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Chinese New Year will come early next year. It's less than a month away from now, have you shopped for your new year clothes yet?

If you haven't, why not drop by Paper Polly? Dragon year is supposed to be a prosperous year, so what better way to celebrate this festive season than to don on a traditional cheongsam?

Paper Polly's latest collections has all the cheongsams in different designs, colours and sizes! Most importantly, they have been given a modern twist, and comes in short dresses, so that you need not worry about the hot weather in Singapore!

And you know what? My readers, that's right, you! will get to enjoy a 10% off this new year collection! Simply quote "winnie" in the discount code to enjoy this discount!

So what are you waiting for? Shop at Paper Polly now! Especially if you need to order the dresses in other sizes, the closing date for orders is 10 January!!

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012

A new year always brings about a new hope. You may consider this a self-deceit or positivism but many like my Goddess like to make use of this opportunity to make some changes to their lives, be it a new haircut, a new wardrobe, so as to start the new year on a literally fresh note. Whether things will change for the better? Only time will tell.

And me & my Goddess' wishes for the new year? That we can 随心所欲!

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Wickedly Awesome Christmas

This year, my Goddess didn't spend Christmas with me in Singapore :C She went ahead to have a good time with the Horny Devil in Malacca to attend his ex-colleague wedding.

Wanting to save her remaining pittance leave days to emergency days, they set off only on Sat morning. This only gave them 1 day and 1 night to spend in Malacca since they had to come back Singapore the next day evening to catch the musical Wicked which she has bought the tickets months ago.

The usual 3-hour journey took them 6 hours altogether, thanks to the unnecessary jam at the Tuas customs and uber slow traffic due to the rain.

Their bus reached the hotel only at 3plus and they only had 3 hours to walk around before the dinner.

How to DIY your own Ombre Glitter Nails

This season is all about glitter and shine! And ombre colours are the in thing too.

Inspired, my Goddess bought a pink glitter polish from The Face Shop. It was selling at an affordable price below $10! Instead of painting the nails as per normal, my Goddess decided to diy the ombre effect. It was quite simply done, though slight messy.

To do this, pick 3 colours that are of the same shade.

First, paint the base coat followed by a light polish colour.

Next, use a sponge and dab the top colour from the middle of the nail to the tip of the nail.

Then use the same method to sponge the third (darkest) colour from the base of the nail to the middle. My Goddess redid step 2 again to emphasize the top colour.

Note: your fingers are going to be really messy and dirty with polish sponged out of the nails. Don't worry, just use a cotton bud and dip it in polish remover. Then remove the excessive polish outside of the nails.

Finally finish off with a top coat. Viola, you are ready to party the night away with a trendy nail design!

Have fun experimenting!

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My Life Begins Today

A year is almost gone. It's been a really crazy year for my Goddess with loads of ups and downs - getting hitched, switching jobs - worse than the Battlestar Galatica Cyclon ride! Think the only thing that is keeping her sane now is positivity. And this song by Bruno Mars really helped a lot! She's like listening to it a few time every day now to get her daily dose of positivism to keep on going!

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NTU Pre-wedding Shoot

I was looking through my blog analytics when I realised that some of the clickthroughs to this blog came from google search, specifically the keywords "NTU Pre-wedding Shoot". Curious about what results it might bring, I decided to do a search on my own.

Viola, it was so surprising that my Goddess' wedding and MV shoot pictures came out tops, courtesy of my blog!

I wonder how do the pictures get ranked? Is it because I have mentioned the word "NTU" and "Pre-wedding Shoot" countless of times here?

Our Very Own Glee-inspired Dance March In

My Goddess always wanted a different kind and impactful march-in. Initially she wanted to do a cheerleading march-in, so that it will go in line with their cheerleading MV. Unfortunately, the Horny Devil and the brothers and sisters protested to it as they were not cheerleaders by training, so it may make the march in look sloppy since cheerleading is all about sharp movements.

