Real Wedding Feature: The Chronicle of Pak Kin & Linda

Wedding Date: 14 Mar 2014 (Friday)

While most couples choose to book with the hassle-free, all-in-one bridal package, Pak Kin & Linda prefers to pick up wedding services individually based portfolios.

The Pre-Wedding 

The conservation effort to retain the neoclassical architecture is one of the many reasons for Pak & Linda to choose One Fullerton Hotel as their pre-wedding sites.

 Props and flowers for pre-wedding  were all purchased personally by Linda. Josephine (photographer) playfully incorporated the 'Happily Ever After' paper umbrella into the shot.

For Linda, I did two looks for her - side bun updo and half tie curls down look. Her makeup was kept light and natural to showcase her beautiful tanned skin. 

Josephine brilliantly captured Pak Kin & Linda's most natural smiles. It's was hardly a sweaty and tiring experience as Josephine warms up the couple with some light poses at a moderate momentum.

Actual Day

This is one of my favorite shot from her wedding, for all the biased reason in the world, Bloc Memoire capture the hairstyling and makeup details that I did brilliantly. We went with the softest brown eyeshadow (naked palette 1 - sidecar & hustle color) and lightest peach blush (3 Concept Eyes - # Baby Peach) that emits the natural blush feel. 

The wedding solemnization was an intimate affair held in Bethesda Church with event hall decorated with drapes of paper cranes. Oh! and the 'Just Married' banner was also a work of Linda's talent in D.I.Y.

Valda says:

This baker wife bakes the best salted chocolate cookie (a token of appreciation for all wedding helpers), which unfortunately I finish the whole pack of it on that day itself when she gave me. Till this date, I couldn't help compare cookies that I tried to hers, and felt utterly disappointed that it wasn't even close to what she baked.

She is a super woman, DIY aplenty for the wedding. The dessert bar was displayed in a cutest, sweetest fashion, which, to be honest, I didn't step a inch too close for the fear of gobbling everything up. I could only look afar and hold my hands tight around me. RESIST MUST RESIST!!

Pre-wedding Photographer: www.josephinesicadphotography.com

Actual Day Wedding Photographer: www.blocmemoire.com

Real Wedding Feature: Wedding for Buddhist

Wedding Date: 14 Oct 2014 (Tuesday)

There are many interesting wedding venues, and I bet you might have already heard of most of them. Come on! Singapore can't be that big. Have no couple not explore everything that is in Singapore yet?

This week's real wedding feature, I am about to share with you one unique venue that is extraordinary. I won't dare said that no one has done it before, but at least, it is more than the usual.

Alex and Excell took a route not many have taken, they forgo having wedding at the beach, at the park and by the garden, and choose to have it at a Thai Buddhist Temple.  It started off, with a suggestion from Alex to held the wedding ceremony in the temple, and Excell approach the Justice of Peace to seek whether he would have any idea whether there's any temple by the sea that accommodate to marriage ritual. That's how all the coordinating begins!

On the Wedding Day morning, Excell receives her bridal airbrush makeup and hairstyling of a braided up do, before she dressed in her non-conventional wedding dress styled by herself with a consultation panel of best friends and families.  She was picked up from Riz Carlton to Dhamma Wisdom Centre situated at Kembangan.

Upon arrival, she was guided to walk down the aisle accompanied by the serene music of Kuan Yin's Chant - Om Mane Padme Hum, to where Alex was standing excitingly at the alter.

The chief monk and temple caretaker are such loving people. They helped to set the couple's dreams wedding comes true. Notices the nicely shaded flower petals on the floor?

After the solemnization, which took about 15 minutes, a very elaborate Buddhist marriage blessing rituals begins. Alex & Excell were guided throughout by the temple caretaker for flower offerings to the Buddha, lighting of candles and offering rodes to the monks, etc

The whole ceremony lasted about 30 minutes. As the monks chanted and the chief monk gave a 3minutes sermon to Alex & Excell.

During the dinner reception, Excell was dressed in a long sleeve red mermaid bottom dress, have her hair letdown to the big curls and red lipstick to compliment her dress. 

In line with the theme, invited guest received Buddha Figurine unique to every couple hand picked by Alex & Excell. 

Valda says:

While Alex proposal to Excell was expected (because the both of them were ready even before getting together to enter marriage phrase), the rest of the wedding coordination was not. How they met inspired me not to give up, that I will finally find my true love soon. 

"As the time ripe, you will find your Mr. right."  

Wedding Venue by:

Dhamma Wisdom Centre 

27 Jalan Senyum 

Singapore 418151