My Dearest Sue

Finally! By now the wedding ceremonies for year of the Ox (2009) have come to an end (for those that I know that is). Congratulations darlingz and really sorry to those that I could not attend! Its sad that I could not attend theirs and them mine and its all because of the chinese-wedding-customs. As mentioned in one of my previous post, brides who got married cannot attend weddings held within the same month. Some believed 3 months. Some 4. Some even a year!

As for my dearest cousin Sue Ann, we were told by our family fengshui master to avoid each other's wedding if its within FOUR (4) months of one another!! Absolutely ridiculous but customs are customs... so I had to obey.

Sue Ann's wedding was held yesterday at KL Hilton and for the whole day since the eve of her wedding, I was feeling sad and unhappy as I could not be by her side on this important day. I remembered when we were younger we were like twins. We were always together every weekend playing barbie dolls, to berry fruits cooking at the backyard of our grandma's house, to showering together (we were realllllyy young ok! Nothing pops out yet then), to dancing some silly dance routines together with another baby cousin of ours Danielle (Sue being the eldest and most creative one was always the choreographer), to having boyfriends, to having break-ups, to meeting the ONE and then finally to tie the knot.

As we grew older, we see each other lesser...both having own career, own dating life, own and wider circle of friends. But deep down in our hearts we knew we were special to one another. She is special to me. She is special to all of us. Now and Forever.

This blog is specially dedicated to my dearest and wonderful cousin Sue Ann. May you and Ron live a happy and prosperous live together and may you both be blessed with a beautiful child/ children in the near near future!

The younger days....

13th December 2009

23rd January 2010



The NGs and the LIMs

Right Here Waiting - Morning of 13.12.09 Part 2

Wanna see how Tim serenaded me in front of room 2503 at The Empire?

In moments of frenziness, Tim still managed to cook up lyrics to the Richard Marx's song entitled: "Right Here Waiting"... Whether he passed the singing test or not, its left to my then Guardian-of-the-Door Adrian to decide if he should open the door for him...or not... :D

Sealed with a Kiss (Morning of 13.12.09) - Part 1

Pictures speak a thousand words...

Allow me to sketch it out here through photographs from the morning of 13.12.09 where the alarm buzzed off at approximately 5.00am for makeup session to me closing my eyes (either from lethargicness or drunkeness) at 2.00am the next day...

Food of torture: The sweet, the sour, the bitter, and the SPICY

The weapons

Me sitting at the end of the bed waiting for my man

Still waiting for the clock to strike 9am,

hence some cam-whoring moment with my maid of honour

Me and my new sista!

The lovely girls & I...

Amongst these 2 ji muis of mine, who do u think is older? The blue? or the pink?

Can't tell right? Cuz they are soooo sweet & innocent!

Oh yeah! Tim is an ardent fan of Leeds United

and he absolute can't stand me loving Man United

So, I had to 'convert' him

They are here!!!

My man & his 8 mafias...they don't know what they are up against!

8 mafias against 9 foxes!

Their first torture: Tim had a hard time swallowing what he hate most -

hotdog, mustard, mountain full of wasabis, cheese & bitter leaves!

Look at his mafias...especially the one on the right! LOL!

They were so happy to see my ji muis actually served them "drinks" to

make the swallow easier...only thing was, that drink was super extremely terribly SOUR!

Ok....my girls aint that bad... we saved the best for last

The boyz were like hungry wolves...chomping on the ice-cream

like as if they've never tasted ice-creams before...

All rigthtey...I was told that one of the boyz instructed the rest to blow as small as possible

as he claimed he knew what this trick was all about (yeah right!)

Small balloon eh? The smaller the balloon, the closer they are to the ass! LOL!

The boyz wanted to kill the one who gave them that stupid idea of blowing the balloon smaller!

(earlier, they were made to kiss each other on the cheeks too)

(p/s- after u kiss, u.. f**k)

Go figure out these compromising poses above lol!

