cheesygarcia is getting married!

although we did get the wedding of our dreams, there are some things that i wish i knew or had done:

1. asked the photographers (or at least one of them) to cover cocktails as well.
2. had the prenup elsewhere. we had our prenup at fernwood (partly because it was too much of a hassle going elsewhere with a baby) so we did not have as many locations for the post-wedding pictorial
3. made sure that the fabfoto photo booth was mandatory. i think some of the guests didn’t know what the booth was about, so didn’t actually make use of it and wasn’t able to take home a souvenir.
4. also if possible i would make the fabfoto postcard just have one photo on it. with 4 photos on the postcard you had to pose four times and only got one printout.
5. i was a bit of a program nazi and had cut some traditional parts out so this is entirely my fault hehe. if i could do it over i would include the parents’ speeches, bouquet and garter throws.
6. got full video coverage. we loved the onsite avp however it would’ve been better if we had a video of the entire event, including audible sound!
7. asked veluz to make my dress breastfeeding-friendly. if i had done this then maybe matt wouldn’t have been so stressed out that day lol.

and lastly… i love my son to death but the wedding day would’ve been so much easier and enjoyable if i didn’t have a son yet lol so if you’re planning a kickass and worry-free wedding, do it before you have a kid! lol

at the end of the day (even if it’s my wedding day)… i am still a mother who needs to change her son’s dirty nappy!

a couple of my friends had gotten rene gaviola as their wedding photographer. i wanted to get a back-up photographer because i wanted someone to take candid shots during the wedding who wasn’t going to be pressured by the “required” shots. we had to pay a little extra so that he would cover matt’s baptism as well.

anyway, i was really glad rene was there because he was able to take a detailed shot of my train. some of the shots of my train from john ong’s team were a bit bright so the details were not very visible.

rene was also able to take some pictures during cocktails but there wasn’t a lot. i should’ve specifically asked him to take shots during cocktails. anyway, he was really nice to deal with. he was also trying to get all sorts of angles, one time he sat in the tub of the hotel bathroom so he could take pictures of me while my hair was being done.

i give rene a 4.5 out of 5.

everyone was raving about the slideshow and onsite avp. no doubt about it john ong takes good pictures. i haven’t been able to put the onsite avp on youtube because i’m having trouble decrypting it. anyway once i figure it out i will include it here as well.

my only wishes, which i didn’t foresee and he doesn’t offer anyway:

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we chose fernwood gardens because they have a chapel where we can have the ceremony. we did not want to get a separate church because some of our guests were travelling from far places. the venue is really picturesque and it’s a bonus that they have glass ceilings. at least if it rained we could still have the garden reception that we wanted.

we got the glass dance floor and additional a/c because apparently it gets quite warm in the venue. we didn’t want matt to be hot and sweaty so the additional a/c was a priority. they must’ve worked cos i didn’t feel hot inside the reception venue. dealing with them was easy enough, i just emailed or sent lala a message on ym and everything was arranged from there.

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i don’t really remember much of the music during the reception and we were at the pictorial while cocktails was happening, but people did say that the music was good we gave them a list of songs that we wanted and i think they just added some more songs of the same genre.

the guests were dancing so i suppose the music was good! hehe

anyway, i give them a 5 out of 5.