We’ve set a budget for our wedding, and from June onwards .. we’ll be setting apart a set amount of money monthly, to achieve our “financial goal” ..
Man, it’s so tough.
God, you’ll see us through .. right?
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
Anyone else have a wedding checklist?
This one’s a little too western?
I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Okay, let me get the ball rolling.
One of Liz’s ideas for a colour theme was … accents. Here’s a green one. Click on the image for a larger version, and this link to the entry.
Gasp!
The parents are meeting up!
After some adjustments, misinformation and rescheduling, we finally set the meal for Sunday lunch this weekend. Both our parents wanted to meet up so that they can be formally introduced, and because my parents are coming down this weekend for a wedding dinner, they suggested that we make arrangements for a meal.
Now comes the delicate part.
- What to eat?
- Where to eat?
- What to do?
- Who to pay?
- What to talk about?
Questions, questions, questions.
Answers? Seek advice from Kenneth and Kim Ann! We’re meeting them tonight, for some mega heavy duty planning and idea trashing!
PS: Liz, when you gonna write?
Some might have the impression that everything’s smooth sailing for the two of us, but in actual fact .. it’s not all hunky dory. Sometimes, you might have (intentionally or unintentionally) left out a detail or two but when things like that happen, you take a step back and look at the situation objectively and deal with it.
I thank God for people who are willing to speak up, stand up for what they think should be the way things are done. And when they do that .. it’s important not to be emotional and start defending what we think we did was right but to look at the big picture and see the whole situation in totality.
Marrying Liz in the future doesn’t only involve her alone, but it also means “marrying” the family, because you take upon yourself the responsiblity to care and provide in ways that you can for “new” family members. And if we ever come to a point in our lives that we have some reason to NOT show care and concern for the in-laws .. we have lost the meaning of being a family member.
It’s almost too familliar when we hear of our parents, or their interactions (or lack of) with in-laws (sometimes even within their own family) that love is lost when it comes to misunderstandings. Yes, it’s tough to deal with people .. and discernment is important when it comes to the actions to be taken when a family member is being tough. But, Romans 12:18 says …
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
And we need to always bear that in mind that God is the source of our wisdom and that He will provide it, if you ask.
Question is .. do we love our spouse enough to love who he/she loves?
For breakfast this morning, I contemplated between the nasi lemak near my office, and the Gardenia loaf of bread at home spread with peanut butter.
I’ve been having plain white bread for the past 2 weeks, and it’s cost effective, fills you up like a goldfish. After you drink water .. that is.
Then I thought of the nasi lemak near my office. Tried it once, and it cost me RM2.40, with beef rendang and egg and a good amount of rice.
Gardenia = RM2.10, lasts me 3 days.
Nasi Lemak = RM2.40, lasts me 3 hours.
The things I’ve got to give up to save money.
Here’s a funny rating system for your spouses, the wife version is posted here.
Rating is from Very Poor (Failure) to Very Superior! HAH! No, I’m so not gonna rate Liz.
Check out the right hand side, merits - Point #11 and 12. So contradicting! So what .. the husbands get to sleep in late .. but wives must bring kids to Sunday School .. and she must attend church?
My mom was so cute. I called her on Sunday at noon and she said,”I’m so happy!”
I asked,”Why?”
“My son’s getting married!”
I guess it suddenly dawned upon her, as she couldn’t sleep the night before. Then she went on about how she has planned for our wedding, and I was taken aback for a while .. and waited for her to explain her plans. Some of it included:
- 1st of August, 2009 as our wedding date
- She’ll make souvenirs for the guests of the banquet at night
- How she’ll coax my dad to help us out with the downpayment for a place in KL .. that we may stay
- among others .. that we talked about
I guess the most significant one right now would be the wedding date, which everyone is asking about. Liz and I did some planning and I brought it up with her, and she’s okay with it.
We’ll be running it by her parents and also .. by Kenneth and Kim Ann.
Oh oh! We started a wedding planner book thing! Haha. Just for fun. Maybe we’ll include some of the pages into our wedding helper’s gift book design in the future. More on that .. soon!
We broke the news to Ps. Julie on Wednesday, after prayer meeting and she was stoked! I kinda did give her a heads up as I SMSed her saying that Liz and I have got something to share with her so she kinda guessed.
She affirmed us of our relationship and move to be married and prayed for us. While she prayed for us, she saw a vision of the oyster, how both of us make up the two shells that come together and that as we go through life, we’ll rub together and good things will form from it!
Like the resulting pearl through the growing process.
I’m so glad that we’ve got such a supportive pastor, not just blindly going through the motions but constantly receiving from God and releasing words that affirm and encourage us to run the race and run it well.
And very apt visions from God too .. as we both love oysters (consuming them, ironically) and I love pearls (to give them as gifts though).
Heh.
PS: Now Liz can guess what’s the next expensive piece of jewelry I’ll be buying her. Heh.
She’ll just kill me.
Image taken from http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/08/toilet-paper-wedding.html
We’ll be planning our wedding soon, with help from Kenneth and Kim Ann. Budget, scope .. and .. WORK HARD!
Recent Comments