valerie:
yeah my church is calvary pandan, the one beside is galiliee. both are bible-presbyterian. i grew up in a number of bible-presbyterian churches, because my mom helped to start youth fellowships in 2 churches (including pandan) while my dad was a pioneer of his own church so when they got married i was sort of born into 3 churches at the same time, and then it was like one whole big bible-pres family in the past hahaha XD then we started to attend pandan regularly because my grandma became a Christian, and we wanted to encourage her. i liked the sunday school in the mandarin service (a lot of good bible grounding, the building of foundation is something that i appreciate). started attending since sec 1, this is my 7th year there. my mom and dad are back in jurong already so these few years it's just been my grandma, my auntie (just became a Christian about two years ago) and i.
tingie:
hello there! i was gonna get married on 22 Nov cos it's my FH's birthday and he will never forget our anniversary this way, but then one of my overseas relatives whom i'm very close to told me that she won't be able to make it on 22 Nov so i immediately moved it to 1 Nov. (i'm very happy also cos can get married earlier, hehehe.) my FH and i will both be in the education industry, so school holidays also quite impt for us. for him his school kids will be having exam during our wedding period, he said since it's just exam should be no problem can get married, plus can take leave. and usually sec sch start hols earlier than what is indicated on the calendar, because the sec 1 to sec 3 students have to get out of the way for the seniors to take 'O' levels in peace. i will be teaching special education so my kids don't have exams but i don't think they're having holiday either, their school holiday is the same as pri school.
we're booking our banquet with hilltop garden i think. maybe 28 to 30 tables, but we're trying to keep it a small close-knit affair. i'm also very budget one, i do a lot of research then decide. haha. think booking early is not a problem, because you book late is even worse, can't get the venue that you want. don't think will lose out a lot during promotions, after all you can negotiate with most banquet venues. i suggest that if you want to save as much as you can, go for restaurant. i dunno if our catalyst is the same, but i'm very focused on giving my guests memorable experiences so for me it's always good food, good ambience, interesting activities, good service etc... cos afterall i will be walking around taking photos, it's my guests who will have to 'suffer' if anything crops up (like bad food, lousy service, loud music etc). hee. for hotel confirm will go up one, because inflation rate v high for that industry i think. i saw a wedding brochure from ten years ago, prices were $100 to $300 less than now. they will slowly increase one.
joanne:
yes MBR's photos caught my eye the very first time i looked at them on the website
do you know that the photos on the website are all customer photos? none of them are models. hehe. they wanted the couple who took the photos on the site to come back again and take another album so that they can display in the shop, but the bride is a flight attendant so she couldn't schedule. (FH and i think that's she's v pretty
) by the way, i've seen lighting of candles during banquet before. dragon gate restaurant at harbourfront centre has it i think, it's like part of their offered programme. quite interesting, but can't remember if you light one candle then the rest will automatically catch fire, or you have to light the whole heart-shape on by one.
