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Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
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Friday, February 15, 2008

The Day We Were Officially Belonged To Each Other..


Wake up for Subuh and didn’t sleep back after that. Too much to do and too nervous to continue slumber! Last night I slept at almost 2a.m. Started applying henna on my finger and toe nails only at 1a.m and finish applying at nearly 2am with the help from Kakngah. This morning, when I anxiously opened the wrapping of henna around my nails, I was very disappointed looking at the pale orange colour of my henna. It was not anticipated at all since I was using Makkah henna which I bought during my Umrah visit last year. “Dh masuk angin agaknye..” said 1 of my mom’s disappointed friends. Everybody promptly suggested me to apply the liquid henna (on top of the pale coloured henna) which I was avoiding from the beginning coz the colour is bright only for a few hours after application and later on faded as though you are applying only magic colour on your nails. It was not my favorite at all. But what choice do I have at this last minute? I decided to wait until the wrinkle on my finger skins (due to prolong henna wrapping) to vanish and only then will I apply the liquid henna coz they still hurt. After an hour, the wrinkle starts to disappear and I noticed the pale colour of the henna starts to darken into bright orange. Another hour later, it starts to turn into beautiful reddish orange! I was amazed and also delighted coz I don’t have to resort to the boring liquid henna, hurrah!

The atmosphere was even more hectic today with people (especially my mom) pacing from the kitchen to the buffet table under the porch. I tried to help around but my mom doesn’t allow me to, just like yesterday. “You’re the raja sehari today. Don’t touch anything..it’s your big day..so just watch..” she proclaimed. Wahh..bestnye…betul2 rase mcm raja…jadi mandur ajer dr semlm…bukan senang mama nk bg peluang ceni…hehehe…

Dayana and Tasya came as early as 10 o’clock am dh siap berbaju kurung… my baju nikah belum iron lagi…Dayana la jadi mangsa kene gosokkan…bibik dh sibuk kt dapur tlg Cik Mu. “Esah, aku nk tlg ape?” Tasya eagerly asked.

“Kau ek? Hmm…” me thinking deeply.

“Owh..bole x tlg jahitkan kain nikah aku…butik tu jahit x cukup kemas la die punye renda patches…you just have to jelujur jer…x susah…just to ensure the renda is well intact with my kain.”

“Err…okkaayyy….jelujur tu cene?”

Duhh…I forgot that back in SHAH Pekan, Tasya and Ayu were the only girls who refuse to take Home Science and opt to Pertanian instead, joining all the boys. Hahahaa…no offence dear, but I seriously forgot!

Not long after that, Azlee Samad (my wedding photographer cum Abang’s primary school friend) arrived. Asked him to have breakfast first (prepared by another kind neighbour, Aunty Azizah) and later asked him to make himself at home while waiting for my Make Up Artist to arrive. At about 11am, my Kak Lela TV3 the make–up artist arrived. Asked her to have some breakfast first while I get prepared for the make-up session. At about 11.30am the make-up session starts. Kak Lela was a very nice and very soft-spoken lady. She was kind enough to share some make-up tips with my sister and friends while doing my face. And she was a real expert. True as Kak Siti claimed, she made over people’s face as though our face is only a piece of canvas and she’s Leonardo Da Vinci. She doesn’t even need full concentration as she could chattered away with me and everybody in the room while doing my face! And the result was super gorgeous. Even Azlee Samad admitted it.

Today was Friday, so the men including the wedding photog had to go for Jumaat prayer. So he couldn’t capture the moments while my face was been done. He arrived back at about 2.15pm while I was about to put on my tudung. At nearly 3 o’clock, I went downstairs straight to the pelamin to get ready for the Nikah ceremony. The Tok Kadi was already at the living hall with Ayah and all my relatives and Abang’s family. I saw abang and he looked soo drop dead gorgeous in his Nikah baju melayu complete with his Songkok yang tinggi. And he looked quite nervous too taking deep breath a few times pretty obviously hehe…I was quite calm. And the procession went on quite well. At exactly 4.02 pm my watch, Abang lafaz akad sekali lafaz sahaja and we were officially husband and wife..Alhamdulillah.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

A Day Before My Big Day...

