30.10.2011 | 农历十月初四
The auspicious date is confirmed.
Date Selection
15 January 2011 – Went to Kok Chong Ming in Sentul to select our Chinese customary wedding date at a fee of RM100 only. Other places were rather more expensive than this one. It’s quite easy to find this place, but still we had to made a few rounds because we missed its shop signage. Anyway, the sifu gave us a few dates to choose. We are now in the mist of choosing our preferred dates and also availability of restaurants in Penang for the dinner with our family.
It will be a closed ceremony. Only close relatives and friends will be invited to our reception. So, do not worry. We will not “rob” you like others do! Hehehe! (Jangan marah…)
We shall anounce the date after confirmation.
It’s main entrance…
Other services available…
BTW, I have got a new Chinese name now… 譚煒礦
CariBilik is now in Indonesia
It is surprising to know that CariBilik has developed into such a handy website. It not only helps people find rooms for rental, it also help house owners to advertise and publicise their house. In such a short period, CariBilik has grow to our neighboring country, INDONESIA!
I believe CariBilik just stepped in into the Indonesian market. Therefore they only have a few rooms in the list. However, I don’t see any trouble for them to expand quickly, like how they did well in Malaysia.
The best thing about CariBilik is that you can actually search for a room in your desired location or area. For instance, if you are looking for a room in Jakarta, just click on the link and the screen will show you the whole list of rooms available in Jakarta. You can even narrow down your search by filtering according to gender, Muslim or non-Muslim and other criteria in the drop down menu.
You can also become one of their fans in Facebook by clicking the “Like” button on their website. This is the power of social network. And don’t missed out becoming their Twitter follower. Get updates and stuff from CariBilik almost instantly with these technologies!
So, whenever you have a friend asking you “Ada kamar untuk sewa?” (Any rooms for rent?), the answer would be CariBilik.
Our 3-in-1 Party
It was a memorable day for everyone present (I hope). It was such wonderful party we had where Mein and I played hosts for this so-called “3-in-1 Party” – Housewarming-cum-Christmas-cum-Proposal Party.
As we have planned, this was the 4th round of housewarming. It’s a warm and closed gathering where everyone has their own chance to speak and chit chat… I love this kind of feeling.
Well, we prepared chicken chop, spaghetti, salad and orange juice for everyone. Dessert was ‘tong-yuen’. Also, bought a choco-macadamia logcake from TK. Feel so lucky to have Mein to prepare her secret recipe – marinated chicken chop. Delicious~!
Gift exchange was something special too! Everyone chose their favourite numbers and stick it on their gifts. I have prepared some number cards on our small little Christmas tree. Coincidentally, each pair got the other pair’s gifts! And I got a little “choy san yeh”. So cute…! Mein got a small white clock.
As for the proposal part, it was FW’s idea to do it in our home. So honoured. Me being me, prepared a slideshow for them, which even FW had no idea what’s in it. Haha! Hid the bunch of roses which he bought before they came. After the gift exchange, I distributed my presents to each of them. Riko got a CD (of the slideshow), which I played in front of them. After the show finished, FW got on one knee and proposed. This was when the flowers were brought out and he got out a ‘fake’ ruby ring from his pocket… It was so funny and you can see him being so nervous. He couldn’t say a word but just uttered “Can ah? Can ah?” Hahahaha… I laughed throughout (the whole process). After she agreed, everyone clapped and congratulated them. Well done, FW! Wish you and Riko have a great and wonderful life ahead.
Leaving Footprints
We did our housewarming party quite different from others. We have it separately with different groups of friends. Frankly speaking, we don’t like calling it housewarming. We call it “Welcoming Party”!. So far, we had 4 already. One with family members on the first day of moving in. Second, we had steamboat with Ip and Jeff. CF couldn’t make it last minute. Third was with Mein’s colleagues while the latest was with my current colleagues. The next one would be with my primatz on Christmas day. We are really looking forward for it.
- Mein’s wonderful colleagues
- My colleagues-cum-crazy family members
We really hope you guys have enjoyed yourselves and thank you all sooo much for making it a warm and wonderful party! Thanks guys for all the presents too!
dixonthum 