Final Decision - Beautiful Love Bridal

Ok, done my final decision on which Bridal shop I am going to engage! Drum Roll~~~~~~~~~~

Beautiful Love Bridal!!!!! Really love Jeanie's service and so far loved their gowns.... Total damage on this bridal package is $3988.... Price Steep? Look at what does it include ^^

• One Wedding Gown (Free Choice)
• One Evening Gown (Free Choice)
• One Kwa (Chinese Traditional Wedding Outfit)
• 2 sets Jacket + Pants for Groom
• One Chinese Traditional Wedding Outfit for guy (if can fit as requested by my fiancé)
• 6 corsages
• 4 sets Brother's Car Décor
• Bridal Makeup and Hairdo 1 day time + 1 night time
• Indoor and Outdoor shoot
• 35 poses in 20 to 22 pages album
• 1 portrait / 3 in 1 portrait
• 1 mini album 
• Bridal Car including Driver & Petrol
• Editted photos in CD Rom
• Includes ROM Package worth $888
• Simple Gown
• Suit
• Hand Bouquet
• Additional $50 for hairdo + Additional $50 for the make up artist to come over to the ROM Venue
• Make up using the Trial Makeup from the package itself

ROM Checklist

1. Get Wedding Bands
2. Book Aranda Country Club
3. Get Wedding Package (Jeanie @ Beautiful Love)
4. File Marriage
5. Engage Solemnizer
6. Order Wedding Cake
7. DIY Decor
8. DIY Signature Pens
9. DIY Guest Book
10. Prepare Invitation
11. Order Buffet

Our Plans - ROM Vows

We wanna make our ROM a special one... so we decided to have our own Creative Vows.... The vows below are just a draft and subject to change ^^

我，曾俊良在此宣誓，愿与林慧琪成为合法夫妻。我愿意成为一辈子爱她的笨蛋，并且与她携手到老。

我，林慧琪在此宣誓，愿与曾俊良成为合法夫妻。我愿意成为一辈子爱他的傻瓜，并且成为他生命中不可或缺的一部分。

And we decided to do something special after the ring exchange.... Stay tuned to our ROM!!!

Bridal Packages - Beautiful Love Wedding and Thomson Wedding

So, we decided to take a walk through the Tanjong Pagar Road (the usual place where couples go for their bridal packages hunting)... I must say... Tanjong Pagar is a very very very very very @#$/^& place as we took very long time just to figure out how to get there.. even with GPS... I had a hard time trying to figure out how to get to that place =.="""

 

On the way to Tanjong Pagar Road, we saw a shop that looks very nice on the outside, but what really make us think few times before we decided to go in was they were having some prayer ceremonies outside their shop for the 7th month hungry ghost festival, oh well... anyway we still decided to go in as we only see one bridal shop within distance.

 

Firstly, I really need to compliment Jeanie from Beautiful Love Wedding for her EXCELLENT SERVICE!!!! She gave me a relax feeling as she's not pushy and she's willing to throw in more freebies for us :) And guess what Singaporean REALLY loves???? FREEBIES!!!! But of cos, salesladies love to attract customers with freebies.... but trust me... so far they gave us the best deals!

 

She's kind enough to let me try on few gowns to assure me that their gown selections is enough for me to choose even before I make any payment etc (*Thumbs Up*) And we came to a conclusion... I cannot wear halter neck due to short neck (Today then I know *sob sob*) but am glad that I look great in the other 2 gowns :) I guess enough for now as I haven't pay? :P

 

My boy loves their service but now the main decision maker is my MOTHER.... so anything got to ask her first before we do any decision.... if not.... We'll have lotsa naggings!!!

 

So did I mention Thomson Wedding? Oh please... after went through the sessions with Beautiful Love Wedding... I really feel pressurised with how they handle the customers.... Can you imagine a saleslady that's so desperate to sell you wedding packages without even trying to get to know you? Talk about service attitude... Hur hur hur....

 

 

Hiccups - Bridal Packages + Bridal Package Hunting

After lots and lots and lots of considerations, we decided to forfeit the bridal package in Malaysia due to the following reasons:

1. Thanks to Malaysia's smart alecks government, Singapore cars that enter Malaysia will have to pay RM50 just to cross the damn bridge into Malaysia... Makes it a bit unworthy to travel here and there via family car just to save that SGD$1000 over dollars.
2. After much consideration on the traffic condition upon travel numerous of times to Malaysia, its really tiring to get stuck in the middle of nowhere due to the traffic jam.
3. Last and not least but most importantly... my mum who claims that she's the smartest in the house (actually she really is)... nagged at me non-stop with the above points and urge me to forfeit the plan.

So.... We began our Bridal Studio Hunting today! and lotsa thought will be shared here... Take a look and it might be useful to you in future.

If you ever came across Liang Seah Street, they used to have lots of bridal studios around that area... But today when we went there... most of those shops already became China steamboat, 麻辣火锅, Korea BBQ etc etc etc Food and Beverage Outlets... So, we only managed to see some of the bridal shops and browse through their portfolio outside their shop..

First we came across this shop that's located in the second floor of the Liang Seah Street buildings... Not very comfortable with it as we need to travel up the stairs just to "take a look" at the shops... Luckily, they put their portfolios at Level 1, so after we browse, we actually went off as we realised that its a Taiwan based Bridal shop (Taiwanese are super good with their psycho tactic, had numerous of experience with them..)

Then we came across numerous of other outlets.... THEN!!! I realised that the more years the bridal shop is established, the more variety of gowns I can select off from the racks! So I came across this shop by the name of Graceful Image... I must say... the salesperson is very friendly... he look as though he had lots of experience and we really can chat... He told us about Taiwanese Packages and how they "Chop off Singaporeans Carrot head" etc etc etc... Initially we were quite interested we what he told us and nearly went in to listen more about his shop... but hey... We need to browse more around right?

Then initially we wanted to go Blissful Bridal that my fellow Facebook friends recommended me... In the end... we ended up at Marina Square.... so we just went to the Bridal shop situated there... The shop name is "Bridal Zone"... This shop is 45 years old.... Lots of gowns to choose from and they are very gorgeous! I wouldn't say I wanna be a plus size bride... but if I can wear their dresses now, means I can wear them even when I slim down before wedding :p

Well... There's a saying 货比三家, so we decided to compare other bridal shops plus reading reviews online to choose the best bridal shop for us... :)

Our Plans - Wedding dates

Have yet to confirmed anything yet, but I heard if my fiancé go for his overseas training trip, he will be back on June and December.. so we actually planned out Plan A and Plan B for our wedding dates.

Plan A (if he's not going):
ROM - 7 May 2015 (Thursday)
Actual Day - 5 July 2015 (Sunday)

Plan B (if he's going):
ROM - 12 June 2015 (Friday)
Actual Day - 6 December 2015 (Sunday)

You realised we actually chose dates that are directly opposite? Easy to remember plus my parents also took opposite dates coincidently... So I decided to be a copycat!

More updates to come ^^

Our Plans - Bridal Make up

Had been researching for Bridal Makeup.... Wow... not a easy task.... been browsing through the Bridal Makeup Artist recommendations on forums, Facebook post and Friends recommendations, and FINALLY! I found what I want!

http://www.dblchin.com/

Recommended by one of my friends aka one of my bridesmaid... Love the way she turn the ordinary ducklings to beautiful swans!! Already got a package now... but due to my fiancé's oversea training trip have yet to be confirmed... so my wedding date is not confirmed yet till November...