Our Love Nest

Getting a HDB flat was nv an easy task..

U have to apply->get ballot no ->monitor the progress->racke the neighbourhood of the flat u wanna get. The worst part is to wait for ur appointment while worrying the unit u wanted will be taken up by others..

Finally after such a long wait, we manage to get our hse on 2nd Jun 2008..

Its a five room flat @ Taman Jurong. Thou we are unable to get the flr we wanted (the highest unit that we could get was 4th sty) but at least its something more 'decent' as compared to the units available near Andy's hse..

And yes for those who are 4D Lovers.. Here comes ur luckyyyy no: 0463.. Thats our unit no.. Dont forget abt us huh if u guys strike!! My Mum told me these 4 digits are quite a popular..

Believe it a not.. i went to check them out at Singapore Pool.. Heres the result:

0463 appeared in the following draws:
• Consolation prize on 06 Feb 08, Wednesday
• Consolation prize on 09 May 07, Wednesday
• Consolation prize on 21 Jun 06, Wednesday
• Consolation prize on 03 Mar 04, Wednesday
• Consolation prize on 27 Nov 02, Wednesday
• Starter prize on 06 Feb 99, Saturday
• Second prize on 02 Dec 95, Saturday
• Third prize on 02 Jul 94, Saturday
• Second prize on 16 Apr 94, Saturday
• Consolation prize on 03 May 87, Sunday
Total number of appearances: 10

These are juz for reference soo buy at ur own discretion ok!

Map of the site

Its abt 15mins walk fr Lakeside Mrt. Nearby amenities are Taman Jurong CC, Market, Food Centre & Shopping Centre.

Layout of our unit

Time to crack our heads for the renovation and costing while more intensive arguement rolls in..

Application of HDB, The Banquet & Bridal Studio

It's been quite a long time since we had updated the blog..so we will be blogging a few issues at one go..

We(our rather me) had been busy doing research for the wedding while andy is busy monitoring the availablity of the HDB's flats. Oh, before i go further we had applied for the Bi-Monthly Sale (Sector A) where HDB releases some surplus flats @ the West region of Spore(eg: Jurong, Woodlands, etc). There are 5708plus applications fighting for 490units. *_*

Guess what..
Our Balloted Queue No is A0804
Selection Date: 02 Jun 08
Selection Time: 3.30pm

We are hoping to get flats at Jurong West, which currently left with the maximum units available. Till date there are 196units available.. so we have 1 more wk to struggle.. Everyday looking at the available units was like looking shares. The lesser the units available the deeper our heart falls..haha.. Wish us luck!!

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After sourcing for wedding banquets and doing some comparsions, we had more or less confirmed of getting Marina Mandarin. Thus, We attended the Marina Mandarin wedding show to taste the food and check out what they exactly offer.

The wedding show was held at their grand ballroom with booths at the cocktail reception area that sells bridal services, wines, etc..
We must say we are totally impressed with the sharkfins Marina Mandarin (MM) services. It comes in pcs form instead of what we normally see - watery/starchy and a few strings of sharkfins..

After the wedding show, we wanted to discuss and sign up the banquet package with the catering sales manager..but..to our despair.. the dates we wanted are booked.. thus she had given me a few dates for us to check with the feng shui master whether is it suitable for us. To cut the story short, after a few 'ding dongs' and meet up sessions with Wendy, our banquet co-ordinator, we managed to fixed the date on 17th May 2009 @ Vanda Ballroom.

Also at the show we had signed up with WhiteLink for the bridal package @ $3988.. Initially we wanted to look for Bridal Studios @ Malaysia to cut down our cost, but Jimmy, our co-ordinator who was soooo sincere managed to persuade us to sign the package. On top of that we are too lazy to go in and out of Malaysia.

So.. we are officially now Groom & Bride of Marina Mandarin & Whitelink!!

The 'Tan Pan' Session

Characters Involved:

Andy's Side
- Andy's Dad
- Andy's Gu Ma
- Andy (of course)

Cass's Side
- Cass's Dad
- Cass's Mum
- Cass's Bro
- Cass

Venue

- Quality Hotel; Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant



Lotus Restaurant is one of my dad's favourite hang out place.
He is a vegetarian so we fixed the venue at the vegetarian restaurant, thou andy detest to eat vegetarian food.. Bo Bian mah.. hehe.. Actually its not much of 'tan pan' but more of a small 'get to know' and discussion session.

We met to discuss what my parents wanted for the wedding. As usual traditional practice, my mum asked for cakes, oranges, etc and of course we are a teochew thus we asked for 'Si Dian Jin'.
Before this discussion my parents had a slight 'heaty' discussion over the stuff required. My mum was tradition while my dad was modern. My dad trys to abolish the tradition (i.e: roast pig) to make things simple while my mum believes we shld follow the tradition requirements. Anyway they still managed to compromise and come out with the list. No matter what they required I believed they wanted the best for us, be it modern or tradition. Sometimes, traditional stuffs might not be logical but every single thing represents something correct.

