I don't want to announce this on Facebook, so blog it is.

Wedding dinner date is set - 24 July 2011, Orchard Hotel. Reasons for having the dinner on this date is as follows:

1. It's a Saturday so all those involved in the morning customary things don't have to take leave.
2. Had to have it between June - Sept so Glenn can make it
3. Seventh month starts Early August so def before THAT.
4. Hotel is fully booked every weekend until July.
5. And I had to have Orchard Hotel because THERE IS FREE FLOW OF WINE AND BEER

There, I said it. Everyone, please get pissed drunk at my wedding.

I've more or less decided I want 6 Jie Mei's.. so I've asked Shimin and Jen. Will ask Vivien/Erushi (ex-colleagues) and likely 2 cousins.

I know you guys are all over the place and I don't know if you want to fly in to Singapore just for the wedding but please give a tentative reply so that I can help you check with the hotel on room rates (I can get corporate room rates for you.. 200+ a night?)

We haven't worked on the invite list at all so I'm just going to type a tentative list here for my friends.. If you feel I've missed out any names, please let me know. If I've forgotten your name, please give a holla to go 'oi! what about me?' because planning a guest list of 250 pax can be confusing.

I'll be sending out a 'soft invite' via facebook towards the end of this year.. then a proper invite card will be sent to whichever address you give me by May 2011.

From Primary School

Lianne (there's only you in this list. haha. Don't know if you want to come. Long Haul Flights are not pleasant)

From Secondary School

Karen
Lexin & Benjamin

From JC

Shimin
Jen
Irene & Thai
Tim (if he ever responds) & Shan shan (if they're together. I can never be sure if it's on or off)
Chuu Ling?
Meng?
Chee Kwang

From Uni

Fongky ??

Work and others

Marcus (yes, you. come.)
Lisa
Vivien
Erushi
Vivienne
Ben Chow
Lay Pheng
Charles
Renee
Vanessa
Yoko (and Vernon and Brandon and Ashley?)
EM
Chee Liang
Siew Li
Christina
Sean P. (+1? He doesn't know anyone and I don't want the poor guy to sit alone)
Rachel Hoe
Sabrina (+1?)
*Alex Siew - I'm in a dilemma for this one. I want him to be my photographer! Cos the pics he takes always turn out great. He did my ROM for me. BUT on the other hand... I also want him to be a guest, ya'know? YET I dont want to risk hiring a photographer I *don't* know.... so how?

I THINK that's it? maybe. Gah I'm bound to forget somebody. As it is, I forget to invite SOME relatives. It's like this...

Me: OK that's it for my relatives.
Melvin: Umm. Your dad's side?
Me: Yah it's all there!
Melvin: What about your Uncle Teck and his 2 daughters?
Me: Oh. Umm. Can I exclude them?
Melvin: No. And are you inviting your parents?
Me: When hell freezes over.
Melvin: Don't forget Uncle Teck's wife
Me: He has a wife? Maybe they're divorced. I haven't seen her since I was a kid. Sides, I remember she's bitchier than my mother.
Melvin: *sigh* Courtesy invite then
Me: No!
Melvin: *exasperate sigh*

I have been sick. I am still sick.

This bloody flu has been bugging me for more than a week now and it refuses to go away! It started with a high fever (38.5 degrees) the Sunday before last... and well, I've been coughing, sneezing, blowing my nose and spitting out weird gunk ever since. The meds doesn't seem to help.

So much for the first week of my break.

On the bright side, I've just been playing Pharoah/Cleopatra at home and generally bumming around. I like lolling around the house doing nothing.

In fact, there isn't much incentive to leave the house.

Which... isn't all that great.

Need to remember to ask Lexin and Karen out for dinner. It's long overdue.
And Melvin and I owe Lexin and Benjamin a meal. that's long overdue too.

But meanwhile, I shall stay at home coughing and wheezing away and trying not to talk at all because I sound like a man. I wish I could say 'I have a sexy voice now'. But alas, all I do, is sound like a nasal man.