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Hi Ming,

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Hi Ming
Nervous? errr.... no lei...... excited .....abit lor....hee hee.... maybe still got 2 more weeks..... I haven finalised my EG yet...this sunday go finalised...hee hee...now more worry on my gowns......

I cant PM u my HP. Anyway, jenny got my contact no liao..... when u all meet up, ask her to call me .....
 
Hi Cool

Glad u get yr shoe liao... will try to get my shoe soon... have gone to quite a few places for shoe shopping but till now haven't seen anything that catch my eyes leh... so sad...

Hope u finalise yr EG by now...

Ming & Jenny... hopefully u all can recognise me with my ROM & PS Photos... but I would be quite formally dressed that day since I'm ah yee for my another friend in another hotel... hehehe...
 
Hi Cool,

haven rece your hp no..email me at [email protected] ( L 2 not twelve)
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Hi Ming,

can you send your hp no to my hotmail too..?
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Hi Ros,

no problem..me in casual dressing....see you at 4.30pm on 12/12 outside crystal ballroom..can you send your hp no to my hotmail too..?
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Hi Beth,

where you?
 
HI gals,

really touches me this story..would like to share with you all..what a touch and hug can do..
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When You Divorce Me, Carry Me Out in Your Arms

On my wedding day, I carried my wife in my arms. The bridal car stopped in front of our one-room flat. My buddies insisted that I carry her out of the car in my arms. So I carried her into our home. She was then plump and shy. I was a strong and happy bridegroom.

This was the scene of ten years ago.

The following days were as simple as a cup of pure water: we had a kid, I went into business and tried to make more money. When the assets were steadily increasing, the affections between us seemed to ebb. She was a civil servant. Every morning we left home together and got home almost at the same time. Our kid was studying in a boarding school.

Our marriage life seemed to be enviably happy. But the calm life was more likely to be affected by unpredictable changes.

Dew came into my life.

It was a sunny day. I stood on a spacious balcony. Dew hugged me from behind. My heart once again was immersed in her stream of love. This was the apartment I bought for her.

Dew said, "You are the kind of man who best draws girls' eyeballs. Her words suddenly reminded me of my wife. When we just married, my wife said, "Men like you, once successful, will be very attractive to girls." Thinking of this, I became somewhat hesitant. I knew I had betrayed my wife. But I couldn't help doing so.

I moved Dew's hands aside and said," You go to select some furniture, O.K.? I've got something to do in the company." Obviously she was unhappy, because I had promised her to go and see with her. At the moment, the idea of divorce became clearer in my mind although it used to be something impossible to me.

However, I found it rather difficult to tell my wife about it. No matter how mildly I mentioned it to her, she would be deeply hurt. Honestly, she

was a good wife. Every evening she was busy preparing dinner. I was sitting in front of the TV. The dinner was ready soon. Then we watched TV together. Or, I was lounging before the computer, visualizing Dew's body. This was the means of my entertainment.

One day I said to her in a slight joking way, "suppose we divorce, what will you do?" She stared at me for a few seconds without a word. Apparently she believed that 'divorce' was something too far away from her. I couldn't imagine how she would react once she got to know I was serious.

When my wife went to my office, Dew had just stepped out. Almost all the staff looked at my wife with a sympathetic eye and tried to hide something while talking with her. She seemed to have got some hint. She gently smiled at my subordinates. But I read some hurt in her eyes.

Once again, Dew said to me, "He Ning, divorce her, O.K.? Then we live together." I nodded. I knew I could not hesitate any more.

When my wife served the last dish, I held her hand. "I've got something to tell you," I said.

She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. "I want to divorce." I raised a serious topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be much annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, "why?". "I'm serious." I avoided her question. This so-called

answer turned her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, "you are not a man!".

At that night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer, because my heart had gone to Dew.

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. I felt a pain in my heart. The woman who had been living ten years with me would become a stranger one day. But I could not take back what I had said.

Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce

which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer.

A late night, I came back home after entertaining my clients. I saw her writing something at the table. I fell asleep fast. When I woke up, I found

she was still there. I turned over and was asleep again.

She brought up her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but I was supposed to give her one month's time before divorce, and in the month's time we must live as normal life as possible. Her reason was simple: our son would finish his summer vacation a month later and she didn't want him to see our marriage was broken.

