The Kiasu Singaporean Strikes Twice!
So, we received an email from greymatter before the weekend. He's now available on the 7th July 2007. It seems like the couple who had prevented us from getting him are indecisive and, i guess, this must be making him nervous. I would be too, even though the date is about a year away and he is a fantastic photographer and most likely to be able to find another client. When you enter into a relationship, you'll definately want to feel like you can trust the other party! In this way, the photographer-bride/groom relationship is very much like a marriage, although i don't think anyone has used this metaphor before. Hmm..this sounds like an entry for a very different themed blog...or marketing research...ah, i digress.
Anyway, the degree of kiasu-ism in wedding planning in Singapore has struck me as shocking and well, frankly, rather annoying. It's bad enough that restaurants get booked up 1, sometimes 2, years in advance - think 8th August 2008 (888). "Good" JPs/solemnisers, who come highly reccomended i guess for their ability to manage the event, are also likely to be booked up but because they don't commit before 3 months in advance, it has flashed images of people sitting by the phone for the 9am clock to ring before frantically dialling up the various solemnisers. And, i've learnt, the hard way, that good photographers are also booked up, A YEAR IN ADVANCE!!! So, despite the advice that has been given to brides-to-be in these American/British wedding planning guides, i think a new one needs to be designed for Singaporean Brides. One that starts planning 3 years in advance, way before you've been proposed to, or even, maybe, have a boyfriend. Because at the rate at which kiasu-ism is spreading, it won't be long before water needs to be pre-booked for a wedding in Singapore!
So, my advice. Plan for your wedding the day you're born! Prepare a wedding scrapbook like Monica in Friends, and start putting together your dream wedding. You might not be able to afford it all but at least you're halfway there in terms of the planning process and will definately be ahead of the kiasu Singaporean brides pack!
Anyway, the degree of kiasu-ism in wedding planning in Singapore has struck me as shocking and well, frankly, rather annoying. It's bad enough that restaurants get booked up 1, sometimes 2, years in advance - think 8th August 2008 (888). "Good" JPs/solemnisers, who come highly reccomended i guess for their ability to manage the event, are also likely to be booked up but because they don't commit before 3 months in advance, it has flashed images of people sitting by the phone for the 9am clock to ring before frantically dialling up the various solemnisers. And, i've learnt, the hard way, that good photographers are also booked up, A YEAR IN ADVANCE!!! So, despite the advice that has been given to brides-to-be in these American/British wedding planning guides, i think a new one needs to be designed for Singaporean Brides. One that starts planning 3 years in advance, way before you've been proposed to, or even, maybe, have a boyfriend. Because at the rate at which kiasu-ism is spreading, it won't be long before water needs to be pre-booked for a wedding in Singapore!
So, my advice. Plan for your wedding the day you're born! Prepare a wedding scrapbook like Monica in Friends, and start putting together your dream wedding. You might not be able to afford it all but at least you're halfway there in terms of the planning process and will definately be ahead of the kiasu Singaporean brides pack!
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