I have decided to blog at www.amelyn.blogspot.com again... Thanks for all the support guys but do join me at the new/old site :) As you guys know... life is unpredictable and my relationship with Ron has ended since about 3 years back. That's a chapter of my life I would like to leave behind.. Things just did not work out and that's life I guess Moving on and picking myself up from anything or anyone who tries to bring me down! XoXo, Amelyn www.amelyn.blogspot.com

The annual birthday wishlist...

This year it came a little late... and why is that so? I have no idea.

I am thankful that I have moved on from ML and landed myself in a completely different role from what I was doing..

Pretty stressed out by my previous job as there are just so many factors to consider and worry.

Now with the wedding plans, I really a bit sian and grouchy at times.

Nonetheless, it is good to keep my annual habit as I will know what I aim to have and if I did manage to get what I wanted.

I went back and saw my last year's wishlist and am happy that I got almost what I wanted.

So here goes nothing:

1) To be happy.. very impt

2) To plan and organise the wedding in a smooth and most painless way and all goes well on that day.

3) My Chanel 2.55 bag.. I wanted this since last year!!!

4) A Rolex watch.. can you see the trend how greedy and how progressive my wishlist has become lol

5) A new wallet will be good.. I am still using the christmas gift ZH gave me a few years back.. pref from LV.. Vernis in Pomme D'amour

6) Perfume crazy nowadays... would love a Dior Cherie Blooming Bouquet perfume, DKNY Fresh Blossom Perfume, or  Gucci Floral also nice...

7) More new dresses.. be it casual or for work as long as it is nice on me..

8) LV Eva Clutch.. I don't mind owning one hehe..

9) To earn more moneyyyyyyyyyy

10) To go for more holidays!!!

Thats about all I can think for now.

If I know I shall maybe add later lol

Birthday wish...

My birthday is coming...

what should i hope for this year???

Well as you all can see, I have been freaking lazy and did not blog for quite a few months..

I sorta got my bday wish that I prayed for last year and that is for a change of environment for my job... well i learnt a lot of things from this new job and meet quite a number of new people...

cut to the chase.. i really do need to think of what i wan this year.. it is a tradition.. will my friends still come in here to checkout what to get for me? or will they just simply forget abt this!!!

It's all about the Ring... Diamonds are a girl's best friend.... bling bling!

I must say that when i was younger, I really am not a big fan of diamonds and I do not see the big fuss of it. I was like telling myself that I would rather use the money on something else other than a diamond but here I am now... obsessing over my proposal ring.

When I was 21, my mom gave me her diamond. It was initially a diamond ring but she removed it and made it into a heart shaped pendant for me. She asked me what I wanted for my 21st birthday and I have no freaking idea as all I wanted was to spend time with my friends and that made me happy.

I could have asked for money but come to think of it, I am glad that I did not as the money can be easily earned back but the gift from my mom will last forever *singing diamonds are forever.. forever..*

Well actually when I got it from my mom since my 21st birthday, never have I wore it once. I was scared to lose it and kinda wasn't really into it at that time and I still never got to taking it out to wear it yet.

Before dada proposed to me, he did sort of ask me what kind of diamonds do I like. Well all along I fancy a princess cut diamond or even a heart shaped ones but I decided against it and think a solitaire suits better. At that point of time, I knew nothing about diamonds and not even sure what's good in the market and where can we purchase it except for places like lee hwa, soo kee and the usual stores we see in the mall. I have always heard of the lovely blue box that make most girls' knees go weak but never really dared to walk into the shop to take a look at them.

We sort of looked around for what type of setting I fancy but its the same classic kind that draws me over. Dada brought me to some places to see e.g. gold heart, Tiffany, Larry Jewellery, Charlotte de Atelier and some other places I can't recall. At times I was getting tired as I do not know what I like and we were planning on getting married anytime soon yet so I just go along but was quite sure my taste will change when time passes by. I have seasonal preference haha..

I must say I am pretty impress by dada as he really made an effort to find out about diamonds, what to look out for and how to choose the perfect one for me. He wanted the best, but its the best out of the best for me. I read somewhere online that this guy posted that he went into Tiffany & Co or was it Larry's I can't recall, to buy a proposal ring for his girlfriend and he said that as long as it is Tiffany's its good. Personally if dada is like this, I will be very disappointed as I feel it's as if the guy's lazy and is taking the easy way out.

And how did i know that dada did not take the easy way out? It's cause I know he has been emailing the New York Tiffany headquarters to provide him with the specific specs of each diamond that he shortlisted. He showed them to me and I was very touched as I see the effort that he has put in, ensuring that I have the best cut and proportion so that my diamond is mad shiny.