She passed me the agreement she drafted, and then asked me, "He Ning, do you still remember how I entered our bridal room on the wedding day?" This question suddenly brought back all those wonderful memories to me. I nodded and said, "I remember". "You carried me in your arms", she continued, "so, I have a requirement, that is, you carry me out in your arms on the day when we divorce. From now to the end of this month, you must carry me out from the bedroom to the door every morning."

I accepted with a smile. I knew she missed those sweet days and wished to end her marriage with a romantic form.

I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. "No matter what tricks she does, she has to face the result of divorce," she said scornfully. Her words more or less made me feel uncomfortable.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. We even treated each other as a stranger. So when I carried her out for the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, "daddy is holding mummy in his arms." His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly, "Let us start from today, don't tell our son." I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for bus, I drove to office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. We were so close that I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this intimate woman carefully for a long time. I found she was not young any more. There were some fine wrinkles on her face.

On the third day, she whispered to me, "The outside garden is being demolished. Be careful when you pass there."

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I seemed to feel that we were still an intimate couple and I was holding my sweetheart in my arms. The

visualization of Dew became vaguer.

On the fifth and sixth day, she kept reminding me something, such as, where she put the ironed shirts, I should be careful while cooking, etc. I

nodded. The sense of intimacy was even stronger.

I didn't tell Dew about this.

I felt it was easier to carry her. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. I said to her, "It seems not difficult to carry you now."

She was picking her dresses. I was waiting to carry her out. She tried quite a few but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, "All my

dresses have grown fatter." I smiled. But I suddenly realized that it was because she was thinner that I could carry her more easily, not because I

was stronger. I knew she had buried all the bitterness in her heart. Again, I felt a sense of pain. Subconsciously I reached out a hand to touch her head.

Our son came in at the moment. "Dad, it's time to carry mum out." He said. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had been an essential part of his life. She gestured our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face because I was afraid I would change my mind at the last minute. I held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly, as if we came back to our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad.

On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. She said, "Actually I hope you will hold me in your arms until we are old."

I held her tightly and said, "Both you and I didn't notice that our life was lack of such intimacy."

I jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my decision. I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door. I said to her, "Sorry, Dew, I won't divorce. I'm serious."

She looked at me, astonished. The she touched my forehead. "You got no fever." She said. I moved her hand off my head. "Sorry, Dew," I said, "I can only say sorry to you, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of life, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I understand that since I carried her into the home, she gave birth to our child, I am supposed to hold her until I am old. So I have to say sorry to you."

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into cry. I walked downstairs and drove to the office.

When I passed the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet for my wife which was her favorite. The salesgirl asked me to write the greeting words on the card. I smiled and wrote, "I'll carry you out every morning until we are old."
 
Yo... cooldevil

Kan cheong or not... 2 more weekends... yr turn liao..

U started yr leave yet? juz outta curiosity... 2-week bride-to-be shld be doing wat now? sit there and bite fingers? hehhee... or relax @ the spa do facial, etc...

Btw, r u going for honeymoon after that? Wat abt the rest of the gals? r u going for honeymoon after yr wedding? mi thinking of going straight after my wedding... but of course, I got one more nite stay... so probably 2 days later lor... wld it be very rush? wat do u gals think?
 
hi jenny
I ask my da ge da no to u liao :P

Hi yuki
yes I finalised my EG yippeeee! Actually I like a light pink EG but kana reserved liao..... another is silver but same color with my MTM EG lei...so at the end I took an ivory WG to be my EG...hee hee.... phew.... one big load off my shoulder liao
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Kan cheong or not huh? abit lor.....I kan cheong I fall down lei cos my heel is 31/2 inch...never wear so high before lei..... instead of march in I think I will roll in...kekekeke

No lah I still working, I dun have marriage leave
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Anywat, I quite free lei... still can shake leg. Next Monday I need to An Chuang. I my leave wil start fr next Thursday ...... Ok my schedules:-
1) trim my hair and hair treatment, dentist, body massage (Thur) and finalise my guest seatings
2) Go fitting and collect gowns (friday)
3) Go mani and pedicure (Sat) and rest and relax
Then Sun my BIG DAY.......

I'm taking a short trip with friends on 12/13. HM before April.. we planning to go either on my hubby's BD or mine
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Hi Cool

So meaning u got 2 WGs lah... as long as confirm liao can lor... at least dun have to worry liao... yr AD very soon liao leh...

