Hello,

This space has been eerily quiet for awhile. The level of activity here resonates the level of wedding planning that has been occurring, and with that said it explains on why I have returned.

The search for a wedding venue has begun. It has progressed past the stage of an imaginative young female dreaming about the day when she can finally unleash her wedding plans. Unfortunately I have met with several bumps and hiccups along the way.

Remember how I once made a list of potential wedding venues? Well, it turns out that most of my choices then are barely up to the margin for consideration now. Furthermore some of the places have closed down, have more pillars than I can imagine, or are exorbitantly expensive and inaccessible.

There are so many factors to choosing an ideal wedding venue which I hadn't thought of before.

I have gone down the road of wanting to plan every single detail of my wedding, to a girl who simply wants it simple and hassle-free.

I dreamt of having it in a museum, but it was too much work to source out a venue that did not have a million and one T&Cs tied to it. It was also too troublesome to find a caterer that was within my budget and could churn out food that was up to my high expectation – I can't be serving my guests mediocre food!

Not to mention, there was all the math that needed to be done... tabulating the costs of 22 tables and 220 chairs, the tablecloth and centrepieces and stage and AV system... and etc. It is a nightmare awaiting to happen which I refuse to partake.

Hence I decided to go onboard the traditional route of having a wedding banquet at a restaurant or hotel. I will have the important people in my life, celebrating my special occasion with me.

So far, we have looked at Four Points By Sheraton, Peach Garden @ OCBC Centre, and Tunglok Signatures @ Orchard Parade Hotel.

I wish I had taken images of each of the wedding venue to share with all of you. Other than the photos from Four Points, all other images have been taken from Google.

| FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON

Robertson Room
Jubilee Ballroom
I shall first toss out the disclaimer that Four Points By Sheraton Singapore, The Riverview is one of my clients. I was on a lookout for wedding venues when I was invited for their launch party back in July.

I was mesmerised by The Robertson Room which boasts a fantastic view of the Singapore River. The only downside would be the limited space and hence the table cap at 15 :(

The Jubilee Ballroom is able to fit up to 35 round tables but some tables might face the problem of having the stage view be blocked by the structural pillars. Also, I visited the venue on a morning where there would soon be an afternoon wedding lunch.

The decor was pretty and the stage was to-die-for, but... the space felt so cramp for 25 tables. There was barely any space to walk through the tables freely and I can't imagine how it'd be like with physical humans sitting and being within the ballroom. I felt that it just wasn't the right place for me to hold my 25 tables wedding banquet.


| PEACH GARDEN @ OCBC CENTRE

Solemnisation room, picture taken from yventually mine
Dining hall, picture taken from Singapore Brides
Peach Garden @ OCBC Centre was a... disappointment. I loved the intimate yet breath-taking skyscraper view for the solemnisation, but the dining space was less than satisfactory. My face fell once I saw it. The venue looked so different from the photos, the lights couldn't be any more yellow. As a blogger, I should have known that the official pictures had undergone a massive amount of editing, but seeing it in real life, I was dumbfounded. The ambience was not as elegant as I had been promised hoped for.


| Tunglok Signatures @ Orchard Parade Hotel

Ballroom at Orchard Parade Hotel, picture taken from sunshinedel
I was least excited for this venue visiting, but walked out feeling most impressed and satisfied. Tunglok @ Orchard Parade Hotel, it was what as I had expected, which is good – judging by the amount of shock that I had received from before. The wedding coordinator was kind enough to throw in canapés (a huge win for me because I like having some finger food for my guests while they wait) and some other wedding favors. The venue space was simple and predictable, but what I wasn't quite fond of it due to the lack of windows and low ceiling. I felt claustrophobic standing in the ballroom and hence we were inclined to request for more "pondering" time.

If I have the time, perhaps I would pop by the venues mentioned above to take some photographs. It would be nice to have some images to ponder over again.

We have got more venues lined up for site-visiting in the next few weeks. Also, I have yet to settle the bridal gown(s), bridal make-up and hair, bridal car and etc.

*GROANS*

Wedding Planning Shall Officially Began

It all started with a seemingly innocent question by my mom on when we (referring to bf and I) are intending to get married.

I finally revealed to my mom,

10 October, next year"

Like all mothers, she got increasingly excited as I revealed more details with each of her pokes.

She rushed to check the Chinese calendar and gave her nod of approval that the Chinese calendar says that the date is an auspicious one (Mothers...)

She has been poking me to share with bf's mom on our intended wedding date.

Today, we finally did. And hence the wedding planning shall commence.

