Villa Halia @ Botanical Gardens Wedding Showcase 19-7-09

Last Sunday, I made Brother accompany me to the wedding showcase since BB has agreed to go to Hwee Suan's house-warming party.


Bro drove me around Bt Timah and Cluny Hill's private property estates to oogle....ahhaha...and we passed by his friend's huge mansion and saw him sitting alone in the sofa of his room with back facing us and playing his handheld game. We left without notifying him cos we're already 5 mins late for the showcase. hee..
But somehow, I feel that though they are so rich, they're somehow quite lonely.. it's like living in a fortress..

Anyway, when we reached, it was just about time that they started their 1st presentation. There was a live jazz band playing in the courtyard and the place is really cozy.



I like how the Gallery room is being set up with orangey lightings... ^_^
Food-wise, tasted pretty good! Bro has too much of the semi-raw tuna till he had to go loo at the end of the evening cos he wasn't supposed to take too much raw food since his stomach is always so sensitive.. haaa.....

The solemnisation table setup outside Gallery Room, in the Courtyard..

The non-air con changing room...=) Anybody realised that they actually placed the table over the toilet bowl??!! hahaha... Yeah... that's right! The flush button & toilet roll are still visible cos they can't hide that one..hahaa...luckily, it has 2 fans inside..hehe..The jazz band having a break in the courtyardThese 2 drinks are the specialty that day.. Bro and I esp. like the yellow ginger cocktail as it's really refreshing!Gallery Room at night.. =)

Each couple will also get a heart-shaped clay container as a gift after the end of the programs.
Overall, the event is considered quite successful :)

Villa Halia part 2

Last week, I mentioned that I'd post the pics of Villa Halia if possible. So here they are =)

Villa Halia

This is the Courtyard...nice=)

Here's the view of the Gallery room from the inside...air-conned..

A peek of the Gallery room from the outside..which is also part of the Courtyard area.

This is the Wine Bar with the big picture of Ginger flowers ..

Just emailed Elizabeth today with regards to the availability of the room.. still awaiting for her replies together with the info about the set lunch..

not sure whether do they accept us to do our own buffet catering? :-/

Hopefully, the total cost can fit our tight budget... *pray pray*

Villa Halia @ Botanic Gardens

Happy Chinese New Year to all! (*^_^*)

It was so busy for us for the whole of last month... hehe.. busy preparing for Chinese new year and also the spring cleaning. This year's new year passed so quickly and it seems like we did not have time to fully enjoy it. ah... well.. happy times always passes so fast! haa... :)

Well, this year, it is the first time I ever received an Ang-Pao on my 1st day of work from my boss! hehe... I've been working for about 5 years already, imagine that! And this comes from my new company's boss - Bridget. She's such a funny and jovial lady. You should see the way she walks to catch her bus after work every evening, it's just so cute..like a cute penguin. *giggles* :p And of cos, sometimes her words just made me laugh and they brand me a "laughter-box/self-entertainer." haa....
Anyway, it's back to work soon and we have quite a lot to do for this year, seeing the fact that we have 3 less staff in my department.

Oki, enough about work.
BB and me went to *racki* Villa Halia's Gallery room yesterday. We walked such a long way from orchard mrt station to Botanic Gardens. *grumbles* My left foot is having a bad blister after that long walk because the VAIN me wore my new cream-pink heeled shoes lor.. haha...
Nevertheless, it was worth it, I think, because BB said it's his first time ever to visit Botanic Gardens and he very much like Villa Halia, esp. the wine bar.

It was a pity that I didn't manage to take photos of it but there's photos on their website which look exactly in real. Just google Halia restaurant. =)
We missed meeting Lydia (1 of their wedding planner who just left a few mins before we arrived as we went there w/o an appointment), but the lady who attended to us is very friendly and showed us around the place even though there were some people having a small meeting inside its Gallery room. hehe...

She told us we could arrange for our solemnisation to be held either in the Gallery room, or the Courtyard where there's a small waterfall-like structure, or in the Wine Bar. BB suggested that we have our solemnisation in the Wine Bar (which looks very cozy) in the early noon before they open for business first , afterwhich we shall proceed to the Gallery room for the set lunch. I shall have to discuss with our wedding coordinator - Elizabeth regarding this. Hope they allow it w/o any additional cost. hee....


Shall update you all again!! Tata..!~~