25 years ago.....

...... this day, DH and I exchanged vows to love and honour each other...at the Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Ipoh Garden. Prior to taking the walk down the aisle, the church required us to attend a 6-weeks course of marriage preparation called Evening of the Engaged (EE). [It has since be re-named Catholic Marriage Preparation course] Besides us, there were two other couples plus the married couple who were facilitating the course for the church. It was compulsory for couples seeking to be married in the Catholic church to attend this course as divorce is not permitted in the church's doctrine -"what God has joined, let no man un-join!"

And I designed my wedding gown, though I did not keep the gown after the BIG day! Because the bridal shop had to start from scratch to make the gown, they charged me extra! (and my mum make a big fuss over why I have to use my own design, instead of just renting one of those ready-made ones to save some money. Well, it was my gown and I wanted one that was unique!) It was a combo of 'Scarlet O'hara' and the late Princess Diana's wedding gown! *grin*

DH and I had our ups and downs and we have come a long way to learn to live as a couple! Along the way, we had a daughter who is now 23 years old and doing her final year at the University of Science Malaysia, Penang.

We had a quite dinner on Sunday night to mark this event at the San Francisco Steak House......
here is the dessert we had which was a rich chocolate cake filled with a sweet gooey chocolate sauce and served with Hagen Das ice-cream! Yummy!

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NNC 3rd Anniversary Meet

It was time again to celebrate NNC's third anniversary! This year, Sabariah hosted the gathering at her brand new house located at Setia Alam, Selangor. I as usual had to travel down to KL and Margaret and Jackie came to fetch me at the bus stop and we (including Mel who also got a lift from the sisters) made our way to Sabariah's house. When we reached there, Alynn and her family, Rose, Paul and Anna have already arrived. Some of yummy food were already laid out on the dinning table and more food were brought by MW and Mel! I brought Ipoh Old Town white coffee for the members to have a cuppa! :)

The VERY YUMMY food

Mel's chocolate strawberry cheesecake

When most of the members have arrived, we tucked in to the sumptuous food - I couldn't decide which to start with first as every dish looked so yummy! lol. We chatted while we ate and also to catch up with some members who had not been active on the board, namely Jo Yap who has been MiA for a while and Valarie Goh who has been jetting about. We were glad to see Faizon, our tatting guru who had a bout of dengue fever recently.

After feasting, it was show and tell time - Nik showed us some of the bags she made. We ooh and aah over the bag she specially made for Diane from USA. I did a applique demo for some of the members who wanted to learn the needleturn method, button-hole stitch and using the bias tape.
I also saw Faizon teaching Valerie how to tat! Mel also showed us how to do a fabric button with the gadget she gave each of us in the goody bag.

Then came the exciting part....the lucky draw and Gift exchange. Diane from USA contributed a book entitled Felt Flowers. (We had to make a felt flower as part of the gift exchange this year and below are the members' creation! Pretty aren't they?) Nik was the lucky winner of the book!

The Gifts for the Exchange

The felt flowers

The happy hostess with her 'note' bunny made by Paul

After everyone has ooh and aah over the gifts they received, we had another round of eating, chatting and laughter. It was such a fun-filled day with such good company! Once again.......

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NNC!