Mountain of challenges to climb... We'll take it a step at a time

Just when i thought the housing issue is settled since we found an appropriate place to begin a new life together, another issue cropped up & this time, it's pretty outta the world.

2 days ago, Hilton called & dropped the bomb - they are bringing forward the upgrading works of the pool by 2 weeks & unfortunately, we are the 1st wedding couple to be affected by the upgrading works. The ballroom that we chose - Panaroma is located on Level 24 of the hotel. 1 of the key USP of the ballroom is its exclusive use of the poolside cocktail area & well, the panoramic view of Orchard Rd. & guess what, the upgrading works will leave me with ugly hoarding boards in the cocktail area. Gone are my poolside & panoramic cityscape. KL & i & the parents were simply pissed. How could a 5* hotel drop the bomb 18 days before a couple's wedding & basically leave them no time to react? The long & short of the tale is that we escalated the matter & even had my dad & KL speak to the most senior guy in the hotel. Back of my mind, i was thinking of how to make good of a situation i can't change, while KL went to escalate his displeasure.

Hilton relented to all our requests for compensation & now, Ms Bride gotta take on a 2nd role after work, to personally supervise the construction of the hoarding & engage suppliers to decorate the "wall" and incorporate it into part of the ballroom. This feels like another branch opening for me... :(

Just when i expected screw-ups to occur, never had i imagine that my kinda "screw-up" could be this major, leaving KL & my dad livid of the situation. While i do understand & continously remind myself that the venue is external and what could be more beautiful that having my loved ones physically around to witness the blissful union of KL & myself, i am still grappling to stomach the fact that the hotel dropped such a drastic bomb on an event of our lifetime.

Just when the dust settled on the housing issue & i thought i could take a breather in the countdown to the big day, this has to happen. By day, i am Marketing Manager of the Bank, by night (till 19/7), I am contractor & onsite supervisor of the hoarding construction at the hotel. Damn....