Now @ home nothing to do wear yr shoe and parade around lor... then make sure u won't fall down lah... but try to walk nice nice and practice yr march-in lor... but anyway, need to wear in yr shoe, rite? how many pairs of shoe did u buy anyway? Hahahahha... then u will make history of HIPV lor... so creative... roll in... then I be the 2nd lor...

Wat work u doing? how come got no marriage leave one?

Not bad leh... not kan cheong @ all... hehehee.. u finish yr RSVP liao? I planned to do something like that also... hehehe.... my leave likely to start either Thu or Fri too...wow... thu u like very busie hor... hair treatment (2 hrs?) dentist (1 hr) body massage (2 hrs)... half day gone liao... some more gotta finalise yr guest list... not going for facial? or some DIY mask @ home?

Friday then go for final fitting will be on time or not?

So, u going HM wif yr friends lah... hehehehe... where do u all plan to go?
 
Hi yuki
I'm doing so lei....catwalk at home....hahahaha..... I only bought 1 pair to match my gowns...... anyway, my gowns is long I can hide my shoes...hee hee hee.... the problem is I scared I step on my gowns then roll all the way in ...
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My side ok liao....my hubby's side I let him settle himself ... ask him check w yr friends and colleagues ...he say must check one meh... ai ya I sian liao lah....told him do whatever u want.

Thurday busy better than friday or Sat...need to rest mah...... No facial for me ..... I tried before everytime after facial.... my face always itchy or have outbreaks lei.... sensitive lah..... so long time never go liao..... found 1 DIY mask suitable for my face recently ...so now using it
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I did try my MTM gowns last sunday.... my coordinator just need to do minor adjustment and sew some sequins on my gowns..... so should be ok lor.... :P

We going genting... then our HM we intend to go Australia or Japan.
 
Hi Cool

Hahahaa.... true lor... actually can't really see... mi also quite scare that I will step on my gown and roll in... the other time went wif some bride to SL... so when they ask mi to turn around and show them the back of the gown... I turn turn till nearly fall down... after that I stood there... refuse to move till have to take off...

Guys are like that lah... that time my hubby also make mi very very fed-up... told me go search hotel... say anyone also can... chin cai... then when I finally found one - new otani.. he told me maybe he don't have that many frens after all... better book for one wif min 20 tbls if possible... I nearly murdered him... hehehehe...

Though I dun have outbreaks after facial... but think I still prefer the comfort of home... u juz lie on yr couch... with yr mask on... listening to some soft music... perhaps even have the burner burning... wow... so nice hor... ehhehee...

HM sounds nice... now still deciding... very san xin liang yi... mi wanted to go switzerland, prague & austria... my hubby wanna go scotland... then juz now saw pple talking abt maldives... sounded so nice also ... die lah... dunno which one to go... at least u more or less make up yr mind... hehehe

Juz remembered u wore that blue EG during yr PS.. that one quite nice wat.. how come not choosing for yr actual day? juz kpo... hehehee..
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Hi gals!
Sorry, didnt come in for quite some time, bz wif work & wedding preps.

Cool, I guess i wont be gng down to ur wedding coz quite tied up wif home/wed preps so no chance to c the lovely bride, dats u & the wedding theme, my wedding is a wk after urs(19dec) hee... Will be meeting up wif pauline next Mon to discuss wedding details...think will oso nid to cfm theme on the same day.

Nice to know Ros, Jenny & Ming will be at ur wedding day. So u gals hv fun k & "CONGRATS!" in advance to u cooldevil on ur wedding.

Cheers!
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Hi Gals

Juz tot give u all some feedbacks about the emcee of a recent wedding that I have attended.... not in HIPV...

It was in another hotel and the emcees were the couple's friends. Apparantly, they made lots of mistakes. I am not too sure if it's because they were told last min to go on stage or was it that they are having stage fright... but it was kinda messy....

First, the emcee read the groom's name wrongly... I find that if u r really not familiar wif the dialect name, reading the christian name will be fine... in fact, it's better since most pple would noe u by yr christian name than yr dialect name...

then during the yum seng session... after they invited all the pple on stage, they forgot to ask the guests to stand up and proceed wif their yum seng session... so all the guests were left sitting there... dunno wat to do during the yum seng... to make matter worst... the chinese emcee asked the guests to sit... but hey, we haven't even stand... so we were juz wondering if she really understand what she is saying or not... Alot of times, the chinese emcee dun really noe wat to say and ended up on the stage... I felt that if this person really can't speak mandarin very well.. it's better not to have the person on stage then to later on make so much mistakes lor... the person may meant well and wanted to help the couple... but... hmmm...

