September 27, 2008: Me -- being a Friend and a Wedding Coordinator

The last wedding I organized was 2006 its my Best Friend's Wedding Annie... now by this time its my Twin sister's wedding. Twin sister is our words of endearment because we have a lot of things in common and also we have a lot of differences too.

The funny side of organizing friends' wedding is not really the pressure and the stress of making the event perfect but the importance of being with your friend as she goes along with all these mess. Funny that i am calling all these things as mess because the other side of me is saying why don't you put pressure on your self organizing a wedding that i not yours. On the other side, practice makes perfect so meaning if the time comes that i will be organizing my wedding it will become as perfect as i would like it to be.

Being a friend and at the same time a wedding coordinator is not an easy job. Sometimes you cannot detach yourself to being a friend and being bias in favor of your friend. On the business side you are becoming too strict to deliverable and commitments sometimes neglecting the fact that all of the client is still a friend and needs special care. Although all the same because a client also requires the best care because were doing business here.

Expectations play a big role in being a friend and coordinator at the same time. The pressure is sometimes even higher as compared if the client is real client because you have to detach yourself from the biases. On the other hand , what nice in organizing a friends wedding is you share yourself to them as they going to marriage life. Wedding is one of the most exciting part of life, most memorable I should say. Imagine collating all your relatives, friends and love ones in one event.

If one will ask me what I would prefer organize a friend's wedding or a client? I should say BOTH. Friend's wedding because friends are treasure at all times specially to those closest to your heart. Friends whom you know that will never ever leave you at times of despair. Client also because its involves monetary return for all the efforts and pressure. Nowadays, wedding planners rate ranges from P10 k to 35k for the full coordination but for friends sometimes all are free of charge and labor of love. but you cannot pay the joy and the appreciation that you will receive knowing that you have contributed your talents to persons whom you love.

Whatever it may be, I still want to be a Wedding Planner.. and I will pursue to that dream of having my own Events Management Company soon.