Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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Friday, January 20, 2012
过大礼 Day
The eve of 过大礼, where we prepared the items for Leecher to bring to my place the next morning. Bought 双喜 stickers to stick on all the items :)
The baskets that Leecher used to put all the items to 下聘 .
10 cans of pig trotters.
Leecher counting the money for the 聘金
Big packet that symbolized the importance of my worth in his heart, lol!
All the stuff that we prepared!
Holding onto the red packet! He was so scared of misplacing it.
Big packet that symbolized the importance of my worth in his heart, lol!
All the stuff that we prepared!
Holding onto the red packet! He was so scared of misplacing it.
Packing the items into the basket. They were so heavy that Leecher had difficulties carrying them the next day.
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After days of preparation, it was finally the day for 过大礼! I went back to mummy dearest place the night before after packing the items with Leecher.
Stuff that I brought back from our place for the occassion.
Leecher finally arrived!
He had to make several trips up and down to carry all the items.
Leecher finally arrived!
He had to make several trips up and down to carry all the items.
Together with his 小舅妈，who happened to be mummy dearest's classmate in sec school! Small world indeed :)
Stepping into the house at the auspicious timing, haha!
大姑姑 came to my place early to help out as well. Glad the day went well and it was a mad rush delivering all the cakes to my relatives. Delivered all the way from morning till night!
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Finally, the bananas turned ripe (after almost 1 week) and we had to eat it! Not a fan of bananas, but then still have to eat for the 2 of us.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wedding Cakes
We decided to have both traditional teochew biscuits & modern cakes as part of 过大礼.
We ordered our tradition teochew biscuits, commonly known as Wu Se Tang 伍色糖 from Gin Thye Cake Maker. They have been around since 1964 and extremely popular at specializing in traditional wedding cakes.
We ordered our tradition teochew biscuits, commonly known as Wu Se Tang 伍色糖 from Gin Thye Cake Maker. They have been around since 1964 and extremely popular at specializing in traditional wedding cakes.
伍色糖 are traditional wedding gifts from a Teochew bride to her relatives and it consisted of dou sha bing, ming tang, dou run, dou gong & lao ma gao.
For the western cakes, we went to Pine Gardens, one of my fave neighbourhood bakery.
Cake collection!
The set consisted of 9 mini cakes in their signature flavours, which includes tiramisu, lychee martini cake (their best-selling item), cheesecake, orange apricot blossom cake, strawberry shortcake, triple layer chocolate cake (my fave!), citrus drop, black-forest and raspberry chocolate cake. All my relatives were full of praises for the cakes & we were glad that we went ahead to order from Pine Gardens :)
Monday, January 16, 2012
Items for 过大礼
The wedding journey continues with our 过大礼 preparation! We chose our 过大礼 to be on a Sat - in accordance to our fengshui booklet which Master Long has given to us.
In fact, Master Long provided us with a booklet of auspicious dates for 3 years according to our ba zi, so we basically looked through all the dates and decided on dates for 过大礼, 安床 and actual day. We went to Chinatown and purchased stuff for the 过大礼.
We basically walked from our workplace to Chinatown, in search of a few recommended wedding shops that we gathered from the forum. We finally decided to purchase our stuff from Jia Jia Wedding Items, located @ Chinatown Complex.
The lady boss was quite friendly and explained the customs to us, so that we are aware of what needs to be bought and the meaning behind those items.
She used the basin as a shopping "cart" for me, and calculating the cost of all the items that we purchased. Not forgetting to throw in a few packets of ang-paos for us! Such good business tactics definitely go well with the ladies, haha!
In fact, Master Long provided us with a booklet of auspicious dates for 3 years according to our ba zi, so we basically looked through all the dates and decided on dates for 过大礼, 安床 and actual day. We went to Chinatown and purchased stuff for the 过大礼.
We basically walked from our workplace to Chinatown, in search of a few recommended wedding shops that we gathered from the forum. We finally decided to purchase our stuff from Jia Jia Wedding Items, located @ Chinatown Complex.
The lady boss was quite friendly and explained the customs to us, so that we are aware of what needs to be bought and the meaning behind those items.
The lady boss even offered us props for pic-taking.
She used the basin as a shopping "cart" for me, and calculating the cost of all the items that we purchased. Not forgetting to throw in a few packets of ang-paos for us! Such good business tactics definitely go well with the ladies, haha!
Friday, January 13, 2012
More Gatherings with Friends
TGIF! Weekends have taken on a new meaning ever since we moved in together - where we have to do housework! Haha, fortunately, we have a system in place so we know the roles & responsibilities of each other :) Helping out each other is a bonus! Anyway, more friends gathering with the usual suspects :)
with the pretty SSL over dinner near my workplace. Wedding bells are ringing for her soon & I'm so excited to see another of my sister getting hitched!
with the long-lost JC mate! His working hours are so insane & I definitely salute him for enduring the hours. I must count my lucky stars to be able to meet up with him for some serious catching up.
An impromptu lunch session with FMQ! This time round, it's at Moomba, one of my fave hangout place whenever I feel like having sandwiches. The pastas are really mouth-watering & you get to choose b/w half size and full size. Price-tags are slightly on the high side, but you get quality food!
An impromptu lunch session with FMQ! This time round, it's at Moomba, one of my fave hangout place whenever I feel like having sandwiches. The pastas are really mouth-watering & you get to choose b/w half size and full size. Price-tags are slightly on the high side, but you get quality food!Thursday, January 12, 2012
Gathering with Friends
One more day before it's TGIF! Almost the end of 2nd week and I'm feeling the stress for the year. New goals, new targets and not forgetting venturing into new markets. Well, work still needs to be done, so hopefully I'll keep a positive attitude :) Still clearing backlogs - gatherings with friends!
Meetup with Wanling @ Bali Thai. She's also quite a busy bee, with her hands full from marking & CCAs. Think the only chance I can catch up with her are during her school holidays :) Nothing beats catching up with each other over food and drinks.
The long awaited Councillor meetup! Tiongwee recommended a thai food eating outlet near his work-place and it was fabulous! Quite authentic thai food :) Looking forward to another meetup soon!
A meet up with Huaiqin, Sheena & Kaiwei @ Brussel Sprouts. Baby Kaela was still inside Mummy Sheena and by the time I'm blogging this, she's already almost 7 months old. She's such a darling baby, so adorable! More on her next time, as soon as I get the pictures from her dad's camera. Kaiwei brought along his kindle & showed it to us, but I still prefer holding a book in my hands and flipping through the pages.
Meetup with Wanling @ Bali Thai. She's also quite a busy bee, with her hands full from marking & CCAs. Think the only chance I can catch up with her are during her school holidays :) Nothing beats catching up with each other over food and drinks.
The long awaited Councillor meetup! Tiongwee recommended a thai food eating outlet near his work-place and it was fabulous! Quite authentic thai food :) Looking forward to another meetup soon!
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