Hopefully, these will not happy to u gals.. but better give yr emcee the script u want them to follow or ask them to give u the script they're going to say during the AD... rather than giving u a shock lor... If u have 2... then make sure they can coordinate wif each other.. rather than staring @ each other on the stage... not knowing wat to do..
 
Hi Ros

Huh...so jialat? The wedding couple muz b v disappointed ya.

Luckily I've met up wif my frens who'll be my MCs on my big night, 1 of them is fluent in english while the other mandarin. Collaboration wise v gd, infact they hv been MCs before.
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So i guess i can count on them & rest assure.

Cheers!
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Hi Yuki
Actually yr hubby save u lei... did attend a wedding recently at Otani...ai yo the food hor....sigh.....
wow u want to go so many place...each yr go 1 place...kekekekek.....

Hi jenny
received yr da ge da liao...
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Hi beth
Thanks! May u have a blissful marriage
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err..... yuki is ros huh? kekekeke.... I blur liao...... wahahhaha
 
Hi Ming,

thanks for sms me yesterday nite..me feel a bit a bit slighty excited now liao for Friday..
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Hi gals,

Is this normal to feel slightly excited abou forthcoming ROM..hmm...?
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I oso programme ROs, Ming and Cool da ge da on my hp liao..hee
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Hi yuki
Pai say forget to answer yr question abt my blue EG....... I also like that blue EG but hor I want to wear something different for AD lor....so AD gowns and PS gowns pixs wont be the same except for my MTM WG mah
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Hi Beth

Hahaha... the couple? no lah... but the groom's mum wasn't too happy... she insisted that they do the yum seng again... Good 4 u... after them, I decided I only have English Emcee can liao... one dun need coordination and she has been an emcee for my another friend's wedding... so quite safe...

Hi Cool...

Sure or not? I went to Otani for some food tasting also leh... food tasted okie wat... maybe because I'm wif my friend who's a staff there... oops... so go home must kiss kiss him lor... hehehehe...

oic... mi also like that... mine even WG also different... very vain hor... hehehee...

Mi one day before my ROM also cannot sleep... but no diff lah... mi sleep or no sleep also look like panda ... hehehhee...
 
Hi yuki
It's true lei only recently I went Otani.... I was surprised also lei..... even the bride's parent also complained.......

Hee hee...ya lor ...once in a lifetime nia...so must wear as many gowns as u want mah..... then have no regrets
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Although mi and my frnzs really like that blue EG, i still want to forgo for another new gown....kekekeke

Mi too, sleep or no sleep also got panda eyes..... I ask u huh? do u sleep with yr pillow covering yr eyes?
 
Hi Cool...

I'm not doubting u lah... juz kinda shock lor... maybe because of the recent change in mgt there... the staff changes also or no mood to work... dunno lah... anyway, mi not holding my wedding there... phew...

hahahhaha... ya lor... what other time u get to wear gown, rite? who knows the other gown looks even better...

I didn't... coz if I sleep without pillow (lie flat on my bed), I will get dizzy... but I always like to use my arms to cover my eyes... u mean it makes a diff? One of my beautician was telling me, mine is inherit from my parents kinda panda eyes... so hard to cure one... use eye cream or not also won't make much diff... but I still use lah.. to make myself happier that I have at least tried to get rid of them lor... hehehee... but like wat she said lor... no cure leh..
 
Hey cool n ros, hv u tried using eye mask instead? Those that u keep inside the fridge. It actually helps reduce puffiness & dark rings. It works for me leh..
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Hi Beth

Haven't tried those DIY ones... but the last time my package wif Bioskin include eye masks... but personally find them not very useful... so nvr tried after that... I applied cold compress on and off lah... but still like that leh...

Btw, which theme u going to use? Crystal or Classic? Decided already? Juz wondering if anyone would be using oriental though... hhehehe... it's kinda 'special'...
 
Hi Yuki
I think is our blood circulation lor....in fact I was advise not to cover my eyes with pillow or arm while sleeping.let the blood flow lor..... but I not used to it lei...must cover lei.....
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anyway my ex MUA told me to use sliced cold potatoes to put on my eyes and massage...got try did help but hor I think very waste lei .... potatoes dry very fast......
 
Ros,
we hvnt decide on d theme yet, will be asking Pauline for opinion when mt up wif her. I personally think the best 2 are stil crystal & classic, the rest...ok only. As yet to c pictures of crystal theme, hopefully Pauline wil be able to provide pics for us to c.

