Now is 12.25am and I have just returned from the hospital. This could be a heavy post, a very heavy one indeed.

My grandma had suffered a stroke and it was out of sudden. In fact, I’m not really what I meant by “sudden”.

from yenra.net

Does it mean that it is sudden to the family members or the development to a full-blown stroke is sudden?

Neither can she open her eyes nor move her limps. Her eyes were totally shut. As she struggled for words or even make a sound, her saliva slipped from the corner of her lips.

I held onto her hands and massaged them, only to realise the grip was so strong that I have to use some force to pry her fingers open in order to release my fingers from hers.

I believe the development of her condition was gradual.

She was still well on last Sunday when she attended my cousin’s wedding.

News came out of sudden and I’m not even prepared, not even now.

Ageing is part of life. Death comes together as a package. Some of the deaths came sudden, others came expected.

Actually right now, my mind is confused. And I have no idea what to blog about. I just want to use this post to express my feelings and thoughts.
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Diamond wedding bands are beautiful jewellery that symbolize integrity and love between husband and wife in their lifetime journey together. They also symbolize fidelity and commitment and wedding bands have evolved to one of the must-have items in the wedding shopping list.

For middle income consumers like myself, cost is one of the determining factors for the type of wedding bands I purchase. Reason being, most of our savings has been deployed to paying for the wedding dinner, bridal package and honeymoon.

from abazias.com

During my very first visit to the jewellery shop, I was absolutely clueless of what to look for when choosing and buying wedding bands.

After visiting 5 jewellery shops within 2 hours, I realized the sales person always ask ? what our budget was and if we preferred yellow gold, white gold, platinum or a mixture of either gold with platinum or otherwise. Our answers to these questions would determine the type of wedding bands they showed us.

At present, it seemed that yellow gold has lost its popularity, in its? place, white gold and platinum are the preferred choices in today?s modern world. One of the reasons why platinum is favoured could be that platinum is harder than gold and is scratch-free.

If you shop long and hard enough, you may even come across some shops that offer life-time guarantee and allow for free exchange of bands for another new piece of the same price in the future. Of course, it may not necessarily be of the same design.

from abazias.com

Personally, I feel there are a few factors that we men look out for in wedding bands:

The diamond wedding bands must be within our budget. We do not wish to over blow our budget just because of a moment of impulse.

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There are many type of wedding favors. There are lollies, picture frames, keychains, chocolates, teddy bears and fridge magnets.

from yahoofs.com

Having wedding magnets as wedding favors could be really interesting and useful.

First of all, they can be sticked on fridge and be used to hold memo.

Secondly, magnets could be stuck to the fridge and won’t disappear among the pile of papers we have on our desks.

Many times, we either cast the wedding favors into the deep corners of cabinets or throw them away when we reached home.

When choosing wedding favor, I look for its practicallity. Can it be used? Will guests throw them away or even leave it behind in the wedding ballroom?

If the answer to the above questin is yes, then it may guarantee a longer lifespan for your wedding favors and they may not end up in the rubbish bins yet.
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I was looking at my traffic to My Wedding Blog and realised more and more people are reading my blog. There was even a shoot up in the readership per day.

Some even stayed for more than one hour reading post after post.

Number of readers per day for the past 30 days

Countries readers are from in April 07

Interestingly, advertisers are coming to ask if they display ads on my sidebar as well as text-link a keyword from my post to their website.

If you own a wedding website or want to advertise on my blog, you can click here.

Generally, the layout of the wedding ballroom remains the same.

Layout includes the pillars, stage and doors. What makes the difference to a wedding is the wedding theme you are going to choose.

I remembered when I was at Holiday Inn Park View (Singapore) and the banquet manager showed me some themes of the weddings.

There were crystal theme, fresh flowers theme and even chocolate theme.

It was not easy to choose the most suitable theme for your wedding.

One good method to choose is to know what you want. You may want to choose it based on your characteristic.

A simple rule to remember is let the theme fit you, not the other way round.

Ask yourself these following questions.

Are you a gentle person or a loud person or a fun person?

from visualbliss.co.uk

If you are gentle and quiet, you may want to choose something light.

If you are a loud person, you may want to select a theme that describe you.

If you are a fun person, you may want the decoration to bring out some fun and exciting elements.

I was surfing the net and saw a silk theme. It was soft and gentle and light. I really like it and it makes me feel as if I’m floating on the clouds.

Some couples may like to have a music theme. Such theme may even require a wedding band to be around to add music to the atmosphere.

from pitt.edu

So before you finalise the theme with your banquet manager, do know what you want. If you are unsure, you may want to arrange with your manager to view the ballroom on an actual wedding day.

We met with out banquet manager just before a real wedding took place and we had a feel of what it was like. The best way to experience is to walk into the ballroom which was decorated with the theme you wanted.

Whatever themes you choose, you have to pay different prices.
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