Meet Gorf

This is Gorf. Gorf is a squeaky frog designed for dogs, but we've each been given one at work to squeak when anyone goes off on a tangent at a discussion. But I've adopted him and taken him home to love and care for him. And also to see how the bunnies like him. Verdict - he scares the crap out of them. I think they thought I was torturing small animals and they were next - may be a good way to discipline them. A bit of kill the chicken to scare the monkey maybe?

Some recent meals...

Kimchi jigae (and some not-so-authentic broccoli in the background)


Lamb stew with siew pak choy (yes, I have a thing for pairing inappropriate vegetables with meals)



California roll

Random thought

Lately I've been told that I've been really neglecting this blog, what with all the wedding planning and everything that's been going on in our lives lately, so here's a random thought I had this morning while at Waterloo Station:

You know you're really out of shape when you find yourself needing a running start to get enough momentum to propel yourself up the stairs without running out of steam halfway.

Note to self: Spend more time on EA Sports Active

Husband and Wife

Finally it is Wednesday the 3rd of June and I can sit back and really relax - my first time in a VERY long time!!

The exams lasted almost 3 weeks of which I suffered sleepless nights and endless panic attacks..

To add to the exam stress, I had the hardest time finding a proper wedding dress and losing enough weight so I won't detest my wedding photos and tear it all up!!

The 3 prong Fat attack plan thingy worked! To our amazement..

Wei Chieh found something called the EA Sports Active which works on the Nintendo Wii and it is amazing!!

It's some sort of an interactive exercise game thingy which unlike the Wii Fit really makes you sweat buckets!

The first time we both had a go we looked like we just had a shower in our clothes!

What's even more amazing is that Wei Chieh can now dress up without looking like a pregnant man. After dating a man with a near 9 month old (forever due) baby in his tummy for 5 years, this is nothing short of a miracle.

Haha..

Anyway, here are some photos so that you can judge for yourself.

The photos were taken by Michael and some by Wayne, who were both our witnesses to the wedding.

Our last photo as an 'unmarried' couple

The Groom being cheeky (he got a smack on the head after)

In front of the registrar

When we both said 'I do'


Group picture : Michael, us, Zina (Wayne's wife) & Wayne

The boys being boys

Zina showing off my ring

Where we got married

Just a nice photo of the new husband and wife

Yeap, that's how he broke his back!

Our wedding bands

Our 'favouritest' furry babies and us

Very kind and sweet! wedding cake gift from Mallindi, Tony, Luciano & Mariella

Our wedding was very small but we couldn't have wanted it any other way.

Many many thanks to Michael, Wayne, Zina and all our other friends who have given us so much love and support on such an important occasion to us.

Special thanks goes to Mallindi, Tony, Luciano and Mariella for fitting us a little spot in Mariella's Christening and Luciano's adoption celebration on Sunday.

We couldn't be luckier to be surrounded by such wonderful and amazing friends!

The FAT frenzy

3 weeks to my big day and guess what I'm concerned about:-

1) I haven't got a proper dress for the occasion

2) FATS (with an extra big S)

Yes!! FATS!!!

They are EVERYWHERE!!

On my belly.. on my legs.. on my arms..

Oh.. what happened to my once super toned and tanned swimming arms I very proudly paraded with sleeveless tees??

GONE!! Yes, years of neglect have turned muscles into fat and now I'm panicking and wondering how I'm ever going to look good at my wedding!!

I can't have Barney (that's what we think we're going to name our boy for now) looking at my wedding photos and going ' Oh my god, mummy you had such FAT arms!!!'

It just can't be done.

You want your children to look at your old photos and think to themselves 'Gosh.. my mum's so pretty' or 'My dad's so lucky.. I wonder if I'll find a wife as pretty as my mum'

Nevermind about looking fat after getting pregnant!! You could always blame it on the fat baby that enlarged your belly!!

Anyway, to counter our rather big problem we have gone for a 3 prong attack:-

1) Wall push ups - Rosie (Kok's girlfriend) was here last weekend and she recommended doing wall push ups to tone the arms (not build muscular ugly looking ones like you get from floor push ups!). 40 in the day and 40 at night. I'm working on that!


2) Slendertone - Slendertone is this waist belt thingy that is supposed to trim your waist (not burn the fat but builds muscles so that you tummy won't sag and look like a blob of fat)


and if all don't work.. we have No. 3

3) Spanx - some magical body suit that is supposed to make you look trim and hide the mean stuff!


You will probably spot a great flaw in my 3 prong attack. There's nothing in there for the legs (I don't think Spanx hide leg fat).

That's just fine.. because the dress will hide my fat thighs and if I think my legs are too fat to be seen everyone in my wedding album will just have to go legless..



Bwahahahahaha................................

Snoreberry

Wei Chieh and I have endless nicknames for each other.. and this is his new one this season

Wedding Gift!

It is official - we are getting married on the 28th of May with a picnic 'reception' on the 27th of June.

To the Chinese it is somewhat uncustomary, almost rude to provide your guests with a gift list and us having one would probably risk Ae Mi's grandmother jumping out of her grave and giving us a big whack on the head.

However, we are living in England and since it is the norm to have a gift list and will save our guests the headache of 'what to buy that fat couple for their wedding', we are having one - here.

That said, we have been blessed with a fully equiped although modest home and we do not really need any more gadgets or furniture.

What we do need is further education - a UK Driving Licence for Wei Chieh and a Legal Practice Certificate or Master's Degree for Ae Mi.

As you all know the cost of education is not cheap and we have our savings, but it would help tremendously if you would consider donating to our Education Fund. It doesn't have to be much as every little helps.

We appreciate that the current economic climate is hard on everyone, so please don't feel like you have to get us a gift at all. If you do though, this would make the best wedding gift to the both of us and we would like to say thanks in advance.

Please let us know if you have donated to our Continuing Education Fund as we would like to send you a thank you card for your contribution and help towards our better future.


If you'd like to donate to our Continuing Education Fund instead of getting us a gift, you can use the paypal button below: