Single Digit

Wow! Only a single-digit # of days untill the big big day!!

幕後Helpers

There are friends who helped us with little things in the background.

There are friends who are not even attending our wedding but care about it just as much.
"Just let me know if you need any help." or a simple question like "How has your wedding preparation been?" made us realize how many people care about us.
We would like to say "Thank You" to all these people.

我們的婚禮除了"幕前"的一眾好幫手外, 還有很多朋友親戚在背後幫了我們一把. 有些告訴我們那裡買東西好, 有些幫買東西, 有些幫忙搬運不同東西, 很多朋友給了很多貼是給我們, 有些朋友背後幫了我們還沒有告訴我們! 像 out-of-town guests 的 accommodation 全自動搞掂哂不用我們煩.

其實我很擔心有些朋友會因為我們沒有找他們婚禮當天幫手而誤會我們沒視他們作朋友. 但其實因為我們很東西都交了給vendors去做, 所以真的不需要太多人手幫忙. 每一句"你們要幫手就出聲啦!" 都給了我們很大的支持. 最開心是有些不來我們婚禮的朋友也很關心我們的進度, 看得出身邊有很多錫我們的人. 熟我們的人都應該清楚朋友對我們的重要性, 所以希望沒有人為着我們的安排而介懷.

在此跟一直關心我們婚禮進展的人, 幫過我們的朋友, 及跟我們說過"你們要幫手就出聲啦!"的人說聲"謝謝!".

Schedule移交典禮

今天起床時, 看看wedding schedule... ... 咦, 下個禮拜已是我們的婚禮. "下個禮拜", 聽上來好接近!

今晚跟我們超級體貼的wedding GM: Tung and Ta (aka EasTa) 進行了一個簡單而隆重的Wedding Schedule轉交儀式, 把我們放了很多心血去準備的婚禮當日的時間表交到他們手中.

寫了三個月wedding blog也沒有提及太多關於我們Wedding GM. EasTa 他們是我在大學認識的, 但都是畢業後做義工變得熟起來. 他們很好人很好人. 很多事也替別人想得周到. 跟他們在一起就是很舒服. 今年我們還成為鄰居, 真是我們的福氣.

初時, 我們以為我們的wedding應該會很簡單. 當我們的wedding GM 應該沒有甚麼要做. 找這對住在我們隔鄰, 下年結婚的朋友幫幫忙就最好不過. 說真, 如何簡單的婚禮都有很多細微的東西要跟進. Wedding GM有何時會任務簡單? 但想不到的是EasTa 如何認真, 很多東西他們都主動幫我們想, 而且非常非常仔細. 萬二分感謝!

只有一個多星期便到我們的婚禮, 把我們的wedding schedule交給這兩個我們非常信任的朋友, 我們就可以好好放鬆一下, 等待我們大日子的來臨.

Easta & CoKa

Meeting with our Slideshow Master

Billy昨晚冒着風雪到我們家弄Slide Show. Ka和我两個都是極重視相片的人, 所以Billy的工作真不易. 首先要在200Gb的相片(還要大部分是風景相及Billy從未見過的人的相)中找五分鐘的slideshow materials已經不是每個人都做到. (真要給他十個叻! 叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!叻!)

希望Billy沒有被我們的認真嚇壞 (昨晚弄到成一點呢! 不過我們可productive呀. 揀好相, 排好次序, 還選了音樂). Slideshow 還有一個多星期便面世了! Billy大佬, thank you thank you!

Just 2 More Weeks!!

I am surprised to hear our friends would actually follow our wedding to-do list on this blog. That really shows me how much of our friends care about us. :) :) :) 两個星期便是我們的婚期了, 我們剩下要做的只餘下少少東西.

So. With just 2 weeks away! What are things on our plate? Drum Rolls ~~~~
Helpers Meeting (Next Sunday)
Wedding Slide Show
Wedding Photos Display
Final Dress Fitting
Pick up Wedding Attires (Tux, Wedding Gown, Chinese Dress)
Pick up Hooks
Pick up Photos (guest book, engagement photo, stand)
Transport items to Arcadian Court before the wedding
Toasting Flutes
Double check seating plans & Assemble Placecards
Assemble hanging photos
Buy thank you gifts
Buy PJ for Ka
Make all final payments for vendors

我生命中最重要的花 My Wedding Bouquet

今日跟Vivian去了Flower Market揀花做我的花球和其他VIP的花. Viv一向都對花很了解. 初時怕Vivian忙, 想只問問Vivian 意見. 但後來還是很想很想找Vivian做花球, 因為她做事很細心, 所以便即管開口問問. 真開心她答應幫我們!

