I have received positive feedbacks on my blog and I will just share with you a few out of the many feedbacks I got:

from rachel: “i am new to your blog. enjoy reading your blog…”

from snow: ” thank u for helping the brides at singaporebrides.com really help us save lots of time and troubles…thanks again!!!”

from jane: “thanks brightstar for staying to help.. :)”

hihi Jhong Ren,

In regards to your “Thank You to My Readers” post, i will like to express a
big thank you to U! thanks for taking your time in sharing with us your
valuable experiences.

it has been very nice to chat with u in s’pore bride thread. at least,
i know i will have someone i can pour out to if i have any unhappiness in
wedding preparation.

best regards,
jane”

My VERY pretty cousin ROM today!!!

And these are the photos taken by me. >.< Happy Viewing!!!

10am – call every relative to formally invite them to her ROM
10.30am – Vist Make-Up artist to do her make-up and have her hair done

At ROM:
(1pm – My mom and I had reached the Registry of Marriage)
1.20pm – The arrival of my pretty cousin
1.30pm – Take of photos with the wedding couple
2pm – standby at the door of ROM and take queue number

Inside ROM:
2.05pm – with relatives & witnesses (normally the fathers), proceed from waiting area to Registry Office
2.05pm to 2.15pm – After saying marriage vows and signing the marriage certificate, the
Solemniser announced them “husband and wife”
2.15pm – Take group photo in the Registry Office

Outside ROM:
2.20pm – Take photos again outside ROM
2.30pm – Proceed to China Square to have tea
3pm – Tea and chit chat and take photos again
4.30pm – Leave the Tea House

I’m so delighted that my cousin had gotten married and I wana wish her and her boyfriend – oppss…no i mean husband all the best!!!

Items that you MUST bring to the Registry of Marriage:
1. Your Wife or Husband
2. Photographer
3. Witnesses
4. Identity cards of wedding couple and witnesses

My cousin will be going for her ROM (Registry of Marriage) later and I will be attending this very important function!!!

She has always been my adorable younger sister even though she is just my cousin.

She just personally called over the phone to invite us to her ROM although she had invited us earlier. Hmmm…this is called courtesy and respect as she explained she had to do it because she is more junior than us. 😀

I will be helping her to take photographs as she is going more for budget-wedding. So, as relatives, we are trying to help her in anyway we can, to help her reduce costs. >.< Okie....I got to prepare my camera, my batteries and my compact flash card. Will post some of her pretty photos later! >.<

Last year, I attended 8 weddings dinners in total excluding my own. This year, I had just attended one and I will be attending two more in the next few months till December 07.

(In fact, tomorrow I am attending my beloved cousin’s wedding ROM and I am her photographer. )

So far, not a single wedding favors I have collected impressed me or had even left a deep impression. Now, I got 16 wedding favors plus another 12 from Holiday Inn Park View. ( The hotel gave us the whole set as we were their customers.)

I am looking for really creative wedding favors that is really impressive and useful. Hmmm…I have high expectations.

I managed to see some that caught my eyes. Some are expensive though but they can give wedding couples more reasons to replace their wedding favors if their budget allows.

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During courtship, money is never a problem among dating couples.

One of my friends (in her teens) is dating too and her boy-friend splurged on her (just as if there is no tomorrow), satisfying every bit of her material needs’ desire…buying her the latest mobile phones and life-size soft toys (which need to pay for 1 person bus fare when the boy came to her house by bus).

For youngsters, they can afford to pay for their fast-food meals or at most some expensive toys they purchased during birthdays or Valentine’s day.

For older guys who are working, they can afford to spend more such as paying for a dinner in restaurants, paying for oversea trips’ expenses or even buying a car for their girl-friends (these are for those who are ultra-rich)

Once after marriage, things differ. THERE IS TOMORROW!!! Fiancial priorities shift enourmously. Money and savings have to be set aside for household maintenance, food, insurance policies, emergencies, child-rearing, child’s education, child’s holidays…

Debts have to be cut down or reduced to the minimal, couples have to sit together to discuss about investment in securities and bonds or even properties (if they can afford)…and achieving common dreams such as setting up a family business together and supporting each other’s dreams… and many many many more…

In addition, couples have to save for possible retrenchment (at least 6 months of saving) and retirement (assuming not working for 10 – 20 years of couple’s monthly expenditure of about $5000.)…that would amount to $1.2 million or more…

our goal is to hit at least $10 million for retirement. Any unused money will be donated to charity.

As for us, these are our plans…there are still many more things to be done…>.< There are always many more Tomorrows and tomorrows of our children...