No longer using this blog

Just a reminder to all that I will no longer blogging on this site as I the web designer had redesigned ADAMAS Website and there is a section for blog on the website. In the future visit our website at www.adamasweddings.com.

The Inaugural Graduation for Certified Wedding Specialists at ADAMAS School of Weddings

The Magic of the Northern Light 

(魔力北极光)

The Inaugural Graduation for Certified Wedding Specialists of ADAMAS School of Weddings

Thanks to Sue Lynn for the lovely writeup in her Blog - Bangsar Babe.

http://bangsar-babe.blogspot.com/2010/10/adamas-school-of-weddings.html. 

She was real quick, posted the writeup in her blog this morning. Her blog was very well written and covered all the aspect of the event from the Hand Print at the Glow in the Dark Tunnel,  Decor of the ballroom, Ceremony to the Food and Costume Party. Her photos of the setup was the best that I have seen so far, still waiting for the photos from the photographer (CK Chan Photography). Will upload more info on the graduation together with the photos very soon. :)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors, without your sponsors the graduation ceremony will not be the same,  the Boo Crew for your time in organising this wonderful night and also to all my friends and families, your supports always give me the confidence needed.  The photos below were taken using my personal camera.

Centerpiece Competition @Final - Love of Lock

The first group photos taken with some of the Certified Wedding Specialists

The Yummy Dessert

The Certified Wedding Specialists with all the invited speakers,  instructors, judges... :)

This photo was taken at the very end - after the "after party"!!! Everyone looks "HAPPY" and "RED" hahaha

 Below are some photos taken by CK Chan Photography, just received these few from him today.

At the Entrance to the ballroom - Me and KK (The Marketing Director)

Hand print of the guests with the glow in the dark paint  @ Glow in the Dark Tunnel

ADAMAS STAR (Most Potential Wedding Planner) of year 2010 goes to Adnes Lei from 4th Intake

Celebration Toast from all the Certified Wedding Specialists in their Costume

Malaysia Young Female Entrepreneur Forum: Session 4 : Turning Passion Into Profit

Malaysia Young Female Entrepreneur Forum: Session 4 : Turning Passion Into Profit: "Have you ever thought that you have something that you can do passionately. I think it will be a dream for many people if they can do someth..."

Malaysia Young Female Entrepreneur Forum 2010 (MYFREN) - So honored to be part of it

I was so honored to be invited as one of the speakers at Malaysia Young Female Entrepreneur Forum 2010 (MYFREN) - Officiated by YABhg Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor

I was scheduled to be in Session 4 below:-

Session 4 : Turning Passion Into Profit

Have you ever thought that you have something that you can do passionately. I think it will be a dream for many people if they can do something that they like very much and at the same time turning it into an income stream? MYFREN has gathered a few prominent Young Female Entrepreneurs who are actually living their dream by turning their passion into profit; some I must say HUGE profits.`

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Details of the forum are as follows:

Date: 26th & 27th October 2010

Venue: Grand Ballroom, Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Time: 9.00 am to 5.30pm

Investment :

RM 199 for female participant

RM 299 for male participant

RM 599 for premium participant (inclusive of meals)

Please call 03-4149 1211 or 016-3056100 or email myfren2010@gmail.com 

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You can also go to their blog (http://www.myfren2010.blogspot.com/) and facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malaysia-Young-Female-Entrepreneurs-MYFEN-Forum-2010/111948492151975) for more updated information.

Karaoke Session + Meeting for our Inaugural Graduation of ADAMAS School of Weddings

My philosophy is always Play Hard and Work Hard.  

Why do I place the word "Play" in front of "Work" may be some of you would ask... well.... the reason is...

You should enjoy your work, when you are enjoying your work so much that it is just like having fun. Congratulations to you!!! You will not get tired when you are are "working", at the same time you are actually Working Hard without even noticing it. Isn't it nice...

The best thing in life - is to find a job that you enjoy doing !!! 

Karaoke Session @ Time Square

Meeting for our naugural Graduation of ADAMAS School of Weddings.

Most of the committee members also had the chance to visit the haunted house at Time Square constructed by MD Events. They might be our vendor for sound, light & decor for our graduation if their quotation is within our budget. Our Theme for the graduation is Magical + Dreams inspired by Harry Potter, Northern Light and Magic, we will reveal more nearer to the date.

Just like Weddings,

 its always someone's Dreams or Magical to others.

Up The Ante: Kien Ling, ADAMAS Weddings @ 13 Sept 2010, 8am

Pre-recorded by Freda Lui, BFM 89.9 The Business Station on 10 Sept 2010, 2pm. In this session, they paired us with Irfan Khairi - A True internet Business Expert. 

"Irfan Khairi helps Kien Ling, ADAMAS looking for ways leverage her business using the internet."

