We are on the MAGAZINE!

Sometimes in July. Something to disclose.

It's time to tell the little secret we've been keeping. WE ARE ON A MAGAZINE - the Knot!

*We are ONLY on Northern California, issue 182. There's a Southern California 181 with same cover but we are NOT on it.

Not baby. Not moving to SF. Not winning Lotto. Good guess but too boring. We were hoping someone would come up with something more creative n' interesting. But what could we expect others to think of a newlywed besides baby and baby. No one cares us except when will I get pregnant. Sorry to disappoint you... but not yet.

I supposed no one would guess it right anyway. Even Hadi and I would never expect things like that. Can't believe it had come true. We are excited but mostly feel very rewarded cause Hadi and I did all the design for the wedding ourselves. Now we feel like our hard work is recognized and paid off. Our ribbon idea and cake design are Knot picks!

My ribbon idea on Knot homepage!

We still aren't too sure how it happened. Was it because I submitted the photos or our photographer Ingrid turned in her portfolio? It was a year ago when we received an email from the Knot. They informed us that our wedding had been picked and asked us to fill in a very long questionnaire from how we met to the every single details of our wedding. Then I learned that it took a year of work for a magazine to publish (at least it is how the Knot does it).


We waited a year patiently. Said nothing to no one cause we weren't sure if this would really going to happen. It was too surreal. Our wedding on a US wedding magazine? Why us?

We got three complimentary magazines from the Knot before the issue was on the shelf. We still didn't say a word to anyone. Now it's on sale everywhere and we're sure it's really happening. So delighted to share the honor with you, especially our guests who experienced the big day with us. You're part of our beautiful memories and definitely part of the magazine feature. We are not trying to show off here. It's truly all about rewarding, also assuring I am one small step closer to my wedding design dream one day. Hey, email us if you know anyone who needs design for wedding!

Diving Koogther

No, "something to disclose" isn't about diving. Not yet time to announce the "something". Scuba diving is another thing. Our website homepage has everything we could think of doing together like "Eat Koogether. Travel Koogether. Play Koogether....".But we didn't know we would dive koogether. Right, Mr Koo loves challenges. He just wants to try everything. And I, a person who would freak out on roller coasters, went sky diving and snowboarding at black diamond with him. After flying up the sky (actually diving down), now down to ocean. What's next, husband?

3 hours pool class on Saturday morning

It is a 4 classes course that we're doing. 2 classes in pool and 2 in the ocean. Finish in two weekends. We have a book to study, a dvd to watch and exam to take. After finishing all these we will get certified and then we can go diving on our own everywhere on earth without any guidance.

Open water class - practice in the ocean on Sunday 1pm to 11pm

I scuba dived at Great Reef Barrier, Australia a few years ago. It was a tourist activity. So everything was much easier cause it was all set up and I wasn't required any knowledge at all. In this diving course however, I need to learn be my own and take care of all the equipments and my own life. That wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part, many students agree, is to put on the tightest suit on earth.



O, there's another difficult part which is to stand the one and a half hour boat ride from Long Beach to Catalina island. I already gave up the class and got my refund back because of this. I don't want to go back and take the boat ride again. It's a dive boat with oxygen tanks along both sides. Seats are hard and not comfy cause it's not a luxurious cruise trip. You can't sit back, relax and enjoy with the tanks at your back when the boat goes up and down, up and down for 90 mins. It's tough for me. One time is enough.

I didn't know you can barbecue on a boat. The captain is cooking hamburger and chicken for our dinner.

There isn't really much to see in Catalina ocean except some fishes and lots kelp. No coral at all. Very different picture from what I experienced in Australia. That's another reason I ain't so motivated to be back to Catalina again. Scuba diving is a heavy duty to me. It took us lots of energy and we were both exhausted at the end of the class when we returned to land at around 11 at night.

Mr Koo in full gear. Special thanks to Michael and Yvonne for generously lending us.

My conclustion is I didn't feel I was enjoying myself. Mr Koo isn't as vulnerable as I am though. He will finish the rest of the course and try to be certified. I don't mind him taking a "longer" break, may be something else will keep him busy before he will come up with another idea and put me into another challenge again.

Something to Disclose