Consent to Solemnise Wedding!

One step forward, one step back.

We were asked by Prof Brian Lee to complete a copy of the 'Consent to Solemnise Wedding' form and send it off to him to sign, which he sends back to us to file at the Registry of Marriage (ROM). We thought we'll be smart, take a shortcut, and use their 'search' tool' but that came up with too many links (3 pages). So, we googled and found this form, proudly filled it in and sent it off. Now, as I start to blog, and about to moan about how badly designed the ROM site is, I find "online transactions" in bold staring back at me on the homepage, which has, of course, a link to the correct consent form! brilliant! Now we can look like fools to the JP, who is probably wondering if we're sufficiently intelligent to be getting married, and to those who read this blog...

Well, my excuse is, the site is badly designed! Why create a 'How to File a Notice of Marriage' page if you're not going to include, in the description of the process, the need to fill in this form and provide a link for it? Why make something so simple, more complicated? No wonder people aren't getting married! (ok, there's probably no correlation there, but i am moaning)

So, for those Singaporeans who happen to be reading this and are thinking of getting a JP for a solemnisation outside of ROM, click here for the right 'consent form'.

We're JP Ready!

Just got an email from Professor Brian Lee and he's confirmed that he will be able to solemnise our wedding. Yipee!

His reaction when we called was "huh, so early?". Well, not early enough according to some people.

One less thing to worry about.

JP Search - Strike One!

David called Brother Emmanuel aka Mr. Pierre Paul Gaudette today and, unfortunately for us, he is BOOKED! It's about 5 and a 1/2 months away from our wedding and he's BOOKED! When did these people start confirming their solemnisers? At the risk of sounding kiasu, i tried called a couple in July last year because i was told that i should find someone before i booked a venue and paid the deposit. One completely ignored me, another told me to call only 3 months before. So, now it's 5 months away and from reading the forums i know most of the girls getting married on the same day have confirmed their JPs, and we've only just started calling one and still feel embarrased that we are doing it so far in advance. So, really, when should we have started calling?

We're going to try Dr. Anamah Tan on Monday. She seems cool and she's done a lot of women's rights in Singapore. Watch this space, again!

Choc-A-Lot & More Choc

Another day of indulgence.

We managed to get our hands on a couple of the Choc-A-Lot cake from Room for Dessert and Mmm...mmm...was it gorgeous. We probably wouldn't state that it's the best slice of chocolate cake we've ever had but, it was definately yummy and we think it would be rather delicious in a small cupcake size. Chocolatey wiithout being too rich.



Best thing about it was, we collected the cake around 6:30pm and tried it at 9ish and the chocolate fudge was still structurally sound!




Whilst waiting for Jane, we also came across a new cake concoction from the Beard Papa people (whose cream puffs we love). They've got a new chocolate cake with soft chocolate centre (the kind that oozes out liquid chocolate!), so we thought we SHOULD give it a try since it in a nice, suitable, size!



Yummy!!! Think Bakerzin's warm chocolate cake. It was nicely rich and when the chocolate oozed out - DIVINE! Ok, i might be going overboard but it was yummy and size and shape wise would look rather nice stacked up in the 'conventional' cupcake tray (whatever you call them).

Invitations R Us!

One more tick on the "to do" list!

We've licked, sealed, and licked some more but we've pretty much got all the overseas family invitations sent out yesterday! (Just need to get Sarah and Martin's postcode) Phew. Tongue still tastes a lil weird.

Now, all we've got to do is, sort out the last of the overseas friends' names and addresses, get Jane to write the invites (again!) and then, it's more licking, sealing, and licking for us.



Sitting outside the Post Office at HarbourFront, and working hard.

Make Room for Dessert!

It was cake tasting day again yesterday!

We'd popped over to Waterloo Street to find a bakery called Room for Dessert to purchase a slice of their Choc-a-lot cake and their Summertime Carrot Cake, which they also create in cupcake shapes. Unfortunately for us, they'd run out of the choc-a-lot so we could only purchase the carrot cake. So, it was off to Starbucks (again) at Bugis for coffee and cake tasting.

Ok, before we do the review, we got to say that we've been spoilt. We (probably) have had the best carrot cake in the world (made by David's Nan) so this was a tough tough call!





Summertime Carrot Cake







But, we glad to say that the cake did not disappoint and was actually rather good. The cream was delicious without being too sweet and whilst the cake bit has been adulterated with raisins (which i dislike) and nuts, they've managed to keep it moist! All in all, very yummy...Mmmmm...

