When two becomes one.



This day is simply amazing.

I have never thought I will marry this guy when I first met him.
My first impression for him was so bad then, I thought he can never be my boyfriend. It must be destiny, that not only he became someone I fell in love with, also someone I wanna spend my whole life with.

It's amazing that, out of the thousand million of people in the world, my heart chooses him.

It's an important decision to made, that this is the man that I decided to spent my life with, no matter for the good or for worse, we both gonna go through it together. And he is just the right man, I chose to share the same bed with me, spend my life with me, who I believe, will take good care of me.

He may not be the first guy that I fell in love with.
But it was him that make me realised how much I have to treasure this love that is given to me as a gift. And I shall make him as my last lover, my only wedded husband..

He just know how to love the imperfect me so perfectly, and love me for who I really am. If I have not met him, perhaps I'm still living aimlessly in life, without any goals and achievements. Thank you my love, thank you for all the good and the bad times that we had gone through. We are still holding on so strongly, for a better future, a better tomorrow.


11 June 2011

Him: 我美丽的新娘子, 今天你要嫁给我啦。。

It's the first thing that he told me when I opened my eyes early in the morning when I saw him smiling so silly to himself.
Simple, sweet and lovely.

I realised that for the past 7 years of our relationship, he never once said to me "I love you" directly on my face, not even when he proposed and exchanging our wedding vows.

Yet again, his actions speaks louder than words.
The things that he did already make me feel so loved by him so much that he doesn't have to say the 3 magical words just to prove that he loves me.

Somehow, I felt so loved that day even though it's such a simple affair.
I'm looking forward to my customary wedding next year! =)

Checked in MBS, Orchid Suite @ 2pm.
Spectacular view overlooking Marina Bay!!




My heels is so bling that day!
To take a closer look, it's an imitation of Jimmy Choo's.
Which I fell in love with on a Korean drama, Prosecutor Princess.


And to save 75bucks from buying a 21 roses bouquet, we DIY it ourselves at only less than 20bucks! Lovely-made by my hubby somemore. LOLs!!


21 Red Roses meaning My Passionate Love Devoted to You.


Nope, my sweet darling did not do my hair.
I did mine at the salon which I always frequents in Jurong West neighbourhood.
On top of that, I did my own make-up that day!

But well, was not a perfect one though because I was rushing out of time! Ryan's family came so early and I had a hard time to keep them entertained. Boo! And to be honest, if my beis wasn't there that day, I might not be able to cope.


Finally, we are done and ready for some photoshoot before the ceremony started.
Special thanks to Kennie, Qinhui, Fong Cheng & Qun Kai being my photpographer and videographer of the day! We felt like some superstar with so many DSLR snapping away during the whole ceremony! Lols!!
Greatly appreciated for the help and thank you so much for the effort!! *HUGS*


Despite us being so broke from all the renovation works and saving up for our customary wedding, this is perhaps the only thing that Ryan refused to let go.
As I said, there was no ring when he proposed to me, so this may be the compensation for getting my dream ring for me. A brand, a design I always wanted.

Once, we were quarrelling about his request to postpone of our ROM date as he hadn't saved enough for the ring. To me, it was a sensitive issue because I thought it was just an excuse for him to delay it, I don't find it a big deal if we going to settle the wedding bands in some other jewellery shops instead. And I abruptly hanged his calls and refused to answer it when he called back. As usual, that's my style.

He then dropped me an SMS, pleasing me to give him another two months time to save up for the ring. Reason being, because he did not afford to give me a proposal ring when he was still a student, and that I waited for his return, this is the only thing that he can do to make my wish come true of giving me a Cartier even if he can't afford a Brilliant Rose Solitaire in time.
Sometimes, I feel disgusted by my evil actions too. So I'm learning to be a good wife and listen to his reason first before exploding myself.


A single diamond in his.
A row of four little diamonds in mine.

I like how this design look like those wheels in the watch instead of a plain round ring. And it definately more sparkling in real life for its white gold quality of Cartier.

