Bridal Package with I-Wedding Collection

We bought our Bridal Package at a wedding fair in Vivocity from "I Wedding Collection" http://www.iweddingcollection.com/.

This is an overseas photography package to either Macau, Taiwan or Bali. The package cost us $4xxx. The original cost was $3xxx at the wedding show, we top up a little more for photography, videography service as well as bridal car rental on actual day. That takes care of almost everything on actual day.

Package includes:
1) FOC Trial make up session or ROM package - 1 dress, makeup, hairdo, bouquet
2) 4D/3N overseas photography to Taiwan or Bali or Macau, inclusive of air ticket (budget airline) excluding airport tax, lodging and meal. Make-up artist follow throughout the 2 days photoshoot.
3) 4 outfit and hairdo in Taiwan or Bali or Macau
4) 1 Portrait shot 24 x 30"
5) 40pcs 12x8" album
6) 30pcs 5R album (duplicate of main album)
7) 1pc 10R table top
8) 70pcs 4R
9) Softcopy of the photos in the albums
10) Actual Day package (Details below)

Actual day package
3 new gowns
2 gents suit
Bridal Bouquet & 6 corsages (pin on type only)
2 father jackets + 1 brother jacket
1 tea dress
Bridal car rental (BMW) + driver + decor worth $380 inclusive
8Hrs Photography (CD only) worth $588 inclusive
8Hrs Videography (DVD only, no express) worth $1180 inclusive.
1 day and 1 Night makeup and hairdo.


Additional charges
Ampoules $30
Eye Lashes $15
Makeup artist surcharge $50 per hour before 7am.
Videographer / Photographer surcharge $50 per hour after the normal 8 hours
Photography with 300pcs 4R top up $300 more.

On the whole, I think this is a good deal. What do you think?

Anyone interested to take on this package too? I can recommend the person I liaise with at I-wedding Collections.

Checking Auspicious dates with the great Master Long on 27 Feb 09

Our appointment to meet Master Long was fixed on 27 February 2009 to check auspicious dates to hold our ROM, moving house and Customary dates.

We arrived at Master Long's condominium at Yio Chu Kang area on the dot at 7.30pm. The prosperous elderly man greeted us with a big smile. Sky and I finalised our plans for ROM and Customary day after he gave us a range of dates from 24 Feb to Dec 2011.

Next comes the parent-meet-parents session on this sunday to present our plan to our parents.

Collected back my proposal ring on 25 February 09

Finally collected my proposal ring from Goldheart Centre Point. It was sent for alteration last week.

Headache!

So much planning to do. So much research to do. What to wear on ROM day? Who will do my make up and hairdo? What kinda bouquet to use?

Sky and I had a few locations in mind outside ROM venue to hold our solemnisation

1) Orchidville at Mandai
2) Mount Faber - Jewel Box
3) Hortpark seedroom

Of course, holding it at Fort canning - Registry of Marriage will be the cheapest option.

Date to be finally after meeting up with Master Long.

Making appointment to check Auspicious dates

Sky contacted Master Long to fix appointment to check Auspicious dates to hold our ROM and customary because he does not accept walk in customers. He picks his auspicious date to meet his customers too.

The Proposal on 14 Feb 2009

Picnic at East Coast Park on Valentine's Day 2009.

The surprise came after dinner when I open the huge box Sky use to wrap the proposal ring in. It was so misleading. He cut the sunflower himself and I really like whole way he proposed. Nothing too fanciful yet creative :D

I LOVE IT!

The proposal

It was just suppose to be a cost-saving picnic dinner at East Coast Park to celebrate Valentine's Day. We brought our own picnic table and Champagne as well as many candle lights to light up the dinner place. We had pizza from my favourite California PIzza Kitchen as well as sushi and sashimi for the candle-light dinner at Area F East Coast Park.

Our picnice setup is very elaborate that we became the center of attraction where many joggers and pinickers cannot help don't take a second look at us.

After dinner about 9pm, we sat on the beach mat on the ground and I opened my valentine's day present which he insist I must open on the spot. Well, there are actually 5 other layers of box inside. The last layer is actually a cookie tin where is wrote his Valentine's day message. As I open the cookie tin, I saw the wedding proposal message which he improvised using my favourite Disney Character "Snow white". He picked up the proposal ring box from inside the cookie tin and presented the ring to me and asking "Will you Marry me?". I answered "Yes. I do"

I was so touched, because other than the ring, he had merticulously cut a paper sunflower to hold the ring box inside the cookie tin. What creative idea that is! Now I get my flower that never wither and I can keep it forever as a souvenir to remember that proposal day - 14 Feb 2009.

The dinner and proposal was done in pitch dark with little lightings. My eyes were a little teary that night after the proposal. He did not see.