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In celebration of Zouk's 20th Anniversary + Dr. Martens #Firstandforever campaign,
I am sure you have heard of these two well known international brands, Zouk & Dr Martens,
and now it has come together for a very meaningful collaboration.

It is named the #FIRST Exhibition whereby they invited 20 of the scene's designers, creatives, thinkers, artists,
to come forward and customize their own limited edition Dr Martens 1461 3-eye style shoes.
To name a few, people such as:
Poptart, Syndicate, Holly Graberek

Those shoes will be exhibited at the event on this coming friday (October 7) in Zouk,
and after that, it will go on auction on 8th to 25th October at a mini gallery in Zouk,
as well as places in Singapore like Dr Martens outlet, Blackmarket, Pigeonhole etc!
Not just that, the proceeds will entirely go to Zouk's adopted charity for 2011: Make-A-Wish Foundation®.

I will be there to check out this interesting exhibition this coming Friday!
To fans of Zouk & Dr Martens, for more details, check out their or the auction page.

This entire entry is dedicated to my dear bff Haslinda and her hubby, Yi Xiong for them to keep (they don't have a blog you see),
and as well as to all of us "crew members" behind the scenes on the happiest day of their lives.

After all these years of growing up together- mugging for exams tog, countless of meetups, travelling overseas, gamble together,
going through happy and tough times in relationships (not their relationship), talking about studies, jobs, future..
I'm still feel very amazed and surreal that my two dear friends have officially tied the knot on 25th September 2011, it was a Sunday.

And with my first girlfriend entering a new phase of life,
suddenly it feels like growing up is moving at an extremely fast pace..
and career will be one of the most important things you would think of before you get married, followed by kids. ( well, career has always been impt since you started studying)
Wouldn't say its bad, because you will just realize again,
if you want to lead a happy and blissful life like them, you gotta start thinking of what you want in life if you haven.
Afterall, we might not know what we like, but we know what we don't like.

Nuff said, before you decide to click away and stop reading this entry which i painstakingly put together all the gazilion amount of photos,
a video even, rearranging them and now writing. heh

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It was my second time being a bridesmaid, and this time, we all were very involved in her entire planning together,
glad to be because this is definitely something i want to do for my beloved girlfriend (and for other girlfriends, when yours to come!) to hopefully get the dream wedding she wants.
No words can describe how heartwarming it is to see my girlfriend walking down the aisle with her husband on the actual day,
that's when you know everything is really worth it.

RISE AND SHINE!
The four bridesmaids, Kaimin, leney, myself and Apple got up to reach linny's place at 4.30AM in the morning in due for preparations on the actual day.
And we brought all our bridesmaids dresses to prepare at her house, and before that, thanks to leney,
she bought the ingredients (for gatecrashing) the day before and we gotta start making our special recipes out of them for yx who will be coming in a couple of hours.

Haslinda looks even more beautiful that day, and it true that they say,
the bride is definitely the prettiest on the wedding day.

YX arrived at about 7.15AM, and we told them to stand downstairs before moving up first.
We made them shouted lovely dovely quotes to Linny right in front of the coffee shop!! teehee :p

These were the gate crashing games (you can see more in the video later!),
didn't manage to take a lot of pictures cuz we were too busy but here's a breakdown of what we did –
We went by SUAN, TIAN, KU, LA (Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy) and other random games:

1. (SOUR) We had lemons soaked in vinegar for them to eat, making sure all the pulps were eaten down as well.
2. (SWEET) Gummy bears sweet to be put on the bestmen's body parts (eg. face, neck) and YX (yixiong) had to use his mouth to eat them without touching
3. (BITTER) Blended pure coffee powder + wheat (wanted bittergourd but didnt manage to get it) + celery as juice for them to drink within 30 seconds with a long straw (3 mcdonalds straws attached into one),
if not forfeit, and drink another cup
4. (SPICY) Buns with blajiam (chilli) and a pure long chilli as toppings to eat it mouth to mouth (pair by pair) without touching.
5. We had him to find the key to lin's room which was inside a pail of very ICED water using his feet only (they cheated!!)
6. Wearing disposable undies that wrote "I love lin" and do a dance.
7. Leney made an amazing ice cube that has a cherry tomato in the middle, he and bestmen had to lick it all up and get the tomato before proceeding to the next stage.

