These are some outstanding stuff that I want to share about my wedding preparation experience. Until the final week only then I realized the most important thing to a bridal is to only choose the best one you love to have it. Because the most happiest thing for a gal is to wear the wedding gown that she loves and to have the wedding that she needs only then consider it is the beginning of a happiness marriage.
I found that it may lead me to a regret in my life if I only listen to others opinions, such as
Wedding preparation is really a tiring process. Summary :-
- Wedding date
- Restaurant
- Slimming
- Official Discussion About Married (Ti Qin, 提親)
- Chinese Custom Present (Guo Da Li， 過大禮)
- Photo Shooting with Album
- Photo Shooting on Actual Day
- Dai Kam on Actual Day
- Make Up artist for bride, groom, bride's maid, mother, mother-in-law
- Flower wrapping for car
- Bridal bouquets
- Corsage for sisters, brothers, groom, mothers and fathers.
- Decorations at home
For the past 3 months, we have made several important decisions like choosing the wedding date, restaurant, bridal package, photoshooting venue, ROM date, decorate the bridal room, gor dai lai, bridal car deco, guest list, wedding eve buffet, etc etc.
I am hereby share my experience for some of the items in details:-
- Wedding date
- Depends on how traditional for both families, it is advised to be plan at least 1 year as buffer.
- Depends on how traditional for both families, it is advised to be plan at least 1 year as buffer.
- Restaurant
- It is advised to be chosen and booked at least 1 year as ahead by providing around RM1k as deposit.
- Please do check what kind of services they do provide to you, such as:-
- Do they provide simple decoration with groom and bridal name on stage?
- Do they provide at least one projector to project photos/slide show?
- Do they organize the sequence of the whole session by providing the flexibilities on changes?
- Do they provide sound system for playing music?
- Do they provide MC?
- How many free invitations card (usually 80% - more than enough as we will be inviting couple) provided? When can be ready?
- Do they provide banner to display the photo of couple in front of entrance?
- Don't scare of not enough tables, people do not attending on that day with whatever reasons, restaurant will spare 3 to 5 tables for you (open only need to pay). It is advised to order less tables after you finalized your guest list by utilizing the spare tables. E.g. if you finalized 30 tables (they provide spare 3), then you just order 28 tables.
- Please do not shy to ask whether people come to attend or not, as a real friends who really wish you happiness will not mind to arrange the time for you. Please do ask their attendance confirmation to finalized the seats.
- When they able to provide a food test, what kind of dishes are ready to be chosen for adjustment, are they really able to provide the 'exact' dishes and utensils on testing day (as what u eat and see are the same on actual day)?
- Different location/states providing services differently so you might need to ask all the services and the charges.
- I had experienced with 2 states with 2 different arrangement and services.
- Peikin Johor Jaya Restaurant, JB, Johor.
- Good experience as they provide 2 projectors mounted on ceiling, sequence for whole process, spot light when couple stepped into the hall, sound system, banner at entrance, signature guest book, decoration with names on stage, all these were free. (maybe included in the tables package but you are free of hassle)
- They do provide 3 spare tables when you order 25 tables, i believe if you order 50 tables will spare 5 tables.
- They do call you to follow up every single things such as choosing the menu packages, verification on invitation card, banner, etc.
- 3 months before our wedding date, they provide us to test the foods and exactly same as that day.
- Even though, end up i had 7 empty tables, they do provide flexibilities for us to make changes. Such as 4 tables combine to be 1 table to enjoy Fo tiao qiang，(Steamed Abalone with Shark＇s Fin and Fish Maw)- 佛跳墙 plus few new dishes with expensive ingredients.
- Foods excellent as we even decide to choose this restaurant to celebrate my father's birthday.
- No regret for a happy marriage ^^
- Good experience as they provide 2 projectors mounted on ceiling, sequence for whole process, spot light when couple stepped into the hall, sound system, banner at entrance, signature guest book, decoration with names on stage, all these were free. (maybe included in the tables package but you are free of hassle)
- XX Restaurant Melaka.
- BAD experience as they don't provide any projectors, sequence for whole process, spot light when couple stepped into the hall, banner at entrance, signature guest book, decoration with names on stage (basic things), (maybe not included in the tables package but you are full of hassle)
- You need to arrange the above with another persons if you really need these. (i think you have to as no basic name decoration provided on stage @@)
- They do provide 2 spare tables ONLY when you order 50 tables.
- They do NOT call you to follow up every single things such as choosing the menu packages, verification on invitation card, etc.
- We need to follow up with them (serve them instead of they serving us), to push them to print the invitation cards.
- 2 WEEKS before our wedding date, they ONLY provide us to test the foods - i) Use the ugly steel utensil to serve you one of the cuisine and told you that ON THAT DAY will use another pretty one (i was thinking how pretty was that? hmm....use your imagination) (ii) Inform us the last cuisine of dessert was not available to be tested and serve you the ICE CREAM (iii) super limited dishes for you to change or even make adjustment ( hmm....i was thinking the testing seem meaningless, u just follow the menu will do)
- Overall, personal preferences, the food really not that nice, service also not good. Heaven and ground by comparing to other states.
- You might end up with unhappiness with such a happy event .......
