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Quote from: balong on September 03, 2008, 07:26:36 AM
be prepared for more than 100 people  to show up in lieu of your 50 guests. gate crushing is an art in bohol. just kidding but there's also truth in what i said. so be prepared like a boy scout..

The whole arrangement would be arranged indoor at Linaw beach resort I think, with only the ceremony taking place outdoors. So I think I am relatively safe for party creashers! But I am going to order a very large Lechon Baboy and large deep pans of mushroom soups, so if someone strolls by and into linaw beach resort ant the dining hall, I guess I could always give them something to eat. Unless its the whole island

We will choose a wedding planner early next year, and yes, it might very much be Gelyan and options and consepts who have proved to be a great help so far!! And so have this community!

Right now though, I am working a lot to save the neccesary money for this happening.

Quote from: balong on September 01, 2008, 06:05:00 AM
for drinks you can add beer and whiskey. we are not accustomed to wine because it's expensive

Quote from: balong on September 01, 2008, 06:05:00 AM
for drinks you can add beer and whiskey. we are not accustomed to wine because it's expensive

Acustomed or not, there will be wine! I might be a little spoilt like that, because I am a strong believer in that a superb dinner requires wine! Ofcource it will depends a little on the price too. But I hope to be able to afford wines to all the dishes for our guests.

I have calculated that for 50 guests I need like aprox. 30 bottles of red wine, 10-12 bottles of white wine and 10-12 bottle of sparkling wines.. So yes, its a lots of bottles... There will ofcource be purified water which will be served alongside the wine and there will be mineralwater etc. for the children who is attending.

I have checked the prices a little. If I buy in a store I think I can get a decent bottle of red wine for like 600-700 php for a bottle. That means a total 21.000 php. White wine I can get for about the same price I thnk for a decent brand. so that adds another 8400 php. And for sparkling wine I think I can get a bottle for 900 php which will add another 10800 php. We are then speaking about 40.200 php in total. And if I am getting greedy I could always buy 3 litre wine bags, which are even cheaper - and still pretty good. hey, maybe I could even draw a discount for buying in large stocks... who knows..

The dinner.. Not sure but I have calculated with one large lechon baboy and a price like 13.000 php. Soups can be produced easily too in large quantity and should be a very good dish to start with. I guess I should be able to get a soup like Creamed mushroom soup for 50 people for like... 3500 php? I know that Linaw beach resort sells one platter of soup for like 100 php. I think if I buy large I should be able to press that price down to at least 70 php.... Then ofcource we need a wedding cake. I have calculated with 15000 php. I have really no clue what the price for these huge cakes are. Pork satay and sawsawam O think I could get for like 4000 php for 50 guests, and fresh coffee and fruit etc. for like 3000 php? Mineral water/Purified water.. lets say 1000 php there too. If we say this is all I should be able to pay 76000 for the whole dinner..

I think I read somewhere when browsing about Philippines and dinners these words: "Dont be skimpy about food and beverages! When your guests leave your wedding they will soon enough forget about the wedding, but the dinner will always linger in their mind and set your impression about you"

I am a foreigner coming to Philippiines to marry one of your daughers and bring her home with me to Norway. I feel like its important to at least give her family and friends a dinner to be remembered! besides, I am a form believer that the most important meal is the dinner, and special occations.. well special occations are really special occations and needs to be treated as such. I am sure I will be broke as hell when the day is over though, but if you are first putting money into something is should be the day of your wedding! And I dont plan to get married more in this life anyway!

Ok... just say it... I am too obsessed, am I not....

Quote from: kiamoy` on August 28, 2008, 12:08:01 AM
niccolado, yup lechon baboy or roasted pig is a must.
and I was about to suggest Options and Concept of sirjunayag. Good thing he was able to post here already. Anyhow, their food and serving is great!
And I agree with ate graziey that food should be readily served on each of the guests'
plate. To avoid wastage.
I feel your excitement

I think I will check out Options and Concept with Sirjunayag when time gets closer! I just need to speak with my lady about it first!

But ok, so far a draft for a menu MIGHT look like this...

