Wedding & Honeymoon, Part I

So we are back from our honeymoon to Hong Kong and Guangzhou. It was a long trip since the flight was near 24 hours each way when you include lay-over time. Anyways, I suppose I should write about the wedding first before we get to the honeymoon part.

I don't remember if I've told you all before, but our wedding was at the zoo. Originally, we were going to have our ceremony at the Gorilla deck then reception at the Panda's place. But the day of the wedding, we've checked the weather and it turns out it would get really chilly at night. In order to avoid making everyone miserable, we would have to move the reception indoors. When we first signed our contract with the zoo, they've told us that once we've decided to move our wedding indoors, we would have to move both the ceremony and the reception indoors. That would have been terrible since we paid a small fortune of money to put red lanterns up in the Panda's place and the color there (i.e. red & gold) resembles the theme of our wedding and matches Lisette's dress perfectly. Fortunately, I was able to convince the zoo to set up the ceremony in the Panda's and move only the reception indoors. It worked out perfectly at the end!

Here is a sneek peek of what it looked like. Enjoy!

http://lorenrouthierphotography.com/sean-lisette/

We are getting married!

It's only 7 days left till our wedding! Time has gone by really fast. This time next week we'll be husband and wife and within 24 hours after that we'll be on a plane to HK and China for our honeymoon! I can't wait!

An update that's a bit late...just a bit

My firm's network was attacked by a new virus that no one has seen before. So that's why I got the chance to update this blog. It's been a long while since the last post, 10 months to be exact. Life between work, school, and wedding planning just sucks up a lot of time. Well, we did manage to take several days off and visited San Francisco again. My fiance got her Qi Pao made there. In fact, I think we should call the tailor and see where things are with that dress. Anyways, the plan hasn't changed and we are on track to get married next April despite there are still many items to take care of between now and then.

We did get our engagement photos done though. That was a bit more stressful and weird than I've anticipated. I looked so unnatural (in terms of gestures and positions) in some of them. But I am glad that's behind us. Anyways, to anyone who actually reads this, Happy Be-lated Thanksgiving! May you enjoy the holidays to come!

TV show you should watch

There is this new show being played in China named My Natasha.  It was centered around a love story that spanned for more than 40 years.  If you are interested in seeing a Chinese show with a non-traditional female lead, this is definitely a must.  But be careful, it only has Chinese subtitles.  Enjoy!



http://tv.sohu.com/s2011/wdnts/

A long overdue update

It's a little hard to believe that the last post I've made on here was back in July.  No worries.  Nothing terrible has happened and I have not decided to abandon this.  It's just that I am working full time and going to school and things can get really busy.  There is something going on every week sometimes I feel like I am reliving my life week after week.  I am glad my fiance is patient with me.

Anyways, we got the place nailed down for the wedding, got the photographer, the DJ, and we are definitely working on the remaining items.  Since the wedding is not until Spring of 2013, I think we are on track.  One of the things we have not yet done is to pick out a dress.  That will be done sometime in the Fall of 2012.  My fiance wants a Qipao or Qipao style dress.  We think Shanghai Tang in NYC would work out.  They have really good tailor made Qipao dresses, at least from the website it looked that way, and we are hoping it will fit our budget.  So fingers crossed.

Well, I guess this will be the update for now.  My brain is pretty empty at the moment and I can't think of anything that I really need to write down.  So see you at the next post!

Marriage by Trader Joe's

Yesterday we were shopping at Trader Joe's.  It was a normal shopping trip.  But when we were checking out, the cashier referred to Lisette as my wife.  Well, I guess marriage by Trader Joe's wasn't too bad, right?  At least it was free!  And finally, someone doesn't just automatically assume we are friends even though she's wearing an engagement ring.

On a more serious note, we went to the zoo to look at wedding facilities.  Yes, the zoo!  If we have it there, we'll get to be married by the gorillas and pandas.  Well, the pandas probably will sleep through the whole thing but the gorillas are definitely active.

So we'll see!  So far, it's the better place we've been to as far as wedding venue goes.

I pop the question!

Yes, we are now engaged and we are spending Saturdays for wedding planning.  Phun times!