We went down to orchard on wednesday to look for venues to hold our wedding banquets.
First stop was to
1) Goodwood Park Hotel
I had good impression of that place after attending Si'en's wedding in may. Showed xin the venue we could have our solemnisation ceremony and also the smaller ball room but just wondering if we have place for cocktail reception or not.
Things to take note of when discussing with the wedding coordinator:
1) Privatise the outdoor area cos when we were there we saw some guests using the pool(not something I would want on my day)
2) Marriott Hotel
I had to use the washroom heh, didnt like the lobby at all. It was way too dark,not welcoming at all. And on top of that, the brochures that was given to use was printed in such poor quality!no pride in their work~tsk tsk!and their ROM package was not cheap at all.
Oh ya, forgot to add on!For both hotels, all their coordinators were not free to meet us instead they were all in a meeting such a coincidence. Me and xin felt that all coordinators had prearranged a tea break together!heh
Maybe i might consider looking at other venues as well...OH well..SO MA FAN!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Our Wedding Bands!
Wedding Bands
1. Tiffany & Co.
Marie:
Me:
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGrid=1&sku=GRP02846&mcat=148204&cid=288152&search_params=s+5-p+1-c+288152-r+101323340-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+My In-Camp-Training(ICT) Dates: 31/8/09 to 12/9/09
What expensive taste my darling has! :)
What expensive taste my darling has! :)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Guest List (ROM)
Marie's Side
1) Papa+Mummy
3) Gege & Priscilla
5) Ah ma
6) Ji Jiek and Auntie
8) Wenxiong Papa and Mummy
10) Tua Kor and Uncle Ben
12) Ji Kor and Jeremy
14) Suai Kor and Uncle
16) PoPo
17) Big Ah Gu + Ah Kim + Eden and Edwin
21) Ah E and Uncle
23)Small Ah Gu
Yongxin's Side
1) Mummy
2) Big Sister & husband
4) Second Sister
5) Jeremy & Zhiling
7) hengkang & apple
9) disheng & huijun
11) fanyu & joyce
13) liyang and carol
15) ah pong
1) Papa+Mummy
3) Gege & Priscilla
5) Ah ma
6) Ji Jiek and Auntie
8) Wenxiong Papa and Mummy
10) Tua Kor and Uncle Ben
12) Ji Kor and Jeremy
14) Suai Kor and Uncle
16) PoPo
17) Big Ah Gu + Ah Kim + Eden and Edwin
21) Ah E and Uncle
23)Small Ah Gu
Yongxin's Side
1) Mummy
2) Big Sister & husband
4) Second Sister
5) Jeremy & Zhiling
7) hengkang & apple
9) disheng & huijun
11) fanyu & joyce
13) liyang and carol
15) ah pong
Extensive Research I
Photographer
1) O Studio (The one which went overseas-New Zealand)
2) 1950 Photography (this studio has 3 photographers- a little different style for each photographer)
3)melvin.ho photography(looks good)
4) 36 fames
5)lightedpixels
6) freelance photographer greymatter
7) Little Red Dot
8) Tiny dot photographer
9) Andrew Choi
10)vivid shots photography
11) 36 east images
12)avenue 8
13) vocaremedia
14)a photostory
15)wayne ng photography
16)lightboxproductions so far thats abt it :)
To my dearest darling!
I have been slacking my day away instead i was prowling the streets (haha e-streets) looking at the forum..my goodness so much information. To summarize what I have found:
ROM Venue
1) Peony Jade
2) Goodwood Park Hotel
3) Mandarin Oriental
4) Carlton (The banquet seems relatively affordable and they do have ROM reception whereby you can choose from courtyard and casabana ~bali like pavillion) Maybe out cos my daddy don't have good impression of them
1) O Studio (The one which went overseas-New Zealand)
2) 1950 Photography (this studio has 3 photographers- a little different style for each photographer)
3)melvin.ho photography(looks good)
4) 36 fames
5)lightedpixels
6) freelance photographer greymatter
7) Little Red Dot
8) Tiny dot photographer
9) Andrew Choi
10)vivid shots photography
11) 36 east images
12)avenue 8
13) vocaremedia
14)a photostory
15)wayne ng photography
16)lightboxproductions so far thats abt it :)
To my dearest darling!
I have been slacking my day away instead i was prowling the streets (haha e-streets) looking at the forum..my goodness so much information. To summarize what I have found:
ROM Venue
1) Peony Jade
2) Goodwood Park Hotel
3) Mandarin Oriental
4) Carlton (The banquet seems relatively affordable and they do have ROM reception whereby you can choose from courtyard and casabana ~bali like pavillion) Maybe out cos my daddy don't have good impression of them
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Our To Do List
Since i do not have ms office on my netbook, we decided to record our happenings on our blog (or rather me..) so that xin will not nag at me for not updating
ROM
1) ROM Venue + Food for guests (including bride and bridegroom)
2) Wedding bands
3) ROM dress + ROM shoes + accessories (that means need to squeeze out a good deal from the bridal studio)
4) Photographer (hopefully a good one so we can use him for the customary wedding and banquet, we wont have to go and find another one)
5) New pair of shoes for the groom
6) book the justice of peace
Approximate Cost:
ROM Venue-$2000
Wedding Bands-$2000
Photography-($1000)
Miscellaneous:$500
Total:$$5500
Bridal Studio (Photo shoot)
Photo shoot
1) Candid shoots
2) Classy (from xin but donnoe what tats means...)
3) they must be good at photoshop!!(slimmer arms, legs hopefully whole body)
4) Must we have in studio shoot?
