The 'Small' Operation

I was considering if I should do this post. But then again, what the hell, I had to start ranting to release my pent up pain and suffering.

With just 1 week left before the end of 2010, my wife-to-be suggested I go for a Circumcision in preparation for the wedding night. If you don't know what a circumcision is, 'Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis' (wikipeda.org). Contrary to most beliefs, the main benefit from having the foreskin removed is for hygiene. The foreskin has many folds so the region is known to 'store' bacteria and dirt and in American Pie terms Jizm.

This will be a very long post so I'll divide it into sections:

The Plan:
With almost one month left to the wedding, Agnes proposed that I go for a circumcision as her brother has just undergone one a few weeks ago. According to her bro, nah not painful only a bit of a hassle when peeing. She said better go get it done if you want to get married. I immediately weighed the pros and cons of having to go thru the surgery in my mind, I thought of Kenny Sia's blog entry in 2006 when he was considering having it done as well. http://www.kennysia.com/archives/2006/05/zhng-my-penis.php
I totally agree with what he said that a circumcised thingy pees with a lesser mess than one that hasn't gone thru circumcision. Like a sprinkler and a squirt gun. I decided that removing the foreskin should have its advantages and considering the breakthroughs modern surgery, got use laser want what, people say won't feel a thing. So we booked an appointment with the surgeon on Thursday 30th December 2010. I had to finish up work on Friday the 31st and after that I'll have a long weekend, enough for a rest before I start work again on Monday.

The Doctor's Appointment:
We came to the Surgeon's office saying, I want to do the surgery right away before New Year Comes. He's shocked like, Today? Then I said yeah let's go. Then I asked him you use a laser to cut it right? He said no there's no laser in here. At this moment I'm starting to have second thoughts about the whole thing. I was imagining that the surgery will employ something like a light saber, so I thought my thing will be clamped on to something, then the skin is stretched and clipped, in comes a light saber slash and off with the skin. That's how I thought the whole process will be like, remember Star Wars Episode 1 when the Darth Maul plunged his light saber into Qui-Gon Jinn's chest it took him like a few moments to even register the pain, now that with a couple of shots of anesthetic I shouldn't even feel any pain at all.
Now I'm starting to have thoughts about all the scissors and knives the surgeon would use, it'll most probably be something like a scene from the SAW movies. Despite all the doubts I have, Agnes assured me that her bro just went through with it at the same hospital so it shouldn't be a problem. Too late to back out now, I was led to the surgery room after having my blood samples taken.

Pre Surgery:
I had to get into one of the backless blue robes they hand out in hospitals and show some sexy back.

I was still in the mood to camwhore

Getting on the surgery bed, I was chatting away with the surgeon's assistant as he prepared for the surgery. In came the surgeon as he inspected the area down there. He said the hair was obstructive so he asked the assistant to shave it clean. I thought they'll use an electric shaver but he brought out a standard Gillete Razor. I was thinking at least use a Mach3 for less irritation! But the assistant did a very good job, no cut wounds and he was really thorough in clearing the area, maybe I can call him again to help me shave before the wedding night.

The Anesthetic:
The surgeon will only utlise local anesthetic so I'll still be awake and still feel the rest of my body. I almost screamed when he mentioned where he'll inject it, right in the centre of the poor little dude. Imagine a needle shot through your shaft, front and back. This is where I realised I have zero tolerance for pain. The surgeon explained that most people required only 2 shots of anesthetic to make the area feel numb, but after 2 shots I still yelped when he pinched the area. He gave me 2 more shots, he explained people who drink alcohol tend to have a resistance to anesthetic effects then he gave me an extra shot, 5 shots in total. Considering that I can last 7 tequila shots, I should have asked him to give me 2 more shots for safe measure.

The Procedure:
I was lying on the surgery bed, with a cloth covering the bottom part of my body so I can't see what's going on. The surgeon explained that he's going to clean the area 1st, but I yelped out in pain as I feel an incission being made. I'll use a clock face to explain the procedure. The 1 to 12 on the clock being the circumference of my little buddy, the surgeon started making the incision at 3 O'clock and peeled away the skin till 6 O'clock. The first 1/4 of the cut is like blardy toture to me, the experience doesn't feel like being cut by a light saber at all. It's more like an electrical saw cutting away the skin, I can feel the surgeon cutting the skin bit by bit then pulling it. Like using a can opener to open the lid of a can, only that my poor little guy is the can :(

Imagine this being applied to your most precious part

After cutting, he pulled the skin, then immediately stiched it up, I can feel a cool liquid that I can only imagine it to be blood. For reasons I don't understand, most of the pain I felt is on the 3'Oclock to 6'Oclock region, maybe that's where most of the veins are, when he passed the 6'Oclock I stopped feeling the pain until he finished the procedure almost 40 minutes later. He told me to get up and take a look at his handy work. I was supprised he was done, I couldn't feel the rest of the cuts.