The funny part about sharing with the bf's mom was her first response to the whole situation,

I buy a condo for you guys to stay la

Bf and his dad stared at her with wide eyes and asked her how she is going to print all that money out LOL

There were more discussions on how to renovate the room, what furnitures to buy (FIL wanted us to start buying pots and pans for our Bidadari flat HAHA), what properties to look into..... but none on the wedding itself. LOL

OH and, the ILs were stunned when we said we needed no renovation done, but just a change of our bed to a bigger one.

We don't need so much hassle. Just a simple happy ceremony to celebrate the union of two lives and two families on one great auspicious day!

The bf thinks that his parents are slowly digesting the fact that their son is getting married. We gotta give them a bit more time before the wedding plans are unleashed upon us.

If no wedding plan is unleashed upon us, we shall stick to our initial plan and have everything kept simple and sweet. Perhaps we might just have a solemnisation at Dallas, and skip the wedding dinner altogether.

Then again, it should be a shame for a food blogger to skip having her wedding dinner when I have this plan of gathering all the best café food that I have had and gathering them all in one location on a joyous day.

There is so much planning to do. I need to breathe and (hopefully) not turn into a bridezilla.

Seriously, I'm not

He almost spilled the date!

The other night he came home with a serious face, saying that we had to talk.

It scares me a little when he initiates a serious conversation, my mind would start to wander...

Uh oh! What have I done wrong this time? Did I overspend in Korea and burst his credit card limit?!

Every man's nightmare: His woman with his credit card!
In the end, it wasn't about his credit card bills but rather it was a discussion about us moving abroad for his work in the near future.

By abroad, I meant Europe.

The continent which I have never in my life stepped a foot in before.

The continent that is at least a 16 hours flight away.

The continent which once I step foot in, I'm gonna be staying there for the next 3 years of my life.


From the day he entered the company, he warned me about the move. I kid around and said "Woohoo! I get to be an expat and stay in a country with four seasons! I shan't work and you will bring home all the money TO ME! YES!!!"

He rolled his eyes and tickled all my laughter out of me.

The idea seemed fun then, but as reality starts to hit... it sounds petrifying.

I will be leaving behind everything that I am familiar with. I don't know which European country that I will be moving to, and if it is anything but London... I'm screwed because I can't speak a word of French or German.

I feel you Brian, I really do...
I will be leaving behind my family, my friends, my work here in Singapore... Hell, I just met and made some great blogger friends. I just started with blogging full time. I am not ready to bid my job and my blogger friends goodbye.

Thankfully I have 3 more years (starting this year) before the move. Till then I am gonna work hard and cherish everyone around me.

I don't plan to give up blogging just because I am going abroad. I am bringing it with me, and if that is to happen, it means I have to enter the international market and work with BIG brands.

Oh wait, I digressed. "He almost spilled the date!"

So in the midst of our discussion, he randomly told me that he shared with his superior (whom he had a work/life-planning discussion with earlier on in the day) on when he would be proposing to me.


The 'normal' me would have screamed my lungs out and pestered him to tell me every single detail including the day, date, time and how it would be happening. I wouldn't let him live leave if he didn't.

But um... I guess I was a tad abnormal that night.

I covered my ears with both hands like 🙉, and told him not to tell me a damn thing at all.

I was overwhelmed enough. I didn't need more things on my mind — although duh, it did get on my mind or I wouldn't be composing this post right now!

And also because... I didn't wanna spend the next few years of my life hopping around, forever wondering when he would be getting to it, would it be today or tomorrow, how is it gonna be done, etc etc. Life is gonna be so tiresome that way OMG.

In the end, despite my warning to NOT TELL ME ANYTHING AT ALL, he still let out one piece of information: It isn't gonna be this year.

I grunted at the additional piece of information, and also heaved a huge sigh of relief because... I'M GONNA GET TO AVOID WEDDING PLANNING FOR ANOTHER YEAR!!!! HIP HIP HOORAY!!!!!!!


I know, fucking ironical that I am spilling my delight of getting to avoid MY WEDDING PLANNING on MY WEDDING BLOG.

Hey don't judge! Wedding planning is no easy piece of cake, especially for someone like me who has changed her mind 1234589748235 times on what sort of wedding she wants in just the past 6 months!

Therefore I am fucking glad that I get to push the need to finalise wedding plans to the back of my mind for ANOTHER year. YAY!

In the mean time I can dream all I want and still change my mind 987654321345 times!!!

You know... I thought decorating/designing a home was hard until my mind came onto wedding planning. IT IS HARDER.

The venue, the itinerary, the dress, the food, the ROM, the cert, the solemniser, the people to invite, his tux, the invite... blah blah blah. OMG just get out of my head already!