1. Starter:
Pork Satay with vinegar-garlic sawsawan

2. Soup:
Aspargus or Creamed Mushroom soup

3. Main Course: Pork Meat
Lechon Baboy with neccesary greeneries, rice, sauce etc.

3. Desert: Cakes
Leche Flan
Wedding cake!
Fresh Fruits

4. Beverages: all kinds
Red wine to the main course
Port wine to the desert
Champagne for a welcome drink and toast
Purified water
Mineral water/Sodawater
Coffee

Any thoughts about this? Do I miss something?

I want our wedding to be memorable and remembered for bringing LOTS! of GOOD and TASTY  food, for our wedding!

One post too much, sorry!

Quote from: junayag on August 23, 2008, 02:29:27 AM
  Niccolado, the total outcome of the planned occasion will be solely dependent on the bride and groom- to-be wishes/choices/preferences.  The wedding planner will add value to your plans and will do the execution.  Hence, we will be having consultative discussion on this.  We will communicate with you via PM, please indicate your email add and contact number.  Options and Concepts will be more than glad to answer your queries and make that dreamed wedding a success - meaning and memorable.

Hello Junayag!

Tried to send you a PM, but it seems your inbox is full. At least thats the message I got! Anyway, here is the post I tried to send you

..
Hello!

Refering to my post in the cooking section about me and my ladies wedding late next year.

Right now everything is on the planning stage. We are just discussing back and forth what we would like to have etc. I have been trying to get in touch with http://www.supreme-weddings.com/
which i supposed to be a Bohol marriage planner, but I have not yet got an answer.

Another question is pricing. I am not sure how much I should calculate with. I will use whatever I need ofcource, and I have not really set budget as per today. Also I really hate to set a ammount of money for budget without any knowledge of what to expect. If I set too much, I can "waste" money. If I set too little I can seem to "greedy". So right now, I am trying to get some sums on the table.

If I have to set some sums though:

200k PhP for the wedding/dinner/Wedding cake/ceremony etc.
85k for wedding bands
100k for an engagement ring
40k for wedding gown
20k for a complete barong set
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445k php
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64k for room rental at Linaw Beach Resort (resort not fully decided)
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509k
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In addition I have ofcource set money for dinners, breakfast and lunch for the whole stay, both in Manila and Bohol. Plus for other expensives which might show up ofcource.

The sums I have set for the wedding is just ideas. They are not set in stone, so I will change them for sure if I have calculated too little. Do you have any idea I would greatly appreciate your input!!


You can send me emails to niccolado@online.no!

Thank you for your very kind help!!

Nic

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ofcource, seeing the letter is now public, I guess others can post comments to it too! I appreciate any comments! Just know that the sums I have set up is completely taken out of the thin air! So the sums can be rediculously low.. So inputs are neccesary indeed!

But remember, seeing this post is in the cooking section, lets put some extra emphasis on the dinner, ok?

Quote from: kiamoy` on May 26, 2008, 04:34:05 AM
Rules:

- Press button while kitty is inside. The blender will go through all blending motions (grind, blend, chop, mix, puree, liquify, etc.). Afterwards a game show host who looks remarkably like Kris Aquino will step in and give you a suitcase with 500,000 pesos, tax free.
- You must watch the kitty until the blender is finished.
- You must clean the blender afterwards. It's up to you what to do with (what's left of) the kitty.
- No one else will know that you blended a kitty.

Now, is it a DEAL... or NO DEAL?

No deal.

I am the kind of person who would feel bad just because I have to remove my cat from the dinner table where he likes to sleep, each time im having dinner! For some reason he sends me this sad look, and i feel so guilty for having to disturb him in his sleep..

I love cats! Particularly kittens! I think I would rather watch a human being being put into the blender then a innocent cat! Not that I would like that either ofcource!!! But the cats are soooo adorable!

No. I think I would rather forfeit those money and go to work each day instead!

Quote from: junayag on August 22, 2008, 04:27:51 PM

Hi Niccolado,

May I introduce Options & Concepts to take care of your wedding in Bohol next year... as the name of our business speaks.... we will add value in everything ... so guaranteed this would be a one kind of events to look forward to... I will ask Gelyan and Paul to reach you... I will have a hand on this... we'll make this a "worldclass" in terms of quality and organization... how about it... don't worry for every minute details will be attended to...

