3rd KL-PJ Wedding Fair 2011

Save up your wedding enthusiasm for one of the most anticipated wedding fairs in Malaysia, happening from 20 May to 22 May 2011 at the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre KL, between 11AM and 9PM daily. We’d advise you to come as early as 11AM so that you’ll have more time to shop around before the weekend rush hours. The wedding fair will see a host of participation from top bridal studios in the country and other wedding service providers. It is the perfect time to take advantage of the great deals, with lots of great prizes to be won including gadgets, wedding services and beauty products.

Here’s the complete list of participating vendors:

WEDDING VENUES

• Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur
• Dynasty Dragon Seafood Restaurant
• Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya
• Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur
• Vistana Hotel Kuala Lumpur

BEAUTY & SKINCARE

• Bella Skincare
• Medishape

BRIDAL DRESSES & ACCESSORIES

• Diva Darling Boutique
• Marry Merry

SS2 BRIDAL HOUSE

• Bridal Concept
• De Casamia Bridal Gallery
• Devas Bride
• Enya Mareine
• Keep Gallery Wedding Studio
• Lasposa Bridal Gallery
• Life Gallery
• Love Vision Wedding Studio
• Micasa Bridal House
• Monliza Wedding Castle
• Posh Wedding
• Precious
• Red Bliss
• Valerie Fan
• Vogue Collection
• White House Wedding

DAMANSARA BRIDAL HOUSE

• Armadale Wedding
• My Dream Wedding

SUNWAY BRIDAL HOUSE

• Star East Wedding

LOKE YEW BRIDAL HOUSE

• Faye’s Wedding Studio
• Ivory Romance
• Red Sense
• Sophia Fashion Wedding
• Tom Wedding City
• Touch Wedding Studio

JALAN IPOH BRIDAL HOUSE

• Dior Pink
• GTC – Glamour Trendy Creative
• Taipei Taipan Wedding Studio
• Universal Studio

CHERAS BRIDAL HOUSE

• City Image
• My Wedding House

KEPONG BRIDAL HOUSE

• Yes Wedding

WEDDING PLANNERS & DECORATORS

• Fairytale Weddings
• La Flaire
• The Peak Xperience
  

WEDDING GIFTS & FAVOURS

• Favorart

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

• Kaho Music Live Band

VIDEOGRAPHY SERVICES

• Speedlens Studio

Admission is free! For more details, head on over to the official website or official digital magazine partner, Love Wedding

Songs for Japan

As Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and tsunami with the continuous search and rescue efforts amidst on-going nuclear power plant crisis, we’d like to take some time to encourage you to lend a helping hand by donating to ShelterBox or iTunes’ Songs for Japan album.

On March 25, 2011, in what stands as a major global music relief effort to benefit those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, over 30 of the biggest names in contemporary music have joined together for the worldwide release of Songs for Japan, an unprecedented compilation of 38 chart-topping hits and classic tracks, available on the iTunes Store for US$9.99. Proceeds from the album’s sale will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS). The society will use the funds for the ongoing provision of immediate relief and for eventual recovery support to the affected population. The artists participating on Songs for Japan, the music labels and music publishers have waived their royalties and proceeds from the worldwide sales of the album to ensure that the JRCS receives as much support as possible from this global initiative.  iTunes will also donate its proceeds from the album’s worldwide sales to the benefit of the JRCS, and has prominently featured the project throughout its stores worldwide.

At the same time, we’d like to thank those who have helped support For Japan with Love. The initiative by Utterly Engaged and Ever-Ours, with the support of the wedding blogging community have raised more than USD$59,000 to ShelterBox.

Here’s a thank you message directly from Lucia Dinh Pador, the Editor of Utterly Engaged.

Dear Natasha,

Our heartfelt thanks for reaching out to us to be a part of “For Japan With Love”. I wanted to write to you personally and thank you for caring so much. The response “For Japan With Love” has been overwhelmingly amazing! We could not have asked for more.  We, at Utterly Engaged, truly appreciate all the support and love.  Thank you ever so much for being a part of the Bloggers Day of Silence. Because of the Day of Silence we were able to to raise $50,000 to have 50 ShelterBoxes help 500 people in Japan and other disaster areas. And you played a huge part in making this happen!!!

