Venues sourcing

Went to do some venues checking for my ROM today. We chose the wrong day - as 2 out of 4 places we went were not open on Sunday... =(

Let me go through one by one:

My first stop was Raffles hotel... under the bright sunny HOT sun... having solemnisation is not advisable.. for me. Haha. Yes, it's an outdoor venue - The Lawn. It's a nice place... with some kind of sheltered place for the ROM session and the rest of my guests have to stand/sit around the lawn area... which is a no-no! So hot! BIG minus point is that carpark fees for 30 plus mins cost us 6 BUCKS and the lift waiting time was especially SLOW.

Next we went to 1827 Thai Restaurant, somewhere near parliament house... its CLOSED. Sigh. We hanged around too see the surroundings and then someone came out from the restaurant... Lucky! We went to ask him for some pics for past ROMs and he showed it to us.. and even let us in to the restaurant to have a quick look at their settings. =) As he's not the person-in-charge, we left our contact details and he will ask his colleagues to contact us. =) Nice settings!

Then we went to Flutes at the fort, somewhere near registry of marriage... it's CLOSED too. Sigh. Nice house from the outside.. but the journey to walk there from the carpark was hectic. Steep steps and down slope... with foreign workers having picnic.. no no. It's off the list.

Last but not least, we went to The Jewel box. We decided to get into the restaurant to "enjoy" air-con, have some cold drinks as a self-reward for our tiring/sweating adventure today... We had sticky fries with mozzarella cheese dip, jewel something - ice cream and Mango manga. Nice~! Although it's not air con, the fresh air and constant cooling wind kept blewing.. So comfortable that we could literally fall asleep! haha. We asked for the contact to event person in charge.... and depending on the $$$, we will keep this shortlisted. =)

That's all for today... and will continue to source for venues after I'm back from the japan trip! Oyasumi nasai~!