The meetings have started

Even before getting engaged officially, we have sourced and met up with some of the vendors that we may be interested in. Well, actually as of now we have already secured our photography, videography and for HIS side, basically EVERYTHING. Mine? Soon soon I hope.

His side: Full booking done at Charisma D’ Venue. Personally I feel the place is a little small but his side is not expecting 1000 pax. Even though we have met them twice and they mentioned that it is possible as the timing is spread over 7 hours, I still need to see it to believe it heh. Anyway I’m just going to be there to smile and be a pengantin, and I know their food is AWESOME. As long as I get to eat and be in aircon the whole day, no sweat! ;P

So who did we book for photo+video? Well we just decided on Pixelmuse Photography. Saw their works on FB and Instagram before, and when we went down to EXPO their portfolio and albums caught our eyes. Over there we met with the videographers (2 sets of couples; 1 doing photo the other doing video) and the lady explained to us quite briefly regarding their packages. Pretty and dreamy. Plus their photovideo package was within our range (did we have a budget? Hahaha he’s paying for it! :P) but I didnt want him to burst his pockets lah. I was hesitant at first cos for video I really loved DVMP’s, but they do not have an attractive package.. almost $4k for just photovideo. I didnt like Pixelmuse’ video as much as DVMP but I guess I’m willing to settle for something similar. Its not bad, but not as awesome haha cukup2 lah. Then the second time we just wanted to look at their albums again so we went to their house (this time its the photography’s couple Yani and husb) which was just around the corner of my place! Good news so they dont have any reason to be late on the actual day. So after looking through and discussing further we placed the deposit there and then! Finally one thing of our minds. Just to settle on ONE part is causing us to pening already. Here’s some of their works from Facebook:

NOT bad right? So I hope they do a good job for ours, like in 14 months time? Hahahahaha tunggu bro tunggu.

Next was trying to decide on bridal. I am particular about shawl styling and pakaian muslimah. I dont want to wear something thats supposed to be revealing and then wearing a tshirt underneath. PANAS TAU TAK. And apa kene dengan bridal yang buat orang pakai baju sleeveless see through abeh pakai tudung? Ketiak tak shave pon nampak. BINGIT. So need to find those yang really cater to us. I only know of 1 bridal that has almost everything under the sun and their collections are very extensive that you will hyperventilate when you enter their showroom. Versari Ade! My sister took them 3 years ago and my mom couldnt stop raving about their ranges and stuffs. So we set an appointment and true enough, we already spot the colours that we are planning to wear. And they cater up to XL so I have to lose weight and not get any fatter. The lady ( Kak Aishah I think) who talked to us actually took a look at my butt hahaha tengok punggong besar ke tak and if can muat, and she said can, just dont go any bigger -_____-” I WAS A SIZE 10 K. WAS is the word. Make up wise, they have 10 mak andams so we have to choose which mak andam to take. Ingat pening kepala can stop there, just take Versari and thats all. But I am waiting for quotations from Peti Solek cos I like their makeups and bajus. We’ll see.

Initially I was so set to take Ishq by Nora Zee. Followed Naz during her appointment and after listening to her and read through her packages, not really suitable for our event of 2 days. We’ll definitely need to top up here and there for the hours, so it’s so gonna cost more than VA. And compare their collections (yes they’re new) might as well just go for VA. Nora is a nice lady but I feel that since now she’s really hot in demand, she wasn’t selling her packages, just showing and more of ‘you want you take I dont need to sell it’.. maybe thats just how I felt lah during the appointment. I may have to cancel mine after this since high chances I’m not engaging her.

We also went to Kahwin Kawin Bridal and Trading at Jalan Pinang. That place is puaka k belakang Fluff Bakery jer. Nasib appointment petang and cupcakes pon soldout. GOOD. So my first impression was… she talks too fast and too much. We spent 15 minutes just muting ourselves and listen to her speak. Well she was explaining about how she runs the business which was okay, but abit too long. Tend to cut in at times but at the end of it she’s a nice lady. Her packages (photo and bridal) is really attractive. Saw her photos and its nicely done and her collections, well, ada jugak I berkenan. However I cant seem to find alot of reviews about this company and me being me, everything must have reviews one. Thing is that when I told one of my vendor that I may consider her, she said nooo hahaha because of the makeup. But I did like it, maybe its the photoeditting. Hehe. She’s running a one-woman show so my concern was that she may be running around too much to execute her job properly. We’ll see.

