Traditionally, planning that first step to the altar - the marriage proposal - is the job of the husband-to-be. A romantic setting, the perfect ring and the right words usually work.
The bride-to-be is normally expected to organise the wedding; but this was not the case for newlywed Kelvin Teo.
'Charlene [now his wife] was in the midst of strategic planning for her new business and with time running down, we had to be pragmatic with regards who had the most productive input towards pushing the project management of the wedding planning,' Teo says.
With Teo from Singapore and his wife from Hong Kong, they both realised that the most important first step would be to secure venues and ensure that the Singapore celebrations would be one week after the Hong Kong wedding.
As Christians, the most important first task was to secure a church for the vows. 'Once we had the church sorted out, everything else just came together, probably two to three months prior to the wedding date, including photographer, videographer, floral arrangements, transportation and flight arrangements to Singapore for the second wedding celebrations,' Teo says.
He says it wasn't a cakewalk. 'There were moments where it got a little frustrating due to the amount of planning and organisation that was required.' But he did receive a lot of help from his friends.