16th Jan 2009... A Decade of Love...

It's 16th Jan 2009, 0045hrs... I should be sleeping by now considering that I will have to wake up at 5.45am... But I just want to write a short post first to share before heading to dreamland...

BECAUSE today is the day which many of us, me especially, has been waiting for.... :) I am very very excited about it....

It is the legal union of Jarrod & Ruyuan.... The day when RY will be Mrs Wong aka Mdm Chen officially.... No more Miss....

As I thought of the gatecrashing ideas that we gonna pull later, I start to imagine the expressions of the bestman and groomsmen... Waahahhaha... Hallucination......

Jarrod will be spared in the morning but things will be different at night... when the senior guests have gone home.... when the place belongs to us, close friends, solely.... hiak hiak hiak... *evil laugh*

I hope RY will like what we had prepared for her too... kekekeke...

New year not happy afterall...

Year 2008 had been a very eventful one, politically and financially worldwide... Nearer to home and closer to myself it's nothing better either... Bobby's sudden departure was the most difficult to deal with... And my wish for the New Year 2009 was that everything will be a fresh new start...

This new year countdown, I was at home instead watching the Taiwan countdown party on cable.. Though it's nothing spectacular except for the mega stars performance, it's still better than our own homegrown countdown programmes at least...

Finally the clock struck 12midnight.. 010109... And I thought.. "Yay!! A final closure to a bad 08 and a new chapter for 09... Happy New Year everyone!"

At early morning, I was watching the news on CNA when it reported that a fire had broken out in Bangkok's Santika club killing 56 patrons and injuring 100+ others who were there to usher in the new year... My first thought... Damn... Why does such a thing have to happen on the 1st hour of a new year?? May God bless all the victims though...

So happily I met up with Angie to accompany her for CNY shopping in Tampines later in the afternoon when I received a call from Geannie... No, she didn't call to wish me HNY but to ask if I heard of the fatal fire in BKK... Bad feeling overcame me... She will never call me to ask abt such news unless someone I know is involved...

And I'm right... not 1 but 4 were part of the unlucky ones... Both Donald and Adeline were badly burnt and recovering now... His 2 other colleagues weren't that fortunate... This really hit upon me as a shock, a very big one... though I only know Don and Ade personally, my heart went out for all 4 of them, their families and friends... It aches each time I come across news update on this freak accident... Though life will still have to go on, it will never be the same again for everyone affected.... and for now, I hope that this couple will be strong and recover soon...

Being a Bridesmaid is tough too...

Everyone had thought being a bridesmaid is better than a bestman...

Says who??? We didn't......

This was my 2nd time being a jiemei & a 1st for the rest of the ladies....

and the lucky bride is none other than our cute cute Roanna aka Xiaomei...

No doubt we had prepared gruesome stuff for the brothers who are total strangers to us but they had their day too.... why??

i've wanted to upload the express edit but the file is too large, so I did a screen capture to summarize instead...

Searching the fridge for the things that we bought the nite before

Shumei, pretty chief chef @ work

The rest of the pretty jiemeis helping out
The 'tasty' morning breakfast done

and we were all ready to take on the men.....

Here comes the groom

and his first task...

enough of him blasting sad songs from Shin when we were back in Bris

this time he had to sing a love song for his wife who is up on the 4th floor

"Forever Love" - Wang Lee Hom

Alfred & his bestmen (best meh?)

First nego in progress...

Sharon kept chanting we want all the ang pows

This bestman claimed that we said he's ugly..

since he had the upper say as all the angpows were with him..

though we don't recall any of us saying that..

But errmm.... since he said so.. then yes he is UGLY..

OK, this was where all the crazy scuffling began...

We actually forgot to latch the padlock after letting Alf's sis into the house..

and i'm actually the culprit!!!!

I should have locked them out in the 1st place.

sorry babes!

Come to think of it, it was pretty scary...

I was stucked between both sexes...

holding on tightly to the gate with all my bloody strength...

6 femmes vs 8 guys

High pitched screams "ahhHH!!" on my left..

Deep loud voices "chiong ahh!!" on my right..

I nearly went deaf... hahhahaha..

and the only statement I can hear clearly was from Kris yelling..

"Gwen!! Get out, we'll close the door!!!"

and to get out, I have no choice but to use the ultimate strength I have left

and elbowed the brother in the chest who was nearest to me.. :p

**Sorry dude, whoever u are

After that, they even tried to push the door open..

Sharon and I tried to force the gate back but the guyz were pulling it out..

To make them let go.. I had to pull the "metal teeth" stunt

So, I bit the first available arm hard enough to make him release his grip..

It worked and there was one more hand...

A taller guy I suppose as I remembered biting on his upper arm..

**apologies to both of them..

Shumei looking thru the peephole to make sure everything's alrite.

Finally all settled, gate was pushed back to normal locked state..
And it's confirmed locked before the door was re-opened again..

