What Now...

Pete discovered some droppings at our new place when he brought his friends over to view the flat a few weeks back. We suspected they were rat droppings, and got ourself a pretty rat trap from Daiso. Trust me when I say it is pretty...

The rat trap - like a pretty little cardboard house, with printed windows

We placed some dried cuttlefish inside the house, hoping to lure the rat/rats in. It/they will get stuck on the sticky pad inside the "house", and Pete will then carry the little house by its handle and dispose of it. That was our grand plan: catch the rat/rats, take some pictures, and post them up here.

Alas, week after week we went back, but there was no rat in sight. But...there were more droppings, directly below the holes where the lights are supposed to be installed on the living room ceiling. Since we could catch no rat, we bought ourselves a can of Baygon on Saturday. Well, if we can't trap the rat/rats, or whatever it/they may be, we will have to settle for the next best alternative of spraying insecticide up the holes on the ceiling.

And so...that was what we did. The "culprit" actually reacted to the spray, and struggled to escape through the hole, amidst the wires. At first, Pete announced it was just a beetle. Seconds later, it struggled a little more, exposing more of itself, and to my horror, Pete said, "It's a bat." A bat?! So now the holes in our ceiling are bat caves?? I was terrified of bats, and went to hide in the room. Pete saw it struggle a little more, before it flew out of the windows.

We went back yesterday and stuffed all the holes in the ceiling with paper. No more bat caves, no no.

I'm just thinking...is it just me? Cockroaches, pigeons, and now...bats?

Weddings, and More...Wedding Stuff

The period after the 7th Lunar month is popular with many when it comes to holding their traditional wedding or wedding reception. For the past month or so, I have attended 3 weddings. Some photos to share:

With my cousin, Sharon, who looked like a princess on her big day last month



Wedding of Siew Chi, who is my ex-primary, secondary, junior college schoolmate, and now...colleague



Managed to sneak in a shot with the busy bride, Fay, who is my ex-secondary schoolmate at her church wedding

2 more weddings to go for the rest of this year...

As for our wedding, in view of F1 and the inconvenience it may bring, Pete and I have decided to have a lunch reception instead, and we have met up with the hotel last week to sign for the necessary changes. Hopefully, everything will turn out ok *fingers crossed*

Lord (and Lady) of the Rings

It has been a long time since our previous entry, all thanks to the F1 schedule for Singapore next year. It had caused plenty of headaches and extra work for the both of us. So much for preparing early. So moral of the story is that preparing for a wedding at the last minute is bad, preparing for a wedding 1 year in advance don't seem to have that many benefits either. :P

Anyway, our wedding bands were finally ready last Saturday. Originally, they were supposed to be ready in early July. However, due to my finger swelling up like a sausage incorrect ring size, they needed to re-do the ring for us, which took another 3 months. My ring size went from 17 to 19 in 2 months time. I didn't know ring size can increase so fast (although I can totally vouch for waistline increasing exponentially :P)

So 3 months later, here we are again to collect our wedding bands. The sales assistant then asked us,"So what do you want to engrave on your bands?" Ah mi and I were like "Hey, didn't we agree on something already?" We think, we thought, and we thunk. You can hear rusty gears in our head straining away, but we just cannot remember what we agreed on 3 months back.

Anyway, there is no rush as our wedding is still a long way to go, so we told the person that we will come back when we think of something. If it is something that we will forget, probably its not that good in the first place. :P

So here's the deal, we were like "What to engrave on our rings huh?"

My suggestions were as follows:

• Ah pong *heart* Ah mi & vice versa (too cheesy)
• From this moment [ROM date] (don't know if date will change again or not)
• I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky... (infringe copyright law)
• If found, please return to [our mailing address] (got boxed by ah mi not appropriate)

So none of my suggestions worked. However, I happened to chance onto some potential ones online :D

OMG! Can't believe you wanna marry me!


Haven't reach that stage leh...*blush* so cannot lah.. *blush blush*


Promoting harmony for couples


Too late to regret le hor!


Feels just like a branding on a cow



Yeah, why did you take it off huh? Huh? Huh?



I think I like this.. :D

And so, the quest for our inscription carries on, although I really like the one above and we will not rest til we think of THE inscription for our rings! *Cue Lord of the Rings music*

Horror of All Horrors!

Just when we thought we had it all under control, finalising our vendors for our big day a year or so in advance, so that we could spend the 1 year leading up to our wedding planning the little details without feeling too much of the heat. We had just come up with a time-line of the tasks we will need to carry out and complete from now till the month of our wedding, and were just going to pat ourselves on our backs for starting the planning well ahead of time when...

...horror of all horrors...we stumbled upon the provisional schedule of the F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2009. Yes, it states that the final race day for next year may be taking place on our big day itself, making it an even bigger day? *bitter laugh*

With our wedding reception being held at the hotel that will just be a stone's throw from the race track, we panicked. Several alternatives sprung into our minds over the past few days:

- Have a lunch reception instead
- Start the dinner early
- Arrange for shuttle buses for our guests
- Postpone the wedding

Pete emailed the Banquet Manager with questions on the hotel's contingency plans, and we will be arranging to meet next week to discuss further on this matter before we decide what should be done.

One of the reasons we chose the hotel for our reception was the convenience and location, as it is situated just above City Hall station. Looks like this may turn out to be a major inconvenience instead. Ironic, isn't it? *bitter laugh*

We thought we could save ourselves from more stress by planning early. Once again, it's turning out to be an irony. *bitter laugh*

I guess the hard part too is not knowing if we should make any changes at the moment, as it is still a provisional schedule after all. The confirmed schedule should be out by the end of this year, or the start of next year. I suppose we will see what the Banquet Manager has to say when we meet up with her next week.

Meanwhile, ... *fingers crossed* ... that everything will turn out ok.