Family trips

Our little princess Abigail has been traveling with us since 4 months old. Stay tune for more of our family trips!

Honeymoon in Maldives

A place where romance begins... And there is never a blue as beautiful as the waters of Maldives!

Sinchow Vietnam!

Go to Vietnam. Indulge yourself in the peaceful Hmong villages in Sapa, or experience cruising at The New 7 Wonders of Nature - Halong Bay.

Go West to U.S.

Napa Valley! San Francisco! And Monterey!.

Bali oh Bali~

We've done it 3 times!! Couple trip 2009, friends trip 2010, and family trip 2014.

Hello Macau, the oriental Portugal

Walking the oriental Europe. Remember to taste the most authentic Portuguese tarts!.

London

I was just a touch-and-go tourist in a short 3 days...

Babymoon in Boracay

Sea, sand, sun. And a new family member in my tummy!

Marrakech, a hidden jewel

Of palm groves, fire dancing, and dromedaries.

Siem Reap - day and night

Back to the ancient kingdom and find the tomb raider in you.

Home Cooking

Just some recipes and home cuisine for my family and baby.

Welcome to my blog!! 欢迎到访!!

No matter how you get here, I wanna say a big THANK YOU for visiting my blog. Do come back often for more! Blessed because we're given the chance to share. Thank you for visiting! 无论你是刻意或者不刻意的来到这里,都进来坐坐、聊聊天吧。幸福不是必然的,而是懂得分享人生的喜悦。谢谢到访!



Showing posts with label My Wedding Diaries 。公主嫁到. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Wedding Diaries 。公主嫁到. Show all posts

April 25, 2012

爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - 后记


好不容易终于完成了马尔代夫的游记。
这是续柬埔寨暹粒市和英国伦敦之后能够完成的旅程日记。
恰在即将开始的另一段旅程之前,所以真的很满意!

Our Honeymoon in Maldives 爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - Part 10 第十章, Time to say goodbye~ 再见马尔代夫~

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 I couldn't believe time passed by so quickly. It finally came to the end of our remarkable holiday. All the memories that flashed from the moment we boarded the plane and amazed by the astonishing view of the "heaven on earth". 真无法相信时间飞逝。终于到了我们悠闲假期的尾声。 从搭上飞机的那时刻,到亲眼目睹“人间天堂”的景象。一切一切尽在不言中。。

November 16, 2011

The Princess Wedding Diaries - The Finalé

I will never quote my wedding as a fairy tale ending because it's only the happy start of our next chapter in life. Friends and family who know me well will understand that I would opt for a crazy dynamic wedding banquet rather than pretending to be an elegant Barbie doll whole day through!

Good word to describe me -- SASSY!
Even though when I've become the bride, I'm still a sassy bride!

Lady Gagasss version of Masquerade... before our entrance dance at dinner.

November 3, 2011

Our Honeymoon in Maldives 爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - Post-wedding portraiture


We decided to have a short session of post-wedding portraiture in Maldives since this is one of a lifetime thingy.
我们决定婚礼后在马尔代夫拍摄一集简单的蜜月婚纱照,因为这毕竟是一生人一次的纪念。

I had my make-up done in 20 minutes, all DIY. Hair as well. =)
I chose to wear something light and short instead of long bulky gown, because our honeymoon was about sea and sunshine. The gown should bring out the vivacious side of me. Of course it should carry some romantic feel too.
我亲自动手化妆,并在20分钟内完成,所有都是DIY的。头发也是。 =)
我选择穿轻而短的白色小礼服,因为背景都是海洋和阳光。这轻便的简单礼服才能带出我活泼的一面。当然,圈圈的花边还有浪漫的感觉。

November 1, 2011

Our Honeymoon in Maldives 爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - Part 3, Sea Plane - Miles of atolls, reefs and lagoons 第三章,水上飞机 —— 一望无际的环礁,珊瑚礁和泻湖

Maldives Hulhule Island airport 05

There are 2 sea-plane terminals in Maldives - Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT) and Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA). Basically there is no conflict of route coverage on contract basis with the resorts.
马尔代夫有2个水上飞机码头 - Maldivian Air Taxi (MAT)和 Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA)。两家公司基本上没有覆盖的路线,因为已和各度假村签下合同。

You may check for the list of resorts that both these sea-plane operators fly to...
两家水上飞机飞往度假酒店的名单列表。。。
(1) Maldivian Air Taxi
(2) Trans Maldivian Airways

October 28, 2011

Our Honeymoon in Maldives 爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - Part 2, Malé by Foot 第二章,马累漫步走

Male City Maldives 01

Though still feeling exhausted, I was waken up by the morning sun at 6am...
Not that surprising though... it is only a mere 3128km between Malé and Kuala Lumpur but there is a three-hour time difference!
Malaysia is probably already 9am. . . No wonder the sky was so bright. . .
虽然很累,但清晨六点钟已经被阳光晒醒了。。。
不出奇吧。。马累和吉隆坡只相差区区那3128公里,却有三个小时的时差!
大马大概是九点了。。。难怪这么亮。。。


