Cake Designers

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Wei Jien and I decided to go for the mock cake provided by our hotel because we cannot afford to get a real cake. Little did I know, a good friend of mine, Charles decided to buy us a cake as his wedding gift to us. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Us, with the heavenly duo

Talented bakers and friends Allan and Nigel of Just Heavenly Pleasures will be baking and designing our wedding cake according to the theme. No, I won't be revealing the theme just yet. Just Heavenly has offered to cover half of the cake cost as their wedding gift to us. Thank you so much!

Talking designs and ideas

We got together to talk about cake designs recently -- how it should look, how a certain design would suit the wedding theme, etc. I've never tried their wedding cakes, but I've tried almost all the cakes sold at Just Heavenly outlets. If you haven't tried any, shame on you! Go try. Their banana cream pie and death by chocolate is to-die-for. And don't forget the apple crumble cheesecake.

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Anyway, Wei Jien and I are very pleased and excited about this. Our wedding guests will get to eat REAL cake, not just the boxed fruit cake slices provided by the hotel. Guest will still get to eat the fruit cake while waiting for us to walk down the aisle and cut the wedding cake.

So cute right this cake topper?!

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Still semi-pissed at the hotel and florist. But that's for the wedding planner to handle. I'm just hoping she can help us bring the cost down, as the miscellaneous expenses are paid for by both myself and Wei Jien -- and the that amount can buy us a brand new car.

Wedding photographers...and old linens

While my wedding planner has most things under control, I can’t help but feel slightly worried about a few things. That includes the wedding venue and one of my photographers.


Christy (one of my bridesmaids) went for a wedding dinner at GD hotel last Saturday and she told me how horribly things went. She took pictures of the whole setup and it was an eye-rolling disaster. I hated almost everything I saw.

Spot the holes!

The linens had holes and they were very noticeable! For a 5-star hotel (yes, I just found out GD is a 5-star hotel), this is totally unacceptable. The bow for the chairs are passé and unsightly, while the fairy lights for the backdrop have seen better days. Parts of the lights were not working, so there were dark patches on the backdrop.

Gold bow? >_<

According to her, the food was not bad. I guess that's partly why my parents wanted to have the wedding dinner at GD. Honestly, I’ve been to 4 weddings at this hotel, and the food was not too bad. I hope the food standard remains this good for my wedding. Presentation and service however, were lacking. Many of the staff were part-timers and they had no clue on how to serve guests.


Christy’s observation was that her waiter stacked up the dirty plates and dumped them into the empty food dish at the centre of the table before carrying it away. How elegant. *roll eyes* Also, the waiter did not replace the plates after clearing away the dirty ones. When Christy asked for Sprite, the waiter told her, “No more”. But there were quite a few bottles left outside the ballroom.


The flower arch is a big no-no for me. Not only does it not fit our wedding theme, it’s also quite ugly. Apparently, the sound system was quite bad and the LCD projectors were not clear enough. Adamas Weddings will be sorting those things out for me.

Mike, with U Mei & I

Michael Yip has agreed to become one of my photographers. He’s good with ambient pictures and I like that he doesn’t make me look fat in pictures. Wei Jien wants Mike to be on the groom’s side for the “jip san leong", and he’s hoping Mike can make him look 10 pounds slimmer (I told him to hit the gym instead). LOL ☺


So far, Mike has been pretty easy to deal with and my planner finds him very pleasant. He’s quick in reverting, which makes things a lot easier for them, and me! Heck, he even offered to teach me how to dance...the bachata. Sorry-lah Mike, I have two left feet and I might end up stepping on you! And I can’t sway my hips the way you do!

My other photographer has been slow in reverting. Adamas Weddings found it difficult to contact him and getting him to send in his quote. He has been busy, but I hope he can give me a quotation/confirmation by the end of April. Otherwise, I’m forced to look for another photographer. We need 2 photographers for the wedding dinner, because I need one photographer all for myself. It’s my big day...so let me be vain!