Didn't manage to play this game cuz we were running outta time,
had to do it after the tea ceremony ended to not waste leney's effort in freezing the ice up together. hahahah.

Moved on for tea ceremony at the groom's place, but before that we went outdoor to somewhere nice for a group shot.

hahaha the photographer wanted to take some half shorts and we had to squat down to prevent ourselves from being inside the pics

our bridesmaids dresses from Love,bonito

Headed to YX's place after phototaking and linny had to change to KUA.
My mom saw the pictures and asked me if YX is a cantonese.
I said i don't think so, and she told me only cantonese dilect group has to wear KUA for wedding customs.
Apparently YX is teochew, but linny mentioned that the wedding package includes KUA and YX's mom wld like her to wear, so might as well take it! so cute.

Pwetty in her KUA!!

After tea ceremony at linny's place as well, we headed to check into M Hotel @ Tanjong Pagar to rest and prepare for the dinner plans!
Awesome to know that linny got us bridesmaids a room and the bestmen another room, apart from the suite that YX and herself would be staying.

We girls thought we would wanna look glam-up for linny's wedding as well,
and I got to know a new make up artist recently – her name is Candy and she has been experienced in this field for quite a no of years.
She was really detailed and patience with my makeover, which includes hair- a gorgeous tied up bun as well and thanks to her, I got a beautiful makeover in the very afternoon. 
Thank you Candy!

My makeover- told her i wanted korean make up! teehee smokey eyes. love the lashes she put on me, and more pinkish nude lips.

Not just myself,
but Candy gave my girlfriends makeovers too!


* Changed into our dinner outfits and am wearing the convertible maxi from Mylittlebow. Love how elegant looking it is!

Here's Candy for you, and two of us, kaimin and myself with our make up cum hair all done!
She does makeup and hair for weddings, ROMs, and also events like dinner and shoots,
if you are interested, you can hop over to see her portfolio and contact details HERE.

Kaimin and leney after their makeover, I love their hairstyles!

And apple has a very different cum loud hairstyle that day as well, courtesy of Candy too.

we all liked Selene's hair, if only i got more volumized hair.

The receptionists!

Orange/coral is the new colour! teehee.

Finally it was time to head into the ballroom..

Yes, vincent and I were both the emcees for the night!
Did i tell you vincent won the 100.3 FM Mandarin DJ contest recently?! Awesome!

Our beautiful bride and handsome groom! ))

Love linny's gowns!

Pretty girls – Wanqian and Caleen.

The lovely babes!!

And the ever so beautiful linny <3

Here's a video that the videographer she employed did,
check out what we did for the entire day eg. the gatecrashing teehee.

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Haslinda's hens night was kept as a simple affair and the girls us decided to book a room at Studio M for a Girls Night Out.

We were deciding hard on which boutique hotel to choose from,
and we got sold by the loft concept and the entire architecture and decor of the room seemed rather modernized in the pictures online.
I do like the design very much but unfortunately, we weren't exactly satisfied with the stay because the room was really small despite the awesome high ceiling. :\
It would be just nice for two pax (yes it was meant to be for 2 pax anyway),
but probably the pictures seemed to portray the room to be much bigger as compared to the real thing.

Loved how we spent the night together, and we wanted to go partying away but figured that it would be a waste of money to book the hotel so we called off that idea.
But we had delicious dominos pizza delivery (gosh, their crust was really good,
and i love the garlic & cheese breadsticks as well as the cinnamon sticks) which is definitely my another favourite brand of pizza, also,
we brought all our manicure tools, nail polishes etc for a manicure session.
Not only those, we also brought drinks like Choya, martini asti etc and prepared a perfect show to watch together- BRIDESMAID. Teehee, perfecto!

The balloon in the middle wasn't purposely like that!
I was blowing the balloons and one of them in the pack came in this shape,
we thought it was hilarious and decided to put it up to surprise haslinda before she comes!

 

The girls checked in around 2pm, and decorated the place before linny arrived at 6.30pm.
Bought her this bride veil and wand (i dont know what's the wand for, it comes with the veil.
OR maybe, it's supposed to be a fairy thingy. oops) to wear it during the stay which was pretty cute and the girls bought piggy ears,
bunny ears headbands to accompany our Pajamas Theme as well! Hilarious!