October 21, 2011

Our Honeymoon in Maldives 爱在阳光灿烂的天堂 。马尔代夫 - Prologue 序


If honeymoon is a dream come true, I will definitely choose have it in heaven, and it has to be in an island.
I would love to have a Safari tour in South Africa but it's way too hectic for a honeymoon. After all, we always love the sea, sand, sun thingy.
如果说蜜月梦想成真,我一定会选择一次华丽的奢侈,享受在人间天堂,而且还要是在个岛屿国。
虽然我也很想有在南非的野生动物园上奔跑,但这样的蜜月实在太累人了。毕竟,我们都是爱好海浪,沙滩,阳光的人。

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When it came to making choices, we shortlisted Maldives, Aegean Sea, and Seychelles. (Oopss... Baby just reminded me that we thought about New Zealand too...) However, I am a true nature lover and am very concern to global warming issues. Maldives is known to be the fastest sinking islands in another 50 - 70 years, therefore I definitely want to have an unforgettable event there. Our honeymoon.
最后的3个选择,我们列下了马尔代夫,爱琴海和塞舌尔。(老公刚提醒我..还有新西兰) 然而,我是自然爱好者,而且非常关注全球暖化问题。所以就选择了被公认是未来50-70年里最快的下沉的岛屿的马尔代夫。当然我的决定紧紧牵连着这个令人难忘的目的--我们的蜜月旅行。

May 20, 2011

The Princess Wedding Diaries - Pre-wedding photo teasers

Teasers... our pre-wedding potraits~

Overall the effect was superb. Thanks Kenneth and Beron for the photography, Hui Lee and Stefvy for the make-up and hair-do.

Aspial


Spent 5 hours to filter out pre-filtered 300+ perfect shots down to 52 for only the best of the best. Phew... that's really a tough job! Why not getting more? Hmm.... I'll leave it for the post-wedding honeymoon shoot in Maldives of course. Having the perfect moments captured on a rainy day which then turned sunny in the late afternoon, I'm already more than satisfied and blessed. The sky turned from gloomy to clear blue, with patches of white clouds then. =)

Aspial screenshot 01

Aspial screenshot 02


Some of the few screenshots taken from the desktop. All original without editing. These are not the best shots yet... I always want to save the best things for last. Will reveal the series after all is ready. :P

So how do you like our wedding photos? How many stars? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5? (*v*)

Steve & Cheryl wedding potrait 02

Steve & Cheryl wedding potrait 01

Steve & Cheryl wedding potrait 03

May 15, 2011

The Princess Wedding Diaries - 12th May 2011

Belated post of my wedding diary. Should be dated 12th May when published.

We had our pre-wed shooting on 12th May. This was the second rescheduled session as the first one clashed with my US trip, while the second one clashed with 'cheng beng' month (parents nagged and forced to change date). I didn't snap any photos with my camera as I decided to leave every piece of the artwork to our wedding photographer Kenneth. If you follow my blog, you would know that we signed up our wedding package with Aspial Wedding. I salute our personal team of photographer, make-up artists and their assistants on the day of shooting, you guys/girls are gorgeous! Everything is worth paying for, at least I get the service and concept of how I like it to be through the day~

Days before the photo shooting we were down with flu, and my complexion was really really bad... Hectic month with imbalance working hours versus personal stuff, and it's true that if you plan to move into new house before wedding, it's a super duper heavy task! We're still busy with the minor renovations and installation at our new place up to today... And my friends always tease me for arranging things one shot in a year - new house, registration, wedding, honeymoon... At times we're really tired but at the same time having fun too! Aza Aza!!

Now we couldn't wait to view the photos on 18th May. I wonder how would the effect be... of great combination of photographer/make-up/hair-do/scenery, and of course the great couple. =P

February 15, 2011

The Princess Wedding Diaries - 14th Feb 2011

First page of wedding diaries... keeping track of the "royal wedding" as time goes by....

We signed up our wedding package with Aspial Wedding. It was all by a quirk of fate, without doing any comparison with any other bridal galleries, we paid for the package, exactly 1 week after the proposal. There are things that you cannot judge by $$$, that's the right feeling of doing something, especially when it's something related to artistic. That's me! If the feeling is right, and you're afford to pay, that's God's grace to save your energy and time for other things. =)

Some of my friends and colleagues definitely would not agree with the way I deal with the wedding package... I'm not surprised, because I kinda always surprise people with things I do. Perhaps I'm odd to them. Hahah.. However I think the outcome that I achieve without doing much comparison to get something at most of the time turned out to be fruitful too. That's why I think I didn't lose anything, most importantly, priceless TIME and PETROL. Another thing is, minimize chances of confusing ourselves, also minimizing arguments. That's quite true for some couples.

