Hi Petrina,
Some finer pointers and suggestions on your itinerary, hope you don’t mind me butting-in here.
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1) ½ an hour gate-crashing is fine so long as he’s not intentionally late, remembers the hand-bouquet, brings enough S$, sporting enough for any/all gruesome tasks and comes prepared with song lyrics &
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2) 1 hour tea at FH excluding traveling time is luxury. Never wait excessively for latecomers.
3) Since church is near your parent’s place, you may want to shuttle back there for tea if the number is small. Better photo opportunity compared to the church canteen. There may be a good spot in church but its not easy IMHO moving the scattered tea crowd seniors without a loud hailer and a commanding officer
4) 2 stops before church at 11am aren’t rushed. Plus, you’re waking up early.
5) Timings aside, hope you’ve short-listed the ‘barangs’ to ferry along from one stop to another. One critical missed item (unity candle?) could be time costly.
6) If your make-up artist takes about 1~1½ hrs, then having her arrive at 6am should be fine. She can sneak out your back yard door if FH arrives early or if she needs more time on you. Just keep your FH busily pole-dancing at the front door.
7) Your FH and company can leave first and arrive in church 10.15am to oversee / welcome parishoners, you can be as ‘late’ as 10.45am, separate concurrent trip, parked in front of church. This’ll otherwise keep your nail-biting scenes away from the by-passing crowd along SVDP.
8) The timings need to be adhered to eventually, so assign a time-keeper.
9) “Get it over and done with� …nay
… Look at Minssy, she wants to relive the day! So, pray enjoy each moment, no matter how tired.
Hi Adel,
1) Gate-crashing is fun; it forms the highlights of the day. 2 stops, outdoor & tea before 10.30am mass is still doable. It may be easier after all to do the tea at your FH’s place instead of chauffeuring everybody down to church. Minssy has the formula right. Yehhh….
2) The romance & suspense of seeing each other, down the aisle, for the first time on your wedding day, can be further heightened – no calls, no IRC, no emails, no sms, for 24 hours.
3) Walking to church with your gown and bouquet along the road with greeneries, pretending to hitchhike your way to Church is unique. It’ll form some cool shots and mtv express highlight. I’ve got a couple who are bikers. I’m keeping my fingers crossed they don’t hire a bridal car.
4) Its good to speak to the priest and get to know everybody at a slightly more intimate level. Then it makes it easier for him to give relevant advice to the both of you at the podium, on your day. I was surprised Minssy’s priest told me that the Bride wants to throw her bouquet and actually suggested to me the spot to do it! They have to appeal to others, if, they want the church to grow…
See ya…
Best regards,
Simon
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