My Guo Da Li (03-Jan-09 prep and 04-Jan-2009 actual day)

Phew! Finally my Guo Da Li is over....

Below are some pics of my prep for Guo Da Li and actual day scene... Actual Day no much photos taken, because 98% is video down... will select some scene for my video montage on my Wedding dinner... those who are attending my Wedding Dinner, have "yan fu" le... because I'm the director on that day... haha... will post up the video clip in you tube after my wedding dinner..

03-Jan-09 (Sat)... prep for guo da li the next day...

(at Hubby's parents house)

the 12 cans of pig leg...

Hubby preparing ang pow for the ceremony... They say must put one ang pow in each compartment, to show to the bride's family that if the groom miss out something to send over, the money in the ang pow will act as a compensation.... something like this la...

The "bing tang" and the "biscuit"

All the items are pack in bags of 2. This is to allow popo to return 50% of whatever Hubby send over easily...

2 bottles of Martell. This is put at the most bottom of the "guo da li" basket.

with one ang pow acting as "compensation"

the "mian xian".... everything that goes over to popo house must be paste with the "xi xi" sticker

Oranges waiting eagerly to go into the basket with the "BIG ANG POW"

and here it goes.... the "lead" of the actual day.... the big ang pow!

Finally done after a few "hoo ha"

After the "packing" of the guo da li items, hubby and father in law sit down and do some final arrangment of dinner seating plan. This is forever the biggest headache in wedding planning. We are expecting another change 5 days before our wedding...

Mother in law looking curiously...

Finally the Guo Da Li Day!!! (04-Jan-09)

We arrives at Hubby parent's house at 8.30am (We are supposed to arrive at popo house at 8.30am... haha...)

Final check through and tydying up...

Ready!

I cannot remember what Hubby is trying to pass to me....

My revised wedding cakes....




We had decided to change our Wedding Cakes at the VERY VERY VERY last minutes because father in law suggested a cake shop to us who knws very well about a traditional chinese wedding.. We seek alot of advises on Guo Da Li there and Hubby parents decided to get the cakes from this cake shop. They comes with a set of those basket and items for Guo Da Li.. Another one stop shop..... I had called Choz to cancel the cakes previously ordered, UNWILLINGLy... but it's ok... I just wan everyone to be happie in our Wedding Preparation... No quarrels... Only give and take...

After the guo da li, we went to many of our relatives house to give out the cakes....my da gu, my da jiu ma etc.... When we ended up at our Da Jiu Ma house, she decided to give us one of her artpiece (a DIY painting...) I will post this painting up when i got it from her...

After that, we went to meet up our Emcees at Chinatown point Swenson for a round up of what they are supposed to do on tat day. We decided to make a special entrance for our emcees that day... Please be there if you had received our invitation card. Something simple, yet different...

I love the process of my wedding preparation... but I am really tired....

ok.. dats all for today... still haven't get my ang pow box...