How much do you have to to budget with for a wedding with full package? Which includes rings, clothings, dinners, the wedding ceremoney and all that includes, renting dining hall, cars, entertainers etc? How much do I have to expect to pay in Bohol? Not a  complete luxury setting with the most expensive of everything, but a beautiful and maybe a little above average? A wedding setting for like 50 or 100 people?

I might need your help later on, but ofcource I will have to discuss things with my lady first. Right now, I am just trying to come up with an idea which I intend to present for her.

Quote from: Lorenzo on August 11, 2008, 01:06:12 PM
Update:

Over 2,000 Georgians have been killed so far due to the Russian invasion. This number is rising as we speak.

Wars have never been pretty.

But if we try to be a little objective here, Georgia should not have started shooting russian citizens in east-ossetia the day before the Russian joined the war. But I guess Georgia relied too much on the western world to come them in support. Personally I know an injustice when I see one. And I doubt we can blame Russia for it.

When that is said, we have other countries in the world doing the same thing as Russia did - but then with US and western support. Israel is occupying Palestian territories for 50-60 years. Land granted to them by UN in the 1940s. US invaded iraq based on a lie in 2003. Russia protects their own citizens, and now those two outbreak republics wants to join the Russian Federation after having been suppressed for a long time..

To be honest: When all comes to all its all about politic. Never about fairness.

Sad really. :/

Quote from: grazie7y on August 21, 2008, 03:58:31 PM
Niccolado, how many people are you expecting to attend the wedding reception?  I understand you are based in Norway and that your lady is from Pilar, right?  We can help you plan out with the menu but it may be a futile exercise because ultimately it is gonna be your bride and her family who are going to be planning the menu.  It's the way how things work back home, or at least how I remember things are.  Well, if you just want to be able to suggest menu to your bride, then that's another story and sure, we can help you. 

Do you plan on having servers or is this gonna be a buffet dinner? 

Lechon baboy is almost always the main dish in every special gatherings like your wedding. 

Me and my coming wife have been speaking about how to do things, and we have agreed on that seeing she lives in Pilar she will handle a lots of the preparations for our wedding. I however will be covering a lot of the expenses.

Lechon Baboy seems to be a wonderful dish, but it seems to me that lechon Baka is maybe a little better? Or should I go for both?

I am not decided whether the dinner should be served on a platter or like a buffet. I told my coming wife that I want a traditional Philippine wedding ceremony so the dinner should be served accordingly. I thought it to be proper that in Philippines you do things the Philippine way!

The wedding itself will be a civil ceremony, since I am a christian protestant while my lady is a christian catholic. But besides that I want the wedding to be stupendous, classy, romanrix and a very traditional Philippino wedding!

Hi All!

I am in state of planning mine and my girlfriends wedding on Bohol next year, and although I plan to use a wedding planner, I still want to take a very active part in one of the more important parts of the wedding personally.

I am ofcource speaking of the dinner!!

In that I need your help good ladies and gentlemen!

I have got this coming wife to impress - and her family ofcource! There will be about 60-75 guests, but we can plan for 100 if its easier. So, yes, we are speaking about a large dinner here, with starters,
Soup, Main dishes, Lechons (Lechon Baboy or Lechon Baka??), Deserts etc. etc. etc. Please use your imagination and set up a excusive menu, because what I am looking for is something the guests will be remembering for the next year - at minimum! The price is not much of a question, and the dishes can be of fish and meat: Whatever is most revered on Bohol and Philippines!

So please all! What menu with specific dishes would hugely impress my coming wife and her parents-in-law?:

Thank you all! 

Niccolado

Quote from: asianfairy on August 03, 2008, 02:44:07 AM
Hej Niccolado,

Var i Norge bor du?
Jag kommer från Valencia, Bohol men bor nu i Sverige sedan 17 år tillbaka.

