Bridal Shots

Even a 3.5 inch cannot save those calves! ;p

Hopefully the photos come out beautiful! Now, if only there are "behind the scenes" photos as well to show off our hard work!

PS: pardon the blurry 1st photo - No peektures allowed *shhhhhh*

UKULELE - Should I?

I ve never been into music. BUT tt's tough to reject the offer to pick up one of these babies....because they come in yummy colors like PINK and BLUE!!!!

But with my hands full of many other things like the latest camcorder we ve got (I still havent found time to LEARN to video edit, convert ALL videos from our Melaka trip from avchd to a user friendly version), like setting aside a 3-hour kitchen time to make my inspiration cake and not to mention a new and upcoming 2-hour per weekly commitment....

I really have to resist the urge to pick up the Ukulele.

Although I am quite inspired by Sungha Jung now.. Go google him up in youtube :)

::Nigelrene Loft:: HACKING

So there were a lil hiccups before we got the green light for hacking the wall...

blame it on rigidity, red tapes yadddaaaa O_o

We are just glad it s been torn down now

Picture from 2 years ago - the exact same mini windows in the showflat that triggered a kitchen goddess-ly thought about how I m going to put out the dishes to the dining table

2 years later when we got the keys - we have decided to tear down this wall for various reasons :)

Now it's all up to the carpenter to build up exactly what we want! :)

Melaka

Somewhere in the midst of all home and bridal busy-ness, we managed to slot in a road trip to Melaka over the weekend. It isnt easy getting a convoy of people to go in together, so we literally JUMPED at the chance when there was a party of 8 present before us,  finally.

It wasnt an easy choice to let go of everything ongoing or could have happened in Singapore at that moment, missing out that Saturday where we could have met up with the electrician and drew up all our points for the electrical works to kickstart earlier. Afterall, as Allan says, "We only have ONE saturday each week!!!"

Granted the preciousness of Saturdays these days, we r glad we didnt make a wrong choice to ditch those errands!

Melaka FOOD!!

Day 1 was spent eating something every 3-hourly, that we got sick of the whole motion of eating - not of the food, but of the motion of eating.

Lunch @ Bei Zhan at 1plus. Forgot to take our dimsum brekkie at 10plus.

KONG BA BOW was freaking AWESOME!!! In fact, anything unhealthy is gastronomical. ;p

Seafood dinner @ 6plus somewhere along the straits.

I am not good with directions and remembering addresses. BUT I do have a very reliable driver with some kind of photographic memory of roads he s driven on.

So at least that could bring me back to the same place over and over again. :)

Day 2: The suite came with 6 brekkie coupons. We took the opportunity to finally act on our wedding diet plan! So we snoozed till the rest came back from brekkie, not more than 3 hours before they have lunch again!

Peranakan Food - must have when in Melaka. No picture of the yummy bird that arrived late.

And we were ON a SPECIAL DIET!!!

That's how we share our love - we share the sins :)

So that was how fruitfully we spent our only Saturday (+ Sunday) of that week..

Fast forward to this week, our electrician missed our appointment last night. And I am terribly sorry to my girls, my only Saturday this week has been set aside for gown selection (Photoshoot is next saturday!!) that we r left with the Sunday to do this whole electrical work thing. I cant do KTV *sobs* this Sunday :(

But I do hope I can find a 3-hour slot somewhere in the weekend to

DO THIS!

This was freakin AWESOME!!! The final calorie I chomped down in Melaka (not counting the wasabi nuts, potato crackers, chocolate waffers and sourplum titbits we nommed on the looong drive back to SG) and I want to re-create one in DURIAN before all inspirations are gone! Esp since it's mama's birthday celeb dinner this weekend! Just in case I dont have that luxury of a 3-hour kitchen time, we ve got our asses covered already. MAOSHANWANG + D24 homemade durian cake has already been booked. :D

Weekend, pls come quick!

::Nigelrene Loft:: LOUNGING

I WANT ONE OF THESE!!!!

inspired by the Japanese tatamis, these lounge chairs can be flattened into a sleeping mattress!