What made it special? Dada requested for the ring to be shipped from the States so that he can buy it for me. *P.S requesting for sending from the States does not incur additional cost - Thank god!* And why it's so special its cause my dada is not a big boss, a big shot or someone who comes from a rich or well to do family. He comes from a humble background and cause he loves me, he save and save so that he can buy me something that he wants for me.

I know a lot of people wonder why did he spend so much and that it is a waste of money or whatever but seriously I don't really give a shit as to what they think cause it's mine and I love it! I think seriously that's what dada wants to, that his little princess is happy.. Though I feel his wallet is not that happy haha.. well start to save again lo.

I love the way it looks on my finger and loves the Oohing and Aahing from others who sees it. Most importantly I love it that it is from dada and I will treasure it.

Now say you are a guy and you want your girl to marry you. Please at least prepare a decent proposal as you are asking the girl of our dreams to spend the rest of her life with you. At least have some decency to do something for her. I have to say if dada ever used the typical "Let's get a HDB" reason to ask me to marry him. I may have or will beat him upside down haha. It doesn't have to be something fancy. Some girls prefer the private and quiet way. But please.. at least something ok..

To select the perfect diamond ring, most importantly is the 4Cs.

- Cut
- Clarity
- Colours
- Carat

Well different people will treat each C with different importance. Some may treat all with equal importance.

For cut, I personally feel that this is very important as it will play a big part in how brilliant your diamond will shine. A normal cut should have 58 facets for a round standard diamond. The crown angel and the pavillion angel must be of a certain proportion so that it will look good. I believe dada told me before that there is a calculator online (from GIA?) to tell you how your diamond fare when you enter in the different Angles and Proportion of your diamond. That's what he did as a basic check before he bought mine too so as to have another assurance and a piece of mine. The Polish and Symmetry plays a huge part as well as all these will affect the grading of your diamond. My personally recommendation of course will be a triple excellent piece for polish, symmetry and proportions but! A very good rating works pretty fine too.

For clarity, it ranges from Flawless to Included. The closer the clarity gets to being flawless, the more expensive the diamond. The order of the clarity goes like this

1) FL - Flawless
2) IF - Internally Flawless
3) VVS1, VVS2 - Very Very Slightly Included
4) VS1, VS2 - Very Slightly Included
5) SI1, SI2 - Slightly Included
6) I1, I2, I3 - Included

Based on what I know, a VS2 and above is good enough as the inclusions can't really be seen with the naked eye so if you want a bigger rock but not sure where to trim the fat, this maybe a good place to look into.

For Colours, it does not start with A or B but it starts from D to Z. What I am refering here is a pure white diamond. Of course if yours is a yellow or pink one, that I have to say I do not know how to tell hehehe... How are the colours differentiated? The diamond graders just place the diamonds with their pavilion up (bottoms up hehe), and examine them using white light against a white background.
The colour of the diamonds are then compared to the calibration diamonds provided by grading labs. The DEF colours are usually knows as the colourless range, the GHI will be the near colourless range while K-M are faintly tinted and so on. Please take note of the fluorescence of the diamond as well as usually from what I know, they should be stated as none. The higher the fluorescence, the more it affects the value of the diamond... in a bad way that is..

Lastly!!! its the Carat! This I have nothing to say cause it all depends on the budget and the suitability of the diamond for the girl. Most importantly it is the heart that counts coming from the guy.

But be sure at least to sound out the girl what kinda ring they might fancy otherwise they are going to be stuck with it for the rest of their lifes so at least get something they might like. Get help from her family or friends and I am sure there will be people willing to help on this.

Branding plays a big part as well I guess. Of course if it's a designer brand, get ready to pay more. Please ensure to check on the after service. Some places only offer a one time polishing service and that's it. Others will provide lifetime cleaning services to you.

Not forgetting please ensure that your diamond is certified by a reputable lab. Certs from AGS, GIA are the more commonly known ones. Tiffany and Co has their own personal lab to grade their diamonds whereas for Larry Lazare diamonds, on top of the GIA cert, they have another in house cert to ensure that it is indeed under strict grading by Lazare themselves as well.

All these little information as passed on to me from dada and I am very happy he shared with me the journey he had to find the perfect ring for me.

You all can go to the following website for more information for diamond ring:

http://www.proposalring.com/
http://www.pricescope.com/
http://www.diamondring.com/

Thank you dear once again and your princess loves you.

:)

Up next, I will blog more on my wedding bands! Stay tune!

