(2006) Brides of year 2006

Morning Gals....

Just missed the second half of yesterday and this morning so happy to see so many posts.

Ching, Cin...sorry for the confusion ar...the date that me and FH wanted is a Tuesday, but parents and ILs are not very comfrotable with weekdays...so i have to also source for weekend lor...sigh...headache man!! Now have to re-look at my budget
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so sad...Basically, we haven't gone to any geomancer yet...still dilly dally here and there lor...that's why i count myself lucky to have started researching early...else i would be in a total mess
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Rachel, Yup, i signed up with Flamingo already. I quite like Shirley's owner. If you are thinking of going down...maybe u can let me know first...then I inform Shirley...ask her to keep a lookout for u
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As for photography, i signed up with Montage...it's actually a package tied together between Flamingo and Montage.

As for Love nest, yes...got mine already...but also waiting for it to be ready...should TOP something end 05 or early 06. Mine is in Novena area.

Clare, welcome welcome!!

Yami...would really appreciate your feedback in Sept after u have the dinner at GCW. Looking forwrd to hearing from u. I don't think i will book so soon. THink will only book come end this yr or early next yr..cos me still waiting for MC to release their 2006 package also lor.
 


hi gals!

cindee,
i'm planning to hold it on the 14th of may 2006..
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yup mine is a premium flat.. all tiles done up.. homogenous tiles for living rm & kitchen... parquet for rooms.. hehe i paid ard 164k for a 4rm flat.. coz i felt that the 5rm is not worth tat amt of money.. 5rm is ard 230k for premium flats..

clare,
nice to see u here!
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we are all in the midst of planning our wedding so join in the fun!
when is ur ROM & AD date??

ching,
ur home is in Jurong West? hee.. hmmm have u done up ur house already?? i'm also planning to do up my home...
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have been to a few IDs already.. more or less have decided on the ID.. once i get my keys will juz start the ball rolling! :P

blur,
really like condo??.. hehe.. with the underground carpark.. only 4 blks there.. so pretty cosy.. gd leh.. live near mum.. my current home is in woodlands & my bf is also living in woodlands.. hehe tat's y i definitely wan to get a home either in woodlands or sembawang so as to be near our parents
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bugbear,
thanks... will let u noe when i will b going down.. hehehe muz lose weight and exercise first.. :P
 
morning gals!

cindee, i saw those stencils of flowery borders and lettering in a shop named ben franklin (used to be at marina sqaure but close down liaoz). not sure where its avaialble now... maybe crafts shops.
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ching thanks for the offer, it will be fun to go together!
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afterall onli potential brides are eager to look at BS. yah JB BS more or less not an option anymore, i dun even go there for bak gu teh now.

what's the crazy policy of DC turning away bigger brides.... who say big brides cant carry gowns well. i seen some v beautiful brides pics here in sb forum... though some are not so slender...
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bugbear no probs. in fact i attending two wedding later of this yr. one at GCW and one at rasa sentosa. will post my feedback here
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let us know when MC post their package ! my fh says the food there is good, better than the average hotel fare.

hi clare, you are fast
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think i will only visit a geomancer next yr.

racherlle, agree that it good to stay near parents...tat's y my unit is far far in pasir ris.
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cos both of us grew up in the east.
 
ohh okie.. are u having a church wedding???
my FH is also a christian.. but dun tink i will have a church wedding.. too many tings already on tat day..

some of my frens did.. they are the more traditional kind... they say it's better for the couple... they say the date u married is important for the marriage.. so that u will have a gd marriage..

as for me.. as long as it's not in the 7th mth.. i tink shld b ok
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Hi gals,
Wah...I think a lot of u are early birds hor?? So early so many postings liao...Need some opinions...What u guys think of:

Hotel Intercon
Holiday Inn Park View
Orchard Hotel
Four Seasons

Hi blur,
I dun have a coordinator there.. The one I sign up with left long long ago liao...

Hi Bugbear,
Orr...Now I understand liao....So weekday and weekend still quite open right? U must also tell me when MC come out with 2006 list okie??

Hi racherlle,
Yup...And the house already done up liao...That's y so sad to leave it empty...

Hi yami,
U are welcome....ya lor abt the DC...But I love their gowns leh....

Okie gals, a few of us have dates already:

Cin 27/05/2006
racherlle 14/05/2006
blur 18/09/2006

Any more dates comfirmed??
 
ching,

Hotel Intercontinental is great! one of my choices if i were to choose for main island hotels... the others are GrandwaterFront Corpthorne and Conrad.. i like the feel of both hotels.. niceee
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as for Holiday Inn.. i tink it's quite old? it's having a promo now rite???

four seasons is nice.. but very ex rite??
same class as ritz & conrad...
 
wah.. i think me the latest huh?
anyone going for the bridal show? holiday inn and fullerton one?

ching, u seriously thinking of changing BS too? think surely can work out one la..just talk to the ppl there see wat they say?
 
