ROM updates!

I'm soooo busy that I have no idea what I am busy with.. With less than 3 months to my ROM, I have been confirming things here and there... deciding stuff now and then..

I will officially become AUNTIE on the 23rd Jan 2010...

(p.s i like the date eh cause every year my anniversary is on 0123 bwahaha buy 4d ok!!!)

I have no idea what I have done and what else there might be to do. Maybe it's good that I have them listed down slowly eh..

1) Venue
After sourcing many venues.. ok frankly not as much as finding my actual wedding day banquet venue but still.. after running around Singapore.. after must hesitation and frustration (drama again)... we have settled and decided to hold our Solemnization Ceremony at....

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*drum roll*

The Singapore Art Museum!



The ceremony will be held in the Auditorium and I am sooo excited!



I simple Lurrrvveee it (with the Capital L of course!)

It's beautiful isn't it.. Well I and dada just love the entire look and feel of it..

Well we did consider other locations like Fullerton hotel, Raffles hotel's lawn as well as Grand Copthorne for solemnization but this place captured our hearts.. hehe

One thing very important for us is also the rain! Nov-Jan is rainy season and I don't want to have headache and worry about that!

We paid our deposit.. and we are off planning!!

2) Justice of The Peace
Ahhhh... We have scored ourselves the hottest JP in town! For months I have been hearing that Mr Chan Kai Yau is great but as I do not know any other good JPs, I thought I still have lots of time to source for one.. So one day.. a few weeks back, I read that Mr Chan is booked by 10 other couples on 23rd January as well.. I did consider Mr Phang and Mrs Chia but you know me, I want the best that I can get and nearly burst into tears as I thought I cannot get Mr Chan to grace my big day.. *rolls eyes - come to think of it I am a damn DrAMA MAMA Bride.. bridezilla.. ooh no.." So dada told me not to think so much and just give him a call to see if he can... and thankfully!! Mr Chan is free at the timing I want!!! We confirmed with him immediately and TADA!!!! I still don't know why he is good and yet I want him to be there!! I want someone serious, yet humourous and I heard he fits what I want...

*P.S godma's JP is him as well and she likes him a lot!! phew!! hope all goes well!*
*Cross Fingers*

3) Food
I have 3 choice actually...
- get outside caterer and just hold a simple tea reception at the courtyard.. nothing fantastic but the food can be of a better choice depending on which caterer I go to...
- Dome Cafe at SAM.. I can book the whole restaurant.. lovely place.. warm and cozy... just that I find that the catering set up wasn't fantastic.. too simple plain in my own opinion.. Can accomodate all my guest in the place also but there's still something missing..
- Via Mar restaurant at SAM... Atas expensive restaurant on it's own.. sister company to the famous Viet Lang restaurant at ACM. Then again I have not tried Via Mar's food before and am a bit worried frankly speaking.. They let me have the whole restaurant and they have staff to assist me.. I trust that the food should be at least of some standard.. then again the only thing that is stopping me is that the place cannot hold all of my guest so its a part indoor part Alfresco dining kinda idea which is kinda cool also as there are guest who may prefer outdoor dining too... Contradicting I know.. it's frustrating hehe

Still deciding between the 3.. headache...

4) Photographer
We have decided to engage Melvin Ho to be our main photographer on our big day! Melvin is a very nice and funny guy.. get along with dada very well and I am happy for that.. So that settles!!

5) Videographer
After soooo many months of searching... sooooo pissed with some people wasting my time.. I finally found Johnny and Derrick who is able to capture the day for us on High Definition!!! Never mind what that means as long as I look nice day that can liao!!!

6) Gowns and makeup
My Bridal Studio - Sophia Weddings, will be providing me the gown! I have gone for my selection and have confirmed the gown already! But still! Kiasu me always think that it's good to have backups! I shall not go into that and will keep it a secret for now hehehe! As for my makeup artist, I have confirm and chop the ever popular and famous Miss Candy from my bridal studio! Can't wait! *note to self: please remember to get Candy to do more shading on my face so it doesn't look so round.. bwahahaha* Ooh by the way, dada's suit is provided as well.. not forgetting my hand bouquet too!!

7) Theme
Regardless of where I am holding my ceremony, my theme is "Fairytale".. the princess in me is starting to ignite again.. The Princess (which is me) and the Prince (which is dada) will be the star of the show that day! And they shall live happily ever after..

8) Invitation cards
I've gotten them designed and am waiting for the final confirmation of the design and print out! With our powers unite.. me and didi (well mostly done by didi who got bossed around by me) have come out with the design that was finally approved by me.. I will try to show how it looks like when I have obtained it!

9) Guest List
Yup that is completed but we have yet to inform all our guest.. We are very sorry if we are unable to invite everyone as it is just a small ceremony for family and just a handful of friends... but rest assured, I will invite you to my Actual Day Banquet!!!

10) Hotel
This is unnecessary splurging but we still think we wanna go along with it.. We will book a hotel room whereby I can make up and go back and rest after the ceremony.. We are thinking of Swissotel the Stamford(great view) or Hotel Intercontinental(great place). The reason why we have these 2 in mind is due to the fact it is near SAM.

11) Jie Meis and Xiong Dis.
I have not come up with who needs to do what yet.. shall slowly plan!!
Need to meet up and discuss with them soon!

12) Florist
Not done yet!! Maybe I will part DIY part engaging a third party to help me but the place is really breath taking enough.. I just need to add in a bit more... I'm not a sucker for flowers as long as the place looks nice I am good to go..

13) Songs for the day..
Chicken feet... shall do this later..

14) ROM administrative stuff
Must register online to book the date you want. Please remember to have your witness details handy as you will need it during registration.

15) Wedding Favours
I wanted to have this initially but decided against that eventually as I find that it is kinda a bit of additional expenses that I can save.. I think most importantly.. my guest will want to see me happy on that day and that is what matters..

16) Wedding Bands
Oops we have actually long selected a pair of rings from Tiffany and Co but still did not purchase it yet as we thought we might find something else along the way.. I think we still got some time on this so I am not that worried.. hehe

17) Cost / Money
Ok I shall live in denial for this!
I don't want to know how much we have spent! Shall leave that to dear!!

I guess that's about it!! I hope I did not miss out anything!! If I did, please let me know!! Off to get my beauty sleep!! Working night shift again this coming week.. so sad.. so tiring.. ooh well.. The princess is off to bed!! Good night!!