Jeff, the best man, had a leaking balloon...he was shocked to find out

he had to "bang" Tim's backside with the balloon in between

As the game drags on, his balloon became smaller and smaller anddd smaller

till he actually literally looked like "banging" Tim's ass for real

Wicked! LOL!

The boyz had the balloons, Tim HAD to wear the Man Utd jersey

I was told he wanted to tear the jersey! LOL!

Tim had to sing infront of my room door (room 2503 - anyone wants to buy 4D?)

to his own version of "RIGHT HERE WAITING"

 He had to come up with his own lyrics to beg me to open the door!

(Lorraine was holding up her Sony Ericsson phone to play the mp3 song to assist his singing)

This was pretty funny as in the moment of madness he could still rhyme his lyrics!

Did I mention before Tim actually sang to me on the first night of our very first telephone call back in 2008?

I was laughing so much I was almost in tears

Tim came into my room and lifted up my veil....

We then sealed with a kiss.....

Brunei - Malaysia - Brunei

Have you ever been in a country for 2 hours then out again? Is it really possible? (If you are in JB, of course that is a different story).

Well, today it happened just that. Amazing! We arrived at Brunei International Airport at 3pm (note: we were at KLIA since 7am!! MAS delayed its flight for bloody 6hours!). Despite the dreadfullness of hanging around at the airport doing practically nothing (we entertained ourselves by me sitting in a trolley and Tim pushing me around joyfully with cheerful airport employees laughing at our silly-ness) we arrived at Brunei with my M.I.L waiting for us with open arms. I'm home!!...only for 2 hours, that is.

Not long after when we got home, my F.I.L came back to pick us both up to go to Kuala Lurah, Malaysia about 45mins drive from Bandar Seri Begawan. With our passports stamped once again, we were out of Brunei and back to our home country again!

We spent close to 5 hours shopping for liquors and drinking (plus karaoke-ing) at a nearby shop with 9 other friends of my F.I.L (all hail from Brunei). It was like a mini excursion - with one purpose: LIQUOR! As 1 person can only purchase 2 bottles back to Brunei, with 12 of us in total, we bought 24!! Plus cartons of beers, we all looked like crazy alcoholics! With 12 passports to scan, 24 bottles + dozen of cartons to pack and 12 thirsty wolves to serve, the shopkeeper became an overnight profit-maker.

Its Monday today, 6 more days to go before the crazy wedding party begin (or rather, continue) AGAIN...

Addiction of Facebook & Twitter

How addictive are you in Facebooking or Twittering? There are some who treat Facebook & Twitter so seriously that they actually paused their wedding to change the Facebook relationship status!

Watch this! The Groom paused the wedding to make it 'official' on Facebook and Twitter before finalizing wedding with his wife. The video has been quite a hit on YouTube.com.

Coming Up Next: "Holiday Wedding"

Sitting here in one of the pubs at Jaya One with Tim and his boyz (Jeff, Gabz & Charlie) in my office attire drinking ... H20 (whatt??!). Oh yeah... I made a vow to myself not to have any beer (not a tiny sip) until 13th of December 2009. It's pretty amazing how one need to look after their weight, they are willing to forgo any types of temptation! Unlike Tim of course, he whacks noodles and beers whenever he sees `em! Hence, his Jacob Black's look-a-like body (opposite).

Today is my last day of work and I will resume work after 2 weeks from now. Holiday? Oh Yeah! Holiday Wedding I'd call it! This coming Monday we will be travelling to Brunei via MAS and I am hyperly excited about the coming plans for 13th December 2009.

Could there be another different type of wedding dinner march-in? Will there be surprises again for the guests just like how we did it in KL? Log on to find out! For sure, the other highlight on that day would be....how Tim and his boyz survive the tricks organized by my girls on the morning of 13th Dec at Empire Hotel & Country Club!