The discussion went smoothly and to be frank nothing much was discussed coz my mum written everything that is needed on a pc of red paper already and Andy's Gu ma will be asking for the wedding dates on our behalf.
As for Andy and Me, we can start our research!!

(PS: No photos for this post as old ppl dun like to take photo)

The Proposal

29th February 08 - We are the first few having a ride at the flyer before they even officially operates. After the ride, we headed down to St James Power Station, Dragonfly, where we met his and my friends as well as his cousin. As usual, its super packed and some live telecast of fights.

Slightly after midnight there's commotion very near our table. I suppose a guy got drank and hit on the other guy and there's when the fight started. Sufang and me quickly 'siam' before we kena hit too. After the fight i keep bugging andy to go home. Its not safe there and i am very tired already. But he keep insisted that we go home after another round of live performance. *_*

All of the sudden while we are watching the live performance, William Scorpion made an announcement.
WS: Where is Andy and Cassandra?
Andy: *Wave*
Cass: Was shock, *Wave*
WS: Cassandra, Andy would like to proposed to u. Will u marry him?
Andy: On his knees with a diamond ring
Cass: Shouted-ok
WS: Cassandra do u accept his proposal? (apparently he didnt get me)
Cass: Shouted-ok + 'ok hand sign'
WS: Cassandra i take it as ok (he still didnt get me *sweat*, i was too far fr the stage anyway)
Cass: Pull andy up
Andy: Handed the diamond ring and 99nos of roses to cass

Now i know why he wanted to wait for the live performance.
The proposal came late (3am in the morning) as the management are not able to make the announcement due to their packed schedule of performance. A heartfelt thanks to Ah-yeong, Vennance, Ah-Leow, Alvin, Vincent, Max, Sufang, Trivin, Davina and those who we unintentionally missed out to make this happen and 'dong' till 3am. (^.*)

The 'Part-tall' Days

Like most of the couples.. We quarrel over the slightest, thiny, weeny issues. He is so stubborn and notorious like a rock so hard to convince him and like to insist his own way. While for me, i didnt give way either.

Then wat to do.. Quarrel loh. Volcano erupts.. haha.. See who wan to pull down their face and give way.

One of the issue that we quarrel most is definitely abt his car. He is damn particular of the way he puts his things in the car. If i put wrongly then kena scolded. Who on earth can be similar and put things the same way. Not flexible at all. And no matter how late we reach home if it rains we juz gotta clean the car. Don't know y he is so persistant.. arghh.. But i juz gotta go along the flow. *sobz*

Lucky me, most of the time he gives way to me.. that's only when the volcano erupts ok. Nevertheless he took some effort to compromise in most of the stuffs that i don't like and things that i want he to do. At least he changed his car coz that old car causes alots of prob and he took up a part time course thou he always fall asleep in class. Hopefully, he can complete the course by end of this year. *cross fingers*

~* Once we accept the limits & differences, we go beyond them *~

Our first valentine celebration @ St James after dinner @ Mt Faber

Our first wedding dinner attended @ OCC

Second Valentine Celebration

Flyer Experience, 29th Feb 2008

The Identity

So who is HE and SHE? Lets have a brief introduction of our identity

SHE.....Its me.. I am Cassandra, u can call me Cass coz alot of ppl say me name too long *rolling eyes*. I will be the blog mistress and do most of the maintenance and updating.

I am quick tempered, considerate, go by the book, senstitive and when get angry can be like 'po fu ma jie' but dun worry only HE will kena... I remb the first time the volcano (ME) erupted he told me that no one in his life had ever scolded him this way not even his parents.Poor thing.. haha..

The poor guy HE = ANDY.


But i think he is not very ke lian after all if he dun make me angry right. hohoho.. Anyway, lets talk abt him. Since i know him, he is a freaking car lover.

Everytime after a rain he will have to clean his car coz he afraids of having water stain. So can u imagine if there is a few showers in a day he can clean his car a few times in a day too. If the rain is too heavy he can go to the extend to leave his car in the carpark and we gotta take public transport. Stupid leh. He works for the car instead of the other way round.

So when i told him abt this bloggy that i am going to do abt 'US', he told me to put in the pic of his ex-car (juz changed to a madza 3-sp mths back) which he is very proud of and had dumped tons of $$$.

From the above pic and if u r also a car lover, u can see that he likes to 'play' with cars. He always tell me a born-racer will always be a racer..blah blah..

But i am happy enough that he sold his car, thou his favourite, at abt $20k and bought mazda 3-SP.. Ahh.. at least there is much more comfort but is bloody driving skills nv change.. chiong here and there. Only put my life at risk. @.@

So how a short-tempered and go by the book ger dates with the notorious guy? Check them out under ♥ The 'Part-tall' Days ♥

Our Story

HE was there, so was SHE. They got to know each other through a common friend at M.O.S (Ministry of Sound). At the point of time both parties are unattached, but there's no sign of sparks. Thus, both went on with their own lives and got attached with others. One year later, they were re-introduced by the same common friend. Coincidently, both parties are unattached again. Perhaps, time was on their side this time round, they started their dating days on 15th Jan 2007.

~* A Union = Right Person + Right Time *~