Finally, the ceremony started at 4.30pm.
Pre-arranged with Dr Phua, one of the most popular GP, to solemnise our marriage.
Pleased with my choice, he's indeed a good one to live up the whole ceremony.



Do you take her to be your wedded wife to live together in marriage.
Do you promise to love, comfort, honor and keep her. For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.
And forsaking all others, be faithful only to her so long as you both shall live?

A simple series of questions, but it took one's courage to make a lifetime's decision.
I remembered I replied a "I very willingly do." Haahhahaha!


And instead of reading the same old vow, I chose to write up one myself.
It was obtained by a poem The Promises.
No empty promising, but comforting words to let him know that I'll always be there.

Throughout the ceremony, it was full of laughters.
I don't feel like tearing even when Ryan cited the vows to me.
It was when my GP reminded us that we must go home frequently to see our mum and dad because they will miss us after we moved out that make me feel like crying.

My weakest point, to mention about my family, my pillar of strength.








My Part I ROM ended after Ryan's and my family walked over to Singapore Flyer for a sit down chinese dinner. They left after that and we walked back again to our hotel room for the Part II, Hangover.





My customised cake Tiffany & Co. inspired Oreo Chocolate Cake!


There's a meaning behind this.
When Ryan first had the intention of marrying me was before he left for England.
He gave me this Tiffany & Co. bracelet and asked me to wait for his return, and he promised to marry me once he graduated from his course.
And amazingly, we conquered the freaking 2 years of Long Distance Relationship!

I managed to found a home-based bakery to customised this cake upon my request, with Ryan's favourite Oreo fillings.
And it's super YUMMY!!



Sincerely thanks to all our close friends who came.
They are all our Bridesmaid and Bestman to be for our upcoming customary wedding. Sorry for not able to host every single one of you well. And I really felt bad for the little time spend because Ryan was so terribly drunk and concussed at 11pm!!! Gosh, a little spolited mood but well, his brothers were too happy for him to an extend that they over-drunk him I guessed.



Sweet golden rules for the four couples!





And my sisterhood which lasted for more than 10years and still counting!
Their little advices and sweet words brought me tears while I was reading it alone (with Ryan "drunk" on bed) at 2am in the morning!




My nurses friends. My best soulmates who always listens to my endless complains.
I can't imagine what could happened if I didn't met you girls!



Lastly, the bunch of brothers who make me go "husband-less" on my first night of married life, thanks for making the night so crazily fun and memorable!






To my beloved husband,

Thank you for loving me.

Your lovely wife who love you wholeheartedly, always.

The KEY to our LOVE NEST.

It wasn't an easy path for us to get together till this day.
Neither was it a smooth one for us to plan for the "Big Event" & "Big Project" of our life.

Whenever we met coordinators up for wedding discussions, they tends to ask us, "Woah, you both are really something. To prepare wedding and home together at the same time is not easy."

Yes, it never will.
But it's not like as if we wanted it lor..

Firstly, Ryan didn't have a room of his own.
If we were to get married, we need a room!
As much as we know BTO take years to complete, we opted for it like erm, 3 yrs ago?
And we balloted for the 6th time before we got this unit.



I'm more than happy to be selected for Sales of Balanced Flat than to waiting foolishly for the BTO to be completed; or throwing my money into the ridiculously expensive COV for a second-hand flat. I was telling Ryan last year that I would rather get a SOBF or a resale, than to continue waiting for my chance which is so difficult to pass by even when I'm qualified for the priority first-timer scheme.

Be it my luck or whatever, it's always the case that my queue number is way behind the proposed units, or that it only left with 2nd or 3rd floor. Like wth? I pay so much for the stupid flat and this is what I deserved? Not to mention the long waiting time before the flat will be ready?

