*Lifestyle*

Do people change their lifestyle overnight or do they change their lifestyle because of certain event or certain aim ? Or should i say "Can people change their lifestyle overnight or Can they change their lifestyle because of certain event or certain aim ?"

Not a lot of people can do that including me of course. My aim to have a constant healthy lifestyle has always been unsuccessful even up til now. Though I've achieved it before, along the way, there's always ups & downs & negative influences. When you have friends as training buddies, with that kind of bond, encouragement & motivation for one another, achieving the lifestyle is easy. However, when either one decides to quit or loses heart, the lifestyle is difficult to maintain and often goes back to square one.

Rowe has been diligent in trying to get back to her healthy lifestyle and to be in better shape for our Wedding. Constantly getting me to jog with her, clocking really good timing for long distance runs as well as clocking good mileage on a weekly basis. On top of that, she even signed up with California Fitness for 3 years and attend the gym sessions and classes provided on a regular basis. With so much effort put in, I really see that she has distinct changes in the past 1 month.  Love you baby !! How can i lose out to her myself right ?? Haha !! Well, that's not the point in this posting. With so much effort being put in by her, as her husband to be, I should be supportive !!! I've gone through so many painful experiences just to get back to shape and to maintain it alone is so difficult to do so. I will not want her to go through the cycles.

Since Rowe has gotten me entry pass to California Fitness, I will make it a point to keep her company every week to hit the centre as much as I could. This can also be another "Together" thingy that we can do weekly, in a healthy way. After my course in Feb, I will join the club and accompany her too.

Love you Baby, Thanks for all the efforts that you are putting in & I promise all these efforts will not go to waste. I will do my ulmost best to help u reach desired weight and goal that you've set !!!

Love,

Bryan & Rowena

*Live Band & Wedding Invitation Cards*

Finally the first week of my course is over and glad that i'm still alive & kicking !! The course is truely enriching, however tough at the same time. Foot Drills under the sun had left me with perfect tan this week. However, that will not be the case for the next 2 weeks. And my Pre-Wedding Shoot is right after my course !!! Nevertheless, preps for our Wedding still has to go on !! NO EXCUSES !!

Getting back to our preparations for the Big Day, after months of searching, we've finally engaged Lush Entertainment to provide us beautiful tunes that's music to our ears. Attending their Live Performance at Park Royal, the combination of their 3 piece (Keyboard, Saxophone & Vocal) was pretty good & they do provide a wide variety of music.

Lush Entertainment

The entire puzzle is forming soon with each piece of the puzzle falling into place slowly. With most of the preparations coordinated up til now, we can start thinking of what to do with our Wedding Invitation Cards. Should we follow the traditional Wedding Invitations provided by the Hotel or should we design our very own unique Invitations. Rowe, being a creative and hands on person, has quite a few interesting ideas. Guess I should let her decide on this, but at the same time collect the Wedding Invitation Cards provided by the Hotel as a backup. Hee..

After listening to Rowe's ideas, i just can't wait to see the final product !!

Til then...

Love,

Bryan & Rowena

 

*Can't Hardly Wait*

It's exactly 120 days to go before the big event!

Marriage is tedious and dreadful... and many a times, we question the choices we made ... but like what Mrs Tay says, the choice is yours, you chose the guy / gal.. so live with it! How true..
I believe we might in an occasion have such thoughts.. however, are we gonna avoid the problem and leave or stay put to overcome?

Like they all say, the wedding is only the beginning, what's more important is the life together after the wedding...

Once again, was very much inspired after one of my meetings, where the topic shared was on "Love and Marriage". It's just so nice and inspiring to hear seniors as well as women who have been married for many years, share their experiences and their pointers to us younger generations. Who says religious meetings have got to always talk about faith or about those cheem cheem stuff. Religion has to be practical as well, i am not belittling any religion here, but what i meant is that, it has to play a very important part in your life and the way you choose to live your life.

I will share what i feel will always be etched in my heart, and i made a resolve to really be a good wife, mother and daughter (in-law). It is only right.


1. Always look past the surface and see through a person's true essense.
Bryan is not perfect, so am i. But i believe we saw pass the imperfections and really understood the values and character we each looked for in one another to want to make such a bold step.

2. " A marriage is defined not by the mutual admiration two people have when they look into each other's eyes, but rather by the cooperative action they take as they look toward their mutual goals and strive to achieve them" Dr Daisaku Ikeda
Yes! How true! After a few years, that same face definitely will become boring and nothing new.. just a few added wrinkles and an increase in fat percentage throughout the body! However, what remains unchanged is the actions we take as a couple, and how we go about achieving the goals we set together.

3. " When two people are in love and their relationship makes them better peopl, then that is a good relationship. If, however, the relationship causes them to ruin their lives, then it is a bad relationship." -
I really believe in this statement, and i believe that we each contribute to each others' lives one way or another. And i feel that i have picked up good values from Bryan and (Hope!) vice versa.

4. Also, another point mentioned by a senior, which sounds soooo simple to do, but is actually the hardest to put into action. To always remain the "Sun" in the family, to project positive energy and happiness to the family. Always smile and never let your own personal problems affect the happiness of the entire family. As life in a marriage is not just you alone, it is a shared life with another person. Life will not longer be "Me, Myself and I".. But "We".