一開始她便不斷MSN ideas給我, 我就越說越興奮 (我之前對花完全沒有興趣). Viv真係好好. She is so good with understanding what I want.

我把The Flower of My Life 交給這個Flower is her Life 的朋友來做, 一定漂亮. 期待見到我的花球!

Bouquet Fear

Talking about bouquet, it reminds me of my fear.

I saw in many weddings when the bride tosses the bouquet, all girls would run..... of course in the opposite direction of where the bouquet was going. In many cases, the bouquet would fall on the floor, sometimes it would even break.

I really don't want to see this happening. I always feel that the bouquet represents the bride. When no one wants to come out for the bouquet, it is like no one wants to have anything to do with the bride. So I always fear I would feel that "No one wants to be my friend". And I heard it's bad luck if the bouquet drops on the floor. So please please please please please, to single ladies (who claim to be Corrie's friends) reading this blog: Please come out (and get your single female neighbours to come out too). 我真的很想把我的幸福傳給妳們呀!

P.S. I am also worried about the tossing part. I can't even throw a softball straight forward. I have no clue how I can toss a bouquet backwards...

Guys Night Out

今晚公司的男同事帶Ka出去"Guys Night Out". 一班男仔玩d乜? 哈哈. 一班男仔又可以玩d乜呷. 唔理了. 他們玩得癲玩得開心便好了.

Still Very Calm

I just checked our wedding date counter on this blog. There are less than 20 days left. Why am I still so calm?

5 reasons why Corrie thinks we are both so calm:
1. We purposely planned very little for the wedding day, so we can have an enjoyable and stress-free wedding.
2. We have great friends helping us.
3. We truly understand we will be married eventually even without a perfect wedding.
4. Corrie is more excited about her NDS and stressed about her MBA papers. (I know, these two items shouldn't go together.) Ka certainly have others stuff on his plate.
5. The wedding comes too quickly.

你睇吓我地兩隻野幾relax? Meow!

「男友5.0版」升級「老公 1.0 版」後

I got this in the email recently. 好好笑. 不過Ka可能是個heck左的「男友trial版」, 有些software「羅漫蒂克9.5」or 「珠寶2.0」和 「送花3.5」的功 能只能run一次. :)

「男友5.0版」升級「老公1.0版」後

敬啟者， 您好：

去年我把「男友5.0版」升級到「老公1.0版」之後，發現系統的整體效能變差了， 尤其是「送花」及「珠 寶」功能， 這兩個功能本來在「男友5.0」一點問題都沒有。

除此之外，「老公1.0」也把原來好用的軟體殺掉了， 例「羅漫蒂克9.5」及「關懷6.5」，取而代之的「世 界杯足球賽5.0」、「世界杯籃球賽3.0」和「高爾夫俱樂部4.1」。

「談心8.0」也無法執行，還有，每當我要執行「打掃屋子2.6」，整個系統就當機，我試著用「嘮 叨 5.3」，但都沒辦法解決。

請問我該怎麼辦？

心急人

----請接著繼續往下看---- 回應的更是妙...

親愛的「心急人」：

首先要提醒您的是，「男友5.0」是娛樂軟體套件， 而「老公1.0」是作業系統。

您可以在流覽器上方的網址列輸入：
http:我以為你愛我.htm，試著下載「流淚6.2」，也別忘了下載「罪惡感3.0」的更新檔案。

如果上述軟體可以執行的話，那麼「老公1.0」應該就會自動執行「珠寶2.0」和「送花3.5」了。但要注意的是，過度使用上述功能，會造成「老公1.0」自動執行「發脾氣2.5」、「流連酒吧7.0」和「啤酒6.1」。「啤酒6.1」是個很不好用的軟體，它會自動上網去下載一個叫做「鼾聲如雷」的測試版。

還有，無論如何，千萬別安裝「婆婆1.0」（它是一種病毒，發作時會佔用妳的作業系統全部資源）
另外，不要嘗試重新安裝「男友5.0」，我們並不支援這套軟體，同時它和「老公1.0」不相容，會造成不可預期的錯誤訊息。

總結來說，「老公1.0」是個非常棒的軟體，但受到記憶體的限制，它無法在短時內學習新的功能。
您或許可以考慮購買另外一套外掛程式，以增加記憶體和增進系統效能。我們建議「美食3.0」或「性感內衣7.7」

祝好運～～

技術支援中心

重返老地方

這個星期的Jack and Jill和Bridal Shower 被多次問及我和Ka是怎樣開始的. 不禁令我想起Unionville Toogood Pond這個地方. 那是我們第一次date的地方, 也是我們第一次拖手, 第一次kiss的地方呢 (on a different day of course)!

