The Proposal

Everyone's been asking.. "How did you propose?"

Well, I'm not going to tell.. Too paiseh to say.. Yes yes.. Surprise... The thick skinned Elisha is shy at times.. So if you wanna know, you gotta wait till Joleen tells.. hahahaha..

Cheerios!

Burn! Burn! Burn!

I went to tell some friends about this site and as they came on the site to take a look, I started getting comments like "you putting on weight hor??", "wow.. life's been good to you.. you put on weight", etc..

Rebecca Heng said, "how come u no mention abt your measurement?".. what does she mean by measurement?? well, if you look 2 posts back, you would notice that Jo and I went for our 1st Bridal Studio appointment recently. And that means, I had my measurements taken.. For my clothing tailoring.. And, by popular demand, I hereby announce that the tailor took my waist size as 35.5 INCHES!! I so need to lose weight.. and the buffets ain't helping.. Cheerios!

Our 8th Anniversary

8 years ago, today, Jo agreed to be mine. Today we celebrated our great achievement of 8 years, which will be, in the years to come, made smaller with newer achievements each year. And how did we celebrate our day? 1st we went to do something I know Jo was looking forward to very very much.. Ring shopping.. Actually I was looking forward to it too.. We went wedding band shopping..

I had no idea that chooising a wedding band could be this much of a headache.. some too thin, some too thick. some too much design, others too plain. Some too trendy, others too obiang.. Then there's also the choice of yellow gold, white gold and platinium. with 3 different types of metals to choose, life was tough enough. But recently, there's a 4th metal that has joined the band.. they now have rose gold.. which is a red versiong of yellow gold.. why do jewellers make my life miserable by offerring so many choices??.. Outcome?? 2 people with headaches, zero rings bought.. but at least we have 2 ring designs in mind.

What else did we do on our special day? Of course doing what we love to do best... EAT!! I gave Jo a few options.. Western, Japanese, Indian, Chinese & Fusion.. And since we could not decide, we went for a buffet.. The best buffet we've been to so far..

We went to the Ritz Carlton's Greenhouse and had their magnificent buffet. It was by far the best that we've had.. Except for the Christmas dinner buffet that we had at The Oriental in 2005 which Jo still thinks is our best. But apart from special event buffets, this is really the best! I was just eating here with some associates in the Crisis Management Industry 2 weeks ago, but being a business/associates' luncheon, I had little time and interest to admire the food and the ambience.

This evening, Jo and I had a leisurely dinner at 6.30pm. The very timing that the buffet opens. We were number 1 attakcers of the buffet line.. The food was top notch quality.. Really..

Here's some of the food we ate.. Only some of the mountain of food we ate.. Haha.. The oysters were extremely succulent. I had only 1 but Jo had 3 of them.. Secret's out! Jo may look like she has a really small frame, but she sure can eat.. If she likes the food.. I ain't complaining.. This is one of the reasons why we get along so well.. Haha.. Other stuff on the plate are FRESH scallops, Australian green shell mussels, spicy beef salad, chicken salad (which was very yummy), mushroom salad, and a kinda salsa sauce for the seafood.

Another plate.. Taken by Jo.. Coz I was a little slow in finishing the supper amount of food I took. Very nice vegetables.. The last time I was here 2 weeks ago, a colleague, Dawn, took a similar plate of the tomatoes.. and as she bit into one of them, the whole thing exploded and squirtted juices everywhere.. Some landed on my shirt.. Sigh..

Anyway, there were lots and lots of food to eat and choose. There needs to be a special mention of the food.. It was really out of this world. Some of my colleagues and friends know that I like to eat crabs.. Especially the Black Pepper crab at Joo Chiat and the Crab Bee Hoon Soup at Ang Mo Kio.. But this really tops the list!! Just look at it! There was this dish which was steamed Sri Lanka Crabs. Super Duper DELICIOUS!! Just ask Jo.. She ain't a crab fan.. But she agrees that this was delicious! The meat was so full and thick.. So fresh that it just comes out in a huge piece.. Firm.. The shell was a little tricky, but the meat was so worth the work.

Here's the rest of the pics.. The food was simply delicious.. And do you know what was the best of all? It costs $48.00 +++ per person. This was a really worth while price to pay for the sumptous feast that we had. Really really worth it. The total bill came up to about $111.00 which was about $55 per person. Good eat, worthy eat, must eat!

Here's Jo digging in to the sumptous feast! Did you notice the champagne glasses? They're filled with fresh juices that come as part of the buffet meal.. Where have you heard of such a wonderful deal??!!

Very nice kueh pie ti which ain't the traditional kind. This one is special. Instead of the vege filling, this one uses rice vermicelli with some spices. Not bad! Not bad at all!! And in front of the kueh pie ti is crab omelette. One of the few chef-made-to-order dishes where the chef whips up the dish right in front of you. Very nice.

And Jo's all time favourite?? Desserts.. Look at the dessert spread. They look so appealing that once you enter the buffet zone, you just feel like attacking it first. But we were disciplined enough to save the best for last.

As we were leaving the restaurant, we had to take a picture of the gastronomical place..

And being at The Ritz Carlton, we had to take a walk about and admire the beautiful hotel. The nice decor.. This picture was taken at the 1st floor ball room reception area (lobby is on the 3rd floor). Very beautiful stairs..

And here's to ending off our 8th Year Anniversary celebration.. It's been a long time since I gave Jo flowers.. Oops! Haha.. Not even when I proposed. If you wanna know how I proposed, you gotta ask Jo.. Coz I ain't telling..

Happy Anniversary Jo! This is gonna be the last anniversary that we'll be spending as singles.. The next anniversary will be spent as Mr and Mrs Teo. Cheerios!

1st Visit to Bridal Studio

Jo and I spent the entire afternoon at Bridal de Couture today.. Getting 1 of the many things done for the wedding.. There was the choosing of wedding gown designs, the trying out of similar designs, the picking out of evening gown, choosing of my suits, arranging for fitting of tailor-made wedding gown, arranging for photo shoot, etc.. A day with many accomplishments..

Here's a pic of Jo being measured by the designer. Measure shoulders, measure hips, measure here, measure there.. I think we really got a wonderful deal with this bridal package that we got.. The people at the bridal studio were really friendly and they were really listening to every single point we had to made. Very detailed. Jo's wedding gown will be ready by end of May for her to do her fitting on 1st June.

I took some pictures on the gowns that Jo tried on, including the evening gown that I picked out for Jo. We think that it's really nice and special. Shall not post the photo of it here to provide some suspense. You'll all get to see it when the day comes.

Halfway during the trying out of my suits, Jo and I were wondering whether I would end up wearing the same coloured suits as the waiters that will be serving our wedding dinner. So we had to quickly call up the dinner coordinator to find out what colour their uniforms were going to be. So here's a note to all that are planning to get married some time soon.. Please remember to check what the waiters and waitresses will be dressed in. You don't wanna end up looking like them or the table cloth. Hahahaha..

The dates for the fitting and photo shoot have been set. Fitting on 1 Jun 07 and shoot on 13 Jun 07. The people from the studio working with us gave us a good feeling that they know what they're doing, so I think that we're in safe hands.. for now.. hahaha.. Cheerios!