The one where we picked a place to say 'I do' (2)

[EDITED: I added pictures for your eyes!]

So in May, the week where my examinations ended, we made an appointment with Gurame. This was the 2nd out of the 4 appointments we will have with Gurame. So this time, we came at night to really see how the ambiance is like, and let me tell you this... the fuzzy feeling never dies down. I am excited + anxious + want the wedding day to come like now + dreamy + everything with positive vibes lah.

So anyway, we met up with Keith and he never failed to make us feel welcome. The first thing he always get his servers to do, is get us drinks. Then he talked about the decor. Okay remember my entry (click here) about the decor I chanced upon one of the brides that used Gurame? Well, it turned out she used an external decor company, which is also an option for us. But Baobei and I are very minimalist kind of people, and the less busy our decor is, the better. Of course, it has to be more than just one kain and drape the whole place HAHA. But yes, we saw the album of their 'standard' decor and we are very pleased with how simple it is. More importantly, how it will compliment us and make us the star of the show instead of the pelamin/decor. We also decided that we want those sharing chair, because we are loving hahaha, no but we just love that kind of concept. Thinking how I can DIY more though.

So after we told Keith how we want the decor for the nikah and later, for sanding because we will not be using backdrop during the nikah as it will still be quite bright and pictures have a free background of the sunset, so what the hell? We shall have that. Then at night, it will have this white, kind of glittery background since there won't be any free background. So we are kind of psyched + the fairy lights leading us to the big cabana AKA pelamin. Keith thought this is going to be the sanding and we are going to nikah elsewhere but we told him this will be our nikah + sanding here.

Then Keith asked us "What time are you planning to nikah?"

Since we booked the place from 6-10pm, we said the plan is to nikah at 6.15pm, allowing the guests 15 minutes upon arrival to settle down. That is also why we only took one baju with TWB initially as we only have time to take picture with our nikah + one sanding outfit + eat (this is the thing brides and grooms always miss, but hell no am I going to miss Gurame's amazing food) + mingle with the guests at their seats and take pictures with them + pictures on pelamin (we decided we are not the seating kind of people, so no. We are not going to sit our ass down for very long).

Keith then said the most amazing thing, "Why don't you both nikah at 5.30pm? Wait, why not at 5.15pm? Nikah at 5.15pm then after that you can take pictures by the beach while the sun that is still up?"

We were like "That sounds like a good idea! So we push our event one earlier and end at 9pm?"

And guess what lah people, Keith was "No, you just use the place for an extra hour. It is okay. Nikah at 6pm is too late."

So yes, that's the happy update! We will be able to use Gurame for an additional hour with no extra charge. But please note that this is case by case basis (sometimes they have another event before/after yours), and also if you are nice to them (haha, I just made this up but this is just common sense okay). It may just be a measly one hour to them, but that extra one hour is very golden to us, and it also means that we may be able to take another baju with TWB (now I am following Katt, owner, on IG and they have so many nice baju which means our first fitting will be crazy decisions).

Oh, Keith ended the meeting by asking the chef to whip out some satay for us to try! (I love the service okay! So worth every cent we are paying.) And we have already opted for the satay live station so we are so happy it's not those typical satay of processed meat that is common at coffee shops but pieces of meat! So happy!!!

Anyway our 3rd appointment with Gurame will be food tasting + the rundown of the whole event. This includes we need to do a trial run of their sound system and our CDs. We get to bring up to 10 people for this which will be Mama, Baba, Ibu-Baobei, Ayah-Baobei, Mak, Dok (Maid of Honor), Wan (#OBST, often bestfriends sometimes tak [dapat upgrade haha]) and us lah.

So that's all for Gurame. Until November, we have other wedding errands to run like rings, cards, favours, tailoring of nikah outfit, DIY stuff and I can't think of much at this moment. But if you like wedding updates, I will be doing one more soon.

It is July already... which only means... 

SIX months to the wedding.