Their service was also very good. The staff was friendly, helpful and not pushy at all! The girl who served us happily left us to browse their catalogues and gave us options and information to work with. All in all, a great company.

So, now, all we have to do is return to try their choc-a-lot cake...what a tough assignment!

Degrees of Prohibition

Ok, we've been forewarned. Here's a list of people we can't marry! (Courtesy of the Registry of Marriages in Singapore ) Mind you, it's pretty much an idiot's guide with the terminology.

Question is, was it necessary to state that i can't marry my daughter's (if i have one) husband, bearing in mind that i already can't marry him because he is already legally married? Hmm..

Gown Trials!

10 Jan 2007 - The First of a Series of Gown Trials, Fittings, and More Fittings!

Went down with Cirong to Sattine for the first gown testing, and it turned out to be more fun than i expected. As usual, i feared the attention and looking silly but the guys at Sattine were really cool. They were really easy going, and Danny the designer was helpful and patient which helped me relax a lot. Cirong was very encouraging and positive as well (and critical when necessary of course!); so, all in all, a much much more pleasant experience than i expected.

I tried on a total of 7 gowns, not very many i think by some standards, and would put up the pictures here but it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride in the gown before the wedding day (English tradition) so these are going into a private circulation. (Besides, i don't want the whole world (possible!) to see my embarrassing moments.)

BUT!!!! I've found my dresss! The version on the rack is a little too big so I'm getting one made from scratch, which leaves me the options of what material i want, the specific lace and trimmings, etc. I am still caught between this more elaborate dress and having one that is just plain like the Oscar de la Renta one below. Hmm..for now, i'll sleep on it cos they're making the 'shell dress', which is plain anyway, and i can decide then!

Oscar de la Renta dress, without the gloves of course!

Writing Fun!

We've started to make headway into getting the wedding invites sent out. When I say we, I mean my friends Jane and Cirong who have kindly 'volunteered' to write the cards and envelopes for us. I think we've got about 20 done last night over a nice cuppa Starbucks. This means the UK and Aussie families are sorted. Now we've got to get the addresses of the other overseas guests.

Yipee! One step closer. And yes, we're less than 180 days away!!!












Jane and Cirong happily testing the pens, creatively deciding what font style to use, and writing the cards and envelopes.













David looking bored, but I am sure he is grateful that he doesn't have to write all those cards. Actually, those receiving the invites should be grateful they don't have to read his handwriting,

Cake Tasting

We've just started our search for the wedding cake and decided to order (and PAY!) for a couple of cupcake samples from this shop that seemed to know what it was doing on Sunday. It was featured in a few magazines and had good reviews from other brides in a bridal forum...so...

Yesterday we picked up our cupcake (1 vanilla and 1 chocolate chip) from Cake Avenue. They didn't seem prepared for us at all. The guy rushed around looking for our order but couldn't find it, had a quick chat with the girl in the shop who also didn't seem to know of it, and finally he came out and asked us what we meant by "plain" on the order and figured that we hadn't asked for it to be decorated - we only wanted to taste the cake. So, he rushed into the kitchen (which we could see into as it had a clear glass window), rolled out some fondant (marzipan), and stuck it onto our cupcakes. NICE!



We also decided to give their chocolate fudge cake a punt, which they said was delicious...Hmmm...

Looks good eh. The FUGDE was quite yummy but the cake bit rather disappointing.

So, our verdict? Bad Service. Can we trust them to actually make our cake on the day and deliver it? Dry cakes. I think no amount of liquid will moisten throats once you've consumed these cupcakes! So, onwards to the next bakery.

All Printed and All Set to Go!

We just need to get the names and addresses down...

Finally got the invitations last week but we haven't been able to get round to writing it as Mona was in town and we were showing her round KL and Singapore. It's a shame because it has been raining non-stop and writing the wedding invitations would have been a nice way to pass time. Of course, we probably won't be writing most of it as our handwriting's awful. We managed to get two great pals - Cirong & Jane, both with beautifully neat handwriting - to agree to help us! yippee!

So, we went to the shops today and got the pens (silver for the card and brown for the envelopes, how exciting!). Hopefully, they'll be licked, stamped, and off in a jet plane before next week for the overseas guests!!!

P.s: We tried to take a photo of it so that our small audience can get a sneak preview but it didn't turn out very well. Guess they'll just have to wait just a wee bit longer...