So giving in to both their requests and demands halfway, my Goddess and the Horny Devil decided to do a Glee march-in. So the brothers and sisters took two days to practise - one on their meet-up and briefings, and the other on the actual day.

The brothers and sisters were really spontaneous and I could see that they gave in their best, just for my Goddess and the Horny Devil.

It was such a big hit that night. I was told that there were guests saying how special this wedding dinner was and how much they have enjoyed themselves. There were even people doing the pointing action that my Goddess and the Horny Devil did at the part "I think I want to marry you" in the washroom!
Though all of the brothers and sisters weren't performers except for the first pair of couple, who are professional cheerleaders, they did a wonderful job! Kudos to all~

Wedding Tips & Advice: Hairstyles

Ok, it's been a while since I've updated the tips and advice that I have been giving for BTBs. Here's the next one!

Tip #3: Store the pictures, especially of the hair that you really like. Then discuss with your MUA if the styles fit you.

My Goddess spent days ploughing through the sites she recommended previously, and saved every picture of hairstyles that looked nice and a possible hairstyle for her.

First you've got the half-ups - girly and dainty.

Makeup Stash Christmas Giveaway!

Makeup Stash!, a blog that reviews makeup and beauty products is giving away some of her makeup freebies this Christmas! To win one of her listed items, you just need to like her Facebook/Twitter and write in what memorable gift have you given or received in her blog post: http://www.makeupstash.com/2011/12/makeup-stash-christmas-2011-giveaways.html

My Goddess is always game for freebies! And so what's her memorable gift? I would say it's her gift of makeover to her twin!

Her twin doesn't put on make-up regularly. Even if she does, it's just foundation, concealer and mascara. As you know, putting on makeup is an art that needs a lot of practice and trial and error. When my Goddess heard that she actually spent money on Groupon for a makeup course, she offered to teach her some makeup tips, and do a makeover for her for their friend's wedding.

So after knowing what her twin was going to wear for the night, she began to research on websites a suitable makeup look to go with her dress. After a night of research, she decided on this.

Inspired by Marjolica, this is a perfect year-end smokey eye look that is sweet and dreamy at the same time.

My Thoughts on Lancome Renergie Yeux

5 days ago, my Goddess received the parcel and the possible hope to a less baggy and dark eyes. After religiously applying it for 5 days, here are the results.

Her verdict on the product?

The Moments of 22 May 2011

Beautiful memories are meant to be shared! Here's the video put together by Moo Media, covering the beautiful evening event and some highlights of the day. My Goddess never gets tired of watching this video! It warms her heart each time she sees this, knowing that there are so many friends and family members out there who cares for her and the Horny Devil, and were truly happy of their union.

Love the whole editing to the video - the music was matched perfectly to the different cuts, scenes and actions. There were moments of highs and lows, happiness and touching scenes. The emotions at each part of the whole process was captured at the right time. A big thanks to Moo Media's Aaron and Kelvin, and of course Andrew for making this memory everlasting for my Goddess and the Horny Devil.
Did you spot some DIY decor that my Goddess did? The chair decor for ROM, "Sweet Treat" banner, "Bride" & "Groom" signage, birdcage angpow box... These were all inspired by the wedding sites that I recommended to you in my previous post.

Enjoy this video, and I will share with you the actual second march-in soon!

I've Got Mail!

My Goddess came home today and saw a package addressed to her. She didn't order anything online, nor requested for samples from samples.com, so she had no idea who it was from.

Goddess Morning Highlights by Moo Media

My Goddess is back from Honeymoon! Actually she has been back for 2 weeks. But so much things have been happening - Paper Polly, Family Day etc. etc. So I didn't have time to ask her to switch on the comp for me to upload the blog.

Anyway, now that her new collection is up, come to Paper Polly to support!!

 

Yes yes, I know I have tons of things to update here - her honeymoon, wedding tips, I will do so slowly and over time when I'm free k?

