The banquets...

We are going to have 2! It sounds tiring, but since I get to be pretty for 2 days, I am not complaining..
We booked Raffles The Plaza for our 1st dinner on Sat, 20th Aug. We had to do it fast, because 8th Mar turns out to b a very ausp date. I made calls to quite a number of hotels, and they were already booked. So when I called RTP, and was told it was still free for booking, Weixiong and me didn't want to sit around and wait too much. In Singapore, couples apparently booked their venues on average a year ahead. So when we finally cld decide on our wedding day, we were only left with 6 months to go.
So on our first appointment, we signed and made the deposit. Checked out the bridal suite and I must say...it is beautiful. No regrets! It's gonna be fun holding my wedding there.

Now, we have to start looking for venue to hold the 2nd banquet. A resturant this time, according to WX's dad's request..(ahem...or was it demand?? hee) Shortlisted a few places, we will view them within the 1 - 2 weeks.

The date has been picked!

After much (heated??) discussions, we finally reached an agreement and decided on 8th March 2006. The 2nd dinner will be held a week later. So guys, write it down in ur diary k. It's a Wed!

We are now in debt!

We got our house keys today! 5 mins after collecting the keys, both of us realised that we are now in debt. Not a pleasant thought for people like us who never like to borrow money. But we are still happy nonetheless. We are now proud houseowner. Okay...not really tat proud, maybe after the renovation. The house is totally bare right now, with only the washrooms and kitchen walls done. Hey, we got lucky too, cos the tiles colour turned out to be ok. phew....we get to save some money on the kitchen walls =)

My flower girl left

Simin was diagnoised with Brain Stem Giloma on the 14th March 05. All preparation work for the wedding and house hunting came to a stop, no one was in the mood. A little angel of 8 when we learned of her illness, she died on the 10th July, jus a month after her 9th birthday.

She's still be my flower girl and will remain forever in my memories as my little princess.

After all the merry making...came the hard work

Well, it was fun at the begining, the search for the "perfect" bridal studio to work with, but as we went through the many studios along the T. Pagar stretch, it became tiring...
We went thru so many of them and each has its pros and cons. Our last 2 stops were Sophia and Milan. Love the photography done by Sophia and the gowns look pretty. But....the manager in charge actually thought we are a new couple, going round trying on gowns for fun. Sigh....if she had tried harder to sell her wares, I guess we would have signed up with her.

Now her neighbour, Milan (which I later realised, belong to the same management), is an entirely different story. They sell, and pretty agressively. I do like their photography and I jus couldn't forget my friend's pictures taken by them as well. So...we went home $5.1k poorer..with a made to measure package. I shudder to think how much it will cost at the end of the day when we picked our pictures and buy more.

After the BS, came the house hunt. We decided on Jurong area cos darl wants to stay near his folks, and it isn't too far from mine. 5 mins from his, 10 mins from mine (ok...that's if i speed). Further north, like Woodlands seems like an 8hr flight for him. Can u believe it? Singapore is a small tiny island, everywhere is 30mins away. Sigh...

The Proposal

My engagement ring.

He proposed on our 6th anniversay, with lots of balloons and flowers.