今個星期日, 見天氣好, 便到Toogood Pond走走. Toogood pong本身沒有大變, 但臨結婚的秋天跟初拍拖的夏季實在有太大分別. (好凍呀!) 我還笑說, 未拍拖前那次去Toogood Pond, Ka這個"追求者"大概還會緊張身邊的我, 所以那次慢步Toogood Pond還會永遠在我的身邊, focus也在於我. 這次快結婚了, 所以我倆似別人speed walking般, Ka有Ka拿着相機行拍照, 我有我自己"soak"起手自己快快行, 走得快好世界. 三十年後, 我們大概一前一後, 可能像龜兔賽跑般走完Toogood Pond.

不知道我們變成了一頭百髮的老公公老婆婆後會否也可以像這個星期日般悠閒地到Toogood Pond, 說說笑, 談談情, 拍拍照, 過一個悠閒的下午呢?

Surprise Bachelorette Party With the YYT Girls

<研言堂> (YYT)是一個我以往actively involved的義工機構, 一直都很喜歡這個大家庭, 總覺得YYT的每一個朋友都是很能幹, 很特別.

YYT girls今天給了我一個驚喜! 她們為我安排了一堂做結婚蛋糕的課堂呢! 這個結婚蛋糕跟我之前學的不同. 之前弄的是大大蛋糕, 今天弄的是小小蛋糕呢! (用黏土做的迷你蛋糕). 老師說大概要做兩個小時. 但可能我們資質太低, 總共用了四個小時!! (真的考起我們的neck muscle) 當中笑料百出, 連Missy也嚷着叫我們不要令到她笑. 但finish products也頗"見得人".

之後我們去吃晚飯, 居然包起間Cafe! 本來她們預備了一些問題先問了Ka, 再來問我. 但Ka的答案不是: I don't know or I don't remember. 所以轉過來問我. 真是"打欄沙盆問到篤". 不過, 一班女孩子玩得真的很開心. 她們還做了本Scrap book給我! 非常非常有心的一份禮物. 我一定會好好收藏的.

近這數個月實在太多東西發生, 所以要暫別YYT一會. 到現在還是不捨得當中的義工工作. 希望在不久將來我可以再次參與YYT的projects吧.

PG Rated - Jack and Jill

好開心的一個週末. 星期五Chiesa and Gladys為我們安排了一個Jack and Jill party. 可能正如Ben說, 我"面厚" (面皮厚), 就算我倆的臉被畫成花面貓, 或連玩一些有些"變態"的遊戲, 也一樣玩得開心, 一樣瘋狂.

首先我們先玩Charades. 嘩! 那些phrases很難呀! "Something new, Something old, and Something blue"?! 點估呀??

跟着玩了個答問題遊戲. 我和Ka 要為同一個問題答同一答案. Err. 點解d問題咁難架. 唔係問我們對方的生日呀, 週年紀念日架咩? 點解問到year and make of first car that Ka has driven, 她的初吻, 他的Sexual Fantasy?!?! 自己也不清楚, 對方更加一頭霧水. 答錯了一題便要被畫面. 後來大概各位都發覺我們"唔係好掂", 問了十多題, 對得三題, 所以放過我們... 算吧, 我們日後會有更多時間了解對方.

跟着我們玩得更wild. 分開男女team, 他們用tissue paper為我們設計了一套新衣, 主題是: What you want the other half to wear on wedding night. (女扮男, 男扮女). [實在太瘋癲, 為免引起這個blog的讀者不安, 我們都不在這裡post 那些R-rated 的相片了.] :P 之後玩了個食物遊戲. (但是我還是五分鐘前才想到那些食物代表甚麼, 還怪我一直以為那是個很 "可愛" 很innocent的遊戲 :P)

真要謝謝Chiesa and Gladys 安排了這麼一個難忘的Jack and Jill. 很喜歡她們為我們弄的一張卡. 也謝謝每一個有份參預的人. Thanks CC, BH, GL, SL, TC, PT, EK, TH, BL, CB, OB, JC, AM, PM, KC, KK, HC!

