Friday 20 June 2008

"Sand Unity" - Henry & Elsa (12 Jun 2008)

Ciek & Aise, that's how we address them :) Handsome & Beautiful, that's how we describe them :) Even the live-band singers couldn't stop adoring them and didn't hesitate to say it out loud.

They are one of my first signing-up clients. We were already friends way back in Sutomo 1. They were my juniors. Ciek used to come play at our apartment back in Melbourne. They are a perfect innerly & outerly beautiful couple. I love working with both of them so much. Not only are they beautiful clients, they are also beautiful friends :)

They gave me the honour to plan their weddings, even without having met face-to-face. This was back in December, only a few days after I launched my 'soft opening' (haha) through Friendster. I can't thank you guys enough for the trust. It's my luck to have such a wonderful couple like you guys. Thank you much :)

OK. Now let's switch to S.L.I.M mode (Say.Less.Image.More)...


'SAND UNITY'

The 'sand unity' ceremony has a very strong relation to beach weddings.
It symbolizes the unity of two different lives into one.

Sorry I made you guys go back to your exact R.O.M spot at Mentone beach just to 'steal' 5 kgs of the sand.
Please don't mention my name when you get caught for VANDALISM!



THE 'CIAP SIN NIO!!!!!'

Pasukan Pendobrak Pintu!!!


Pasukan Penghadang Pintu!!!


A very happy groomsman, about to sing...


'Tui Mien Te Ni Hai Khan Kuo Lai, Khan Kuo Lai, Khan Kuo Lai... La La La La La La ....'


Ciek desperately calling out, "Aise, chut lai liau lahhh..."


"HA HA HA..."


THE RECEPTION


The reception was held at the famous Wisma Benteng, Medan's popular wedding reception venue. I heard it was fully booked for the whole December month (the one whole month!)



THE AMBIENCE

They were married back in 11 Nov 2007, at Mentone Beach, Melbourne. We decided on a beach-themed wedding but didn't want it to look too cheesy like other beach-themed weddings normally do. We decided to take only the 'elements' of sea and somehow modify them into a beautiful stage setting.


The balloons represent sea water bubbles and we had seaweeds transformed into an abstract piece of foam-carving.



The pillars were topped with an aquarium-like vase, decorated with seasand, seashells and blue hydrangea flowers.


A matching wedding cake, with bubbly balls too :)


Yayyy!!! Matching favours too... Sea-inspired jelly candles
(A very useful favour for Medan people, especially for people with no gensets!)



THE MOMENTS






WALKING THE AISLE


Bridesmaids getting ready...
Cute bride, cute bridesmaids. Wat more could you ask for?

Walking the aisle with bubbles personally blown into the air by bridesmaids & groomsmen. They walked in to the tunes of the legendary 'Moon River', live by the acoustic band. A very beautiful piece to go with the ambience.


'Sand Unity' ceremony with bubbles from bridesmaids & groomsmen.



THE SURPRISE 'LOVE STORY' from Aise


A special surprise from the bride, a photoclip of their love journey personally created by the bride herself.
(He's one very lucky man, ain't he?)



touched by the surprise...


'thanx dear. i'm speechless. i love you'


THE DUET



He went to me, "Sien, wa be ki ie lirik liau. Wa cin2 be ki liau. Si loh".
Hence, this picture (Ciek listening to the real song from the CD player. We're lucky I had a copy ready in hand)


'I'm thankful everyday... for The Gift'

(Hoorayyy!!! He got it all right!)




THE FIRST DANCE

Due to time constraint, we had only three very very short dance classes. They were done at my mini TV-room. Really inadequate. But lucky me they were very smart people with 1 left & 1 right feet (each). They nailed it down exquisitely.



'Thank you... for loving me' - by Bon Jovi


THE TEARS OF HAPPINESS

Saying graces to mum&dad... with tears rolling down her cheeks


She's so beautiful even with tears...
Ciek, I'm sure you know what an angel you married right?




SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY SPECIAL FRIENDS


Ciek's fighting for the mic. He's the one who's paying for everything afterall.


'Well done, guys'



THE BOUQUET THROWING...!!!


Who's the lucky next?


It's the curry fish!!! Let's hope the fish has a beautiful wedding too over in Heaven.


Oh Wait!!! Ciek's dad snatched the bouquet from the poor curry fish!!!


It's quite unrealistic to send the bouquet to Heaven (since the fish had already left). So they decided on giving real women the chance. And the lucky 'real' girl's our own sweet bridesmaid, Eny!!! Though she had to have her body splashed with the luck-charm curry.



THE SIMPLY 'CUTE'S!







With Luv,


Lilysan
"I do" - your wedding planner



15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, great blog :) love all the pictures. Dont stop being creative.

Anonymous said...