We are left with less than 1 month to our big day!!

So exciting!! Can't wait!!

Not much time to blog but I do hope everything goes well soon!!

We have been real busy the past few days...

Accomplish a few things... not bad I would say but there are still a lot of other things to be done.

Last Sunday, I went for a photoshot session with Janet and Eelyn and it was lotsa fun! I am so happy to get to know the girls!!! It was indeed a tiring day but it was good as it gives me and dada a feel of what will happen during our actual day photoshot and let us know what suits us.. Argh I still got a problem cause of my chubby face which I really need to do something.. more facial exercise maybe hahaha.. Shall not post my photos yet :)

Then on thurs~~ I meet my darling lovely girls for dinner! Miss them so much!! its always being with my besties that make me feel so me and that I can really be myself to let loose and enjoy without caring what others think of me.. We went to have sukiyaki in ION and its yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Friday, I went for my ROM food tasting.. actually me and dada don't really have much expectation and we just went to try and boy are we surprised.. the food actually tasted not that bad.. I mean its a spanish restaurant and its too attas to really go for usual dinner and the food ain't what I may eat.. but then again they have international and asian cuisine as well so ok lo! quite happy la!

We finally settled and grabbed our wedding bands on Sunday!!! We have eyed these rings for months already (maybe since Aug/Sep?) but we were just taking our own sweet time to confirm it. Anyway we got something we each really liked... we have our difference in terms of opinions and preference so we actually decided not to get a matching pair as that's like so duh and we dun really fancy any matching pairs out there... I must say initially I did have my concerns with not having a matching band with dear but then again, I don't want to get a band just to match his and I may not like it as much and neither do I want him to get something just to match mine and he will not love it as much too!

Today we went to meet our videographer! Seems like a nice dude! Hope everything does well! *cross fingers* not only that! I went to meet Eelyn and Janet today to pass them the photos that we took during the photoshoot on last sunday! We were all so happy and as usual we chat till about 10plus before we make our way home.. can't wait to meet them again soon!

Adel surprised me this morning!!! I went to make my beverage this morning and when i came back to my table! I saw a packet of my favourite rose tea!!! Can't wait to drink that tomorrow! I was running out of it and now I am so happy!!!

As for florist argh!! I am still struggling with this!!! But then I have decided that the flower colours will be in champagne, light pink and white? I think so!!!!

Not to forget I must remember to give my bridal studio the photo of the bouquet I want for my ROM hand bouquet.

I know my post today is in bits and pieces but I can't seem to get my words intact today.

I think I still got a lot to do! but the most important thing now is to catch new moon!!! Edward Cullen!!! here I come!!!

ROM updates!

I'm soooo busy that I have no idea what I am busy with.. With less than 3 months to my ROM, I have been confirming things here and there... deciding stuff now and then..

I will officially become AUNTIE on the 23rd Jan 2010...

(p.s i like the date eh cause every year my anniversary is on 0123 bwahaha buy 4d ok!!!)

I have no idea what I have done and what else there might be to do. Maybe it's good that I have them listed down slowly eh..

1) Venue
After sourcing many venues.. ok frankly not as much as finding my actual wedding day banquet venue but still.. after running around Singapore.. after must hesitation and frustration (drama again)... we have settled and decided to hold our Solemnization Ceremony at....

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*drum roll*

The Singapore Art Museum!



The ceremony will be held in the Auditorium and I am sooo excited!



I simple Lurrrvveee it (with the Capital L of course!)

It's beautiful isn't it.. Well I and dada just love the entire look and feel of it..

Well we did consider other locations like Fullerton hotel, Raffles hotel's lawn as well as Grand Copthorne for solemnization but this place captured our hearts.. hehe

One thing very important for us is also the rain! Nov-Jan is rainy season and I don't want to have headache and worry about that!

We paid our deposit.. and we are off planning!!

2) Justice of The Peace
Ahhhh... We have scored ourselves the hottest JP in town! For months I have been hearing that Mr Chan Kai Yau is great but as I do not know any other good JPs, I thought I still have lots of time to source for one.. So one day.. a few weeks back, I read that Mr Chan is booked by 10 other couples on 23rd January as well.. I did consider Mr Phang and Mrs Chia but you know me, I want the best that I can get and nearly burst into tears as I thought I cannot get Mr Chan to grace my big day.. *rolls eyes - come to think of it I am a damn DrAMA MAMA Bride.. bridezilla.. ooh no.." So dada told me not to think so much and just give him a call to see if he can... and thankfully!! Mr Chan is free at the timing I want!!! We confirmed with him immediately and TADA!!!! I still don't know why he is good and yet I want him to be there!! I want someone serious, yet humourous and I heard he fits what I want...

