Dear
whoever is reading this…
I
had been involved with lots of weddings lately… the best advice I can give for
me who is going to get married as well as to any of you who will be doing the
same:
Plan
your wedding earlier and get someone who you can trust to execute and take care
of it on your special day. Do bear in mind, this advice is meant for wedding in
Malaysia and probably need to be change slightly according to your local
customs.
By
right, when you have thought of getting married, you should have some ideas how
your wedding should be. Rough cost estimation depending on how fancy your
wedding should be or will be. Who will be attending or rather who will be
invited or have to be invited… and this entire plans of yours have to
complement with your spouse’s ideas as well.
The
floor manager, the ceremony keeper or whatever you call the person who overlook
your precious wedding on that day HAVE TO BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST and
understand your wedding plans and needs very well. He will make sure everything
is in order, prepared, all the stuff you need are easily accessible, all the
important people will be there and briefed with whatever stuff you need them to
do etc.
For
some reasons, your immediate family members are not the best choice. This is because;
they will also need to be the host, meaning they will have to greet the guests,
takes photos with people, usher important guests, chat with other family
relatives, receiving presents etc. the immediate family members are already
occupied with these responsibility. Cousins or best friends will be better.
There
this one wedding I attended, where the floor manager assigned was the bride’s
sister. On the wedding day itself, instead of managing the wedding stuff, she
went to beauty salon with her sister. It was quite a chaos after since nobody
really knows what need to be done and stuffs were forgotten.
There
was also this one time where the bride insisted to be the floor manager. That WAS
A HUGE MISTAKE! She could not be around to oversee the whole wedding
arrangement as she had to be elsewhere. She had to put on makeup and dress up. When
she could go to the wedding, of course she came in as the bride and ushered to
the stage. And the whole time on the stage, there was nothing much she could
do. The wedding had lots of flaws due to the person in charge was sitting on
the stage.
So if you really want
a good sweet unforgettable wedding which you hope to happen only once in your
life time, then think carefully. You really need to get help if you want to do
a huge wedding. Unless you can come up with a plan for a small manageable
wedding, don’t gamble your precious wedding and regret it later for the rest of
your life.