So, finally one day, Ryan and I were very desperated already.
We decided to approach assistance from the MP in my town council when the SOBF launched. We told her that we were very much wanted to get married, but didn't have a room to do so. In addition of my parents' old age and Ryan is also working in Jurong Island, we very much wanted to get a unit in Jurong area.

And TA-DAH!
She was kind enough to write in to HDB for us as the very first priority couples and here we got a very nice queue number and we got our 5-room flat!!



You know, choosing a desired unit was a very tough process.
Ryan and I went to almost all the available units in Jurong.
Some are more than 30 years old unit, some are chased after by loan shark, some Fengshui is not good according to my Geomancer, which will caused us to fight and eventually get divorce (which was exactly what happened to the previous owners according to their neighbours), some are "dirty".

And this unit that we chose was my "love at first sight", again.
Once I had a nice feeling at the first sight of something, it often ended up to be "The One".

It just so happened that the main door wasn't lock when we went to check it out the unit that day. And once I opened the main door and saw the view, I knew this is the one that I'm looking for. Bright sunlight shinning into the living room, with green scenery, and the park that I used to jog every weekend in the past.

Ryan wasn't quite agree with me then. Cos he was pretty much fascinated by getting an executive unit than a 5 room flat. But luckily, I asked my Geomancer to choose one out of the two units, he said that my choice was a super "huat" one. Hence, my love decided that earning big bucks is more important than living in a big flat, he gradually fell in love with my choice too! LOLs!

See, my guts feelings is always very accurate one.
Furthermore, my new flat is just one street away from my mum's place!
Super convenient lah!


It was a long wait to booking the flat, then to get all the housing grants and loans, then finally, the key collection.

Can't describe our feeling.
Finally a love nest of our own, which we are very happy with after so many years of anticipating.




And he is my Geomancer who I'm talking about.
He's actually my eldest brother lah!! Too young to be true? *LOLs*

People pay him hundreds to thousands to see their house's Fengshui, mine is obviously FOC, plus free consultations on everything!

Don't know how to thank him though. Didn't know that his chants can be THAT powerful.

When we decided on that particular unit, I told him that I'm afraid it might be chosen before my turn cos my queue number was only 65 and there's 120 units available for selection. So he went to "do something" in front of the gate and on the day of my selection, all the units in that block were taken except for this particular one, which is the highest among all, still left available. And mind you, my appointment was in day 11 at 4.30pm!!!

The moment after I signed the documents, I called him and he said, "I know you got it, Congrats. I used many power for you, you know?" And my replied was, "WOW, you're fucking amazing lah!!!!"

Sound crazy I know.
Even I can't imagine I was into all these myself.
Believe it or not is up to you all to decide.
I only can say that I won't be believing it until I saw this myself, scare the hell out of me man.

Anyway, decided on my interior designer and started the discussion and planning been 2 months. Finally all renovation works gonna start from next week onwards.
To my surprise again, my designer who is the boss of this interior design company, became my bro's customer and I got super good discount from him.

WTH, am I lucky or what? *Hahahahahaha!


At the designer's place for quoting.
Will blog about his service again once THE BIG PROJECT starts.

Expected completion date will be 4 months from now cos I'm whacking the whole flat, including the two toilets and kitchen. To be exact, nothing will be left untouched other than the toilet bowls and water pipes.

Seriously, I'm super broke now.
I've been roaming around Balestier Road instead of Orchard every weekend now for home shopping. Whenever I starts complaining, hubby will say, "For the sake of our future home, please....." *melting my heart*

After all, I hope it super worth it.
Nothing gonna be as satisfying as having a nest of our own. =)

Exam finally over. Left with 7 more weeks of attachment and I'm done with the whole course. I hope this gonna be the last phase of my student life. Going through exams, projects and presentation is getting on my nerve already.

Once again, I apologise for neglecting my blog.
So in order to compensate for it, I'm gonna reveal the preparation of my ROM in this entry!!

Been in love with you for 7 years.
And will continue loving you in the years to come..


Happy Seventh Anniversary my love.
I realised our celebration is getting simpler each year,
and I no longer demand for gifts and roses from you anymore.

