The One with the 5 hr bargaining session at the Bridal Studio

As you can probably guess from the title, yes the wedding photos are ready for selection. Hence the need to linger in the BS till after closing hours to banter with my coordinator. I shifted and rearranged photos, veto-ed many options and buried my head in my hands to the sounds of soothing piano pieces playing in the background that might as well be heavy metal clanging in my head. I've pulled my hair back, washed my face like 5 times and slapped myself silly about 10. Very 'qiong hei' I know, 5 freaking hours. Jesus. What a damn way to spend a good Sunday.

Eugene was no better. He suddenly developed a need to stroll 4 times in 5 hours and visit the loo twice as much. In short, we were a complete wreck deciding what to do..

First of all, Ah Liang the idiotic maestro took 400+ pictures. ^&%$^#@@! We were only supposed to choose 30. *Guffaws* After 2 1/2 hours and 5 rounds of eliminations, we have narrowed it down to the best 70. By this hour I was ready to call it a night. But sadly, this was just the beginning.

JWN charges $80 per additional photo. The extra 40 pieces will mean $3200 with the normal album with plain white backgrounds without 2-page continuation. This means that if your photos are large and spills over to the 2nd page, there'll be an ugly white line running down the picture, cutting your photo into 2 parts. We preferred page continuation so that's an upgrade which means additional costs. We love some of the eliminated photos as well but could only get them at a 'price'.

So after 5 hours, we left starving but satisfied with the following;
1) 1XX number of photos, for the album and for keeps, both hard and soft copies
2) 1 Portrait (3 photos)
3) 2 x tabletops
4) An upgrade to magazine-style computer graphic album

Total cost: $3XXX

I apologize but we are not allowed to reveal the exact amount so that's as far as I can go.

One more down. On to the next task! (>‿◕)✌

he looks so happy... hahaha!