The launch of Yong and Mel's Wedding Blog.

Today is a special day for Tubbs and I and we just want to announce something important! From exactly 365 days from today, on 21 Oct 2011, Tubby and I will be walking down the aisle:

So I'm launching our wedding blog: http://yongandmelswedding.blogspot.com. Do pop by to have a look and feel free to leave a comment or say hi! :)

It's time we talked a little about Our Wedding. ;)

Everyone feels that their wedding day comes and goes too quickly, thus nowadays I see people posting up their wedding photos very much later or they post again to their Facebook profile to bring back memories of that special event. After all, it is the most important day of your life and it only happens once in a lifetime for most of us. Thus I have decided to start a wedding blog to record down our plans and preparations, and to share with family and friends in the months leading up to our special day.

Our wedding plans/preps kinda started on 3rd April – when we dropped by Little John Memorial Chapel at Tubby’s high school, Scotch College. Of course in the first few months after the proposal, you tend to get all excited and want to quickly start with the planning. We have since booked the chapel, celebrants and photographer, visited a few reception places and did some bridal gown browsing and try-outs.

Since we had about a year and a half from April, Tubby and I realised we can take our time instead of rushing later. The early start also helped as plans are at a halt for the moment since Tubby broke his leg. We both want our wedding to be something special and memorable not only for us, but for everyone who attends too – I promise I ain’t gonna turn out to be a Bridezilla! LOL. :p

Our Wedding will be held in Melbourne on Fri, 21 Oct 2011. There will be another two dinners in both Singapore and Malaysia around Dec / Jan 2012. We also plan to do a pre-wedding photo shoot in Melbourne around Oct / Nov this year and then another one in Malaysia (for the beautiful gowns!) in April next year.

From Today, it's exactly:I plan to launch the wedding blog exactly on the one year countdown to our wedding and so in the meantime, I just want to share a few photos. A couple of weeks ago, mum and I brought my pre-wedding photo shoot gown for alterations at one of the bridal shops near my place:

The seamstress and also the owner of the shop putting pins on my gown to bring up the gown and shorten it according to my height.
Mum suggested to take a photo when the seamstress was done with the pinning just so we can compare when alterations are done.
The owner was also really smart to inform that she had a sale on and was clearing stock. This was one of the gowns I tried on - I still need an actual day gown. I'll elaborate more on the wedding blog.

Till then, thanks for all your support and care, I'll be busy getting the wedding blog up and running for 21 Oct and spending time with mum too. :)

Birthday Celebrations and Wedding Proposal 2010

So much has happened in the past few months and I finally found the time to update on the most significant one. ;p On 23 March this year, on my 2xth birthday, darling finally popped the question. It wasn't entirely the way that I had wanted it to be, but I'll give him some credit for it.

For some funny reason, I had a special feeling even before my birthday this year and decided to declare an earlier start for my birthday celebrations and it proved right as to why I had those feelings. :p So here goes

Fri 19th Mar: Had dinner with tubby and then went to Build-A-Bear workshop and I decided to make an Autumn Teddy Bear and I called her Cinnamon.
Sat 20 Mar: Special 3-Course meal at the Baths Restaurant in Brighton with tubby, James and a couple of his friends and we took a nice relaxing walk by the pier
Tues 23 Mar: Had Japanese lunch, went back to Build-A-Bear workshop and this time made a Rabbit for the coming easter and decided to name her Bailey. Dinner was at Rock Pool restaurant in Crown.

Yummy 3 -course meal at the Baths Restaurant in Brighton. These are some of the entrees and main courses that we chose. Dessert was Bread Pudding, Berries and Cream or Apple Crumble.

Nice relazing stroll along Brighton Beach after our enormous meal. Haha... a shot of James and Darling from the back

Me and darling. :)

Another shot of Brighton Beach with the Pier in the background. And there was this enclosed area where people can swim - called the Brighton Baths - duhh.. :p

Making a wish with my rabbit's heart before she is brought "to life".

Choosing clothing and footwear for Bailey. Boy it took more than an hour for me to decide. Darling was quite patient.

Teddy Cinnamon and Bunny Bailey. :) They even have birth certs!

The delicious and upper class dinner we had at Rock Pool Melbourne. The bill was quite hefty - which darling paid. hehe...

Outside Crown and the Yarra River by night - also where he dropped down on his knees for a brief moment and popped the question properly this time! (First was inside the restaurant. ) :P

A couple shot as we headed home for the night - and a very blissful and beaming me. :D

Hand in hand and ring on finger. :)

Now quite a bit has gone on for our wedding preps since then. We already have the venue and celebrants booked, gone to quite a few bridal shops to tryout gowns (for me!) and attended the recent Bridal Fair by Australian Bridal Service. Will update soon!

Meantime if you're interested, here's the rest of the album:
Birthday Celebrations and Proposal 2010