First up, let me share with you her wedding video - morning highlights, so that you can have a feel of how fun the morning was!
And of course, I was the star of the morning! Almost stole the limelight from my Goddess! Enjoy~

Wedding Tips & Advice: Wedding Sites

Before my Goddess goes on her honeymoon, lemme do another quick tip! 

Tip #2: Subscribe to Wedding RSS feeds to get loads of beautiful inspirations for your own wedding. And my Goddess' shortlisted faves?

Wedding Tips & Advice: Photography

Been wanting to pen this down for the longest time, but either I'm too busy or too lazy, lol. Well, a few things that happened recently that reminded me again to post these thoughts, somewhat to share with you my Goddess weddings and her hard work and thoughts behind it, and more importantly, to share with people who are reading this out there, some tips and advice on planning a wedding.

A wedding is the most special day in a girl's life.

Ok, maybe not too everyone, but most girls, like 90%? And that excludes pregnancy and giving birth cos that usually comes later.

So with that being said, everyone wants to have a unique and special wedding that represents the couple, and is owned by the couple. So moral of the story? Don't be lazy. Use some of your brain juices. If you don't have much of that, do some work and research. There's so many good resources out there that you can get inspirations from. Friends may be a good source of inspiration, but I would say, go beyond that. I'm sure you do not want to be seen in the same thing by common friends, lest to be called a pirate or a cat?

So here's to the main and most important part of this post. Some suggestions and advice on wedding ideas and resources:

Beautiful Wedding + Perfect Mascara

My Goddess and the Horny Devil attended one of the most beautiful weddings ever. Think it should be most girls dream come true.

First it was a march down the isle of Chijmes.

Mascara Review

Read my Goddess' review on a new mascara she bought this weekend!

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Paper Polly New Collection - Branded Outfits Outlet Price

My Goddess has just launched the latest collection for Paper Polly!

And she's real proud of it, cos it's all hand-picked by her majesty.

The outfits featured are from those high-street street wear brands.

Paper Polly Glam Collection - do come support!

A new evening cocktail dress aka "Paper Polly Glam" collection has been launched! Do check out and support my Goddess in this new collection, specially meant for ladies going for proms, evening functions, anniversary and wedding dinners!

Engagement Shoot - The Thoughts behind the Shoot

My Goddess spent a lot of time, in fact months researching for the Horny Devil and her wedding, including the engagement shoot, so as to make the wedding as near-perfect to her dream wedding as possible.
Around 2 years before their wedding, my Goddess decided to sign on La Belle Couture. LBC was selected for a few reasons:

1. The gowns are those simple elegant kind that my Goddess is looking for. No over-the-top drama mama please.
2. The photography style and layout is conteporary, lifestyle and casual. No "look into the air and smile" for the both of them, or the heavily photoshopped and dreamy background.
3. Their service is good - friendly but not pushy.
4.And most importantly, the package price is very worth it - just slightly over $3k with AD photography included!

There were a few concepts that the couples did for their shoot. Amongst which, my mostest favouritest is the "Eat rice, do housework concept".

I only eat rice, you only do housework
The last time when I wrote about their engagement shoot, I wasn't joking when I said my Goddess dressed up as an Ah Soh with rollers all around her head.

It all started with this modern day fairy tale article that they saw online some time back. It was so hilarious and yet a good portrayal of how life will actually turn out to be.

The Wedding Coffeetable Book

Thanks to Groupon, my Goddess purchased a photobook voucher that she used to make her wedding day coffee table book!

The photobook was very easy to use. You simply need to select the size and general design of the album cover. Then you download a design software which has many templates that you can work on. Otherwise, you can always add in your own design.

The delivery was very prompt! About a week after she submitted her orders, the parcel arrived at her office! Futhermore, the default paper type was out of stock, so they were upgraded automatically to another paper of higher quality.

It came nicely wrapped in a box.

And with bubble wrap!

And then with shrink wrap...

Liese - Good, clean fun!

September is the month where wedding invites start to pour in! But how can Mrs Koo go out to meet the world with her black outgrown hair?

