Today was a shocking day to me. One of my colleagues fell and injured herself. She was hospitalised.

Just before she left the office, she was asking her what do we need to buy for tea-break. Curry-puff? Pao?

This made me reflect on how vunerable life was. One moment we were planning for the future. The other moment, we might not be able to execute our plan because of unforseen circumstances. By right, tomorrow we were planning to go out together just to have dinner.

Life was really fragile, isn’t it?

We were born, we grow up, we fall in love, may get married, have kids, grow old and become sick before we die.

Looking at my own life, I had just realised I had crossed the one-third mark (assuming I got to live up to 80 years which is the normal life expectancy of human nowadays.)

Another two more one-third to go. I want to spend these limited amount of time with my wife and my children in time to come.

I once read a story. There was this husband who calculated the total number of Sundays he get to spend with her wife till he dies. He folded the exact number of stars and put them in a glass cylinder.

As every Sunday passed by, he took out one star. As years passed, the number of the stars dwindled and the height dropped. There was a sudden sense of urgency and it became a form of wake-up call that actually he didn’t have many more Sundays to spend with his wife till he dies.

So, from then onwards, he made sure he spent quality Sundays with his wife…just enjoying time with her…

So how more Sundays do I have left? I’m not sure…all I know that I only have NOW to spend with her…as for the future…how many of us can predict how more Sundays we have left? >.<

I got the following links from a member of singaporebrides.com’s forum. She mentioned that there will be many upcoming wedding shows by hotels and restaurants.

Feel free to browse through…>.< Traders Hotel

The Legends

Millenium & Copthorne

Tung Lok Group & more…

Intercontinental Singapore & more…

Wedding photos of a bride from singaporebrides.com

Click here to view more

I was at MPH a few days ago and chanced upon this interesting book on wedding taboos.

I was once told that for Teochew, if the younger brother was to get married first, the bride and groom had to walk under the elder brother’s trousers before entering the house. It was meant to be an apology to the elder brother that the younger brother was to get married first in the family.

For us, it was meant to have fun and a form of “sabotage” to the newly-wed. It can also be a form of celebration of the completeion of a big project!!!

However, from traditional perspective, it was believed that there is alot of demons and monsters in the newly-wed room and friends are supposed to make lots of noises to chase away all these negative energy.

In addition, divorcess and widowed or anyone who has attended a wake recently is not allowed into the room.

“Just for sharing >.<

These are more links to the blogs of two other Singapore Brides

Carol

She has quite a collection of wedding packages from hotels for the year 2007/ 08
1. Wedding Packages
2. Some Music Download
3. Solemnisation Vows:

“Taking a glimpse…

Registrar’s Address
Before you are joined in matrimony, it is my duty to remind you of the solemn and binding character of the vows you are about to make.

Marriage according to law is the union of one man and one woman, voluntarily entered into for life, to the exclusion of all others.

Do I understand that you __________________ and you ________________ are here of your own free will for the purpose of becoming man and wife?
Couple answer together: Yes

To Bridegroom …Click here to continue

Bride 2