With that, i believe that our life together after March 27 is going to be an exciting roller coaster! Which i cannot wait!!


Till Then...

Love,

Bryan & Rowena

*Wonderful Weekend 3*

Time really flies !! It's already SUNDAY !! Argh !!! My last long weekend is coming to an end. =( I'll be away for the next 3 months for my courses. No more late nights, no IPhone, no internet, no tv, only discipline lifestyle & early nights in camp. Need some time to adjust myself to the new lifestyle.

Anyway, its 945am in the morning, rise and shine to the beautiful Sunday ! Rowe is going to leave me for her work later. Work has always been on her mind and whenever it comes to her meals, she'll just do away with a quick bite rather than a proper meal. That's not being healthy. Since she had been great and nice to me the entire weekend, I should do something for her in return. I've bought some ingredients from the Marketplace last night & there's some in the fridge. I believe something can be whipped up to be her lunchie !!

Starting with the Beancurd that I bought last night, season a little bit of salt on the exterior of the Beancurd to have some salty taste. Then panfried over small fire to have a crispy golden brown exterior and silky soft interior. Next is to wash the Enoki Mushrooms, and chop up some garlic. Stir fry the garlics and mix in the Enoki Mushrooms & some minced pork.

Panfried Beancurd Topped With Enoki Mushrooms, Garlic & Minced Pork

Up next is the Marinated Lemon Rosemary Chicken. I've marinated the chicken over night in a concealed container. The flavour will be infused into the meat. Starting with a hot pan, panfry the chicken over a medium fire for about 30secs & do the same for the other side. Lower down the fire and cook the chicken for another 5 - 10mins and it should be done. Lastly boil some water to cook some noodles and mix it with some basic sauces like oyster sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, sweet black soy sauce. And finally to put all of them together for Rowe to bring for lunchie !! Hope she likes it.

Rowe's Lunchie (Lemon Marinated Rosemary Chicken Noodle With Panfried Beancurd Topped With Enoki Mushroom, Garlic & Minced Pork)

Ok !! My long weekend is coming to an end. It's already passed the half day mark, I should be getting back to work, prepare my stuff for my course which starts tmw !! Wednesday is a public holiday !! I can book out in the middle of the week ! Rowe & I will be heading to the California Fitness to hit the gym !! looking forward for it !!!

Love,

Bryan & Rowena

*Wonderful Weekend 2*

It's time to continue the itinerary for the fanstatic long weekend, my last weekend before the courses !!! It's been such a long time since we have Roti Prata. The craving for that is overwhelming !! Yes !!! That's our breakfast to begin the day... Yum Yum !!

Egg Prata !!

Plain Prata !!

All these prata should provide us enough energy and carbs for our gyming and running at California Fitness later in the afternoon. =)

Hmmm.. Taking MRT on a saturday seems to be a wrong choice. The train is packed with people !!! People Mountain People Sea (人山人海), the entire train is like a can of sardines. Nevertheless, we reach our destination, Somerset.

Anyway, we headed to California Fitness and Rowe has gotten me a 2 weeks pass to gym with her at California Fitness. Rowe really showed me her bargaining skills ! Lucky it's not practiced on me. Haha !! She has finally gotten back into California Fitness as a Platinum Member and can carry on her crazy tonning days with her best friend, Shennie. Well, we spent a great 3 hours at the centre with Rowe attending her Step Up classes, Sliding and weights & myself as usual running a 2.5km, carrying weights & doing Abs training.

California Fitness

Since Rowe is now a memeber for the next 3 years, and to support her in her quest to keep fit, I shall consider to join the club next year after my courses & our wedding. Ok ! With the workout sessions and our fats are burned, hunger is written all over our face !!! But not to let our efforts go to the drain, something simple and greenie shall be our dinner for tonight, Subway, Cold Cut Trio Wrap & Subway Melt (our favourites) !! Everytime we eat Subway, it just brings us back memories when we're dating. NDP 2009,  we had subway during every training.

Orchard really changes a lot since the last time we visited. We're not fans of orchard as things are expensive and almost all are branded. To us, anything nice is good enough, branding is never important. As we walk down the lane to Ion, the Christmas Atmosphere can be felt !! And looks like this year's theme is purple, our favourite colour !! The feeling is great !

Finally we reach Ion and I started to hunt for this Popcorn Shop known as Cornery. Recommended by Shennie once again, the popcorn is affordable and tastes great, not losing to Garretts ! OMG !! She's right ! So much cheaper and taste great !! We bought some home to eat for the night !!

Sesame Flavour, Caramel Flavour, Cheddar Cheese Flavour & Sour Cream Flavour

Weekends always seems so fast. It's already Saturday and Rowe will be working tmw at her centre. Since she's been so nice this week, I think she deserved something nice in return from me !! We headed to Market Supermart at the top floor of Ion to pick up something simple so that i can prepare a dish or two for her to bring for lunchie. =)

Shall continue tmw with the dishes.. =)

Love,

Bryan & Rowena