What do you do
when you reach a milestone in life? You have a party to celebrate with friends
and family – to commemorate the end of your student days (Hooray! No more
exams!), a marriage, or even your 21st year on earth. You reminisce
the little moments that brought you to where you are today with the very people
that have stood by your side throughout it all. It tells them you’ve made it
safely and that you are happy; if you weren’t okay you wouldn’t even be
thinking about having a party.
One of the
hardest things you will have to struggle with when planning your party is who
to invite. You want to invite your friends from secondary school but you cannot
invite just one so you invite your whole gang. You also have to invite your
friends from university but again, how many groups of friends have you
accumulated from the CCAs and all the classes you attended? You have to invite
friends for your friends too – Singaporeans don’t do well when they are alone
at a party and usually don’t stay long.
The next most
challenging thing to think about is how to feed all these people – you need to
keep them at your party long enough that you can go around the room taking
pictures and talking to everyone. Then, you need to consider everything else
like where to have the party, will it have enough parking or if the location is
cnvenient for everyone.
When you have a
small party of less than fifty people, you have more choices on where to have
your party but the paradox of choice is that it becomes more difficult to
choose.
The venue
determines the theme of your event (if you have one) and food choices will be
constrained by the venue. For instance, having it at a function room means you
can’t make too much noise and determines whether you can serve food or if you must
tell your friends to have dinner before coming over. If you booked a restaurant
to have your party, food choices are constrained to what is on the menu. I know it’s a lot to take into consideration
so maybe its better to go all out and have a party at a large venue instead.
After all, this is a milestone and hallmark in your life; it’s only going to
happen once in your life.
Additionally,
having more people come for your party means you get to reap economies of scale.
For instance, a mini buffet catering can cost up to $13.70 per person from Le Xin Catering. However, a full buffet for more than fifty people will only cost
you $10.70 per person for the same kind of menu (and you get free delivery
too). You can then spend a little more for a better menu. Essentially, you
enjoy bulk discounts with a big party that you cannot when you just have a
small one. With buffet catering, you also get a variety of food that is sure to
satisfy even the pickiest eaters (their menu ranges from an 8-course meal to an
11-course meal). Most buffet catering comes with the tables and skirting. Some
of the nice buffet catering companies in Singapore do provide a la cartecatering menu, you can choose what you want for your party. Le Xin Catering also provides the trash bags
and disposable utensils, so you don’t have to worry about lugging all of that
for the venue.
Planning a party
is definitely not for the faint-hearted but there are plenty of ways to
minimize your worries and just let the professionals handle it. Now all you
have to worry about is what to wear.
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