second part of hk trip is still on shopping for dowry stuff.... so the second objective for this hk trip is to rent kua cause mama cant find suitable ones in SG.... & my cousins seem to manage to get some good deals during her wedding so it sparks the idea of renting kua from HK....
the place most well-known for kua rental is actually 金都商场... you get off at prince edward mtr station & come out from the 联和广场 exit & the building is just opposite 联和广场...side track abit, TSL is also another famous jewellery store in HK
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| 金都商场 |
this building is amazing, to me it's like the whole tanjong pagar street has condensed into this building.... all the shops deal with wedding stuff... like rental of gowns for both brides & family, wedding shoes, kua, wedding goodies, pre-wedding+actual day photography/videography & etc.... so inside this amazing building, we managed to find afew stores that rent kua but most of them are pretty expensive... just when we about to give up, we saw this tiny stores selling wedding goodies but also have afew kua on display... we ask the staff how much for the rental, to our surprise, the price is pretty reasonable.... again, there are 3 categories of kua.. the cheapest kind is about 888hkd for 3D2N, middle is 1188HKD for 3D2N, cant remember how much the most expensive one cost but i would dare say is still cheaper than SG.... but since we need to bring the kua over to SG & back to HK, we need to rent at least 7days... & the price we were offered was 2288HKD, which is about S$370... hey man, that's much cheaper than what we can find in SG for similar kua....
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| the kua store pamphlet |
forgot to take picture of the store, only took a copy of their pamphlet... the staff there was quite knowledgeable about the wedding customary stuff... & when she help me try on the kua, she wore gloves... wooow... so pro wor....
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| the kua i rented |
didnt take a picture while i try on the kua... this design is pretty nice, not the super fancy but still look formal... the best thing is that the kua look new... those that you can find in SG tend to look dirty & old but well... you cant complain much since not many stores do renting of kua... have to make do with what you can find... but of cause, if you dont have relatives/friends in HK who can help you bring over the kua then of cause renting one in HK is out of the option..... another thing i learn from the staff was that, we supposed to wear a red pyjama beneath the kua... one thing is precaution purposes since the kua is like OMFG expensive, more importantly is supposed to be something auspicious... so i will wear the same pyjama for 上头 on the night before wedding.... the staff also suggest us NOT to wash the pyjama since you want it to be like NEW...
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| red pyjama for bf (left) & me (right) |
so after settling 2 important things, we went on to get other stuff for my 行头(jewellery/show-off stuff) to match the wedding + evening gowns... i actually intended to get those cheapo jewellery from chromel or kenji those kind of brands cause seriously, who will go up close & check whether your necklace is real anot.... but mama say should have something real... so fine... lets see what we can find in HK.... we took a brief look at those pearl/ diamond necklaces... like my god!!! prices are insane!!! a simple necklace cost like 6digits hkd... that's totally rubbish for me.... so the next best alternative is getting from swaroski.... i actually took a look at SG store before... i do like the pearl necklace that mirandar wore on the HUGE poster.... we also check out the price in DFS in changi airport... only less 7% GST, like not much discount... so we went to check out swaroski in HK... like woah.... really cheaper wor.... we went to the
langham place outlet... after looking around the store, we narrow down to top 5 choices of which 2 of them are really stunning....
i think all these 3 necklaces are not too bad but when tried on, they dont look that stunning compared to the other 2....
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| azalea collar ... this necklace is amazingly nice when you tried on |
so in the end i bought the pearl & azalea collar + bracelet.... that's my wedding present from my jiejie & bro-in-law =) the pearl necklace cost 2140hkd = S$348, SG cost S$400 for that necklace... then the azalea collar cost S$880 but in hk is 4300hkd = S$699.. you saved almost S$200!!! my god.... that's ALOT of difference.... so again... this prove my point to buy jewellery in HK is more worth it =)
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| the most famous kua rental shop in HK |
to end off this post....
冠南华 is like THE kua rental shop in HK but the prices are way too expensive so that's out of our option... the nearest mtr station is jordon... mama asked & the simple kua which wore for more than 10x, the rental still cost like 3000+hkd for 3D2N..... but you guys are interested, can always take a look at the site =)
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