As time's running out, we had to fasten the pace... doing everything at the same time

4 chosen bestmen by Alfred

1st up with full make up.

he's such a pretty boy, isn't he??

hahahaha

next up, if Gino from Boiler Room were to see him like this,
he would have asked him was it his mum or dad who did it with a reindeer.... kekeke...

3rd, a bikini-clad dude.. This chap is irritating enough to piss anyone off..
He simply disappeared after wearing it..

Last but not least, a flamboyant dancing bestman..
who had tried to snatch a kiss from Sharon..

Angry bridesmaids... who were they pointing at??

The "Mao" game..

Thanks to the dude who ran down 4 levels to his car and back up to contribute the coins to us..
*his id remained mysterious.. but I know he's someone who frequents Thailand cos I found Thai baht in it when I did the counting...

The 4 flavors dishes were supposed to be served separately but since the guys deliberately dragged the time.. we had our back up plan too..

The ultimate body cleansing "Breakfast Shake"

First SniffSecond sniff"Dah ah!!"
Kudos to this bestman who was so courageous

The leftover raw mini bittergourd with mayo, fresh garlic and mustard

How's the taste??? Why the whole piece??I thought reindeer eat greens?
apparently this one doesn't as he only took a small bite...

Next up... The pole dancing with Alfred as the human pole..
Background music was "Buttons" by The Pussycat dolls..

Finally got the bikini dude back in the pic...
Observe enough, he was just right there hiding swaying his ass to the music..

Having fun with Alfred..
Throw him a dollar for his act..

But then within a split second, I became their pole instead..

Had their fun.. It's time to open the door..
Apparently, the money wasn't enough... But it's ok..
We did it all for fun only though Lee Lee looked like she's disappointed..
(fact is, she's not.. it's only a camera trick..)
hahahhaha....

So here comes the 3rd son-in-law for the Yang familyOops, not yet..
Alfred had to sign a pre-nuptial agreement which we had specially designed..
Witnessed by the happy Uncle Yang aka his father-in-law

Finally he got to open the bedroom door where his anxious bride was waiting..

A happy couple who hadn't seen each other for 24hours only..First kiss of the day..
many more to come in the evening.

Receiving the congratulatory blessings from all of us..
This angpow bestman was heard telling Alfred happily that he had helped to save 3 angpows..

But hey dude, if u ever get to read my blog..
I just wanna tell u...
Yes, u had helped to saved Alfred's money but u forgot to help him save his face which is the most important to him... :)

So who's the ultimate winner of this crazy battle?? We ladies are~~ :D

Christian the Lion

Came across this video while surfing online this morning and decided to share with you guys.

It's very heartwarming to see this special relationship shared between the king of jungle and humans. who says such only materialise in cartoons?

I don't know why but I couldn't control my tears while watching this.. probably it reminds me of Bobby who also did the same thing to me whenever I came back from a vacation..

Me, Ms Gwen & Dr Gween

Hello!! I'm back again this time with a so-called proper blog entry for Dec.. Tis the season to be jolly~~ since Dec is the month of sharing and giving so I've decided to share with you guys on the different sides of me...

My signature usual getup consists of T-shirt, jeans/shorts, flip flops and messy hair with a hairpin trying to keep my short fringe in place, face must be kept as bare as possible.. no image, some people might say... but who cares.. don't like then don't look at me...

- ME -

Make up applies when I have to be out on client calls or when I go clubbing, but still it is only minimal "colouring"...

But on 29th Nov, I've changed temporary.. For I became a damsel in the day and a vixen in the night.. shit... I hate to use that 'v' word but I really felt like one at that moment..

And so, my concoction of damsel look includes some light makeup & gloss, neat straight hair which was just coloured and treated the day before, a pair of simple dangling earrings and a white dress.. And tah-dahhh...

- Ms Gwen -

This was all thanks to Roanna for if it's not her wedding, I would not added a whole white outfit into my wardrobe.. and oh man... Me becoming a dainty lady would all have been reality if I don't open my mouth and talk... :)

Next up, the highlight of this post... Not knowing how to keep my hair in place so I went down to my hairstylist salon in Far East for advice and setting... With the evening dress that I'm wearing plus the makeup, she suggested pulling my hair back and tying together with a temp perm for a sophiscated look.. Thinking it was something simple and trusting her for she's an old hand at styling Mediacorp artistes when she was with Monsoon, I gave the green light....

30mins later, I look like some star ready to walk the red carpet of fame for Star Awards...

- Dr Gween -

Jaw dropped, I wasn't the only one who couldn't recognise myself... The girls were like wow wee... Gwen~~!! The guys were like "GWEN! never see u dressed like this before!" (but pls leh, i must be crazy to dress like this for our usual gatherings) The videographer didn't know I was just standing beside him until I spoke... The photographer said I've transformed 100%.. Even my bestie who saw the photo said I looked so not me...

Is that the reason why I got approached for my number? I've no idea... but sorry, I don't entertain married men..