ROM Part II

Oh how have I neglected my blog these days.. 

You must forgive me, it's not easy being 

someone's wife! :P ok ok..who am I 

kidding? Nothing much has change really.. 

and yes, we have started addressing each other's parents as 

mum and dad. It was a little weird at first 

but after a few times it seems okay :) 

So yes, we had a short staycation after our ROM that Saturday. 

Here's The Scarlet( near Maxwell market)
at Club Street 

Nice backdrop at the hotel

Jandy and Melvin came along with us
and left shortly after tea...
 

oh yes , the kind people at Scarlet surprised us a platter of
complimentary chocolates and strawberries :)


we wiped out everything :P



changed out of my dress and took another
pic with the flowers... 
 




The Scarlet was a beauty at night.. pity
we didnt take any photos of it ..
we were too busy enjoying each other's company :P

Had a celebratory drink up on the roof top bar




Here you go..
The Tohs

Highlights of Mr & Mrs Toh's civil marriage ceremony ( ROM )

Well, yes , after years of being in the 'market', I can safely say that I'm officially off the shelves ! I am now married to my sweetheart of almost two years last Saturday, 8/12/12.

We have chosen a tentative date for the Chinese customary wedding, but nothing is fixed yet..and as usual, all will be revealed in due time :) Our civil marriage ceremony aka ROM was attended by family members and a handful of my closest friends :) It was a event filled with laughter :)  Most Chinese elderly wouldn't have considered a couple officially married until they have completed the traditional customary wedding .

I am gonna interrupt my usual blogging with a short message by the groom 

Err....what to say har?
I wanna to thank my father, mother, mil, fil, friends....blab blab blab...you get the gist....lol
Oh...oh..oh...and my wife too!!!! Without her, I can't have a marriage....kekeke
So, we would like to share with everyone the closure of our courtship and the beginning of our married life....

To my wife.... I LOVE YOU!!

Do pardon his nonsensical yet somewhat meaning message :P he is still overwhelmed by the life changing event. 

Why now, don't let us hold you back from viewing our photos from the ceremony lunch  ..here are some highlights

 Doing makeup and hair 

in my aunt's room.. 

Mr and Mrs tags made by yours truly.

I didn't want to spend too much money 

on this ROM, so we decided not to 

have any flowers or sashes on the chairs...  

  


 our wedding bands




 My pretty bouquet...

can you spot my ring?  :)

 Let's begin!
Our fathers were our witnesses that day. 
 

 

 With this ring I wed thee.. 
 

Thats our solonimizer , 
Mr Chia Ting Yu. 
Quite a friendly person and helpful too..
Gave us some tips on how to maintain
a happy marriage.  

The signing moment


 We're legally man and wife!


Taken with family and friends

 
funny moment


my pretty bouquet  again :)


After the lunch event was over, a couple of friends, my bro and ourselves ajourned to
Scarlet Hotel for our staycation. I invited my friends to pop in to have a look at the place..
I have heard wonderful reviews of the boutique hotel :)

Will write about that in my next entry!

It has been almost 10 days since we have been married..
There isn't much difference honestly , and I kept telling myself, yes, Eileen, you are
\a married woman now.. :D
Well, next up will be the customary dinner..so yeah, we are in the process of deciding how
many tables and which restaraunts etc for the dinner.

Watch this space for more updates now!

Here's Mrs Toh signing off.. :)

Goodbye singleton: counting down 19 days

Someone should have warned me how tiring it can be even if it's just planning for a simple ROM lunch event!

I can't imagine how it would be for the Chinese customary wedding which will take place sometime in later part of 2013 :P

We are just days away from being officially, legally married. As much as I want to give my 100% in preparing myself for 8 Dec 12, and embracing the new identity and role , I am not able to .. It is peak period at work..So, yeah, my attention is being spread across all these different things right now.

We met our solemniser over the weekend to settle some paper work. Aren't we glad that he appeared friendly and nice, he even gave us some tips on how to slip the rings into our fingers and how to pose for photos on our special day. I sure hope things go well on that day..keeping our fingers cross now~!

In case you are wondering, our solemniser is Mr Chia Ti Yu.

Oh and here's a simple email template for you to cut and copy in case you are stratching your head trying to compose the invitation email to your ideal sloemiser

Dear ( Mr or Mdm) 
 
Best greeting to you! 
 
We would like to invite you to be our wedding solemnizer on ( date)  at ( location, provide address if needed) 

 We hope that you are available at ( desired time for ceremony ) 
You can reach us at (contact of groom)  and (contact of bride) any time during the day.
Looking forward to your favorable reply. 
 
Thank You
 
Best Regards
( names of bride and groom)

Eileen's wedding diary ~We are getting married~

Yes, it has been a while since I last updated you with details about my wedding plans :)
Here's what has been settled

• ROM date filed 
• Wedding bands purchased 
• Found a solemniser for the big day 
•  Booked lunch for family on ROM day 
• Simple photography needed so my brother will be my photograher! 

And here's what hasn't been done :P

• Dress and shoes yet to be purchased
• Other half also yet to get a suit and shirt
• Need a makeup artist
• Need a hand bouquet 

Can't wait to get our wedding bands ...they are currently being resized.. After going in and out of so many jewllery stores and trying on so so many different types of rings* not to mention the endless sleepless nights of thinking which ring to purchase * , we finally setlled on a 18 K white gold celestial diamond ( very tiny ) band. Both Alex and my rings are idenitical. There is a blue sapphire embedded on the inside of the ring. Should be able to match my engagment ring nicely :)

There are more nitty gritty things to see to with regards to the ROM. We are comptemplating if we want to write our own wedding vows. There are about 5 wks to our ROM !! Man is time running out or what~ :P

Right... I will try to update again as soon as I can..watch this space!