She says: Busy Week – Gown Fitting

This week had been the busiest week for our wedding preparation. Started with Sunday- second last fitting for my MTM gown and night gown selections at Di Gio, Monday-meeting with Jane, our florist, Wednesday-food tasting in Conrad and trial mock up, Thursday- Invitation arrives partially from Pemberley, Saturday-Food Tasting with Kriston.

I tried a few dresses and they were not quite as fantastic as it should have been. I am not a big fan of ball gown, but judging by the size of our ballroom, there is a need to choose a more prominent dress. I envy girls with longer posture, they can carry a sheath dress and still look gorgeous.

Here are some of the dresses I tried, a few of these are my final dress. But I am not gonna reveal the color yet, so enjoy the monotone version for now.

I will write about the mockup trial and food tasting in the next post! Stay tuned!

He says: 12 years ago

12 years ago.. it was the year 1997, and I was still a young chap at 16 years old.  I was preparing for my O Level’s and as usual, my parents told me to follow them to my distant cousin’s wedding banquet. The thing is, I am not really close to that cousin, or that family.. but I will just follow them. Cos I like to attend weddings, mainly for the good food, even though I don’t know most of the people there.

I have been to several weddings already… although I have never been a big part of any of them. I am a single child and I won’t have the privilege of helping out closely in any sibling’s wedding. So in a way, I do feel a sense of loss when I see other families being heavily involved in a wedding.

To me, a wedding was an event to enjoy good food and be part of a joyous occasion. Maybe that’s why I like going to it.. I don’t find it a chore, and it is another avenue for me to feel like I belong to a big family when in actual fact,  I am an only child. On that day, I was told I am going to Conrad hotel. To me it meant nothing really… since I am not conscious of what is considered a good hotel and what is not.

I just recall that stepping into the ballroom was a wonderful experience. I remembered the grandeur of the ballroom and I felt small in it. The service was great and although I don’t remember the food, I knew I was served well. The lighting and ambience was incredible.. and even though I did not remember any details… I knew I loved the place. That’s why after so long, 12 years later, I still remember Conrad.

When I was speaking to Catheryn recently about holding our banquet at Conrad, she revealed an interesting information to me. She told me she have been planning weddings in Conrad since 12 years ago… and in my mind I was thinking: She could have been the one who planned my cousin’s wedding!

I never told her what I thought, but I was feeling assured that maybe, the same person that orchestrated the wonderful memory I have before, is going to do it again for me. Therefore, I am confident that anyone who attends our wedding will remember it for all the right reasons.

13 years later, in 20 Jun 2010.. there will be another memorable wedding (for the right reason) in Conrad. And I hope it will be another great memory and experience for a little boy or girl who is attending my wedding, just like I did.

He says: Announcing our Banquet Venue – Conrad Centennial!

And now… for the moment you are waiting for… It is time to announce the coveted hotel that is going to hold our wedding… (Drum roll, pls… brururummm….)

It is CONRAD CENTENNIAL HOTEL!

A short intro on Conrad, as per Wikipedia -

“Conrad Hotels is an international brand of upscale luxury hotels and resorts owned and operated by the Hilton Hotels Corporation. Along with The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, Conrad hotels are considered the luxury flagship brand in the Hilton Family of Brands, named after company founder Conrad Hilton.”

“Conrad Centennial Singapore (Chinese：港丽酒店) is a hotel located in Millenia Singapore, Marina Centre, Singapore. The hotel has 507 guestrooms including 25 suites, and 31 floors with two basements. The hotel’s carpark is shared with Millenia Walk. Conard Centennial shares the same laundry services with sister hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore. Both hotels are owned by the same owner, Pontiac Land (founded by the Kwee family).”

 

The pictures on the very top shows the hotel under the Singapore night and the pic above shows the Grand Lobby.

 

This hotel only has one grand ballroom for wedding, and the special thing about the tables is that each table holds 12 pax instead of the usual 10. Our banquet coordinator is Catheryn who has been helpful and cater to our every needs professionally in our discussion with her thus far.

I am partial to this place as the wedding I attended (maybe 8 – 10 years ago) here still sticks to my mind. Hence I have always wanted my wedding to be held in the same place too… so in a way I have absolute confidence that holding my wedding will be a blast!

 

It is centrally located between Suntec and Millenia Walk,  but surprisingly, not a lot of people I know heard about this hotel. I will try to showcase more of this hotel, and hopefully my experience here will be a wonderful one.

She says: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I put up a few mood boards for our theme. Credits to my inspiration websites. Since we haven’t finalize the venue for Holy Matrimony, we are still open with the possibility of holding it outdoor (though Winston will perspire as if he’s eating tons of chilli… haha).

Our hot choice for Wedding banquet is Conrad Hotel in Suntec. We will feature them in future posts when we finalize our decision.

The bottom part are Conrad’s table setting, I will need to experiment with the linen to bring out my color theme. Seems like blue is a rare color, especially Tiffany’s blue.

These are my references for our decoration and table settings.