Wedding #3 - Party Venue Decided x Sheraton Towers

We have DECIDED!

The GRAND PARTY will be held at....(drumrolls)...

 Sheraton Towers Singapore! :)

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Sheraton Towers Singapore

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Sheraton Towers Singapore

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Sheraton Towers Level 1

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The Atrium @ Sheraton Towers

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Sheraton Towers Lobby

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The Grand Staircase @ Sheraton Towers Lobby

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Sheraton Towers Ballroom

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The Grand Ballroom @ Sheraton Towers Lobby

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Cocktail Reception Area @ Sheraton Towers Lobby

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Sheraton Towers Poolside

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Outdoor Solemization // The Pool @ Sheraton Towers

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The Pool @ Sheraton Towers

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Sheraton Towers Waterfall

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Garden Solemization // The Waterfall @ Sheraton Towers

This garden setting looks magical to me :)

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The Waterfall @ Sheraton Towers

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Sheraton Towers The Dining Room

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Online reviews of The Dining Room: Aromacookery.com, Camemberu.com, Passionbaker.blogspot.com

The food pics in the reviews seem delicious. :)

One can also enjoy the romantic and serene ambience with its cascading waterfalls while dining. 

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Sheraton Towers Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant

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Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant @ Sheraton Towers

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Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant @ Sheraton Towers

Online reviews of Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant: Camemberu.com, Memoirsoffood.blogspot.com

Li Bai is an award-winning restaurant.

We heard many people rave favourably about this restaurant.

This is also part of the reason why we chose this hotel.

Can't wait to taste the yummy food! Yipee! :)

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Sheraton Towers DOMVS The Italian Restaurant

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D.O.M.V.S The Italian Restaurant @ Sheraton Towers

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Celebrity Room D.O.M.V.S The Italian Restaurant @ Sheraton Towers

Online review of D.O.M.V.S The Italian Restaurant: Huiyuan89.wordpress.com

DOMVS, which means 'home' in Latin,

has built up a reputation of being a grande dame of Italian dining in Singapore over two decades. 

The decor looks amazing!

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We are REALLY really glad that we have finally decided our venue.

In case anyone may be interested, below are the pros and con of this venue to share.

Pros:

1. Huge and gorgeous grand ballroom 

     - can accomodate up to 400 guests, high ceiling and nice decor

2. Warm and sincere service

    - the best wedding co-ordinator we met, provides wonderful advice

    - flexible; doesn't say no immediately as he will try to ask for us

    - reliable; replies promptly to all our queries even the silly ones

3. Strongly recommended food from award winning Li Bai Cantonese Restaurant

4. Convenient location

    - beside Newton MRT

    - centrally located (very near to Orchard - our overseas guests can go shopping!)

5. Complimentary live feed

   - live feed of what's happening on stage, we thought that was quite cool!

Con:

1. Ballroom has a section with slightly lower ceiling

   - we tested and felt ok, view of the stage was not obstructed :)

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Wedding Banquet #2 - More details ironed out for a Sweet Afternoon Affair

Thumb of rule - They said you have to involve parents in the banquet planning...

Detail #1

After a really lengthy discussion with parents,

we have decided to hold our banquet in the noon,

to cater to the convenience and needs of my overseas relatives.

So everyone would be happy with a radiant smile. :)

To all our dear friends, kindly leave ur noon free for us please.

We are going to have a sweet afternoon celebration!

Detail #2

As we have some rather senior guests,

we need to charter a coach / bus to send them to and fro.

Anyone with lobang for bus chartering, kindly let us know please.

Detail #3

After some 'intimidating' encounters with bridal shops at wedding fair

 where they just refuse to let u go if u did not sign on their package,

(a taiwan BS even used the tactic of making us guilty saying that we "did not give face" etc)

we have finally signed our bridal studio package!

Hehe, we actually started searching only this week. *blush*

It's with SG Bridal House.

We were initially keen with WhiteLink.
It's more of a "We are tired, let just settle it fast" manner,

not that it's superior over the other BSs since we visited merely 3.

Sheryl and Huimin, we are impulsive again. Haha... Oops.
But we were not alone, 'Mr Nice Guy' parents were with us.
So hopefully it was a 'good' deal.

We like this photo below, pray that ours be as good or better. Hee...

Update #4

Met Ben & wife, Sylvia and Jason for chillout,

they and our other friends have shared good insights about hotels,

hopefully the venue would be settled by next weekend.

Yipee, after that we can take a rest from the challenging banquet planning.

Oh ya, we need to work on our diet plan too!

'Mr Nice Guy' said he's really really determined... ;p

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Wedding Banquet #1 - Auspicious dates out!

We went to the same lady geomancer yesterday.

After a month of procastination,

Our auspicious dates for the wedding banquet are finally out!

We are supposed to start our wedding banquet preps RIGHT AFTER our ROM.

BUT.... haha...

Sadly, the date that we want - 1 Jan 2012 - is not a good wedding date for us.

Sooooo... disappointed.

We wanted it to be the same date as our ROM.

Well, no choice then.

We are given a list of dates.

So now we will have to find hotels that will be available on these dates.

First step into our preps! Yipee!

Will update you guys on the final date when confirmed.

Stay tuned!

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Solemnization #12 - Teaser

Only gotta few photos from the official photographer.

Love this photo.. coz I'm being served! haha :)

Can't wait for the other photos to be out!!!

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Solemnization #11 - Behind the Scene Part 1

We were very busy (super!) with the last min preps last month,

thus hasn't time to post updates.

Some photos are still in 'Mr Nice Guy's camera.

Here's the recap. :)

Pic above: Discussing with our talented Music Director Shan.

Experienced one leh. Ex-Music IC/Leader for our JC Drama Team. ;p

My guests can vouch for the wonderful music during our ROM right? ;)

Pic above: Our cream of the crop selection!

"From this moment" was strongly voted by 'Mr Nice Guy' and our Music Director,

though with equally strong opinions from some guests/friends ;)

Pic above: Doing the flower balls with our Creative Director!

Our fantastic Creative Director gave wonderful easy-to-follow instructions,
even for artistically-deficient me! Hehe :)

Pic above: Expert at work

Pic above: Ta-dah! Witness her magic at work :)

Pic above: 'Mr Nice Guy' working on the wishing board. Very serious huh?

Pic above: Shara with the finished work of 'Mr Nice Guy'.

This was the first version wishing board,

which later been improvised because the border made of paper became crumpled and ugly after a while.

Pic above: Our Creative Director and me posing with the finished works of the day!

We are thankful that we are blessed with wonderful and helpful family and friends.
Thanks to everyone who has lent a helping hand or gave us words of advice/ideas.

Really appreciates alot!

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