[VDL - Part 12] Meet the JP!

Met up with the Justice of Peace who will be solemnizing our wedding :)

We were looking for a Christian JP but thought it will be quite tough since our solemnization will be held on Sunday morning. Checked out some forum reviews and managed to find Simon. 

We emailed him a week ago to enquire about his availability and thankfully, he’s able to make it! He will be solemnizing another wedding at Keppel Club just an hour before us so we are really quite blessed X) . 

He has been extremely prompt in his follow-up and arranged for us to meet him today so that we can proceed with the registration at ROM. 

(Photo taken from SingaporeBrides forum)

The meet-up with him was really comfortable and engaging. We expected a quick and simple briefing session to exchange forms and run through the procedures for the solemnization. But in addition to that, he did a DISC profiling for us and helped us to find out how we should treat each other in a marriage so as to compliment our character. Not sure if this is a standard procedure for all JPs, but we found it interesting and helpful :)

Obviously, Pops is the Investigator and I actually straddle between Persister and Specialist (which, incidentally, is Simon’s profile!). 

Basically, I’m a very nice person who values harmony and can’t really make decision :X Thankfully, pops is good with the part on making decision so we won’t end up in a limbo when there’s a tough decision to make :) And we are all people-persons so the whole meet-up was really light-hearted!

He also gave us some samples of vows, but I’m pretty insistent that we should write our own!

And also some materials from his marriage prep course :) 

Yayyy, another item off the check-list!! 

Thank God once again for His amazing provision :)

We’re looking forward to the start of our marriage prep course in Oct, and yes, we better send out our save-the-dates soooooon!

[VDL - Part 11] Marriage Prep Course

Pops has been reminding me to check out marriage prep courses for the longest time.

I’ve looked around a bit but a lot of them are rather secular in nature, so I felt some resistance to sign up for them.

One random evening, I was at the drop-off point waiting for pops to meet me aft booking out from reservist and happened to meet one of the directors who was part of the fellowship group in office. 

She waved a bunch of flowers excitedly at me and told me that she’s going for the Alpha Marriage Course.

I heard of that course before during FG. But before she had the chance to elaborate further, her hubs arrived and she had to leave.

I went back to google Alpha Course that night and realized that they have Pre-marriage Preparation Course as well! And the description got me pretty excited:

"A five session course set in a fantastic atmosphere. You will be served with a candlelit meal and/or coffee, tea and dessert in a romantic setting while listening to practical talks that are informative and fun, either given live or played on DVD."

And the venue is at Dempsey!!

When I first checked, I realized we missed the registration date and more than half the lessons were during Pops’ reservist period so I was pretty disappointed.

But subsequently, I found out that they have a new round in Oct/ Nov which is just perfect!!

We registered today and Chee Min, the facilitator, was extremely prompt in following up :) We were already given homework to complete before our first session - to complete the MBTI profiling questionnaire!

I’ll try to update more on the course after going to the sessions.

But for now, I just wanna thank God for helping us check one more item off our Wedding Checklist~!!

If anyone of you are keen to find out more about the course, you can visit the website below:

http://www.relationshipcentral.org.sg/marriage-preparation-course/about-course

GFF-GirlFriends Forever!

Spent a lovely Saturday out with the girls couple of weekends ago :)

Everyone’s so busy with our own lives it feels like a luxury to gather and spend a whole afternoon busking in each others’ company. 

Started our day at The Plains, with a simply but soulfully made brunch.

Then we shifted to K.Ki at Ann Siang for cakes and tea.

And to (finally) celebrate a birthday!! 

I think we got so comfortable there, we stayed for a good 4 hours straight, catching up on everyones’ lives :)

 I can’t help but feel soooo at home with the Scandinavian feel exuded by the wood+white tone, random splashes of colors and simple yet functional furniture :)

It’s always comforting and heart-warming to remember that you have a group of loving girlfriends to grow old with ❤

We need more tea-time chats plssssss!! :)