Wedding shooting-Indoor

Date: 16.8.08 (Sat)

Venue: StarEast Bridal Studio, Sunway
Time: 11am-6pm

Wow..finally this day has come! Our wedding photo shooting day. We had booked the wedding shooting package in February and decided to separate the shooting into 2 sessions-indoor (16/8) and outdoor (29/8). The gown selection was on 2/8.

One day before the shooting, I went for manicure. It was nice but then had brought me some inconvenience especially in dealing with contact lens. Kinda regret. :p

It was a long day! We had 6 shots with 6 sets of gowns-2 bridal gown, 2 evening gown and 2 costumes. Our photographer was Lucas and make-up artist was C.Ling. I had changed 6 different styles of hairstyles, to match my gown. Very tiring as I had to change 6 gowns and Mark is relatively free as compared to me. During my make-up time, he got to take short nap while waiting for me and just need to change his hairstyle as and when needed. Perhaps because we were so busy with the shooting, we actually skipped lunch and do not feel hungry at all..hehe.

The photographer was basically directing our shots..showing us our poses, reminding us to smile and relax..We chose the Korean and Chinese ancient costumes as our last 2 shots. The whole shooting session was really fun, despite the tiredness. Our outdoor shooting would be in Prai in another 2 weeks time. Gonna be another long day and hopefully the weather will be good!

After the shooting, we had dinner with Mark’s friends at the opposite restaurant-Buffet steamboat. The business was so good that you can see people queuing up patiently to be seated. Luckily WT came earlier and managed to get a place. I guessed the main attraction of this restaurant is their chicken wings. We sort of counted that they served chicken wings every 20 minutes and you would be surprised that people actually rushing to grab the chicken wings. If you are slow in action, then sorry, you gotta wait for another 20 minutes and better be fast during the next attempt.

We went home around 8.30pm. Mark twisted his ankle 2 days before during his badmin

ton game. His ankle was swollen after a day long of shooting. Hopefully he will get enough of rest and his ankle will get better before our next shooting.

I liked this gown with the hairstyles..made me looked like the Disney princess..hehe..and
Mark looked smart!

1 day outing to Lanchang, Pahang

Date: 10.8.08 (Sunday)
Time: 7am-7.30pm
Venue: Lanchang, Pahang

About a month ago, my boss, TC, discussed with me that she wanted to organize a family outing within her department (Accounts/QA/IT/Admin) and appointed me to be the organizer, together with 3 other secretaries. After gathering feedbacks from my colleagues, we had decided to go to Lanchang, Pahang on 10.8.08.

Our main destinations were the Elephant Sanctuary, Kuala Gandah and the Deerland. I was in-charged of the logistics matter. I managed to engage the bus drier that I have known and he also suggested to me to visit two more places, Sempalit groundnut factory and Taofu factory at Raub.

I have included my mum, sis and my cousin’s sons to join me for this outing. On that day, we departed from my office at around 7.20am. The journey was pretty smooth. About an hour later, we met up with TC and family at the Genting Sempah R&R before continuing our journey to the first destination – Sempalit groundnut factory. This is a famous groundnut factory in Raub. Each of us bought packets of groundnut. Next we went to this Taofu factory, which is famous of the ‘Taofu pok’. The owner let us tested the taufu pok. Most of the ‘aunties’ enjoyed their ‘shopping’ there.

We stopped by for lunch at Raub. Then, it took us about 1.5 hours to reach the Elephant Sanctuary. It was so crowded. Elephant Sanctuary and Deerland were the main tourist spots in Lanchang. The entrance fee to Elephant Sanctuary is free, however, if you wish to participate in the elephant feeding, riding, bathing, you need to pay for it.

We spent about 2 hours there. We saw how the workers bathed the elephant, we had the chance to feed the elephant and also had a ride with elephant. It was fun.

Deerland is located nearby the Elephant Sanctuary. The entrance fee is RM5 for adult and RM3 for child. The main attraction was to feed the deer. They are so cute and tame. We fed them potatoes. Besides the deer, there are animals like ostrich, porcupine, sun bear, chicken, birds and monkeys. The sun bear is being treated like the king. When we were there, the near was basically lying down on the ground, eating nuts and we are allowed to take pictures with the bear.

After a long day, finally we departed from Lanchang at around 5.30pm. Most of us were so tired and slept in the bus. Two hours later, ended our 1 day outing. Thank God the weather was good, journey was smooth and everyone had an enjoyable day.

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婚姻存摺

我的'婚姻存摺'是出嫁那天，媽媽遞到我手上的，

當時,我以為會是一大筆錢，打開一看發現只有1000元，

我用失望的眼神看著媽媽，媽媽卻笑著說:'這是我特意為你們辦理的'婚姻存摺'，

'以後每逢值得紀念的日子，都可以存一筆錢，

等到老的時候,裡面除了錢,還有無限的幸福…'。

當時,我對母親這份心思不以為然,倒是丈夫記在了心上。

婚後沒多久!，他就先後存了兩個500元，

一個是因為他升職了，第二個是因為我手術治愈出院。

當時我嘴上笑他無聊，其實心裡甜蜜無比，

畢竟他把我的健康也當作一件讓他感到幸福的事。

沒過多久,我懷孕了,這一次,我足足往裡面存了2000元。

但很快，我們開始有了爭吵和冷漠﹔

孩子出生帶來的快樂是短暫的，洗不完的尿布、喂不完的奶，

進一步加劇了我們感情的惡化而那本婚姻存摺像被遺忘了，

寂寞地躺在抽屜角落，上面的數字久未見漲。

我們鬧離婚的時候，媽媽說:你們先把存摺上面的錢花光了再離吧，

雖然錢不多，但是你們共同的財產。

於是，我第一次取了1000元，然後拎著幾件心儀已久的衣服離開商場時，

我又回去對售貨小姐說:'對不起,我不買了!請你退回我剛才付給你的錢。'

也許當時的局面窘迫極了，

但我腦海裡想到的是那1000元婚姻積蓄的來源:

他是個害羞的男人，但曾在街頭大聲地對我說'我愛你'，我為此存下100元，

他記得我的生日、鞋號、密碼及最怕的事，我為此在生日那天存下300元，

他對女人有風度,也有距離，不給暗戀他的女下屬任何機會，我為此存下500元...

啊，這1000元裡就有這麼多的幸福積累，

再看看婚姻存摺上的兩萬多元，我的眼睛忽然就有些濕潤起來。

晚上回到家，我把存摺交給他，說:'趕緊花吧，花光了好離婚。

第二天晚上，他把存摺遞到我手上，我打開一看，發現反而多了1000元。

他說:'那上面的每一元錢都記錄著我們走過的歷程。'

我第一次發覺原來是這樣的愛你，索性又存進了1000元，

我們從此又和好如初了。

還是媽媽說得對，以愛情的名義為婚姻開個戶口，

把夫妻間所有快樂的、幸福的、浪漫的事，通通存進銀行！

有了這本日積月累的婚姻存摺，即使是再貧窮的婚姻，也決不害怕透支。

這一生，你可能會遇到許多喜歡你的人。

但是，你可能永遠都遇不到一個你真正愛的人。

所以，一但遇到了，一定要好好的把握。

很多事情，錯過了就沒有了，錯過了就是會變的，緣份也是。