’m so sorry Audrey T__T
Omg I feel conned!! None of the comments I submitted earlier actually appeared and now I look like a psycho wtf LOL. Wanted to say I’m so excited that you’re gonna be blogging about the whole thing 😀
As for for wedding photographers, it might be worth a shot to check these people out http://jacphoto2u.com Everyone loved Teck Siong and the photos he took for my sister’s wedding, but him in particular is based only in Penang I think. My sister said they were reasonably priced too 🙂
dear Audrey,
wedding photogs 🙂
http://stories.my/
http://raffithng.com/
all the best in your speedy wedding preparation, Tim + Audrey! 🙂
you can try this~ his work is pretty good 🙂
http://www.jonlow.com/
hehe despite the cheesy fun of close eye, tenderly place head on chest shot, we’re sticking with anna-rina.com for our actual day shoot too woohoo. love her coz she’s like a ninja that captures precious moments w/o us even knowing. she got some sweet paparazzi shots of my grandmom on our ROM which I will treasure always <3 i highly recommend her ah!
check out http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brandon-Eu-Photography/132941695713?sk=info
https://www.facebook.com/photographsbysamuel?sk=photos
https://www.facebook.com/Ianphotography?sk=photos
http://www.feldberyl.com/voices/feldberyl-images-portfolio/
JUST FIND THE DRESS. Then everything else after that is chill cuz you already happy. Even if the photographer sucks you have the best dress ever so he can’t mess it up^.^
i’m not sure whether this friend of mine suit you and tim for the wedding phography…he won quite a numbers of award and his photos appear in news paper for many times already…he does not have any web to refer to as he is a freelancer and just love to take photos for passion and not for fame…
so this is his fb (photo page) http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=599962876&sk=photos not all photos he uploads just some for sharing with friends…and he does not charge expensive well after all it depends on you dealing with him…
and he is from penang island, willing to travel to kl or not still need to discuss with him as he is busy guy…
hope some of this information do help you and tim=D
check out this one, their photos are beyond awesome xD
http://www.facebook.com/#!/axioo
Things always have a way of working out^_^ i believe when you have a good mind set it will all fall into place. Ben Shyen and I only had 3months coz his grandma passed away and we had 100days to get everything done o wait 3yrs instead of our 1yr. But everyrthing fell into place^^ btw have some funny jokes or flirt during shoot to have genuine smile n have open bar concept to avoid hotel staff from syphoning the booze^_^ GANBATTE KUDASAI!
I know a guy who takes good photos and he is based in Penang. Maybe you can have a look at his work
http://www.milanteh.com/
🙂
Have a look, 🙂
http://www.munkeat.com
Awww! I can’t wait to see the wedding dresses!
Try this…. http://stories.my/
I am thinking of using them for mine as well.
Btw, can you let me know where you got your ROM dress? I need to get mine urgently but can’t seem to find any suitable one.
Y jessica got 3 boobs
Hi Audrey, here are some suggestions for your wedding photography:
https://www.facebook.com/virtigostudio
https://www.facebook.com/photogmao
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baddogz-Studio/120449534636534
I hope that helps. Happy planning your wedding! I can’t wait to see your lovely wedding photos.
Tim + Audrey together forever~ <3 ^^
i recommend ian photography
i think someone already mention it above..
im not sure if ian photos is the fun-cute-not-lying-on-chest-and-close-eyes type that you’re looking for, but i think you’re gonna love the various personal concept and customized properties they use.
http://ianphotography.asia/
aiya..forgot to give you the link..
http://www.facebook.com/ZustPhotography
Hi Audrey! I cried when I watched the meme proposal 🙂
I saw a few pics taken by the Zust photography and I feel that they are really good! 😀
so happy for u sweeetie ..
wishing u forever in love;)
http://www.andylim.com/blog/
Andy Lim is gooooddd 🙂
LOL what a whirlwind of events!