Cast your vote today!

I am always curious what we will be like on our wedding day. I kept hoping we would be nervous so at least we will be less jumpy than usual. Ka highly doubts that's going to happen. So do our friends, Kendrick and Vicky... But what do you think? How do you think we will react? Cast your vote on this blog today!

Vote on the right of the blog.

"我會愛你一生一世"

今天我們去了見為我們主持婚禮的officiant, 聽他說說我們婚禮的流程. 林博士為人真的很風趣. 相信當天一定會在輕鬆的氣氛下完成典禮.

不知怎的, 當他叫Ka跟他說交換戒子時說的誓詞時, 那些去別人婚禮聽了覺得很感動的 "我會愛你一生一世", "不分不離", 的說話, Ka一說我就笑壞肚皮. (幸好今天去見見林博士, 真不能想像今天就是actual wedding, 真失禮). 不是我們不愛對方, 只是有些東西用心去感受, 用行動來表示好了 (MSN都可以). 說出來真是怪怪的. 為免我們在婚禮中不停的笑, 我們已經決定不會說那些了(at least not in Chinese).

從天而降的紙盒

到wedding 前的那個星期五我和Ka兩個要把所有wedding 用品一盒一盒的搬到八樓的Arcadian Court. 早兩個星期還擔心怎樣搬運那三十四個centerpieces. 公司printing room 的paper boxes只能放到三個centerpieces. 天呀, centerpieces也十多盒, 就算泊到車, 把它們搬到上樓, Arcadian Court也未必肯keep十多盒東西!

我需要的是個平面又大又正方, 但又要很矮, 又要超級sturdy的盒. 這樣的盒子其實我也不是見過很多次. 怎料, 當我還不知怎算的時候, 我的dream box從天而降!

上個星期一, 當我跟同事去"Timmies" coffee break 時竟然在公司的hallway中間發現個10"高, 30" x 30"的硬盒子. 嘩! 真是最最最perfect不過!! 當然, 公司裡是絕不能 "finders keeper" 的. (我們公司都算secure, 很少會一個大盒在hallway中間沒人理.) 所以我只好把它踢到一旁. 猜不到半個小時之後紙盒還在!! 打開盒看看, 裡面空空的, 便拿了它回家. 一試便發覺剛好fit到九個centerpieces! Ka第二天問問IT 的同事. 原來最近他們換router, 剛好有一堆這樣的盒! 拿了三個回家. We got the perfect boxes to pack our perfect centerpieces perfectly! 實在太幸運. 好開心呀!!

More fun wedding prep

More fun doing wedding preparations this weekend. We did a site-visit to Arcadian Court with our two wedding GMs. When I saw Ah Tung taking out his grid paper pad and started scribbling, I felt our wedding will fall smoothly in the hands of these two engineering GMs.

We also did some shopping. It was really fun shopping for "these items". Sorry, another little surprise that we will keep. If we reveal too much, there won't be any surprise left for people reading this blog! :) [But since I am so bad with keeping secrets, I will leak out a bit... a blurred photo.]

Wedding SOS TV Show?

You won't believe this. I got a phone call from my makeup artist: "Hi Corrie. I just got a phone call from SLICE, the TV producer. They are looking for a couple getting married in December to be on their show!" What?! Wedding SOS? For those who don't know. Wedding SOS shows on HGTV (or SLICE), starring frantic couples who need help near the end of their wedding. A wedding planner will be there to coordinate the wedding day, and grant three wishes to the couple through-out the filming. (In the episodes I watched, Jane Dayus-Hinch has always been the planner. She has planned celebrity weddings. I really admired how well she handles stressed couples.)

Sounds pretty cool. It will definitely be a very memorable wedding. But I am not stressed about the wedding now (If a TV crew follows us around, we would) and we have organized everything already with a great helping team! And if I ever want to be a wedding planner or event coordinator, why would I want to look unorganized on a TV show? (Definitely a CLM - Career Limiting Move) And we are bad actors. I can't act like I am frantic when I am not...

What do you say I should wish for if I do have three wishes? I guess I can ask them to do my MBA papers for me...

Like Ka said, we won't be qualified for the show anyway. We have too little left to do. Oh well. It's still good for a laugh. I say let's not make our wedding a show, and just keep it personal.

Happy "-1 month" anniversary!

Wow! I can't believe it. Only 1 more month left!!

John Yip took this photo of us when we announced our engagement at work.

We got our Rings!

