Banquet Venue - Checked!!!

OMG! It’s already August!

It’s been a long while since my last update. It has been hectic so far with colleagues clearing leave through June and July, and us young people have to take over their work when they disappear for a week or so. And also for the fact that I’ve been an extremely lazy bum! Ha….
Anyways, back to important things. Seng and I have confirmed out banquet location. Yay!! But I did promise the insight of our hotel hunting. It’s just to keep the suspense going until I reveal the venue. Haha!!

Seng and I went hotel hunting over the previous weekend. We went to a handful if hotels as we were rather restricted due to the amount of tables we were expecting. We were looking at something between 40 to 50 tables. Yesh, I know, that’s alot of tables.

We went to the following locations:-
1) Novotel
2) Furma RiverFront
3) Grand Copthrone RiverFront
4) The Legends @ Fort Canning
5) The Hilton
6) Bliss Garden @ The Expo

Novotel was nice. I absolutely loved the reception area. It was big and roomy and cozy. With couches and a lovely bar. The ballroom was big, but I was doubtful about it being able to hold 50 tables. It looked like it would be extremely cramped. Then Grand Copthrone, I absolutely absolutly loved loved loved that ballroom. It was huge and grand, and the ceiling was super duper high. I walked in and I was just awed. My jaw dropped the moment I stepped in. Seng was like, oh crap, she likes this place and its going to cost me a bomb. The reception area was nice too, just that there were pillars all over, looked abit like a maze. But the place was super extremely grand.

We’ve been to Furama RiverFront before and we wanted to go back there to have a second look, after we’ve viewed some of the other hotels. And lucky us, there was a wedding going on that evening, so we were able to have a look at how the ballroom would be set up. They wedding had about 42 tables and to be honest, it looked cramped. Much to me and Seng’s surprise, but their package by far was THE most comprehensive. But we have gotten comments from friends that the food there is lousy.

The Legends @ Fort Cannings was not a bad place for an outdoor wedding, if the the breeze blew continously. I’m serious! Otherwise, you can consider an outdoor wedding there because the view is really nice and the space. My goodness, the place is huge! Seng and I popped by the Hilton one evening to have a look, the place looked grand, but the reception area was not all that fantastic. I loved the ceiling of the ballroom, but there were three pillars in the middle of the ballroom. Eek!!! So, Seng and I kind of struck that place out of our list.

Bliss Garden @ The Expo. Seng and I have been there before, and we’ve eaten there as well. It’s not a hotel, but a restaurant, and I think the food there is rather good. I’ve got the thumbs up from my parents and sisters, and I think we’ve got the thumb up from Seng’s parents as well. His sister thought that the vegetarian food there wa snot too bad. I thought it was quite well done. The place does not look all that fantastic, nothing that florist can make better. The place is pretty big as well, being able to carter up to 52 tables or more if we require.

Thus in the end, we chose…..

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Bilss Garden @ The Expo!

There are some details that Seng and I will have to g over for this venue, but I think we will be able to make the best of it. Well, we’ve put the deposit down, and set the date.

Which by the way, I’ve not yet announced our actual wedding day. Haha! Check out our wedding site, which will be updated soon!

Another wonderful news!! We’ve gotten our invitation to selece our flat on 18 August 2010, which is the week after next. Will update more on that once we have that done. This is so exciting!! Can't wait for that day.

Meantime, take care peeps! I should be updating on a more regular basis, since it is already August. Haha!!

Love y’all!
Qiuru xx