*P.S godma's JP is him as well and she likes him a lot!! phew!! hope all goes well!*
*Cross Fingers*

3) Food
I have 3 choice actually...
- get outside caterer and just hold a simple tea reception at the courtyard.. nothing fantastic but the food can be of a better choice depending on which caterer I go to...
- Dome Cafe at SAM.. I can book the whole restaurant.. lovely place.. warm and cozy... just that I find that the catering set up wasn't fantastic.. too simple plain in my own opinion.. Can accomodate all my guest in the place also but there's still something missing..
- Via Mar restaurant at SAM... Atas expensive restaurant on it's own.. sister company to the famous Viet Lang restaurant at ACM. Then again I have not tried Via Mar's food before and am a bit worried frankly speaking.. They let me have the whole restaurant and they have staff to assist me.. I trust that the food should be at least of some standard.. then again the only thing that is stopping me is that the place cannot hold all of my guest so its a part indoor part Alfresco dining kinda idea which is kinda cool also as there are guest who may prefer outdoor dining too... Contradicting I know.. it's frustrating hehe

Still deciding between the 3.. headache...

4) Photographer
We have decided to engage Melvin Ho to be our main photographer on our big day! Melvin is a very nice and funny guy.. get along with dada very well and I am happy for that.. So that settles!!

5) Videographer
After soooo many months of searching... sooooo pissed with some people wasting my time.. I finally found Johnny and Derrick who is able to capture the day for us on High Definition!!! Never mind what that means as long as I look nice day that can liao!!!

6) Gowns and makeup
My Bridal Studio - Sophia Weddings, will be providing me the gown! I have gone for my selection and have confirmed the gown already! But still! Kiasu me always think that it's good to have backups! I shall not go into that and will keep it a secret for now hehehe! As for my makeup artist, I have confirm and chop the ever popular and famous Miss Candy from my bridal studio! Can't wait! *note to self: please remember to get Candy to do more shading on my face so it doesn't look so round.. bwahahaha* Ooh by the way, dada's suit is provided as well.. not forgetting my hand bouquet too!!

7) Theme
Regardless of where I am holding my ceremony, my theme is "Fairytale".. the princess in me is starting to ignite again.. The Princess (which is me) and the Prince (which is dada) will be the star of the show that day! And they shall live happily ever after..

8) Invitation cards
I've gotten them designed and am waiting for the final confirmation of the design and print out! With our powers unite.. me and didi (well mostly done by didi who got bossed around by me) have come out with the design that was finally approved by me.. I will try to show how it looks like when I have obtained it!

9) Guest List
Yup that is completed but we have yet to inform all our guest.. We are very sorry if we are unable to invite everyone as it is just a small ceremony for family and just a handful of friends... but rest assured, I will invite you to my Actual Day Banquet!!!

10) Hotel
This is unnecessary splurging but we still think we wanna go along with it.. We will book a hotel room whereby I can make up and go back and rest after the ceremony.. We are thinking of Swissotel the Stamford(great view) or Hotel Intercontinental(great place). The reason why we have these 2 in mind is due to the fact it is near SAM.

11) Jie Meis and Xiong Dis.
I have not come up with who needs to do what yet.. shall slowly plan!!
Need to meet up and discuss with them soon!

12) Florist
Not done yet!! Maybe I will part DIY part engaging a third party to help me but the place is really breath taking enough.. I just need to add in a bit more... I'm not a sucker for flowers as long as the place looks nice I am good to go..

13) Songs for the day..
Chicken feet... shall do this later..

14) ROM administrative stuff
Must register online to book the date you want. Please remember to have your witness details handy as you will need it during registration.

15) Wedding Favours
I wanted to have this initially but decided against that eventually as I find that it is kinda a bit of additional expenses that I can save.. I think most importantly.. my guest will want to see me happy on that day and that is what matters..

16) Wedding Bands
Oops we have actually long selected a pair of rings from Tiffany and Co but still did not purchase it yet as we thought we might find something else along the way.. I think we still got some time on this so I am not that worried.. hehe

17) Cost / Money
Ok I shall live in denial for this!
I don't want to know how much we have spent! Shall leave that to dear!!

I guess that's about it!! I hope I did not miss out anything!! If I did, please let me know!! Off to get my beauty sleep!! Working night shift again this coming week.. so sad.. so tiring.. ooh well.. The princess is off to bed!! Good night!!