Any comments, feel free to drop me any advise or comment yeah!!!

Wedding of Linda & Daniel - The Wedding of The Year @ 12 Sept 2010

I was honored to be able to plan Linda and Daniel's Wedding, They got  my contact from the hotel and they called  me when I was abroad, so I asked my assistant Sylvia to return her call. According to Linda, I was the most expensive planner that she contacted so far, but was lucky enough to be her final selection. I was glad that I was able to impress her and I did explain to her that we do not take commission from vendors, all the "commission" would be converted to discount for them, hence our fees are slightly higher  :)

The  planning took about 3 months after they engaged us, not a lot of time left, we have to come up with a proposal for them. The initial theme was High Fashion + Fairytale, Channel & Hello Kitty inspired. After about 1 month, we decided to change to a new theme, the time is running and we have to act fast. The new theme  - Chinoiserie.  French term describing European interpretation of Chinese Style from the 17th and 18th centuries, reflects China's influence as a world power and Westerners' fascination with the country.   This theme was definitely a better choice and at least I personally feel that it was more suitable for them. 

After the theme was finalised, we have to source for various vendors. This is where Gown (Designer Bridal Room), florist (Garden of Senses), lighting (Vibrant Productions), photographer (The Photoz), videographer (Filming Art), makeup artist (Geraldine Loh), entertainer (Joanne-solo performance & Mosaic - Liveband), emcee (Chui Ling), cake (delectable), Guest house (Terasek Brickhouse) etc came in. We have to start to liase with them on the theme and make sure that everything runs accordingly. 

Time flies, it was Linda and Daniel's Big Day, the morning ceremony went very well, all the 9 bridesmaid wore pink, and the 9 groomsmen wore red Chinese top. "Torturing" games were designed by the bridesmaid lasted about an hour, this included asking 1 of the groomsman to enter the pool to get the key to open the glass door. The ceremony ends at about 1pm at Daniel's place.

The wedding reception was held at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, the reception started 1/2 hour later than what we scheduled, which is quite normal for a Chinese Wedding. I was pleased to received a lot of compliments on the lighting. decor, sound system and the whole coordination.  Most importantly, both Linda and Daniel enjoyed the wedding and appreciated our service. :) They are now my friends rather than just client. Human being is just weird, do not mind giving more if he/she enjoyed or happy doing it hahaha.... if you know what I mean. :)

Photo stand at the entrance.

Photo taken by us which is not professional as you can see, will upload the photos from The Photoz soon. 

Our team on the coordination of the wedding reception, from left Kien Kiat, Michelle, Sylvia, Priscilla, Myself, Joey, Kathleen, Cyndi, Evelyn & Sow Wei.

Up the Ante – Irfan Khairi & Kien Ling from Adamas Weddings

Today I had an interview with Freda Liu from BFM 89.9 The Business Station, this is a pre-recorded session. "Up the Ante" or back to our show they called it. In this session, they usually invite previous guests to talk about the business.They are interested in our business development and wonder if there is one particular field we would like to improve on, they offer us to be paired up with a business consultant who will advice us on this particular issue (HR? Ad and Promo? Internet Marketing?).

In this session, they paired us with Irfan Khairi - A True internet Business Expert. He became a Malaysian Ringgit millionaire at the age of 25. He gave a lot of tips on how to use the social media to increase the number of fan and in return increase the business' sales. I would not want to say much here, lets wait till Monday (13 Sept 2010) for the 10 am, Up the Ante! 

Click the Link below to listen online on Monday !!! 
I will post the podcast in the blog once I have it. 

《雅石婚礼策划学院 - 桌上装饰竞赛有创意》 东方日报 报道 第四届学生课程中的一个毕业作业。 两组双双进入决赛，角逐毕业典礼上‘最佳桌上装饰’大奖。Media Clip in Oriental Daily (東方日報) @ 28 August 2010

Here is the media clip in Oreintal Daily on Centerpiece Competition for the 4th intake, 28 August 2010. :) Comments are always welcome. :)

Just CLICK on the diagram below to enlarge !!!

Writeup in University of Leicester's News & events

Today I randomly google on the phrase "ADAMAS Weddings", guess what I have found? 

To my surprise, I  saw a link to the University of Leicester's website which at one point of time I was so familiar with. :) When I clicked on the link, I came to this writeup about me, the writeup was  in the main University's site under the tab News & Events, dated May 14, 2010. Below is just part of the writeup more can be read here.

Leicester graduates in the news: Khoo Kien Ling

Electrical engineering graduate becomes successful wedding planner.

It’s a long way from Leicester to Malaysia but it’s even further from ‘Molecular dynamics simulation of high frequency dielectric absorption in hollandite' … to wedding planning.

