Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Pining For You

Everyone's asking us WHEN, but it's hard to give a definite answer at the moment. Our initial date of choice was 9th Sept, y'know how nine (“九” in Mandarin) sounds like “久” which can be roughly translated as "long, eternity' sorta. AND because next year marks our 9th year together as well.

Problem 1: It's a Sunday and we can't hold a church wedding on a Sabbath, i think.

Anyway we're still trying to settle on another date so until we do, we can't answer that date question! Haha!

We went to The Pines for a bridal showcase last week and to be honest, we weren't really impressed, mainly due to the fact that we paid money to get in, thought we'd get to speak to someone about the wedding banquet, but ended up seeing booths which were promoting lingerie, salsa dancers, mosaic classes and other stuff which were not that relevant to a wedding, at least to us la.

Ah, i got a set of Helena Rubenstein's samples from the Collagenist series though. At least!

I suppose having a wedding banquet at The Pines is really value for money. The dishes and perks are pretty standard, but you get a night's stay at Shangri-La (without having to spend a bomb there!) and a chauffeur-driven Bentley from 7am-7pm! Economical for couples who intend to have many tables at the wedding. Prices start at $538++ for weekday packages and $588++ for weekend packages.

We're continuing our search for better locations, and we're eyeing others like Pan Pacific (where we spent last x'mas!), Amara (where we go listen to their trio play cheesy Top40 hits) and Traders Hotel (where our favourite DON is at)! Will update more when plans are less hazy!