But honey, it's not a bad thing.
Cos I once almost lose you, therefore I learned that nothing is even more important than having you in love with me too.
The best gift that you can ever give, is wanting to my hands till old.
And I felt it every time when you smile, telling me how much you are looking forward to it.


The invitation cards that are sent to our close friends for attending the celebration.

p/s: I know all my readers know my boyfriend as Sky. Nope, I did not change my partner. Just that he changed his name to Ryan when he went over to UK for his studies. At first I thought he uses this name to hook other girls, but it was because people is telling him that Sky is an awkward name for the English, that's why. Same as you guys, I felt weird too at first and is still trying to correct my friends from calling him the wrong name. Whatever it is, to prevent confusion, just call him Ah Meng will never go wrong. LOLs!!

5 Things to note for the day to say I DO.

The Date
As seen in the above picture, 11 June 2011 gonna be the day we are announced as Husband and Wife.

Initially, we chose the date 22 October 2011, which is a Saturday between our birthdays. But our flat came so much earlier than we expected, we got to bring forward our ROM in order to submit our marriage certificate within the time frame.

Then we thought it could be better if we are able to do it on our 7th year anniversary, unfortunately the wedding bands is unable to arrive on time. Then again, we suggested 19th June, which is the date when he proposed to me two years ago. Sadly, the chinese calendar stated that it will be a bad day to get married. So finally, we decided on 11th June, a good day for chinese calendar, also the day we started our very first overseas trip together, where all the sweet memories and the proposal plans took place. Quite memorable also lah huh. *Hahaha..

The Venue
After we settled with the date, we started to search for a good place for solemnisation. As much as we wanted everything to fall within our budget, we realised that booking a venue for solemnisation can easily hit up to 2.5K and above, with only maximum 4 to 6 hours of hosting.

This is not what we wanted lah.. Especially to accommodate babies, elderly and youngsters together is a even more difficult task for us. Moreover, we gonna host a grand wedding next year, it's just a ceremony which I don't think I wanted to splurge so much money on.

Then one day, when I was thinking if I should go Maldives for my honeymoon, I saw Fann Wong's wedding pictures and thinking that solemnising in a hotel's suite can be a good idea. Putting into consideration that the venue name will be printed out on our marriage cert, we chose one which I would dying to stay in!!


Marina Bay Sands.
We finalised on Orchid Suite, given the crazy rates per night, we felt that it's more worthwhile than having it elsewhere, at least I'm staying more than 20 hours here. I wanted a more private, cosy and family kind of ceremony. And this just fits me perfectly.

The Guests List
Due to the limitation of guests allowed in the room, I got to divide the whole thing into two parts, which I think would be a better idea though. Only our parents and siblings are invited to witness our exchanging of vows, then we will bring them for dinner. Later in the evening, friends who are selected to be our Groomsman and Bridesmaid will join in the party till late. A very nontraditional kind of wedding I would say, I always have weird thinking different from the others. LOLs.

The Rings
The wedding ring has been worn on the third finger of the left hand since Roman times. The Romans believed that the vein in that finger runs directly to the heart. The wedding ring is a never-ending circle, which symbolizes everlasting love.


Fulfilling my wish of always wanting a ring from Cartier, we got love at first sight on a same pair of it. So we sort of like lessen a lot of hassle from ring-shopping and trying out on different pairs. The only reason we took a long time to decide was because of the price. It costs us $4.5K a pair. *WOOTs!

For a couple who are preparing a wedding and renovating a home like us, we struggled a lot if we should just get it or purchase any from Goldheart or Sookee, which cost only about half of the price than this. And the remaining amount of money can be used to buy other home appliances.