Did i mention there is this cafe under studio M- called the MALTED MILK. It is actually related to Timbre, and if you love timbre's food,
you can get take aways or dine in at Malted Milk instead of going to timbre!
I didn't know that until selene told me, and we ordered room service in Studio M (oh yes, studio M partnered with malted milk for room services)so as to order timbre's Buffalo Wings!!
Awesome to know this cuz i'm a big fan of timbre's pizza as well as chicken wings too.

MALTED MILK
3 Nanson Road,
Level 1 Studio M Hotel, Singapore.

We had a uber good feast, kai min bought us this SOYA TARTS from selegie!! Healthier than egg tarts and I LOVE THEM TO THE MAX!
Heard its always sold out in the afternoon and you have to go early to buy, comes in many different flavours as well.
It's located near the rochor tau huay, but its at the other corner, beside the hainanese chicken rice stall.

Finally, its manicure time!

I think i might be able to try for a manicurist role.. I DID THIS!!! so proud of myself though it looks much better from afar.. oops. :p

Leney's pretty talented too, hehehe.

And cheers to the night!

The next morning we woke up early to enjoy the pool while kaimin and linny went for breakfast.
We totally loved the pool area and the very balinese setting of the area.

The breakfast girls!

Checked out time was pretty late at 2pm, and we got hooked on the Monopoly Deal game.
Not a game person, and it was my first time playing and I must say it's pretty addictive, heheh, especially playing with the girls was so fun!

*Changed into this dress by , love the colour combi and the layered top design!

Something special that we did for our dear Haslinda during this stay…
we prepared a surprised video for her and played it during her wedding!
As you can guess, we filmed it before she came on the first day of the hotel stay, and well, don't laugh at us!
My mom said apple and I sounded uber serious in the video, zzzzz. heh

Luckily for Mac, it makes video editing much better and nicer!
You can watch our works below!

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One more outfit of the week!

* This black dress is colour exclusive to , go get it while stock lasts!
Black dress will never ever go wrong and i love the "flaps" design at the top part!
Comes with a sash too, but you can wear it either with or not with.

Thank goodness for a new Nex shopping mall near my area, I think it makes shopping and meals better with the wide variety of choices.
Every now and then, I'll head over there to take the circle line/ north east line or i will just take a random walk around there or watch a movie!

Then i passed by at Nex and thought it looks really familiar..

True enough,amazingly, together with the online platform they expanded and are doing great with their 3 brick and mortar branches –
1. Nex Mall Serangoon, #01-19 S556083, Tel: 65096271 
2. Square 2 Novena, #02-73 S307506, Tel: 63972476
3. Iluma Bugis, #03-02 s188067, Tel: 65090955

I went in to take a look and i must say i just got hooked on shopping!
They have a extensive variety of apparels there and there are proper fitting rooms for you to try on.

This definitely makes shopping easier and if you would want to see the pieces in real before purchasing,
you know where to go.
No worries, you can also go shopping without cash at their boutique, they accept visa, mastercard, nets, unionpay too! :p

With weekly launches, you can see first hand online (check out their or ) and then visit their retail stores for the real piece if you want!

Check out the beautifully decorated store(s)!

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Thanks to groupon, i managed to get this uber valued deal for Korean BBQ buffet @ Chang BBQ (iluma outlet).
Chang has always been known for his very quality and expensive korean bbq food and it's main restaurant is at dempsey actually.
I suppose the iluma branch is probably catering to a different crowd,
and hurhur (he has been to the one at dempsey)told me the price range was kinda drastic after comparing the two.

Was having a lil dilemma whether to share this place or not,
but decided that I will, good things are meant to be shared, muhahahaha,
and hopefully more korean bbq restaurants get threatened by the good sales of such restaurant after and then lower their price to remain competitive. lol :p

But well, this deal was really worth it in our opinions, and the usual price is doubled but nonetheless, it's is still worth it for the original price.
I'm definitely going back again for korean BBQ.
The tanjong pagar one that i used to frequent is totally crowded these couple of months,
and this shall be my new found place!

* Love this blue dress from pearlavish, the colour does not do justice here, IRL it's def a stunning shade!

CHANG KOREAN CHARCOAL BBQ
ILUMA @ BUGIS,
201 VICTORIA STREET
#04-04
TEL: 6509 8900 (Call to reserve seats would be better)

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More outfits of this week!

*I am sure you will like this manufactured dainty dress by pearlavish, the cloth belt is detachable.

