A part of me feels sorry for not following the tradition of bursting our budget on a huge blow-out wedding. Another part of me feels extremely glad that we did not follow the trend or rather tradition just because we feel obliged to do so as a Chinese.

At the end of the day, a wedding IS the biggest day of our lives and the big day could be represented by a thousand ways. For the usual Singaporeans, we rent expensive gowns, buy expensive photo-taking packages and throw an overpriced banquet dinner inviting friends and family, but leaving ourselves with either debts or just empty pockets and a head full of stress wondering if we REALLY enjoyed our big day, besides having satisfied the traditional-chinese-wedding-day.



A marriage means so much to us, and so is our wedding. Caught in a painful dilemma planning the perfect day, we have refused to let a century of advertising distract us from what's really important.

It's not about the money or the gifts, the 100 banquet tables or the most exquisite floral centrepieces that eventually wither. It's about love leading you to take the first step of building a family together in the best possible ways you can afford despite living in this expensive city. A wedding is just about you and me declaring our eternal, undying love for each other, and that's what I've always dreamed for our wedding to be about, because I love you and I know you always will too.

We had a non-5-star-hotel kinda wedding solemnisation at a private villa and then a simple dinner with both our families in Sentosa Cove. We did our shoot right in the morning before our solemnisation and the best part was having all our 20 brothers and sisters joining us for our wedding shoot exactly as I had wished for. It was a simple affair with nothing less than sheer joy yet nothing more than what we couldn't have afforded.

Growing up has taught me that making a living is hard and you don't have to make it harder for yourself just to conform to society standards. The last thing you need to start off your life as a newly wed is a bunch of wedding debts on the list.

We had a big day, a fabulous one, probably the happiest day of my life and I never nor would I ever regret a minute of it. Thank you to my Baobi and everyone who joined us on this day. I am truly thankful, and eternally grateful to be your wife.