The Knot is Tied!!!!

FINALLY!!! WE ARE MARRIED!!!

It has been a long journey for us, well 5 years actually, but for us it felt like forever. Combining 2 different person with opposite background, family, vision, goal, habbits is not easy, that's why we call it long journey.

I dont even know how to summarize what's been happening this past week. For start, my internet was down from few days before the wedding, and i had taken my leave so i was practically out of touch with internet!!! there were so many thing i wanted to write in this blog before the D Day. I will try my best to re-cap the moments.

Tuesday, 16th October 07
I was in the office, couldn't concentrate at all. I kept ignoring my works and doing my wedding preparation instead. I felt really nervous, scared that i couldn't finished everything on time. As soon as the clock hit 3.30pm, i asked my boss to leave early, being a very very good boss, he actually gave me permission eventhough we had board meeting that day. I went home straight and started doing all the bits and pieces again.

I bought my wedding shoes in Indonesia (Mangga Dua), because it's cheap and they have various style. I didn't want to spend too much money on shoes, as long as they are comfortable and not too high, im fine with it. I bought 2 pairs, one for the ceremony which was white and another one for the reception, which was bronze colour.

I realized that the bronze shoes are very very simple and plain. I wanted to buy a new one in here, but i didn't have time to shop around so i had a crazy idea. I decided to put beads on the shoes with needle and string, and this is the before and after photos of the shoes.



I might get prettier shoes if i decided to buy a new one, but the satisfaction of creating my own wedding shoes is priceless.
I remember making the shoes until 4am in the morning, but it was worth it!

Wednesday, 17th October 07
On wednesday, we had our prewedding photo session again with our photographer (Rey from Antheia), he came on Sunday and stayed with us for a week. Early morning me, indra, tasia, rey and seng2 went to Swan Valley for photo session but we ended up in Chocolate Factory instead hahaha...

We were planning to go to the beach in the afternoon, but due to the strong wind and rain, we cancelled the photo session and went to Cicerellos, and had massive lunch, 2 seafood baskets, 1 fish and chips and calamari basket. We just sat there shivering while digging on the food.

Thanks to Tasia for my hairdo :)

Thursday, 18th October 07
We had another photo session, this time we went to Fremantle and City.

We found a very unique second hand book shop in Fremantle, it's very very classic and warm, we asked the owner's permission to take photo inside his shop.

In the afternoon, we had short photo session in Perth City and Tasia picked up the suits for Rey and Eel.

At 4pm, we gathered at Wesley Church for a rehearsal.
I actually walked from city to the church by myself because Indra needed to get something from his car, so we decided to meet at the church. On the way there, i had this uneasy feeling, i felt like calling off the wedding, my step was so heavy. I wanted to run away from the rehearsal and not meeting anyone. The closer i got to the church, i felt my throat was choked. I said to myself "No, this is not happening...it's only a dream".

But I managed to drag myself to the church and my parents were already there. Soon after that, my friends and pastors came. I got even more nervous. I remember, before we started, i sat next to Ka Ira and she held my hands, she was surprised that my hands were as cold as ice. I honestly said to her that i was afraid. She calmed me down, saying that me and Indra have a solid ground to build a family so there is nothing to be afraid of. I was gratefull that the rehearsal actually went well *Pheeww*

At night, Tasia created a more details timeline for the committees, she did that until 3am in the morning. She made 16 PAGES OF TIMELINE!!! but man, the timeline was perfect!!! very details and covers everything. Can't thank you enough Tas :). We should do this wedding organizer thingy very soon!!

Alrite, enough for now, i will post the -1 and D Day later.
Need to gather some pictures first.