In the early 2000s, Khoo Kien Ling was a PhD student in our Department of Engineering, developing computer models of the fluid behaviour of ions inside hollandite, a family of crystals principally composed of barium and oxygen. (The old Engineering website still has a page on Dr Khoo’s work including a movable 3-D model of a hollandite molecule that you can play with.)

But as an interview in  interview in leading Malaysian paper the New Straits Times reveals, Kien Ling is now one of the country’s top wedding planners, to the extent that she has set up a school to teach other people how to become wedding planners. Her company is called Adamas Weddings (from the Greek word for ‘diamond’)    ... more

Oil on Canvas Solo Exhibition by June-Yapyudan

Today I went to attend June-Yapyudan's Oil on Canvas Solo Exhibition with my cousin Karen, it was indeed and interesting afternoon. Was a pity that we did not manage to take photo with her today as it was her opening when we arrived, we would not want to hold her back for too long. She was a very nice and talented lady, just to mentioned a few, she won international dance competition, she do floral arrangement and demonstrated in China, not too long ago she started oil painting, recently she picked up photography. Went to her house few months back and she was so sweet to show us her collections of painting, photography collection, she also signed on her books given to us. Was so honored to have 2 books with her signature. :)

Karaoke Session - After the final exam for the students of 4th Intake

Another fun hangout with the students from the 4th Intake Priscilla & Adnes, it was a pity that Tang and Sarah could not make it.  It was very nice of Edmund to join the session. We celebrated Priscilla's Birthday with a champagne as well that night. :) This time we had a room on the same floor as the buffet, in fact the buffet line was just outside our door. :)

My favourite Design - Coffee Art

Latte art or I called it coffee art developed independently in different countries, following the introduction of espresso and the development of microform, the combination of crema and microfoam allowing the pattern; it presumably was initially developed in Italy.

It does make a lot of different when your coffee or latte being served with a beautiful design isn't it? 

Rose Coffee, had this in one of the restaurant in Kota Damansara.

Had this at Sydney, Australia

结婚策划师 ~ 浪漫婚礼的幕后导演 - 策划幸福喜事 - 报导：星洲日报 活力副刊 。Writeup in Sin Chew Daily - 3 Aug 2010, Tuesday

Writeup in Sin Chew Daily on the 03 August 2010, Tuesday. This time I was totally speechless when I see 4 pages of writeup.  Thank you so much :)

Click on the image below to enlarge. Tell me what do you think of the article. :) 

Adnes's Birthday Celebration at El Cerdo + Cake Cutting

All about Pork+People+Fun+a little Crazy...

Celebrated Adnes's, a student from the 4th intake Birthday at El Cerdo. It was indeed a nice gathering and good laugh... you will understand when you see the photos.

I was honored to have the opportunity to chop the piglet with plate and smash the plates in the wooden bucket provided with the Birthday Gal. It was believe that you have to make a wish, hold the plate with 2 fingers on each hand, drop the plate into the bucket provided if the plate break into pieces, your dream will come true. It was fun isn't it?

This was taken in the class after the making of bridal bouquet session, Adnes was born in the year of pig, and here you go.... :)

Our honour to have Sin Chew Daily's reporter at our Practical Session - Making of Bridal Bouquet

Making of Bridal Bouquet - one of the inclusive Practical Session for our WB Certification Program for Wedding Planners. 

We were honoured to have reporter from Sin Chew Daily to cover this practical session for the 4th intake -which is also the first Chinese Intake. The session took about 4 hrs to complete, the students had the opportunity to learn how to make a bridal bouquet, corsage, and a wrist corsage. The reason behind was in case of emergency, the students will know how to fix a bridal bouquet, even when there is a shortage of corsage, they can make one immediately. Of coz green tape, wire & safety pin are part of the items in ADAMAS Emergency Kit that they have to carry with them when coordinating a wedding.

The Wedding Doctor - Writeup in The STAR - (24 July 2010, Sat)

Writeup in The STAR on the 24 July 2010, Saturday. I was quite surprise that it was out on a Saturday and 1 & 1/2 pages of writeup.


Click on the image below to enlarge. Tell me what do you think of the article. :) or you can also read it online.

F&B Trade Fair @ PWTC

Attended the 11th Malaysia International Food & Beverage Trade Fair at PWTC. It was divided into different sections with F&B from different countries such as Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Turkey etc

I was quite disappointed, expected something more interesting, more unusual type of food etc. What caught my eye were the Twin Tower made from rice and the tower besides it made from yam. At the Malaysian section, fruits were used for decor. The figuring made or stacked up using flower pot of different sizes was quite cute as well :).

The Other Side of ADAMAS

The other side of ADAMAS is indeed Crazy + Fun !!!

