I just spoke to Mike and he was telling me what he thought of the possible venues for the wedding. He went to 3 oculars Oasis, Coconut Palace and Sofitel Philippine Plaza. I called before hand so the account executives are expecting them.He was with Joan(my maid of honor), yuiki and his cousin Jeff. Good thing Joan was able to go with him to get a different perspective of the places.

Oasis-right off the bat he doesn't like it. He said garden is way too small to hold a ceremony. there's not enough space for parking and "hindi nya lang daw feel" Joan said the same thing even though Joan said the place is ok but not that spectacular. Lawn though is well manicured and the Pavillon is big enough for the reception.

Coconut Palace- he luvs the place very open daw and ok ung ambiance. Josiah's Catering was setting up already for a wedding that evening so they saw how they spruce up the place.Lawn is well manicured and he likes the privacy of the place (they only hold 1 wedding at a time).Although the inside is quite small just in case it rains and we have to hold the reception inside.Another thing is they're not accepting bookings at the moment because they're in the middle of changing management.

Sofitel Philippine Plaza- he really likes this place as well. He knows it's what I'm exactly looking for, garden ceremony with ballroom reception. Ambiance is A+ you can just feel the elegance of the place. the ceremony site is slightly elevated and really close to the shoreline of Manila bay for a more picturesque ceremony. The downside though is there's not much privacy, the guests of the hotel can easily join the ceremony and we can only book the place just 6 months before the event.Weddings are not the hotel's priority so if it happens that there's a big convention happening around your wedding date then your bump off. Also budget wise it will take almost half of our budget so, we definitely have to consider that.

I just got engaged and I'm already starting my preps.Well sort of, I'm just canvassing for suppliers and their rates. I already have an idea which ones to get but I still want to compare. Being an overseas bride is hard because I won't be able to personally touch,taste or see their products. Just today I asked my friend if she can go to the bridal fair in Rockwell and sort of get the feel how it's like. I asked her if she could take pix n such n get some pamphlets from the suppliers.Good thing pumayag=)hehe. Mike is going home for Christmas for a month and hopefully he could start booking some suppliers already. May homework cya(lol) I asked him if he could do some oculars to the venues and videotape it. Personally meet our possible wedding coordinator and see if he's comfortable w/her and meet with the p/v people and see their finish pics n albums(not only those in their website).Hayyy!so many to do's.