I only want one ring to wear for a lifetime, because it's this ring that he gave, with all the promises made during the exchanging of vows. It took my heart away when he told me that he saved on proposal ring, and gave me this instead. Fair enough, I do not need so many rings, just one, which will be with me for a lifetime. =)

The Wedding Dress
I was given a ROM dress in the package that I signed with My Dream Wedding. But later on I realised that I forgot to negotiate for a tea dress for my Actual Day. So, to save $200 for the rental, I swapped my ROM dress to tea dress since I'm not doing "big" for my solemnisation.

I started shopping for my dress and spotted this from ASOS which only cost me 50bucks!


Simple and nice, very me cos it's very short too! *Hahahaha!



Ok! I hope you enjoyed the post and it's useful for you when it's your turn to get married! =)

Will update again on the next post for my lovenest's renovation, stay tuned! =)

Labels: ROM

LOVE IS in the AIR


Busy Elene = Busy Student, Busy Girlfriend, Busy wife-to-be.

Ring Ring Ring.
I heard many wedding bells are ringing~

I had received 5 good news of friends getting married soon! And they are all faster than me to get ROM! Aiyoh.. why like that? All snatching my limelights. LOLs!

Yeah.. I know I know.. My close friends are complaining to me that they are waiting till they sian already. I always thought ROM is a very simple affair. Source for a good date, got slot den sign and go.

Like what Mr.boyfriend says, my expectation very high, even ROM only also wan to be so perfect. Pledging our love is a once in a life time thing, it of course have to leave the sweetest memory in my heart.

First, the date must be a meaningful one for me to remember.
Secondly, the venue must be a nice one for everyone to party and celebrate.
Thirdly, sourcing for a good soleminiser who is sincere and humorous.
Fourthly, everything must be within our budget but yet can be so memorable.
Lastly, little details and decoration have to add in for a "love is in the air" feeling.

As much as I wanted to blog about my detailed plans, I decided to keep it as a secret first till everything is finalised. I foresee myself to have lesser time to blog as my exam is coming soon.

There's too many things to do during my weekend off, too many shopping to be done for a great beginning. Moreover, I can never be interested to source for renovation information, just like how hubby can never like to source for wedding info. Therefore, I'm doing all the planning for ROM and Actual Day wedding while he's in-charge of all the renovation and furnitures details. Hahaha!

Been to my interior designer's office for my flat's renovation details..

And shopping for the necessaries for friends who is invited to my party. See, I'm so thoughtful to you all even though you all always teach my fiance to bully his fiancee. LOLs!

Anyway, even though many quarrels arises over the over-budget issues ever since we decided to get married, I'm enjoying the planning process.

I enjoyed being the wedding planner for my own wedding and it has been my dream to do that.

Ok, maybe Mature is the right word to use.


It was the year where I finally realised what are those things I really wanted to achieve and who are the people I should really treasure.



Be it that I leave away from home again for the second time and went for a one month holiday in Europe; or after going through the longest 6 months separation with hubby, I am now no longer rely on him like how I used to anymore.

It really doesn't matter if he had time for me, because my schedule is always busier than his. And he is always complaining that my school work is never ending, one after another.


I don't know if it was because of my desires for achievement, or I just wanna prove to myself that I'm capable in doing it. I had completed my degree course in November, and am now whining everyday about this additional diploma course that I'm taking. Yet, a inner part of me wanted to challenge Master of Paediatric Oncology course in UK in a few years to come. I MUST BE CRAZY!!!

But well, many are asking me, do I really wanna leave my family and fly over to UK for the Master course since I'm settling down with hubby soon? My answer is, I really don't know what is going to happen in the future.

Instead of using the money to doll myself up, I threw it on my school fees. Instead of saving up for my marriage, I slurged it on my holiday-ing. Instead of partying my youth away, I spend most of my time at work and on assignments. Seriously, I don't know if I were to regret that my youth is wasted at such a pathetic way. But one thing for sure, I've accomplished my achievement at the age of 25.

You know, different people set their priorties differently.

I just simply can't get enough of it.

I targeted myself that for every 6 months, I must give myself a break and pamper myself by travelling to somewhere new.

Elene Tan
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