So thats abourrit for bridal. We are very inclined to go Versari cos he likes the baju alot and confirm can find something that we like. Seriously felt like macam baru masok Kleinfield ala ala Say yes to the dress. We have to confirm it very very soon!

Ok next I’ll document my meeting with a deco company. Yeah I only went to meet 1 of them, even though the ones below are what I really really liked. But I guess I’ll settle for them! Have to mandi and GONG XI FAT CHOY!

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Feast for the eyes

I think I am one fickle (or maybe just making sure that I reaaaaaaaally like what I am going to engage in) minded person when it comes to planning for something. Like going for holiday for example (Perth 2012) I really made sure that each step is planned properly in the itinerary and that I only go to the best reviewed places. Maybe some might think that I’m such a boring or rigid person but no lor, I really wanna utilise time and budget properly. So no surprises here when I’m planning for the wedding. But I keep reminding myself that preparing for marriage is more important than the wedding itself, even though I’d be lying if I’m not stressed about money and planning for that one day event. I hope that during this journey I can also continue to increase my Imaan by going to whatever classes that I can, insyaAllah. But first I need to go back to a full-time job for extra cash because I cannot just depend on the business because business is business and its family’s. Cannot anyhow.

So far what I have found the list of vendors (deco) that I may consider, since I have somewhat confirmed where it will be (MPH!) which should cost less than $200. Nak do at CC segala troublesome because of the cooking and deco for CC is usually so ex for the ones that I like.. so lets just go biasa.

1. Comel Molek (4.5)

Some of the deco from them that I can actually consider. Oh and their rental of tiffany chairs is probably the cheapest around! But of course it must come with their package (i think)

I usually do not favour these drapes along the isle but the fairy lights make them okay! Since this is at an MPH I think its similar to the MPH that I’m planning to book. 

THIS COLOUR IS AWESOME KEBABAI! I’m thinking that pink/purple is so common already, I want something fresh (heck, even my room colour Tiffany is becoming so common. I feel like repainting my room already wahahaha) and this emerald is gorgeous T_T

I think I know why I really like Comel Molek. Because alot of their pelamins are open concept. I cannot tahan palang2 because some people may get cut off during phototaking. I love the clean and open concept. 

This combination is a yes for me too. The more I see their photos the more I’m falling in love. BUT one thing that I cannot tahan is the floral arrangements. I dont like. I only like this type of floral arrangements/pots/whatever you call them

But this is done by Kasai Sayang though. See that balls of green plants (HAHA)? Ya I only like it that way. And I’m particular about them I dont know why lah. It looks more kemas right, rather than those terjojol kind of plants. I would’ve loved to engage Kasai if not for their sudden increase in prices. 2 of GM engaged/engaging Kasai and if I were to engage them, its almost 1.2-1.4k more. Which is very saddening!!

Oh and most importantly, ComelMolek has like a range of chairs that we really like (chairs can make or break the look k).

2. Daundco (3.5)

This looks like a mess. But minus those weeds in the middle, a bigger chair and a longer front platform, I would actually like this.

I’m not sure if I actually like this, or if I like it enough.

I can like this, change to a love chair (isit called a love chair?) instead of separate seats.

I will like this even more if their canopy is much higher than the one in the photo, maybe minus the frame in the middle but just more greens, and then with paper flowers (like the previous entries). If cannot I think this is okay.

3. RS Wedding Gallery (New)

Yup, they’re pretty new in the industry, was introduced by one of the milahtants because since they’re new their quotations are quite reasonable. I really like their deco as well (So far they only did 2). In the quotation email they mentioned that they are customisable and will plan according to their clients’ wants. Soooo I’m wondering if they can do what I like. But what do I like? Hahaha now I’m confused. 

Clean and simple. Maybe can add abit more colours but this was what their clients wanted. If my fellow milahtant engages them I will see how it turns out hehe.

OK I’ll research more when Ive the time. One of the milahtant is going to labour by today! Too excited!

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