5) Overseas shoot or local?
Bridal Studio
1) I don want to have dance hostess night gowns (maroon, navy blue,champagne gold) no, no!
2) Good make up artist else i will source for my own
3) Suit for the groom-white (he wants a different from others...singlet and slippers~ welcome to bangkok T-shirt)
Max: $7000
Wedding Banquet
1) Venue
2) Price range
3) Invitation Cards and Guest List
4) GOOD and EFFICIENT wedding coordinate who replies to email(i converse better through email- no time to pick up calls)
5) hopefully can tie in together with the ROM venue (so that we can strike a better deal!) :)
6) Wedding favours
7) Live band and wedding singer
8) March in song
9) Wedding speech
10) Emcee
(to be update in future~tentatively november 2010)
Approximate number of tables: 30 tables ($36000-Worst case scenario: $12,ooo)
Our Love Nest
1) Location (near my mummy house haha! will consider masionette if they are blk 941 and 942 else probably looking at 4 room flats)
2) Price range: $320k for 4 room and 10k cash
3) 4 floor and above
4) Monthly payment via CPF
5) Renovation (amount to be set aside)
6) Theme: Easy to clean up and white floor!(no black marble flooring)
7) Bigger bed and vanity table
8) Nice toilet
Our search will come after ROM.
Cash over valuation:$10,000
Renovation:$30,000
Electrical Appliances and Furnishing:($15,000)
Time Line:
Wedding Banquet-November 2010
Shifting Things and Stuffs- October 2010
Renovation-July 2010-October 2010 (approximately 3 mths)
Confirmation of House- April 2010
Searching of House- Jan 2010 (CNY in Feb 2010)
GRAND TOTAL:$ 79,500!!!(aRGH.......)
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
June Holidays!
School holidays are here!!! Been a long time since i last updated our blog.. hehe darling was complaining and wanting the blog to "die" a natural death.. NO way!!! hehehe.. decided to bring my darling to a swanky restaurant to have a nice meal.
As such, was surfing around and happened to see the same place advertised in Dear's Cleo magazine--- Forlino at One Fullerton.
We decided to go on 3rd June 2009. Managed to park at Marina Square.. didnt realized it was freaking far from fullerton... should have parked at fullerton straight instead...we have to walk so far in our nice nice clothes hahaha... my floral (in fashion now) shirt was soaked with sweat..
finally we managed to reach (after half an hour late)..
the place was packed during lunch time.. cant notice any ongoing economic crisis or recession when executives and ang mohs can pay like 50 for lunch... talk about disparity between the rich &poor ...
we ordered the set lunch and the appetitizer(no idea what it was)..i just gobbled it down in 1 nanosecond?? and started attacking the bread..haha
after which, they served pumkin soup for darling while mine was some cured meat(like parma ham).. as usual, i started to eat quickly instead enjoy the ambience and the beautiful sights(merlion and esplanade???) until dear reminded me...
next up was squid ink linguine for dear while mine was pork chop!! i preferred ma maison black ink spagetti rather than forlinos cos it got capscium etc.. sort of overwhelm the taste. My pork chop was surprisingly sweet but the portion could be bigger.. well whatever..after that we had coffee until 2+.. i wish i could have 1hr+++ lunch even for working days.. slack sia!!
after that we headed to pennisula for my suit fitting. damn i really out of shape..except for being round.. then we went shopping at raffles city and marina square to shop for evening dress for Sandra's upcoming wedding...so difficult to find white sia.. darling we shall have a orange dress k!!!
we been walking for hours.. until we decided to eat yoshinoya.. too tired cant think of anything else to eat...were reminscing of the days in japan.. should have tried yoshinoya instead of just using the toilet hahaha... we shall go back soon k darling!!!OSaka Kyoto, Sapproo and others!!!
As such, was surfing around and happened to see the same place advertised in Dear's Cleo magazine--- Forlino at One Fullerton.
We decided to go on 3rd June 2009. Managed to park at Marina Square.. didnt realized it was freaking far from fullerton... should have parked at fullerton straight instead...we have to walk so far in our nice nice clothes hahaha... my floral (in fashion now) shirt was soaked with sweat..
finally we managed to reach (after half an hour late)..
the place was packed during lunch time.. cant notice any ongoing economic crisis or recession when executives and ang mohs can pay like 50 for lunch... talk about disparity between the rich &poor ...
we ordered the set lunch and the appetitizer(no idea what it was)..i just gobbled it down in 1 nanosecond?? and started attacking the bread..haha
after which, they served pumkin soup for darling while mine was some cured meat(like parma ham).. as usual, i started to eat quickly instead enjoy the ambience and the beautiful sights(merlion and esplanade???) until dear reminded me...
next up was squid ink linguine for dear while mine was pork chop!! i preferred ma maison black ink spagetti rather than forlinos cos it got capscium etc.. sort of overwhelm the taste. My pork chop was surprisingly sweet but the portion could be bigger.. well whatever..after that we had coffee until 2+.. i wish i could have 1hr+++ lunch even for working days.. slack sia!!
after that we headed to pennisula for my suit fitting. damn i really out of shape..except for being round.. then we went shopping at raffles city and marina square to shop for evening dress for Sandra's upcoming wedding...so difficult to find white sia.. darling we shall have a orange dress k!!!
we been walking for hours.. until we decided to eat yoshinoya.. too tired cant think of anything else to eat...were reminscing of the days in japan.. should have tried yoshinoya instead of just using the toilet hahaha... we shall go back soon k darling!!!OSaka Kyoto, Sapproo and others!!!
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