Engaged - Iyut & Mul

Iyut and Mul are our friends and an avid follower of 1QL (at least Iyut is, we hope). They are recently engaged and asked us to shoot a pre-professional-photographer-engagement-shoot. This engagement shoot had no props, no particular theme, just two people expressing their adoration toward each other. In fact, it was a spur of the moment thing and we only shot it in an hour or so.

It is our first attempt on an engagement shoot, and hope that you guys think it's not too bad. Enjoy! =)

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Craving for some English Trifle

Don't know why but I got a sudden craving for some yummy English Trifle.
I think I love the different colors, the layers and the outburst of several tastes and textures in one bite of a trifle. And it's just too cute to look at! Will somebody make me one? 

To have a whole dessert table full of different flavors of English Trifle is simply bliss!
Have a good weekend!

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Why don't you - be surrounded with flowers?

These pictures just stole my breath away...

From amazing flower designer Karen Tran florals.

pictures taken from blog.karentran.com

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Wedding Shots Wednesday

It's been a tough week for me, with work and Jakarta's extreme weather and of course, the unbearable traffic that comes with the rain. But alas, it is Wednesday and time for us to share some amazing wedding pictures!
Rain in Jakarta might cause terrible traffic, but rain on your wedding day, is said to bring good luck! More often than not, rain will create some pretty awesome pictures of your big day. Don't believe us? Check out some of the breathtaking examples below

I particularly love these shots below by Comfort Studio Weddings. It looks like an ad for a perfume campaign or something. So sexy, so real! Click here to view all of the pictures from this wedding!  

So, fear not of the rain all of you bride to bes! Chances are, it's gonna create more great memories and great pictures for you to cherish for the rest of your lives! =)

{images taken by Lucida Photography via Intimate Weddings, Comfort Studio Weddings via BridalHood and Edmund Tham photography}

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Bangkok Budgeteers

If you are the easily-pleased, fun-loving, food-crazy, on-a-budget type of person like I am, have I got a story for you!

So, I went on a trip to Bangkok, Thailand last week. People, if you’ve never been there, please do me a favor, GO! Aside from the scary similarity between Bangkok and Jakarta (ie. The traffic jam), I’d like to call Bangkok as the “cool” sister that Jakarta wishes she had.  

Started my journey with my best buddy, Air Asia, and bought roundtrip tickets for IDR 1,200,000. For a three and a half hour trip, I don’t think I have the right to complain. Budget travelers, Low Cost Carriers are our best friends. Repeat 3x. So make sure you check their promos religiously.

Now, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport is an hour away from the city, you have the option to take a bus, a shuttle, or a taxi like me. The 4 of us shared a taxi to our hotel and spent around IDR 50,000 per person.  Ain’t life grand?

For a great place to stay, I really recommend this cute design hotel, Ten Face at Soi Ruamrudee, 2 minutes away from Ploenchit BTS station. It was an all-suites hotel with an amazing rate of IDR 600,000 per night.  Satisfaction guaranteed! Huge clean space with superb service. Also perfect for the honeymooners. 

images taken from Ten Face website

For girls who like to shop, Platinum Mall and Mah Boon Krong are a must. The feel is so much like Mal Ambassador, only 3 times as big and the air con is actually cold. Stuff sold there is so much better in quality and cheaper in price. What more can you ask? Word of advice: don’t think, just buy.

Have I mentioned my love towards food, yes Thai food is mm…mm... good. The brown noodle soup, the pad thai, the curries, the seafood, the minced beef with basil, the mango sticky rice, the papaya salad… oooo I can go on and on. For starters, try a Chinese Thai seafood restaurant called Baan Klang Nam. You could enjoy your Tom yam Goong while enjoying the Chao Phraya River. You may also find lots of street food at Jatujak Market, Yaowarat Road in the Chinatown district, and well, practically everywhere.  Even the food courts are crazily good. My favorite is the fruit stalls along the streets. The mangoes, the pineapples, and the guavas are all so sweet, healthy and cheap.

I’m sure there are a lot of other cool places or things to do than the ones mentioned above (ie. Grand Palace, Floating Market, Sleeping Buddha), so make sure you research well and oh yes, a few tips for you: make sure you write all your destinations in Thai. Ask help from the hotel’s front desk or the restaurant people to write them for you so you could show them to the taxi drivers. At best, find English-speaking ones. 

Go have your own adventure!

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Attention shoppers!

Ever getting tired of same old wedding color scheme? Yes, i'm talking about red and gold. The uber-favorite color of Chinese Indonesian, they just can't stay away from them! My family, has always been a fan of red and gold. Every single celebration was always celebrated in none other than those two colors. I am actually getting reaaalllyyy tired of it. But when I saw these new Spring 2011 collection from Monique Lhuillier, I think I might have liked it a little bit :)

pictures from style.com

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Non-matching Bridesmaid Dresses

Non-matching bridesmaid dresses, yes or no?
We say, with all our hearts, YES! But a word of caution, if you want to dress your bridesmaids in non-matching outfits, make sure that they are still cohesive. This way, it'll add to the whole aesthetics of the wedding.

We love cohesive non-matching bridesmaid dresses because of several reasons:
1. Everybody has different body types, so, your bridesmaids will love you more for acknowledging that.
2. It's very unique and not traditionally done, so there will be an element of surprise for your guests.
3. It's FUN =)

If you've been thinking about doing this at your wedding, we suggest that the bridesmaid dresses be similar in the color hue, the length and that their dress relates to the whole feel of your wedding i.e. romantic, vintage, modern, classic, etc.

Check out some pictures below for cohesive, non-matching bridesmaid dresses in real weddings.

{images taken from Ruffled, Southern Weddings, and Style Me Pretty}

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