Vivian and Ryan's Wedding Site

Welcome!

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Dear Family and Friends,

Welcome to our wedding site!

We are really excited about the coming of our big day,

October 29th, 2006!

We hope to use this site as a channel to provide you with useful and up-to-date information about our wedding planned for the year 2006. As such, we will try our best to keep this site as current as possible. Please check back often for new updates.

For now, feel free to read about our stories and please do not forget to send us your mailing address before leaving. We hope to share with you the biggest joy in our lives and your gracious attendance will make the day an even more memorable occasion for us!

Thank you.

Best regards,

Vivian & Ryan

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The Bride

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Vivian was born in one of the most fascinating cities in Asia (Hong Kong), where she spent 15 happy years in the loving arms of her parents, Teddy and Helen, her elder sister Vicki and her dearest and most respected late grandma, Natasha. She finished junior high school in one of the best local Catholic girls' school, Marymount Secondary School, where she established a strong foundation for her future endeavors and cultivated a number of long-lasting friendships. In 1989 after wrapping up 10th grade, Vivian left her home town and arrived at Los Angeles to further her education and embark onto the journey of adulthood.

After earning a Computer Science & Engineering degree from UCLA, Vivian decided that engineering wasn't interesting after all, so she accepted a job offer at Andersen Consulting where she was exposed to various industries and given opportunities to travel across the US. Before she finally got tired of living out of her suitcase, she had lived in more than a dozen cities throughout the nation! But in 1999, time had come for Vivian to end her road warrior life and settle down in San Francisco, where the pace, the weather and the delicious food were just amazing and irresistible!

A few years zoomed by, Vivian did not have too much luck with hitting the IPO jackpot despite her hardwork. But God does love her and let her run into one of the brightest, sweetest and most adorable person ever in her life in 2003 and his name was Ryan. Their friendship and affection grew by day and gradually turned into love...

TO BE CONTINUED.

The Groom

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Ryan is the youngest of the three kids of Edwin and Joann Lum. He was born in Ridgecrest, California, a small city in the mojave desert near the Naval Air Weapons Center where his father worked. In Ridgecrest, Ryan enjoyed his first years of infancy accompanied by his brother, Daryl and sister, Melissa. At the age of 2, Ryan's family left and moved to Dinuba, a small town in the Central Valley where his parents managed a liquor store. Dinuba would be his home until he finished High school and eventually moved away to pursue college.

Growing up in Dinuba, Ryan enjoyed all the qualities of living in a small town. As a kid, he spent his spare time traversing the city on his skateboard and bicycle, playing video games with his buddies, and amazingly avoided trouble in the pursuit of his favorite hobby, which was finding ways to escape the boredom with his friends-which usually resulted in some sort of mischief. And of little surprise, years of practice honing his skills on his Nintendo and computer trained Ryan into a master of all video games. Ryan also did his best to follow the high marks set forth by his elder brother and sister, and eventually presided over his high school graduation as valedictorian as they had done.

After high school, Ryan pursued an aerospace engineering degree at UCLA. In his first year at the dormitory, he met many new friends and established friendships that grew over the years, even after his transfer to UC Berkeley where he eventually graduated with a bachelor degree in Molecular and Cell Biology. After Berkeley, Ryan then went to medical school at Tufts University in Boston and then did his residency in internal medicine at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles. In the year 2002 after finishing his residency in Los Angeles, Ryan wanted to return to the San Francisco bay area as he really missed his friends and the city life. He accepted a job offer with Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael as an internist and has since settled down in San Francisco, where he met Vivian...

The Couple

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From the day they met, Ryan and Vivian knew their friendship could potentially develop into something better -- Vivian was very impressed by Ryan's intelligence, humbleness and gentleness, while Ryan found Vivian very smart, funny and sincere (of course, he was fascinated by her cute looks too.) Everything moved along so naturally that it felt like they had known each other for a long time. They have since been best friends and soul-mates , spending time together doing and talking just about anything. When they have each other around, they are always very happy and at ease. Their common passion in life is simple -- Technology, delicious food and vacation traveling. Nothing fancy and extravagant is needed as the greatest source of pleasure is found in their mutual company. They think alike in many ways and share common values and taste, despite growing up in two different environments. With their complementary personality harmonizing every element in their relationship, the two are assured that they are meant to be together for the rest of their lives.To see how Ryan popped the question to Vivian, please CONTINUE reading.

