From paper to fabric

After a what seems like forever wait, Xingmin and I finally got to see our respective suit and gowns for the very first time yesterday! In-the-making that is...

Our bridal boutique.

Never, EVER!, talk about work.


While waiting... milk high!!! *rapidly bobbing Dora head*


Xingmin in his gai4 bang4 zhuang1 (with Joe the "suit guy").


Two kawaii ladies...


Upclose and rather personal. :P

A glimpse of what's to come.

Introducing Pei Shieen the Bridesmaid... "Watch out boys!"

And Ting Chun the Bestman, who should be very very afraid!

Please save the date!

I remember when I first announced to my close friends that Xingmin's finally popped the question, Yvonne emailed to congratulate us and also suggested that we start a blog on our wedding preparations... Well, that was 10 months 1 week ago, just 3 days after THE proposal during a romantic weekend getaway... I guess it's always better to be late than never?

In truth, the reason why I started this blog was to document our failed attempt at coming up with a PPS to send to all of our friends to, you've guessed it, save the date! of our wedding. We've spent many hours putting the show together, why it took so long please don't ask me. After all it was just 2 simple slides, with text animation timed to a song. Perhaps it was because the OCD me had to make sure the animation is timed perfectly to the nanosecond hence the many adjustments. Sadly when the PPS was finally to my satisfaction, the harsh truth sank in. The Mac version is so not compatible with Windows due to various differences.

*SOB!*

Despite our many attempts to salvage the PPS, we were still unable to make it play properly on a Windows 2000, which we assume is the OS majority of the folks will have. With brain juices totally drained, our last resort: blog it. So if you're able to use a little imagination, here's how the PPS will go...

1. Background song: "The Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups (yes I've been told numerous times it's cheesy).

2. Slide #1 with text animation (swivel, light speed in, grow, shrink, light speed out, bounce, spiral in) as timed to lyrics of song.


3. Slide #1 dissolves into slide #2 as song finishes.


Oh wait a minute... what's this icon here? Ooooh... i can add a video to this blog?