Wat abt u..Hv u decided which 1 to choose?

cool,
i heard cucumber oso can right? Abit "ma fan" to prepare lah, hv to wash, slice...wash utensil. Ya..& wasted also hehehee..
 
HI Ming, Cool, Ros,

Me back liao...Have enjoyed my ROM on Friday follow by Hi- Tea at Marriot cafe.....
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Yew Kuang is a good and professional photographer..Ros, you gotten your AD photographer liao...?.. if not can consider him...

i looking fwd to seeing the 3 of you next week liao..hee...
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Hi Ming,

your photos ready liao..? can see see...hee...
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Hi Jenny

Congratulations on yr ROM...got any photos to show us?

My AD photographers & videographers are my friends...

Looking forward to meet u all too...
 
hi girls,

I have visited HIPV and am so torn between HIPV and hilton grand ballroom.

Am kinda disturbed about HIPV low ceiling portion though.
 
Hi Ros,

i.c..Yew kuang photos not out yet..need ard 2weeks,...will show you later the better ones...hee..

my FH got use own ditigal take but he oni download some so far..I can let you see those few first if you don mind.. a bit dark though...but enough for you to recognise me on sat...hee ...
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can I have you email...?
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HI Cool,

can i have your email oso..?
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Hi Ros & Cool

I might juz drop by tis Sun 4 a while, dunno wat time though. Met up wif pauline yesterday, she didnt hv the pic for crystal theme, so advice us to take a look @ cool's wedding. Will choose either crystal or classic..c how the decor goes 1st.
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Cool, ur wedding in a few days time, how do u feel now?

Cheers!
 
Hi Ladies
Pai say hor ...Mi Busy ... this guest list is giving me a BIG BIG Headache....sigh......

Was on leave yesterday to do my An Chuang and Do Spring-cleaning at my new house......

If these few days, I never login and u can call or sms me hor.....

See u ladies on Sunday!
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Hi Beth
Hope to settle my guest list asap...... feeling abit excited liao....kekekeke

Hi Jenny
[email protected]
 
Hi cool
I guess its v common to feel excited for all brides to be, I'm starting to feel d same way too. hee... mine also left guest list hvnt really finalise yet. Others include cleaning my house & packing my stuffs
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Hi beth
I haven packed all my stuffs to my new house ...only some office clothings and my barang barang..... I do so after my trip with friends.....

Hi jenny
Viewing yr pixs now.... :P I like yr gown...simple but elegant! U look young...how old are u?

Ai ya u shouldnt put the shawl...U have good figure must show mah...
 
Hi cool,

ai..yoyo....me not so young liao lor..oni look oni mah....believe ard same same as you oso ...think Ming should be the youngest among us...kekekek....figure no good lah...must use shawl cover...
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you are the pretty and good figure one...sunday can recognise me liao hor...so how you feeling how..? bit bit excited rite..you on leave already...?
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Hi Ros,

jus sent liao..
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HI Beth,


jus email you liao...
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so you will seeing us on Sunday rite ard 4.15pm rite..? cos you oso want to see theme for crystal theme...then we go see pretty cool..

btw, you got any bs photos to share share ?..cos seen cool and Ros photos before..still haven seen yours yet...
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Hi jenny
Ai yo u slim lei then u got nice back...must show off mah....is a waste lor to cover with shawl...

Mi pretty?????? dun make me fall down fr the chair lei.... if my frnd saw what u say...alll vomit.... no appetite to eat...kekekekek

I dun think I have time to login in tom or sat liao..... Tom mi go fitting and collect gowns then bring our liquor and wines to HIPV .....

See u girls on sunday.... cal me when U reach I try to meet u all downstair. If not u all come up ok??? I ask my MU to come early to help me and one of my jiemei MU. Then I can join my hubby at the recep
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Thks jenny.
I hvnt upload my ps pics yet, still waiting for BS to pass me the CD-rom. Once i finished uploadg i'll email to u gals. Ya, i might juz drop by, but dont know wat time..i'll try to be there by 4:15pm. If not, u gals juz go ahead w/o me.
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Hi cool,

see you on sunday liao..you sure will be a pretty bride..Ming, Ros and me go find you...
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Hi Beth,

show us when it's ready then...oso if you can ..ard 4.15pm..then we go up find cool liao...heee..
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