Post Surgery:
After the surgeon was done, I sit up straight and saw my precious with blood and stitches all over. I almost shed a tear. The assistant immediately cleaned it up and applied bandage. Then in comes a female nurse, she was giggling and suggested to wrap it up like a Lemper (Indonesian Rice Cake) -_-
I got on my feet and was led out of the surgery room to a bed rest area.

That's how I looked like after the whole ordeal

After 10 minutes of rest I was able to get changed and wait in the waiting area for my medication. The surgeon warned that I have to control my thingy, if it gets up, the stiches will break then I'll have to come in to get it done again. He told me to think of aeroplanes if that's to happen -_-
Got home, changed and tried to go to sleep while I can still feel the pain from the cuts.

The Morning After:
Woke up as usual at 6.20 in the morning, I had to take a bath without getting the area down there wet. Peeing was also a hassle as I have to be really precise in the aiming and had to clean it up thoroughly less it gets infected. I put on some comfy clothes for work and off I go. Getting into the car was a problem, I had to drive myself to work. I drive a manual so each time I had to step on the clutch or shift my right leg from accelarate to brake I would scream a little. Manage to get to work just fine, but I didn't feel like doing much, just wait for the time to go by and after lunch I would just finish up the workers pay and go home.

The preserved foreskin in a bottle for souvenir

I dunno if the lost of blood or lack of sleep is making me drowsy, but we'll like to wish you a Happy New Year. Wish you would get something new like little dave got a new 'makeover'. See you next year!

The Prewed Photo: Inside the Venetian and a Word of Advice

A word of advice from our Pastor, Nick Penders:

'Happy Wife, Happy Life

Sad Wife, Sad Life' 

He told me to keep that in mind, after marriage the main factor that determines if I would enjoy the rest of my life, is how I would make my wife happy. If she's not happy, forget about having a good happy life -_-

I would add in another sentence myself

'Angry Wife = Living Hell' 

There's a metaphor saying Woman is like a vase. Beautiful as it looks, once broken it would take a long time to be mended and even if its been painstakingly put together, it would not be the same as it once was. I would have to put that in mind.

These two pictures are taken in a cafe inside the Venetian. See as long as she is happy, we both would be happy.

We just sat there without ordering anything and hurried to take picture of the beautiful decorations

The giant bottle of wine is nicely in position, just like a wine ad

The Decoration Plans: Main Stage

The last decoration plan that Rina of De Sketsa drew for us is the Stage. This will be where the the main activities will proceed and it will showcase her best decoration skills. Three different shades of red will be used to adorn the background with flowers covering the centre piece.
We can only wait until the actual day to see how it will look.

Click on the picture to enlarge

The Prewed Photos: Venetian Exterior

For this set of pictures, we took it at the exterior of the Venetian Macau. It was after we had a massive buffet brunch that we started to take the pictures. You can see the increase in tummy size. The wardrobe we had on complemented the Venetian' cream white pillars.

It's very hot and humid

We're kinda forced to kiss each other's sweat covered faces, hence the expression

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The Prewedding Pictures on Ian PhotoBlog

Ian finally posted up our prewed pictures on his photoblog. What he wrote about us is funny.

Here's the blog entry taken from http://ianphotoblog.com/2010/12/23/david-agness-pre-wedding/

David + Agnes’s Pre-wedding

“And the award for the most unique couple goes to….”

Yes, David and Agnes is a very unique couple. They have a different chemistry than every other couple we ever met. Seeing the two of them was like watching movie “My Sassy Girl” mix with “Pink Panther”!! You’ll see what I mean when you watched the pre-wedding movie that we did for them.

The couple is Korean & Hong Kong movie lovers, so we came up with the idea of using the director’s clapper board as the scene separator. We even designed a movie poster for each scenes to be placed at their Hollywood themed wedding next January. Can’t wait to be part of this one-of-a-kind wedding.

