R.O.M Preparation Pt 1

Took a glance at the "daisy-path" time line at the right corner of this blog, my oh my.. in less than 2 months will be our big moment - Registration of Marriage! For the past 1.5 months we have been actively preparing for this big day. This big day where we pen down our love, commitment, promise, companionship, MARRIAGE... on paper.

1. Date - We secured the 22/06/2012 at the National Registration Department. We had our registration form pinned up on the board and NO one objected to our union.

2. Attire - I would love a nice white knee length dress for this event. So we searched up and down at Mid Valley, Pavilion and Uptown etc for the perfect dress. Finally, from some forum recommendation, I visited the "D'Glit.ters" boutique at Plaza Damas, Seri Hartamas and found it. It's a white laced knee length dress tube topped with a beige colour ribbon at the waist line. And to match this dress I need a pair of beige/white/ivory coloured heels. We again search up and down for the pair of heels and finally found it at the Bridal fair in Mid Valley. Bought it from a bridal boutique called "Memo.ries" and their shoes are REALLY comfortable to wear and it's with the matching ribbon to my dress! So here, my attire for the big day is all... ready!

As for my groom, he is all happy with his set of suit and pants tailor-made earlier so all he needs is a white shirt with proper cuffs. We will still be looking around for his white shirt, perhaps to Raoul or Robbinson.

3. Wedding Bands - We secured our wedding bands from the jewellery store "Dia.mond & Plati.num" that Wil bought my engagement ring. The moment we landed our eyes on this pair of wedding bands, we felt in love with it. The simplicity yet sophisticated and modern design. Just the kind of wedding bands I have in mind. We bought it at D&P's road show, so we have a few free gifts i.e. 2 pearl bracelets, 1 bridal bouquet voucher and small bottles of Burberry fragrance. We were also given free laser engraving services for our bands, we decided to engrave our names on it - Wil & Jes on his ring and Jes & Wil on my ring. It will take 12 days to get this done, as the rings will be sent back to factory for engraving.

4. Vanity - In order to look best on the big day, I've decided to hire a make up artist for my make up and hairdo. Some may say it's not necessary as the R.O.M process only takes about 15minutes. But well, I would use this phrase again "It's once a lifetime... might as well?" I chosen Wed.ding Is.le's Karen as my R.O.M day make up artist. It cost RM250 for her to be at my house at 6am on the day. Finger crossed it will be good, as seen from her previous works, the make over is somewhat simple and elegant, love it.

5. Photography - Since we are all dressed up and it is an utterly important event in our lives, we decided there's a need to hire a photographer to snap quality photographs of the event. I did frantically research all over the internet for a good photographer with reasonable price to shoot for our R.O.M event. Finally we made the choice to go with Yu.en Photo.graphy, whom the principal photographer is friend of our good friend.

6. After R.O.M lunch - We have not confirmed on this yet, as it is still a month to our R.O.M date. There are a few choices i.e. Pullman Resort at Putrajaya or some chinese restaurants nearby. This could be decided later, after we have headcount of attendance.

Phew.. so looks like we're all ready for our registration day! Am really excited for this day to come. Then, I would need to fill in "married" at the relationship status, being addressed as Mrs. Lai and calling Wilson.. hubby? hub? lou kung? oh gosh.. I AM anxious. I AM nervous. Not that I'm not ready for moving on to the new chapter of life, it's just that this will be a declaration of lifetime devotion and it should be a really HUGE moment. So.. ain't it all normal to feel anxious and nervous? Gosh, another 1.5 months to feel anxious about. But for now, it is a relief that almost all my preps are done, for the ROM.