1st Meeting with our JP

Last week I received a call from the JP, Mr Chan KY. He told me that he had to solemnize a wedding one hour before mine in the city and another wedding a hour after mine also in the city. So therefore he will not be able to make it to my wedding since I plan to held it at my place on 14 Sept.

You cannot imagine my anger and hatred when I hear this. I have already booked his appointment since months ago and now the wedding is only 2 months away then he tells me that. What the heck was he doing all this while? After discussion with Irene, she proposed that we changed the date to 22 Sept instead since we can held in the function room in the Merchant court and we can save some money on the decoration and food if it will to be held in my place. So I called Mr Chan to confirm his schedule for 22 Sept. Fortunately he was book at 5pm and 6pm so he reserved the 7pm slot for me as all the wedding are held in the city area. What luck...

The next problem is to change the date which I had already registered to be on 14 Sept. Another long story to talk about. In the Singapore Laws, application to marriage cannot be cancelled but it shall be void if it is not carried out within 3 months from application. But the thing is that I applied the marriage on 14 Jun and I chose 14 Sept as the wedding day. That means I can only re-apply on the 15 Sept but another rule specify that wedding can only be carried out after 21 days from the date of application. So I had no chance but to travel down to R.O.M. on Monday to appeal since I do have a case. Common, its not entirely my fault, its the JP whom cancel my original date.

While I was at the R.O.M. office, I saw two couples trying to apply their marriage using the computers in the office and they were so-called guided by a staff whom answer their query with "yes, key this lah". Lucky I do not need such assistance since i did it at home on-line, but this made those whom apply there don't look so nice. Anyway, an officer came out to speak with me since I told the desk staff my story. Obviously she cannot make decision so she asked her boss to discuss with me. The officer wanted to know from me why I did not choose to change another JP instead I came here to change the date. I was caught by surprise for his question, but I replied saying some crap bullshit story like how much he mean to us since he solemnize for my family members traditionally and blah, blah, blah. And he took my story in. What luck. He agrees to cancel my current application but I had to re-book again, that means paying the application fee of $26 again!

Today we were suppose to meet up with the JP at the Borders as he need to sign the consent form that declares that he shall solemnize our wedding. We need to exchange this form in R.O.M. for the official documents which we shall present on the actual day for endorsement. When we first met him, we were much disappointed. Why? He was damn short. He was way below my shoulder and it sure looks weird if three of us stood for photo-taking.

"Pls write your names in English and Chinese" He said.

"Ok." I replied.

"Indicate your job title too" He said.

Huh? Whats that got to do with the marriage? So I wrote Staff Engineer and Sales Manager for both of us.

"Staff Engineer? What's that?" He asked.

"Err, its like technical manager..." I just anyhow reply him as I do not know how to explain to him.

"Oh, I know. Do you both work in the same company?" He asked.

Huh? "Nope.." We quickly answered.

"Good, else the marriage will not last." He said.

Huh? Why is he telling us that? "We know that too." I said.

"If you want the marriage to last, you must work in the same place. Living together is ok. During my time in the British reign, no family members can work in the same company as the Boss will not allow this." He said.

Ahhhhh! What is this kind of conversation?

We had our dinner at NYDC and we ordered a pizza, mushroom soup, half-potato and a chocolate mud pie. It was fabulous! All the selection taste great and no regrets!