The Proposal

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On a fall Sunday afternoon in San Francisco after Viv woke up from her 10+ hours of beauty sleep, Ryan suggested eating something light for lunch and doing something outdoors afterwards, despite the weather was foggy and muggy. Flying a kite sounded fun as Viv had never done it before and figured it would be a good excuse to drag her lazy bum out for some long overdue exercise. The two settled off to nearby Walgreens and Lombardi Sports looking for kites, but to no avail. Finally, after Googling for "kite store" around zip code 94109, they located "Kite Fly" near Pier 39. But apparently, it was tough to run a kite-only retail business in Fishermen's Wharf and "Kite Fly" was no longer in existence. Sensing that Ryan was a bit disappointed, Viv decided to give it a final shot by asking the neighboring storekeepers. After several failed attempts, they finally found a store named "Mud, Wind and Fire", where they got hold of a 46" flyer. Hooooray!

Ryan and Viv arrived at the Marina and picked an area nearby Crissy Field to start flying the kite. To be honest it was one of the worst days for flying a kite as not only was it drizzling, there was also absolutely no wind! Viv was exhausted after about 10 mins of running around trying to keep the kite airborne. Feeling somewhat pooped out, Viv was secretly hoping Ryan would suggest heading back. But instead, Ryan suggested taking a stroll down to Fort Point, around 2 miles from where they were. During the stroll, Ryan was watchfully looking around enjoying the scenery while Viv was busy estimating how much further Fort Point was. After about a mile, Ryan suggested walking out on a deck where a flock of seagulls hung out. The sky was gloomy but San Francisco bay was calm. The atmosphere was sentimental but romantic with landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge partiallying enshrouded in a thin layer of fog. Ryan told Viv to hang on to the kite so he could kneel down to tie up his shoe-laces. While Viv was wrestling with the kite, Ryan suddenly held her hand and said "Since the first day I met you I knew you would be the one. Would you marry me?" Taken by both surprise and joy, Viv responded with tears in her eyes, "YES!"
A symbol of everlasting love.

That was how the two began another chapter of their lives together...

US Wedding

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Oct 29th, 2006 (Sunday)

*** Ceremony ***

St. Mary's Cathedral

Address: 1111 Gough St. San Francisco, CA 94109
Location: Main Altar
Time: 5:30 pm PST
Parking: Church parking

*** Reception ***

The Argent Hotel San Francisco

Address: 50 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
(between Mission & Market Streets)
Cocktail: The Metropolitan 3 Foyer @ 7:00 pm
Dinner: The Metropolitan 3 Ballroom @ 8:00 pm

Special Notes for Guests

Accomodation
Special hotel room block at $179.00/night has been setup
at The Argent Hotel for 3 nights, under
'Vivian Tan & Ryan Scott Lum Wedding' from Oct-27 to Oct-30.

Please reserve your room at least 30 days in advance to your arrival date
(or asap). note: The negotiated rate is substantially less than
the regular rate and that of other comparable 4-star hotels.

Parking Information

Please click here to locate parking locations nearby.

Church-to-Hotel Direction

Gifts & Registry

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*** Wedding Registry ***

The best gift of all would be your presence at our Big Day!

We are saving to purchase our first house together in the Bay Area after the wedding. So at the moment, we have only created a small gift registry at several stores.

Thank you!

Wedding Gallery

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Finally, our WEDDING DAY (Oct 29, 06)

Engagement Shoot (Aug 11, 06)

Wedding Gown Shopping, Bridal Fair @ Four Seasons (Jan, 06)

Bridesmaid's Gown Shopping (Mar, 06), Hair / Makeup Trial (Jul, 06)

Leave Us Your Address

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Please send your:

Full name
Mailing address and
Number of adult guests (including yourself)

To Vivian and Ryan or rvwedding@gmail.com. That would help us with our estimates tremendously!

Thank you very much!