Today’s Valentine’s Day, for those who celebrate it. As for me, I never celebrate today coz was exposed with the fact that Valentine’s Day is related to the St. Valentine of Catholic whatsoever’s death or whatnot, I dunno, don’t even care to know. Anyway, being a true Muslim, I shall not celebrate it. Period.

Anyhoo, my nikah nearly falls on today due to some circumstances. Luckily, at the end of the conclusion, both parties (my family and his) have agreed to set the nikah ceremony tomorrow after Jumaat prayer.

Kak Siti the Wedding Planner is coming this afternoon to set up the Nikah pelamin and send my hantaran that she had designed for tomorrow. But I have other plans and can’t be at home at that time. I need to find my nikah scarf at Jalan TAR! Kalau x, xbertudung aje la saye esok…no way jose…

The first place me and abang headed to was the Jakel. Finding the tudungs that perfectly match my wedding dresses was harder than I thought! Berpeluh2 jugak la minah perfectionist sorang nih hehehe..searching for the exact colour high and low. I was lucky coz everybody was very helpful in Jakel and abang especially, was extremely patient.. While I was contemplating on one scarf which I thought was the closest match to my nikah dress, 1 salesgirl said to me, “xpela kak, akak beli je yg ni..pastu akak bwk balik..kalau akak rase warna die mcm akak xkenan or xsame..akak dtg balik tukar dgn yg lain..”

Xbole dik…akak nk nikah esok ni..

Chorusly all the salesgirls there gasped in disbelieve. Hahahaa.. What to do, baju bersanding pn baru dpt semalam.. *sigh*

2nd place was the Gulati’s. The same procedure like at the Jakel went on again and this time was even harder coz my baju bersanding at the hall is peachy brown in colour so the colour was not so universal and to find the closest match was much troublesome. In the end, I chose a color that is light brown but can go with my peach dress.

Arrived home just in time. Kak Siti and team pn baru sampai. Kak Yanti, her assistant was busy amending my hantaran’s deco. While Kak Siti and her sister and her male workers were about to set up the Nikah pelamin. Mama, Cik Mu and her other friends were busy packaging some kerepek given by my kind neighbours especially for my wedding. The atmosphere was very cheerful and busy. Smells of fresh flowers filled up the whole house. Here’s some pics of the preparation. I’m so excited!

Friday, November 9, 2007

Almost settled down but still haphazard up here!

I'm almost done with all the biggies for my wedding like the food, favors and all...however, my mind is still racing 24/7 as though something is still not settled..hmm...typically the stage every bride-to-be must go through i shall say...So briefly, the things we have settled on:
My solemnization+reception:
1) Wedding planner = Siti Hadijah Lovely Touch
2) Caterer = Mann Catering Muar (Cik Mu's)
3) Make up artist = Kak Lela TV3 & Kak Awin of Cari Menantu
4) Wedding favors = Cuppacakes (hopefully it'll be within my budget..)
5) Wedding cards = LH Creative Concept, Lrg. Brunei Selatan
6) Family's baju theme color = Apple Green (courtesy of Mak Ngah)
7) Photographer = Azlee Samad (Solemnization) & Sapex of Candid Syndrome (Reception)
8) Gamelan group = UM 1st college
His reception:
1) Caterer = Q-caterer
2) Katil pengantin = his job
3) Wedding favors = bunga telur (taken care of)
4) Make-up artist = Kak Awin of Cari Menantu
5) Photographer = Azlee Samad (an old friend of his)
6) i guess there's nothing more to worry about for his side...enuff batalion there..ehee...
THINGS WE SHUD STILL WORRY ABOUT (this have to be capital letter so as to alarm me!)
1) Baju pengantin for his side!
2) My wedding favors quantity & placement of order!
3) My wedding ring!
4) Our tailors for baju nikah!
5) Our guest list for invitation card order!
6) my kendarats flowers!
7) my MC plus the wedding plan i.e. Mimi!
8) Kain for my MC+pengapit+dayang2 (4mx4=16m)!
9) Gamelan group to confirm!
10) The wedding montage
OK, now i'm sweating..mommy, i'm scared..

