(2010) 2010 Brides


deerixp> Thanks! Yup, sure will!
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Thomas> After disc.. Probably becos the diamond is brillant rose.. so slightly more ex...

Darrel> Looking forward to see your rings yah...

GTB> The house hunting is usually disappointing.. Might be easier if you go to the agent directly and they can keep a lookout for you..

Alicia> So fast did manicure liao ah.. I intend to do one day before my ROM.. which is your ROM day.. hee... I also just cut my nails last weekend.. haha.. I just did facial yest though..

Counting down.. 5 days for you.. 6 days for me..
 
Booy> Ya lor, din 1 2 do it after work coz will be tired & dunno will need to stay back to finish up work or not coz on leave on fri, so dun wanna take the risk lor. If by thurs my polish drops off liao, den will go nearby my hse to "repair" lor. Anyway, the mani & pedi tat i did is cheap lah, so if it comes off b4 my day, den at least not so heart-pain. haha!
 
Alicia> I see.. Dun feel so stressed.. Let's chong for these few days.. then hopefully, can enjoy a bit towards the end of the week... I took leave on friday.. so can go ban mei mei.. haha...
 
Alicia> I see.. Dun feel so stressed.. Let's chong for these few days.. then hopefully, can enjoy a bit towards the end of the week... I took leave on friday.. so can go ban mei mei.. haha...
 
mooooooooorning everyone.

Seems like everyone only start activity after 12 yesterday :S

Did u hear someone mention mask ? is it whitening mask ? anyone want to sponsor me ?

House hunting was ... ok lorr. Saw 2 units. 1 is pretty ok for location. But need major reno.

One of the agents told us. Past 4 years statistics for HDB Resale is around 30,000 units changing hands. Even when the economy boom, recession, the numbers doesn't change much. Based on that number, and the law of supply and demand, he said dun expect HDB valuation to go down. HDB value is not that much affected by private prices. More by supply and demand.

On the other hand, for the private market, he predict that it will drop even further, up to 20% when it hits the bottom.

Now my wife is thinking if we should make an offer for the house and try to get a steal since their valuation report has expired, and they don't know whats an accurate valuation for their house.
 
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Shot with a bit of time, lots of patience and tons of photoshop :P

Inspired by tiffany ads. But they are no tiffany rings. Not by a long shot.
 
Booy/alicia: counting down liao...feel excited for u two too!

darrel: valuation still staying put, not much diff but it's the COV which is going down. Last yr's COV can hit as high as 50-70k but this year, most of them are asking for less than 10k...if u can wait and are interested in buying private, do wait until end of next yr, prices will slide even further.

haha, if they intend to get someone to revaluate their house again, they have to pay...also, valuation may/may not drop also, so that's the risks owners have to take. So for those who are not willing to revaluate their house again, u shld take full advantage and counteroffer them, they may just budge hee. My wife also told me the same thing...

last weekend's viewing was quite disappointing, esp the first one. Didn't even know owner was an Indian until we almost reached the place and the strong scent of indian spices reached our nostrils...kaoz. Such a big turn-off before we even stepped into the place. Perhaps next time we will tell the agent MUST BE chinese owners ONLY, no Malay/Indian ones.
 
thomas > actually when the flat changes hands, they need to do another valuation, which the buyer pays.

We went to see one unit on the 8th floor, canadian+malay which was quite ok. No smell, but uurrrghhh the deco.
 
haahhahahhha.....deco also another factor hor? but honestly, the smell was a major turnoff...and mind u, those spices and indian oil smells will be there to stay for yrs, it wun go away no matter what u do.

Agent asked us how we felt towards the house, and needless to say, u can guess what our answer was...
 
morning peepz..u guys r early..ya back to work aka 'hell' hahaha..

darrel: the rings r lovely~~~
u heard of hwee studios? They affiliated with 1950 photography..their package quite cheap sia..

thomas &amp; darrel: no luck in house hunting eh? I was so demoralised when drive pass DBSS City View at boon keng on Sat..already 10 storeys high smore they launch 1mth after my BTO-which is only 1 storey high built....sigh..
 
Morning all..

Darrel> Go Faceshop to buy masks.. It's not too expensive and pretty good.. No sponsors here... haha..

Nice photos taken.. and really resemble tiffany's one..

You dun intend to do reno, so looking for decent renovated house? If that's the case, when you call up, then maybe you can ask how long have the owner stayed there.. By this, you can roughly guage how is the reno state like.. Usually, less than 5 years might still be decent..

Thomas> Thanks for being excited for us.. haha...

Next time, when you call up to ask for house viewing, rem to ask what is the race of the owner.. Ask more qn when you call, like age of the house, what's the level, how long they have stayed there.. Facing which direction.. the more qn you ask, the clearer you know abt the state of the house, the less disappointed you will be...
 
darrel: u got it finally...nice shots there

jaq: Diane wanted to sell her C&amp;T package last time cos she said they were not flexible in granting her requests...u may wanna reconsider again

booy: yup, we missed that out...will rem to ask next time.
 
jaq > my standards higher marr... so if i think its ... ok ... its actually not bad. If i say its good, I probably can't afford it either. e.g. Feldberyl (wansheng), Plush Photography (eadwine) are good. heee heee

booy > I specifically want the whitening type. for xiao bai lian purposes. :P

not that we dun intend to do reno.. but I'm secretly hoping to find some place that at least dun need to change the floor tiles. My wife is going in with the expectation of redoing the whole place.
 
darrel:ya..tats why ask ur comments lor..coz ur view n my bf's cfm sama sama..haha my colleague tot of engaging plush as her ROM PG manz..
 
randyce: not too bad...urs? has Huiling replied u?

darrel: u cham liao...if she wanna redo the whole place, that will cost a bomb.
 
