Belated Post: Travelled San Francisco (Part I)

I stayed at The Westin on Market Street. Views from my room.

Palace of Fine Arts

It has a lovely, romantic and sad tale. But I can't remember now.

The women were facing inwards because they were crying. Legend has it that they could not let the world see they were crying.

The Cable Car Ride

I had to take the cable car ride because it would be quite an experience. The queue was crazy but I waited patiently under the hot sun that caused me to perspire even in winter.

When the cable car arrived, the cable car staff had to manually turned the cable car towards the upward direction.

Manually pushing

See how steep the cable car went up!

Belated Post: My Solemnization 090909

Well, as mentioned in my previous post, I am going to have quite a few belated posts upcoming. I just finished sorting out all my photos because I like to use a different cameras for different occasion. When I scuba dive, I use Fuji and Canon G10. On some days when I go out, I like to bring G10 otherwise DSLR. So, I ended up having photos everywhere.

Anyway, my solemnization took place in 090909 at New Creation Church for family members only. And now looking at the photos, it conjured many lovely memories. And some memories stressful ones. If I could do this again, I'll hire a helper.

The night before, I was at the florist quarrelling with the staff because they ordered the wrong flowers for my hand bouquet and hairdo but still called to confirm a day before. I was so upset with the wrong flowers so baby took me to Auntie Kim for dinner to appease me. Thank God to Marilyn, my hairdo was settled. But I had not found my shoes. So, I made a last minute dash to find my shoes. Yes. On my solemnization day.

In the end, I settled for a pair of white patent peep toes heels from Guess. By the time I reached the studio, I was exhausted and a bit late. So, I simply sank into my chair and let Marilyn do her work.

The make up began but ended late too. Then Baby, Susan and I rushed down to the church with our phones ringing a lot because our guests had arrived but we had not. They also could not recognise the church coordinator. So, Baby had to do a rally style driving.

I was so relieved when we reached the church. Seeing the wedding coordinator eased the stress because from us. Baby and I indulged in the blessings from our family members. And up to that point, we did not think about the music. So, we used a piece from the church.

Kinda' chaotic because we really did not prepare very well for it.

Finally, the moments arrived for Dad to walk me in. Dad and I had a talk outside and I almost teared from his touching words. From then on, the whole process was very smooth and kinda' emotional in the beginning. But it ended well and I was officially Mrs Teng.

Some photos for view.

Before march-in meet and greet

 

Getting ready for the march in

March-in

Overwhelmed with emotions as Daddy handed me over to Baby

Exchanging our rings with Hebrew carvings. They say, "Derrick/Cindy, with this ring, I thee wed."

Officiation

Holy communion and presentation of Mr and Mrs Derrick Teng

My family members

My new family members

My cousins

Updates: 2 NOV 2010

Woah... Sometimes, I do not know where time goes to. It just goes by too fast too fast.

I have been so busy for the past week - busy with at work and working midnights. Then busy with the booth. And finally, I downloaded and sorted out my very messy storage for my photos. That taught me not to use several cameras in future.

So, in the posts to come, I will be posting some belated photos.

Meanwhile, a little opinion of mine for the booth we had the past Saturday. It was a disappointment. The organiser advertise the event as "Fashionista Event" and when we were there, it was nothing glamarous. In fact, it was wose than Tanglin Flea Market. The location was poor with low human traffic and it was raining intermittently so I tihnk it made things worse. So, we are really thankful for those who came down specially to support us. Many thanks for the love! :) Despite that, we still enjoyed ourselves. It was quite fun nevertheless. But really tiring. I woke up at 5am because of the rain and kept praying for it to stop. ;p

Here are a few photos we took.

For those who have been wondering when our next launch is... Sorry that there's such a long hiatus.The next launch will be in the week of 15 Nov! We have been really busy. But we do have some really pretty clothes to share! In fact, I am wearing one today and Derrick said this is a very pretty dress.

Do keep a lookout! You will defnitely receive updates.

Finally, we were told that there were reviews of us on Cozy Cot "Reviews for your Online Loots" on the forum. So thrilled to hear that! Thanks a lot for the reviews. We are really glad our clothes have been accepted and loved.

Till the next post ~~ Keep well everyone. Have a blessed week ahead!

Extracted from Moda Shoppe: We Have a Booth

Pen this down in your calendar… We have a booth!
Event: Fashionista Event
Date: 30 October 2010, Saturday
Time: 11am – 8pm (Closes exactly at 8pm. Come latest at 7.00pm.)
Venue: Home Club @ Clarke Quay
Address: Upper Circular Road, #B1-01/06 The Riverwalk

Take the opportunity to come and feel our clothes, meet us and talk to us! We would love to meet you! Aside from previous launch items, you will also find items exclusively launched at the booth only. So, don’t miss our beautiful collections.
We have also prepared gifts and promotions for you! Look out for more information closer to the date!