Can imagine Murphy curling up in them already!

::Nigelrene Loft:: LITTLE DETAILS

Dont worry about that extra line that's creeping up upon your face

it's just nature's way of saying that you ve grown a little more :)

Happy Birthday!

Air parcel reached just in time before mine this yr!

And the other party will always get something in the same parcel..

Toothbrush holders for us! <3

Aint Murphy CUTE???!!! He only posed for the SHIHTZU holder!

So we got them a set of 3D house. Baby bears available for family expansion.

For now, it's for two.

We ll greet you at our doors!

On the lookout for a shihtzu 3D woodpiece so we can complete our little family :)

*super loves*

Murphy is SAD

I usually get what I want.

Because when I dont, I look like that.

And I make sure I position myself strategically near the thing I want after making enough noise to attract attention. And I also make sure I am SEEN.

It doesnt work all the time with Mummy.. though she did turn around to glance at me :(

Woooof! Any gor gor or jie jie can help me bring down that white Tshirt on the top left corner of my cage? That is my favorite Tshirt from Mummy and it's been up there for 4 days! :(

::Nigelrene Loft:: RUGS

The next time we have you come over to our house, you no longer need to wipe your feet against our $1 towel-used as-rug and sometimes also used to wipe off watermarks on the floor. ;p

There'll also be a colorful strawberry one - I bought it for the fruit. :) Murphy likes to rest his head on rugs - currently on all the dirty and smelly ones lying around for our feet in the house *ewww*

So maybe I ll keep this just for his personal use if he likes it :)

Satisfaction

Nothing beats the triumphant feeling of choosing Gym over Gelare on a Tuesday night. Especially when your workout buddy is down and nursing a backache at home. Thank goodness I didnt back out in the end cos there *whisper* are spies planted in the Gym!

LO BEHOLD what disastrous ending to my 1 hour of hardwork on the saddle plus another hour of hardwork pumping the muscles - the latter was super painful due to a certain pearly pinkish woman who had a constant orgasmic expression on her face everytime she worked some muscle plus wears a PEARL necklace to workout, came in late for class and who then decided to stand in front of me @_@"

The endurance training hence covered in all aspect on a Tuesday night, eventually ended in a greater satisfaction of a reward! 

FOOD!!!!!!!

Famous Tze Char shop near Maxwell market!

Salted Egg Pork! Stirfried chicken w/ special paste (taste like the tiny fried squids!)! Assam fishhead curry! French beans! All yumtums! Dessert at Maxwell was so-so only. To make myself feel better, I only ordered the PLAIN soya beancurd ;p

(pics stolen off fb) I havent been religiously taking pictures of the yummy stuffs I put into the wedding tummy so I dont stress myself out over the extravagant (in size) eating habits. But when I do, it is usually out of pure aesthetic appeal of the food.

Just over the weekend, N&I specially hopped over to Expo for the best chendol and ice kachang. Every mouthful gives u something to smile about. The konnyakuish jelly texture, the just-right crunchy-soggyness atapchis and the just right amount of gula melaka and syrups.....hmmmmm.....we are so glad we hit jackpot and so thankful this is available so near Our Home!

 Then there was a 85 market done with Ser and Wil on the same night. OH! and the bachormee was very worth the 30 minutes wait ;)

And then on another day we hit ION for the verrrrry talked about colourful xiaolongbaos! All in different flavours!! We queued almost for an hour for these! The only time pink doesnt appeal cos it's in szechuan spicy flavor ;p That, u eat last.

And then on another day, after a popiah party dinner with N's extended family, we made a turn into the gardens while sending me home for THIS! Since I have a queer habit of not being able to rely solely on my sweet tooth, and needs to have something salty for the salty tooth to work alongside.....we flipped through the menu for some starters. But alas! My order of potato wedges became an order of a cutlet served with potato wedges instead. So no, no pictures of the cutlet, but a picture of the beautiful icecream on the 'ice-cold' table.

