tippytapp: weddings

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Wednesday, 4 June 2014

05 June // Updated Shoptippytapp with new items!

I can't believe it's already June! Lots of exciting plans this month but first up - H and I are flying back to his hometown this weekend! I am TOTALLY EXCITED becauseeeeee I ordered a truckload of stuff on Taobao!!! Hehehe his parents dedicated an entire room for all our parcels because they are piling up. They are also very supportive of our (my) shopping habit, telling us stuff like if we cannot fit everything into our luggages, they will help to bring them over when they visit next month HAHA! Eh, more shopping? :D

Anyway, May was definitely a month filled with love~~~ I attended 3 of my good friends' weddings and they were so much fun! I truly enjoyed myself at the wedding dinners because of all the love and happiness molecules in the enclosed ballrooms. Also, seeing how each couple complements each other gives me that soft squishy feeling somewhere to the left of my chest.

Sigh, love.

At my batch girl, Christine's wedding. As always, so good to see my batch mates again!

Please excuse the bad quality. Evening bags are too small, cannot fit cameras haha.

Notice the empty ballroom? We were the LAST to leave. The staff couldn't wait anymore so they have already started on rearranging the chairs for next day's event haha. This is quite an achievement for all of us who are always the last to arrive and first to leave. We headed up to the bridal suite after all the photo-taking and continued with our catching-up!

Alex and Juan's wedding was the week after Christine's. It was an extravagant affair with touching moments and a lot of thought put into the evening to make it a memorable one for both the couple themselves as well as for the guests.

Every table was doing the Oscar Selfie that night!

And the last wedding of the month was of course Liau (Calista) and Ken's wedding. First in our clique to get married :)

Hahahaha Ken being his usual (joker) self

When we were done with our bridesmaid's duties, Sau and I went off to ProTrim (Somerset 313) to do our hair for the dinner!

I requested for a loose side bun and allowed Tino to decide what suits me best. Close-up of the back details:

I don't have a full frontal picture but here's an accidental shot hahaha

Sau did structured side swept curls which I love!!! Am thinking of doing something identical for my wedding BUT I haven't decided on my actual day gown so I'm not sure if it suits the dress... We shall see!

Last month, I went for the Desigual show during Audi Fashion Festival and Tino gave me side swept waves as well!

I really liked the hair style but if my hair is longer, I am sure I'll like it even more. Soooo I'm not gonna cut my hair from now till my wedding day! Not even a teeny bit of trim.

Grow hair, grow!

And this is the usual va-va-voom hair Elva (JEM outlet) blows for me after touching-up my hair roots last month! I always look forward to seeing her because my hair looks and feels magical after each session!

I alternate between two ProTrim outlets - JEM and Somerset 313. Elva at the JEM outlet maintains my hair so all the cutting, colouring and hair treatments are done by her. Whereas Tino from Somerset 313 outlet does hair styling for me whenever I need it. I figured it's more convenient to head to town for that since most events are held in central Singapore. Anyway, both are awesome in what they do and I am so thankful to be a part of this team as I can see my mane is slowly but surely on its way to recovery!

(Sidenote: You HAVE to try their hair treatments! Mucota or Keratase, they last for a long time!)

Charlott's (without the 'e') Wedding

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Yesterday was the 1st of March which translates to 1.3.14 so I assumed every hotel's ballroom and restaurants were booked for weddings because my Instagram and Facebook feeds were flooding with friends attending friends' weddings. I also attended a wedding luncheon!

Charlott and Andrew's cosy wedding was held at Flutes at National Museum of Singapore and the restaurant was so pretty! I have always loved those western style table set-up but with H being a Chinese, it's not really possible for us to serve a 4-course meal without all the Chinese delicacies. Another plus point for the western style wedding is the fact that there are lesser courses so guests can actually interact and take their time to finish each course without the server dumping the next course on the lazy Susan already. I saw Charlott hopping from table to table entertaining/checking on her guests and taking pictures after she finished each course and it was just so sweet! During a Chinese banquet, you are considered lucky if you even get a sentence or two with the married couple when they go round the ballroom for photo-taking.

I arrived a little late so everyone already started with their first course - Cream of Mushroom with Truffle Oil. Forgot to take a picture but it was pretty yums!

What's on the menu...I love all the choices!

!!!!

Scallops are my FAVOURITE and this dish didn't disappoint.

In fact, it was probably the best course!

I had the sea bass for main and it was wayyyy overcooked.

Nobody liked it, not even the bride herself.

The dessert was okay but not memorable.

But overall, I would say the food was not too bad!

Love this candid photo :)

Charlott and I were in the same class and CCA for 4 years in secondary school

and I am honestly so, so, so happy and a little emotional that she's found her "The One"

who will be by her side for the rest of her life. :''')

We were silly young geeks on the first day of school and Charlott was spotting bangs above eyebrows

with a mid-ponytail + glasses and skirt to her knee for at least a good 1-2 years.

Her skirt went reallyyyy short after a few months if I remember right hahaha.

And she started wearing contact lenses in secondary 3 to reveal her pretty looks!

Oh yes, we also went through lots of restrictions and curfews imposed on her, with her.

Congrats on your freedom and I am so glad we are still friends! :)

The man beside me is Charlott's dad who doesn't look like he has aged a day

since the last time I saw him when I was still *ahem* below 20.

I need to know his secret.

Ending this post with my #ootd details.

I love wearing my classic pieces for daytime weddings.

I'm in love

Sunday, 24 February 2013

Sorry for the lack of updates, girls!
I have a lot on my plate at the moment, plus work hasn't been kind to me. For the entire week, I've been waking up between 3.45am-5.45am to report for work and I only get home late at night, tons of errands to run the next day before reporting for work the following morning again :( Been clocking in less than 5 hours of sleep daily so you can imagine how tired I am now. Ugh I'm so not a morning person.
SO GLAD IT'S ALL COMING TO AN END. Gonna be resting to my best ability for the next 11 days haha.

Alright, time to share something happy, something lovely and something sweet!
My friends were all rushing to get married before the Snake year and I was so happy I got to dress up! Of course I'm also happy to see them blissfully in love, that goes without saying. I can totally feel the loveeeeee and connection between them when they gave each other a knowing look during the wedding. It's an exchange not understood by outsiders but it's an exchange of love noticed by bystanders. It's definitely not easy to meet your Mr Right among millions of "He's not tall enough", "Too skinny!", "Hmm.. Bulging stomach", "Ugh what a flirt!", sooooo appreciate what you have or...just don't waste anymore time!

The next one will DEFINITELY be better.
Sorry, I'm just realistic and practical like that.

Anyhow, weddings!!!