Priscilla (student of 4th intake) brought this pair of glasses to ADAMAS School of Weddings. All of us had the chance to put it on, same pair of glasses yet looks so different on each of us.

Well.... 

How you want to  portray yourself will result in how you want others to judge you !!!

Interview with The Star (leading English Newspaper in Malaysia)

Today I had an interview with The STAR (leading English Newspaper in Malaysia) that lasted nearly 2 hours.

It was indeed an interesting session, I shared with Revathi M Murugappan, Chief Reporter, weekender on my passion in wedding planning, what makes me wanted to pursue this career, how I started conducting this WB Certification Program for Wedding Planners etc. She intend to sit in our upcoming practical sessions as well, which I am very proud of. I will post the media clip in my blog once it is published :)

International LED Expo & OLED Expo 2010 @ South Korea (22-25 June 2010)

Attended the International LED Expo and OLED Expo 2010 @ South Korea. It was indeed an eye opening event for me, attended the seminar on Day 1, learnt some fundamental of LED operation, properties and etc. There is actually no global standard for LED, Korea just recently started Korean Standard (KS), according to the LED manufacturer it was even harder to obtain compared to CE.

VISSEM is the Company who displayed this LED panel at the International LED Expo and OLED Expo 2010 @ South Korea. Their booth was situated right at the entrance. The LED Panel, shape of a tower. Changes in pattern, colour, design. Very interesting, can be used for event & wedding :)

Here are some photos taken at the exhibition. :) Solar powered LED street lamp, some even come with a wind turbine, it is sort of a 2 in 1 street lamp. The LED dance floor was nice, as it changes in colour.

Venue Visits for the students @ 26 Jun (5th intake) & 30 June (4th intake)

This is one of the practical session - Venue Visit incuded in the WBMS Certification Program for Wedding Planners. The students would have the opportunity to visit some of the popular venues for Wedding and meet up with the Person in Charge.

Venues proposed for these two intakes were:-

1) Kuala Lumpur Hilton

2) Le Maridien

3) Kuala Lumpur Tower

4) Luna Bar

The venue visit for the 5th intake and 4th intake were held on the 26 June 2010 (Saturday) and 30 June 2010 (Wednesday) respectively.

Lunar Bar

Le Maridien

Kuala Lumpur Tower

Kuala Lumpur Hilton

Interviews with Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報) and BFM 89.9 The Business Station

Today was my busy day, interview with Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日報) that lasted nearly 2.5 hours in the morning. It was an interesting "discussion", as I have shared a lot of my experience both on wedding planning and WBMS course that I am currently offering with Kha Mun - the reporter. She will also be sitting in one of our practical session on Making of Bridal Bouquet, looking forward to her write up.

In the afternoon, I had another interview  with Freda Liu from BFM 89.9 The Business Station, this is a pre-recorded session. "Up the Ante" or back to our show they called it. In this session, they usually invite previous guests to talk about the business.They are interested in our business development and wonder if there is one particular field we would like to improve on, they offer us to be paired up with a business consultant who will advice us on this particular issue (HR? Ad and Promo? Marketing?).

In this session, they paired us with a senior consultant - Jacqueline Arnold from Kim Chew Communications. We discussed about how to raise the awareness of people actually need a wedding planner instead of just wanting one and also how to get more students for the WBMS course that I am currently offering. Jacqueline had given me lots of useful suggestions. I would not want to say much here, lets wait till the interview is on air. :)

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my PR Consultants Shee Pinn & Rachel for their help and also to all that given me supports and courages for the interviews :)

Media Clip in Oriental Daily (東方日報) @ 23 June 2010

Here is the media clip in Oreintal Daily on Bridal Makeup, 23 June 2010. :) Comments are always welcome. :)

Just CLICK on the diagram below to enlarge !!!

 

 

Keith Kee's Fashion Show at Mid Valley @ 19 June 2010

Another great success on the fashion show by Keith Kee @ Mid Valley, 19 June 2010. Keith Kee is also one of the invited lecturer for 2 lectures (Bridal Fashion and Bridal Makeup) at ADAMAS School of Weddings for WBMS Course for Wedding Planners.

This video clip is the Finale, Enjoy. Thanks to Pris, Sarah & Tang for taking the video clips. I know is very tiring to hold the camera for so such a long period of time :)

This is the picture taken after the show at the back stage :)

Sarah's 21st Birthday Bash @16 June 2010

Sarah's 21st Birthday Bash in a Karaoke at the One Utama. The Cup Cakes was specially designed and made by Tang, nice to look at and yummy when you eat :) I do not have the close-up photos of the cakes here, it was so nicely done, there are little flowers and butterflies sitting on the cakes.

It was indeed an enjoyable night... I am sure Sarah had a good time. This again was a gathering initiated by all in the 4th intakes... Thats the way.... keep it up :)