Seventh month
Ok, it's the seventh month, so wedding preparation will be suspended for the month, will resume after that. Will not blog about wedding stuff too.

Kua
Found a few places which rent out kua in SG :-
- Bridalcloset. Price very reasonable at only S$80 per rental. However, despite numerous emails, the lady kept delaying response with details on kua's measurements. In the end, I gave up.
- Weddingkwa. With my bad experience in dealing with bridalcloset, I decided to go to someone with a proper website, thus this website wasn't considered.
- House of Etiquette. Not available online.
- The red wedding. Price more expensive than the rest, but response from the lady was quick and helpful. The rental price also come with one time rental of Tang jacket for the groom. Will be fun if I can convince Sam to wear it!

I hope the kua will fit and looks ok on me as I had order and paid the deposit solely based on measurements and pictures on the website. Cross my fingers and toes!!!

Evening Gown
Didn't think I was going to buy an evening gown as I already decide to rent a kua in SG. However one of the evening gown (only 1 left in my size or should I say, the size I want to slim down to) in Cambridge TK Maxx catch my eye and I had to buy it. It's the dress in this picture except it's light blue in colour.

Wedding dress
Didn't want to spend a fortune on the dress, thus I decide to look in the high street:-
M&S - wedding dresses are only available for buying online, nil in-store.... weird.... spoke to one of the customer service lady in London and she said that the decision must had been made by a MAN cos any women will know that you need to try on a wedding dress before buying!!! Likewise thinking.
Monsoon - One of my favorite store. Had tried on almost all of their wedding dress collection but just didn't fancy any as the dress cutting seems unsuitable for me.
BHS - Had also tried on almost all of their wedding dress collection. Decide on this one (see picture in this blog entry) after showing it to Sam.

Photographer
Had rely on forum in SGbride.com for recommendation of photographers. and the following were considered :-
- fotowerke - The photographer we wanted (Celestine) wasn't available for our wedding day and photos taken by his colleague wasn't placed online for viewing, thus we didn't sign up with them.
- Black box Photography - Really like the photos taken by them and the package deal with 2 free parent's albums. But the price was just way too much for us....
- foto-u - Quite like their pictures, but not as much as am.pm.
- am.pm photography - Love the pictures and prices seems reasonable, good review on SG bride forum, thus we signed with them.

Make up artist

Didn't source for this. Naomi had highly recommended me her MUA (Qiqi) which she used for her wedding day, therefore had signed her up immediately.

Hotel stay
As our number of tables for wedding dinner is small, it doesn't come with some of the peaks (e.g. hotel stay, wedding cards, wedding favours, etc), thus we need to source for these separately.

We were thinking of going for the deluxe room, however Goodwood Park hotel itself only allows booking of hotel stay 3 months in advance, thus we look at some other website on hotel stay in SG. Came across some hotel websites (e.g. www-singapore.com) which states 'Rates are not applicable for domestic market'....... What do this mean??? Singaporean cannot have the hotel stay at this rate?? Emailed to the website but no reply, thus decide not to play, play lar and look at UK website instead.

Found that the split level suite one beadroom apartment is shown in UK hotel website but not in SG hotel website!!! A check on Goodwood Park Hotel website shows only one suite with split level, i.e. Parklane Suite - Housed in a separate wing, the 64 split-level one-bedroom Parklane Suites cater to the needs of long-staying guests, delivering the many comforts of home away from home. To complete the gracious apartment-style living, each unit comes with a well-equipped kitchenette and spacious balcony. Sound fantastic and can't see any restrictions, thus had booked this at lastminute.com.

Wedding Dinner package
Numbers of tables
Not too difficult for us. Given that we are both overseas and only want a simple wedding (which both parents agreed too), we decide on approx 6 to 8 tables.

Location
Sam decide that it must be in City area......

Which restaurant/ hotel?
This is the difficult bit!!! Most of the hotels/ restaurants require minimum number of tables of 15, 20, etc, nothing like the number of tables we decide on....

With advice from SGbrides, and countless times of looking up individual hotels/ restaurants, these are the few which we considered :-
- Peony Jade - Will allocate one part of the restaurant with constraints ie no march-in, no speeches and no Yum Sheng (but only after 9.45pm).
- Hai Tien Lo (Pan Pacific) - The restaurant do not actually gather for wedding banquet, but do have private dining room can hold private function maximum for 10 tables with round tables of 10-12persons each. Located on level 37, fantastic view!!
- China Club - Minimum 8 tables, sited on the 52nd floor of Singapore’s premium commercial tower!! On a clear day, Malaysia and Indonesia can be glimpsed!
- Min Jiang (Goodwood Park Hotel) - Min 6 tables, maxi 8 tables + Brother can help...

Finally decided on Min Jiang @ Goodwood Park Hotel and the menu, etc were agreed with the help of my beloved brother.

Wedding date
It's not easy planning for a SG wedding when we are not in Singapore. Thanks to all friends and families for help. I finally got some time on hand, thus decide to update the wedding planning so far, starting with the wedding date.

We wanted to have the date of 09/01/2009 as it will be our 5th ROM anniversary. However we also decide to consult a fortune teller to check if this is an auspicious date, if not, to recommend one that falls in Jan 09 (which we planned to be in SG). Better to believe than not to...

Sam's parents consulted the fortune teller and we were informed that 09/01/2009 isn't an auspicious date, thus we selected 03/01/2009 (Sat) instead.

The fortune teller also provide the following information :-
-安床 (Setup bridal bed), 31/12/2008 (Wed)
- 过大礼 (Betrothal), 27/12/2008 (Sat), 9 to 11am
- Age group to avoid when bride is leaving the house = 35 & 47 years old.

Wedding shoes

Grabbed some great bargain at the UK Summer sale and was pleased that I found the wedding shoes I love.