This is a pair of 麒麟 given by dad’s business associate from Hong Kong! Just nice for our new house!

Which is harder, posing for pictures or choosing them when they’re done? :)

We’ve been spending the past few days (since getting our photos back from Ray Ong), sorting through and deciding on the ones to include in the eventual album. Out of the 325 shots that we were given on our CDs, we have to choose 30 of them as “main pictures” followed by 60 others that we like so that they can be made into collages. 90 in all to choose, from 325… err… what’s that formula for permutations and combinations (*looks at Cy*… err.. you’re the one with the maths degree :P)?

OK… According to this calculator that I found (Google has an answer to everything! :P), there are more than 9.398761404482522e+81 possibilities in our choices (or in other words, a big headache :P). To simplify things a little, we have come up with an idea to rate the pictures independently first (assigning a score to each picture – either, “definitely want”, “want”, “don’t want” or “not sure”). Cy then came up with a brilliant way (being the Ms Organized that she usually is) to combine our scores on an Excel worksheet. So far, we have narrowed our choices to 55 “definitely wants” some of which I have already uploaded to our Flickr. Now begins the process of chosing the rest of the 90 photos and which ones will eventually end up as the 30 “main pictures”…

We just collected our pictures from Ray Ong of Photo Language this evening — all 325 of them! Spent the rest of the evening selecting through the pictures that we will eventually put into our wedding album. Cy is delighted with the shots, and so am I, although deep down sometimes, I wish Dad could be the one taking our wedding pics… But then, the both of us didn’t want to fret or tire him out with our photo-shoot. Nevertheless, I think Ray Ong did a splendid job especially since we aren’t exactly the easiest or most photogenic “models” to work with :P

Here’s a preview shot to whet the appetite… Check out our Flickr for updates as I get them uploaded :)

We went to the Marina Mandarin Wedding Show this afternoon to look at the wedding setups and favours given. Instead of the usual buffet at wedding shows, we got to sit at a table for 8 and had a 5-course lunch. Yummy!

The guest book provided is quite lovely with a white cushioned cover in the same theme as the 2 angbao boxes provided. Ray Ong will also be providing us a guest book with our photos on each page, so we’ll be having two! We are thinking of turning Ray Ong’s guestbook into a photo journal of our wedding night. That’ll be cool! Anyway, it’s just an idea, not sure how it’ll work out in our busy night. :)

Out of the wedding favours, we are considering the bears below (for hanging on the handphone) or their famous pineapple tarts. The pineapple tarts are not the kind you imagine to have during Chinese New Year. It’s quite thick and nicely wrapped up in a little gold paper bag before putting it in the box. Some people think that it’s more practical to get something to eat, as no one would bother to keep your wedding favours anyway. But the bears do look kinda cute! Which would you prefer? Or would you prefer the usual chocolate pralines? Do drop us your comment. :)

 

 

Mum spent the last Sunday making a few more bouquets of flowers and corsages at my 姨婆’s shop for our photoshoot on the following day despite having a complimentary bouquet by Green Point Flowers. The flowers were kindly sponsored by my 姨婆. However, not all the flowers and corsages were used. We couldn’t bear to see her efforts go unrecognised, thus Ray Ong was so nice to offer to take photos of her bouquets for memory. He even asked if she was interested in a business opportunity to provide flowers for his studio. :)

Presenting to you …

Peonies

Cymbidiums

Proteaqueen

Eustomas from Green Point Flowers