My Zhi Mui Profile

I think this is gonna be fun but I think they might hate me. But then, come on .. be sporting! Hehe.

This are the photos and some details for my zhi mui. I have a whole team of pretty zhi mui okay! Carefully selected ... check it out.


Chi mui no 1:

Name: Fanny Lee
Age: Very young
Marital status: Kind of married


Chi mui no 2:


Name: Rainbow
Age: Young
Marital status: Kind of married


Chi mui no 3:
Name: Tomato
Age: Young
Marital status: Single not available


Chi mui no 4:
Name: Jan Nee
Age: Looking young ...
Marital status: What do you think?

Chi mui no 5:
Name: Ah Sa
Age: Young
Marital status: Single not available


Chi mui no 6: Name: Anly
Age: Young
Marital status: Single and AVAILABLE


Chi mui no 7:
Name: Amy
Age: Look like 28
Marital status: Single not available


Chi mui no 8:
Name: Stephy
Age: Look like 25 ...
Marital status: Single and AVAILABLE


Are you looking forward to meet them on 22nd December 2008? :)

- by her

Major achievement

It has been a week since I last posted anything. Oh yes, I am busy. And lazy. :P

Well, we have 2 major accomplishment last Sunday. We went to SS2 to check out the bridal house. First we went to Love Vision. They have really nice photos. We love their ideas and feel. But their package is not attractive coz they have VIP, super VIP and designer package. The gowns are not nice for VIP and super VIP package. Then to upgrade you have to pay extra. Not interested.

Then we went to Vogue. They have very nice designer's gowns!!! But photos are not so nice. By nice, I mean the kind of feel we want. We want outdoor pictures, with the simple and natural feel.

Lastly we went to CasaMia. First we check out their gowns. Not too bad, quite a number of nice gowns. Then we sit down with the manager Soo. We told him Love Vision has better photos shooting skill and touch up than CasaMia and he feel very "ng gum yuen". He showed us some other album with the touch up feel that we want so okay lah. We quite like it also.

Finally we took their package RM 3688. We will take a little bit of indoor then a lot of outdoor at Sepang. I will go gown fitting on 16 July and take photos on 19 July. A lot to do before that .. facial, more gym session, manicure, research for poses ...

Some people told me Casamia is not good after we took the package. But I have paid the deposit and we have seen their work, so I don't care. I just need to worry about the poses ... aiyo I hate to pose.

On the same Sunday night we went to Subang Tai Thong to check out the venue. It's nice for a restaurant and the food is nice too. They give free corkage (very important!), free wedding invitation card, flexibility of payment and etc. So we paid the deposit and yes, we have decided not to take Holiday Villa. Solved our payment issue. For holiday Villa we need to pay the money 50% 1 month before AD, then another 50% 1 week before the AD. So not flexible!

So we kau dim this 2 already. I feel very free now, don't know what to do ... people said with 6 months time to prepare it will be very rush .. Okay, I shall wait and see what's next.

By the way, have you noticed step 3 has not happened? I am waiting. ;)

- by her

Wedding Expo

We went to Mid Valley for the wedding expo today. Wai Ling has already informed me yesterday that it will be a waste of time (coz she skipped lunch and checked it out for me yesterday) . But still I have to go and see bad it is .. hehe.

So, I agreed with Wai Ling. It's small, with limited number of bridal house. And lots of other "related" booth like slimming, facial, nail art or magazine. We visited a few booth and we really didn't like any of it. It's nice but it's not what I want. We don't have the feel for it. It has to be something we see and we feel "this is it!".

The last booth we visited is Eye Shot. We like this one but they didn't have the album taken in PD or Malacca with them so we can't decide. But the pictures taken in Tioman is really nice! We wanted to check out their PD and Malacca album and also the gown at their shop at SS2 but guess what? They are all at MV this weekend so their shop is close. ... What the ...

We went to Eastin hotel, Holiday Villa and Sunway Lagoon hotel after that. Eastin has a simple and okay hall. The package is actually cheap. But Holiday Villa has nicer ball room and reception area. Darling and family like HV a lot. But we all love Sunway Lagoon hotel. Its really nice and they are having a dinner tonight so we can see their deco and stuff. And that ballroom can hold more than 100 tables!!!! Uh ... such a nice hotel and ballroom ... but .. but .. you can guess how much it will cost.

Anywayz, I don't really have special feeling for HV. I like ballroom with modern deco. I feel Victorian ballroom is quite old fashioned. But Victorian mah .. memang like that.

Since I don't have preference for Eastin or HV, we will take HV. Coz darling likes it. ;)

Tomorrow, we will check out the bridal shops at SS2. :)

- by her

Year end wedding

So we have met with Mr Loh on Monday 16th June. He has explained to us in detail on our "si sun but zi". Basically it's all good between us. But it's something about 2 goat cannot get married or even have baby next year (cow). I can't really remember why. Then our "but zi" has no "gold" and "water" so we must get married only at year end, to get the "gold" and "water" from the universe ... uh ... not quite understand but I guess it's something to do with $$$ and wealth .. so ah ... want to believe or not? Hehe ;)

So the next step is to search for restaurant or hotel with the dates given by Mr Loh. We have decided to go for 2008 because 2010 is too far away. And most of my friends know my goal -> must get married before I turn 30. (pai seh ..)

Darling and his parents went to see Holiday Villa today. They like the place a lot and have made the booking. Problem with this place is it can only hold 30 or max 35 tables. I think we need much more than that ... but what to do we have to work around this number and cut short our guest list .. to those friends who we can't invite .. I am sorry and I hope you understand .. my parents took most of the tables you see.

