A New Start, A New Journey: December 2007

After a long while of silence, we are back to blogging. It seemed like for a short period of time, nothing much needed to be done prior to the wedding.. The hotel has already been booked and the bridal package signed. Just about a week ago, we gotten the official hotel contract and had gone through a couple rounds of amendments (as usual.. ) before we finally signed on the dotted line (well Mike did.. =P ). The thing is, our wedding planner, Mr Toh (Tom) had a bad fall and aggravated his old injury on his ankle. Poor guy still had to climb up and down despite his slight limping..Kudos to him for such high tolerance of pain..Due to this, we only managed to liaise with him via email and phone. But none the less, he did his job quite well. Attentive and yet sensitive to our needs!

Oh, did we tell you that we got our "food tasting" session eventually?? kekeke.. Yes.. we did. Complimentary of the hotel (on our planner's account! Hahaha)... We really enjoyed ourselves there and even had a glass of champagne each courtesy of Tom. It was indeed an experience. To some extend, it felt like we are not in Singapore at all. The whole Victorian, vintage look swept our minds away in the busy little town right outside city hall. Most of the crowd at the restaurant were also foreigners..

Today.. Mike, me and a friend of mine, Jas (girl in green), went for our 1st round of "look see" at the bridal studio. Our(well mainly my) 'mission' was to try on the different dresses available at the studio. Mike had made an appointment earlier to do so, about a month back..We went there with the initial feeling of only seeing what they have, never meant for it to be a decision making day as there was still a long way to go to our wedding day. Key Objective of today: to try on as many dresses as I can and take note of each individual dress. Kinda like a school girl going for a survey research feel... hahaha..

The initial start was slow... even though I have an idea of what I wanted, the choice of dresses they have on display is endless...To me, every other dress on the rack looks alike. And because they are all in the cover, it was very difficult to see the full extent of the dress until you actually take it out and wear it on. After about half an hour or, Jas and me picked out 3 dresses.. A tube dress, halter neck and couture. At that point, we are already lost in the sea of gowns.. But just to start on the mission, I decided to try these 3 selected dresses. Before we made our move, our helpful assistant for the day, Linda ( the store assistant) brought out a dress from her collection. A dress that typically weighs a ton just holding it!! Imagine when I have to wear it on???

And so it all begins. I started off with the heavy one.. hahaha... long flowy, vintage ivory white ( a little to the beige cream tone). Silk with beaded embroidery all the way to the end of the skirt. A long train that simply just put the whole gown together. A look at the dress is not impressive at all.. but when I wore it ON...... OMG... I'm speechless. Its a little tight because its not really my fit but already enough to make me feel like its made for ME!! The whole Victorian look is just amazing.... no wonder girls dream about their weddings for as long as they can remember! Just wearing it alone is a challenge. The weight and the amount of details put onto it seems so fragile to me... I can never zip the back myself not to mention tie the lace up. I definitely need a helper on the actual day!!! Any volunteers??? (Pls kindly submit your entry form to me ASAP..kekeke)

When I took the dress off, I realised how heavy it was... the next dress was so much lighter.. Partially also due to the type of material that it was made of.. Satin with organza layering.. It was such an ease to move around!! Could also be because there wasn't any train at the end of the skirt... But its WHITE.. Its the kind of white that is so white, it has a tinge of blueish hue to it. With my tan skin, the combination is a disaster. ( although I quite like the design leh.. the back part of the dress is full lace... so its like super sexy!) But I have to face the fact that it doesn't match my skin colour.... so NEXT! Mike managed to sneak in some pics (see below)...Opinions people!!!

This other dress I tried on was a halter neck piece with a V drop at the front.. I loved the material and the colour of it... but I looked kinda 'old' in it. The halter V was abit out of proportion... Aiyah, can't complain too much.. its not even my size. The boobies area looks soooo big due to the "sponge" tat was attached to it... I felt like a mama bimbo. It's awful... horribly awful. I always thought I look good in halter.. but this piece change my mind.

This next piece I tried on was another winner. A simple bustier gown with lots of organza layering.. almost like a ballerina. Just that the skirt if all the way to the floor. Very elegant and yet simple. My kind of style... kekeke.. Something I am looking for to be worn during the day. I can't afford to have such a heavy material on me, combined with full make-up and hair-do, and not forgetting walking here and there on a hot sunny day.. It was be unbearable.... spare me!

Here are some pictures that we took during the entire session. Will write more on the upcoming part 2.. I am very tired and beaten. Its not even a full day thing yet.. I wonder sometimes how am I ever gonna get through the entire day!