Sunday, 20 August 2006

Project - Wife (PRIVATE ALBUM)




"Union of the House of 梁 Liang and the House of 黄 Huang"

It started with a quaint marriage proposal custom, learnt from the Far Western Regions to propose to me future bride. "Wai Kit, je vous aime. Voulez-vous devenir mon epouse?" so I went in three languages, French, English and Cantonese, hand over heart, solitaire diamond ring in hand, right knee on the ground as taught by Jean in a flurry of e-mails in the months leading up to the event.

Moment captured for prosperity by dear friend Jean who's hands thankfully didn't shake, so caught up in the moment was he. The surprise on her face? Priceless!

Then I've got me car to go with me house so as to woo me wife. She be impressed enough to don fer me a wee bridal dress. The dress she finally selected after a long afternoon of going through the entire store's wardrobe is a lacy bodice that shows off her curves beautifully.

Our first two wedding banquet locations have been selected, the Marriot in Singapore and the Grand Plaza Parkroyal in Kuala Lumpur, leaving only the Ipoh banquet yet to be selected.

Koi Hin has graciously agreed to MC both Singapore and KL banquets and both of us are extremely grateful to have such good friends like him to make life that much more fun.

There will not be a bestman or bridesmaid for our wedding as they are rather redundant and not the least customary in our wedding traditions but there will certainly be many "Heng Tai" and "Chee Mui" to help out with the rites and festivities. The other reason of course is that the term Bestman is really... a misnomer as far as we're concerned. :p

Our wedding rings were made by Wai Kit's parents who used to be jewellers. Both Wai Kit and I are rather excited over this. Her ring is a nice 1/2 circle of 9 diamonds set into a simple band while mine is a similar band, minus the diamonds of course.

"Components they come together, in bits and pieces through both time and space... to march in unison, increasingly in rhythm..."
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49 comments:

  1. Jules Yim20 August 2006 at 19:40

    Awww...*sniffles* Soooo romantic!!! XD

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  2. kit meng leong20 August 2006 at 19:52

    Baobei didn't cry, I didn't cry. My photographer, Jean... however.... cried. kekekekeke :p

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  3. Jules Yim20 August 2006 at 20:57

    I just realised...you call this Project Wife????!!! lololol

    Yeah...tsk tsk tsk...shame on me for sniffling too. :P

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  4. Jules Yim20 August 2006 at 20:59

    And Jean Laporte, as in our very own jlaporte?????

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  5. kit meng leong20 August 2006 at 21:02

    YES! Jean helped with the surprise. I don't know Paris so he chose the spot and really got baobei worried when this old french guy, met only for the first time, straight away led us down to the river's edge. :P

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  6. kit meng leong20 August 2006 at 22:58

    kekekekeke <-- THIS is how you use it properly!

    ah... yes... sniffling is most definitely NOT Grand-Lady-Marshalish. Must be careful not to crack that warrior princess persona and expose that sweet lil' mok within now.

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  7. Centaur 01420 August 2006 at 23:11

    ooohhhh.... wow...wwww. Hey way to go... yes, Wai Kit well done and good job LJM. So now we have a new 'Ah Soh'. Also need to check if she would also like to have a name seal for herself? Check it out and then we could all have the seals made at the same time.

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  8. moon luminous21 August 2006 at 01:57

    wow so romantic - i see this kind of proposal only in movies..

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  9. Sally Tang21 August 2006 at 02:34

    Sweet :)

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  10. kit meng leong21 August 2006 at 03:13

    Ah... actually it's all part of this movie we're producing. It's called "Union of the House of 梁 Liang and the House of 黄 Huang" coming out in November 2006 in select hotel ballrooms!

    Coming soon! Next Change! Akan Datang!

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  11. Snowy Beagle21 August 2006 at 19:09

    We'll do you a favour, forgoing the nominal fee, and with Liang's approval, we'll use this photo to *HINT!!!* to your future spouse HOW our lady marshal would like to be proposed to.

    Caveat, as I told Liang before, it'll be a considerable cost to go to Paris if the wife tells the husband in the future, "Dear, your proposal was so romantic, could we re-do it again?"

    Unless of course, you happen to marry a Parisian and move there ... we'd never know ... ;)

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  12. Snowy Beagle21 August 2006 at 19:11

    So who chose the colour of the car?

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  13. kit meng leong21 August 2006 at 19:15

    We both did. Saw the colour in the showroom and that was it for colour discussions.

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  14. Jules Yim21 August 2006 at 19:23

    Eh...since when did I say I wanted to get married - if ever? lmao

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  15. Snowy Beagle22 August 2006 at 20:39

    Just enjoy the romantic proposal, you don't have to accept.

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  16. Jules Yim22 August 2006 at 20:49

    Good one!! XD

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  17. kit meng leong22 August 2006 at 21:06

    Eh, Snowy are you suggesting you'll take lil' mok to Paris to propose? I'm so confused.

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  18. Jules Yim22 August 2006 at 21:16

    You joker. Still on the campaign to make me laugh? XD

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  19. Centaur 01422 August 2006 at 21:56

    I cannot imagine what would happen next, but hey... it's a good idea... maybe instead of going so far... just use the Singapore river... lil Mok seems to have fallen in love with it.