Apart from bff linny's wedding, past week was rather eventful.
Had a date night with leney,
and it has been a while that we just sat at macs @ lido and chatted all the way till 1am in the morning before heading back. <3

*Wore this colour-block dress from pearlavish and matched it with a simple pumps, necklace and i'm good to go, great quality i must say!

leney <3

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I have been a customer of Pink Parlour for these two years, and for nails and waxing, that would be my usual place.
Met Fai, one of the in-charges there, and he was sharing with me about this exciting upcoming event,
and finally I received more news on it!

Pink Parlour is organising this PINK RIBBON PARTY that is of benefit of the Singapore Cancer Society,
and it will be hosted by celebrity Linda black!
Not just that, I heard from him that there will be a whole wide range of sponsors involved as well to celebrate life for this meaningful event as well.

Details are as below, and hope to see you there!
You can take this chance to enjoy some special show lined up for you on that day,
and have a chance to win home some great goodies too!

Check out their or message them there for purchasing details!

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More posts to come!
Attended this exclusive Pantene event together with vel, jie and nicole, and vel was the panel speaker!
It was held at Stellar @ 1-altitude and the place was beautiful.

* Summer yellow layered dress by Chandelle House, love the preppy colour and do quote "beatrice" to get $2 off your purchase at their store!

 
*Another basic essentials for all girls, and a manufactured piece by Chandelle House, don't miss it babes!
For those who are interested to model for them, do hop over to their site for more details.

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Decided to blog on haslinda's hens night in another post because we took a massive lot of pictures. heh.
Till then, see ya!

Love is in the air!
Attended Shing's ROM and wedding dinner last week, and it was simply beautiful.
Everything was done in details and i heard she handmade/homemade almost the entire decorations for the wedding!
Am really glad to see my friends getting married and Shing, may jiahao and you live in bliss forever and all the best in your new life! <3

*Wore my really sweet purple dress from flymetoparis! Received quite a bit of compliments on the dress too!! <3

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Will blog about Haslinda's hens night soon and what we did!
Here's a sneak!

*Love this lovely summer loose coral top from flymetoparis too, perfect for the weekend getaway for haslinda's hens night!
I wore it with my bikini, but it comes with an inner slip actually!

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I am summing up the entire krabi trip today, and It's gonna be a mega long post!

The previous two entries are the first and second day, and this will be the third.
In fact there is a forth, but i think i wouldn't want to bore you out with taxi, airport and plane pictures because we left in the early morning. heh

Third day in Krabi was a very simple, free and easy and unplanned one.
The only two things we planned the night before were:
1. breakfast in the morning
2. rented a SCOOTER and await for it to arrive at the hotel in the morning 8am

Yes, as you can see it, the highlight would be the SCOOTER because none of us rode it before (i mean i sat on one before, but not operating it).
But don't worry, it's automated (just like operating an auto car, cept that it's on the hands instead of the feet),
and I suppose it helps that we both own a class 3 driving license!

Rental of bike was amazing affordable at a price of 200 bhat (SGD $8) for 24 hours!!!
For that, I will give a bonus to the resort because they partner with such services.
The bike company will deliver right to the hotel, and will come to collect from the hotel as well.

Hahaha we were marked "TOURIST" with the helmets on for the first half of the day because i was really worried about us on the scooter albeit hurhur's experienced driving skills.
None of the locals wore helmets at all, and hurhur wanted to follow suit.
But i suppose i am a true blue singaporean for this to forbid that straight away without thinking and urge him to wear it no matter what. heh

The day was really relaxing and we travelled out of Ao Nang as much as we could (before we reach the point that we can't remember any more routes),
and visited some parks, markets, beaches and further places for food etc.

 
A new hat he bought in krabi!

One thing about travelling in the open wind is that,
1. you get really natural breeze and it's so cooling
2. your hair, face, everything turn oily after you stop. ;/

check out the oily face and hair!

this place rocks. the thai food was SOOOO GOOD!
if you wanna try this place, from ao nang, drive towards the airport direction, you should see this on your left!

 
its just sprite!! not beer.

just 230 bhat for all that we ate! (sgd $10)

 

the previous driver was really inconsiderate! left us with barely any petrol to go far.

look at the art of the crabs.

sand rolled into balls by the crabs!! amazing. look like pepper balls!

The resort offered us complimentary dinner because we had a three day straight stay with them!

first round of dinner by the resort, and second round at a restaurant! gluttons us.