Even though there is a designated planner for our JP banquet, she does not do all miracles and magics for us. We still have to do any customised work in order to amuse our guests.
Thus, although there are not much we can innovate, there are some small items we need for showing our hospitality. Today was a day we did shopping for these kinds of items.
Oh btw, there are quite a number of updates at this point.
1. We went to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year 2009 and brought back the wedding dress.
2. Two drastic changes in plan. The first one is Carol's dress... Carol was not able to fit one of the dress because she has a new life in her tummy. So, we needed to search for a substitute.
3. After returning to JP, we did a quick search for availability of cheap dresses. We were very lucky to find a very reasonable yet high quality dress. The owner is even a Taiwanese! We thought this was another 一期一会 and quickly made our decision.
4. THe other drastic change is the HK Banquet date. Since the new life in Carol's tummy is expected for delivery in July, we will no longer host the HK Banquet in May. Thus, we have moved our banquet date to 12th Sept. We hope to meet you in our new banquet date.
5. We went to a trial dinner of the JP banquet the other day and they were pretty tasty and nice. Those who cannot come may miss ALOT :-P
As we slowly walk our ways to the JP banquet date, more and more ideas are made to concrete plans. We hope we will be able to host one that is very close to our ideal banquet (if not, really an ideal one).
Lastly, sorry for no additional pictures. We cannot show the happy items before the real event ;-)
Stay tuned!
Jin and Carol
14 February 2009
18 January 2009
JP Banquet - Update after the second meeting.
It has been over 6weeks. Sorry for creating a gap.
The reason behind the gap is quite simple to guess. We were busy with keeping up with the assignments about the JP banquet.
There were already two meetings with our wedding planner. Some key points to share as below:
1. 06 Dec: Discussion about invitation.
a. Discussion for wedding gift (引出物), snack (引菓子), and petit gift (プチギフト).
It is Japanese cultural thing to prepare the wedding gift and the snack for each guest family (i.e. if Father, Mother, children came, then the must do is to prepare one set. If they live apart and invitations are sent distinctly, we need to prepare separately). Gift is some nice things (typically china ware, silverware, or recently, it is common to provide present catalogue so that guests can choose their items they wish). We can choose from the stack of catalogues provided by the banquet venue (there were over 20 books they gave us!!!) or we can decide to order at major department stores which have a special contract with the venue. In the later case, the organisation has to be done by ourselves, but if we decide to pick from the items from the venue, the planner will take care of the logistics.
b. Discussion for invitation.
So, although the wedding planner takes care of the logistics, we still have to choose who to invite. Thus, it is our duty to make the invitation list. The wedding planner provided us an xls which we can use to fill out the guest list. Very useful.
We decided the paper items which contains the decoration of the invitation. We also made the decision of other paper items such as guest table chart, name tag, and menu.
c. Other topics we discussed.
1) Q&A about dresses.
2) Q&A about Profile Video.
3) Discussion of who is going to do the speeches.
4) Discussion of who will be helping at the reception area.
5) There was a survey which both the bride and the groom was asked to fill out. This was to help the MC understand about the couple. We turned that in.
6) Decided the style of the ceremony to be in a chapel.
7) Q&A about Photo shooting.
2. 10 Jan: Discussion about ceremony details.
The second meeting was about the runthrough of the ceremony / banquet details. By this time, most of the guests have been decided and now, we can think of the entertainment and the details of how we want to make our big day big and fancy. The wedding planner brought us a blank paper with only the start and end time stated. From there, it is by our discussion to fill the detail one by one.
This discussion was very detailed. We laid out what we want to do, by whom, when, where, etc.; one by one.
With this discussion, we decide the overall framework of the ceremony and banquet. Now, there are more assignments given from the wedding planner. Things are becoming busier and busier!!!
Upcoming discussions
1. Discussion about food.
2. Discussion about flower.
3. Discussion about overall MC.
4. Tasting dinner.
5. Rehearsal.
The reason behind the gap is quite simple to guess. We were busy with keeping up with the assignments about the JP banquet.
There were already two meetings with our wedding planner. Some key points to share as below:
1. 06 Dec: Discussion about invitation.
a. Discussion for wedding gift (引出物), snack (引菓子), and petit gift (プチギフト).
It is Japanese cultural thing to prepare the wedding gift and the snack for each guest family (i.e. if Father, Mother, children came, then the must do is to prepare one set. If they live apart and invitations are sent distinctly, we need to prepare separately). Gift is some nice things (typically china ware, silverware, or recently, it is common to provide present catalogue so that guests can choose their items they wish). We can choose from the stack of catalogues provided by the banquet venue (there were over 20 books they gave us!!!) or we can decide to order at major department stores which have a special contract with the venue. In the later case, the organisation has to be done by ourselves, but if we decide to pick from the items from the venue, the planner will take care of the logistics.
b. Discussion for invitation.
So, although the wedding planner takes care of the logistics, we still have to choose who to invite. Thus, it is our duty to make the invitation list. The wedding planner provided us an xls which we can use to fill out the guest list. Very useful.
We decided the paper items which contains the decoration of the invitation. We also made the decision of other paper items such as guest table chart, name tag, and menu.
c. Other topics we discussed.
1) Q&A about dresses.
2) Q&A about Profile Video.
3) Discussion of who is going to do the speeches.
4) Discussion of who will be helping at the reception area.
5) There was a survey which both the bride and the groom was asked to fill out. This was to help the MC understand about the couple. We turned that in.
6) Decided the style of the ceremony to be in a chapel.
7) Q&A about Photo shooting.
2. 10 Jan: Discussion about ceremony details.
The second meeting was about the runthrough of the ceremony / banquet details. By this time, most of the guests have been decided and now, we can think of the entertainment and the details of how we want to make our big day big and fancy. The wedding planner brought us a blank paper with only the start and end time stated. From there, it is by our discussion to fill the detail one by one.
This discussion was very detailed. We laid out what we want to do, by whom, when, where, etc.; one by one.
With this discussion, we decide the overall framework of the ceremony and banquet. Now, there are more assignments given from the wedding planner. Things are becoming busier and busier!!!
Upcoming discussions
1. Discussion about food.
2. Discussion about flower.
3. Discussion about overall MC.
4. Tasting dinner.
5. Rehearsal.
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