Friday, November 2, 2007
posted by emi at 1:01 PM

I've always wanted a more westernised wedding, something different from the traditional hotel ballroom chinese banquet-style ordinary weddings.

My ideal wedding is to have an outdoor wedding. Maybe a garden or beach wedding getting us ever so close to nature while we celebrate this special day. But i soon recon that this idea is way too impractical for the weather in singapore. Also due to the fact that i'll be having a church wedding, i thought that CHIJMES is definately one of the perfect place for it, plus the lovely outdoor premises just outside the chapel! However, its kinda out of our budget. =(

After much sourcing and consideration while looking for THE place for my outdoor-wedding, i was sort of brought back to reality and realised that the 'ordinary' hotel ballroom wedding is still the most practical and hassle-free choice. Theres simply too much extra planning and costs that'll be needed for an outdoor-wedding. Plus the fact that i'm not one who believes in spurging money on a 'once-in-a-lifetime' wedding. I rather spend my money on my new home. =)

After putting together our various considerations, e.g location of venue, our budget, our intended no. of tables, the perks included within the package, available dates etc, finally we end up with Park Hotel Orchard. It's one of the few small ballrooms that does not have any pillars blocking the guests' view of the stage. So there we have... Convenient location at the centre of orchard road, ballroom size is just right for our no of tables, good promotions and perks given, nice wedding suite... and most importantly, the available dates suit our planning! We're happy! 28th Sep will it be!


cafe de mar




Poolside wedding @ Roxy Mercury Hotel


Mount Faber


CHIJMES


Park hotel Orchard