Or to be more precise, the invitation cards to one's wedding dinner and in the chinese community, it is also more commonly referred to as the Red Bomb for reasons that I am not really sure of as well. Perhaps in the near future, this term would not be applicable anymore as designs for these invitations cards have reached a new level. Not being limited to only red & gold, some are white or ivory or cream with pink or red linings and design, or black with golden linings (quite pantang hoh?) and many other, creativity certainly knows no boundaries in this case.
As for us, there were some valuables lesson learnt here and there during the whole process of, uhrm, how should I put it... requirement gathering? Fortunately, the lady attending to us was really patient and helpful, perhaps she has reached the ultimate level in dealing with clients like us, total noobs. Anyway, allow me to share some of the experience gained:
- The variety of designs available for us to pick from were really, really limited, even much less than we have expected since most of it would be free (voucher from the dinner package). Terasa especially after browsing through all the choices available in the outlet.
- These cards are really costly.
- Of course, we have the option to opt for other designs but by doing that, each card would only be subsidized with a miniscule amount from the voucher and that would result us having an additional cost to bear. Considering these cards only lasts a few weeks, I would rather spend the money on other stuff, like a chest drawer *lols, inside joke*
- These cards, two words, really costly.
- Everything can be designed, from the envelopes to the card itself, to the layout of the contents, the background, hard or soft cover, coloured or non-coloured and much more but also know that everything mentioned above comes with an additional cost, some as lum sum, others, charges would be on a per card basis.
- Needless to say, these cards are really costly.
- Another reason to regret on for not learning mandarin even though its a one of thing because we totally had no idea on what should be printed on the mandarin side of the card (neh, chinese wedding cards have the english version on the left and mandarin on the right). I learnt that I should be referred to as the only son rather than the youngest child and there's some notation for the grandparents if they are still alive and some other stuff. Sigh. Basically, we were either just agreeing or requesting her to make the decision for us, lols.
- Again, these cards are really costly.
- It is important to check on the draft of card design, especially the madarin part where the characters might be incorrect, you know how in mandarin for one word there might be 300 ways of writing them, huh?
Okay, now we're done with the cards, I guess we can start worrying on the guests list once again, sigh. Btw, when we were done with the cards the other day, we saw one lady selecting the wedding cards on her own, don't know why but suddenly felt very kesian for her loh, having to go though this stuff alone. I wonder if Jacklyn used to feel the same way back then or it didn't matter cause she really enjoyed them as she's finally getting married lols sure kena pukul one when she read this later.
As for us, there were some valuables lesson learnt here and there during the whole process of, uhrm, how should I put it... requirement gathering? Fortunately, the lady attending to us was really patient and helpful, perhaps she has reached the ultimate level in dealing with clients like us, total noobs. Anyway, allow me to share some of the experience gained:
- The variety of designs available for us to pick from were really, really limited, even much less than we have expected since most of it would be free (voucher from the dinner package). Terasa especially after browsing through all the choices available in the outlet.
- These cards are really costly.
- Of course, we have the option to opt for other designs but by doing that, each card would only be subsidized with a miniscule amount from the voucher and that would result us having an additional cost to bear. Considering these cards only lasts a few weeks, I would rather spend the money on other stuff, like a chest drawer *lols, inside joke*
- These cards, two words, really costly.
- Everything can be designed, from the envelopes to the card itself, to the layout of the contents, the background, hard or soft cover, coloured or non-coloured and much more but also know that everything mentioned above comes with an additional cost, some as lum sum, others, charges would be on a per card basis.
- Needless to say, these cards are really costly.
- Another reason to regret on for not learning mandarin even though its a one of thing because we totally had no idea on what should be printed on the mandarin side of the card (neh, chinese wedding cards have the english version on the left and mandarin on the right). I learnt that I should be referred to as the only son rather than the youngest child and there's some notation for the grandparents if they are still alive and some other stuff. Sigh. Basically, we were either just agreeing or requesting her to make the decision for us, lols.
- Again, these cards are really costly.
- It is important to check on the draft of card design, especially the madarin part where the characters might be incorrect, you know how in mandarin for one word there might be 300 ways of writing them, huh?
Okay, now we're done with the cards, I guess we can start worrying on the guests list once again, sigh. Btw, when we were done with the cards the other day, we saw one lady selecting the wedding cards on her own, don't know why but suddenly felt very kesian for her loh, having to go though this stuff alone. I wonder if Jacklyn used to feel the same way back then or it didn't matter cause she really enjoyed them as she's finally getting married lols sure kena pukul one when she read this later.
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