This is yet another exciting event for Tim & Cindy -NG!

Memoirs of 27th

We are now entering the 4th day. Time really flies. Everyday I wish I could turn back time to witness once again how it was on the night of the 27th. We all truly enjoyed ourselves.

Today, my wonderful photographer George gave me a link for a little sneak preview on what he has captured on the night of the 27th. His style is mostly candid, natural, highlighting the best moments (see http://timcindy.blogspot.com).

After the night of the 27th, we received numerous feedbacks, all of them were praises - on the FOOD (we had sharksfin, piglet, abalone & lobster but I didnt get to eat any of them!), on the DECOR (angelic theme, garden concept with fairy lightings & candle light stands along the red carpet), on the PERFORMANCES (the grand openning with an angel appearing on stage & masquerading down the aisle), on the MC (with his fantastic dual language capability - especially with his rap in mandarin) and most of all on the BAND (excellent song choice and performances).

Some asked if my cousin Adrian who sang on stage was a professional singer (he looked dashingly handsome that night, not to mention he has a great voice too)! Some even asked if Tracie was seeing anyone at the moment! (p/s - 'some' is an understatement. I have received loads of compliments on Tracie - I think I'll change my profession and be Tracie's manager for her fan club soon)

I can't believe it has already been 4 days since the wedding! If only there's "groundhog day" and I can live through the moment again and again...and again. Don't think I can ever get enough of it...yet. Hearing these feedbacks brought huge wide smile to my face as my 1 year preparation and imagination on how I want the wedding dinner in KL for Tim & I to be, finally became a reality.

Well, pushing aside the memoirs of 27th, it is time to concentrate on the next big one! 13th December 2009! A custom wedding in a foreign land! (for me that is). We will be holding an official wedding ceremony and on that day, I can label Brunei as my home sweet home from then on...

My stunning S.I.L and my handsome prince

Jeff, our MC

Adrian, my cousin - serenaded us on our first dance as a wedded couple

My new beloved family

Kiss of love

November 27th 2009

Speechless. Totally. Friday night ended with extraordinary brilliancies. The wedding decor was beautifully done up according to our theme - with angel sculptures at the gallery pathway and crystal candle-light stands placed along the red carpet aisle, my stunning angels Danielle, Pearl and San did a wonderful job welcoming & registering the guests at the entrance, our little wishing tree was filled-up with loving wishes written by the guests, my bridesmaids looked exceptionally beautiful in their tailored-made dress, my angel dancer Dave masqueraded down the aisle showering lucky guests with little red hearts upon openning the great big door for our march-in, our band sang their hearts away earning praises after praises from the guests, our MC created a wonderful atmosphere especially with his rap in mandarin, my sexy Maid of Honour & Tim's best man each delivered a wonderful & entertaining speech about us, the birthday surprise for my F.I.L doubled up the happiness on the night of our wedding, Tim's thank you speech was touchingly delivered on stage and my dearie cousin Adrian sang a beautiful rendition of Michael Buble`s EVERTHING to which Tim & I danced our first dance as a wedded couple. All has gone to plan. I thank God. It was indeed the most unique, special and most memorable wedding for Tim and I and for our families.

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Though the wedding dinner ended at 11.30pm, our party continued on for some of us at Pavilion Red Box with Tim & I still in our wedding gears. All eyes may be on us, but my eyes are only for Tim, my beloved, loving, charming husband. It takes 1 year to plan a beautiful wedding of a lifetime, but it takes a lifetime to prepare an everlasting marriage. We musn't forget this and indeed we shall not.

Baby, thank you for smiling at me through the glass window on 25th April. Who would have thought we would meet as life partner through a mirror reflection? I guess, anything is possible. You just never know...

Finally! It's TODAY!

