Vera Wang Diana Gown for SALE

As promised, Im putting up my wedding gown for grabs.

Such a pity. I hate to part with this amazing gown but if i dont, it would be such a waste to leave it lying in my closet and turn yellow because I wont have a chance to wear it again. So, why not sell to another girl who needs it more than i do now?

Review of this gown:

Its all about pure simplicity when it comes to this gown. If you are someone who goes for simplicity and appreciate the beauty of it in raw edges, then this is the gown for your most important day of your life. Instead of going for the typical bling bling design, gems or endless ruffles, what i really love about this design is its clean yet soft bodice detail, which really brings out one’s figure. Best for petite ladies, imo. I also love how all the drama, grace and romance are left to the skirt, with perfect unfinished hem and tiered layers.

Color: Ivory

Size: US 2 (Bust 32, waist 24)

Height: 5.4ft (with 5″ heels)

Embellishments: Ruffles, sash

Neckline: Sweetheart

Comes with Vera Wang’s veil(FOC), sash, Vera Wang’s hanger, and The Link’s garment bag. Bought in November 2011, took 3 months to do from scratch in US. Worn twice, once in Paris for shoot, and once on actual wedding day.

Price at The Link: $14,000

Sale Price: $7,500 (Negotiable)

Some photos of me wearing it:

For enquiries or purchase of the gown, please contact me at geo@mdscollections.com. Thank you!

 

Marriage doesnt just involve 2 persons.

Now i finally understand this sentence.

In times like this, you know who is truly happy about your reunion and who is not. Which are those who truly give you blessings and considered as your real family members. Now i know.

Nobody give you a pat on your shoulders and tell you, good job, you work every cent for your wedding and finally, you can make it the way you want it to be.

I just had to pen this down, though i have forsaken my blog for about 3 mths. Who knows, i might just revive it since this has always been a channel for me to procrastinate and pen down my feelings towards things around me. Joe and i have been working so hard, harder than anyone can imagine for the past 5 yrs or so, so we can have the results today. Despite repeated discouragement from my parents, we continue to expand MDS and made it through nothing but hard work. And now, we are getting married. Like i said, matrimony is supposed to be a happy affair for the couple and people around them. Yet on my side, not Joe’s side, my extended family sucks. I can only say, they suck and nothing else. No better words to describe them. And if any of my extended family is reading my blog, yes you suck.

After being engaged for 9 mths, the only few times i heard and witnessed family members getting excited over my wedding or discussing about details are all from Joe’s family. I can genuinely feel the happiness from this group of very simple and heartwarming people. And this is family and kinship. I am so much happier when im with them. Not like my extended family. Frankly, my heart is broken. On top of a broken heart, i feel anger towards this group of people. Arrogant, unfriendly, disrespectful and always feel they are on top of everyone else.

Do you know what is an engagement? Its means an event OTHER THAN A WEDDING DINNER. And so what does it mean? It simply means its a small gathering for both PARENTS & CLOSE FRIENDS to witness the get-together of Joe & I. Why are people getting angry over the fact we cant invite them? Why does it seem like as if they are the ones getting married and not us? Why does it become THEIR BUSINESS? Why cant they just understand we cannot accommodate so many people? It is not a wedding dinner, i repeat. ENGAGEMENT. Can you guys imagine i have family members getting pissed because i never invite them to my solemnization at Lantern? And these people can be pissed off for more than 3 months over this matter. And they blame it on my parents. Can you count these people as your family members? Can i really believe they are happy about my reunion with Joe?

I really didn’t want to put this up on my blog cos frankly speaking, i find it rather embarrassing to tell readers about such personal family issues, but seriously, this issue is not resolved for the past 3 mths and in fact, it got worse. How can you get angry over such things for more than 3 months? And threaten my parents you wont want to attend other family gatherings?

Its solemnization which lasted only for 2 hours. I already have 8 family members who came which was 5 more than Joe’s side. By right, he should have more family members since he’s the guy, and on top of that, he’s the person who organize and paid for the entire event, how can i still be so unfair and invite anyone by the surname of Yeo to come?!