Not wanting to waste money on another expensive colour job, she decided to give Liese a try.
Sold at $19.90, it was the most expensive hair dye on the counters. That's like almost twice the price of the average hair dyes! Despite the high price, she decided to give it a try, since there were some raves on this new Japan hair dye.

After spending some time pondering over the pretty pictures and endless colours, she decided to get the one in Mocha Orange, cos the hair colour looks the nicest on the girl, although the Horny Devil thinks she looks the ugliest, lol~

And so the experiment begins.

See the horrendous ah lian hair - the black and brown so super obviously sticking out?

Kua simi? Kiam pa ah!!

My Goddess has tried to DIY her hair before. But it was never successful. First the hair colours are damn messy, it drips everywhere! Then the ammonia smell is super strong and smelly! And it's really troublesome - you have to make sure each layer of hair gets evenly coloured, and at the same time you can't really touch the roots cos the chemicals isn't good for your scalp, blah blah blah... Most importantly, the colour never gets into her hair! The black roots will still remain black, while the rest of the coloured hair (previously done by the professional) gets even lighter!

But with Liese, the steps are easy as 1-2-3!

Paper Polly NDP promotion

Calling all shopaholics! Show your love for Singapore and don on a pink/red attire this month!

To top it off, Paper Polly is having a NDP sale, where all items are going at $4.60 less.

Promotion ends on 9 August, 1159hrs, so what are you waiting for?

Goddess & Horny Devil Wedding Part 1 - Wedding Childhood Montage

Every once in a while, it's always nice to look at my Goddess and the Horny Devil's wedding pics and vids.

Here's a look from the beginning - the growing up years of my Goddess and the Horny Devil.

It was really fun looking through the old pics... brought back loads of wonderful memories.

Here's a look first at the Horny Devil...

Doesn't he look like a girl?	Big head since young

Lancome Feature

The advertorial that my Goddess shot for Lancome is finally out! My Goddess grabbed a copy of Her World/Female/Nuyou to check out which picture they selected in the end!

I quite like the other frontal shot pic, too bad they didn't choose that.. Guess this was selected for a variation in picture angle (as compared to the other 2 ladies) and perhaps for the dimples?

Here are some other behind-the-scenes shots:

Happy Monthsary!!

Time just flies doesn't it? It's one month since my Goddess and the Horny Devil tied the knot!

And I know I owed so much of backlog updates on their wedding! Well, for some preview pics, you may visit The Wedding Bureau (TWB). They've got lots of pretty pics and lovely inspirations for those BTBs in their preparations for their big day!

My Goddess was approached some time back by TWB to feature their engagement shoot. After sharing their pre-wedding video and their AD photos. These got featured as well. Woohoo~ Congrats to the two lovebirds for having such a beautiful wedding once again.

View their engagement shoot write-up here

View their actual day write-up here

Thanks to Vivi from La Belle Couture for her fabulous make-up and hairstyling; William from Goh K. H. Photography (engaged by La Belle) for the stunning pics; Moo Media for their hilarious pre-wedding video and heart warming Morning Highlights; Rahman from Goodwood Park Hotel for acceding to all their requests and making the venue decor dressed up to their theme; Ling Zhi, Coco & Kenny from La Belle for their excellent service and beautiful engagement photos and album. And how can I forget, La Belle for the gorgeous gowns which many people have lots of praises for!!

Event-full Day - Bacherlotte Party & Chinese Customs

One weekend before my Goddess' wedding was a darn packed weekend. It's after all the last weekend before the wedding!

First on Sat, my Goddess and the Horny Devil went for facial in the afternoon. This was followed by my Goddess' bachelorette party @ Raffles Town Club.

The girls booked a room.

All the wise words of marriage advice

Taboo

Everyone was super exhausted by like 12 midnight?
Think we are all Cinderellas

I heart Genefique!

