Auspicious Wedding Dates

“Married in January’s hoar and rime, Widowed you’ll be before your prime.
Married in February’s sleepy weather, Life you’ll tread in time together.
Married when March winds shrill and roar, Your home will lie on a distant shore.
Married ‘neath April’s changeful skies, A chequered path before you lies.
Married when bees o’er May-blossoms flit, Strangers around your board will sit.
Married in month of roses- June- Life will be one long honeymoon.
Married in July with flowers ablaze, Bitter-sweet memories in after days.
Married in August’s heat and drowse, Lover and friend in your chosen spouse.
Married in September’s golden glow, Smooth and serene your life will go.
Married when leaves in October thin, Toil and hardships for you begin.
Married in veils of November mist, Fortune your wedding-ring has kissed.
Married in days of December’s cheer, Love’s star shines brighter from year to year.”

The anonymously written poem above details a superstition held by many peoples all throughout time: auspicious, or lucky, times to get married.

As Chinese, we favor particular auspicious dates for weddings, which is the key date that defines the future not only for marriage itself, but also for each of spouses.Such dates for a particular couple's wedding may often be determined with the help of a traditional fortune-teller.



For us, we are both lucky to have Shawn's Mum go find a "master" in this area to determine an auspicious date for our traditional wedding ceremony.

Check out the results:




Since Justina's parents are unable to get any day off between Monday to Saturday given the nature of their business, we have decided on a Sunday wedding Lunch.


With that, may we present to you our decided date:

23 March 2014 Sunday

And may the preparations begin!

AD Wedding Locations - Choices

In our consideration for AD wedding locations, we are quite specific in what we want:

1. How "grand" the hotel is? 

Shawn is the only son & eldest grand-son, while Justina is the only daughter & grand-daugher of her family.
We both come from an average family where both parties earn their daily keep through small business.

Having that in mind, hotels like St Regis, Riz Carlton, and Capella are NOT in our list.


2. Does the older generation (i.e. our grandparents) know the place?

We are both loved dearly by our grand parents who are both chinese-speaking. hence, hotels like Shangri-La Hotel would ring a bell to them.


3. How does the ballroom look?

Justina's first reaction was a NO to Fullerton Hotel due to pillars and stairs at the entrance. Being quite "chor-lor" (referring to someone whose behavior is not lady-like), her biggest fear is falling down the stairs during the march in.

Shawn loves how chandelier makes a ballroom look grand, but the height of the ceiling would be his main concern. Low lying ceiling with chandeliers might not give the ballroom a majestic look.


4. Is the carpark friendly for the cars coming to our wedding? 

We love cars. That's also how we met.

Having said that, the cars turning up for our wedding would consist of many belonging to car enthusiast like us. Meaning that the car park would have to be gentle sloping with little (as possible) humps. Well, if you're like us, you'd know what we mean.



With all the criteria listed above, we shortlisted the following hotels:

• Shangri-La
• Mandarin Marina
• Goodwood Park

Short, and sweet... that's our style.