♥ Saturday, April 23, 2011 ' 11:03 PM ♥
Exam finally over. Left with 7 more weeks of attachment and I'm done with the whole course. I hope this gonna be the last phase of my student life. Going through exams, projects and presentation is getting on my nerve already.
Once again, I apologise for neglecting my blog.
So in order to compensate for it, I'm gonna reveal the preparation of my ROM in this entry!!
Been in love with you for 7 years.And will continue loving you in the years to come..
Happy Seventh Anniversary my love. I realised our celebration is getting simpler each year,and I no longer demand for gifts and roses from you anymore.But honey, it's not a bad thing.Cos I once almost lose you, therefore I learned that nothing is even more important than having you in love with me too.The best gift that you can ever give, is wanting to my hands till old.And I felt it every time when you smile, telling me how much you are looking forward to it.
The invitation cards that are sent to our close friends for attending the celebration.p/s: I know all my readers know my boyfriend as Sky. Nope, I did not change my partner. Just that he changed his name to Ryan when he went over to UK for his studies. At first I thought he uses this name to hook other girls, but it was because people is telling him that Sky is an awkward name for the English, that's why. Same as you guys, I felt weird too at first and is still trying to correct my friends from calling him the wrong name. Whatever it is, to prevent confusion, just call him Ah Meng will never go wrong. LOLs!!
5 Things to note for the day to say I DO.The DateAs seen in the above picture, 11 June 2011 gonna be the day we are announced as Husband and Wife.
Initially, we chose the date 22 October 2011, which is a Saturday between our birthdays. But our flat came so much earlier than we expected, we got to bring forward our ROM in order to submit our marriage certificate within the time frame.
Then we thought it could be better if we are able to do it on our 7
th year anniversary, unfortunately the wedding bands is unable to arrive on time. Then again, we suggested 19
th June, which is the date when he proposed to me two years ago. Sadly, the
chinese calendar stated that it will be a bad day to get married. So finally, we decided on 11
th June, a good day for
chinese calendar, also the day we started our very first overseas trip together, where all the sweet memories and the proposal plans took place. Quite memorable also
lah huh. *
Hahaha..
The VenueAfter we settled with the date, we started to search for a good place for solemnisation. As much as we wanted everything to fall within our budget, we realised that booking a venue for solemnisation can easily hit up to 2.5K and above, with only maximum 4 to 6 hours of hosting.
This is not what we wanted
lah.. Especially to accommodate babies, elderly and youngsters together is a even more difficult task for us. Moreover, we gonna host a grand wedding next year, it's just a ceremony which I don't think I wanted to splurge so much money on.
Then one day, when I was thinking if I should go Maldives for my honeymoon, I saw
Fann Wong's wedding pictures and thinking that solemnising in a hotel's suite can be a good idea. Putting into consideration that the venue name will be printed out on our marriage cert, we chose one which I would dying to stay in!!
Marina Bay Sands.
We finalised on Orchid Suite, given the crazy rates per night, we felt that it's more worthwhile than having it elsewhere, at least I'm staying more than 20 hours here. I wanted a more private, cosy and family kind of ceremony. And this just fits me perfectly.
The Guests ListDue to the limitation of guests allowed in the room, I got to divide the whole thing into two parts, which I think would be a better idea though. Only our parents and siblings are invited to witness our exchanging of vows, then we will bring them for dinner. Later in the evening, friends who are selected to be our Groomsman and Bridesmaid will join in the party till late. A very nontraditional kind of wedding I would say, I always have weird thinking different from the others.
LOLs.
The RingsThe wedding ring has been worn on the third finger of the left hand since Roman times. The Romans believed that the vein in that finger runs directly to the heart. The wedding ring is a never-ending circle, which symbolizes everlasting love.
Fulfilling my wish of always wanting a ring from Cartier, we got love at first sight on a same pair of it. So we sort of like lessen a lot of hassle from ring-shopping and trying out on different pairs. The only reason we took a long time to decide was because of the price. It
costs us $4.5K a pair. *
WOOTs!
For a couple who are preparing a wedding and renovating a home like us, we struggled a lot if we should just get it or purchase any from
Goldheart or
Sookee, which cost only about half of the price than this. And the remaining amount of money can be used to buy other home appliances.
I only want one ring to wear for a lifetime, because it's this ring that he gave, with all the promises made during the exchanging of vows. It took my heart away when he told me that he saved on proposal ring, and gave me this instead. Fair enough, I do not need so many rings, just one, which will be with me for a lifetime. =)
The Wedding DressI was given a ROM dress in the package that I signed with My Dream Wedding. But later on I realised that I forgot to negotiate for a tea dress for my Actual Day. So, to save $200 for the rental, I swapped my ROM dress to tea dress since I'm not doing "big" for my
solemnisation.
I started shopping for my dress and spotted this from
ASOS which only cost me 50bucks!
Simple and nice, very me cos it's very short too! *
Hahahaha!
Ok! I hope you enjoyed the post and it's useful for you when it's your turn to get married! =)
Will update again on the next post for my
lovenest's renovation, stay tuned! =)
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