It's been a long time coming....

Oh wow, it's literally been months since my last update. Life has just been so fast-paced that I've had to put the blog aside. So many things have happened since the last entry.

2 of the more significant events are:
1)We're married! (Legally speaking); and
2)We're houseowners!

To expand on those 2 pieces of news, it's been about 2 weeks since our ROM. It was an intimate affair at My Secret Garden and was attended by our families and close friends. I was looking forward to holding our ceremony at the courtyard area, but the skies decided to sprinkle their blessings on us that afternoon, so we had to hold it indoors. But it was a minor setback, for it was the company of our loved ones and the significance of the day that really mattered.

We went on a mini honeymoon after the ROM. Didn't go very far, thanks to a fellow blogger, we found out about this beautiful little island called Pulau Rawa, off Mersing town in Malaysia. It's a really nice place to lie back and relax for a couple of days. Don't expect any fancy facilities. It's pretty back-to-basics. Not totally rough-and-tumble style, but it's a laidback little resort. The water is wonderfully clear and the air of laidback charm is all that I need. I wish I was back there now :(

Then when we came back, it was time for another significant day. We were finally able to collect the keys to our new home. Since then, we've been going to our new place regularly to check on defects and stuff. Just submitted the defects list yesterday.

More developments to come.....

Trudging along with the ROM plans

We've made some progress in this step, though nothing is confirmed until we've put down our deposits. Photographer has been shortlisted, we met up with him 2 weeks ago and the main thing I was looking for during our meetup was essentially our chemistry with him. From his online portfolio, we've already gotten an understanding of his style and skills, from our email correspondence, we've obtained the pricelist, so the ability to work together was the next criteria. At least for me it is, and after our meetup, the decision was made.

Next step is to finalise the venue. We've shortlisted a couple of places and both are waterfront sites. One's more centralised, the other is way out in the east, but I think we'll be taking the east side location as it fulfills more of our expectations. Problem is we've had some issues with the coordinator so we're now in the midst of contacting another co-ord who'ld hopefully be more experienced.

We've also shortlisted a few JPs, and we'll be contacting them once we've confirmed the ROM venue.

Rings have been put on hold for the moment, though we do pop into the stores to check out designs, we're still considering ordering titanium rings from overseas as they are cheaper AND more importantly, more durable. But my concern is how to get a design that will go with the engagement ring.

Finally, the guestlist is now at 60 people *faint* I asked mummy how many pple she had at hers then, she said, 'Your daddy and me, and the 2 witnesses loh'

>Seraphinee foams and collapses at this point<

That's all! And now I have to cater for 60 people and this is not even our actual wedding. I fear for our banquet guestlist.

Fast Forward...

Based on the last entry, I'm sure you'ld realised that there has been a bit of a time lag from our engagement till now, so I'm going to try and get things up to date in this entry.

From July - Sept, we basically just enjoyed our new status as fiance and fiancee. Attempts to apply for a HDB flat have been unsuccessful so far. We've been trying since the beginning of this year so it's quite a bummer. We're now considering resale instead but the crazy property boom is making things quite difficult for us. I've also had to get used to wearing a ring practically all the time. Some horrible friend commented that it's not my style to wear fancy jewellery all the time and that I shouldn't go against my style. Guess whether I heeded her advice? :P

29 Sept
We attended our first bridal show at the Regent and made a deposit for a BS, Ritz Couture. There has been a bit of fuss about whether we've been too hasty about it. Perhaps, but it was a small deposit and we liked the photographer's work and the gown designs, plus the staff seem nice enough and market survey has shown that people have been quite happy with their service. So we'll see how it goes. *keeps fingers crossed*

Oh rite, we also like the Regent so it could be a potential AD venue for us.

14 Oct
Our parents met up officially for the first time. We had lunch at Tung Lok Signature, everything went well. Everyone was friendly to each other, but it was quite strange sitting next to E and having to make a conscious effort to behave extremely appropriately (in conservative chinese terms). Not that we'll jump on each other or smooch passionately in public. Just in case your mind starts a-wandering.

And now, having done a spot of time travelling, it's back to present time and what have we done this weekend? I've come up with some potential ROM dates for next year, all of which fall within the mid to quarter-end period, so you roughly get an idea of when the next big event is gonna happen. But as usual, nothing is fixed and we'll just go with the flow, at least until I'm free to turn into bridezilla.

We have also started contributing to the bridal magazines market. And I have to say, OMG bridal mags are heavy! I weighed one of them and it turned out to be 1.6kg. Just for 1 mag! So that's my bedtime reading for a while.