We got our wedding bands tonight! Plain and Simple. Matching. 我一向都喜歡"有咁簡單得咁簡單"的結婚介子. 也很想很想跟Ka的wedding bands同一個style, 所以揀了這款. 今晚看到盒中两隻小指環, 想想還有一個月後, 我們左手的無名指就會帶着它們, 又想想這兩隻小玩意可真代表着很多意思(隨了我們的愛外, 更加提醒大家we are no longer available :P - may be I should make Ka wear the ring to his bachelor party... ...)

初初都有想過買有一小鑽石的wedding bands, 但Ka的手指粗粗的, *bling-blings*就是不太襯他 (or 他不太襯*bling-blings*). :P 算吧. Bling-bling jewelleries留番老公第時"tum"老婆用吧!

GCC Cake - a few days later...

I put our wedding cake on our kitchen counter top. Every time I walk pass it, I would:

Stop, admire it for a minute, then say: "I looove our cake so much!", then turn to ask Ka: "Don't you think our cake is soo pretty?", admire it for a bit more, make another comment: "I really think our cake is pretty.", then walk away, still thinking about our cake. :)

It may not be a professionally designed / made cake, but it's designed by the GCC team (Gladys, Chiesa, Corrie), so to me, it is the very best cake. :)

~ Corrie blogging in front of cake

童年的你 童年的我

我們為了wedding slide show 找我們童年時的相片. 先找Ka的. 看看Ka小時後多神氣!

到我了, 我一直都知道爹o地幫我影了很多相. 真估不到由一歲到三歲竟然有十多本大大的很有心機排的相簿! 我這隻醜小鴨竟有過千張相. (We are talking about before digital time.)

一些關於我們童年有趣的facts:
Corrie和Ka都是不停哭的BB
一出世的Corrie皮膚比Ka還要黑
Ka影相都唔笑o既! (真係三歲定八十)
Ka 去過很多地方旅行
Corrie有很多很多很多玩具
Ka童年時的相片大部分都沒有其他小孩子. (No wonder Ka always wants siblings.)
我們兩個小時後都有很多很多頭髮

寫到這裡想起這首廣告歌.

童年的你必定天真可愛
看你今日充滿神采
成長中從未變改
oh baby 看你多麼可愛

結婚大大大蛋糕

跟Chiesa and Gladys design 了我們的結婚大大大蛋糕. 非常好玩. 真想design多幾個. I can't blog more about the cake designing event without giving too much details. All I can say is, it's super fun!

十一月清單

還有一個月就結婚的我們這個月有幾勤力? 看看我們的清單吧.

開始左, 但未做好的::
Slide show - Still need to give Billy our kids photos
Cake design - 有idea怎樣去design個蛋糕 - Done (11/4)
Chasing after RSVPs (Just a few more!) - 98% done (11/4)
Table Plan - 98% done (11/4)
Driving Logistic
Confirmed with Helpers about their tasks
Wedding favours

未開始的:
Need to meet officiant in person.
Pick up hooks from Carmen in Nov
Guests Leaving Logistic (Need ride for Ka's mom & dad, Corrie's parents, Vikki, Ka's uncles & aunties)
Need to buy toasting flutes
Pack up the Centerpieces. No idea how to pack them to downtown now :(
Buy Stationaries
Pre-wedding parties?
Buy Kids Pack
Order edible wedding cake
Book hotels for out of town guests - done (11/4)

十月所做好的:
Decide Menu - Decided. Tasted food.
Invitations - Gave out most of them. Waiting for RSVP.
Photographer - 要prepare schedule
DJ - Sent him a semi-final schedule 要prepare schedule
Confirmed helpers Team
Book 酒店房 - Book好
餅卡 - 買了
Wedding Bands - Ordered 了. 十一月中應該有得拿
Marriage License - Done
Centerpieces - 完成了所有三十三個.
Guest Book - Printing中
Big photo - Printing中
買了Garter and ring pillow
MOH dress fitted
Went over our wedding schedule with our parents. Met with our GMs.

Payment:
Need to authorize final payment for restaurant next week.
要十一月authorize last payment for decorator

服裝
新娘. 要兩星期前去做fitting. 伴娘. 要十月做fitting. Got all shoes!
花女: 有靓靓裙了
新郎, 父親, 伴郎 - Got everything except for white shirts for both fathers
母親 - Found everything but shoes
花仔: Got tux and ring pilow
化妝 & Hair - OK. 要book hair appointment end of Nov.