Church Searching

As with every couple planning to get married or dreaming to get married, searching for THE CHURCH is often a hard decision. Things such as availability, location, even the interior of the church matters. For me and my fiancee; despite living in the little red dot and being in a foreign land, searching for a Church to exchange our vows were not as hard as it seemed and turned out to be quite the adventure and I learned a bit of trivia about each as well.

Church of St. Mary of the Angels

5 Bukit Batok East Avenue 2

An ultra modern church, spacious, unique but slightly far from the city.

The church was designed with the ceremonial space in the center and 

seating on 3 sides so that no seat was too far from the sanctuary.

Blessed Sacrament Church

1 Commonwealth Drive, Singapore 149603

Well known for its iconic slate roof which is constructed in folds in the shape

of a tent to symbolize the "Tent of Meeting"in the Old Testament.

The Main service hall is cross-shaped.

Church of St. Teresa

510 Kampong Bahru Road

Probably the most popular church in Singapore. It is the first rural

Catholic Church and the only one featuring a Roman-Byzantine architecture.

 

Church of the Sacred Heart

111 Tank Road

Built in 1906 and completed in 1910, the Church of the Sacred Heart is

a small French Gothic Style church having a white facade and a beautiful

altar. Located near the city and at the far side of Fort Canning Hill.

 

St. Joseph's Church

143 Victoria Street

Located within the central area of the central business district. It is a Gothic

style church; structured in the form of a latin cross. This church is most noted for its annual Good Friday procession.

 Church of Saints Peter and Paul

225A Queen Street

A Gothic style church; the facade features the statues of Saint Peter

and Paul.It has a beautiful main entrance and an all white interior with

stained glass windows.

St. Andrews Cathedral

11 St. Andrew's Road

 It is the country's largest cathedral, an Early Gothic style church that stands

out over modern skyscrapers. It is located within the central business district.

The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes

 50 Ophir Road

A Neo-Gothic Style church it was originally built to be a Tamil Catholic church but as of present times it has welcomed Catholics of all races.

 CHJIMES

30 Victoria Street

This complex used to be a Catholic convent with a Gothic style chapel. Currently

the chapel is now a multi purpose hall for various events and the complex is now

a dining and entertainment center.

Sooo, what is an Anti-Bride?

A lot of my friends, colleagues, relatives, etc. have been asking what is an anti-bride? Because apparently when they hear anti-bride this image comes to mind:

Linda Blair-ish face, head turning, scary monster. Flame spewing when things are not in order, no that isn't an anti-bride, that is another famous bride description the bridezilla. (bridezilla illustrated below.) to find out what a bridezilla is you can click HERE.  LOL.

So, going back what is an Anti Bride?

No, it is not related to being Anti-Christ or anything,  anti-brides are not anti-marriage. 

They're not anti-wedding and they're certainly not anti-groom. They are not necessarily against the white dress though they are probably, more open to a wedding dress in color or period costume. 

Anti -brides don't believe that the wedding is "all about the bride." As shocking and as rare as it may sound. To them it is all about the solemnity—and the vows the couple will make.

 An anti-bride lets her bridal party decide what to wear. As an anti-bride, they rather have her friends wear a dress that they like, that they feel beautiful in, and that they can wear and feel beautiful in again, something they can wear once more than just gather dust in their closets. 

She opts for nontraditional wedding invitations. Whether the couple designed it themselves or their best friend and brilliant graphic designer offers to do the legwork, An anti-bride want the invitations to reflect them as an individual couple, not an ideal that others aspire to.

 

 Probably the best way to describe an anti-bride is that they are non-traditional. In the end, as long as  she and the groom are planning to show up, the anti-bride knows that everything will work out just fine.

Filing for Marriage

When getting married, you and your wife/groom-to-be have to submit to two major institutions. The state and the church, here in our host country where we plan to get married; we have to file for a notice of marriage at the ROM (Registry Of Marriages).

Since they only require you to register as early as 3 months before your preferred wedding date and as late as 1 month before tying the knot; I  (being the better apply quick or might forget about it later) decided to register on time, so I headed down to the ROM one fine saturday morning and filed for our

intention to get married. Yay!

I know it may sound as daunting as it looks, being away from your home country and planning to get married in a foreign land; but as it turns out it is not that hard after all, the instructions and requirements can be seen on their website and if filing online is not your thing you can head over to there and their friendly and helpful staff will make it a breeze. 

Some of the initial requirements when filing will be: 

1. Groom's Name , Particulars and passport number.

2. Bride's Name, Particulars and passport number.

3. Solemnizers Marriage License number.

4. Exact Date and Time of Wedding.

5. 2 witnesses; you should have their complete name and passport numbers as well.

You need not have all these at hand, you can write them down and key the information in. Once all information has been encoded all you have to do is submit and pay the necessary fees and ta-da! filing done, they will then give you a schedule for the verification of documents that you have entered.

You can find more about these on the ROM website here

DIY Prenup Photos

So here they are, our DIY Prenup photos :)

It took quite a lot of online planning (i wasn't physically present much) , searching for location, clothes and accessories. I thought it would be impossible to do; but we managed to get it done :)
 So one fine march morning we finally had our prenup photo shoot. We began taking photos around 6:15-6:30 in the morning; the location - inside the village my fiancee lives in, there's a man-made lake, an open field and Mt. Arayat in the background :)

Credits:

Photography - Sister-in-law to be :)
Flowers (2 sets) - Brother-in-law to be :)

Location, Wardrobe,Styling, Hair and Make-Up - Fiancee

Post-processing - Me

Concept - Us

The first few shots :)

Going back to our younger years :)

This was sorta sudden, we didn't really plan to have a photo shoot inside a tricycle, but "manong" was kind enough to lend us his ride hahaha! He actually stopped by and was watching us so we asked his permission

if we could use the tricycle. He was so accommodating he even helped set up the props :)

 Look who decided to join us :)

Kite flying anyone?

 My Fiancee made the pin  :)  and the dress  :)

Final set of photos   :)

  

Did I mention that there's a barn nearby as well? 

All this done in just about 4 hours 30 minutes more or less, we had the "pamamanhikan" that day as well so we had to wrap it up quick. We had tons of fun doing this and I must say any place can be a great prenup location with enough planning. Til my next post! :)