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  20. kit meng leong22 August 2006 at 22:10

    Always.

    "Faces are wasted when not adorned with a smile." - Liang Jieming the crappy philosopher

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  21. Jules Yim22 August 2006 at 22:15

    LOL...but that's a good crappy one. XD

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  22. Snowy Beagle24 August 2006 at 17:16

    Of course not! I don't want to get butchered by your baobei ...

    I was merely informing our Lady Marshal of the availability of a service, which I'll cheerfully forgo the customary fee, using your photos, of instructing her beau how she would like to be proposed to.

    And since she clarified it, I would also deem it only fair to mention in fine print to the beau that the Lady Marshal is under no obligation to accept, the underlying message being she would like to have the fond memories and sweet experience of being proposed to by a kneeling beau upon the banks of the River Seine in the city of romance, with perhaps with a witness taking photos of the moment.

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  23. Jules Yim24 August 2006 at 17:54

    Nice one. ;) But where's your penguin suit, Kit Meng? :D

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  24. Centaur 01424 August 2006 at 18:00

    During our dim sum munch munch... we were trying to convince him to wear the Changsan instead of the suit and his baobei the Kua or Hanfu for wedding... I reckon, he is still trying to convince his baobei about the changes...

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  25. Centaur 01424 August 2006 at 18:01

    Umm AB, are sure want her to don on a 'wee' bridal dress? how wee?

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  26. kit meng leong24 August 2006 at 18:57

    hahahahaha.... to quote MKY "You joker!"

    baobei doesn't want to wear a qipao. :( Oh well.... the wee bridal dress will have to do... how wee? Well....

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  27. Jules Yim24 August 2006 at 18:59

    Wee enough so that the guys won't gawk and AB wouldn't be forced to decimate them...:P

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  28. kit meng leong24 August 2006 at 19:12

    hmmm... shouldn't it be the other way around?

    ... as in, not wee enough so that the guys won't gawk?

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  29. Jules Yim24 August 2006 at 19:24

    Oh yeah. lolololol

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  30. Snowy Beagle25 August 2006 at 00:51

    Question: will your specs be on or off for the wedding and photoshoots?

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  31. kit meng leong25 August 2006 at 01:23

    On.

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  32. kit meng leong23 September 2006 at 02:28

    Uhh... took photos today. Had about half with glasses on, half off. Photographer made a good point for not wearing glasses. Eye-Glass styles can go out of fashion and just 5 years later the photos will look outdated because of the glasses I'm wearing.

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  33. Snowy Beagle23 September 2006 at 07:28

    And besides, myopics without specs tend to emulate the James Dean look ...

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  34. Jules Yim23 September 2006 at 07:55

    Haha...Lil Mok comes from a family of jewellers and goldbeaters too!! My Ah Yeh made the rings for my parents. XD

    And heng tai and chee mui?

    :P

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  35. first last25 October 2006 at 03:23

    Singaporean Cars emit fragrances?

    Hehe. Euro-sided driving seat.

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  36. first last25 October 2006 at 03:25

    Nicely taken, did he get it right at the moment, before, or after?

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  37. kit meng leong25 October 2006 at 06:22

    He got one just as I proposed, then another when you can see her leaning forward to ask me to get up. :p

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  38. moon luminous25 October 2006 at 06:53

    eee? how come i miss this thread ar? nice pic!

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  39. moon luminous25 October 2006 at 06:53

    i mean nice pair.
    :-)

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  40. moon luminous25 October 2006 at 06:58

    天生一 对悄佳人！

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  41. moon luminous25 October 2006 at 07:03

    did u notice the hui (wai) character is very cute - it has a smiling face.
    :-)

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  42. kit meng leong25 October 2006 at 07:33

    Hahaha yeah now that you've mentioned it, it DOES have a smiling face! Cool!

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  43. kit meng leong25 October 2006 at 07:35

    kekeke, haven't you figured it out yet? My blogs are never finished, especially the pictorial blogs like this one. I'm constantly updating them with new photos. These updates never get announced so only people who are interested enough to find them will... well... find them.

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  44. Tiffany Facchini2 January 2007 at 13:27

    Argh thçse wedding photography shops never have Hanfu, I think I would have my Thai tailor made one for me, if they can make kimono night gowns they can too for Hanfu, I just need to give them the picture of the clothes I want and they measure you, that is it. My husband actually agrees with it....LOL

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  45. kit meng leong2 January 2007 at 17:06

    Our wedding studio supplied the red Qipao for Waikit as well as some tacky looking shiny gold silk chang pao for me which I refused to wear. I had brought my own cotton chang pao with me so I wore that for the photo shoot. Suited me better. More in character at least for me.

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  46. Steve Mc20 July 2011 at 17:25

    Wow... so romantic.... I almost forgot to propose... *^^*

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  47. kit meng leong20 July 2011 at 19:08

    my god. 4 years later and NOW you comment??!!???!

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  48. Steve Mc20 July 2011 at 19:12

    I only sign in every 4 years.... and this is twice in the same evening! I'm doing good I know... thank ya thank ya

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  49. kit meng leong20 July 2011 at 20:00

    lmao. How the heck have you been. The way its going, you'll probably make it to visit Singapore when I retire.

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