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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Post-Mortem: Decorations

from the survey:

backdrop
  • backdrop could be more elaborate - but then again, money and time constraints apply.
  • Except for the tables, there isnt much difference before and after the hall was set up. Could have had a better backdrop. It didn't really match the decorations of the tables.
  • include some drawings like "wau" or "layang-layang" or something that shows malaysian culture. i mean the "malam malaysia 2008" at the stage..its too simple..
  • More effort on the backdrop please... I wonder which part of the theme "home" was shown in the decorations...

the story...

we admit that it was rather plain. even not comparing to the past few years, it's still pretty... plain.

anyway, we actually had 2 ideas.

firstly we wanted to paint on wooden planks. but the stage was too low and so our support for the planks might be falling all over the place. so, nopez.

the stage was pretty... empty. urm. wanted to save money that's why. hehe :p

we did think about using the projector and having slideshows etc as our background. but due to some misunderstanding about the projectors etc - we didn't do it.

anyway, ya, we should have definitely put in a lil more effort on the backdrop! thanks for the feedback!

twin towers
  • Twin towers were awesome!
  • I love that u guys put so much effort in creating the Twin Towers.
  • The Twin Tower was a superb success.
the story...

glad you guys loved the towers! Calvin Lim! you're the man! :D thanks to all those who helped out too! Eric Ong especially! overall, it took them about 1 1/2 months to build the towers :) lots of cutting and drawing and uhu-ing :p

overall
  • not have the same every year...
  • something more elegant
  • was really nice. loved it a lot.
something more elegant - would be nice if you could elaborate :) thanks!

i wonder if you guys noticed the little details here and there. ok. maybe not.

firstly, if you realised, we had the hall separated in bandar (city) and kampung (village). the ones with the white table cloth was the city side; and the black table cloths were the village side. so the deco for each side of the hall was different.

we initially wanted to have more models (i.e. a rumah papan, kl tower etc) - but ya, time and energy constraints.

kudos to Jacky Tay who drew those beautiful pictures on the walls. Hope some of you noticed them! :D

oh, and we have an advice - candles!! make sure we communicate properly with the hotel about lighting the candles.

it is a long story to tell - but Merlin did a great back-up plan! i called him around 1-ish pm telling him that the hotel said that we couldn't light the candles (they did mention to us earlier that we could light the tealight ones). Anyway, thanks to the gardens at both our flats, Merlin managed to gather some supplies to beautify the tables. great job on that! :D

so ya, overall, great job deco team! :D

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