CHINESE WEDDING

[meixin]

^I agree with mloveg, parang meron din nga sana maibigay sa guy

@mloveg last 3 items finafinalize nalang pero sinama ko na sa budget (cake, lights and projectors, invitation). Kung photobooth or giveaway pinag iisipan pa. oh yung mga gifts sa ninong/ninang di pa included din dyan and mga tela..

[mloveg]

Ako medyo chill chill na muna sa preps mga minors nalang din naman kulang namin. Hehe 

[corpse_bride]

Ugh nakakairita! Sorry to vent. A good friend of mine asked if she could bring a date with the reason na "hindi siya taga-dito. Para makakita siya ng Chinese wedding." What the?! Seriously?! Gawing show and tell ang kasal ko? Ok lang sana ako dun sa "Can I bring a date?" Period. End it there. Nakakainis pa yung reason after it. Gusto ko sabihin mag ang pao ka ng 20k dahil hindi lang pagkain ang kelangan mong bawiin samin. Pati damit, decor, alahas, bulaklak etc. dahil gusto mong gawing show and tell ang kasal ko. Hello?! All the more ma-t-turn off yan dahil there's no such thing as sa simple Chinese wedding. And to think alam din niyang limited lang ang guests ko ah! Ughhh!!!!

[Nikky27]

Ugh nakakairita! Sorry to vent. A good friend of mine asked if she could bring a date with the reason na "hindi siya taga-dito. Para makakita siya ng Chinese wedding." What the?! Seriously?! Gawing show and tell ang kasal ko? Ok lang sana ako dun sa "Can I bring a date?" Period. End it there. Nakakainis pa yung reason after it. Gusto ko sabihin mag ang pao ka ng 20k dahil hindi lang pagkain ang kelangan mong bawiin samin. Pati damit, decor, alahas, bulaklak etc. dahil gusto mong gawing show and tell ang kasal ko. Hello?! All the more ma-t-turn off yan dahil there's no such thing as sa simple Chinese wedding. And to think alam din niyang limited lang ang guests ko ah! Ughhh!!!!

Relax ka lang sis corpse_bride hehe! lhat  tayo may mga ganyang story pagdating sa mga guests Sabihin mo nalang, sige sama mo pero tingin tingin lang ha,  bawal kumain..hehe!

[corpse_bride]

^ haha gusto ko yan! Or share nalang kayo sa chair at food. Madami naman & kelangan mo magpa-demure so kasya na yun. I-kai siao ko pa naman sana siya that night

[chinkybride]

^ kakairita nga yan sis corpse_bride. have u sent out invites na? if not yet, just tell her. let me check first ah. kasi mejo limited seats am inviting you since you're special to me let me check..

pero if nasend out mo na invites, just tell her/him na, "oh no! i'm sorry, we have already allotted 1 for you since limited seats. I hope you understand./."

[corpse_bride]

^indi pa nga kami naka send ng invites eh. Dapat last week kaso may delay printer. Talaga naman mag-refuse ako. I'd rather have people I know in my wedding kesa manliligaw na date. Naiinis lang ako parang walang utak and sensitivity the reason for bringing a date. Part ng itinerary ng foreign manliligaw niya ang na maka-experience ng Chinese wedding dito sa Manila? She's fully aware na limited lang ang guests namin ah.

Come to think of it, may 1 time nagpunta siya sa wedding ng friend namin sinama pa niya shobe niya knowing madami naman kami dun. Pero hello naman 800 pax na wedding yun samin 280 lang.

[meixin]

Baka pinapahiwatig niya dun na gusto niya ng medyo grand wedding din. Kasi di ba pag sa ibang bansa simple lang? Sabihan mo nalang in a nice way na hindi pwede, wag na pastress hehe

[corpse_bride]

^ onga eh. Kaya talagang ni-stress niya na gusto niya makakita ng Chinese wedding yung guy. Eh di naman grand yung amin, simple lang by [textspeak!]-Chi standards.

[princessshayera]

huhu late reply!!! I think ang budget talaga ng Chinese weddings is around 2.5M to 4m. Madami akong friends na kinasal lately nasa ganyan budget nila.

