my big fat chinese wedding

A blog to record what is supposed to be a memorable (and hopefully fun) time in my life; to share with the world the seemingly odd customs, processes, trials and whatever else, that is known to many Chinese brides (and what I believe to be especially unique to Chinese American ones); to spread any wisdom that I may gain from planning a crazy shindig; and at the very least, to vent. In other words, all the reasons why a sane person would elope.

Monday, July 2, 2007

Chinese wedding packages

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I just went to a very lovely wedding this weekend. The weather was perfect (not too hot, nor too cool), the bride was beautiful, and it was ...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Happy new year!

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I was going to title this post "The Chinese Marriage Penalty" but after this weekend, I guess it's not all bad. The penalty th...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Wigging out

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I was not thrilled with my hair during the early part of the day when the most pictures were taken (and especially during the ceremony -- th...
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Friday, January 12, 2007

Did you know? redux

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Some other things I forgot to mention the first time around : When making the tags for the favors out of the shrink film, we began by printi...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

On registering

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We're finally starting to settle into our apartment and only now have I begun to realize the usefulness of registering (not that everyon...
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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Did you know?

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Here's some behind-the-scenes stuff that I didn't think warranted a full entry on its own, so I gathered them all here. Starting ...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

A rose by any other name...

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For those who haven't figured out yet, I haven't changed my last name. And why should I be the only one to fill out numerous extra d...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Marriage license

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Now that I have some time, I can add in my bits of random info that I thought worth sharing.... I took the week off before the wedding to t...
Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!

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This is our first Christmas together as Mr. and Mrs. and it is totally not what I expected last year . I thought we'd have trouble decid...
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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Regrets

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This is a hard post for me to write b/c I tend to harp on the negative, yet I have issues admitting that I am (gasp!) wrong. However, in ord...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

The favors

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The story of our favors began last November/December. Based on an idea from Martha , I was toying with the idea of giving rosemary-infused s...
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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Photographer

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We finally got our proofs from the photographer! After looking through the 2 huge albums (collectively, they weigh as much as 4 phonebooks, ...
Friday, December 1, 2006

Banquet details

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The detail that everyone seemed to love was the escort cards that we made out of leaves. Other than the gathering, pressing, shellacking, an...
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Monday, November 20, 2006

Gifts

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A few days ago (if not weeks ago), I looked through our cards again b/c someone mentioned that her check hadn't been cashed yet. And lo ...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

The B list, and an A

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To say I was disappointed with the restaurant is an understatement. But before I begin my complaint-fest, let me clarify the reasons why we ...
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21st century newlywed, 'homemaking' and 'lifemaking'
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