Chronicles of POW
Chronicles of POW (Planning Our Wedding)
I am very much a planner in nature. Being in the field of event organizing, many may assume that planning my own wedding would be an easy task. However, in fact, it is the hardest event I had to plan. Truthfully, the whole thought flowing process started even before his proposal! But it all geared up after our ROM. Here, lays the whole process step by step of how painstaking preparations, will eventually pay off. Hope it helps all brides to be out there.
Date
Step 1: Picking A Date
We have innitially wanted many different dates, due to mane reasons, some significant memorable date, some auspicious and many other reasons.
However, we finally settled on
*drum rolls*
31st December 2008
Why this date?
* Its darn easy to remember - NO EXCUSE for him to forget our anniversary. :P
* We want to party with all of our closest friends and relatives
* We want to start a new year fresh with happy memories
* We got a really great deal from the restaurant! :P
Stretch Your Dollars
Step 2: Set a budget
Money Money Money!
Money is everything (No! ALMOST everything)
Being a silly gal who did not ran away and marry a rich guy, there is quite a challenge making sure the dream wedding is achieved without getting broke. (no regrets though sayang! Muacks)
Ideally, I would love to have a ballroom draped in gold, 916K gold dust all over, every guest be given a set of gold jewelleries to put on, bling bling everywhere, diamond dust as confetti... (oh, you get the idea). But, I'm just regular May, so here is what we planned, realistically.
Sort out a max capped amount, that you cant go above that.
The we started to partition that amount into few categories
- dinner
- BOOZE
- bridal studio
- photography
- make up artist
- lai kam/ pingkam
- favours
- cake
- asssories, shoes & bag
- gifts to chi muis
- ang pow for actual day
- misc fund
*mental note: DIY as many things as I can
We are still sorting this out, hope everything turns out fine!
Venue
Step 3: Find a venue
Venue selection has to be one of the hardest task. We have surveyed so many locations, and for the longest time we cant decide on the right one. We were contemplating between hotels, restaurants, themes, concepts, indoor, outdoor, garden, beach, so many ideas, so many challenges too. We have 2 locations to crack our heads on too, KL and Penang.
However, finally we have decided.
For KL, we have chosen Tai Thong of Tropicana Golf & Country Resort. Why?
* They have the date we wanted
* They gave us a great deal. Free travel vouchers & wine for every table
* Surrounding is perfect. Quiet, homely. (not some KTV like other Tai Thong restaurants.
* Ample parking bays
* Huge ballroom layout, without pillars blocking
* Less quantity of tables to confirm. Minimum 30
* Food quality should be good (Tai Thong group) - However, yet to have our food tasting session
As for Penang, we have chosen Penang Chinese Recreation Club. Have made many calls and browse on the net, however, its hard to find the right one when we cant view the actual venue itself. So how did we settled for this venue? Guess who chose this venue. Parents In Law! (nuff said)
Bridal House
Step 4: Finding the right Bridal Shop/House for you
Have been searching the web for a while, and finally settled for this. Also mainly because from Tai Thong restaurant, I have a discount voucher for this bridal house. Have viewed their collection of dresses, not too bad. So, no need to crack our heads any futher, this one it is.
Had our photoshoot and the pictures back, one word... fabulicious!! (if that is even a word!)
Shop Name: Taipei Taipan Bridal World
(under Tai Thong Group)
Address: K17 & K18, Batu 4 1/4, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-62582968
Fax: 03-62529368
http://www.taipeitaipan.com.my
Make Up Artist
Step 6: Find a makeup artist (MUA)
Still searching... any help?
Shortlisted my MUA from Taipei Taipan, but a bit troublesome, have to go to Jln Ipoh for make up.. sigh...
Entertainment
Step 8: Entertainment
still searching for a Jazz band who will fit in my teene budget...
Theme
Step 9: Finding your theme colour, your personalised stationeries
Have made up my mind...
Official theme is MODERN CHIC!!!!
Official colour is BLACK & HOT PINK!!!
1) my wedding bouquet
2) table decor
3) banner/bunting
4) guest book
5) ballroom decor
6) ribbons for stairs
7) present bags for jie mui and hengtai
8) candle decor (need?)
9) flower petals to throw for walk in
10)main table decor
11)the backdrop for the stage
12)food presentation theme
13)corsage for the jie mui
14)car decor for the main car and the hengtais
Final Vendor List
Our vendor is as follows
1) Makeup Artist - TBC
2) Restaurant (KL) - Tropicana Golf & Country Club
3) Restaurant (Penang) - Penang Chinese recreation Club
4) AD PG (KL) - Tommy Yap (http://www.tommy-yap.com/)
5) AD PG (Penang) - TBC
6) Florist - Petaling Street
7) Projector and white screen rental - Tropicana
8) Musical Instrument rental - TBC
9) Arts and crafts - TBC
10) Accomodation - TBC
11) Furniture - Big Apple, Ikea, and misc
12) Bedding - Ausinno, Dunlop Duvet Bed Set
13) Bridal Shop - Taipei Taipan, Jalan Pudu
14) ROM PG - Donny, Sharon, Celeste, Cousin in Law
15) ROM makeup and hair - Cover Shots
16) Photobook ROM - www.pixart.com
17) Invitaton Card ROM - DIY
18) Shoes - Custom made by Pretty In White
19) Decor items and candles - Event decorator - Vernis
20) ROM dress and Cheongsam - Summit USJ and Mid Valley Chinatown
21) Manicure and pedicure - TBC
22) GDL stuff - TBC
23) Wedding biscuit - TBC
24) Wedding gowns for photoshoot - Pretty In White (www.prettyinwhite.com.my)
