S & J Wedding Part 3 = Tea Ceremony, Parent's house PJ

Pouring tea for my parents



Mr J giving his Mi a kiss



"Ah Mah, lim teeeeh" brought about hoots of cheers and laughter by the onlookers. It means, ?grandma, drink tea? in Hokkien. Mr J was like duck to water, he not only did it in Hokkien but also Tamil for my dad's side of the family.



Mr J kissing his Ah Mah



My oldest brother, Chris.



My uncles



Mr J's parents



Aunty Nat from the UK



My sister, Kamille receiving her 'dues'



As usual, Mr J HAS to tease my sister Amy. In this instance, she was made to choose between the thicker or thinner packet... she chose the thicker which was the wrong answer! My baby brother lucked out cos he was next :)

S & J Wedding Part 2 = Wedding Mass, Assumption Church, PJ

The bridal car.



Waiting nervously for the ceremony to begin.



More waiting...



Getting the everyone situated and ready for the wedding march.



Walking down the aisle, watch the girls, they're counting steps!



Handing over of the bride.



Walking down the aisle together.



Exchange of rings, I couldn't help bursting out in laughter as Mr J was being cheeky and switched his ring finger to his pinkie as I was reading my vows and placing the ring.



The kiss, they made us do it TWICE! *Blush*



It's final! Signing of the register.



Announcing Mr & Mrs J!



Showing off our cowboy boots! We wanted to add a little fun and wear something people tend to generalize with Nashville. It was so comfy too!



Family pics



With Mr J's family from the US and UK



With my pretty girls



Train shot



With chants of "kiss! kiss!", Mr J and I decided to humor the crowd with goldfish kisses :)

S & J Wedding Part 1 = Morning of wedding

Our wedding day started with me getting up 5.30am to prepare for my awesome stylist, Jayne. I cannot sing enough praises about her because she did a magnificent job. A little pricey but definitely worth every single sen!



Jayne working her magic.



My parents putting on the veil.



My sister, Kamille (maid of honor) and baby brother, Francis(usher/door opener).



Arrival of the groom. Let the bargaining begin! My baby brother 'sold' me for an angpow [red packet] and an I-Pod Touch!



Here comes the groom! Mr J was a bundle of nerves as he absolutely did not know what to expect, he tried to bribe my sisters and brother the day before but everyone were tight-lipped!



Uh oh, first obstacle, my little sister, Amy who is also my bridesmaid.



Our cousin from England, Jackie putting on diapers for Mr J. Note the pacifier!



Mr J and his groomsmen, cousin Liam on the left from UK and on the right is his dad. All were maid to walk down the street sucking on their milk bottles.



Mr J begging for the razzing to be over and to get on with the program...



One last task, kiss all the girls! In this case, my pretty cousin from Singapore!



Trying to combine traditions, Mr J didn't get to see me but instead, handed me my bouquet. Many people have asked me why the single white rose. Mr J chose it to be such to "symbolise innocence, purity and one-of-a-kind-ness". I thought that was very meaningful and special.



My mother with her bouquet from Mr J



My pretty party. L-R, My cousin Bethany from the UK [flowergirl], my sister Amy [bridesmaid], me and my sister Kamille [maid of honor]



Walking out of the house on my father's arm. Single one last time :)

We're baaaaaack!

What a sudden jolt it was to be greeted with below freezing weather when we landed stateside yesterday evening. When we left for Malaysia on the 14th of December, the weather was not unlike autumn but now, winter has definitely asserted its presence.

I find it hard to believe that a whole year of planning came down to one wonderful and magical day followed by an amazing time at home and ever so quickly, it's over and it's back to our daily grind!

Our flight over to Malaysia took us from Atlanta to Seoul, Korea on Delta and I am not sure how many of you have flown that particular Delta flight but service and food was appalling! I don't really care if the stewardesses do not have grace or certain standards like MAS or SIA but the attitude needed to be in check! Mr J had to continuously calm me down or else I would have expressed my opinion there and then. What the heck I am talking about? Well one example was during the meal service, we were served dinner without napkins and Mr J tapped on the stewardesses shoulder when she turned around and she swung back with a nasty "WHAT??? What do you want??? I am only one person so can only serve one a time"... needless to say I was fuming!

Thank goodness we didn't have to fly Delta again the rest of our trip. It was a breath of fresh air flying on Korean Air from Seoul to Kuala Lumpur, the stewardesses exudes elegant grace, were extremely polite and helpful and the food was yummy [after the nasty food aboard Delta, anything was yumms :)]

When we got to our rented condo around 2am on Sunday, the 16th, we were pleasantly surprised as to how pretty and relaxing it was. Apparently it's an up and coming address to have with the likes of Jimmy Choo with a penthouse there too.

The days that lead to the wedding was a blur. Monday was the most stressful of all, we went to the US Embassy to get Mr J's letter of singlehood from the Ambassador, then rushed to find a commissioner of oath to sign our marriage resgistration form and the off to Shah Alam to get our marriage registered at the Department of Registration. We had called in prior to actually being in Malaysia to find out what exactly we needed to do and I don't know why I was surprised/shocked/sad when things didn't turn out the way we wanted. It aggravates me to no end how every single person at the Department has a different answer to one single question. It seems like no one knew what they were doing!!!! Needless to say, I stormed off and didn't care at all if we were registered in Malaysia or not as we don't reside there!

Other than that glitch and waiting for 4 hours just to renew my passport, I couldn't have asked for a better wedding!

I'll let the pictures do all the talking so look out for my next few posts.

It is nice to come home to...

A spotless house! Dishes washed and put away, 2 loads of laundry washed and dried, the mountain of shopping from the previous day all put away, sheets washed, pillows fluffed... spotless :) And I owe this all to JJ. He had to work this weekend but went out of his way because he knew I was stressed out with all the shopping I needed to get done before we left for Malaysia.

Some of you who read this may think that the man doing housework is normal... BUT this man is a little different... he usually does his 'clean up' of his designated 'areas' but the rest, he will usually help with when I ask him to, 'ask' being the operative word so the abovementioned tasks we beyond his 'job-description'... thank you honey, that was so thoughtful and sweet!

Anyways, I am glad this weekend is over! I was dreading it to begin with but after 16 hours of braving holiday shoppers, traffic, rain and $3,000 poorer, it is DONE!!!!! We're all set to get on that plane, hopefully relax and enjoy our families!