There's gonna be a food galore lined up this weekend cos we are hitting Melaka! And my melakan friend has given the order to "JUST eat yourself silly!" My stomach's rumbling at the thought of the chicken rice balls and the nyonya food already. There ll be pics this time round (the last one done with the cavers wasnt captured in photos)

Weekend please come quick!

DIG IN!

Without a care for the world staring at your growing butt! See how Murphy does it with his tail held high! ;p

PS. We are now 2 weeks away from The Photoshoot!! Bless the dress!

Penfolds Bin 407 (2007)

Not a wine connoisseur but want to make use of the remaining 21 weekends to test out some wines for The Big Party coming right up in December. Got hold of the Penfolds Bin 389 and Bin 407.

Our official 1st bottle was finished with Gnome and Juliet.

Penfolds Bin 407 (2007)

Sweet in tongue, minty at throat.

Verdict: N found it hard to swallow. I didnt quite enjoy the minty feel at throat.

Tasting for Bin 389 will be put on hold cos we couldnt afford to get a hangover on Sat morning! Due for a short road trip! =D 

Murphy's paw prints

HI!! It's me, WOOF! Here's me staring very hard at momma's Lychee! I followed the smell from her plastic bag right from the gate to the kitchen! Good food always comes back in plastic bags! I looked soooo cute here, momma couldnt resist and shared her loot with me ;)

I am picky when it comes to food. Here s me, refusing to eat my dinner because nothing s been added to my dog food. >.<" 

I gave mummy the "I am cute. Can I haz more mom mom inside please?" look. Usually it works...

But when it doesnt, I ll just wait and wait.....and wait....usually she will give in....because if not, I will puke my guts out. And she ll have a haaaaaaarrrrrd time cleaning up after me ;p

Here's what she ll cook for me. Mummy gives me a lot of veggies! Because veggies are good for complexion! And they make it easier for me to poot poot. PLUS cures my smelly fishy anus that I get once in a while because my anal glands refuse to secrete enough sebums for my poot poot..

but I like them with a bit of luncheon meat - from BURP! It's a doggle's luncheon meat! Smells EXACTLY like the human's MALING!

Once the meal becomes more edible with all the extra ingredients, I ll follow everywhere the bowl goes!

My real owner is actually FOOD!

OOps! And I ll give a greedy face, like this! Mummy, can I eat NOW???!!

And I can get verrrrrrrrrrrry focused when I eat...nom nom nom nom! Mummy's a real goood kitchen goddess! Dunno why daddy always complains >.<"

When I am not eating, I am either sleeping or playing..

here's me at our new place last weekend, trying to save my frog frog! :( The gor gors and jie jies bully me :(

I am still trying to figure out how to save my frog :(

::Nigelrene Loft:: BEDFRAME AND DIVAN

Contemplated a "designer" bedframe/divan in the MBR

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BUT a view with Google sketch...

 

OUR ROOM IS TOO SMALL FOR A DESIGNER BEDFRAME!!!!! =(

Sigh...back to square one. But we chose something with storage so that we can tell the world why not to splurge on wedding photoshoots because that's where they are going "Under the bed lor!" =p

::Wedding Preps:: BRIDAL SHOES

Bridal heels guide

So the FB's not only good for archiving good wines for SOS help when you are cluelessly flipping through the wine company's pages of wine menu. So funny how D flicked out her iphone for that bottle and we tried to play matching game with German words. For me, it has served SOS purposes in life-threatening circumstances such as a pre-dive menstrual visit :D And now, pre-wedding photoshoot bridal shopping!!!!

After a quick shoutout on FB for guide to where to buy bridal shoes! And Anna Nucci was having a 30% storewide sale!! Couldnt decide between the two....so...... *shrugs* As they always say, once a lifetime!

We ARE building a 1.5m by 2.55m shoe cabinet anyway... =P  

 

Love the heart-shaped trinklet hanging by the side of the shoe :)

Loves mushy details like that :):)