Woke up at 8.30am feeling fresh and excited. Funny...that anxiety feeling that I had last night totally vanished from my emboldened heart. Few things to do before the dinner. Rehearsal at noon, checking-in at a hotel in the golden triangle area at 3pm, shower and ready to be dolled-up at 4pm, a random breathing exercise and then dinner at 7pm! I think I will hide myself in the dressing area next to the stage before the dinner starts. So if you dont see me, you know where to find me!

See you all later! AND thank you for coming... :D I'm pumped!!

Count Down: 1 more day to go!!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya! Tomorrow! Just did my 2 hours manicure & padicure today. Totally worth it with the bling bling at the tip of my nails, and I can't stop looking at it.

Am I feeling sleepy yet? Are my eyes droopy yet? Will everything be all right tomorrow? Can I not have this anxiety feeling right now? Will everything that has been planned for the past 1 year turn out great as it should be tomorrow? Can I just go to bed and shut up? I have this excitement cum nervy strike at the pit of my stomach and I wonder how I would be at 7pm on 27/11/09? Will I be blushing as I walk down the aisle clinging the arm of my love one? Too many questions in my head. No wonder my brain is not shutting down.

My Ebel watch has run out off batt...The clock has stopped ticking...its true. Its like a sign. A sign to tell me to love this day, this moment, this second before tomorrow as tomorrow will be a brand new beginning for my family and my new found family.  It will be a celebration of love and happiness and a new family inclusion for the Ng and the Wongs as it is the Ng's first and only male heir marriage whilst, for the Wong's second and final one...

Count Down: 2 days....

The clock is ticking...and ticking real loudly.

I had a sudden nervous breakdown last night and thanks to my wedding planner Jeff, he gave me a call to calm my nerves out. "3 more days and we will make it really memorable for you & Tim", he said. Tim on the other hand, got really excited and did a fashion show on his new suits & his new fashionista tie for the wedding for me parents downstairs.

My in-laws are in town until this Sunday. Soon, Tim's relatives from Thailand, Singapore, Australia will be down for the wedding too. Everyone is looking forward to this day Friday. And we will do our best to please all the guests on that night. Great food, great live music, great programme.

Lets rock it!

Wedding Folklores

9.57am. In a couple of hours time I will be heading to Malacca, the historical city of Malaysia to attend my colleague's wedding at Mahkota Hotel. This marks as the first wedding amongst 10 others whom are scheduled in my November / December calendar. (I really wonder why many couples choose to hold their weddings end of the year? I ask myself that same question too .... I guess its easier to plan for a wedding when it is end of the year?)

How many traditional Chinese folklores have you heard of? Well, there is one with regards to weddings. It is believed that the bride-to-be / groom should not attend other couple's wedding that are held within the same month as hers/ his. Some believe, for relatives or siblings - it has to be 4 months apart...instead of the usual one. What's the consequences? It will affect either couple's happiness in the future...or so it seems...

To believe or not to believe? Hmmm.... Honestly, I dont know....

I am definitely disappointed as I have 5 close friends (and cousin)'s wedding that I have to miss....and vice versa.
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Our Vows

I just got hold of this video which recorded our wedding vows during the registration. This will be the most memorable moment for years to come...

Legally Married!

Finally! 28th September 2009 Tim and I sealed our status on the paper. I am now a MRS! Well, legally that is. Its so surreal to be in this position...having a husband and a new family. We registered in Putrajaya last Monday witnessed by friends and family. It's a wonderful & blissful moment for us and both our families when we tied the knot legally.


Well, the legal side of it has been completed. The next date to look forward to is Dec 13th where we will have the official wedding ceremony (following the Chinese tradition, the tea ceremony marks the official binding of both family of 2 become 1) in Brunei.


Will post the pictures on our registration soon in this blog once I get hold of my camera cable.


Special thanks to all my friends (& cousin Sue Ann) whom have called and sms us sweet congratulatory messages and also to those who took their time off from work to attend our registration. Love ya'll!!

My bridal hand bouquet from Cats Bouquet, The Gardens