yesterday we decided to go
scouting for bridal shops (apparently everyone uses the acronym 'BS'
which is so hilarious the first time i found out LOL). so we drove
ourselves to SS2 where it's like 'land of bridal shops'!
we had no BS in mind, so we simply drove to one of the shops -
Lasposa. We spoke to a guy there whom i think is the owner. he first
showed us the gowns as he said that a shops' gowns are one of the top
choosing factors for BTBs (bride to be). no clue in mind, i just
followed him. upon reaching upstairs, it was a big room filllllled with
wedding gowns and evening gowns. i was in awe as there were really sooo
many selections to choose from. but i didnt spend much time looking thru
all the gowns though, as i think i'll settle for something quite easily
haha. he then proceeded to show us his photography samples. he showed
us so many until ys and i were abt to fall asleep. the pictures were
quite nice, satisfying and acceptable. he was also quite nice, explained
the full package to us and was not pushy. but had to speak cantonese or
mandarin to him cos he dunno english. and then, he told us there was a
bridal fair on-going this weekend (!!!!!!) wow! what a luck! so he told
us his promotions and freebies that he will be giving for this weekend.
and ys, being so easily influenced, want to take it ade haha. but of cos
i held back and said we'll think abt it. and also i hvnt done any
research on the net, dunno he got good or bad reviews..
after that, we went to the next shop - Enya Mareine. this shop looked
high-class and expensive, and i had a preset mind of going in only to
check out what they have to offer, but not take the deal. we had to wait
a while for someone to come assist us as it looked like they were
shorthanded, probly due to half their staff being at the bridal fair. so
in the meantime they gave us an album to see. the moment we saw the
first picture on the cover, we were both impressed already! after
flipping thru, we could see that these phots were realllly of quality.
and the way they added effects on the pix, ys and i really loved!! then a
lady came, Katrine, and she showed us more pix on the iPad and we both
fell in love with it. they also had promotions for the bridal fair, but
even after discounted price it was still about 50% more than others.
after that we went to RedBliss. they were also short-staffed as most
of them were at the bridal fair in Mid Valley, so we flipped thru some
albums first. we straight away can see the quality difference in this
one.. real lousy. and their layout design was also super ugly and
cinapek. then a girl came, explained to us their good albums were taken
to the fair and asked to show us the pix on the computer. thinking
there's still hope, we see what she had to offer as she said she's going
to show us their new photography concept. when we saw the pix.. O. M.
G. it looked like a secondary school project!! wth! ys was already
turned off and he shut his mind already hahah. i just quickly asked her
abt the packages, and it was not cheap also, then we went off. and in
the car we were making fun of them already.
after that we went to the bridal fair in MV. the first booth we went
was Touch Collection. their pictures seem ok ok, but the layout design
of the album and the album material was not nice. after the lady
explained the package to us, we say thanks we'll think abt it, then she
say nonid think la! so good package take la! ..wth another o.m.g. ..then
summore she call her boss and boss also so pushy! they really dont let
us walk away and ys and i getting annoyed ade. then they say they will
leave for a few minutes let us consider and they will come back. so we
discussed.. their package was really good for the price they offered us
really a lot of things, but their album was just not nice and they were a
bit cinapek. the make-up artist summore wanna comment about my hair and
say my eyes are 'lazy eyes'! haha way to go! after that they came back
and we say we will come back tmr.. BUT, they stillll dowan to let us go!
really dem pushy. and they got another guy to come and talk to us. and
all the while we were speaking cantonese and a bit mandarin cos they
dunno english. and this guy dun even know cantonese, serious
communication breakdown! ys cannot tahan already and he straight away
stand up say cannot. i saw him stand then i also stand and we just said
thanks and walked away. wow! serious battlefield! cannot tahan these
cinapek ppl.
we saw Enya booth there also and again impressed, but apparently they
didnt gv discount here, only Katrine gave us discount, and they were
surprised also. so we walked a bit more and talked to some other shops
also. and no one was as pushy as Touch! omg!
then we came back and think abt it and do some research. apparently
Touch have a lot of complaints, definitely NOT going for them. Lasposa
had quite good reviews and so did Enya. but $$$ is really an issue. i
spent the whole night thinking abt it, i was in a real dilemma - to
spend more money on smth you love or spend less on smth acceptable... i
decided to go for Lasposa, but in my heart i felt sad :( .
the next day, it was the last day of the bridal fair and promotions
already. we decided to visit another shop in ss2 which also had good
reviews. when we went to search for the BS, we saw there were 'for sale'
banners hanging outside the shop! and the inside looks like it's
cleared out ade! haha so since it is the last day of promotions, and all
BSs telling us that we need to start the photography in Nov already in
order to meet our March wedding date, we had to appoint a shop already.
in the end, i decided to go for Enya . and i am SO happy! :)