En annan man från Norge köpte nyligen vårt lilla hus i Valencia.
Ganska nära vår nya resort. kolla länken: www.villatarcela.com

Du kan gärna ringa mig om det är något du vill fråga.
Bästa hälsningar, Asianfairy

Hi asianfairy!
I live in a city called Kristiansund in Norway. Its a nice city with about 23.000 inhabitants. Its in the middle part of Norway really, and the closest larger city is Trondheim.

Villa Tarcela looks very nice! I have been thinking of hiring a room there for me and my lady. Still might. The only problem is its distance from the catital Tagbilaran city. We need to go there relatively often, but I still go for it when time come. It looks like a very nice resort! So far I have been thinking of the

Isis resort: http://www.isisbungalows.com/en/index.html
or
Linaw Beach Resort: http://www.linawbeachresort.com/index.html

They are closer to Tagbilaran, although some distance from Pilar. I am still searching for some info about Pilar though. It seems impossible to find one photo from that place, except from the dam! So please! If anyone have any info and photo, I would be pleased for sure!

Quote from: raldampong on August 01, 2008, 04:04:08 PM
You'll loved the Boholana too.

Yes, I guess I would. But I have found my love really, and that is enough for me!

But ofcource, I am very happy for the local Boholano!

Quote from: raldampong on July 30, 2008, 02:47:07 AM
Welcome Niccolado, We'll of help if you good intentions. Boholanos are friendly people, but don't harm the woman just respect them. And the respect is given back to you.

Just over the forum and you can find pictures of different places of Bohol. There is snake, mosquitoes, and crocodiles but they are friendly too. In fact We played with them. The mosquitoes has no malaria, just let them bite you then he fly away if he full. The crocodiles We swim with them in the river is like carabao. but sometimes if he hungry he bite our limp. But its ok. Just joking.

Anyway, Welcome to Bohol and enjoy your stay.

Quote from: raldampong on July 30, 2008, 02:47:07 AM
Welcome Niccolado, We'll of help if you good intentions. Boholanos are friendly people, but don't harm the woman just respect them. And the respect is given back to you.

Just over the forum and you can find pictures of different places of Bohol. There is snake, mosquitoes, and crocodiles but they are friendly too. In fact We played with them. The mosquitoes has no malaria, just let them bite you then he fly away if he full. The crocodiles We swim with them in the river is like carabao. but sometimes if he hungry he bite our limp. But its ok. Just joking.

Anyway, Welcome to Bohol and enjoy your stay.

Hey!

Thanks for your answer!

Real men dont hurt anyone, least the ladies! And I put my honour into being a real gentleman! Ok, I maybe i'll swat a mosquito or two if they get more then their share, but then they askes for it!

I have found lots of Beutiful photos of Bohol! Particularily places around Carmen and Chocolate hills, lots of photos from the beaches along the coastal line like with Panglao Beach and some photos from the city Tagliaran city, with its important buildings like Island City Mall. I have found a site showing some pictures from other cities on Bohol, but I am ofcource looking for more. Its so beutiful place!

When it comes to arrangements, that is yet to be decided with my girlfriend. One thing I know and that is ladies are way better then planning romantic events like weddings then men...  But thanks for the tip!

This is  my first post to this forum, so I hope I am posting in the right forums now!

I am a man from Norway, and I have met this very beutiful young Lady from Pilar on Bohol, in the Philippines, and now we have decided to meet there in the coming year, where we are getting married!

I am very much looking forward to my visit there! Not only because of the wedding, but also because I have heard so many beutiful things about this island! The beaches, the Chocolate Hills, the tarsier. I just hope there are not too much of snakes, spiders and moscitos.. I hate spiders, and if I see a snake i start running and dont stop before I have a heart attack 

Anyway, My lady have told me a little about Pilar ofcource, but she dont have any photos from this area. And ofcource, I would like to know as much as possible about Bohol and particularily Pilar and the areas there! And if anyone have photos I would be overjoyed!

I understand that some of you are from Bohol, and maybe even Pilar? Can you guys and gals help a poor boy from Norway with his weddingplan and honeymoon on Bohol??

Thanks!


Sincerely yours,
Niccolado