Plans For Solemnization

We're currently making plans & working out the details for our solemnization. Our chosen date is on the 9th Dec, just slightly over 3 months away. At 1st I had wanted to hold it at Jeff's place but I could tell that his mom was kinda unwilling when she agreed to it. Shortly after, his sister contacted him, saying that she found a hotel in which to hold the ceremony.

Well, that's fine with me though I'm a bit disappointed that Ton Ton won't be sharing the occasion with me. From what his sister told us, the ceremony will be held in a function room & we'll proceed to the restaurant for high tea after that. We need to go down, have a look & possibly place deposit. Jeff's off day is on Wed & mine's on Thurs. So I'm gonna try changing my off day with my colleague.

Jeff has already contacted a solemniser & he'll be getting back to us shortly. I sure hope he's available. The 1st solemniser we contacted won't be in sg for the month of Dec. Once we've made the online registration at the ROM website, it'll be time to contact the bridal studio & get fitted for my tea dress.

Not only that, we've also tried our luck balloting for a flat in Redhill. However, I don't think we stand a chance as we don't qualify for any of the 3 priorites. 3rd child priority: Your 3rd child must be born after 1987. Newly weds staying near parents priority: Nope. Rental to flat owner priority: If you've been renting a flat & wishes to purchase 1 of your own. According to the info on the HDB balloting booklet they gave us, people with either of this 3 priorities has twice the chance of getting a flat than those without. There're only 160+ flats available, but there're close to 2000 applications now & it's still more than a week till closing date! That's like less than 10% chance, not counting the fact that we're not given priority. Oh well... I'll just take it as it comes.