♥ Perfect Valentine @ Awanmulan, Seremban ♥

Awanmulan…….Isn’t the view and the structure of the building so breathtaking?
This was how we celebrated our Valentine’s Day. As usual my darling is a very punctual person. We started our journey around 11.00am from Klang. Check-in time was supposed to be 2pm but Zee allowed us in around 1pm.

Before that, Zee sent us en email together with the map to guide here (Please print the map as GPS will not have signal as you go deeper). It wasn’t hard to find this place but it isn’t easy as well. It is best to arrive before dark as the road up doesn’t have any street light (I think).
 

Waaaaa……That’s all I remembered saying the entire time

 

 

Walkway to our “Sunset” room

 

Dining area…

 

 Simple touches that made lots of different

 

 We were like little kid in sandbox..

 

Sunset room actually able to fit 4 person. I selected this room cause it came together with bathroom and. See, the sofa bed…its actually very comfortable. I slept most of the time there ( I coughing so badly that I afraid I might woke my dear up)..so sad…

 

Netting that is very useful at night…

 

The mini-open concept bathroom…Love every bit of it

 

 The green door (Entrance to the pool)

 

 

 

Big BBQ pit for a big group at the pool area

 

Posing time..

 

Octo-pod (self invented name)..

 

Zee’s mom. Auntie Anne has been so kind showing us around

 

View from our room

 

 

Preparing our dinner..Steamboat. Many people have been asking this portion actually meant for how many person? Just for the two of us. Food is not provided unless you are a big group and they cater it.. Awanmulan does provide bbq pit, steamboat pot and tenpayaki grill. Just book in advance ok?

 

The weird description of the yummy Zing sauce

 

 

 Many beautiful moths…I’m so sorry. I accidentally stepped so many to death..

 

 Woke up at 7am. No sunset. So sad!!!!!!!

 

 

Daniel was there too..so pampered..hehe

 

 

  Bay-watching….

 

Finally tired…good!

 

 

 Another room for big group. Teratak Bonda. The most awesome room. See! See! The pantry…

 

Living room

 

Open concept bathroom

 

One of the bedroom of Teratak Bonda. Sorry, house keeping was in the process

 

 Bathroom of the master room

 

Everything was decorated by them… Very unique

 

 Durian flower…this is the first time I’m seeing it

 

After checking out, we stopped by Seremban town to grab some yummy siew pao and egg tarts. Overall, we had an amazing time in Awanmulan. They were very friendly. Feels like home. During the night, the weather was breezy and cooling. I did not on the fan when sleeping. One word. AMAZING! An the best part, it’s only 1 1/2 hours drive from KL.

*****

Adapted from Awanmulan:

Important Notice!: awanmulan is not open to the public. We are in a private agricultural gated land enclosure. Visits are by appointment only. We will not be able to host walk-ins or day trippers. Access to the hill is for residents only. Trespassing is prohibited.
Our booking page and availability calender is at www.awanmulan.com/booking
and our information pack can be requested at www.awanmulan.com/request

Wedding Preparation 1

We are still very much alive, just lazy to blog. Actually, I had compiled photos of our Valentine’s celebration but just too lazy to write bout it. (Yes, and you must be wondering why I can do this instead of that). Never mind. Rubbish aside.

Well, wedding prep has been going rather well I would say. Of course, there were arguments in between, mostly myself with MYSELF (fickle-minded like s***), me against my parents and of course, how can I left out the groom-to-be right?

 

1. Save The Date Card
We made this as our save the date card and it was well received. Many compliments on how sweet and cute it looked. It wasn’t pain in the ass. The process of making it was indeed fun and once you get the hang of it, it was rather fast. (We made the envelope ourselves too). DIY instruction here.

 

2. Wedding Dinner Venue
I must admit that having a wedding in DRAGON year (in lunar calendar) is competitive. Most of the hotels and restaurants fully booked (except the 7th month/ghost month). We are lucky (or maybe you can called us “scared of losing”), we made booking WAY ahead and placed deposits last year 2011.

This wedding dinner is actually from bride’s side. In Chinese tradition, groom and bride can held the dinner together or separately. At first, we didn’t want to have any dinner, maybe just small dinner among few family members but my dad more or less insisted on it. Well, he is actually paying everything for the dinner. We can’t complain then. Thank you very much daddy for you generosity and kindness. Love you!

Ok. Dinner venue secured! Next please~

 

3. Bridal House
After got engaged for not long and some calculation, we decided it is cheaper to purchase the gown and tuxedo is cheaper rather than engaging a bridal house. Current market rate for pre-wedding package is quite scary, it could be from RM2000 till RM100,000 (you can put as many digit as you like).

HOWEVER, see there is an exception for situation like this, we went to bridal fair in Midvalley last year and managed to grab an awesome deal I would say. I’m not sure it’s ok to reveal the price but here are the details of the package we took:

15 x 24 Album (25 + 5WN poses)
12 x 16 Album (20 poses)
24 x 36 Big Picture with any frame we like
8R Table top – 2 pcs
10 x 14 Table top – 2pcs (additional free items)
Car decor
Bridal Bouquet
Car sticker and ribbon ball (6-8pcs)
4R Friends copy – 80 pcs
Together with DVD soft copy and montage
Bride (1 outdoor gown, 3 indoor gowns)
Groom ( 2 sets of tuxedo)

Everything for a total of : RM2012 (perfect for head start of year 2012.. :P)

 

4. Photographer and Videographer
Photographer done. We loved his work and his rate very much too. Will revealed that after our wedding. As for videographer, we are still searching high and low that suits our budget.

5. Garden Wedding Venue
Yes, we will be having our second wedding celebration, to be exact, our ACTUAL wedding date together with Registration of Marriage (ROM) . It is weird that wedding dinner come one week before the actual day but it’s ok, I will explain it in near future. It is going to be held at my home garden (save on the rental, yeah!). How blissful~

For us, intimate wedding ceremony has been our priority since day 1. We did not want have a big fat wedding. Firstly, we do not wish to shake hand with the guess and not knowing who the hell is him or her. Secondly, we want them to come to our wedding to be part of our joyous celebration rather than HAVE TO. This happened a lot in Malaysia. When we invite, complain ( We not that close la, invite for what la, waste money la). Didn’t invite also complain. We rather not invite right? WTH!

Something similar to this…I hope. Photo courtesy of Stories

All the planning for this stage is yet to be confirmed; from choosing caterer, canopy services, ceremony officer and etc.

 

6. Wedding Cake
My adorable sister will be sponsoring our wedding cake. So generous and sweet of her. I can’t be more grateful than this. Thank you so much Swan B for the cake. the details and theme yet to be discuss with her boss. Yes, she is working in this line. *cheeky smile*

This cake is made by her boss, SU. Sounds familiar? Its actual Delectable. So lovely. Every bride’s dream. Of course I’m not so greedy. 2- 3 tiers will do. Lolz.

 

7. Hair and Make-up
Checked! Can’t wait for the trial make up. I love her “works”.
Btw, she is Patricia Lok (The make up artist, not the bride in the pic below).

Photo courtesy of LoveyDoveyz

 

8. Wedding Invitation
Hmm…yet to finalize. Since, it is still quite early to decide. Our wedding is in DECEMBER 2012. Hahaha!

Basically, there is nothing much to execute yet cause the time frame to actual date is still a long way to go. Now we focus more on our “love nest” mini-renovations and price surveying. Will try my very best to update this blog as frequent as possible!

 

Sweet dreams~