Hello ladies! Sorry for the tardiness, work has been mad mad mad, haven't had a breather in a while! Good to see the thread up and running
cuclainne, love the pictures of Cebu! Emil's beside me right now and he says that the pics look very very nice
really sorry to hear all the traumatic experiences u've had while flying tho ... sometimes can be quite the dampener, huh? but yea, most imptly is that u and Elias have arrived home safe and sound
and abt being mistaken for filippino - I did too when I was there...been mistaken for filippino, thai, korean... by the locals at that :S guess us asians look more alike than we think
maple, glad that u got to spend time with ur mum when she was there with u in HK
did u two go yumcha together? hehe ... yea for my dad, the concern is just that i won't be left hanging in Sweden, and he knows that i'm someone that needs to be challenged career-wise, so yea, just praying that God will open the right doors in His perfect time
the mozzies in HK sound scary tho! hungry creatures, them :S
margie, love the Beijing Olympic pics. Maybe u shld plan to make it for the London 2012 one too! hehe ... perhaps become a 4-yearly tradition?
liz, Emil's the eldest of 6 in his family, so also very family-oriented, which is rare in Scandinavian culture, which i'm sure u must know. So i guess it can be a good thing, esp when we miss e 'community' feeling in asia. and yes, u keep pressing on girl. We are in the marathon of life, but the awesome thing is, we are never alone, cos God will never leave us nor forsake us, wherever we may be, Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, or anywhere else
take good care! and hope ur bunny's better!
chrisl, glad that u are ok! do rest well ... health is something that can't be exchanged for anything, so must take good care!
deluxe, wow, Siem Reap! pictures pictures pictures! and yea, u got my dad's concerns nailed. guess sometimes very hard to control the future no matter how much we want to, so just doing the best we can, and leave the rest to God. And yes, Emil is VERY happy to be going back
and i'm glad for him la .... can see him so much happier and relaxed now. Just trying now also not to overwhelm him with wedding prep during the remaining time that he's in Singapore ... don't want to neglect the relationship in the process of wedding prep la
ur baby sounds like a strong one!
emi, ur flu sounds really bad :S are u better? and yes, we shld have a SGbrides_angmohthread outing when u/Liz are in Singapore!
felicia, wow the US immigration process really sounds tough. US$1,000 on just the forms?? how come the couple got rejected tho? Guess what - originally I had planned for AD to be on 11 July 09, but had to shift earlier cos of e move to Sweden to 18 April 09
am actually on the July 09 BTB forum thread too, still hvn't shifted to e April thread yet

hope u will get e hotel of ur choice for 4 jul 09! and yea, 120 sounds really nice. My wedding banquet's going to be abt 400 pax, HTB and I actually wld hv preferred it smaller, but banquet's for my Dad la, so. And we're going to do another celebration in Sweden, 100 ppl approx. Emil (my HTB) is prepping his family & close friends to come to Singapore for the April celebration

wld be a good experience for them, we feel. My family and some of my close friends will be flying to Sweden for the Swedish celebration too, so yea, think that wld be really nice la. Family's taking the chance to make it a long-awaited family holiday with everyone together
Hang in there with the LDR. I can understand the tough part of separation ... HTB and I will be LDR from mid-Oct 08 till mid-Mar 09. But what makes it easier is knowing that there will be a resolution in the end ... so press on!!