Showing posts with label PENANG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PENANG. Show all posts

Friday, December 10, 2010

their time to tie the KNOT! finally!!!

the anticipation of Aaron and Becky's wedding was building up since we (the bridesmaids) went to the tailors to make our bridesmaids bajus... then it was Becky's Hen's Night... and finally! THE DAY has come!

so since (as always) there's last minute touch ups to do, we all met at Becks place, then headed for dinner, then back again to finish up everything. from the games for the hengtais in the morning, to finishing the bridesmaids flowers, last briefing by the Maid of Honour. we planned for the bride to sleep at 10pm but obviously THAT didn't happen! lol... but we eventually all slept at around midnight or so...



the morning started early. i was incharge of bringing the bride to France Taipe for hair and make-up and back to the hse to get ready for the boys! boy i was excited!! i never experienced the chimui-hengtai event before! :D was kinda nervous driving the bride, u know... THE BRIDE!! i mean if anything went wrong??? choi choi... FORTUNATELY by God's grace, nothing happened :) and back at the hse, the hayvok started, everyone was dressing up, makeup and hair, baju issues, and trying to get everything done! boys were early and they had to wait for us.. hahahah
then the games started!! lol... it had got to do with some shots, some sticks, bananas, gummy bears, cream, singing and wriggles... (let your mind go wonder.. hahaha) was too crowded and well i couldn't take pics.. too much going on! anyway there were to official photog around so yea... :)



surprisingly the games ended early and there was more than enough time for the photogs to get some shots of the couple and with the bridesmaids too :) managed to get a few taken then when it was not so busy in the house.
time had come and everyone started to leave the house to the church. we were quite early too. so managed to get some pics taken and could see the grooms side all getting anxious! hahaha the church setup was lovely and the ceremony was lovely!!



i loved the flower deco for the brides bouquet and the car deco! loved the flowers they used, unique to the normal roses and the car deco was lovely!! love the one sided vines! so after the ceremony and refreshments at the church hall... the couple had some shots taken in church.. can't wait to see em!


there were some hours inbetween the ceremony and the dinner, so everyone went back and managed to get some rest. the night was expected to be filled with happenings and hayvokness!! not to mention great laughs too! the deco in the hall was just awesome!! loved the two backdrop designs as well! i'll let the pics explain the night :)


maid of honour getting ready with her speech..


Becky's 1st friend in Std1 gave a heartwarming speech on how they met and the times they went through and lots of "warnings" given to Aaron for their future .. hahahha and then it was Rosie's time for her speech, Becky reacted and "helped" Rosie out so that she can be heard... no one knew bout this!! great speech to the both of you!!


the bridesmaids all changed to their own baju's after the walk in to the ballroom and everyone had a great time eating, dancing, drinking... then there was throwing of the bouquet (nope i didn't get it), throwing of the garters... and more merry making after that. the after-party party was up at the suite and more merry making was done....


the groom was out (pic showing the groom appreciating his photog), the maid of honour was out too and many more others! surprisingly some had energy to go to McD's for supper! lol! and i heard the party continued in other suites as well!
it was a great nite, with familiar faces, mutual friends, old and new friends... well what can you say, AWESOME COUPLE = AWESOME WEDDING = AWESOME TIME!!!
lots of hugs to you Aaron and Becky for your union in marriage and for all the years of friendship! wishing you the best in your future as husband and wife! God Bless!! xoxo

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Shimmering Oven

NEW WEBSITE!!
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Home made cupcakes and cakes in Penang
(collaboration with mum)

2oz cupcakes - RM2.50 per piece - icing included
*special icing design/colour can be requested (and discussed)

Cupcake Flavours
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butter /chocolate /orange / strawberry (limited)

Sugee cake

Almond - RM 35 (1/2 kg)
Walnut - RM 35 (1/2 kg)

Pineapple Jam Tarts
big - RM 1.00 per piece
Gingerbread man cookies
Small (1.5 inches) - RM 0.50 per piece
HUGE - RM 1.50 per piece

Minimum order
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Cupcakes : 1 dozen (12 pieces)
Tarts : 50 pieces
Gingerbread man cookies : 30 pieces
Cake : 1/2 kg

Delivery can be arranged (depending on location)

Leave me a FB message or you can email
shimmering.oven@gmail.com
for orders/requests/info

FESTIVITIES!!



SPECIAL OCCASIONS





OTHERS


For full set (and upcoming) pics, please go HERE. Enjoy !!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

CHOICE KL unofficial visit

i met these lovely people in KL when i stayed over at Carol's place and when i heard them coming over to Penang, massive hayvok i tell you!!! hahahahh all i can say is that they've been FED WELL!! hahahah... up to a point that one or two of them had indigestion problems... ENO time! aawww... but they were alright in the end, no worries.

it was good to meet up with them again, good laughs, catching up and made new friends too, i'm sure whenever we (penang peeps) go to KL, we will be taken care of as well :) after all that eating we headed to the appartment that they were renting for the night for some drinks. well no one got totally drunk, everyone was tired but we did have some good (and not so good) cocktails... lol
the only 2 boys who came were good sports, eventhough the girls were just loud and crazy and well... u know... but it was nice to have em around, gives the group some different perspectives, so to say la... :P
and whatdya know!! they had a surprise birthday cake for Audrey and me!! so nice!! and it was my favourite cake from Secret Recipie - Chocolate Banana cake!! yummy!! i had like 2-3 servings... and tapao some back muahahahahah!!!


thanks girls (and guys) for the lovely company and laughs and cake! missing you already! hope to see you soon k! *huggies*

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Peranakan Mansion, Penang

my mum and i got hold of the Little Nyonya series on DVD (thanks to my Godma in KL). and we were really hooked on it. i noticed that certain scenes of the houses were shot in the Penang Peranakan house! it's easy to spot the green house. since then i was looking forward to go visit the mansion
so it was mum's birthday, i thought i'd spend the day with her out "sight seeing" and i brought her to the Peranakan Mansion in Georgetown Penang. we were like two kids pointing here and there saying "hey that's in the show... oh here's what she (the actress) did... there's what happened when...etc etc" hahahha
the place closes at 5pm and we sort of had to rush.. we finally reached about 4.45pm or so, thought they'd stop us but they still let us in. entrance fee is RM10 that includes a guide througout the house and a drink (water) at the end of the "journey".


this is the "womens" room where the ladies gether to chit chat, play choo ki and chew sireh while the men smoke cigars and talk business in the other room


there's 3 dining rooms in this house, the Western room (pics above), the Tok Panjang and the Oriental room


love these stairs...
(nowonder many wedding pics are taken in this venue)


olden days face powder, perfumes...etc

the family's ancestral hall
(the decendants still come back to pay respects to their ancestors during festive seasons)

pathway from the main house to the kitchen/maids rooms
(love the green)



the middle of the house



looking up to the 2nd floor



hanging out infront of the dining rooms - Tok Panjang behind us


gold plated door frames

at the Tok Panjang
we missed the cutlery lay out - they have already kept it away since it was closing time

infront of the main hall


the hand carved doors where the nyonya girls would peep through to see who's at the main hall
(peep to see who are their potential husbands? hehehe)

outside the house

i didn't really take pics of the rooms upstairs, there were too many things to see with detail and the tour guide was quite in a hurry to show us around (closing time?)... so i guess if i wanted to spend more time looking at the things and rooms and displays, need to go again with at least a few hrs at hand to enjoy it.

so to those who are into cultural, art, history, family trees, i think u'll find this place facinating :) it's a Must-Do in Penang!