Tuesday, 10 April, 2012
Maybe we are supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
Maybe it is true that we don’t know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives.
Maybe the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Maybe the best kind of love is the kind you where you can sit on a sofa together, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.
Maybe you shouldn’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
Maybe you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.
Maybe love is not about finding the perfect person; it’s about learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. When you do what you can, love will do what you can’t.
Anon
Tuesday, 10 April, 2012
If ever, you sat alone in the abyss of a friendly sky of twilight, the night air upon your warm cheeks and the mildew of the atmosphere so close that it is tangible with a touch, you will remember feeling the weight of your inner sanctity calling out in relief. You are sovereign in that passing without a care for the world.
There you stand in the process of the universe perhaps alone. Perhaps with the thought of passion and adoration close to your affections. And it is there in that reflection, you realize basking in the wonders of the universe alone with a mere thought of romance will not complete you.
Because you realize you are standing there alone.
I am what you call an ‘irrational believer’ in love. To me, it is an abstract emotion unrecognizable with logic. Its substantial being is supported and solely constituted by the sentiments of emotion. You are believing the truth that is love in its own absence and nothing else. It is love simply because one feels it. Call it naivete, if you like. But remember that “love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence”. The person who said this knows the essence of love – the strength of feeling.
I’d like to strip ration and logic in the idea and perception of love. That principally prevails above sense and reasoning, leaving it pure and innocent, unabashed by thoughts and minds. Yet in this predicament, one can’t help to think that reality comes into play. It is the motor of reason in reality that turns the very existence of love into a fragile nature. No longer is love barefoot on top of soft green grass. It is abject in a pair of socks and shoes confined in its sheltered and protected domain. Here lies love, in a logical state of mind.
At times I see love in a form of nudity. In that instant, I gratify myself to view the pleasure of noticing two people completely ignorant of the external world. They are two people looking intently into each others bare heart and soul. And it seems in that split second, that nothing else matters. For all that, the stillness of a second does not permit time to discontinue its course and so the bubble bursts and shatters that loving gaze in which two lovers stood. There they allow the facade of logical thought to enter and suddenly the nakedness of love is tainted and forced to be covered . If not for faith, if not for hope, if not for courage, love would have vanished in reason.
Trust in love as the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Stare at love in the conscious soul and begin to endure the feeling. Fail to remember the basis of reason and initiate into the gaze of the perfect love. Will you constantly remember love as it is without reason, will you then appreciate its raw intent. You treasure love for love, for what its vivacity is worth and… it is worth the world.
Be confident in believing love for reasons of love, for the solitary purpose will fulfill its worth in fighting adversaries and obstacles, you will believe in the sacrifices and truth for and of love and the risk will be worth the taking. Don’t hesitate the prospect of untainted love, grab it by the arms and never permit it to stray. If you’ve found the rarity of love, abandon reason and you will be rewarded with a lover that loves from here on until eternity.
From,
Love.
Monday, 2 January, 2012
We love unusual dates and 11.11.11 was an auspicious number in the Chinese minds dealing with initiation, beginning, conception, new growth and potential.
We produced 2 Asian weddings in one day. A private villa wedding ceremony and dinner and a wedding reception only which was held exclusively in a restaurant. Initially client contacted the hotel direct for their ceremony and then asked us to find a nearby suitable venue for the wedding reception. We created the venue design, table decoration, provided the AV and execution of the day.
We set up early on the morning of 11.11.11 for the restaurant wedding reception and then headed off to the private villa wedding, leaving a staff member behind to handle the details at the restaurant.
In these cases when you are planning two weddings on one day, the clients must be advised at an early stage exactly who will be there on the day for execution, so there are no expectations or disappointments.
I am often asked, to my amazement, if we will be there on the night. I can not imagine a wedding planner preparing all the details of the wedding and then not being around for execution as that is the key element to a successful wedding, once all the other details have been finalized.
Timing is particularly important for tropical weddings as everyone dreams of a sunset ceremony, however the timing must allow for the bride being slightly late, the ceremony and formal photos before the sun sets. We also ask that you limit your formal photos, otherwise this may take all the time left, without the photographer being able to do the fun creative shots.
Enjoy the photos from VIcki & Euwyn’s private villa wedding in Phuket, photographed by Alison Mayfield.
Saturday, 5 November, 2011
1 November is the official date of Thailand’s high season and so starts the wedding season. This year opens with the flooding in Thailand and at this stage we are unsure of our local flower supply but also basic beverages and wines to stock our weddings. We can only wait and see how quickly the flooding situation will be resolved but in the meantime, as a wedding planner, we have to find solutions for our clients.
I have always stated that our title is not “Wedding Planner” it is “Trouble shooter” or “Problem Solver”. It really doesn’t matter how prepared you are on paper and how many meetings you have prior to the day, when it comes to the day, there is alway something that will not quite go according to plan. It is often the case that I will also change things on the day. There is a difference doing a mock up in an office as to setting up in the actual venue and surroundings. When I see everything coming together on the day and it doesn’t look right, I will change it there and then. My team, who have worked with me for 5 years, are extremely flexible and never say no! They are always prepared for changes. So “Problem Solvers” we are.
Which leads me to my next point, surround yourself with a team that are always working with you, not against you. Our suppliers have become my family. We are constantly meeting, creating and throwing around new ideas. We all help each other out in business and we never produce an event without one another. Once I made the mistake of trying to assist with a client’s budget and therefore going for a cheaper option, which was a disaster, however at the 11th hour my own team stepped in to save the day. Rule #1 – never work with a team that you don’t trust and have never worked with before.
Our first two weddings for the season were back to back on a Sunday and Monday. Both weddings were Asian clients and both weddings had games, presentations and lots of great details. My Asian clients are all young, hip, every well educated and put a lot of thought into their weddings. They are also all very techie savvy and produce excellent presentations. One of the weddings had dubbed part of the “Toy Story” movie in Cantonese and assigned each Toy Story character to the bride and groom and friends. The other wedding had set up ”Asia’s Biggest Race” for the bride as her hen’s weekend and had her running all over Hongkong looking for clues and performing very funny acts followed by a video camera which was then played back at the wedding. Of course this is all wonderful but we receive the presentations in so many different formats that it can be quite a headache for our team making sure we have the right cables, computers, programmes etc etc In other words test those presentations as early as you can on the day and make sure you have an excellent AV team.
This weekend we have a breather before the busiest day of the year next weekend 11.11.2011. I don’t think there is a venue or hotel that is not booked with weddings on this day and we have two! Next blog …. how to manage 2 weddings on one day?
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