April 26, 2007
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Long Time No Update…><
[mood | happy
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[music| Ma Ting- Perfect Moment]Engagement Update
Ok first things first. I totally forgot to ever come back and give you the whole engagement story
It’s really simple. He kind of asked me over Xmas break when we were in Ohio but being that it was like a spur of the moment asking, and he didn’t have a ring, I was like whatever, he’s not serious, and ignored it
So we looked around at rings one day and I showed him what I liked, didn’t like, etc. Still wasn’t taking it as a hint! (Ok, I am very naive like that la). Anyways, one morning, maybe around 6(or some ungodly time)I kept feeling something going on with my finger. I was like “WTF are you doing?!?!?!” (only because he’s really cuddly and it was weird to be touching my finger lol and I am extremely cranky in the morning). Then I think I said something about stop bothering me and let me sleep. But then DING DING DING! I realized something just happened and that there was a ring (a big 2.01 carat round solitare) on my left finger!
Needless to say, I was no longer cranky, and I said YES!
(ok and I totally suck at telling stories lol
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(ps. I have since changed the setting to one w/ small pave diamonds, not the plain solitare hehe)
Wedding Planning…
…is a nightmare!!!! OMG there is SO much to do. We’re having it in LA, so out of town friends make sure to send me your addys!
I have no idea of the timeline, or anything, but I know we’re having a tea ceremony (Ling, Winny and Ashley–you girls better think of some torture–he hates Taro! LOL); western ceremony; then traditional Chinese banquet.
We did pick an officiant who is bilingual (Mandain and English), we’re between 2 DJ’s/MC, I picked the songs for ceremony, and some for the reception (PLEASE SEND ME POPULAR& UPDATED MANDARIN SONGS!!!!!), flower place (but not sure about what flowers yet), we’re between 3 locations for the ceremony, 2 for reception, we picked out invitations, mom made save the dates, thank you cards, etc. Hmm what else?
OH! I did pick out my wedding gown and colors. Will post all that later. And we did get our lucky date–8/9/08!
My mom has been great about making things…she’s so creative and artsy (something I didn’t get)
Work
Well surprise, surprise, I am up for rehire next year. But they don’t have FT. So it’s back to elementary school I go for the mornings. I am staring Chinese at another school, so now our district has 2 elementary schools, one middle and one HS that offers Mandarin Chinese. Oh and the cool thing is after next year, I will get tenure. YAY!
Summer
I am going to Taiwan this summer to see Winny and study!!! So excited I haven’t been back in a few years, so I am super excited! Well, I may skip the study (even though I really need to work on my Taiwanese–FI’s family only really speaks Taiwanese) but we’ll see.
So I will write more later, and I apologize in advance. My blog may turn into a wedding planning one for a while
hehe and don’t worry, for those of you in the LA/OC area who may wed soon (ahemm Yvonne 
) I will post vendor info/reviews!
Comments (17)
yay lucky date! and woah huge rock!!! and loving your hair
congrats!!!!!! you look so beautiful
:D
lovely ring girly!
Btw, I am messing with settings do my entries show up? I have like 2 posted, but I think you have to either be added to see them or logedin? lol
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He did well with the ring, and Taiwan for the summer? You lucky girl!
wedding planning can be such a pain, but at the same time it can be alot of fun!
i can’t wait to plan mine. hehe….dunno when. maybe 5 years if i’m lucky.
our resort does beautiful job on wedding ceremony and reception. but kinda pricey.
http://www.montagelagunabeach.com
write more!
you are so beautiful
what country will you come? (i mean this summer, in taiwan)
i live in Kaohsiung
heehee
aww u are gettin married haha i am so excited for you!!!
i wana see pix xD. 8/9 is two days after i came to america.
yeahh good date haha
when are u goin back to taiwan
i will be in taiwan from 06/15/07 to 07/03/07
I’ll be in Taiwan too this summer.
OMG…. so sweet!!!!! ^3^
yeah, you do suck at telling stories, lol… where’s all the mushy gushy details?
can’t wait to see more wedding stuff! i <3 weddings!
HA…”cranky” is an understatement!
congrats!!!!! wow, lemme put my shades on to see that rock. =P
ryc: me neither… i wonder if i still have a friends list over there.
Do you speak russian also? I think you are Greek??? I am just beginner (started last week) and I just understand ‘Hi’ from what you wrote to me.
Re: No, I haven’t applied in CPS. The problem is that they hire as a district, not for individual schools. So you get a job, but you have to accept it without knowing which school you’ll be teaching in–which is pretty risky, I think, since while there are some good schools in the system, the majority are troubled and some are dangerous. Once all the hiring is done, placement starts, but it’s done mostly by seniority, with internal candidates transferring first. The second thing about CPS is that they require all teachers to live in the city, and moving downtown isn’t exactly feasible for me at the moment.
ryc: that’s what she said! LOL i know i know, i’m so immature. =P