Haven't been posting for some time, only because the past few weeks were spent hotel-hunting! Shortlisted a good number of hotels, emailed/called up the coordinators to get their rates, and spent a huge chunk of my time comparing every single detail/perks offered. It was qt a bit of (read: hard) work, compounded by the fact that Lenny had been pretty much tied up with work (as always!) so he couldn't really contribute much to the research.

Ok, but at least he accompanied me down to recce most of the hotels, and decisions were of course made collectively :)

Yup, so we've decided to go with Marina Mandarin for our lunch banquet next year :).
Not the cheapest hotel around and perks were also not that fantastic (there're many other hotels offering lower rates with wayyy better perks), but I do like the look of the grand ballroom, the almost private reception area, and the location of the hotel. Ah well, I just hope that everyone will enjoy the food and ambience on that day :)

Oh, and we've decided to hold the church service/solemnization and lunch banquet all on the same day (26th Oct 2013).

Some pics from Fri (3rd Aug 2012) when we scooted off to meet our coordinator, Fiona, during our lunch hour, to seal the deal and pay the deposit of $5K. Wanted to take a couple of pictures of the ballroom, but there was an event going on during that time.