Malaysian-born singer Fish Leong got married to Taiwanese businessman Tony Chao in a beach wedding at Discovery Shores last Monday. The bride is well-known in the Mandarin pop scene and has had much success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. Jasmine Leong (Fish’s stage name) is known as “the Queen of Love Songs” and famous for her love-themed ballads, many of which have become popular KTV hits.

Talks about her planned island wedding came out as early as October last year. Channel News Asia reported that the Fish originally wanted to hold her wedding on the island of Boracay where around 50 relatives and friends were to be invited. The bridegroom was also prepared to bear all expenses including accommodation and flights estimated to be worth S$100,000. But due to the recent storms and floods in the Philippines, the couple is now considering either Okinawa or Guam as an alternative. The following month, Fish laid down guidelines for upcoming wedding.

Luckily, their original plans to hold here wedding here pushed through. The couple flew in their own hair & makeup artist and photographer from Taiwan. A few photos from the wedding can be viewed here.

The Philippines’ very own, Mayad Studios covered the wedding and did the SDE (same-day-edit) video which can be seen below. Amanda Tirol of Boracay Weddings was the couple’s wedding planner, and April & Karen Yu did the bouquets.

The Philippines has hosted the weddings of other big names in world of Chinese entertainment. In 2006, Hong Kong actors Nicholas Tse & Cecilia Cheung got married in a private wedding organized by their Filipina maid. Early last year, another HK celebrity couple (Dickie Cheung & Zhang Qian), had their wedding held in San Agustin Church in Manila.

Below is an article about Tony & Fish’s wedding as reported by Singapore’s Strait Times.

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BORACAY (Philippines) Malaysian singer Fish Leong married Taiwanese businessman Tony Chao in a beach wedding on Monday, said reports.

At the ceremony at Discovery Shores resort, she was led down the aisle by her mentor, singer-songwriter Jonathan Lee, and was in tears before she took her vows. Her bridesmaid, singer Penny Tai, yelled at her not to cry and mess up her make-up.

After the 31-year-old bride and 34-year-old groom exchanged rings in front of more than 50 guests, she choked as she told him: ‘Thank you for loving me.’

Her bridal dress was by Vera Wang and her diamond wedding band was by Cartier, said the report.

Lee, who was a chief witness to the nuptials, said: “I’m the first man who brought her into the music industry when she was 17. Today, I entrust her to the second man in her life.”

The couple, who dated for about two years, will live in Taipei.

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related news item:

• Fish Leong gets hitched but says no to retirement | Channel News Asia

Teena Barretto, made an FB shoutout saying that Joe Bonifacio & Rica Peralejo’s (Carla in real life) wedding pictures are already posted.  Prior to this one, Teena (and her Hitched team) also coordinated the wedding of another celebrity bride just a couple of weeks ago.

Lito Sy was the photographer for Joe & Rica’s wedding.  You may view numerous photos taken during the event by clicking the photograph below.

(photo by Lito Sy)

Here are more links to photographs of the couple:

• Rica’s Despedida de Soltera 
• Joe & Rica’s engagement session (as seen in YES! magazine)
• behind the scenes: Joe & Rica’s prenup pictorial

Another celebrity bride got married this January!  Rica Peralejo (Carla in real life) exchanged vows in a Christian wedding by the beach with her fiance, Joe Bonifacio — a Christian pastor. The ceremonies were held last Friday at Kawayan Cove in Nasugbu, Batangas.

The bride wore an empire-waist tube gown created for her by Rajo Laurel.  ABS-CBN, Rica’s home studio, has generously covered every aspect of her wedding, from her despedida de soltera (farewell to single-hood) to the wedding reception.

What we’re sharing here is  Joe & Rica’s onsite video (same-day edit) as seen by their wedding guests.  Snippets of the couple’s heartfelt vows are sprinkled throughout the video. Notice the Sand Ceremony towards the end of the video.

Special thanks to Jason Magbanua for sharing this with our readers.

Yesterday, W@W has been invited as The Wedding Lounge (TWL)  — a full-service wedding boutique — celebrated its moved to a new location right at the heart of Ortigas Center.  The new place is spacious yet homey, classy but welcoming, not intimidating at all.  Before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Chiw Bailon (one of TWL’s founders) credited Jackie Mitra (of Plum Gifts) for doing a fine job in the cozy interiors of the shop.

TWL is composed of the following wedding suppliers (in alphabetical order): BaiCapture (photobooth), Carina Canlas-Villaluz (gown designer), Chocolate Confections by Maribeth Bailon-Santiago, Judy Uson - The Cake Artist, Metrophoto, Metro Eventscape Planners, Plum Gifts, Printsonalities (social invites & fine stationeries), Shindig Unveiled (event planner), and Wink (Written in Ink - alternative to traditional invites).

The Wedding Lounge is now situated at the G/F Amber Place, Escriva Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.  Google Map marks the spot where it is exactly.

Meet Feliz Diestro — an engagement stylist. A what?! Well, it’s kinda like an image consultant cum personal shopper for soon-to-weds planning a prenup pictorial.

(Feliz at work with W@Wie, Lon (ni Rey) | photo by Jayjay Lucas)

Aside from Feliz, we don’t know if there are anybody out there who does the same professionally.  But there seems to be a market for this new career.  She started last year by tagging along with her boyfriend who happens to be wedding photographer (that’s Jayjay Lucas of ImagineNation Photography) helping him with his client’s clothing for the shoot. She enjoyed doing it, so he encouraged her to do it professionally.  Nowadays, she works with other photographers as well.

Although, we urge soon-to-weds to conceptualize their prenup session themselves in consultation with their chosen photographers and make do without this additional expense, there simply are couples who do not have the time nor network to scour for props and backdrops for a concept shoot.  Some doesn’t even have a concept to begin with. This is where help comes in.

Feliz says, most of her clients so far are “fly-ins”– overseas Pinoy brides/couples who been away from the Manila for some time who needs assistance styling their engagement sessions.  She has already put together concepts for prenup shoots with a 20s era feel to rockstars theme.

Her rates are posted in this page.