You know planning for ROM can be quite a hussle, especially when you don't know anything about it. ROM knows you, but we don't really know it.

Getting married, to even think about it can be quite scary at times. Because it would mean that you are stuck with the person for LIFE.

Proposing to your girlfriend might be an easy task. Whether she rejects or accept, that's your fate. Accept it and try harder next time (that is if she rejects you). Of course, almost every single girl would say "YES" instead of "NO", unless....

- Proposal is not romantic enough
- Diamond not BLING enough
- Not sincere enough

and many more that I can't think of right now.

Anyways, back to where I left. I was talking about preparing for ROM. You know, we wanted something special and yet we are quite budget. Anything above $2K is a struggle for us. Reason being, he just changed job and I am not earning as much.

There is many coordination work to be done. Like..

- Because we want a church solemnization, we have to find out more about the procedure. Whether we need to file our marriage with ROM directly first or thru the church first. And if the church will help us file our marriage with ROM or after the church solemnization, we need to file the marriage with ROM ourselves. Many uncertainities.

- We want to hold our solemnization OUT of the ROM. So we have to source the place ourselves.

We decided that I want to have a OPEN CONCEPT for the solemnization. More romantic mah. And I can see the burning sun instead of the moon and the stars. Because we intended to hold our solemnization in the afternoon. Most likely for Hi-Tea. Because lunch would be quite not within our budget. So we ditched the idea and chose indoor. Because Dearest is prone to perspiring, but we maintain the idea of having flowers or trees. Preferably choosing a garden for a wedding.

And of course, things are not so smooth sailing.

- I called many places like the Fullerton, Forlino (too expensive and a friend of mine told me that the service sucks and the food isn't really that good). There is a minimum spending amount of $5K to have the main dining area. I am talking about JUST the MAIN DINING area not the whole place. But the place with the view is DAMN CHIO ok? And I read from XX's blog it's actually not as bad as the things my friend told me.

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- I called Scarlet Hotel. The place is really nice (on pictures). The food is really unique (unlike the normal buffet where you just eat SANDWICHES and whatsoever from the menu they sent me). But it's a little pricey. There is a minimum spending about $3K. But they do throw in a night stay at the hotel. Which is quite cool. But still, it's not within our budget, so we ditched that idea. BUT, super chio right??

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- I previously read from wedding forum about Gallery Hotel, and from the website I thought that would be a great place to hold our ROM there. So I dropped them an email a few weeks ago. But I haven't gotten any replies from them. I supposed they are not keen to do my business huh? So we were talking to Alan and Christine, then we realized Christine's dad works in Gallery Hotel. I thought what a coincidence! And they were talking about how great the food was. I was attracted. So Christine called her dad on our behalf, got the number of the person in charge of banquet. And so Christine told us she will help us 'pull string' first before getting the person to call us. I thought, what a great idea! So the person called me on Monday. I was really happy. But to think again, they do not do anything about my email. So what's the big deal about them calling me? I called Gallery Hotel. The person whom I have been alias with, Juliana, was not feeling well. And it's so hard for me to make an appointment with them because they have to attend this function, that function. Noone seems to have time for us. So after we viewed the place.. I decided that I don't like it. Because the function room they showed us has an OPEN CEILING.. Which means I can see the piping and everything! I am not going to pay a little more money to see all these unsightly things.

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- We made an appointment with Kelvin, Fort Canning. Cause we thought that's one of the coolest place to have our Solemnization there. With the trees and birds. But some friends commented that it's the night scenery that's captivating. And what's more, it's really burning HOT during the afternoon. And the thing was, we can't seems to make it for the appointment. It's either we overslept or it's raining too heavily and we find it too inconvenient to go there. So, we decided that Fort Canning is not the place for us because it's not too convenient also.

- I emailed Mandai Orchid Garden a few weeks ago and I just gotten their replies. I thought it would be really romantic to held our ROM there. Cool isn't it? But, dear dear say it's too expensive and not PRACTICAL. TMD loh. I wanted to say, PLANNING for a ROMANTIC WEDDING is NOT practical at all. He say he can be practically romantic. Pui. I was so upset by his comments when I merely showed him the prices. By then, we have already choosen THE PLACE.

Woohoooo!

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