Oh by the way the date is 22 Dec 2008 :) I hope all my chi muis can make it for the whole day, and all my guest can make it (and not coming too late) on that Monday night.

Next is to discuss the details among our parents.

Frankly this thing gives me quite a bit of stress and also issues. I have never been thru this (obviously) so I don't know how to handle this. I feel geram and impatient on a lot of things. Things are not going my way. I guess we have to give in when we can and to insist when we feel we should. And now I finally understand. Getting married is not about us. It's about us AND our family.

I prayed for strength from God to guide me and lead me to go through this. I don't want to feel geram at all time when I can't get things to go my way. And I don't want to look "chan" coz I am stress. BUT, I do want to look slimmer with all the stress. LOL ~~

- by her

An Introduction

The fifth posting as the introduction? Oh well, better late than never right? ;)

As you might have guessed by now, this blog chronicles the events we've gone through or will go through right up to our big day. Why blog on this kind of mundane stuff; stuff that hundred over couples (in Malaysia) go through every year? Well it might be boring and mundane for certain people but it's definitely not for us. The blog will serve as a special remembrance gift for us. Something for us to look back on after a few years and makes us wonder aloud, "gosh, we really went through that much trouble to get married??". Makes it that much sweeter, isn't it? ;)

Apart from that, who knows, visitors might get a pointer or two on this whole getting married business from reading this blog. But I suggest you be patient as this blog is still in its infancy and won't offer you much at this point in time. Drop by again in six month's time to get the full picture. Hopefully. Fingers crossed.

As for the blog title, Seventeen January, we selected it because that's the date of our anniversary; the date we became an item, the date we became exclusive, boyfriend girlfriend. We've been dating since 17th Jan 2002. Yes, I know it's that long already and yes, I know it's about time. We also plan to register our marriage on that date as well. That would make things perfect.

But unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world. You see, we're planning to have our wedding reception in December and that means the registration would be after the reception. It's possible, it's legal but it's weird. People usually do it the other way round. Oh well, such is life's oddity.

That's it for now. Hopefully this introduction puts this blog in perspective. I will continue to pen my thoughts here as we Journey to the Wes... eh... as we journey to married life :)

- by him

The wedding band

Step 1 - Results

I called Loh Tat Pit today to ask about our ideal wedding date. The person started giving me dates in 2008 (chinese date). I was wondering why because we have already told them we plan to get married in year 2009. Then after she finish giving me dates in year 2008, I asked her what about year 2009? She said no date in year 2009!! :( How can it be ~~~ The next date would be year 2010 November 13. I feel so panic. The latest date among those in 2008 she has for us is 10 Jan 2009. I am afraid its too early too.

After discussion with darling, we came up with a few different plans. But we need to check with his parents first. I am worried they would want us to go with 2010. :`(

I am feeling weird now. I don't know what should we do now. I don't know how things will turn out. I hope we will come out with a solution that can make everyone happy. Most importantly, me and darling must be happy with it.

- by her

Step 2 – Wedding band

Actually, step 1 was supposed to be step 3, step 2 supposed to be step 1, and step 3 supposed to be step 2. But I don’t know when step 3 is going to happened … it may be step 11 or something …

We went to Amcorp mall today to see wedding band. There is a jewelry shop there and darling’s dad’s friend is working there. Turns out the design is not so nice, a bit old fashioned and rough. Although uncle said they can give us good discount but there is really none that we feel is nice.

We went to 1 Utama after that. Have checked with Kok Fwai and he is working there today! How nice. We surveyed at a few shop before we go his shop. Saw a nice one at Clarity but they can only give us 10% discount. That’s so little! Darling then found his ring at TH jewelry and I have found mine also. But again I am not happy with the discount given. I wanted to check out what Kok Fwai has first.

And guess what? We see the exactly same ring at Kok Fwai’s booth!!!! Apparently TH is under the same group with Tomei. So we got the ring that we both love, and with greater discount :D How nice!!!!!

I can’t show a nicer photo here because it was taken using my handphone. The rings are not with me now because it takes time to change the size. I will post nicer photos later.

I think this is a major step. Not cheap man .. cost us RM 1850. So with this, yes … I think we are really getting married …

So, when is step 3 gonna happen? Can’t wait for it!!!!

- by her

Our 2nd Milestone

Step 1 – Loh Tat Pit

We went to see Loh Tat Pit today. Yes finally .. we wanted to go since months back, but darling was at Johor so we postponed it until today. Darling’s parents went with us today. This place is at a very old building. But inside it is so modern and commercialized. They have a counter with 4-5 staff to “take order”. We were so lucky that when we arrived one of the counters was vacant. So we took our seats and the staff started asking us lots of questions about our “si sun but zi”.

I don’t know how darling feels, but I was feeling really excited … until the staff explained what comes with the package RM 199 (What the .. I thought RM 20 kind of thing). When she mentioned it includes date for “goh dai lai” and stuff, I suddenly feel panic. Eh … really getting married? All the serious stuff! All this while what we have thought of are things like wedding band, wedding photos, and Loh Tat Pit. But now it’s about all the dates for different traditions to follow. Then darling asked me why so restless … don’t know lah I just feel “really meh?”.

So after she explain the package, she told us to come back 16^th June to see Mr Loh. Eh you think so easy to meet Mr Loh? This is only data collection, after that they will analyze the data and show us the result. Sounds like SDLC?

I can’t wait for 16^th June. I don’t quite believe in all this, but I am curious to know what he will say. Match? Don’t match?

Okay, so what's next?

- by her