Cashflow

Watch your cashflow especially when renovation and wedding banquet are done together.

- Try to use interest free instalment payment with credit cards to improve cash flow.

- Before that, remember to check if your credit card annual subscription is up. Most bank would not waive the renewal fee off when you have outstanding instalment

Timber price increased!

Timber price has rose over the months by more than 50%
Renovation cost is expected to increase.

Our budget for renovation has to be revised.

Timber is necessary for cabinets and table. Don't think there is any alternatives to use as material for timber.

Photography services

2 schools of thoughts among the couples.

Usually for the gals:

Wedding is a once a life-time event, I must capture all the shoots for my wedding events. Then over the years, I can see the photos and recapture the moments.

Eventually, all the thousands of money spent on the photography services ended up collecting dust in the cabinet.

Usually for the guys: Wow liao, why spend so much money when the album will be collecting dusts in the cabinet? The most safe for the moments is in our memory.

Wedding Videography

The best way to remember your Big Day is always inside your memory.

To catch a glimpse of the happening which you have missed (for example when the bride is waiting inside the room while the sabo is on-going), you may want to get a videographer to catch all the on-going happenings.

Once again, there are several service providers for videography.

1) The production company is providing such services at a premium rates
2) Photographers are working with videographers, coming out as a package deal
3) Free-lancer at a much lower price
4) Your friends or relatives at the price of an "Ang Bao"

See your budget, know what you want. There are plenty of choices.

Wedding Gown

The brides are the happiest when they go for gown testing.
The bridegroom are the saddest as this is worst than shopping.

Where to get wedding gown?
1) Rent or buy from the bridal boutique either on "Off the rack" or "Made to measure" basis
2) Buy from bridal gown boutique
3) Wear your mom's

An average cost of a gown can cost from $500 to $5k+, depending on the materials and add-on.

Generally speaking, it is cheaper to sign up for a package from a bridal boutique.

Do shop around, patience would lead you to a bargain!

Taking a break

Its a darn tiring preparation process for one's wedding. Hence, one must take a break at times to relax and refresh.

At times, one's view tends to be narrow after following the same path over a period of time.
Not only you get to rest your mind and temper, you tends to get a new perspective, after the rest.

No hurry, take a break!

Renovation

After purchasing your first housing - may it be HDB or landed property, the next logical move is to renovate your new home.

Even for condominium in shift in conditions or premium HDB flat, only the basic amenities such as flooring are provided. Its truly shift-in condition if you decide to purchase the show flat.

Renovation is required if you want to add some fittings or features such as feature wall,walk in ware robe, etc to your new place.

To do so, a contractor or an interior designer service is required.

For contractor, the main source of contact is from the yellow pages, followed by words of mouth or forums such as renotalk.com.

For Interior design, just head to EXPO. There is almost a furniture and interior design fair every month.