Shoe shopping

You would expect May to fill in this one, but no, it's me :)

Well, we wanted something nice and value for money. All this happened over the last weekend, a Saturday afternoon. We did find something that we all agree that looked good at the 2nd shop we went to. Malebox. About 120 bucks it was. But having May and her good friend in tow means that we have to walk through the full gamut of shops in the Orchard Road area with my achy back. I would have done my shopping in, what would have been a short and sharp, one hour but it took us about 3 hours to do so. Of course with a break in between.

And we went back to the 2nd shop to get the first pair of shoes that we agreed that looked more than just 'nice'.

A year of many marriages

Let's see, I'm sitting here having a hard time trying to recall the number of weddings we've attended together and seperately in the last 2 years or less.

I'll shall list them as I remember them. (Help me here dear, if you remember any more)

1. Sophia and David
2. Apple and Christopher
3. Paix and Edwin
4. Max's
5. Fadly's
6. Linda and Clarence
7. May's ex-colleague from HSBC
8. Maria and Bernard
9. Shanti and Ray

Weddings that we'll be attending in the coming months leading up to our own.

1. Yurrreny and Suhaimi (ex-colleague from HSBC) (Feb)
2. Lynn Sara and Gaston (Feb)
3. Chris Sewards and Calassandra (Mar)
4. Avril's (Apr)

In the meantime, the housing loan and purchase have been approved. I've received the letters in the mail the other day. Yet to receive a couple more quotes for renovation. And May's job interview happens in an hour plus from now. God bless her richly...

The Suit

Just last weekend, on Saturday, we went down to Personality Tailors to get my suit measurements. Mr Eric Chia, the owner of the shop, was, to say the least, very busy with the handful of customers that was already gathered in the small confines of the place.

After patiently waiting for no less than 30 minutes or so, he finally talked to us about the materials and designs. Of which, there wasn't too many colors we could choose from, we picked a deep midnight blue color for my suit, which would only look like a tinge of blue only in bright white light, otherwise in darker settings would seem black.

We might have him tailor my shirts as well, for he did seem to be more than knowledgable. For tailoring clothes, this would have to be the first. I have nothing that's made to measure, most things I have came straight off the rack. It's quite convenient when my dimensions fit common sizes.

Nonetheless, the first fitting for the suit will either by on the 15th or 16th. Will have to call him first before I go down.

On another note, a few weeks ago we met Kelvin Koh and talked about the photoshoot. He said we'll try to cover as many locations as we can during the day. He's style so far has been that of flexibility. He tries his best to make us feel comfortable and not inconvenienced. So far, we're rather happy with his level of service.

Ronn has yet to come back from her long holiday abroad. She'll be back 20th Jan.

End of 1st Appointment

We concluded our first appointment with HDB today, paying off the cash portion of the house, getting the housing grant settled and paying off half of the commission owed to Uncle Pete.

Phew, what a way to start off the new year; thing is we might be getting our keys to the place in the middle of next month.

So things to do (for myself) the next few weeks:
getting my suit tailored,
getting quotes for the renovation works,
getting a renovation loan done.