Welcome to Jess & Teck's Lovely Love Story! We invite you to share in our joy and journey in our wedding preparations :)

First Set of Pictures!

Hi everyone! Thanks to those who helped out on the big day and made everything possible and wonderful! Mr and Mrs Tan have gone off on their honeymoon in London and Paris (wahhhhh so envious) so I'm posting these pictures on their behalf. This set of pics were put together for showing at the banquet dinner by the photographer Kelvin Koh from Lighted Pixels (really very talented as you'll see) from the morning pics he took. There'll be more to come! In the meantime, enjoy!
www.flickr.com

Saturday, February 2, 2008

四点金: Mission Accomplished!

四点金, aka Four Touches of Gold - apparently this is a Teochew wedding custom in which the family of the groom (aka my family) is supposed to give 四点金, i.e. necklace, bracelet, earrings and ring, to the bride (aka Jess). Not exactly sure of the meaning behind it; but judging from the fact that the bride is supposed to wear the 四点金 during the wedding itself, I suppose it has something to do with either (1) signifying how "valuable" the bride is, (2) signifying love for the new member of the family, aka the bride, (3) representing a "payment" for the bride? No idea, but who are we to question tradition?

Anyway, Mum asked Jess and I to shop for the 四点金 ourselves so that Jess would not end up with some obit chunky jewellery which she would probably never ever wear; and after several months of shopping around, flipping through brochures etc., we finally bought the 四点金 today!

DSCN2219

Ta-Da! Jess' 四点金! We didn't go for a bridal set but decided to go "ala carte" cos' Jess really likes the Celestial Covet pendant (that's the flower thingie which is supposedly inspired by Hollywood style maven Sarah Jessica Parker); and there is unfortunately no complete set of 四点金 for the Covet. So we bought a matching full tennis bracelet and circluladelic earrings to complete the Four Touches. But I agree with her; the Covet is really nice! =)

DSCN2224

Here's a closer look at the Covet pendant! each diamond is a Celestial 73-facet starburst diamond; so it looks really pretty under the Stargazer! We are really Celestial fans man! Hehehe. Celestial Proposal Ring, Celestial Wedding Bands; and now, Celestial 四点金!

DSCN2220


Actually, we were still trying to decide between this really pretty necklace from Lee Hwa and the Covet; but the moment we saw that the Covet had a matching ring, we made up our minds immediately! Apparently, this is the one and only Covet Ring in Singapore at the moment (no more than 5 will be coming in after Chinese New Year); so for at least a week, Jess can enjoy the boasting rights of being the only person in Singapore to have this ring! Hehehe. Isn't it pretty? =)

Ok, 四点金 settled liao. Another item struck off the list of "Things To Do"; maybe just another 1,000 more to go? =p
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)