PAGES messed up w/ simple HTML table code

Hello,
I use wordpress for a simple website and use the pages system to make… static pages. (i dont use the blog)
To organize the content on the page I inserted a table with 2columns ( i made the code on Kompozer /Dreamweaver) but when displayed, it gets jammed big time! :S
here’s what I try to achieve:

on the left of the page: pictures from a NextGen gallery (8 displayed as thumbs)
on the right of the pictures: some descriptive texts like:
TITLE: description
FEATURES: feat description
AVAILABILITY: an availability calendar (anyone knows a good free one? Really Simple Calendar is a pain, and others I tried to fancy w/ too much extras…
TEXT AGAIN
BOOKING FORM at the bottom (with the booking form plug) either still on the right or back on the left.

What I get is the left column takes approx. 1000 pixel size with some 100’s px spacing between the pictures and the text on the right is displayed off screen with some silly large spacing aswell.

How can I fit my pictures on the left and texts on the right with a simple fixed table?

I tried to specify the width height of columns and also left it unspecified but it doesnt seem to take those into account.

What am I doing wrong?
Using Mandigo latest theme w/ NextGen gallery, Contact Form7, WP stats

Many thanks for your help guys ??

BTW here’s the code after publish:

<table style="text-align: left; width: px; height: px;" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre;">[nggallery id=2]</span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<h2> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre;">Here's the title in H2)</span></h2>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre;"><strong>TOP FEATURES:</strong>
the features
</span>

&nbsp;
<pre><strong>OTHER TEXT</strong>
desciption</pre>
<pre><strong>AVAILABILTY:</strong></pre>
<pre>[sbc title="yes"]</pre>
<h6>not available? check those out: link</h6>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre;"><strong>TEXT</strong>
another short descrition text</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">a</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"> <strong>CONTACT: </strong>[contact-form 1 "contact"]</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>