Qi Qi and I have been meticulous in our preparations thus far. Whether over the choice of solemnization venue, caterer or JP, we have carefully weighed our options and elected to settle for either the choice with the best credentials or the one which gives us the best feeling.
Being this meticulous, though, is a double-edged sword. On one hand, our selection would naturally be that we deem the best and which we were sure would leave us with no regret. On the flip side, dwelling on the specifics meant that a disproportionate amount of time was spent on planning rather than execution.
Which was the case for the selection of our Justice of Peace. Right from the beginning, we laid out our conditions: Mr JP had to be bilingual, popular, experienced, cut a fatherly figure, serious at the right times yet know how to inject humor at the appropriate moments. With that in mind, we thronged the forums and search engines looking for anecdotes from other couples about their JPs.
Comments such as “He was an hour late for our solemnization!”, “She wasn’t confident speaking in Mandarin” and “He scolded my father for turning up late” shrunk our shortlist somewhat, but we were still left with a sizeable group from which to choose from. Picking out the largely popular ones, though, left us with pretty much the same few names. We duly called & emailed them one by one – fingers crossed of course.
At the back of our minds, though, we knew tens of other couples were doing the same. The hugely popular date that we had selected dimmed our hopes further – expectations were not high, and each sms sent was done more out of optimism rather than genuine belief.
So it was with great delight that I received a call on a Monday morning – confirming our solemnization date and timing. He sounded affable, sincere and intelligent – so that was 3 big ticks already. Plus the fact that he could do the solemnization in 2 languages! Looks like we landed a gem!
Thank you for accepting our invite, Mr Phang Tai Heng! =)
Being this meticulous, though, is a double-edged sword. On one hand, our selection would naturally be that we deem the best and which we were sure would leave us with no regret. On the flip side, dwelling on the specifics meant that a disproportionate amount of time was spent on planning rather than execution.
Which was the case for the selection of our Justice of Peace. Right from the beginning, we laid out our conditions: Mr JP had to be bilingual, popular, experienced, cut a fatherly figure, serious at the right times yet know how to inject humor at the appropriate moments. With that in mind, we thronged the forums and search engines looking for anecdotes from other couples about their JPs.
Comments such as “He was an hour late for our solemnization!”, “She wasn’t confident speaking in Mandarin” and “He scolded my father for turning up late” shrunk our shortlist somewhat, but we were still left with a sizeable group from which to choose from. Picking out the largely popular ones, though, left us with pretty much the same few names. We duly called & emailed them one by one – fingers crossed of course.
At the back of our minds, though, we knew tens of other couples were doing the same. The hugely popular date that we had selected dimmed our hopes further – expectations were not high, and each sms sent was done more out of optimism rather than genuine belief.
So it was with great delight that I received a call on a Monday morning – confirming our solemnization date and timing. He sounded affable, sincere and intelligent – so that was 3 big ticks already. Plus the fact that he could do the solemnization in 2 languages! Looks like we landed a gem!
Thank you for accepting our invite, Mr Phang Tai Heng! =)
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