This project doesn’t end here, we have until March 31st to raise more funds. We will be launching one more last campaign to raise awareness that we would love your help in. Is it ok if I contact you for it? Please keep on spreading the word about “For Japan With Love”. Every little helps and we need to keep people aware of all the help that Japan needs.  Sending you massive amount of hugs!

So, do click on the For Japan with Love badge located on the side bar of our blog and lend your support to Japan, or purchase the Songs for Japan album from iTunes.

Song Compilation from Songs for Japan album

1. John Lennon “Imagine”
2. U2 “Walk On”
3. Bob Dylan “Shelter From The Storm”
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Around The World”
5. Lady Gaga “Born This Way”
6. Beyonce “Irreplaceable”
7. Bruno Mars “Talking To The Moon”
8. Katy Perry “Firework”
9. Rihanna “Only Girl (In The World)”
10. Justin Timberlake “Like I Love You”
11. Madonna “Miles Away”
12. David Guetta “When Love Takes Over”
13. Eminem “Love The Way You Lie”
14. Bruce Springsteen “Human Touch”
15. Josh Groban “Awake”
16. Keith Urban “Better Life”
17. Black Eyed Peas “One Tribe”
18. Pink “Sober”
19. Cee Lo Green “It’s Ok”
20. Lady Antebellum “I Run To You”
21. Bon Jovi “What Do You Got?”
22. Foo Fighters “My Hero”
23. R.E.M. “Man On The Moon”
24. Nicki Minaj “Save Me”
25. Sade “By Your Side”
26. Michael Buble “Hold On”
27. Justin Bieber “Pray”
28. Adele “Make You Feel My Love”
29. Enya “If I Could Be Where You Are”
30. Elton John “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
31. John Mayer “Waiting On The World To Change”
32. Queen “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)”
33. Kings Of Leon “Use Somebody”
34. Sting “Fragile”
35. Leona Lewis “Better In Time”
36. Ne-Yo “One In A Million”
37. Shakira “Whenever, Wherever”
38. Norah Jones “Sunrise”

Source: PRNewsWire, iTunes

Note: At the time of posting, we discovered that the Songs for Japan album is NOT available for purchase in iTunes Malaysia.

For Japan with Love

We are participating in the Blogger’s Day of Silence, part of the For Japan with Love Disaster Relief, to help the victims of the latest disasters that struck Japan.

Please take a moment to visit Shelter Box and join us in making a donation, no matter how small the amount. All proceeds to Shelterbox will be used to provide emergency shelter. Each large green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.

Charity’s International Director, Lasse Petersen (AU), says ShelterBox will be doing everything they can to help.

“As you head further north along the coast literally every single home has been destroyed,’ he said. ‘At this moment the focus of the relief effort is still on search and rescue. The authorities are still in the stage of establishing what they need, where they need it and where the best places to house large numbers of displaced people are. They’re gearing up for the anticipated need which will become apparent when the focus shifts from search and rescue.”

“It’s extremely cold here and we are hearing reports of people having to sleep in their cars while evacuation centres remain full and overcrowded. We’re committed to doing everything we can to help Japan’s people at this extremely testing time.”

ShelterBox were on the ground in Japan within less than 24 hours after the earthquake struck. The hugely-experience ShelterBox Response Team (SRT), consisting of Mark Pearson (UK), Lasse Petersen (AU), John Diksa (FR) and David Eby (US), are now working with authorities to assess the areas of most need.

To-date, Japanese police said they have so far confirmed 6,539 deaths in the earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan last week. The evacuees are wide-spread in more than 2,000 shelters in 15 quake-hit prefectures. In the northeastern region, which includes the 3 hardest-hit prefectures, 265,000 people are taking refuge at 1,900 shelters. Among them, Miyagi Prefecture is worst hit and 166,000 people are taking refuge in 1,000 shelters. That is about 60 % of the total evacuee number. Fukushima Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture each has around 47,000 to 48,000 evacuees. The quake did not spare the Kanto region, Tokyo and its surrounding areas. More than 20,000 people are taking shelter at around 300 places.

Source: NHK News, CNN