Ever since my Goddess got her hands on her first sample bottle of Genifique, she hasn't stopped using it ever since. It's like better than miracle water! After a few weeks, the fine lines on her face disappeared. Powered with her Laneige moisturiser and Fancl Tense Up Ex, her skin became more plump, clearer and radiant!

Even her colleague and the Horny could see the difference! She didn't need much makeup and could still look fresh and radiant, even with those late nights!

She even introduced Genifique to the Horny Devil and now he's a fan of it too! His lines were also less visible, his skin smoother and more radiant. What a miracle just in time for the both of them for their big day!

And so when my Goddess saw on Lancome fanpage that they are looking for ambassadors for Genifique, and the 3 selected will get to win a year's supply of Genifique, she signed up for it immediately! What better way to show her love for Genifique by saying good things about it and then win more Genifique?

And sign up she did. And to her pleasant surprise, my Goddess was selected to take part in the shoot! Thankfully everything worked well for her. The shoot was initially scheduled in the day time on the last day of my Goddess' work! And of course she couldn't take leave and almost couldn't be part of the shoot.

But the SPH and Lancome team was nice enough to postpone the shoot till after work. And so yay for my Goddess!

And so the shoot went on rather smoothly. My Goddess loved the makeup done on her! And I love it too! Think the whole makeup was rather natural even with the slightly thicker eye makeup. That's the kind of eye makeup my Goddess has been trying to achieve!

With the help of makeup, my Goddess' eyes looks much bigger, and her face slimmer. woohoo~

And here are the shortlisted pictures after an hour of shoot. Which is your fave?

Married Life

A couple of people have asked my Goddess how's married life, and so she's sharing her response here.

Generally, it's not much different from being single. Things are going on more or less as usual.

But guess my Goddess is feeling less of the impact since they are staying at her place currently. Once she needs to pay her own bills, clean the house and wash her own clothes, things will be more different.

Something different now is that she now has to plan her schedule more or less to his. No more going to gym at least 3 times a week or going home alone early. So now they ended up sleeping later after going back from dinner at the in-laws.

And now, she has to regularly remind herself that she's a married woman so must be more accommodating to him and plan things taking into consideration of them as a couple and not separate individuals.

Think for him, the major inconvenience is travelling to work. There's no mrt around her place so he has to take buses to work, and it takes him at least an hour and half to work. Plus he's not used to having the bathroom so far away from the bedroom and now he's beginning to understand why my Goddess sometimes feel lazy to bathe. And they have yet to sort out their laundry yet, so her mom is still washing her clothes :p and he intends to bring home his for his mom to wash.

Furthermore, the 2 of them have peculiarly different habits. He's often feeling warm and needs the aircon cold she's afraid of the cold. She needs to have the tv on in the morning to wake herself up but he needs peace and quiet in the morning. And despite them being a messy and lazy couple, he's more messy than her and even she cannot stand it herself and have to pick up after him.

Think the happiest person in the house is me. Whenever they come home, I will jump and bark and growl like mad. I will follow them upstairs to check out what they are doing. It's great fun to have one more person playing with me!

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Time flies, the day that my Goddess and the Horny Devil spent 1.5 years planning is now over. And they finished not just one, but 2 wedding dinners already.

Yes, I know there's so much bad log to catch up on, especially on her wedding day and dinners.

Not to worry, I will try to update it one by one, from the preps all the way to the actual day, over the course of a few weeks months.

Anyway, today is the first day that the 2 of them got to spend time together officially as man and wife, without having any wedding plans in mind.

And so they went to catch  Kungfu Panda. It has been weeks since the 2 of them caught a movie cos for 2-3 months, every weekend was spent on wedding preps.

Surprisingly, the queue was very long given that it was Monday afternoon at 1pm!

The show was hilarious. It's a must-watch! And luckily for my Goddess, she had some Shaw vouchers left from her intern days, which was like so long ago, but it still could be used. However, the minus points were that the popcorn at Shaw Lido was laohong, and the headrest for the seats were a little too high so it blocked the view of not so tall people like my Goddess.

