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Hi before you carry on reading, I hope you can vote for Your Favourite Photo on the left sidebar… >.< --- * --- From Valerie:

“hey i saw from the forum that u held ur banquet at HIPV too! i juz chanced upon it. looks not bad leh. can tell me more and show me ur wedding dinner pics?

how many ballrooms do they have? how many themes? easy to nego for perks not?

seletar broadway gd? who was ur PG? i wan see ur pics also
cant find on ur site.. a bit hard to navigate leh..

thanks! ”
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Hi Valerie,

I can sense that you have many questions to ask. Lets me answer you one by one.

This is the link to my wedding pictures…”My Wedding Snapshots” (You may want to view each post separately as the simultaneous running of all slideshows may slow down your computer.)

As for Holiday Inn Park View, you can download 2006 packages from here.

Easy to negoitiate perks or not…hmmm…you can read these few posts and then you decide for yourself. The BIG Surprise HIPV gave us, How we squeezed HIPV dry

As for Seletar Broadway, you can click here to see our wedding photos .

The service is generally fine (not sure is it because they know that the boss knows me.) Overall, their service is prompt and they call everytime one day before the appointment. As for my photographer.

This was what happened during our phootshot at Seletar Broadway.

As for my Actual Day Photographer, he is Ant and you can see his website www.antevy.com (He left “Let There Be Light and set up “Ant Evy”.)

My only comment for him is “under promise; over deliver” >.< You can read more about him here Post 1, Post 2 & Post 3.

I still remembered when I was on the stage with my bride (now my wife) and we were ready to cut the cake.

It has all along mystified me how does the wedding cake actually look like. Is the whole cake edible? Are all the 3 layers real?

When I was on the stage, I was both nervous and excited. Nervous becaus eeveryone was looking at us. We were the stars for the night!!!

Excited to find out what was all the myth behind the wedding cake.

Soon we realised there was a small slit just big enough for the knife to cut through. We gave each other a vague smile…like “Huh??!! That is all?!!!”

Haha…unless we wanted to pay extra for a REAL one….think it is fine as long as there is a cake-cutting for us.

I have chanced upon this wonderful Our One Heart web site which is showcasing some beautiful and unique wedding cakes.

From www.aboutthecake.com

From www.maisiefantaisie.co.uk

I want to share the following email with the response with all fo you so that we can all benefit from the reply I gave o her. I know at this point in time, many readers are submitting thier complaints and frustration through this.

I got this email enquiry from Sheelen

“Hi Jhong Ren,

I am a Dec’07 bride. Am currently looking at banquet venue. Do you have any recommendations?or any forum/blog site which i could view at?

I have recently signed up a bridal package with Feline Bridal during the Her World Bridal Show in Jan 07. I wonder if there is any Feline Brides in your site which could share with me their experiences.

I will be going to the bridal shop next wkend for selection of photographers as well as looking at the gowns… May I know what are the things I should take note of? Am also puzzled on what is the actual/normal payment process to the bridal shop?

Thanks and sorry to prompt you so many questions at once…

Cheers,
Shelen ”

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“Hi Sheelen,

I will do my best to answer your questions.

To look for banquet venue, first you got to ask yourself what kind of ambience do you like? Or have you come across some wedding venues you have been to and you really like?

As for Feline Bridal, I’m not sure. But you can go to singaporebrides.com forum and check under feline bridal .look thru the threads and post your questions and concern.

You can also pop by their shop and ask the current customers how are their service. Something like spot check.

During selection of gown, there must be a “wow” factor when you first see yourself in the mirror. Choose one that fit your personality and preference; not the other way round.

For payment, normally is four times, one deposit when sign the package, choosing of gowns, photoshoot and collection of gowns.

Let me know if there is any more query. 🙂

Cheers.
Jhong Ren”

To my readers, if you have any info that you think can benefit Sheelen or other brides with simlar concerns, please feel free to add them as comments below.

In the past, someone enquire about bridal studios and Teochew wedding custom. Maybe this is helpful for you too.

I saw this website from another friend in forum and it is about wedding favors.
Check it out.

theweddingthoughts.com/giftfavours.htm

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I got another email from a reader asking for suggestions of some places that can hold outdoor wedding:

1. Grand Copthorne Waterfront tel: 6233-1079

2. The Legends Fort Canning Park tel: 6338-1212

3. Singapore Zoo tel: 6360-8500/8643

4. Padang Palace Restaurant tel: 6338-9595

5. The British Club tel: 6410-1146/56

6. Grand Mecure Roxy Hotel (wedding by the poolside) tel: 6344 8000

7. Oriental Hotel Habour Terrace (its by the pool and facing the esplanade and the river.)

8. Park Royal at Beach Road

9. Singapore Arts Mesuem (SAM)

10. Botanical Garden

11. Fort Canning

12. Petalsm Leaves – petalsnleaves.com

13. Sentosa – Emerald Hall – sentosa.com.sg/sales/sapphire.htm

14. Sentosa – The jetty – sentosa.com.sg/sales/jetty.htm

15. Cruise – happycruise.com.sg

16. Princess Falcon (another cruise liner)

To find the location and email addresses, you can go to yellowpages.com.sg