From Surabaya!

We, Lan & I (accompanied by Mum and Grace), were back from Surabaya last night with all the tiredness we can feel right now. This is the first time I feel so tired that all the things that I want to do for this morning I dreamt last night in my sleep!
However, I am glad that the paperwork was done easily at the Consulate of China yesterday, so tomorrow, we just go to the Civil registration office to submit the letter and sign some documents.
It's only several days away... and Jesus, we need You in our every step; Your support, Your strength, Your grace and Your favour. Thank you Jesus!

On the plane

Yes! Lan is on Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore right now, taking flight number SQ327 (B777-200) from Manchester, arriving at 06.20 am Singapore time.
Then, he will be on the flight SQ942 from Singapore to Denpasar at 09.35, arriving at 12.05 pm.

So... I am very excited to pick him up at Ngurah Rai Airport tomorrow!

Then? Many things await for us...

Cleaning and tidying up

This week, the main task in the house is cleaning and tidying things up, making sure the house is neat and looking nice for the wedding day.
Today, my mum tidied my cupboard; sorting out my clothes and taking out all the unuseful things in my cupboard. I sorted the things in my desk's drawers. Throwing out many papers, which are sitting in there, for I don't know how long and for what purpose hehehehe...
While, in Liverpool, Lan is preparing for the journey; packing up and buying some additional stuffs. I can't wait to see him very soon!

Tomorrow, we will still continue tidying... Phew... It's tiring but have to be done.

Test make up and hairdo

For the whole day, today, I was occupied with the make-up artist, namely Oma Gloria. She did a make up test and hairdo(s) test, both for morning and evening events. So far, everything goes smoothly, it is just that Ce Dewi is in the hospital for almost a week now because of DB (Demam Berdarah). I pray that she recovers very soon!
Things are mostly prepared now. Only little things are left; final measuring of the gowns, the veil and picking up the groom from the airport this Monday! Hehehehe...
I am so excited to meet him again after a very long while.

So guys, thanks for all the prayers! We appreciate your prayers very much! All those prayers have helped us a lot going through this preparation. :)

God bless you all!

9 Days...

The clock is ticking and the days of my waiting is reducing. It feels like a dream to realize that you will be arriving in 9 days. 9 days to hug you tightly and to kiss you again!
I miss you so much that I can't really express how I feel deep inside.

Our waiting has almost ended... Then we will start our journey together, endlessly.

Technical Stuffs: Civil Registry

After hearing so many scary 'fact's about the Indonesian's marriage registration requirements here and there, finally The Lord has led me to the right person. She is Eka's (my junior-high school friend) neighbor! She is Bu Arie, the famous person, who is in charge of the International marriage (mixed nationalities marriage) at the civil registration office. We visited her house this afternoon and everything went smoothly! In fact, the fee for it is not as expensive as I heard previously. The fee is Rp. 700.000- So, it is reasonable, since the registry officer will come to the church for us and the certificate will be given to us at once at the church.

She got the application forms, all my required documents and Lan's photocopy of passport, ID and Hu Kou Ben. The only things await are our photos, the translation of the documents and the letter from the consulate which we will obtain when Lan arrives here.

The plan is we will fly to Surabaya on 26th June night or 27th early morning to go to the Chinese Embassy, pick it up in the afternoon and fly back to Denpasar. It is tiring, but I know it is worth being tired for.

Thank you Lord Jesus for another miracles to be added in my unendless list of your goodness! :)

Technical Stuffs: Church requirements

Today, I went back to the church's office for the second time. This visit, I submitted all the required forms for our holy matrimony. That means one very important matter is solved, because, really, the most important event in our wedding is this holy matrimony.
I thank Lan many times for his cooperation, efforts and time. Despite being very busy, he has been very helpful and supportive. Since, I need his signatures in almost every form, I really stressed the importance of returning the forms to me ASAP. And he, returned the forms to me ontime! So, thanks to him!
Kak Rosa (the person who's in charge of the forms) was well pleased with the completed forms and all the required documents. Praise Jesus for that!

Now, one more important thing to think of is the civil registration. I am finding a way to make it not more complicated than it should be, or, it'd be better if it is LESS complicated than it should be. Why? Because... those that know, the birocracy in Indonesia is one of the worst matter to take care of in this country!

While counting the days to our union,
I think of you in each of my heartbeat...
I've missed you for so long...
Too many days to count since the day I kissed you goodbye.

In several days, I will meet you for our unseparable beginning journey of love

I was...

I was waiting for Lan's call today. He made an appointment with my parents to ring and talk with them. Basically, he was saying that he is serious about his feeling towards me, his decision to marry me and to take care of me as his wife for the rest of his life. :)
Starting from today (2nd June 2007, 09.00 pm), he calls my parents dad and mom! I loved hearing him calling my parents like he calls his own parents! Thank you Jesus for such joy! :)

It's exactly a month before the wedding! I am very looking forward to meet you, my love, my beloved husband.

it is officially announced! :)

In a month time, I will be a married women! In a month time, I will be a wife... If any of you ever ask me what do I feel at the moment, my answer is really blur, a simple "I don't know."
It's not because I am not happy! Oh my, I am greatly happy and joyful! However, at the same time, I am so busy with so many things that I have to finish up before D-day! And it is very tiring... Lan, please help me!!!

Things on top of my mind:
1. Do my Mandarin homework.
2. Organising my time for: documents translation, my treatments, sending the last lot of invitations.
3. Finish up on the Church documents and forms and hand them all in on Monday.
4. and many more... hahahaha...

I love you, my lovely husband-to-be :) Several more days we will meet again :)