Love,
Moda Shoppe

Updates: 19 October 2010

It has been quite a few crazy weeks for me. I can't wait to blog all my activities! I have like tonnes of photos to share but I really need to sort them out first. Some are really belated. Haha. I promise I'll do it VERY soon. Like - this week?

So, here are some pictures that reminded me of the tranquility I received when I went to Borobudur. It really calms me just thinking back to the romantic, serene trip.

Sunset view from the peak of Menorah Hills (710m above sea level)

Amanjiwo at dusk

My Bubbling Experience

I guess KOI doesn't need much introduction.

Judging from the queues at every KOI I go to, its popularity speaks for itself.

I am one of the big supporters who could survive on KOI alone for a meal. Take tonight for instance. I went out with the intention to buy a regular size milk tea and then use the rest of my $10 to buy some sandwich ingredients for a hearty and healthy meal.

Instead, I splurged $7 on two large cups of Milk Tea with Pearl Half Sugar. Of course, one was for Baby. With just $3, it was barely enough to buy any ingredient. So, I strolled home contented, sucking the aromatic tea with chewy pearls. And yes, I made drinking bubble tea my dinner.

To me, drinking bubble tea in general is an experiential activity. It is more than just tasting the tea or pearls. But I love to be able to chew the al dente pearls floating around my mouth in the cold milk tea. And, KOI is the only shop where I order milk tea. At all others, I order green tea or honey green tea.

Although the wait for the tea can be pretty long, but the exprience to me is like waiting for my toto number to be called out. I get really excited receiving my tea over the counter. Immediately, I would tear open the wrapper protecting the thick tube of straw, and I couldn't wait to suck those black pearls into my mouth.

What an experience of joy!

After each cup, I would crave for more. And soon in a few days' time, I find myself waiting in line for the next bubbling, pearlie experience.

So, that's my experience. What's yours?

Beauty After the Knief

Note: The following post is my personal opinion and not a representation of anyone's opinions.

Pre-yoga today, Celeste shared with me Dawn Yang's photos. So, I made a comment that she reminded me of Angela Baby. And we decided to google Angela Baby's pre-plastic surgery photos.

When I saw the stark constrast of the before and after photos. I couldn't help but awed at the wonders of the knief. The first question I asked Celeste was "You want to do plastic surgery too?".

All right. Before jumping to conclusion, calm down my dear friends. I am not saying, I will go under the knief.

The only thing is, I supposed I would become more even more cynical if I see a beautiful face with almost perfect features - that she must have cut herself somewhere to look like this.

Is this jealousy or envy?

I guess I can't be jealous at the pretty faces that have emerged from undergoing the knieves. If I were, I wouldn't be looking at the photos and going "wow, they are so pretty". And, I really think they were very brave to go through the surgery - for goodness sake, those cuts and stitches must have been painful, even during the healing process. Ok. I have uber low tolerance for pains. So, I am probably not the best person to go through pains for beauty.

I have also seen the procedures before and they look pretty disgusting to me. And I can't bear to risk my not-too-bad-face under the blades. What if I turn out beastly instead of beauty?

For fame and beauty, many women dream of turning themselves from plain Janes into attention-grabbing beauties. Most of those who have gone under the blades, seemed to have turned into paparazzi frenzy. These ugly-ducklings-turned-swans (sometimes just simply plain and not ugly) have attracted much media's attention, casting themselves in the limelight - becoming infamous or famous. Either way, they become some sort of celebrities and talks of the towns, acquiring foes and supporters along the way. As it is, bad press is still publicity.

But the sad reality is, the desire to become famous has caused not just women but men to change themselves outwardly so that they could be picked up to become amongst the rich and the famous. The media's focus on pretty faces that have become successful,  make their lives seemed even more like a fairy tale is a form of encouragement to the normal beings on the streets to dream about living the plastic-surgery produced glamarous lives.

Although there are days I wish to change certain parts of myself, I think I am most unlikely to go through such a drastic change. Firstly, I can't bear the thought of surgery. Going through lasik was already a big step forward. So, as much as I could I would not put myself up for needles and threads.

I'd also like to have people telling me that my children look like me instead of wondering if my hubby had the children with some other woman. I also like the idea of aging gracefully. Even if I can't look SYT forever, I know that other than my physical appearance, there are other bigger and more significant things in life that mean more to me. So, to each her own, we just choose to live our lives diferently. No two lives are the same.

Having said so much, here are a few pictures of Angela Baby's before and after. It doesn't change the fact that I think she's really quite an eye candy.


AFTER



BEFORE

Pictures from: http://www.shun2u.com/2009/08/angela-baby-before-after-plastic.html