So ROM is over, hence the next step is to start looking towards the wedding banquet or the "Actual Day" as it is normally called. We have tentatively set it to be held sometime next year around September. So far I have done a bit of looking around and some of you here might be able to help me a bit so here it goes:

a) The venue for the banquet.

Due to financial constraint, we have decided to host around 20 tables in Singapore and maybe another 10 tables for my relatives in KL. So for the tables in Singapore, we have a budget of around 400 to 500 per table and prefer it to be located somewhere which is easily accessible by our guests. So far my snooping around has given me one choice which is River City Restaurant in Excelsior Hotel. Would like to know if anyone has held their banquet there before? Or any suggestion for an alternative venue?

b) The bridal studio

Most probably engaging some studios in Malaysia to do it for us as it is cheaper compared to the Singapore counterparts. Any suggestion as to which bridal studio which is not too expensive yet good at what they are doing?

c) Photography on Actual Day

Any idea of which photographer would be able to take pictures on the Actual Day from the moment I leave my house (in JB) till the wedding dinner? How much is the charges? If not convenient to note it here, you can PM me

Thanks for your help!

a) can check out peony jade at CQ
www.peonyjade.com (they finally have websai!)

b) Venus in JB quite popular

c) ADPG usually go by per hour rate. or u can take a full-day package (8hours). pls PM me if u want recommedation and charges.

The venue for OCC banquet is 800+ per table without food, if u are looking for 400 to 500 per table with food u can only limit to restuarants. And restuarants honesty provides better food, I work in the F&B and I noe of a very famous restuarant called "Kim Tim" in hokkien or "Jing Jen" in chinese. Or you can go yishun SAFRA, that place is the cheapest I can know of. Yishun Lake Garden in OCC is also good, you can ring them up too. Tats all I know, hope got help. If you succeeded finding a good bargain through me, drop me a pm bah haha!

Originally posted by FireIce:

a) can check out peony jade at CQ
www.peonyjade.com (they finally have websai!)

b) Venus in JB quite popular

c) ADPG usually go by per hour rate. or u can take a full-day package (8hours). pls PM me if u want recommedation and charges.

a) Yes, I have checked out Peony Jade but it is a bit above our budget as each table is nearly 600 for weekend dinner.

b) Yea, considering that one. Anyone who has taken up their package and would like to share with me their charges, services and pictures?

c) Just PMed you ;)

Originally posted by KungPaoChicken:

The venue for OCC banquet is 800+ per table without food, if u are looking for 400 to 500 per table with food u can only limit to restuarants. And restuarants honesty provides better food, I work in the F&B and I noe of a very famous restuarant called "Kim Tim" in hokkien or "Jing Jen" in chinese. Or you can go yishun SAFRA, that place is the cheapest I can know of. Yishun Lake Garden in OCC is also good, you can ring them up too. Tats all I know, hope got help. If you succeeded finding a good bargain through me, drop me a pm bah haha!

Where is Jing Jen located at? Nearby to any hotel?

the banquet budget really quite tight
perhaps u can consider Gim Tim (the grassroots club outlet)
www.gimtim.com.sg
(i jus checked tt the site is currently down, so u have to call to ask them fax or email over the menus)

another one u can consider is Dragon Gate
which is the same group of restaurants as River City
comparing both, i think Dragon Gate slightly better.

Red Star (the dim sum place) has wedding banquet too

i think Yan Palace is big enough oso....
www.yanpalace.com.sg

Originally posted by FireIce:

the banquet budget really quite tight
perhaps u can consider Gim Tim (the grassroots club outlet)
www.gimtim.com.sg
(i jus checked tt the site is currently down, so u have to call to ask them fax or email over the menus)

another one u can consider is Dragon Gate
which is the same group of restaurants as River City
comparing both, i think Dragon Gate slightly better.

Red Star (the dim sum place) has wedding banquet too

i think Yan Palace is big enough oso....
www.yanpalace.com.sg

Thanks for the recommendations...will check them out.

As for the photography, would appreciate it if the photographer can contact me with his/her previous works for me to look at?

Not trying to be funny, but I would actually reccomend not having the dinner or just having a simple one. it serves no real purpose anyway. might as well use the money to buy your house or soemthing?

Originally posted by rainee:

Where is Jing Jen located at? Nearby to any hotel?

The Jing Jen is Gim Tim. Ya. Yishun Lake Garden I think cheap, Yishun SAFRA 100% cheapest.

Originally posted by hisoka:

Not trying to be funny, but I would actually reccomend not having the dinner or just having a simple one. it serves no real purpose anyway. might as well use the money to buy your house or soemthing?

For me I support your idea, but when it comes to wedding dinner, all couples only have this once to enjoy in their lifetime, so it is not stupid to have it, afterall its a once in a lifetime experience, unless u are like my classmate the loser who have no gf and bought a pack of condoms in his bag and say its for standby...