After shortlisting on few possible locations, their choices fell on Macau & Hong Kong. One thing that I always remember during our trip is how much food we ate! Not only a movie lovers, they also very appreciate good food. While others are conscious about how will their tummy look in the photos, David & Agnes is the first couple who always prioritize to fill their tummy before the photo session. They were like , “Eat first. Take photo later!” and then we went for a buffet few days in a row!! I gained few kilos after spending time with them. Thanks for believe in our photoshop skills by the way

There was one time while the girls were getting ready, me and David went to casino and he won big! We celebrated it after the photo session with the best egg tart we ever tasted!! It was one hell of a fun, thanks to David & Agnes for such great time.

We will post their pre-wedding movie after their wedding next month, stay tuned for the movie poster we designed for them in the next post. Meanwhile sit back, relax, and enjoy!

The Wedding Invitation: Earlier Designs

Getting the invitation cards done, was to us one of the most difficult things to agree on. We quarrelled like an already married couple just to agree on one single design that we both like, while we both have different preferences and none of us wanted to give in. There's also the factor that our parents have to like the design we came up with, as a majority of the invitations would be sent out to family members and business associates.

At first we wanted the design to be like movie tickets, but our parents insisted the cards have to be red in colour. After meeting up with a few vendors, we choose one that came up with a design we thought would look nice and unique.

After going through a few design revisions, the final product looked pretty enough on the computer screen. We agreed on having it processed. However, when we were shown a sample of the printed card, we didn't really like it. Upon showing it to our parents, they had much bigger complaints, the red is like an Ang Pao (Red Packet) more suitable for Chinese New Year. None of them liked it, so we had the card revamped by changing the colour to a lighter shade of pink.

Our first card design

The envelope in matching red

Changed the colour to pink, it looks much easier on the eyes.

When showing this version to our parents, they had no objections. They said it was nice enough to be processed. However, when the day came to tell the vendor to process the printing, Agnes and me both decided that we didn't like it at all. We felt the design was too plain and it just wasn't the card that we wanted. We felt really bad having the vendor to change the design again, so we decided to just drop this vendor (to be incurred a cancellation fee) and get another vendor to design us a card from scratch.

The cards are now ready and we both felt relieved that the final product turned out really nice, some of the people who saw it were impressed as well. I won't post a picture of what the card looks like, just wait for it to come into your mail.

As much as I want to invite everyone that I know for my big day, we know that this will not be possible. We have set a strict budget and the ballroom can only accomodate that much people.
Due to the limited invitations, we'll only mail out to the guests that have confirmed that they will come to the wedding.
Which is why this blog comes into place, everything about the wedding will be documented for those living overseas and those who can't make it to the wedding. Thanks to the advances in Social media technology.
To everyone who says the card is nice, we really appreciate after all the effort we put into it.

The Prewed Photos: Venetian's Indoor Canal

This set of photos are taken at the shopping area in the Venetian Macau. It has an indoor canal, complete with gondolas..

Side profile really look so fat

Tummy shot, have to tuck it in for this shot

We trying to do something out of a Bollywood movie

The Ugly Betty Glasses

While looking through the whole lot of Pre Wedding Pictures, I noticed Agnes looks so pretty in all of them. Then when I see her at home, it's like a totally different feeling. Like I've been cheated by the tons of make up, good lighting and good photoshop editing, lol.

Word of advice to all guys there, want to see how a girl really look like, must see her without make up. It's said that in Korea guys would stay overnight with the girl and see how she looks like the next morning before deciding to take the relationship further, or just say thank you and good bye, lol.

No complaints about the girl I'm marrying, just the one thing I hate most is the glasses that she wears at home and even to work. I call it the Ugly Betty Glasses.

This is what she looks like with the glasses:

Eh she's wearing a tube, how come like not wearing anything

This is without her glasses:

We're outdoors and she's really wearing something lar

Look so different. First time I saw her with those glasses was when we just got together, I wondered if I got the wrong girl, lol.
Last night when we met with our Pastor for Pre Marital counselling I complained to him about the Ugly Betty Glasses, he just laughed and advised us on choosing another pair together.

The Prewed Photos: The Old Church

We didn't plan for this shoot location, this old church wasn't on the tourism map for Macau. We were fortunate that the rental car driver noticed we were taking pre wedding pictures and brought us to this old church on a hilltop. Taking photos in front of the church looked like we were really getting married there.

Ian pays attention to these details, we were just comparing the height of our heels. Hers cheat one.

She forced herself on me