Romancing Getaway on an Early Valentine Celebration

Recently, my heart dropped when woodblock told me he was going US for a month(32 days in exact if i count in the time on the plane) on work trip. Perhaps it seems like a pretty short time to everyone else but for woodblock n me, the feeling really felt terrible to the core. It reminds me of the time when woodblock went to San Franciso for just a mere 2 weeks, I already missed him to bits. The same thing happen when I was away in Taiwan on a holiday for 7 days. Yes, we are like usually glue together and we just love each other's company so much!

The only perk i can think of is the crazy sum of allowance woodblock gets from just a month overseas. How crazy? It's more than 3 months of my pay and that excludes his monthly pay. But still, nothings beats my heartache of missing my teddy woodblock for that crazy mind drilling 32 days.

Sigh work is work, cant be helped i know..... but i am so glad that we make a pact that if he ever go overseas to work for a yr or to study for yrs, I will definitely be flying off with my beloved teddy woodblock.

But it's ok cos in order to pamper and compensate ourselves for the lost time, we are going to have a very wonderful vdae celeb together! CNY is just round the corner, so i thought why not check into Scarlet Hotel again so that we can go and immerse ourselves in the vibrant street of Chinatown too.

A gorgeous rich Victorian Building of Scarlet Hotel

Every detail including the lobby excites me and woodblock during our last visit. It just felt so romantic from the very first moment we stepped into the hotel lobby.

We decided to upgrade to executive room instead of the deluxe room we stayed in previously.

I am really excited becos woodblock has also booked seats at Le Aranda for dinner on 12th Feb on the same day as our Scarlet Hotel stay. Here's a peep at the menu:

Appetiser

Seafood Cocktail Calypso, Smoke Salmon Rose & Melee salad

Soup

Fresh Roasted Asparagus Soup Velvet with Pine Nuts

Main Course

Oven-Seared Herb Rib-Eye Steak OR Pan-fried Cod Mignon “Bahama”Enhanced with Chateaubriand Sauce & Ragout Escargot served with Sautéed Spring Garden Vegetables and Tomato Clamart Bigarade Mashed Potatoes

Dessert

Chocolate Bavaroise with Balsamic Strawberry Compote & Mango Coulis

BeverageFreshly Brewed Coffee or selection of Herbal Teas

*Include 1 glass of sparkling wine & a stalk of rose for the lady.

YES!!!! It's french cuisine! I never tried proper romantic french food before and it's so exciting just thinking about it. The best thing is that it is not costing us a 100 plus per pax but rather .......

Union Member: $45+ per person or $80+ per couple

Guest: $45++ per person or $80++per couple

Sounds like a considerable good deal isnt it? And the best thing is that, it only offers this package on 12th Feb 2010 which happens to be the day we plan to celeb vdae together! Just looking at the dessert alone is enough to make me drooolll..... happy advance vdae to everyone!!!

Solemnisation

Its no wonder that people are so willing to spend on photography on the wedding actual day, because its really the photos and the videos that act as treasured keepsakes for that important day.
And, its really important to choose a photographer that you like as he/she is like your spycam that day. You have to get a photographer whose style is something you like, and someone you can trust to capture all the precious moments that day. And I'm glad M and I chose Terry from OEC, as well as Livestudios.

Mei-de-beauty (qi) running the show. Miao taking down instructions. Hongxian, our suave law enforcer in the house.


The husband and wife combi. Princess Christine and Sir Wood block. You can obviously see who's doing the work. heh, just kidding. Vitor helped out loads, with all the manly manual labour.


Our poster/guest-book, for guests to sign on.



My lovely JC peeps who were super early for the ceremony, took time to look through our pre-wedding album.



I totally DIG daffie's look of estasy in this photo.

Our customised cupcakes from Choy~



The Jiemeis even went through the trouble of decorating the knife =)


I totally love the black and blue combi.

Angie, our ring bearer, with cousins checking that the bands and ring pillow is in order.

Terence, our emcee for the day.

All the brothers, relaxing after the whole morning's worth of hard work.



Yasin, flirting with the ladies as usual.

My sister, losing it in the background.


My Pretty Jiemei Lineup, with lilies in cute black ribbons.



The brothers Lineup. (you'll be able to see the whole team later during the reception)

Father-in-law in the best seat.

My mum behind in-laws with both ah gongs, chatting heartily in the second row.


Petals sprinkled on the sides of the carpet.

And then, it was time.






















Prof Raja then blessed the wedding bands.

I love this shot! It always bring back the emotions that I was feeling at that very moment back to me.




The crowd cheering.


Cos we were going to cut the cake!









And to end off the whole ceremony, the most beautiful parting shot.