If you want I can give you the timeline for the wedding day that I used – can use as rangka 🙂
But I was anal about timing la cos it was a Sunday and I didn’t want people leaving my dinner before it ended and I wanted food to arrive on my plate at 8pm!
and it worked! becos I have miracle workers on that day witf (think shoe elves)
Can you also mention your Maid of Honor is Angela Luo… your SECOND SOULMATE*cries and pushes u to tim T___________T
I just went to check out those wedding gowns and cocktail dresses around Sunway Giza at Kota Damansara :D.
You should check the boutique on top of Full House, they have tons of it and the service is good 😀 or you can try the one opposite Saloon bar or Vows and White or White and Vows at The strand 🙂
I agree with some of them above!
Stories.my is really good! My friend did a wedding & pre wedding shoot with them, and it turned out great! They also do more creative shoots (by brides request) according to the theme picked by the to-be married couple! 🙂 Totally recommend that! All the best!
Have a look at this.. http://nicholasleong.net/portfolio/
He’s an excellent and passionate photog and the pre-wed shots he does is always care-free and casual. 🙂
And if you’re looking for cute but practical wedding favours, check out https://www.facebook.com/theweddingholics
You may try this photographer. Contact her, http://www.facebook.com/zee22?sk=wall. She is new but her work is amazing to me..
Hi,
you can try out Andrew Koh. Have fun with all the wedding planning! 🙂
http://www.andrewkohphotography.com/
Hi, you can try fixerphotography.com
By the way, which shop in SS2 makes customised evening gowns? I’m looking for one. Happy planning!
Hey Audrey! 😀
http://framesstudio.com/
Highly Recommended!
Good Luck in your wedding preparation!
HAHAHA can’t help laughing at the dramatic image of standing at a hill with lighting striking behind.
All the best in the wedding preps Aud! 😀
Hmm secret reader of ur blog! heh,
I’m just a teen but..
https://www.facebook.com/Lightedpixels
I think they take seriously pretty pictures. (: Light, beautifully lighted, casual, and totally NOT cliche. I’m not sure about their price though!
Their also from Singapore. ): BUT THEIR REALLY GOOOODDD.
I have this photographer for you, is a Sabahan. Try and have a look at his work! http://portfolio.louispang.com/#/GALLERY/WEDDINGS/1
Always wanted a few types of wedding photography themes..
1) The Underwater
2) Tarzan
3) Las Vegas style, in a yellow sportscar and all.
kk, sorry if this is too POW. 🙂
Must go with annarina.com. One of the malaysian photog who takes really naturally beautiful, no fake drama-ish close eye on future husband’s shoulder photos. xx
Personally like this wedding photographer
http://www.the-egallery.com/blog/
all the best! 🙂
http://stories.my/ takes beautiful pre-wedding/wedding shots! you can take a look 😀
please try Heart Patrick!!
http://www.facebook.com/heartpatrick
he is really really really good!!
not too sure about the price tho.
Aud! time to get busy….last photo awww adorable eyes!!!
good luck in the wedding planning aud!
i’ve a friend who do wedding photoghraphy:
http://www.shepherdpictures.com/
Can try this. It’s based in KL
http://www.dennisyapphoto.com/
Congrats Audrey!
You can try this for something more special than those bridal house-y shots la.
(no offense, bridal houses)
https://www.facebook.com/shepherdpictures
I’ve seen great shots of many photogs.. but the best is to choose those who suit your style =) Congrats Aud!
1.(Def a fav) http://www.facebook.com/jennysunphotography
2. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rudys-Lightroom-Photography/106105486134316
3. http://www.facebook.com/vincentleephotography
4. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602477795&sk=info
5. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daren-Chong-Photography/112128242141202
6. http://www.facebook.com/joshua.k.inlight?ref=ts
7. http://www.facebook.com/billycanephoto?ref=ts
8. http://www.facebook.com/natashadupreez1?ref=ts
9. http://www.facebook.com/MyDreamDay.Photography
I know what you mean about losing out hahaha, I’m like the only girl amongst my friends who has no idea what I want my wedding to be like.