Friday, September 24, 2010

unreluctant venue-hunting / venue checked!

yes, this sure as heaven has been such a long delay.

so sorry but i just came back from work last monday (yes, i had 1 long leave!) & already my darling of a boss swamped us with a mountain of workload. gee, thanks Boss!

anyway, wedding update. at the risk of having only 5 months or so to prepare for our wedding, both of us decided that by hook or by crook, we must at least, look out for potential venues before eid.

after a lot of rescheduling and taking god-knows-how-many raincheck, on the saturday before raya, the other half & i finally managed to steal some time to hunt for venues. in a span of 3 hours, we had the opportunity to check out Dewan Tun Rahah, KL and Laman Penchala. 

before i dish out the deets on both venues, let me tell you what my dream wedding was. honestly, i've always wanted a beach wedding. a small, private one, with only 100 guests tops. but we couldn't materialise that due to some issues, and the fact that one ustaz from the pre-marriage course we attended mentioned that weddings should be done in a closed area or if you insist on having it outside, then your dais must be covered on the sides. something like that. failure to do so will see your majlis be one yang tidak diberkati oleh Allah swt. so, there goes my dream wedding setting.

which leaves us to these options (which are still available on our initially-proposed wedding date) as follows:

1. Dewan Tun Rahah
- liaised with Mr Herry. excellent customer service and i love the fact that he's excited about my wedding. yes, i know it's part of his job, but even if he does that on a pretense, i highly appreciate people, strangers to boot, who are keen on making your dream wedding a reality. however, i have a few concerns. first being the colour of the carpet and the wall deco. if you guys must know, i am a perfectionist by nature so i'm a bit particular with these things. i have my mind set on yellow + blue, so i'm not exactly thrilled with the red/yellow carpet adorning the floors of tun rahah. we can definitely cover the walls, i've seen a number of blogs where they cover the whole place with kain or whatnot, but for the carpet, i was told, there's nothing i can do about it. it might not be an issue to other people, but it is to me. i don't want my wedding to look like, how do i say this in the nicest way possible, colours of rangoli?

- package: buffet starts from RM68. not sure about the quality of the food (apparently, their resident caterer is seri melayu restaurant) but been getting reviews from friends alike that the food isn't as good as a few years ago. another downer.

2. Laman Penchala
- a friend of mine suggested this place since it's owned by his aunt. so, out of curiosity and courtesy to a dear friend, we decided to have a look at the venue. the place is quite ok and ili, the cute lady who attended to us, mentioned something about renovating the place, sometime november, specifically the roof, since the rust and dirt have started to show up. however, the other half is a bit apprehensive and isn't really feeling this place. and one more thing, parking will be an issue since guests would have to park by the roadside. ili told us that it's not a concern among the residents around the vicinity but it is to my other half. as for me, i quite liked the place (due to the chiavari chairs hahaha) but i wasn't exactly smitten. numsaying?

- package: buffet starts from RM50. have no idea if their food are nice though. has anyone attended any wedding here?

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so, after much thought and consideration, we finally decided on our venue and that'd be Bukit Damansara Community Hall. haha i know it's not in the list above, but we both mutually love the place for the convenience in terms of carpark, mosque, ambience etc AND the fact that we have the liberty to choose our caterer. my other half & i are avid food lovers and we both want our guests to only have good food on that day. insha Allah. of course, the date we wanted wasn't available so we asked Encik Samad/Encik Shidi the next available one and we booked right away. i must say, i'm a bit upset i didn't get to have my wedding on my mum's birthday but now, it's no longer about having the date you desire, it's the availability. saya redha. i can't always get what i want right? anyway, placed our booking deposit yesterday and basically, i can check the venue off my wedding preps! 

:)

3 comments:

Sue said...

Whoa~ You have your venue decided already? Well done, mate! As for me, I haven't made up my mind (and my parents' mind) yet. By the way, I love Dewan Komuniti Bukit Damansara. It's clean and I love that it's flexible as in you can choose your own caterer and decorator. ;) Plus guests can easily find their way there.

And don't worry honey. I'm also particular about the carpet color and I totally agree on "colours of rangoli". Witty choice of words you got there. ;)

P/S: This venue is for your reception or solemnization?

liyana the unreluctant bride said...

sue, hahaha. yes, we've decided since we don't have the luxury of time in our hands. plus, like you said, it's easily accessible and i love the fact that we can choose our own decorator & caterer.

hahaha, i'm so glad we speak the same language. well, some people don't understand why i need to be so fussy over the carpet, but i can't help it.

ps: this will be for reception. we haven't arrived at the decision as to where to do the solemnisation. i thought of just using the hall so i don't need to commute here and there, since both events will take place at the same day. what say you?

Sue said...

Oho.. It would be a great idea to have both nikah and reception on the same day! And it's best that you have both events at the same place.. (Oh well except if rumah you is just round the corner je dengan Dewan tu. =p)

Not many would have their nikah at halls. I saw SabbySab's wedding photos of her solemnization there (have you?), its just wonderful! So it definitely can be done. I bet YOUR day would be like a fairy tale as well.. Jealousnyaaa~ ;)

P/S: Don't think about other people's comments that much. Some people just have a knack for criticizing everything. It's your wedding. Do it your way, baru puas hati..

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