Confessions of a Drama Mama

It’s amazing what a
boring afternoon can do to you. I spent my Saturday watching the Winter
Olympics. Most of the sports like snowboarding and ‘skeleton’ were interesting
to watch but curling, oh what a sport curling is.

Kinda like a bunch of
people sliding a bunch of wrapped up cheese balls on ice, and a couple more
people forgetting that they’d forgotten to mop the floor so they take part in
the sport as well, mopping furiously as the cheese balls go. Now that is a
sport, I’m sorry, but I do not understand. How commentators can even feign their
excitement for the sport, I really don’t know.

Next time you mop the
floor at home, scream and shout as you do it, you could become a curling
champion at the next winter Olympics. Watch the cleaners at your office too,
you think their mops are just mops?

Brides in ang mo movies always want "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue". I think the "blue" part is the bride who often seems to be the only one experiencing wedding blues.

If you’re a single going-to-get-married-soon woman, read this if you want to keep your sanity.

DO

- seek advice from your friends who have gone through their wedding relatively recently.

- join the singapore brides forum - you’ll get loads of support there

- ask your parents from the day you start dating what kind of traditions you want to follow and who they want to invite for your wedding

- repeat and repeat and repeat your questions when you speak with your parents. if need be, tell them your wedding is TOMORROW. that should speed things up a tad

- decide on how much money you want to spend and keep track of it

- choose your vendors wisely - go with make up artists that friends recommend and ask for photos

- remember to take deep breaths and count to ten

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES:

- expect your husband-to-be to help out with any of the planning (and that includes sourcing for dinner venue, photographers, bridal studios, outfits, wine kangtaos, invitation card printers, music seaches)

- wear your bra the night before your photoshoot

- speak to too many people. many will give you ‘advice’ but since you’re the boss (because you’re planning all this by yourself), you have the choice to listen or not. don’t listen. it’ll only give you more headaches

- feel shy when you want to ask for discounts or better deals when you speak with vendors

this list will be updated from time to time…