My man is away in Europe for a week, on a business trip.
I am left back at home in Singapore (boohoo!) and have tons of time to mull over my life.
So, I started planning. And the more I planned, the more I thought and... eventually over our FaceTime calls, it got to the point where
I started researching for potential wedding venues and here's what I got thus far:
I like how they have an adjoining room for solemnisation next to the ballroom. Also, I read from another blog that there is a choice to convert one of the courses to an appetiser (Peking duck) which would be served after the solemnisation ceremony.
I love Peking duck.
I know how people always say that you wouldn't get a chance to eat during your own wedding, but hey I DON'T CARE. I'm eating. If I have to go to the extent of asking the husband to go out into the reception area, and grab me a peking duck roll in his tux, I WILL DO IT.
Like I said, I love Peking duck.
(Shit. If he reads this, he is gonna use the veto card on this wedding venue. Crap.)
I have this strange feeling that IF I do have my wedding at Gardens By The Bay, I would shoot myself in the foot a couple months later when the bill arrives.
The rental rate for using the Flower Field Hall is 10k. And for the Waterview Room, it ranges from 4.2k (1/2 day usage on a non-event day) to 10k (full day usage on an event day).
Total madness. I'm not paying that amount of money for just some space.
It's so earthy! I can't resist it!
But I know that I will, once again, shoot myself in the foot when I see the images after my wedding day. Low lighting = low resolution = bad images.
No thank you.
Awww. It feels very home-y, and that point is sufficient to capture my attention.
Their buffet menu has peking duck (hehe!) and it seems promising. However the menu has only Chinese cuisine, which strays from my ideal Chinese + Western cuisine.
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Pretty space but I can barely find any information online with regards to their menu. :(
The name. Explains it all.
Just check out the view. I am a sucker for such views, for such windows... because it means sunlight, which results in gorgeous photos! The vain side of me is giving a mega huge thumbs up!
To be honest, I am having second thoughts on this place as my potential wedding venue. I love that their menu has a mixture of Chinese and Western cuisine... but I saw the photo and the two words that popped into my head are "MOSQUITOES. YUCK!"
This is one of my favourite! I love the scenic view!!
I would have chosen the Private Dining Room but I have a huge family, and he has a comparatively large one too so.. I'm just gonna play it safe and pick the bigger room first.
On the downside, I hate the menu. I find it disappointing and not up to my dream.
OMG, I LOVE THIS PLACE.
I get my sunlight. The price is not exorbitant (cheaper than Faber Peak and they threw in a hotel room with breakfast for two!), and they also have a brilliant menu that is nearly perfect!!!! I feel so excited already.
While I was doing all of this research... it finally struck me that planning a wedding is indeed tougher than it seems. I guess that is why people hire wedding planners.
Bringing the dream to life while making sure that it doesn't burn through both your wallets and your bank account, it is a major tough thing to do!
Everything might be over in a day but I don't want it to go to waste. Every memory counts. Every memory is invaluable. Just like how over dinner today, my family was reminiscing over how my brother-in-law knocked on my house door on the day of his wedding to my sister, and he said "Hello? Is there anyone at home?".
How can there not be anyone at home on that day?!?!?!?! My sister heard it from her room and gave a 'Wtf did he just say?' face, and everyone in the living room burst into laughter.
These are the memories that I want, that I look forward to having. I have zero interest in gate-crashing ceremonies because I think it is a waste of time, energy-exhausting and humiliating. That shouldn't be how things are on a wedding day, no matter what the rationale behind it is.
I think the #1 hope that I have for my wedding day is... he remembers to zip the flyer on his pants before he leaves his house.
He has forgotten on several occasions and I have to remind him to check it before he leaves the house for work. A busy man who is too preoccupied with work-thoughts on his mind. #socute #sohardworking #whyifellforhim #howhestillhasmyheart
