the wedding woes

I didn't know that the preparation for the wedding reception is such a headache!
the amount of things that have to be settled and the nitty gritty of the whole event is overwhelming. Now I know why the mother has been so stressed up the last few months and i am stressed up at the fact that she has to be so stressed up.

i think i know what i want when i have my own wedding - I just want it to be as simple, as less headache as possible. I don't understand why it has to cause so many people to have headaches when it is supposedly a joyous celebration! i don't know if it's the whole indo culture that cause this wedding to be at this level.

the schedule for the week is filled to the brim. now i just wish that it would be over soon so that I can do some shopping myself. yes, call it selfish if you want.

since back here on Friday, I had only gone shopping a few times to settle the outstanding shopping list for the wedding and of course in between window shopped for myself and bought A bag. One very nice bag... i love it and can't wait to use it.

All rightie.. i have to go now to see the dermatalogist and go for my facial. Goodbye

chance upon this...

Come to Me, My friend
I call you to a deeper surrender of yourself
I call you to come to Me
I call you to come to My freedom
Unloose your heart
Surrender again to Me today
Come to Me, My friend
I will give you all you need
Believe and trust in Me
I know you will not understand
Only know My way is the perfect way
My plan is a perfect plan for your life
Turn yourself to Me again today
I wish to deepen My life in you
I wish to give you My love
My friend, I want to transform you
to make you a new creation,
ever new, ever changing
I want to bring you into a deeper freedom
I want you to believe in My power
to transform you, to heal you
Do not limit what I can do
There is still so much MORE
I want to do with you and through you
I call you to a deeper faith
that I may be still
more powerful in you

(Written by Father Jim Ferry, quoted on his Memorial Card when he died in 1989.)

this passage speaks a lot to me of what I should do... Thank You God for allowing me to chance upon this passage...

the initial plan to have a simple dinner with just char and jun turned out to be quite a gathering in which all of us had a great dinner at Kenny Roger's (MACARONI & CHEESE!! had not had that for a very long time) & our usual hangout at TCC to have dessert because we have extra money and of course a good laugh over "BradPitt&TomCruise suits", covering oneself with plastic bag, what to with extra money, "it's just me!" and etc.

we should have more of such impromptu gatherings!!

the sweet-tooth monster has been bugging me ever since i was in kangarooland.

i have cravings for chocolates and more chocolates.

lucky for me, i bought lots of chocolates back

but i know i can't possible eat all of them up now!

go away sweet-tooth monster....

back in town

the graduation trip was fantastic!
the company, the sightseeing, the sceneries, the bushwalking and the feeling of being a tourist.
there were lots of memorable experience:
running after a ferry
losing (nearly) a $1000 worth of PDA
having a photoshoot
sharing a room with old ladies
hearing a roar on our way back to hostel
being on a harbourjet
sleeping on the upper bunk for 18 nights straight
being the last 3 passengers to be on board
meeting extraordinary people
taking lots and lots of photoshoots
making sandwiches

ahh... no words could describe the experience..

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