So disappointing. This entire marriage affair made me realize many things are far different from what i imagine my wedding to be like. Of course, my husband gave me things i wanted, from a vera wang gown, to a paris photoshoot, and dinner at capella, but other than that, i dont feel the blessings from people who matters to me. My friends are more excited than my family, my husband’s family are even more excited than my family too, everyone except for my family. Its almost like they are using my marriage to show their unhappiness against each other. I REALLY REALLY DONT NEED THESE PEOPLE AT MY WEDDING.

Now i can finally understand why some couples chose not to have wedding dinner, and just a honeymoon.We use our own money, time and effort to plan everything on top of our busy schedule yet there are people who are unhappy about the marriage. And being unhappy is their choice, rather than giving blessings.

 

No longer a procrastinator

One of the main reasons for starting this blog is to procrastinate about my life. That was the past. As years go by, i realize i have nothing much to complain or lament about my life. If i set a goal, i will make sure i achieve it. That means not setting a goal thats too far beyond my reach. So right now, at this moment, other than posting outfits of the day, i really have nothing much to update about my life. Its always the same routine, and i <3 it.

My life these days revolve around my husband and enjoying every minute of our marriage together, working very hard to develop our fashion designers team and opening more retail outlets(the coming one is Chevron House , stay tuned for updates) and when it comes to weekends, i will hang out with friends, along with my hubby and spending time with my family & vicky. Simple yet fulfilling at the same time.

If you realize, the past entries for half a year were all photos and small snippets of my daily life. So pardon me if i dun update so often. If you guys wanna see photos, feel free to add me on fb.

In a crappy mood that cannot be explained.

I am having very bad cold feet and i feel like running away.
I am stucked in something i cannot get out of. Neither can i tell anyone my feelings because everything is fixed this way and i cant change it.
I hate this feeling.
I am very lost, cant run, cant say, cant show displeasure.

OOTD – 7th Nov

I just realized i haven been updating my OOTD for at almost 2 mths! And i haven been keeping a record  of my outfits too, so the pictures i have here might be taken quite a while ago.

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Lost my samsung camera, so got myself a new cammie from Casio at a promotion price of $499!

Love it! Anyone whos deciding what camera to buy, please buy this! Easy to use, great functions, bigger lens, superb video functions too. The only thing i dont like about the camera is, it looks kinda bulky and not chic. Haha. Other than that its perfect! Especially its only the camera with the “smoothing out” effect that makes your photos look as if they are photoshop so you dun have to edit anything at all.

Shall come back with more outfits tomorrow!

Another 18 more days.

I will be rightfully Mrs Phua.

Feelings at the moment: happy, nervous, looking forward but with a bit of withdrawal symptoms.

I guess thats common for any bride-to-be. Nowadays work occupy so much of my time that i hardly blog and i can hardly breathe too. Readers, i promise i will update more photos and happenings this coming long weekend. For now, here’s a sneak of my solemnization dress i will be donning for 20 nov.

In love with red!I hope i can pull off this challenging shade.

The dress was way too big though its already XS so thats how much i have to get it altered.

Trying to practise smiling with teeth cos my teeth is ugly. Still unnatural right? More practice!!!

Till the next post, will update more OOTDs, weekends and my preparations for ROM!

I need a good photographer & videographer for my soleminzation.

If anyone happens to have contact for an available photographer or videographer on 20th November,

please leave a message here!

I am having difficulty finding one cos that day is a hot day for wedding!!!

Thanks in advance!

Collage

I was so stressed out by work today until i received this in my email…………….

Joe sent it to me. Its been quite a while since he design wallpapers for me. Nice.

Work sucks to the max. But i love spending my weekends with him and my dog.

Our relationship..from his viewpoint.

In the midst of piling work and meeting with leasing departments, we squeezed 2 hours of our time to meet our soleminzer for the first time at IMM Jurong.

She is uber cute. A 73 year old lady who is an ex-principle and currently a marriage counselor with Masters in Social Science. The way she talked to us made me feel like i am still a student, back to school days. Mrs Pang certainly has the principle vibe and aura all around her. And to further affirm she came from an educational background, she gave me & Joe a short quiz which contains 5 questions! QUIZ, YES!!! I haven’t had a quiz for years! But it was really sweet of her, cos its beyond her call of duty already.

