get together

the date: 24 august 2007
the venue: hotel intercontinental, room 518
the time: 1900 hours
the crowd: the helpers and the BACHELORETTE.
the dress code: pyjamas


this was the invite that was given to all who attended! the original copy would have read: i have a friend in you.










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not everyone arrived on time yesterday evening though, but everyone was given a goody bag, artfully and meticulously prepared by the maddies (cousins) and my dear second sister. the rationale for the get together was for the wedding helpers to get to know each other better, and to brainstorm for ideas! naturally, it was also a bachorlerette's hen party (sort of).










sometimes i really question the sanity of my family members.











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when everyone had left, leaving fraemone, marietta, mel and i to stay over, the cousins (frae, marie and i) sat together to bond and talk while one merrily snoozed away in the background.










as you can see from the pictures, we were like three old rickety people sitting around an old english fire place.

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and naturally! a must-have picture of maddie no. 2 and her mad mane.










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well, of course, no hotel stay would have been complete without a soak in the bathtub, which i went before anyone woke up this morning! after that, it was buffet breakfast followed by some shopping, suit fitting and cell group!

more photos from the day here!

hope all of you had a great weekend like i did!

updates for last week

i drafted this post last week, but never got a chance to publish it because i wanted to attach some pictures along with it. so here's some updates on what i've been up to! i think i had quite a fruitful week considering what i managed to accomplish with what little time i had.
firstly, i managed to get my suit tailored for my sister's wedding in october, its a three buttoned suit in a medium grey shade! hope it turns out well though.
secondly, i met up with faisal and lynette on wednesday, its been quite a while since i met Lynette, the last time being mid april. so yes, it was fun hanging out and reminiscing about the past.







Then it was Justin and Pinky on friday evening for a little catching up session, i liked how justin did up his room, so i conned some ideas out of him for my room. i must say, it did expose certain flaws in my original plan!







finally, i helped my sister with the design of her dinner invite! its quite a nice experience laughing over what looks good and what looks bad. even though the whole thing took a good 7 hours, i must say, its well worth the trouble even though the name photoshop itself gives me heart palpitations now! i certainly hope that the printouts look equally good as it did on the computer.

and before i end this post, another song for what's left of the week!

may you have a blessed week ahead!

songs i'm listening to

these three songs are great to kickstart the new week ahead!
1) hillsong- mighty to save
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2) hillsong- from the inside out

3) hillsong- at the cross



hope you'll be blessed just as i have been!

shu's birthday celebration!

so today teresa, shu'en and i met up to celebrate shu'en's birthday! the girl turned 19 on 3rd August! Teresa will be starting school on the 20th, and Shu's having her exams real soon followed by a trip to Australia.
here are some pics from today's outing, taken at swensens!

teresa and i







teresa and shu'en







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us salivating over my prawn and fruit salad!

i was hungry. and they won't let me eat.

little updates

i understand that i haven't been updating and it totally defeats the purpose of keeping track of things that i've done this year.

so here's a what's happening recently!

1) Kelly and Fiona's wedding photoshoot- 26 July 2007

well, i got roped in to be the 'help' for that day, so needless to say, it was a very fufiling day because i never got to experience so many things in one day!

the photographer's blog: http://kelvinkoh.livejournal.com/

more pictures can be found here!

and one word for this video during the photoshoot- priceless.




2) Fraemone's 21st birthday party- 29 July 2007
as you guys can see, i've had a very eventful week as Kelly and Fiona's wedding photoshoot was 3 days earlier!
photos here!

love,

fabian.