My friends told me that I should reserved a host for the wedding first, which I smiled and answered 'okay...' than completely forgotten about it, until last Friday.
It was the worst day of my life, every host I sent a message to, answered that they were already booked, and I really don't know what to do, after all I can't hire a host who can't speak Chinese, as some of our family members can't understand English.
The best advice is book a year before... running out of wedding host was something that I don't expect ever, and after my wedding I might just think about learning the whole hosting program, it would be quite profitable lol :D
Here's a list of wedding host and their contact numbers. Book them while you still can.
Michael Lim - 0917-8282588
Max Tiu - 0917-5375369 / 0922-8629848
Harvey Ong - 0917-8355789
Jerome Go - 0917-8971866 / 0922-8971886
Norman Ong - 0917-8228823
KV Golamco - 0917-5160804
Felix Sia - 0917-8966673
Andrew Que - 0917- 8339999
Anthony Chua - 0917-8305638
Eva Poon - 0917-8474853
Shanda Lim - 0917-8873738
Eliza Lim - 0917-5374662
Daphne Chiu - 0922-8313359
Shirley Chu - 0922-7352334
Jennifer Tan - 0917-8155349
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Bridal Fair... more or no more
It was valentines, we walk hand in hand, he stares deep into my eyes, I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach and suddenly flyer shoved in front of us... I really wanted to be oblivious as where we are at that moment, but it is really quite hard to ignore the noisy background and the different sizes of multi-color paper in front of us, a wonder how we can still see where we are going.
The bridal fair is one place unromantic to spend valentines day, but here we are, hoping that couples planning to get married would date rather than come here, but to our chagrin, the exhibit hall was filled beyond our wildest imagination, we all must have think of the same thing to come to this exhibit in valentines day to avoid traffic, and what really surprise us was when we were informed that people here are reserving for dates up to 2010... gad! that is way way far from now, but then we realized they were not early we were just a bit late for our preparation, after all we have to reserve the church and the venue miles apart.
There is definitely a huge advantage if you visit a fair, you can save lots of money and time, coz almost (not all) suppliers are there, you can compare their goods, prices and services in one place, they also give good discounts, so don't be afraid to haggle or ask for freebies and discounts, because their competition is only few steps away from them :D
It is a one stop shop, where you can see cakes, gown, photos, venues, jewelries, make-up, wines... everything except churches (I don't see any of them at all)
There's a bridal fair coming soon:
March 7 & 8 @ PICC CCP Complex
The bridal fair is one place unromantic to spend valentines day, but here we are, hoping that couples planning to get married would date rather than come here, but to our chagrin, the exhibit hall was filled beyond our wildest imagination, we all must have think of the same thing to come to this exhibit in valentines day to avoid traffic, and what really surprise us was when we were informed that people here are reserving for dates up to 2010... gad! that is way way far from now, but then we realized they were not early we were just a bit late for our preparation, after all we have to reserve the church and the venue miles apart.
There is definitely a huge advantage if you visit a fair, you can save lots of money and time, coz almost (not all) suppliers are there, you can compare their goods, prices and services in one place, they also give good discounts, so don't be afraid to haggle or ask for freebies and discounts, because their competition is only few steps away from them :D
It is a one stop shop, where you can see cakes, gown, photos, venues, jewelries, make-up, wines... everything except churches (I don't see any of them at all)
There's a bridal fair coming soon:
March 7 & 8 @ PICC CCP Complex
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The basics of a Fil-Chi wedding
Since both of us are Filipino Chinese, there are traditions and customs that are quite err... let's just leave it as a bit complex.
First and foremost is the date. We don't chose date that we would most likely to celebrate in the future nor date that has a special meaning for us, instead our family excitedly went straight to a chinese fortune teller and ask him what date would best benifit for both of our family, the fortune teller slowly browse through his magic lunar calendar book while peering through his glasses murmurs 'hmm... hmm...' then finally shouted 'aha!' The date is set on the last sunday of October at exactly 3:00pm not a minute nor a second before.
The date has been decided so we need to find a church and a reception venue that SHOULD cater Chinese lauriat food, it just isn't acceptable if it's not Chinese lauriat (I wonder why?). After a hundred phone calls to various churches and different reception venue, we were told our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th...nth choice of venues are already full and that is because the date is really lucky... gah! never mind. So we race and search for another and finally we found one the church and the reception is located on 2 different city, 1hour drive is really not a problem because the date is lucky and we would be lucky...*sigh.
But of course, maybe there's some reality behind that... which I have been trying to convince myself ever since I paid the down payment fee for both of the venues, and all my fiance do is just roll his eyes while I tried my best to feel all the luck the date is bringing us.
First and foremost is the date. We don't chose date that we would most likely to celebrate in the future nor date that has a special meaning for us, instead our family excitedly went straight to a chinese fortune teller and ask him what date would best benifit for both of our family, the fortune teller slowly browse through his magic lunar calendar book while peering through his glasses murmurs 'hmm... hmm...' then finally shouted 'aha!' The date is set on the last sunday of October at exactly 3:00pm not a minute nor a second before.
The date has been decided so we need to find a church and a reception venue that SHOULD cater Chinese lauriat food, it just isn't acceptable if it's not Chinese lauriat (I wonder why?). After a hundred phone calls to various churches and different reception venue, we were told our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th...nth choice of venues are already full and that is because the date is really lucky... gah! never mind. So we race and search for another and finally we found one the church and the reception is located on 2 different city, 1hour drive is really not a problem because the date is lucky and we would be lucky...*sigh.
But of course, maybe there's some reality behind that... which I have been trying to convince myself ever since I paid the down payment fee for both of the venues, and all my fiance do is just roll his eyes while I tried my best to feel all the luck the date is bringing us.
Magazine crazy
It's the mid of February, and I still have no idea what will be my motif for the big day that is set on October.
When my fiance finally get my 'Yes' both of us were in a state of cloud 9, still unaware of the trying times that will come forth.
After the initial excitement subside, we went into the planning mode, hence the first thing I did was bought wedding magazineS, with a capital 'S', as I bought 5 of them which in the end was really quite a waste of money, since there is the Internet where everything is within your your reach for FREE.
The 5 magazines taught me one thing and that is never ever buy for a second magazine of the same season, coz the truth is if you have seen one you have seen them all, but of course buying another one in a different season is another matter.
When my fiance finally get my 'Yes' both of us were in a state of cloud 9, still unaware of the trying times that will come forth.
After the initial excitement subside, we went into the planning mode, hence the first thing I did was bought wedding magazineS, with a capital 'S', as I bought 5 of them which in the end was really quite a waste of money, since there is the Internet where everything is within your your reach for FREE.
The 5 magazines taught me one thing and that is never ever buy for a second magazine of the same season, coz the truth is if you have seen one you have seen them all, but of course buying another one in a different season is another matter.
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