Wedding March

Natalie trying on the new white dress I bought for her. She'll be the flower girl to my brother's wedding on 1st of May :)

I'll be away (from *The Laughing House) on 30 April - 7 May to attend my brother's wedding which will be held in a small chapel on a cliff, in beautiful Bali!!! Yes, so... we are really looking forward to this trip. Which will be a short vacation for our family & friends as well.

I booked the air ticket late last year, from Jetstar. And, initially planned on flying in on Saturday, 30th April (hopefully, a morning or afternoon flight). However, what was available then was only the 6:35pm flight, & so I took that, even though I felt that it's such a waste of the better half of Saturday staying at home, rather than being able to enjoy Bali earlier.

Now that it's a week away from our planned trip, I was ready to print out my itinerary, & was shocked to see that the flight has been changed to 22:20pm, arriving in Bali at 1am (1st of May, which is the day of the wedding itself!)

It's definitely not heading in the right direction for many reasons.

I called Jetstar right away to clarify.

Kudos to the customer service officer who attended to me, who apologized for the inconveniences & made an effort to put me up on an earlier flight (if there is).

Unfortunately, there was none. I explained the dilemma I am in to her, wedding nx day... reaching there so late at night (or so early!), tired kids... flower girl... ring bearer... missing rehearsals.... She gets the idea.

She offered to put me on another flight a day earlier (29th April), but the same late timing. It wasnt much comfort to me when I heard this, as it's still not my ideal flight schedule, plus the extra hotel stay's expenses we had to fork out with.

As if on cue, she informed me that, we'll be given $50 Jetstar voucher per passenger to make up for it. And, thinking ahead of our up-coming trip back to Indonesia in November, I felt somewhat better & compensated.

I thanked her for her help. And actually felt much better & happier things turned out this way.

- I get to enjoy the entire Saturday in Bali.

- My kids can attend the wedding rehearsals.

- We can join the welcome dinner the wedding couple has planned, at Jimbaran Bay.

Travelling out of Singapore on a late Friday night flight suddenly seems like a bonus now! Our usual schedule is not interrupted (hubby need not apply extra day's leave, & kids attend school as usual).

PLUS, our nx tickets to Indonesia will be $50 cheaper per person!

All things fall nicely after all, despite the initial disappointment & scare :)

God is good to us, ... always!

* To all The Laughing House customers:

- All orders placed before 21 April will be sent out no later than 30 April.

- Custom orders placed from 21 April onwards can only be worked on from 10 May onwards, & completion time may vary. Pls ask me for an estimated turnaround time.

- Pls bear with me if I'm slow in responding to your enquiries, as I'll be on vacation. But, I'll definitely get back to you asap.

Thank you so much :)