Friends around were very helpful in giving advise in venue booking and selection. In fact, I think they're even more concerned than me. Almost everyone of them who's married told the same story - book AS EARLY AS 1 YEAR BEFORE wedding date. Anyhow the venue has been fixed, now only pending other stuffs such as food tasting, food selection.

13th Feb (yesterday) we went for gown selection, 3 hours and finally done. 1 white, 1 ivory, 1 champagne, 1 yellow, 1 peach, 1 red and 1 green. Sounds a bit odd the colors? But I looked good in them, so I picked those. Photography session rescheduled again... because we both kind of having heavy business trips recently. Luckily still have time to celebrate Valentine's today before he's off to business trip again tomorrow..

Happy Valentine's Day!

September 17, 2010

Diaries of the Maid of Honor (17-Sep-10)

Shared by aunt Joyce: Isn't it funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us?

When a Hen's nite turns out to be a Bride-to-be party!


September 7, 2010

The Princess Wedding Diaries - in transition 。公主嫁到 - 迁移篇

Finally in July 2010 I'm engaged and now it's time for me to start a new chapter in my Princess Diaries. My best friend Michelle (or Michelle Anne) honored me with the invitation to be her Maid Of Honor in this Nov, so I kept a series of MOH diaries. By then, I told myself that I'm gonna start my own series of Wedding diaries after completed my task as her MOH. Counting down to another 2 months, I'll be walking down the aisle with joyous blessings to her as a bride-to-be, and I can't wait to be there for her bridal shower! *hearts*

So now it's a transition period from MOH to a bride-to-be, and she's even more excited than myself does. =) What a sister. Lately we're discussing about topics of wedding, and it's funny when we discovered some bride-to-be suddenly behave so awkwardly after announcing their engagement. Some started to become too envious and proud of themselves being a bride. What matters is you are happy with your own wedding preparation, style, ideas, comfy ways... Quite sad to see these people comparing, suspicious about the wedding stuffs or sometimes burst the entire lifestyle. We term these people - Bridezillas. =P Good one!

I'm impressed by Vintage gowns, like Vera Wang's...oooo... I love organza, lace, sequins and details in the fabric. Been searching for Vintage designs and hoping to find one in Aspial later on. To be realistic, tailor made white gown is not in my list, my budget varies from Mich's as the whole wedding thingy is different. I have to spare $$ for Maldives (bloody expensive, I wish I'm earning USD). But it's ok, I love DIY stuffs, add more soul to the item when it's full of love. Gonna handmade my reception stuffs. Wanna create a WOW effect to the attendees because I'm bored of conventional wedding dinner...

Now... teasers to my favorite Vintage gown designs (photos from various sources, only for illustration purpose)!






Or maybe a funky rock n roll wedding! Rockers in da house!






Till then. Thanks for reading.

September 3, 2010

公主今天好心情~

看过《家好月圆》了吗?最近又再看,蛮好的。我发觉现实生活中真的有类似SA姨的人,因猜疑心重而挖烂自己的脸的人哦。有一part阿月、管家仔和阿庆比手画脚在讨论事情,SA姨突然发癫骂人然后把糗事扯到自己身上咯。。莫名其妙。 一字记之曰:蠢。

记得有个blogger说过,一些事事追踪你,然后不爽你又匿名中伤你的人,即使是haters,也是你的readers。赞成!I love my readers,即使你不喜欢我,还是来追踪我哦。*感动哦* =P

Coffee night with baby. 没有 Avocado 相伴,只好滴越南咖啡,谈谈马尔代夫咯。如果可以去 The Rania Experience 挥霍一次,那该多好。不要紧,阳光、沙滩、海浪依然,倒数着。。。还有13个月吧。

Meanwhile。。。
很快又会去浮罗交怡岛(我的台湾朋友称郎卡威 - direct translate)醉一醉了,爽!
还有大把照片未edit。。。糟!
project未完成。。。惨!
拜六去添家私。。。oh yea~

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-It's Friday-
公主嫁到》

September 1, 2010

《我们最恩爱竞赛》Friends I need your votes!!

各位朋友高抬贵手,如果你是CARI的网友,请到此:谈婚论嫁》《我们最恩爱竞赛》第三组投我一票,我是B-72。谢谢!(他人都在贴外拉票,我必须追赶上才能哪。。)朋友们帮帮我忙,感激感激。(中级会员就可以投了)

什么复杂的程序都不需要,只要在 B-72 旁边的格子打个勾就可以投了。

*我没犯规* 网管说管不着的。

Dear readers and friends, I participated in this competition of CARI's forum, please support me by voting for B-72 in this LINK (click on the link).

AS EASY AS ABC, JUST PUT A TICK BESIDE B-72, SUBMIT AND IT'S DONE!!

Thank you for your support. Lots of blessings to you~

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