This blog has sure collected some dust, but
since I have some time to spare, why not write my post-wedding thoughts for
archival purposes (and while it’s still relatively fresh in my head)?
10 October 2015 was THE (long-awaited) day.
After 1 year of wedding preparation, it all came to this. Many things to be
thankful for, of course, and there have been no regrets for any of the
decisions made. Though of course, I might change some stuff if I could turn
back time, like arriving at the church earlier so my wedding coordinator and AV
i/c didn’t have to panic.>.<
Many girls like to ask, “what’s your dream
wedding?” Since young, it has always been simple for me – to have my Dad walk
me down the aisle in a church. And it happened! Glitz, glamour, puffy flowery gowns
and dinner banquets have never been my thing. So the keyword in the whole
preparation was simply, ‘simple’. I do not think that we should be splurging on
things that only, well, LOOK good. That’s why I decided to not splurge on a
dress that I would only wear once. Fortunately for me, H&M came up with a USD$99 weddding dress last year. It’s not only affordable, it’s simply gorgeous (or
gorgeously simple). Plus, I could wear it again after the wedding just by
trimming the length. Mom felt it was too plain, though, so she suggested I
alter the dress and add a detachable train at the back. So what the tailor did
was to remove the upper cloth and replace it with a lace while retaining the
same design.
Having attended so many weddings, I realised
that people usually remember or talk about how good/bad the food is or whether
there was enough. So food was a huge priority and something we didn’t mind
splurging on. We were also careful when it came to the number of heads to cater
for. We knew for sure we were going to order just slightly more than the number
of people who were coming, because for my sister’s wedding, there was not
enough food and many people went home remembering that. I didn’t wanna make the
same mistake. Talkng about food, I can’t help but gush about how amazing the
food is. Didn’t get to eat during the wedding, but no worries, because…
#foodtasting! Our food caterer was Kigi Catering. We first tried Kigi when we
attended our friends’ wedding. Having tried so many caterers after that, I
couldn’t find caterers that could match Kigi. They are a little bit unknown,
though, but their food and décor is amazing. Very relieved that we had very
favourable responses from our guests regarding the food (except for the Laksa).
We were very blessed and fortunate to have
many supportive friends and family members who made the whole wedding day
possible. Tasks were completed without complains, and everyone went all the way
out to help us. We had friends who arrive at 7:30am to pump the balloons for
décor, friends who stood under the scotching sun to guide traffic, friends who
had to miss the wedding ceremony cos they were settling tasks outside, friends
who followed us through the whole day, friends who sacrificed their time and
effort to make our wedding so beautiful.
So there. Wedding day reflections –
archived.