Hi Ching...

HI is nice if u have about 30-32 tables...i personally feel 34 onwards is a little cramp.
Holiday Inn is a little old and exp for that level of hotel...Have not attended any at Orchard Hotel...so can't comment much...Four Seasons has a very grand feel on the ballroom...but price is also very high right?

Have u considered Conrad? I personally quite like the ballroom...gives a very cosy feel...and the deco is nice! very dreamy...food wise, i heard some ppl say that the food is ok...but portion is not very big...maybe bcos they did in table of 12...

I also like GCW...but the package is quite exp leh...i just got the 2005 package and they have increased the package by $30+++
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Ok ok..no worries gals!! I will definitely post the new package from MC once i got them. I am expecting the Aug05-Dec05 package come Aug04...will share with u gals as well...so we can roughly estimate how much increase they post per year
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I also heard that MC food is quite good...the very safe kind of food...heheh...that's why i am still hanging on to MC...and of course...the price is affordable lor =D
 
blur..
i'm not going for any wedding show yet..
quite set on Divine Couture... hehe.. waiting for their show nxt year...
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fullerton one is ted wu rite?? hmmm

bugbear..
MC is mandarin???
 
ohh merchant court haha
i was at there... scratching my head.. hmmm which hotel starts with M and middle name has a C.. haiyooo overlooked Merchant Court.. hehe
 
Rachel....no worries....initially i don even know all these...PILs, FH, BS...but after reading thru threads...u will know...heheh...

Hhmm...I initially also very interested in Ted Wu...but got advice from friends that i shouldn't...else i will keep dreaming of the gowns there...when i know it's impossible for me to afford the gowns there. Anyway, i heard from my cousin that Ted Wu gowns are more suitable for the petite brides...so i totally striked it off...me quite big boned...not considered the small and petite kind lor.

Anyway, Blur, if u happen to drop by Ted Wu...maybe can feedback? thanks
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Hello everyone

My AD will be on 27 Mar 06. I’ve already ROM on 20th April 2004
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I’m with Ted Collection. Have already made a CS for my ROM. As for venue, I like Grand Copthorne Waterfront too but the hotel told me that the dates for 2006 are not open for booking yet
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So if anyone here managed to make a booking must tell me ok? Actually I didn’t purposely went to a geomancer to pick a date but so happen that my hubby wanted to get a geomancer for our house fengshui so we just ask him as well lor. We paid $99 for him to pick a date suitable for me and hubby but other details he can only tell us in 2005.
 
Hi Clare...i meeting GCW coordinators soon...let me go check out from her then i let u know if they are open for 2006 booking...but at the rate they increased their package price from 2004 to 2005...i abit taken aback. They increased $30+++ each table
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hi racherlle,
been to Dang..the lady is really very nice and i love her design. but she dun encourage ppl to sign up now cause she says too early.. highly recommended
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think there will b some new gowns end of this mth..

bugbear ah, not i dun wanna go ted wu la.. but if my FH knows i go see, he will faint..totally out of our budget.. i will update you when i go see the brial show? u not going?
 
hi clare!

great to know u r all ready for ur AD!
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hmmmm... have u gotten ur home yet?? if yes.. where is it????

bugbear..
beaufort sentosa also had a price hike from March 2004 i tink.. its ard $60 bucks per table..gee.. got to pray hard they dun increase the prices anymore..
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Rachel...yah lor...after the price hike...i striked off Beaufort totally...cannot afford. ut of budget.
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Sigh...think sooner or later, each table is going to cost like $1K...and it's considered standard market rate.

Blur...hahah...me also not that i don want to go...but scared i go there...then i will want their gowns...and that is going to blow my budget lor...so better i better not go see...else later xin yang yang =D
 
blur ah..
if ur AD is in 2005.. then u book in 2004.. and they have a price hike in 2005.. then tink they will allow u to pay 2004's price.. but ours is in 2006.. so dun tink they will allow us to book so early?????
 
bugbear ah..if really 1k per table then i think my FH will wanna hold at kopitiam liao... so ex!!!

racherlle, really meh? then i think this year book also no point loh?
 
hahhaa...blur u r so funnie...hold at kopitiam.
actually all banquet prices seems to onli go up as time pass....so maybe better to book earlier... unless got promotion lor.
 
hahaha.. blur ah.. u ah..
hmmm i tink so leh..
how can book for 2004 prices but banquet is 2006? tat's y until now they still haven't open any bookings for 2006 rite???
gals ah.. tink i will only put tentative booking.. then maybe nearer the date then i will pay up.. :P
i'm waiting to see whether beaufort has any wedding show coming up... but last heard.. their 2005 dates are pretty full already.. so dun tink they will have any promo soon...
 
