Wedding Talk : Banquet at Concorde Hotel (Part 2)

Oops. 3 months since the big day and I'm still not done with the wedding posts! I shall make this my last entry. More pictures and less words! 

So here's my night wedding gown which I topped up another $300 for. My package had only provided me with 2 gowns, one white gown and one evening gown. But I didn't want to be wearing the same white gown for morning and first march in, so I had negotiated and topped up additional $300 for another gown. Totally no regrets and I'm glad i made the decision because my morning gown was soiled during the photo taking session in the morning due to wet weather. 

So here's the gown which I wore for my first March in. Never thought I would choose a mermaid gown over a normal white ballgown. During the gown selection, I was attracted by the blings of this gown so decided to just try it for fun. But after I tried it on, I thought I looked really good in it, and it became my first choice. 

So here's me, taking pictures with my friends and relatives, in my absolutely pretty gown ( please allow me to be thick skin for this once! ) 

FIRST MARCH IN!!!

And so, this is how it feels like while waiting for the moment to come. Super excited and nervous!

We were walking a little too fast, and I had to whisper to the husband to slow down! 

I was so excited while walking down, that I didn't even realize the March in song was playing. 

And thank god, I didn't trip on my gown and fall. My greatest fear. 

At the VIP table.

While preparing for second March in.

And this was what I chose. A bare back red gown. 

Digio had quite limited evening gowns for me to choose from, and this was like the best of the lot. 

Second March in.

I will always feel 'abandoned' when I think of my second March in, because the husband was so busy shaking everyone's hand that he forgot he had a wife walking down the aisle with him. Humph! 

While preparing for the opening of the cork of the wine bottle. 

Look at my shocked face. Because the husband did it like within 5seconds, without any pop sound. So anti-climax.

During the traditional yum seng.

And us giving our thank you speeches. 

I think the husband did really well, because he's an antisocial introvert being (haha) and is seldom exposed to public speaking. So this was probably his first time doing it. Room for improvement but great job for his first time. 

Myself, on the hand, always thought I had a phobia of public speaking and hate speaking through the microphone. But I guess, because I was aware that I was not appraised for this and no bosses were looking at me as I delivered the speech, I was more comfortable and confident in doing so. 

Good job for me too!

And this, is the husband's proudest moment. He said he's friends with the celebrity because he had his hands on him.

Alfred ( the project superstar winner) and the other colleague was the band, Sparkle Entertainment we engaged for our wedding. They were both our band and the emcee hosting our wedding. 

And finally, the team of photographer and videographer capturing the best moments of our wedding; Android in boots. 

So yup, there's the end of the happiest day of our life. And we are both really thankful for those who made it for the wedding and for everyone's well wishes. 

We are now in the next chapter of our life, and we can't wait to see what life brings us now!

Good luck to both of us!

Wedding talk : Banquet at Concorde Hotel (Part 1)

As the title suggests, my wedding banquet was held at Concorde Hotel. 

Before we went to Concorde Hotel for consultation, the husband was telling me he was gonna "minus marks" for Concorde Hotel for its old exterior and the sleazy pubs/clubs and massage parlors located at the basement of Concorde Hotel. I agreed too, but wanted to reserve my judgement only after I saw the ballroom.

We made the biggest mistake of judging the book by its covers, because it was love at first sight for us when we saw the ballroom. It was beautiful and classy, with its high ceiling, lovely chandeliers and a straight aisle from the door to the stage. What made the ballroom better was that there was only 1 ballroom in the entire hotel and we did not have to risk sharing the reception area with other weddings/events or risk guests going into the wrong wedding ballroom. Our wedding was exclusive. Our sales consultant, Valerie was really pleasant to work with, giving us all the perks and discounts even before we had asked for it. Thumbs up for her service and initiative! 

Here was the reception/cocktail area before the start of the banquet. Quoting a guest who attended, she said that the wedding was special as there were so many desserts, before the banquet and after the banquet. The cocktail desserts included strawberry cheesecake, truffles chocolates, mini cupcakes, and sugar cookies and rocky road. There were done by an intern, Elizabeth who used to intern at my workplace. When she was interning, she often made many delicious bakes and that was when i decided that I should use her for my wedding ( she could give me discounts too! Friendship price!) 

On the dessert table, there were also many candies and tidbits that we thought guests might liked, which we purchased from Teck Leong Lee Kee Wholesales . They were selling these tidbits in boxes and were cheaper than what was retailing outside. We spent about $80 in purchasing the tidbits, which was well-spent in my opinion because ALL, I mean EVERY SINGLE PIECE of the dessert and tidbit was gone by the end of the cocktail. I did not manage to eat a single piece of it. 

Oh, and on the dessert table as well, we also engaged Coolgurt. They specialize in providing Yogurt during events or weddings! They do not do retail hence you won't be able to get it outside. The husband is not a fan of yoghurt and the only yogurt he eats is from Coolgurt. They have many different flavours and you would be able to taste them before you engage them. We got a total of 100 cups of yogurt of the wedding and they were all wiped clean before the end of the cocktail. I was still pretty worried that we might have wasted our money of the yogurt because I thought nobody would want to eat the yogurt before dinner. But my worries were proven unnecessary!

We also engaged Mirage Flowers to do the decorations of mainly the reception area, the dessert table, and the phot album area. So the flowers, props and decorations that you see here, are nicely done up by Mirage Flowers. 

