long awaited photos!

yes! i finally got my hands on those photos from the photoshoot! quite pleased with the raw pictures, even though i thought it could have been better. but i'm still happy with everything! efforts are paid off, every single cent out of it.

i've total of 854 pictures in total (including 10% candids), and we're tasked to choose 60 of our favorites to print out onto a album. super tough job! coz' we seemed to be bickering on each other's choice of photo... hahaha... and i only managed to pick out, *gulp* 6 pictures? LOL... yes, i'll be more serious okay? i've as high expectations as all of you out there for the quality of the end product too.

here's a quick sneak peek at my photos:

not too bad huh?

i cant possibly upload everything, but these are some of the gems in the collection. =D leave me some comments if my pictures are good...

alright, gotta go sleep. nights!

tiring but happy

photoshoot assignment is really a no-joke. it's super tough, and tiring! woke up as early as normal working days and prepare. good thing i had most of my stuff at YM's place, coz' he's more meticulous at such things than i do. so he was assigned to bring my accessories and his suit and matching shoes. my gowns were transported over to the studio by my bridal seamstress, offered by her. so all i need to do was to bring my shoes, my own makeup kit and makeup remover. =D

we started around 10am, taking some shots in the studio. i hadn't do a makeover before, so i definitely know nuts about posing for shoots. YM was worse! he even had difficulty trying to relax. LOL! even the photographer commented he was quite stiff. hahaha... well, he's naturally camera-shy. as for me, ahem, just put it as i've a natural flair. *flips hair*

for outdoor shoots, we went to fort canning and then chinatown. i brought 2 suits out with me: 1 cheongsam and 1 outdoor gown. i was quite blessed with good weather: cloudy and a tad bit breezy. yes, i did sweat but surprisingly it didnt melt my makeup. on various times it did threatened to rain with grey clouds but it never did. phew!

YM had a really loyal friend with him, who especially took leave to assist us since morning. in fact, he was the driver for us that day and he dutifully performed his responsibilities - fetching us around, helping us to take our suits and hand-bouquet. despite that he was in tee, berms and sandals, it was sweating way more than us. however, he didnt whine a wee bit. only to complain that it was humid. of coz', at the end of the day when we went back to the studio for some final shots, he shared with us that he's really tired. and even slept on the couch. poor dear...

YM didn't bring his camera coz' he felt he was pretty overloaded with things to bring. hence, there will be no candid shots for now. so, we just have to wait for my photos to be ready for review.

the photos will come maybe next week or later. coz' in about half an hour's time, i'll be making my trip down to Tioman for a short getaway (desperately requested by YM) and will only be back on Sunday. you thought wrong if you're thinking it's some pre-wedding honeymoon or such, coz' a small bunch of "monkeys" will be tagging as well. oh well, i just hope it will still turn out as a fruitful relaxation getaway rather than.... hectic. so at least i wont be drained (on contrary for a Tioman trip which is supposedly to be relaxing) when i resumed work on the following day.

overall, the photoshoot was really draining, but i enjoyed every moment of it. after all, this is prolly the only time where i looked myself in the mirror and saw something pleasant out of myself and my husband-to-be. this gonna sound crazy, but i wouldn't mind to put myself through another photoshoot! =x





now, i'm falling aslp but i can't sleep coz' i'm leaving soon. i didnt recover from the photoshoot, and i literally felt fatigue when i went to work the following day. so regretful that i didn't take the day off to rest instead. and thinking i can go back home to rest after work, YM and his bunch of "monkeys" suggested to tire ourselves out completely so we get to sleep on our journey to Tioman. and in fact, i just came back from a 4 hours KTV session at PartyWorld in Shenton Way. gawd!

well, looks like i've stayed awake for nearly 24 hours...

a quick update...

photoshoot is drawing near, and i had my nails done up and my hair colored! now i'm just hoping that my nails would last till the photoshoot on this upcoming Tuesday. i'm not a very demure person so i can't guarantee my nails would still stay as pretty as it should by the time.

went to The Executive at Centrepoint to get YM's tie. he didn't really like the tie which the tailor had made for him the previous time when he got his suit done up. and Ker Ker last minute couldn't lend me his cravat due to some kooky mindsets his wife possessed. hmm... let's not go into that. well, it was a good thing that we had to get ourselves coz' i guess we've found something else which was even more versatile than a cravat and a necktie! =D when i remember what's that called, i'll let u guys know. now prolly the last thing i need to get is a blink-brooch for YM's tie...

i know it sounds quite silly, but i'm really feeling excited!!

hopefully, excitment wont get on top of me so bad that i'm not able to sleep well for the photoshoot!

enjoying...

i didn't realise that i haven't blogged for a period of time. i was preparing for my exams last week, hoping i'm able to clear that module. otherwise, sigh....

right now, i'm enjoying every minute of my semester break. no assignments, no projects, no classes, and most imptly, no stresses. how i wished this semester is my LAST semester and then i can get to enjoy class-less days like forever! heh! it's nice looking forward to.

have been doing some shopping lately for my wedding accessories. i bought 2 sets of jewelries, and one of them were handmade by one of my girlfriends. so blink, so nice... can't wait to put them on!

counting down, 167 more days left from my singlehood.... and i'm beginning to feel the jitters...

Adrian's wedding..

even though it's taxing on my pocket to go for wedding dinners, i had to go to Adrian's wedding just yesterday. it was held at Novotel. the food is only alright, nothing to rave about, and well, just the mundane wedding event itinery. mine's prolly the same, with the additional soleumnisation before the dinner starts.

the special thing is probably the montage which was a surprised for Rachel, together with a song which was written by Adrian and he found someone to compose for him. i guess i was expecting a much elaborated reaction from Rach, but sadly, no. she was like too cool.... aww, kinds of spoils the whole element of surprise. darn!

and for some reason, Rachel didn't like me. or in fact, jealous of me just because i'm her husband's good friend. *rolled eyes*. she didn't greet me throughout the whole event, and i guess it must be hard on her trying not to meet my eye. i didn't see her point of being jealous especially when i know her husband even before they got married. if he was interested in me, he wouldn't have to go to the extend to splurge his fortune on her for this wedding, PURELY to make her happy. and i'm not interested to even probe further what's she's thinking.

so since she didn't bother to greet me, i didn't bother to say thanks for the invitation to her. (Sorry Adrian...!) furthermore, she wasn't pleased about the fact where i got invited anyway.

after the wedding, i knew Adrian was like quite high coz' he can't seem to speak properly. and he asked me along to go clubbing. in the end, he didn't encourage me to go as the crowd would be there were not to my liking. was quite worried for him though, as the people going with him are like hardcore drinkers. hmm...

right after the dinner, i went down to Beach Cabana for drinks with YM's friends. feeling awfully out of place at the beach, wearing heavy makeup and dressing so wayang. and the whole makeup was actually my wedding makeup trial, with the hairstyle. i planned my trial makeup to be yesterday afternoon to save the trouble to doll myself when i'm home and looking good at the dinner too!

there're quite alot of fun and laughter over the drinking session but half of the time, i'm too tired to respond. i'm on high heels the whole night and it seriously drains me. but i believe it's good training before my photoshoot. haha...

the fella below is our photoshoot escort:

hiding away from the camera...

again...

and again....

so irritating lor! he refuses to take one decent photo of himself! when he's finally ready to take a pic coz' i got YM to take with him, he did this:

he's always this funny. so i hope there'll be some laughter when he helped us through our upcoming photoshoot....