Originally posted by rainee:

Thanks for the recommendations...will check them out.

As for the photography, would appreciate it if the photographer can contact me with his/her previous works for me to look at?

sent to your email

u are getting married? woohoo. congrats to u 2. hope u all pai tou xie lao. ;)

Congratualtions to you. I wish you happiness.

well, if your relatives are not the stingy type, i thought you'd be able to recoup the cost of the banquet in ang baos ? ...

Originally posted by Fatum:

well, if your relatives are not the stingy type, i thought you'd be able to recoup the cost of the banquet in ang baos ? ...

everyone oso hope for this....
ang paos big or small depends on 2 things - location and/or 交情
do in hotel ppl will tend to 自动 and give more

restaurants, unless is tunglok or country club ones, ppl give the standard restaurant market rate

the big ang paos usually come from bosses, colleagues, friends (esp single friends)

if u have godma godpa all these lagi better........

if u go facebook and found ur pri sch fren and ask him come, pls leh.... 20yrs no see, then go wedding, u think he give u big ang pao ma?

so the guest list must plan well lah.......
if is those one family with kids then is good luck lah
but then, give and take, some give more, some give less, some break even....

and everything is so easy to find out these days, ppl will know how much one table cost one loh....... or will ask around for market rate..........

but hor, wedding mah... happy occasion..... pls dun think of trying to "earn money" loh
bery wrong concept lah

so what's the "market" rate in resturants ? ....

and what's the "market" rate in hotels ? ....

I always bao S$80 or $120 depending on how close I am .... and that's just for me alone .....

wahahhahahah
want to know can PM me.
tell me the hotel/restoran name and i can tell u.


but then i think for frens it's better to go by 交情 lah
close or not so close
if is classmate must see last time got let u copy maths homework or not
if is campmate must see last time got one for all, all for one or not
and must rber if next time ur own wedding u want ppl to bao big, u oso cannot spoil own market loh

I have relatives in KL but most of my friends and his friends + relatives are from Singapore...should I just settle with one banquet in Singapore? Or should I do it once in Singapore and another time in KL just for my relatives?

if they all come down to SG isit bery troublesome?
as in, got any 行动不方便的老人家?

Originally posted by FireIce:

wahahhahahah
want to know can PM me.
tell me the hotel/restoran name and i can tell u.


but then i think for frens it's better to go by 交情 lah
close or not so close
if is classmate must see last time got let u copy maths homework or not
if is campmate must see last time got one for all, all for one or not
and must rber if next time ur own wedding u want ppl to bao big, u oso cannot spoil own market loh

I also want to know the rate leh...

But for mine I think a lot of relatives with kids...most probably won't be able to get much back...

But is okie la, just treat it as treating them to dinner lor...

Originally posted by FireIce:

if they all come down to SG isit bery troublesome?
as in, got any 行动不方便的老人家?

Hmm...I don't understand the mandarin part...I can't read chinese pai seh ><

It will be quite troublesome for them...because the dinner most probably will last till 10 or 11pm, then they need to find place to stay...

And another question is...if they do come over, must I prepare place for them to stay or they can go hunt on their own?

But if I do it in KL it will be troublesome on my side...and will add to the expenses as well...

Originally posted by rainee:

I also want to know the rate leh...

But for mine I think a lot of relatives with kids...most probably won't be able to get much back...

But is okie la, just treat it as treating them to dinner lor...

depends on whether they close to u or not
or those one year see once type

if got many kids then restorans will be better

Originally posted by rainee:

Hmm...I don't understand the mandarin part...I can't read chinese pai seh ><

It will be quite troublesome for them...because the dinner most probably will last till 10 or 11pm, then they need to find place to stay...

And another question is...if they do come over, must I prepare place for them to stay or they can go hunt on their own?

But if I do it in KL it will be troublesome on my side...and will add to the expenses as well...

the chinese is saying whether got old ppl who are not convenient in walking/moving.....

do one here do one there is ok lah
do there is not tt ex rite?
and oso got ang paos mah
so can cover one lah
just tt more tiring and troublesome lah

Originally posted by FireIce:

the chinese is saying whether got old ppl who are not convenient in walking/moving.....

do one here do one there is ok lah
do there is not tt ex rite?
and oso got ang paos mah
so can cover one lah
just tt more tiring and troublesome lah

Yea my grandma is already very old...definitely not convenient for her to travel around...

I find it very hard to satisfy everyone...I want to have it in both places, but I have the cost to consider...because it is not just about having the dinner there. Need to think about the transportation there (for me, hubby, my parents and his parents) and also the accomodation for at least 2 nights, plus the make-up and photography. But if I stubbornly want to do it just in Singapore, they might find me inconsiderate...sigh.

one here one there. settled.