Our photobooth was a special one. It only came with the props that you see below, and a printer. Guests were supposed to download the application Cloudstaprint on their smartphone and they would be able to start taking photos with their smartphone and then edit the photos on their smartphone and print it out using the printer that was provided. 

The pictures that were being uploaded would be flashed on livefeed during the dinner, and guests are able to comment on the photos. 

I provided a photo album as well (if you can see it on the picture) for guests to share their moments with us! 

This was the photobooth backdrop and Yellowsplatz was the vendor I had engaged in. I had randomly found them on Instagram. As we had already engaged cloudstaprint, we did not want to have any conventional photobooth service. Thus it was hard to find someone that would only provide the photobooth backdrop and I was glad I managed to find one after much hurdles. 

Initially I was a little worried about using them because they had never done any set up in hotels before and mine would be the first. I was afraid that they might not deliver what they had promised but I was glad that I engaged them, because the final set up was beautiful! So vibrant and colourful just like how I had always imagined it to be!

And this, was our photo album area. We had a total of 2 wedding albums, from Digio and Z'wedding and also our engagement pictures that were pegged on the lines. Our engagement photos were taken by The Synchronal Photography.

We had also engaged Im perfection for the props to decor the entire areas. 

Props we got included the floral arch as you see below. Totally matched the linen colour of our tables. 

Love Marquee sign that was placed on the stage. 

2 lamp poles where our engagement pictures were pegged to, and finally 2 road signs. 

They were really affordable and it made made the banquet even more beautiful! 

So here's a conclusion/summary picture of how the entire wedding banquet looked like that night. 

Hope I've provided enough details and review about the vendor which I have used!

09 November 2014

No idea where to start the Actual Day wedding post. Because there are simply too many pictures to post, and I hope I have enough recollection of the day, as we were really rushing throughout the day.

1 week plus  (edit: more than 1 week plus already since I procrastinated in drafting this post) since the wedding has gone so quickly gone by.

It was a really tiring day, with us having to wake up at 3am in the morning and could only get to rest at 2am the next day. That's like being awake for 23 hours!

Pardon the blurred quality of the photos that I would be posting up, because most of the pictures were taken using iphones, and we haven't received the pictures from our photographer yet!

So like I said, I woke up at 3am to wash up and eat my "mian xian" noodles (vermicelli), then wait for my makeup artist to arrive at 430am. 

Here's my makeup artist, Cleo Chang working her magic on me! I liked her works the most, out of the few other makeup artist that I have tried. Her charges are on the high side, but I cannot afford to look meh on my wedding day! Hence, I made the decision to splurge, and burned a pocket in my hole. But trust me, she's really good! And the best thing about her is, she uses airbrush to do the foundation, so its really hygienic, and more even. The foundation would not look like layers and layers of powder. 

I was just finishing up the makeup when the boys arrived! And then there was a short period of chaos in the house. Ha Ha..

Everyone got so anxious and frantic. Even my cousin, who was supposed to go down to open the car door for the groom forgot about his duty, and thus there was a delay in the groom coming up to the house!

And then, came the gatecrash! Not sure of what happened outside the house, but definitely not anything pleasant for the boys!

The poor boys were subjected to the sisters' abuse, one of which was applying cheap mask and make up on the face. I hope their face does not rot after all the "grooming".

And then the husband reading his promises to me (I came up with the promises by the way.) before he could enter the room. Thus far I think he has been fulfilling those promises, except fetching me back from outing with friends (humph!).

Before the husband bent over to give me our first kiss, he had prepared a little surprise for me. And I was really caught by surprise when his friend handed over a violin to him! He IS NOT musically inclined and cannot play any musical instruments, maybe except recorder. 

And he started playing on the violin. His fingers were shaking, but he still managed to play Love Me Tender very nicely on the violin. 

Thank you for the pleasant surprise! :) 

    Us preparing to leave the house back to his house!

Back to his house. Before we entered his house, his family members have to retreat back to the rooms and were only allowed after we entered our rooms. This is done as a tradition to prevent direct clashes between the bride and the groom's family. 

A picture of us outside our room. 

We were then served a bowl of tangyuan each and we had to feed each other with the tangyuan. I think this practice has something to do with uniting the couple together (my guess!)

Thereafter it was  tea ceremony to his relatives and photo taking.

And then I changed into my Kua (Chinese traditional wedding costume) to proceed to his grandmother's place and then subsequently back to my home for another round of tea-ceremony. 

Initially I was quite afraid that I would look too cheena in Kua, but suprisingly, some of the photos which I liked the most are actually those of me in Kua. 

Here's me with my grandmother at my house, preparing for tea ceremony!

And lastly, photo taking session again!

Totally loving how the bridesmaid outfit looked in photos. So colourful and vibrant!

   

Alright! That's about it for the morning session! By then, both of us were really really tired, but were looking forward to the night banquet! : )

Say something....

In October 2011, 3 months after the breakup, I wrote a last blog entry to him, telling him I would be leaving his life, like what he had always wanted me to.

I chose to leave, not because I no longer love him, but because I know he did not want and need me in his life anymore

And the song below aptly reflect how I had felt when I wrote the entry;  I was reluctant to give up and hoped that he would ask me to stay but on the hand, I was forced to leave him. And I felt guilty for making that decision because that meant I was going to give up on us.

I had tried my best to salvage the relationship. I did. But somehow to him, it was never enough. And it would never be enough.


                                                                 " Say Something"

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall
I'm still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride
You're the one that I love
And I'm saying goodbye

Say something, I'm giving up on you
And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
And anywhere I would've followed you (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something, I'm giving up on you
Say something...