Hi all,
This thread is moving fast man...Just after lunch I have to catch up on my reading liao....kekekeke Opps...I think I have a typo error...Thanks racherlle for telling me...

Clare -- 27/03/2006
Cin -- 27/05/2006
racherlle -- 14/05/2006
blur -- 28/09/2006

Hi racherlle,
I also think Hotel Intercon not bad..but the chandeliers not as grand as Holiday Inn lor... I also tot of Conrad but heard that the food only so-so lor...Four seasons is only in my dreams lor...cos so ex...As for Holiday Inn, I like cos of the grand chandeliers but they have a high/low ceiling in the ballroom...
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Hi blur,
Thanks for the advise...will call them with I decide...hahaha...same here...all my FH's frens all suggest to do in at void deck leh....But what I know is most hotels will not accept bookings for 2006 cos their price not out yet...so means 2004 prices will not be applicable to 2006 lor...And some hotels also dun accept tentative bookings leh...Which hotel accept tentative bookings let me know hor..

Hi Bugbear,
Huh?? Holiday Inn exp meh?? It is around $679 for weekday leh...Is this considered exp?? Although I heard that food in Conrad is not that nice, it is still in my list..;)

Hi Clare,
GCW is nice and I like the Sky garden....
 
Blur...if u look at Beaufort website...they have 3 packages...starting from $718+++ (8-course), $818+++ (9-course) & $919+++ (9-course)
The cheapest package already is like about $840 already lor...that's why i say ex lor...and i think they recently increased like $60+++ per table...so before the increment, their package is worth looking at.

Ching...yah...that's the weekday price...the weekend is $738nett...but i find that if u pay that price for holiday inn, think u can get somewhere else by topping up a little...for ex MC. I personally find Holiday Inn a bit on the old side.

Wah...seems like u gals more or less have settled on the date liao...i still dilly dally...think must add more oil and do something liao.
 
Ching...me too leh...i am still holding on to COnrad...but do u know that they are going to icrease their prices for 2005? I recently talked to the coordinator...and they seems like they are increasing quite a substantial amount.
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Hi Bugbear,
I am looking at weekday mah...I like Holiday Inn cos of the chandeliers...Anyone suggest any other hotels that have nice chandeliers?? And also they have free flow beer and waiver of cockage..so I tot the package very worth it mah...Wah..Conrad still want tp increase in prices?? Means no chance for us liao?? I am still hoping for 4 seasons lor....but very very ex leh....Bugbear..how????
 
huh.... conrad still gog to increase price ah.... haiz...
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ching, the chandeliers at raffles hotel is nice... but low ceilings... been there for d&d before. ballroom is rectangular - not bad. dunnoe how much tehy charge though cos nv consider it.

bugbear i also haven settle on a date.... think must decide on hotel first...
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i onli know it shld be ard 2006 mid yr... my date def wil have to ask geomancer cos my dad wil insist lor..

so far i shortlisted this few hotels:
conrad
hyatt
meritus mandarin
MC

my fh no opinion leh....he says up to me... as long as i think we can afford.... so far i onli have meritus package & pricing. i hope to hold on weekend so will become lagi expensive.
 
Ching...sorry ar...forgot that u looking at weekday...if weekday...wot about Marriott? Currently at $688? Hyatt also at $688. Hhmm...u wanted Chandeliers...Marina Mandarin?

Ching, wot is your budget like? I also having a BIG headache leh...i also like a lot of hotels...but on the other hand, i also don want to spend too much...so i trying to limit myself to max of 800 for weekends lor...which is VERY difficult...i keep swaying into budgets like $850-900...but i don wish to do that...later after the whole wedding, i will be a poor soul...so i am hopping to keep within my initial budget and be a 'rich' bride after everything
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Ching, think if u are confirmed looking at weekdays...then got more choices lor...

The current Raffles Hotel package i have are as follows (+++):
Classic Package:- S$838
Jubilee Package:- S$998
Raffles Package:- S$1,238

Yami...yah lor...the coordinator told me that they have not really been increasing their price...and say that if i go compared with other hotels like 4 Seasons, Ritz, etc...then i will find that their prices are very lor...so they are revising their package soon lor...but dunno when will release.

Yami...envy u leh...at least ur FH din impose any budget on u...actually my FH also did not lah...but looking at the amount we both can cough out and yet be comfortable after that, i have very limited choices.
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Thanks BugBear!

Racherlle, I've got my flat ... it's a resale flat opp my mum's place at Bt Merah
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very happy cos can go home to eat dinner everyday

I think it's standard that the hotel banquet increase their price/table every year
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guess we can on only wait and sign up during their wedding show to get a better deal lor ....
 
heheh...no worries...i so happen to have their packages on hand. Some of the packages are sent to me by some gals from other threads...so i just keep them as reference and to share with whoever is interested lor...tho some may be a little out-dated...like 2003/04 packages...

