Missrep

Today, J was looking at my older entries and got me looking through some of them too. I forgot so many of them!

I came across my old ’08 entries on Phi Phi Island, and they’ve got me thinking how bad the island now is. 🙁

Tonsai Bay (don’t believe Google Images) – I renamed Pangsai (Hokkien for Shit) Bay. The whole stretch was littered in crap!

Bamboo Island – Jason and I actually screamed in the Public Toilets. Every cubicle had something Freddy Krueger horrible in it e.g. used tampon in a soap dish.

Thai Hospitality – Apparently now reserved for Chavs/Chavettes from the UK who spend 80% of the day stinking of beer. We saw two Chavettes smoking knee deep in the sea, then one Chavette actually runs up to the beach to put out her cigarette. With. Her. Foot. She then topped it off by covering the cigarette butt she left behind with sand. Yup. Such class! The other Chavette probably just chucked her cigarrette butt into the ocean which would then float with the rest of the debris that you will find simply floating in the sea surrounding Phi Phi Island.

The Chinese Cometh – Yes, I’m a Malaysian of Chinese descent and therefore I should feel some kinship for them. But, no. No, I don’t. I really don’t. I felt like punching the locals who burst into Mandarin at me.

I love my fiancé.

N, J, and I went shopping yesterday at Pavilion for my wedding heels.

It was unexpectedly The Best Shopping Trip Ever.

I had gone to Pavilion a fortnight ago, and whilst strolling in Parkson with J, spotted a gorgeous Carven Sense tube dress by Carven Ong that would be perfect for the ROM. I love Carven Ong’s wedding gowns but there was no way I could afford to buy one. When bridal shop hunting, I simply had to content myself with asking the bridal shops whether or not they carried Carven Ong dresses thus ensuring that I could end up renting one. Funnily enough when I was picking my dresses on Thursday (see my entry below), I was not bothered with labels at all! 🙂 Too busy gushing at myself in the mirror, hahaha… narcissistic me.

Anyway, I had a look at the price tag and it was just within budget. The price tag was highlighted in yellow, so I asked the sales lady if it was on sale, but she said it wasn’t so I decided that I might be able to find a cheaper dress. It is after all 5 months before my ROM.

Well… during The Best Shopping Trip Ever, we were in Parkson again AND this time the dress was 20% off! Muahahaha… there were 3 only, in sizes S, M and L. So I took the M and went to the dressing room. It was so pretty, I loved the diamante detail. It was a little bit tight on top so I thought maybe I was an L, so I asked J to grab the L, but he came back and so there was no size L! I was like “Of course there is! I saw it!” It turned out that seconds after I took M, another couple took L and was trying it on! Of course I couldn’t get M unless I tried L, what if it was the right size for me? So we anxiously waited for the other couple to come out, hoping that they weren’t gonna buy it too. N (doing a great job as my Man of Honour) asked the sales lady to tell the girl trying it on that it was horrid on her. Hahahaha…. Luck was with us, cause they decided not to get it, so I got to try it on too. It turned out that I am an M after all 🙂 S and L also had different diamante detail compared to M, and M’s was way nicer. They also had a free alteration service, so they measured me up, and next week I’ll be picking it up! 🙂 I was really surprised that I managed to find my ROM dress so soon. I had been dreading shopping for it.

We then focused on the original purpose of the shopping trip – finding heels that are tall enough for me and not just pretty but wedding pretty. I had brought the highest pair of heels I had to the bridal shop when trying on my dresses, and I knew that I definitely had to get a pair as tall as those or I’d have problems on the actual day itself. The dresses looked so good when I put on tall heels. I was advised by Boey to get silver heels because if I bought white ones, I’d have to buy another pair to match my evening gowns. My shopping luck continuing, I very quickly found 3 tall and pretty silver Bill Keith shoes. Alas! I soon found that they didn’t have my size. I have midget size 35 feet.

I was not to be deterred though, fresh off my joy from finding my ROM dress, I decided to look around some more and found a pair of gorgeous white Zang Toi heels, 10% off, sparkly, tall and amazingly, comfy! I decided on the spur of the moment to stretch my budget a bit and buy another pair of heels to match my evening gowns. I snapped up the heels, and after prancing around in them in my room for an hour tonight, I’ve tucked them away in my room to wait for my big day.

Funnily enough, I only just realized tonight that I don’t even have to buy another pair of heels, because both my evening gowns are pastel, and white heels will go with them. 🙂 As my heels were so comfy, I also thought that maybe they were shorter than the pair of shoes I brought to the bridal shop. I measured them earlier, and guess what, my heels are in fact taller! *bliss*

Since CNY, both J and I have been completely bogged down at work. We had not taken a single day of annual leave since February. March to May 2010 was completely bereft of public holidays, so we were v. v. v. eagerly waiting for Wesak Day Friday to come by. We both took annual leave on Thursday and Monday, giving us a seriously long deserved 5-day-break from reality.

On Thursday, J and I went to our bridal shop, Vogue Collection in SS2, for our 2 o’clock appointment to pick my dresses! 🙂 Tres happy!

The moment the shop assistant, a v. sweet girl called Boey, said go ahead and pick the dresses you want to try, I went crazy! We tried to keep it systematic, so I tried on wedding gowns first and then evening gowns. It took us 5 hours but I was as happy as Charlie in the Chocolate Factory! I loved so so so many of the wedding gowns, it is a crime that we are only allowed to wear those gowns once in our lives. 🙂

Anyway, I only had to pick 2 wedding gowns and 2 evening gowns, 1 each for the photoshoot and actual day. The ones for the photoshoot are usually a lot more “drama” because you don’t have to walk around in them much.

From the 2 photoshoot wedding gowns I shortlisted, it was pretty obvious that I was letting the Disney Princess Wannabe in me have her day at last. J, JX and N (the Jury) thought there was no contest between the 2, and I can’t wait to wear the one I picked!

The actual day evening gown was also very easy to pick, I didn’t even shortlist another. I just knew I wanted that one. It’s in my favourite colour (pink, duh!), very light and flowy. I can already imagine myself running around during the dinner and having a blast in it!

The actual day wedding gown was a bit more difficult, I shortlisted 3 and I loved them all! One was exactly the kind I thought I would pick when I was little (simple and modern), the second was exactly the kind I thought I would never pick (detailed and slightly retro), the third was just so pretty (light and flowy too!). The Jury was split. N was clear that he liked the second, my brother liked the first and the second, J like me (bless him) liked all three.

In the end, I picked the second one, yup, the kind I thought I would never pick! I just think it was the most flattering on me. The third would have been really risky, cause though it fit, I definitely had to lose more weight to fit it perfectly. The first was really hard not to pick, it was the kind I always thought I would wear after all… ultimately something in me just clicked and I decided the second one was it. 🙂 The first one sort of had the same silhouette as the photoshoot wedding gown I picked so by picking the second one I kinda got to wear both the ones I liked.

I actually picked my photoshoot wedding gown almost instantaneously but the stubborn me couldn’t believe that it wasn’t pink! Hahaha… I truly thought that I’d be going pink all the way. So I had shortlisted another dress. Out of the 2 though, the Jury was unanimous. So the long and short of it, is that I’ve picked my 4 dresses, 6 months to go before D.Day 🙂

… to be continued.