10/7 - Our Registration

We have been struggling to choose a good date for our wedding registration at the National Registration Department and we finally settled for 10/7. Reason being its easy to remember, its the reverse of our actual wedding day, 7/10.
So other than being the day where most "male" species took leave due to time off from watching the World Cup final, of which I participated nonetheless, it was a very special day indeed for Vans and I. I hardly had 2 hours of sleep before taking off to Putrajaya with my dad, and Vans left home from Equine Park with her mom. Yen brought along Brandon and Brian as witness also, although I doubt Brian knew what we were doing :)

We were invited to a "Wedding Room" where the oath took place. I thought it was a simple oath but it turned out the to be the actual "Do you Kenneth Tham take Vanessa Yeo to be your lawfully wedded wife..." vow. So we both did so with a smile. We did brought along our rings, and exchanged it, before I was asked whether I want to kiss the bride. So overall it was almost like a real wedding, minus the crowd and the makan of course.
Due to our "low budget", or unavailability of manpower... haha... we engaged the services of a "professional" photographer that focused on our hands, instead of the whole person while we were signing the marriage certificate. But overall Brandon did a good job snapping the pictures.
The entire ceremony was over in less than 30 minutes, and we snapped a couple of photos before heading home, officially as Mr & Mrs Tham. But till today, Vans still couldn't get the hang of it, and doesn't like to be called Mrs Tham =)

Ken's Birthday

It was going to be my last birthday as a single, I was reminded by Shanti thru SMS. I was pleasantly surprised that quite a number of friends took time to wish me Happy Birthday thru SMS and phone calls. I guess technology does has it place, although some might argue that it lacks human touch, it didn't matter to me as I would have used the same channel of communication.

1st July always seems a special day :) We had decided since we got the IKEA catalog last year that we were going for the special item on offer for the month of July, a rattan chair going for RM49 each! So there we were, getting ready to rush in the entrance the moment the clock stroke 10am. Nah... we were actually there early to grab some curry puffs, hotdogs and coffee while waiting for the store to open. But as we have expected, many others were there early too, with the same intention. Since were getting the chairs, we though we might as well get some other bigger items on our shopping list as it would require delivery as well. So we got hold of a 6 drawer, er.. drawer chest & a coffee table.

Since we were there with Yen and Vans mum, we decided to bring them to the flea market in The Curve and had lunch over there. By the time we were done, everyone was dead tired. Vans and I haven't had dinner alone for a long time, so we went to Sg Long for some western food that nite, something we hadn't done for a long long time, and we couldn't finish the food!!!

Vans was very kind to have gotten me a surprise, a MP4 player with 2GB storage!!! She knew I like music and wanted it where ever I go. My camera phone is old and deteriorating, and these are the best shots I could get out of it :) Thanks dear, I like it very much!