Friday, August 17, 2007

Engagement Preps

It's our family's 1st time to prepare for such event. The 1st time for my parents and it's the 1st time for me too, definitely. Plus we don't have big family: My dad has 3 siblings, so does my mom. Hence, we are lack of manpower in preparing for my engagement and my wedding. We won't fret, all we can afford doing is just to give out our most optimum best shots. So here's our organizational chart for my wedding:
1) Director cum Primary Financer = My dad
2)) Project Manager cum Project Executor = Me!
3) Assistant Project Manager cum Catering & Hall Big Boss = My mom
4) Event Manager i.e. pembuat MC script = my kak ngah, n me as d assistant yg cerewet..heee..
4) Account advisor i.e. tukang kira budget = me!
5) Supporting financer = kekandaku @ him!
6) Shopping advisors = his loving mom & aunties
7) Counselor & Problem Listener = my kak ngah
Tomorrow will be my 1st day out with our shopping advisors..i'm nervous!! erkk..

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Hall Dilemma

We considered ourselves pretty efficient in planning our wedding. Just imagine, his family had came for merisik last sunday and over the same week, we've already settled, agreed unanimously and almost confirmed on:
1) the hall for reception on my side: Dewan Persidangan Perbadanan Putrajaya
2) make-up artist: a very close friend of him, Kak Awin a.k.a make-up artist for Cari Menantu programme @ tv9
3) photographers: Jay Farhana from Candid Syndrome for hall reception and Azlee Samad, his primary school friend whom shall cover for our solemnisation night at my house in Bdr Seri Putra and reception at his house in Puchong.
4) catering for the hall reception: which we are still torn between 2 recommended caterers; hicky's caterer i.e. ekhwan services (rm7.50 per pax) and cik mu's caterer from muar (rm11.50 per pax).
5) Gamelan performance @ hall reception: UIA Gamelan Team.
The 1st person i've contacted on Monday was Dewan PPJ enquiring for the steps to apply for the hall. So i've printed the form from the website as instructed, and keep it aside for me to send it by hand when i have the time to visit the hall later. It was my bad to overlook this matter considering i was quite early as i didn't know people normally book for a hall 7-8 months earlier. And what i have now are merely 4 months to prepare for everything, meaning to say, i'm running out of time!!
As soon as we've realized the possibility of the hall to be fully booked, he immediately called PPJ and to our much disappointment, though anticipated, the hall is indeed fully booked for the whole January 2008. So there goes our dream to have our solemnisation on 1 Muharram (New Year for Islamic Calendar) or 10 Muharram (Hari Asyura). Now, Candid Syndrome has to wait, including Kak Awin and many other bookings, until we can grab hold of 1 hall. Any hall will do coz we can't help to postpone our wedding, especially him (kui3..). But we are praying really hard for the Dewan PPJ though. May Allah help us..aminn..

Since the situation has now turned to be very critical, we've decided on taking leave on Monday to go see the hall for ourselves and meet Mr. WF himself. After 1 whole day of feeling down and disheartened over the bad news, he called me and said, "hey, let's have a drink, i miss u.." And so we went to Pelita for a teh tarik. Seeing him always makes my heart glow regardless of how bad my day had been. While sipping our teh tarik, suddenly he came up with an idea to call Mr. WF asking whether he's around on Monday. Lucky us, it turns out he's also on leave the same Monday. pheww! So we've postponed our appointment with him to Tuesday. He told us also that February is not yet fully booked, may what he said is really true..

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Wedding Bells

Received a phone call from an ol' friend...asking how have i been doing...after many denials by me and exhortations, of course by him, so i updated him on my most recent episode.. (^_^) and in return he updated me on a very big but anticipated news..someone is getting married! am sooooooo happy for them...they are made for each other pretty well indeed...may all goes well for both of them...and may i'll be invited too as i've been looking forward to this so special event for quite sometime..teheeheee!!

Speaking of wedding bells, i smell roses everywhere as love is in the air of 2007 and the forthcoming 2008 insya-Allah..everybody is busy preparing for engagement and getting married...speaking of my company i'm working in itself, there'll be 7 weddings to look forward next year including mine..may Allah swt bless us all, Aminn...

p/s: my boss will sure be burning his pocket for all 7 of his employees' honeymoon wedding gift to Bali next year...wat rombongan cik kiah naik tongkang je la gi Bali tu nmpknye...uhuk2..

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Merisik khabar

Mengintai dari tirai, milik siapakah bunga mekar ini.....