After the show, my Goddess decided to visit her fave salon - Salon Vim and her fave stylist - Gary. For the longest time, she has been harbouring the thoughts of snipping her hair short after the wedding. Now the time has come, and she was still very hesitant while waiting for Gary to come. It after all took her 3 years to grow her hair this long.

Eventually, she mustered the courage and was ready to embrace more changes in her life with a new look, and so cut she did.

One last look at her long hair

Wedding Preps - Cert collection

My Goddess utilised half of her precious leave days to collect the ROM cert yesterday morning.

End up things weren't going on very smoothly, probably cos it's Friday the 13th.

First, the Horny Devil went out of the house halfway and realised he forgot to bring his father's IC. So he has to go home and take and grab a cab down. And the cake doesn't have small change for his $50 note!

Then, there was some minor cock-ups in office, and my Goddess keep receiving calls and was even asked to go back early!! (Note that this is already half of her VERY PRECIOUS 3 days)

Anyway, life has to go on. So they waited for their turn, said their oaths and then had a brief meet-up with their actual day photographer to discuss the programme.

All ready to get married!

Counting down10 more days

My Goddess has long wanted to share this video, but she has been too busy doing all the planning and DIY-ing. Anyway, now it's 10 days more and she's still busy DIY-ing. Hopefully all the things she wants to do can be done in time!!

Here's the Save the Date video which she has done months before. It took her 3 whole weeks to snap the pictures and piece them together bit by bit. And not to forget, with the artistic inputs of the Horny Devil. Enjoy~

Save the Date from missbibi on Vimeo.

And if you are wondering why frog & pig? Well, cos my Goddess is born in the year of the pig and she's as greedy as young. And no, there's no frog year, but haven't you heard of Freddie the Frog? And with the pig being pink and the frog green, that's where their wedding theme colour stems from!

3 more weeks to go!

There's only 3 wks left to my Goddess' wedding and I'm feeling all jittery for her!

There's still bits and pieces of stuff undone and they really need to go full steam now!

They just finished their voice-over for the pre-wedding video, my Goddess dunno what to make of it and hopes that people will understand the story.

Childhood montage is 70% complete. An chuang and guo da Li stuffs still have items in bits and pieces not bought. What else, songs compilation, finalisation of actual day programme and helpers roles. Hopefully there's time in between to do some DIY decor for the reception.

Scary, all the months of planning coming together in just one day - very soon!

Gambate, my Goddess and the Horny Devil!

Weddings are not for the poor

Planning for her own wedding has made my Goddess realise that weddings (she's referring to the conventional and traditional types with the take bridal shots, 过大礼，嫁妆，安床，接新娘 followed by banquet dinner at a good hotel and ending off with a honeymoon) are not meant for those who are poor.

With inflation, prices of everything is rising. Hotels are increasing their rates at an average of $50 per table per year, some even more. My Goddess booked her hotel in end 2009. Now bookings for the same place has increased to about $400 more per table. Of course a lot of things are thrown in the package to make the deal worth it - tie ups with invite card designer, live band, better menu, hagen daaz ice cream etc. But are all these really needed? I'd rather do without these and get a cheaper rate.

Prices of gold are increasing like mad if you intend to follow the customs of 嫁妆 and 四点金.

Not to mention the ridiculously sky high property prices that you'll spend the rest of your life paying off the loan of.

So unless:
1. You are born in a rich family
2. You will be married into a rich family
3. You stay at your in-laws place after marriage
4. You skip all the traditions and customs and just have a ROM

Then you won't be able to have the typical wedding that costs at least $30k, and now even more, with the price hikes.

So for those who are thinking of getting married, start locking in the prices before they start rising further and good luck!

Busy wedding prep weekend

This weekend, or rather, these 2 weekends have been super duper busy for my Goddess and the Horny Devil.

With only 6 weeks left, they still had a few things not completed for their wedding. So it's pia time for them!!

To start the weekend of madness on a good note, they had a good brunch at Cedele!