Anyways, shortly after we met, she sent an email to Joe (Yes!! She knows how to use email, great!!) and ask him about our relationship in detail. Like how we met, our background, etc. And my bf replied her. After i read what he wrote, its pretty amazing to understand our relationship solely from his viewpoint, not mine. I was actually touched when i read his long essay. So, let me share his side of story.

Joe’s long essay:

Anyway, me and Geo have been together for 5 years. This coming 20th November is our 5 years anniversary. We have been running this company call Mds for more than 5 years. We deal with fashion clothing and is currently the largest fashion clothing provider online, we also 2 retail shops in orchard, our 3rd one coming up before this Christmas. Our business is doing pretty well, we recently won this award call emerging enterprise 2011 out of 1500 competitors.

Geo and myself were in the same secondary school, tanjong katong sec sch, the same polytechnic, temasek poly but we never talk to one another we just know each others existence. We started to talk when she was doing her uni and I was working with Citibank. It was right after she broke up with her ex bf. We met up soon after then with her parents. Surprisingly, her parents were very comfortable with me, and her dog didn’t bark as well!

Geo is a very smart girl, she came from SMU. She is a perfectionist and a workaholic. She feels things should be done perfect on the first attempt. She speaks her mind hence she Is the girl whom either you like her or you hate her. She loves to dress up and is obsessed with bags. Many people love her taste for fashion, that’s one reason why our company is a little better than others. Shes very hot tempered yet she’s very sentimental. She loves her family, her dog and a smelly pillow she carries with her wherever she travels. (Seriously, i think my bf can omit this totally! Damn paisei!)

For me, I am a very ambitious person who believes in continuous improvement. If there’s a wall, I’ll always be able to find a way. I also believe that everyone will be truly happy if they are able to balance love, friends, emotion, family n finance. I love cars. I love to drink although it’s a bad habit. Geo has a wonderful family, whereas for me, I would say my family gives me more freedom. We bought an apartment which will be ready in 2 years time which I am really excited. I’m currently living with Geo and her family, I really love to have my own space. In terms of work, I’m more autocratic, in terms of relationship, I’ll always give in as long she is happy.

At this point of relationship, we have more or less learnt to accommodate one another. She loves to stay home, I like to stay out; she loves romance, I am a blockhead; she is resistance to changes, I’m constantly trying new food; she is super messy, I am a neat freak; she is down to earth, I’m constantly thinking of fanciful ideas; she is scared of insect, I am good at killing them.

I guess Geo and myself are pretty compatible in a sense. Haha. Hope this help. I’ll call you soon!

Yep, thats my boyfriend. Funny in a wise way. I like. Haha.

Its Friday tmr! I still have never-ending work to finish by tomorrow before i can rest during my weekends! Hope everyone enjoy their weekends!

New interest!

That is, hairstyling!

Recently, ever since we shifted office and the Jean Yip salon near our office cannot make it, i started to handle all our models’ hair for each shoot as long as im in Singapore.

Very fun indeed! I think my new found passion is hairstyling and i hope to pursue it further during free time. Same goes for makeup as well. Which is why ive decided to sign up with Cosmoprof to try out their courses and see how it goes. :p

Some of my hairstyling works these few weeks:

Angelyn has very thick hair so curls really suit her alot! I use flat iron to curl her hair inwards to achieve a natural look.

Giving her a retro/mod look. What is different here is her fringe, she never tried this kinda fringe before cos she always had bangs.

Our new model from Brazil. Her hair is very fine so it tends to be flat as well. Waves would give her the volume she need.

For this look, i was trying out a curling outwards look. So she look more elegant.

Our new model from Brazil too. Her hair is super long, the longest ive done. Phew!

Mandy has rebonded hair so her natural hair is v flat and straight. So i tried to volume up her hair, especially the sides by making the curls higher to frame her face.

For all the above hairstyles, i only use a flat iron to achieve the curls i wanted and with the help of hair serum. Thats all. Have fun trying at home.

Joe’s gift during the weekend. A pleasant surprise indeed!

Thanks!!

Have a great week ahead. Im off to Korea again tmr morning!