Sien, themenya bagus2 tu (How romanticc. huhuhuhuhu) hehe. Nice, Love it!! Bagussss yaaa!! (di dalem otak uda "Waahhh") heuahuehuea

Wait to see more of ur stories n ur creative ideas ya..

Gud luck ya wif "I Do"

Anonymous said...

Wahhh...nice writing.. never get bored reading them..keep on writing!! very interesting blog!!
the Greatest part of it was that the actual happening (the wedding)was really as nice as the description or even better.
Very creative and reliable Wedding Planner!! ;)

Anonymous said...

Sisca, Thanx :) Glad you love them. Don't worry. It's a passion. Not an occupation. I don't think I can stop creating wedding stories even if I try to. :)

Mira, Thanx yahhh hohoho... Iya wa usahakan update terus dehhh... Hohohoho...

Wen, thanx juga for reading and udah suka blognya hehe. OK I'll keep on writing (moga2 gak hot2 chicken sh*t aja nih hahaha)... also, thanx for being part of the weddings too.. without u guys, it wudn't have been perfect :) mwahxxx

Anonymous said...

not to mention the fact that she loves the joy of being Wedding Planner, it's actually a blessing for the bride & groom to have such a great "hand", helps running the "once in a life time" event.

tyj said...

stop encouraging her or she gonna harrash me for express pictures more and more often, work of art take times sien, you wont rush picasso wont you!?

ok, i should leave with evil laughter then....MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cisca said...

EHHHH INI ADEK KELAS ANE ENGTAOOOO ARRR...

aciekk hyooo...cewenya juga sui hohh....itu nari rhumba hyoo huehuahfusafa..

keknya biasa wedding bo lang nanges er hoh... well done ar lu hiehihie.

Anonymous said...

Sien,finally I do have time to drop some comments here. Hohohoo...it's 1.30am in the morning (lihatlah ketulusan hatiku,it's actually time to sleep rite?)

Honestly,this is such a lovely blog. Nice writing & very happening photos (tyj photography "U ROCKKK"). Your party inspirations are truly gorgeous. For couples who needs to relax & enjoy your 'BIG DAY', need someone to take care all the details for you? I reckon "I DO" - a reliable wedding planner, always on top of fabulous ideas for brides & grooms.

Keep up ur good work Sien, make others wedding a day to remember. GAMBATEEEE!!
Really enjoy being your crew,every wedding that we've been through,the result was lovely :).

Lastly,only 3 words for 'I DO':
FRESH, CHIC & CREATIVE.

GOODLUCK!!

SweeTesThinG said...
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SweeTesThinG said...

Haduhhhhhhhh...Ane keren banget lhoooo...bener2 kreatif sekaliiiiiii. Sukses selalu ya buat I.Do :)

Anonymous said...

Siennn...akhirnya wa sempat juga baca message loe di fs. haha.. baru sempat baca blog loe lagi.

Well.. I really enjoyed and happy being part of ur team.. ^_^

The wedding even nicer and better than the description (biarpun sudah nice description)

Keep up the good work.. Jia you. Ingat yah nga bole jadi sombong. ntar kita sebagai CREW juga ikutan sombong.. hauha

Sumitro Djoko said...

Liiiiiiii Sien.....

Biasa - Biasa Aja... Huaha...

Rasanya e Gondok o... Huaha...

Kerenlahhhh..., Kreatif buanget... Habis udah disogok makan liau... huaha... Nanti kalau saya udah dapat selir mau pesta akan saya suruh u yang atur semua acaranya... Tapi tagihannya sama selir wa yang tagih lo... Hauha...

Anonymous said...

jack ar.. lu mai macam2 arrr.. mencemarkan wae nama baik hahahaahhaah.... thank you lah thank you lahhh org sibuk kayak lu udah sempat mampir...

jangan cari selir lahhhh ntar lu anniversary ajaaaa... I DO tidak melayani perbuatan tidak 'senonoh' eeeee hahahaha... jadi anniversary aja yahhh hahahaha (jenny, chia wa ciak yahhhh kalau ajack bawa selir, wa gak mau PLAN WEDDINGNYA lohhh hahaha)

anyway, thanx jack

Anonymous said...

Hey, jobs well done! For both "Sand Unity" and the earlier "Sunset in Bali". Should've asked my mum to engage you. Just had my bride's family wedding dinner (lauthia) back in Medan. Wasn't as well organized and as beautiful as what you've done here.

Keep up the good work. I'll make sure I remember to recommend you for my sibs' weddings next time. Hope you'll give discounts HaaHaa!

Cheers,
Nova

Anonymous said...

Nova,

Salam kenal :) Very sweet of u to say hi here :) Looking forward to planning ur sibs' weddings then, so we can meet face to face too :) We'll see what we can do about the discounts hahaha...

Thanx Nova :)