[kobekitten]

What if a member of the entourage gets married and/or pregnant before the wedding? Ano ang Chinese belief on this, and does it still hold in this day and age?

[mloveg]

^^ oo nga eh, ganun na yata talaga ranges ng wedding budget

^ alam ko sis bawal daw pag preggy kasi makakasama sa baby. Baka daw makunan yung preggy. That's what I've been told

[meixin]

^Bawal din umattend ang preggy sa ceremony kasi  daw nagaagaw daw ng swerte.. Pero I guess depende din kung sino at depende sa family nyo. Nangyari kasi yun sa isang friend ko, medyo naoffend family nila, kasi girl cousin nila yung kinakasal e.. Pero wala magagawa sinunod pa din nila kagustuhan nung side nung guy.. Yung sa kinasal na entourage, I think naman as long as di pasok dun sa parang time frame ng bawal e ok lang(within 3mos after their wedding yung bawal) but again, depende sa sinusunod ng family.

[corpse_bride]

^ here ko ba nabasa or somewhere else that they (preggy women) can tie a ribbon (dunno what kind exactly) sa belly nila for kontra.

Meron nga kami double whammy.. Yung barkada ni fiancé na kakamatay lang yung ah-ma, buntis naman yung gf.

And update dun sa friend ko naman. He messaged asking if it's still ok with us if he'll go coz yung parents ng barkada niya (even the bride) uninvited him. Medyo nagalit pa nga daw. Naawa nga ako eh. Sabi ko sa friend ko, I'll ask my fiancé. Sabi naman ni fiancé as long as hindi alam ng parents namin ok lang. Kaso alam ng family ko. So to cut the long story short, di ko na din siya papuntahin

[mloveg]

^ did you tell him na to not go? Isa nga din yan sa inaalala ko, how do you ask them na wag umattend kasi nga bawal..

[sparklingjewel]

huhu late reply!!! I think ang budget talaga ng Chinese weddings is around 2.5M to 4m. Madami akong friends na kinasal lately nasa ganyan budget nila.

This is quite cheap, ang alam ko nasa 5-20M. Food palang in a top hotel is easily 3M on a guestlist of 600-800, which is typical nowadays for chinese weddings. Yes merong 20M. Nakakaloka, haha.
I think kaya 3-4M if midrange na majority of the other suppliers. But iba ibang case naman. Usually kung may pera all-out ka naman sa lahat ng suppliers din.

[meixin]

^Wow 20m....@_@ Malaking bahay na yun ah...

@corpse_bride: dito ko palang narinig yung about tying a ribbon sa belly.. Aww... kawawa naman yung friend mo nga... Baka naman sa ceremony lang din bawal and sa reception pwede?

[princessshayera]

Yeah, I heard about the 20M wedding from one of my suppliers, they had fireworks and everything. They have to edit a lot of the pictures pa kasi some VIPs doesn't want to be seen in the pictures...

Hmmm... Most of my friends who recently got married naman had their wedding at a 5 star hotel with well known suppliers,  I don't know lang if they didn't include or declare some of their expenses na in their budget like tinghun, hotel for relatives etc...kaya the total came out like that... estimated guest nila around 400 to 600 not sure...

How much was your wedding budget sis sparkingjewel?

[meixin]

^Ay ako din, yung sinabi ko is budget for wedding alone, di kasama tinghun. Di rin kasama gifts for ninong/ninang and yung mga tela tela.

[corpse_bride]

^ oh there! Thanks! Baka your aunt would know ano pwede for guests who insists on going even if they're mourning?

 

@corpse_bride: dito ko palang narinig yung about tying a ribbon sa belly.. Aww... kawawa naman yung friend mo nga... Baka naman sa ceremony lang din bawal and sa reception pwede?

Yet to ask our elders. Hoping other girls here would know if pwede sa reception lang.  Or kung ano pwede kontra. Like the ribbon on the belly thing.

^ did you tell him na to not go? Isa nga din yan sa inaalala ko, how do you ask them na wag umattend kasi nga bawal..

Original plan was our coordinator (also a former classmate) would casually ask him about yung 100 days when she'll call him for his confirmation. But I haven't told him yet. Been finding time din to invite him for drinks para personal sana. :/