An awesome wedding followed by a not-so-awesome cleaning

Saturday, 30 May 2009, 20:20 | Category : Post-Wedding Eternity
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Sorry folks, I know I have been missing out on posts here! There is a whole lot of posts waiting to be written but I am so caught up on other fronts of life.
Yesterday, it was the soft launch for The Wedding Mansion, a whole new concept in Singapore of having a couple of independent [...]

Smell the Roses and get pretty

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 1:08 | Category : Body and Beauty
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Before I start on a new post, I realized I made a boo-boo about the si dian jin. Many thanks to Ruth and Joyceln for pointing it out. Do please read their comments. Now, at least I know there are real people reading this blog!
Topic of the Day: Let’s talk about beauty. I have not [...]

Trousseau - The Next Generation

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 21:48 | Category : Gifts for the Bride
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If you are a lucky bride, you might just get some trousseau from your mother before the wedding. It is in the Cantonese Teochew Chinese tradition to give “si dian jin” which is contributed by the in-laws and sometimes, your own mum. In other races and religions, it could be wholly borne by the bride’s [...]

Flowers for Decoration

Sunday, 10 May 2009, 19:31 | Category : Wedding Decorations
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I always thought that flowers are kind of wasted during weddings. Plenty of them are used for decorations but thrown away at the end of the celebration. If flowers have souls, they would be crying. 
There was this couple who cleverly put a flower rack as the focal centerpiece of their aisle, saying their “I do” [...]

Around-the-World Wedding Theme

Sunday, 10 May 2009, 9:16 | Category : Wedding Themes
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The Bride’s Cafe got a post that got me goo-goo, i.e. eyes wide open and mouth gaping like I am seeing the Egyptian pyramid in Singapore. 
Kendall Brown of Eclatante Design and Donna O’Brien Of Beautiful Blooms put together floral centerpieces to depict cities of the world and in line with the theme, guests were given boarding passes to the [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Sunday, 10 May 2009, 8:52 | Category : Wisdom
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It’s Mother’s Day. For people from my time zone, how did it go? For people whose time zone is at least half a clock behind, are there plans?
Honestly, we all have some weird relationships with our mothers. Sometimes, it can even be described as a love or hate thing. Some people treat their parents with [...]