2nd 25th Birthday Celebration

This 2nd time i celebrated my birthday with my wonderful fiance.. :p was so gentleman of him to ask my dad's permission first, early in the morning (err..not that early..hee..) The venue was supposed to be a surprise for me..he did surprise me with flying colors, heeee..thought he wanted to bring me to a mamak restaurant or paling2 grand pun cozy corner ke..(xkisah la kn, as long as i can berbuka with him sambil tgk muke kekanda ku yg gorgeous itu weee..) but he drove me straight to Plaza Ampang basement parking lot..tup2 ehhh...berbuke at Crown Princess ke yang?? wiwiwiwiiiiii... :D

And it was truly sumptuous..the food was heavenly delicious and i can't stop eating sampai perut dah mcm mengandung 3 bulan...tegang tu..mcm pakai botox kat perut pun ade..erkk..and the big news is, i had my first dim sum here! meroyan kejap bile nampak ade dim sum yg pelbagai jenis...guess the chinese guy at the dim sum stall had already recognized me (bored seeing my face at his stall perhaps?? hihih..) ye la...asik dtg stall die jer....actually, there's a history about dim sum and me...and the story goes like this (kasik screen tv tu blurry skit plus gamba ade sepia effect tetiber):

"i spent my whole childhood in Pasir Gudang where we can get Indonesia and Singapore channels on our TV super clearly. Me and my kak ngah would switch to Singapore's SBC 5 everyday, religiously, before going to Sekolah Agama in the evening to watch mandarin dramas. Hitting me like a commercial ad, dim sum always appears in every drama and without warning, i would drool each time i saw them..mane taknyer, kecomelan bentuknyer yang pelbagai rupe yg unik dan texturenyer yg kilat2 basah itu sungguh meliurkan lagi menggugat jiwa kanak2 ku ketika itu...aduhhh sampai skarang pun sbnrnyer...heee"

Imagine i have been longing to taste a dim sum for nearly 20 years...however, comparing myself to the unfortunate, alhamdulillah, i am very lucky to at least have the chance..bulan Ramadhan ni kene insaf lebih skit..must always remember the unfortunate and help them by giving sadaqah more often..always remember, no matter how wealthy we are, how easy our life is...all these rezeki comes from the Almighty..and He can take it back from us anytime..so folks, let us always be humble and kind to those in need...seruan utk semua dan juge diri sendiri...


And makan jangan membazir..beli makanan byk2 kt bazaar, last2 basi jer..sbb byk sgt, x abis...speaking of membazir, just now, while i was choosing desserts before berbuka (this has actually been my habit since i was little, eating the desserts first instead of appetizers before the main course coz for me, appetizers should be sweet things like desserts and i'm such a sweet tooth, kaloh ore kelate, as validated by kelantaneses i.e. ming and biebozz) anyway, back to my story, a mother and her little girl was choosing desserts as well just beside me..overhearing the mother nagging the daughter..."jgn amik byk2, amik skit2 jer just utk rase..nnt x abis berdosa jer.." that line makes me smile coz it reminded me soo much of my mother and me when i was as little as the girl..she, just like the lady, always reminded us not to take too much food on our plate during buffet coz she knows pretty well, we are not going to finish it up and will end up by the waiters taking our still full plates away. Except my mom's favorite line ade tambahan kt blakang skit.."finish up your food..kesian kat org somalia...xmakan berhari2..kite yg dpt makan ni membazir2 pulak...baik beri pd org somalia food yg membazir tu..." i luv u ma, for teaching us to be a good khalifah on this earth..xoxoxo :) serba sebanyak, the pics of us that we took just now...

on our way to Crown Princess, in my kakngah's Bambi.

Happy 25th Birthday to me, weee.... :D

It's my birthday today and i feel so blissful and joyful, weee....it's my 1st birthday and will be the only birthday, insyaAllah, as someone's fiancee..*blush* received lots of smses and friendster comments and wishes, thanks guys for remembering..luv y'all mmuaachhs!! and a pair of baju kurung from my kak ngah during sahur, yes, the one i'm wearing in the pic...it was superduper gorgeous, the material of the cloth was very comfy and heavy..later did i know that that kain was kain benang hitam, the in-thing, so they say..she gave me that gorgeous baju kurung because she pitied me for not having many and keep on rotating what i have (baju kurung is the topic of course..) from my uni days..seriously, come to think of it, yes, all my kurungs and kebayas are made from kain given by others (by my father mostly) and i have never bought one by myself...

blossoms for miss bliss from mr. make-my-life-blissful a.k.a kekanda. thank you sayang...xoxo

Ramadhan Al-Mubarak, my cough and i

Today was my first day of fasting for this year though 1st Ramadhan falls on the 17th of September 2007 (no explanation is needed..u know what i mean..duh..). And it was a terrible one as i am still on antibiotics, sore throat + cough + cold and such are still as bad as before. The whole fasting day runs smoothly without me having much difficulty until at about 5pm, my throat started to feel uncomfortable and dry and ticklish due to the air-cond in the office and for not drinking any water for one whole day, i started to cough uncontrollably and the coughing went endlessly to the state that i have to run to the toilet, coughing, and continue coughing breathlessly till my hands goes numb and turn into a somewhat distorted shape which is caused by the numbness. It was the worst coughing experience ever, though this is not the 1st time i have problem in recovering from a cough. For me, cough is like the biggest devil that comes once a while but stay lingering as forever as it wish..i've once had a cough for 3 consecutive months up to one stage, i coughed out blood..my mum rushed me to Ampang Puteri..later, after an X-ray of my face, that we learn, it was not serious and the lingering deadly cough is because i have a slight sinusitis, which normally affects the nose and causes constant cold for most people but as for my case, it is prone to affect my lungs more.

Anyway, due to that deadly coughing, i couldn't go to the masjid for the tarawikh prayer i've been looking forward..huhuhuhuu..As a reminder for myself, this ramadhan i have one aim: to finish the Qur'an  once, pernah khatam pun sekali je itu pun zaman kanak2 yang mana bace tajwid entah betul ke x masyaAllah..i've been trying to fulfil this eversince..but never succeeded..

Endless Love (Lionel Richie & Diana Ross)

My love,

There's only you in my life

The only thing that's bright

My first love,

You're every breath that I take

You're every step I make

And i

I want to share

All my love with you

No one else will do...

And your eyes

Your eyes, your eyes

They tell me how much you care

Ooh yes, you will always be

My endless love

Two hearts,

Two hearts that beat as one

Our lives have just begun

Forever

I'll hold you close in my arms

I can't resist your charms

And love

Oh, love

I'll be a fool

For you,

I'm sure

You know I don't mind

Oh, you know I don't mind

'cause you,

You mean the world to me

Oh

I know

I know

I've found in you

My endless love

And love

Oh, love

I'll be that fool

For you,

I'm sure

You know I don't mind

Oh you know

I don't mind

And, yes

You'll be the only one

'cause no one can deny

This love I have inside

And I'll give it all to you

My love

My love,

my love

My endless love

***This is for you kekanda..

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..

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..

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..