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Our wedding dinner at Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur with a cocktail reception at 6.28pm and i was surprised to hear that there were guests that arrived as early as 6 itself (at that point i was still doing my bridal make up & hair in the bridal suite).

Here is a photo of us with some of our guests :-

From left : Harrace’s mom (mother of the groom), Chelsia Ng (tv personality/celebrity & Miss Malaysia World), Harrace (the groom), Fione (me as the bride), and Kid Chan (who was actually a guest, but decided to bring in his camera too).

Our master of ceremony was Chelsia Ng , where eOneNet.com was managing her website, and being a personal friend, we knew how good she was as a MC.

When the time was right, guests were ushered into the ballroom and seated onto their respective tables, which were names of popular Websites, such as QQ.com (China’s most popular instant messaging system, even more popular than MSN Messenger), Amazon.com and of course our own range of sites like eOneNet.com

After the guests were seated down the lights for the ballroom lights were dimmed in preparation for the wedding march by the couple. You need to choose between total darkness or dimmed lights, so we choose the latter, as we would at least be able to see where we were going on the red carpet walkway.

Here is an animated photo of our wedding march.

On each table, flourescent light-up sticks (like neon glow lights) were placed so that guests could welcome the new couple, and party poppers were also placed. Upon reaching the stage, the huge party poppers were launched and there were lots of colours, and actions going on at the same time. Some wedding guests told me that it seemed more like a concert than a typical wedding dinner.
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Have you choosen your wedding gown? In total, i bought 3 wedding gowns, yes, “crazy” at times. My first wedding dress was a deep v plunging neckline wedding gown from Malaysia’s Eric Choong. I wore this for my Hong Kong wedding reception in Hong Kong. For my Malaysia wedding in Mandarin Oriental in June, we decided to get another custom made wedding gown from Margaret McCallum in KL Plaza.

I have been researching for different designers in KL a few months ago and managed to check out some of them. I’ve compiled a summary of the information i found, so that new brides deciding to custom make their own gown would be able to get some ideas on how to decide.

Here are some tips on how to choose your wedding dress designer:-
1. Browse magazines, and show the designer what you would like to wear

2. Consider your budget for this custom wedding gown
Here is a price list of some famous wedding gown designers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in alphabetical listing.

a) Beatrice Looi - showroom in StarHill Gallery & Bangsar Shopping Village (new wing)
- have various packages from RM5,000 onwards to up to RM20,000
- wedding packages will include shoes, wedding gown, an evening dress plus even the men’s suit so your Groom would also get a designer suit)
- my last purchase from Beatrice was 9 dresses so i decided that i probably should try something else for my KL wedding
- i wore a gold halter neck gown for my Hong Kong wedding as the evening dress. I’ll be wearing another lacy Beatrice Looi gown for my Malaysia wedding as my “salsa” dancing dress.
- evening gowns prices are quite affordable, with basic ones starting about RM300, and couture gowns about RM5,000
- you can get ready designed gowns at about RM2,500
- i only met her once when i was browsing the Bangsar outlet (not during my shopping spree earlier)

b) Carven Ong - showroom in Lot 10 (top floor)
- price ranges from RM3,500 onwards for custom made gown
- ready made gowns are about RM2,500
- i met him once when i was trying on a wedding gown that was on SALE but it looked nicer on the rack

c) Eric Choong - showroom in Bangsar (just above Madam Kwan restaurant)
- price ranges from RM4,000 onwards for custom made wedding gowns
- ready made gowns are about RM3,000 onwards
- with over 16 years of experience in wedding gown designing, he’s one of the top designers in Malaysia.
- my first wedding gown was purchased off the rack from Eric Choong so i wanted something different for my other wedding dress. The selling price for that first gown was RM6,600 but i got a special price for that (the gown just seemed to fit me so well so i had to buy it)
- the team here is very friendly & it’s a cosy environment so you’ll be amazed how fast time passes by.

d) Margaret McCallum - showroom at KL Plaza ground floor
- designer’s name is Shamsu Yusoff, and he’s a funny man plus extremely friendly
- price ranges from RM3,500 for custom made wedding dresses
- ready made gowns are about RM2,500 onwards
- you’ll get to see sketches of previous gowns designed and price on the sketches
- the first time i visited this boutique, we spent over 2 hours chatting so finally i decided that he would be the one designing my wedding gown
- p/s: He’ll not ask brides to starve till you turn into sticks, and he’s the type that will try to bring out the good features of your body shape!

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Wow, i’ve just returned home from my wedding reception this evening. The past couple of days were hectic, rushing madly for last minute items. I still even had time to shop the whole day on Saturday & only came back home at 9pm, and less than 24 hours before my wedding today on Sunday.

More about the wedding event can be found on our Internet Marketing Blog - eOneNet.com

Apart from having wedding guests posting wedding wishes, live from the event (we had wireless wi-fis and 4 laptops just for this wedding dinner) via comments on the blog, guests also had a chance to sign in the event via video recordings.

I only managed to wear two gowns tonight:-
- my halterneck beaded wedding gown from Eric Choong
- gold champagne coloured A-Line evening gown from Beatrice Looi
Both of the designers are of course, among the Top 10 designers in Malaysia.

I’ll be posting more updates tomorrow and tips for planning your ultimate dream wedding after i get more beauty sleep.

I decided to visit Kimberly Street at Tsim Sha Tsui, an area filled with many bridal shops such as Mona Lisa, Xin Tian Di and Marry Claire from Taiwan.

Most of the bridal shops will allow you to try on wedding dress. The first bridal store i checked out was located just next to the Kimberly Hotel as i was attracted to a pink & white wedding dress being displayed on the store mannequin. The sales lady informed me that this piece has only arrived 1 hour ago and i was the first one to try it out.

They were having a special rental package of about 1 wedding dress and 1 evening gown at about HK$2,800 for a 3 days / 2 nights package. If it was for the rental of only 1 wedding dress, i would be paying HK$1,800. I found this dress rather interesting and even checked out the price to just purchase the dress off the rack and they gave me a good bargain price of just HK$6,800, since it was more like an evening gown.

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To prepare for my wedding celebration in Hong Kong and Malaysia, i’ve started thinking about my wedding gown. Typically, brides would rent the wedding gown from the bridal store that offered their wedding photography, but i was unlikely to follow suit.

First of all, i had my wedding photos done in China, with a Taiwanese wedding company. That itself took 2 full days of shooting, as we had outdoor scenes like in the park, as well as the seaside. I couldn’t imagine renting a gown from that bridal store (although they did have a Super VIP Taiwan-designer wedding gowns section), and having to return it.

In Hong Kong, i have visited the Golden Plaza Mall in Mongkok. It was shocking for me to find so many wedding related items all in 1 place, as it was very uncommon in Malaysia or even Singapore. However, the wedding gowns were mainly of similar designs and were majority made in China, thus you can expect cheaper rates of about HK$800 per wedding dress or evening gown rental of 3 days / 2 nights.

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