of wedding bells, ribbons, champagne and cupcakes

been watching lots of telly and there’s like a whole channel dedicated for brides-to-be in the daytime – how they pick their dress, how the whole wedding planning’s falling apart and a ‘fairy godmother wedding planner specialist’ grants 3 wishes to help them out, how some plus-sized brides-to-be allow themselves to be subject to 6 weeks of sheer physical training in order to fit nicely into their dress…

i recall a conversation with Jo some time ago and apparently, she told me one should start planning for one’s wedding at least 1 1/2 – 2 years beforehand. mine’s gona be in december 2012, tentatively. well, then again, everything’s tentative until they come to pass, no? but i doubt i will have time to do all the preparation when i get back cos’ it’ll be my final semester and then i’ll have to sit for a 1-year bar course and finally get my career moving. it’ll be good to start thinking about what we want and perhaps hand it to a wedding planner to help us out. i can’t wait to get out of school and start working. i’m tired of studying (something i know i’ll miss when i’m working), watching the numbers in my bank account dwindle and of the big kids i have to put up with in class.

i’ve already found my choice photographer and Ju and i will be placing our deposits next year when i get back home. this guy we chanced upon on, has an eye for artistic, ad-like photography and somehow i find his style very similar to what my photojournalism tutor in poly, wayne umehara, taught us. we’re planning to have our wedding pictures taken when we fly over to perth for Ju’s graduation. would be nice to have our photographs taken where we fell crazy in love – it’s going to cost us, but i know it’s going to be worth it, capturing precious moments at spots we used to hang out.

we have a rough idea on venue so far, but the events person for this restaurant does not exactly make good PR material. it’ll be a nice, cosy and novel luncheon with closest friends and family, instead of the whole hotel ballroom routine. i’m terribly bored of the same chinese foodfare and the monotonous custom that most brides and grooms go through. really, the only difference at each wedding dinner i attend, is the couple who’s exchanging their vows. everything else is pretty much the same.

i don’t know how everything will work out but i think it’s good to talk it through occasionally and see how everything develops…i’m really excited for our big day and i can’t wait for the day that i am finally the blushing bride myself.

oh, and did i mention a fitted cheongsam is a must?