Let me know if u are interested in any...maybe i can share some of the packages with u
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Yah lor...going to their wedding show may enjoy more perks...so i going to view the ballrooms, learn more abt their perks, etc...then shortlist the hotels...so when the time comes, attend their wedding fair and can sign up immediately lor
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hey gers

wow...have a hard time trying to follow the post...gonna be real packed with school speech day coming up and more lesson plans to be done...just did one only...and that is after staring at the blank plan for more than 10 mins. sighz...took me 1 and 1/2 hr just to do one up properly. and that excludes the teaching and classroom material. like i said real packed...
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anyway real happy to see all the postings..so exciting...
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thanks ching for compiling the AD...anyone having their AD on 20th May ? hehe...my bday..gd day to wed man... hahah...so thick skinned hoh
..except tt i hv exam papers to mark..

hi ching
fren went to 4 seasons b4...very posh ya...but she said the food is very bad...like paying a lot for the name only. actually from a fren's mouth...whose fren works at marriott...said that a lot pp sign with hotels like them cos of the name...even he who works there admit the cost is too high...looks like we are all big time brand-consumers. hehee

Hol Inn has pillars in the middle lei..when they open up the partition...some tables on the low side cant really see lei..

HI also quite $$ lei..after adding in the +++...comes up to be abt 900 plus..got a shock manz...

hi clare
how much was yr resale huh? and do u hv to do any reno? we starting to look for one...cos including the time for reno, just nice in time for AD....but dun know where to start...cos bf does not wanna pay for agent's fee...

u gers know that if u wan pricing..can just go up to the conceige to get the wedding package rite? dun hv to see coordinator one...then from there compare the price b4 deciding which hotel coordinator u wanna meet...at least by that time...u hv an idea of the packahe...can bargain better...heheh...that was wat i did...shock the coordinators with my prior knowledge...hahaa...actually all bluff one lahz...heheh
 
Hi Cindee,

I bought my 4A flat for 325K (before the 40K grant), no need to do the flooring, wiring and piping but still need to change the kitchen cabinets and waredrobe .... we estimated the reno cost + furnishing to be about 25K. I don't have to pay for agent fee cos' I bought the flat direct from the owner and they did the paper work for us, pretty easy to do and no problem at all during our first appointment. Maybe you can start off by going thru the Sataturday Straits Times for those areas that you're interested in. It took us about half year of research before we finally found our ideal flat. Which area are you looking at? Just take your time to look around. Must make sure you set some criteria before you start your house hunting so at least you won't waste your time looking at units which you won't like. Good luck!
 
bugbear..
i'm planning to take the premium package which is the $818+++.... the whole package is the same as the $918+++ except that the latter provides another nite stay for the actual day itself and also on the anniversary nite.. (so total 4 nites instead of 2).. not worth it at all.. clever move to increase the table by 100.. if u have 20 tables.. u r actually paying $2k plus more for the extra nites for the rooms... geee...

clare,
wow u paid so much for ur flat.. but the location is very convenient...
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cindee,
muz take care ah..... dun overstress urself!
 
racherlle, agree with you that my flat is indeed expensive but want to be near my mummy and since I dun have much luck with the balloting exercise, this is my only alternative
 
Hi Rachel...

Hhmm...did i mixed things up again? you are the one who planned to have banquet at Beaufort and not Blur? Hhmm...me very blur...so tend to mix things up quite often...sorry if i got it wrong
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I attended a wedding there recently..overall quite nice...food also quite nice. But the place is a little small for me...so have to strike off. U go talk to the coordinators already?

Yaya...think Ling is quite bz lately...haven been seeing her often in the forum huh. What about u? Managed to get any stuffs settled?

When is the Imperial bridal show? What are they promoting? Hhmm...don think i will be going...u going?
 
hi bugbear..
yup i'm the one who is planning to hold the banquet at Beaufort.. hmmm it's ok..
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i tend to get mixed up too..
yup i'm planning to meet up with the wedding planner this saturday.. heee.. will keep you all informed
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hi yaya..
didn't see the earlier threads.. kindly re-intro?? when are u holding ur AD??? and where??

hi blur..
i dunno where leh.. blur if u managed to find let me know k?? i might also wan to engrave chinese words!
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bugbear, fh didnt impose budget cos now he still bo chap mah...later when he sees the pricing then maybe he will start limiting my choices haha... actually like u, i dun want to over strain overselves...so dun want to go beyond 800 for weekend...seems difficult now manz.

wow blur & racherlle....u gals wanna engrave chinese words...sounds challenging cos chinese chracters harder...and the ring so small onli
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but guess if they can engrave on a rice, tehy can engrave on rings. check with those jewellars ?
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cindee, thanks for the info. that what i shall do....get the info from the conceige....
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