An Chuang

We completed another significant 'milestone' today - that is An Chuang (set the bed). Apparently the reason for An Chuang is for us to be blessed with marital bliss and make the fertility gods happy so that we will have many babies. :)

Weeks ago, we went with Dear Dear's family to Chinatown to purchase the An Chuang items. We didn't know exactly what to do, so we followed based on what the seller told us and based on a book our fengshui master gave us.

Ok so today, my family and I made our way to Dear'Dear's place at 11 plus this morning. Once we reached, Dear and I hurriedly laid the bed, made the bed with new bright red bedsheets we bought. As auspicious time was from 7am to 1pm.

Managed to snap a photo before we continued. :p

Placed 4 fruits (Pomelo, Dragonfruit, Peach and Parisimon) at each corner of the bed, with a tray of offerings in the middle.

Then we got Baby Javen to roll our bed. He was actually asleep. Hehe.

Hilarious short clip of him rolling the bed, with much-needed assistance from my parents at the bottom of the page.

Good job, Javen! Here's a red packet for you.

Completed the process of An-Chuang with group family photos taken:

Guo Da Li

Dear and I just had our Guo Da Li ritual last Sunday, two weeks before our actual day. Simple it might have been, it was a very tiring day for us. Some photos to describe our hectic day:

Started with Dear and his 2 appointed 'matchmakers', Auntie Ella and Auntie Bancha arriving at my place.

Gifts to the Bride and family:

Gifts to the Groom and family:

A group photo of my parents with our matchmakers:

A group photo with my cutie nephew, Javen:

After the Guo Da Li, Dear and I went back to my in-laws' place to pray to our ancestors, and thereafter, we went to distribute wedding cakes. It's a pity that we didn't take any photos. :(

#39-45 or #31-26?

Hubby and I went through a tough decision-making process on 7th May - The day we went to HDB to select a flat.

With a balloting number of 0152, we were in the upper percentile of 15%. This Dawson selection was unique in that it consisted of 2 developers offering different architecture layouts - SkyTerrace and SkyVille. SkyTerrace offered loft units, and our first choice was steered towards that. Never mind the troublesome maintenance. Hubby spent one whole day, shortlisting 90 units the weekend before our selection date. Why so many you may ask? Ok we were kiasu, there were still 90 people in front of us before our turn.

With only about 170 4-room loft units, our number did not seem that good afterall. There were still a number of loft units for us to choose though and we deemed #31-26 (facing south) to be the best of the lots. Still, it wasn't good enough. Facing public housing flats of 30 storeys directly opposite, we know that getting #31-26 would mean the view would be partially blocked.

On the other hand, SkyVille normal units facing north offered paranomic views, overlooking Dempsey and Orchard. And we have narrowed it down to #39-45. We didn't choose any units higher, for it will start with an unlucky '4' - Our parents preferred that we not choose.

So the decision boiled down to either a loft unit with less-than fantastic view or a normal layout unit with a breathtaking view. You would find this hard to believe, but we reached HDB Hub at 2pm and we couldn't come to a decision till 5.30pm.

To make a choice between the two was tough, but ultimately, we decided what we wanted to do at the end of each day is to sit in the balcony, have a cuppa and enjoy the scenery. #39-45 triumphs. :p