Randyce > mooooooooorning. How was your weekend ?

thomas > i think it would probably set up back easily 40K. One of my cousins is a sub-con, so I can probably get him to do it for us. But working with relatives is tricky sometimes. Esp in a super extended family.

My wife had an arguement/discussion with her parents last week over the table thing again. I think I need to write down somewhere "be more reasonable when my kids get married" .
:S
 
darrel: yup...somemore renovation must pay in cash also. If can save, try to save lor. Times are really bad now, retrenchments in the papers almost everyday sianz.

tot ur table stuff settled liao? what's there to quarrel again?
 
Thomas> I haven called her yet didnt have the time to email here over the weekend. Intend to email her later.

Darrel> Shag. Sat have a cos from 9am to 6pm. Den Sunday went hotel hunting again. Tonight might be going hotel hunting again.

Now we have another hotel in mind le but seems like only eve booked with them other than that no other ppl have consider the hotel b4 sigh
 
randyce: I see...

I did make a tentative booking with OPH the other time before I finally decided to switch to NCQ. Nothing wrong with OPH honestly; food is good, portions are big and price is very reasonable. Not forgetting that hotel is in famous Orchard area, so chances of getting $50 angpows are lesser too. Only downside is their bridal suite is kinda old...if u dun mind and just need a place to rest after a tiring day, then shld be ok. We changed not bcos OPH wasn't good, dun be mistaken.

KK: morning...u sound chirpy today =)
 
thomas > Cos her parents wanted to meet up with mine. So i asked her to sound out how many tables they wanted, so dun quarrel during the meeting. I can imagine the conversation went something like this ...

Geri > Mummy, how many tables are you asking for ?
Mum > 10. cos all her cousins got 10.
Geri > but you know we are paying for this wedding. We don't want darrel's parents to fork out any money.
Mum > Where got like that one. Traditionally, the guys side pay for everything.
Geri > But we dun want them to pay for anything. Since they are already retired and not working. So from our budget, we can only give 6
Mum > But all your cousins got 10 tables.
Geri > cannot compare like that one marr.. Our table is 1288++ and table of 12
Mum > Who ask u to pick conrad ...
Geri > *speechless* (want face value, now want more tables). But you cannot compare like that. My good friend's (also the bride) parents offered to pay for the wedding. Since u want to compare, lets do that
Mum > ...
Geri > since we're comparing, her good friends parents also bought their daughter a diamond bracelet. So can i expect an expensive present from you ?
Mum > ...
Geri > * ultimate trump card * Anyway since we are on this topic, I dun want to plan for kids until I have my Europe honeymoon...
Mum > Dun need to go europe one lar ... blah blah blah.


Actually my wife is quite pissed over this.
But conclusion, we are giving her 8 tables and a roast pig.

Thats a immediate 12K loss.
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Thomas> Actually dont really mind the suite ba as Goodwood Park suite is also kinda of old old de. Indeed the pricing compare to goodwood is relative affordable. I think no matter where your wedding is held if ppl want to bao $50 angpows shld will have de.

But just want to check whether the package offer by them is reasonable? The ballrm has pillar in it dunnoe whether will some tables be blocked?
 
randyce > Personally, I dun really like GWP. Its really old. My friend has his there last year. Though the used the smaller ballroom on the 2nd floor, I didn't really like the place. I was doing the photography for him, so I can't really comment about the food or service.

Whats the quoted price for GWP ? If you asked me to choose between GWP and OPH, I'd go for OPH
 
darrel: can understand ur 'pain'. To be honest, me and my wife also quite sian over all these haggling with parents/elders. Sometimes we ask ourselves, are we the ones getting married or they are? however out of respect, we try our best to go along with their wishes as we dun want things to turn out nasty.

rand: yes, but the tendency of getting 'underdeclared' angpows is higher esp if u are holding it in a restaurant instead of a hotel.

package by OPH is reasonable to us, I dunno abt u. Anyway u can try negotiating stuff with Cornelius if u want, no harm trying. Antica ballroom has 2-3 pillars from what I last saw, only a few will be blocked if u are putting in the max no. of tables there. Otherwise shld be ok de...no big issues.

have u gone down to see the ballroom personally? if u haven't, suggest u go down to see, then u will have a better idea after that.
 
Darrel> The quoted price for GWP is 1221net. 2nd floor one is the bigger ballrm rite? So that why we feel is abit ex for GWP thus going to OPH.
If we talking abt suite i did not get to see OPH one but GWP one is also quite old so i think that shld not be an issue.

Just need more opinion
 
rand > $1221 is expensive. *financial mode* 1221 = $122 / head (if its a table of 12). My package for conrad is only $121 / head. GWP is more expensive than conrad !

You need to factor in the the worst case scenario. If you average ang pow takings is $80, you'll probably end up with as much as $15K loss. Want to lose money, also lose happily, which is why we picked conrad.
 


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