Wedding of Anthony & Vivien: The Wedding Banquet

I had no idea how to begin planning for my own wedding. The first things that came into my mind were: Wedding banquet location and cost, wedding gown, period. I honestly didn't know what else to think of. I only thought of the guestlist when we were narrowing down the potential locations. Yes, when people actually started asking me "roughly how many tables".

I knew I wanted something out of norm. Hotels were very common and almost too "Singaporean". It's worse when it gets very expensive just because it's a hotel.

Then I recalled admiring a tent wedding held at a restaurant on St. Kilda Road (Melbourne) and loving the romantic feel of a lush green forest, being surrounded by lots of roses and serenaded by love songs of the 60s'.

It looked something like this:

There're only a couple of places in Singapore like this and probably only 1-2 that are capable of holding wedding banquets. We finally decided on:

The Legends @ FORT CANNING PARK

According to the government's national parks website:

Fort Canning Hill was once known as "Forbidden Hill". This is because Malays in the 19th century believed that it was the seat of royalty for rulers of Temasek (or "Sea Town", an old name for Singapore) in the 1300s. Later, Singapore's colonial leaders made their residences there, and the hill became a military base during the Second World War. Today, ancient relics dating back to the 14th century have been unearthed and the Fort Gate, remnant of the fortress built in the 1860s, is a reminder of Singapore's colonial past.

Most of you will be googling the address/ photos of the location. Not to worry, here it is: