Wedding bands

Went to Fairy's Inc to deposit my engagement ring with them so that they can start working on my wedding band.

When we met Evelyn, she asked if we were excited, I thought she meant our ROM as the dare was getting nearer. In fact, she was about to show us Henry's ring which totally slipped my mind!

His ring really turned out awesome! I could tell that he really liked it very much! Even Evelyn was surprised at the outcome of his ring design.. I wanted to take a picture of it to post on the blog but Henry said we should leave it as a surprise till that day. :)

Next, we spent 10mins to decide on the words we want to engrave on his ring. In the end, we will be engraving "Henry & Flora 24 May 2010" on the inside of his ring which I envisage will turn out beautiful with the rose gold words against the black gold!

In order to safeguard both parties' interests, we verified the GIA no. on the stone against the GIA cert which I brought down to ensure that we are getting back the same stone when the ring is returned to us by end March.

Through their trained eyes, they managed to see the no. engraved on the stone albeit taking a bit of time cos it was not easy to read the no. which has been lasered in white, unlike the usual black colour.

As for us, we spent a good 15 mins, squinting our eyes through the tiny microscope and we only managed to see some engraving but could not make out what they are.

After seeing the end-product of Henry's ring, now I'm certainly looking forward to mine!!

Queue no. 5012

The results for the Dawson BTO is out!

As expected, we were way out of the chances to get a unit for Queue no. 5012 out of 1,100 units..

Filed!

We have finally filed for our marriage on 24 May 2010!

Will need head down to ROM on 19 May to collect our marriage cert and also to do sompah.

24 Feb 2010

We are going to file for our marriage at the stroke of midnight later! Exactly 3 months from now..

It's also going to be our 7th anniversary!

Meeting up with JP

We met up with our JP at Singapore Swimming Club this afternoon for the signing of consent form before we are able to file our marriage on 24 May.

Instead of going to the SSC, we made a blunder and went to Chinese Swimming Club. We felt bad about letting our JP wait for us!

Our JP ran us through on what's going to happen on that day and what we are supposed to say when she asks certain questions during the solemnisation. And, we have decided to personalise our wedding vows! :)

Photographer

We made a trip to Christopher's house to take a look at those photos taken by the recommended photographer - Terry. Apparently, this experienced photographer is highly recommended by Christopher and he will usually be snapped up months in advance.

Henry has already made a booking with him on 24 May for 3 hours, of which he quoted us $300 that includes the development of 120 photos, with all softcopies returned.

Frankly, after looking at those photos that Terry had taken for Christopher's ROM and AD, I found that was not the style of photography I'm looking for. They were simple photos without any effects and were presented with borders added for some selected ones.

I like those photos taken by Joo's photographer on her ROM. Somehow, the photos are able to convey their love story in a fairytale-like manner.

I brought up my concerns about the style I wanted and I have both the guys' assurance that Terry is able to fulfil that provided we give him a clear direction on the photography style.

I feel that photography is one of the most important aspects of a wedding as it captures those special moments and serves as wonderful memories no matter how many years down the road. So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed..

Emcee

Let us put our hands together and give a very warm welcome to our emcee of the day........ Ms Audrey Koh!

Yes, Henry has contacted her and she agreed readily! Initially, we were having a headache over this as we wouldn't want our guests to "work" on that day. They were supposed to be there to relax, enjoy and share our joy! We wanted to ask Joanne to be the emcee but she commented that it would not be as personable compared to someone who knows us.

I'm just so glad we have settled another issue of the ROM.

And our humorous emcee proposed the following vows for our consideration:

1. I, Mr Potato, Root Vegetable No. ________________ hereby take Mrs Potato, Root Vegetable No. ______________ as my awfully wedded spud & pledge to take care of her in sickness & in health, to share with her my moist soil home & fertilizer, to enhance her fertility & her chances of conceiving many baby potatoes.

2. With this organic leaf ring, I take thee, Mrs Potato, as my lawfully wedded spud. I will provide thee with the most luxurious & moist soil home, with friendly & colourful carrot, brinjal, onion, turnip & radish neighbours. But I will ensure our privacy when it comes time to make baby spuds. They cannot make too much noise & 闹洞房.

3. I, Mr Potato, Root Vegetable No. _________________ wed Mrs Potato, Root Vegetable No. ________________ as my lawfully wedded spud, & promise to completely & utterly fulfil my spudly duties of producing as many potato offspring as possible.


It was so FUNNY that I had to curb my laughter when I read this in the office! Well written, my dear emcee!

Ok, for those who are puzzled as to who is Mr Potato, due to some long-story reason, it actually refers to Henry. :)