I've been talking about wedding and nothing else here.Don't I have a life outside the weddingsphere anymore? But because I'm a girl, and girls usually envision about their BIG day since kindergardens perhaps, ( well if you play masak-masak and make you classmate to become your hubby then you are playing marriage) just like I did back when i was 5-7 years old. I was living in Kedah and encountered my first kiddy crush on this boy who I think was a year older and we went to the same nursery. So yeah, met little boy S, of course i still remember his name just like how N is capable of reciting all the girls' names that he ever had a crush/rship on since he was in nursery up to the girl before me. *Sigh*
Back to the story, little boy S and I were among the oldest. I think this was when i was 6 or 7 years old. So whenever we were playing 'marriage', I would be mummy and he was daddy and we had our make belief house under the stairs and our kids are all the younger kids at the nursery and when we pretend it was night and went to sleep, we hold hands. Isn't that sweet when you see 6-7 years old holding hands? So he was my first kiddy crush and we lost contact when i moved away.
What i'm trying to say here, i played marriage since i was a kid and now i'm playing a real one and planning a wedding is one of the best albeit stressful but still a surreal experience. Today, parents went to see the Imam of the mosque where i'll be having my ceremony. Everything is over and settles with. Documents exchanged hands, papa has gave his blessing and now we are just waiting for the day to come. Exciting, no?
So below are the important people that'll be a part of my BIG day.
Isn't Fauziah Latif gorgeous in his workmanship? Let me know if you want his number.
Wedding dresses for solemnization (champange) and reception (cream): Mimpikita Theme on solemnization day: English Colour: Pastels Catering: Forgot the name but food is delicious
Wow, so much information in one day. Things that are still pending for solemnization:
Videographer
Henna
Cakes for hantaran
There are more things pending for receptions but i couldn't be bothered to list them all.
So far the weekend has been such a bliss and things that needed to be done this week are DONE. On saturday, parents & I went to Nilai hopefully for the last time to for all the little little details that need to be added to the house. We only have 1 particular store that we like there and we couldn't be bothered to go anywhere else eventhought there are hundreds store selling wedding stuff. This particular store that we love not only because it's not crowded at all, it's big and all the stuff doesn't look so kg.com and furthermore it is by far the cheapest among others especially if you are a member and even if you are not, they are still the cheapest. Bought more of my bunga telur there and trust me, it looks modern and english and most importantly CHEAP, but they ran out of my theme colour so we bought black and white ones. Everytime i went to the store, felt like buying everything there especially their fake flowers arrangement. BEAUTIFUL i tell you. Did you know that the goverment is planning to make Nilai 3 the international shopping hub? The prices will skyrocket for sure when the international companies start investing there.
Went home around 3pm and off i went to the salon for a much needed ME-time. The last time i did anything to my hair was last year and since all this wedding business started, i coudn't find time to go to the salon. N was busy so this is the only time i have for myself. Bliss!!!
Today I had an appointment with this lady who will be doing my mini dais. Went with mama, showed her what I want which is what she has done with her previous clients, discussed some changes that needed to be done in line with my colour themes and all the time i was at her house, i was so esctatic to be getting what i want especially when we paid her the deposit confirming our design and colour palettes for the flowers. Oh my dais will be simple but the burst of colours from the fresh flowers, I can't hardly wait to see her magic on them. Her price is reasonable as well. For my dais, hand bouquet and flowers for my bed amounted to less than RM2k and she's using all fresh imported flowers. You know, reading other brides to be blogs has its advantages. They are so helpful in term of sharing information on everything about wedding, be it from dais, hantaran, make up artist, henna, photographer and so forth. I found my dais lady from one of the blogs, look her up in facebook and her website, save all the pictures, went to N's house and saw his sister looking at the same page. So now my dais lady whom i shall call Kak Wani from now on, will be doing both our sides. We are so lucky ;)
From Kak Wani's house, mama and I went to the Curve to buy the materials for the groom's side. Bilwanis is having a sale. Since i know what I want, shopping is such a breeze. Thanks to my mom for everything. Basically she just follows whatever I want. The only thing she voiced out was for me not to be sexy on my reception day. So funny. As if la kannn. Basically she wants the wedding dresses not to have boat neck or something that'll show off my chest or my arms. Ok mama. Noted.
The colur theme, Black & White
All the shopping and errands done and i still have time for my date with fiance. Our 88th Monniversary. Such a nice number, no? And today marks the countdown. Two months left till I say I do. Enjoy the song.
Taken last 2 years by unprofessional me without editting and horrible video visibility. Oh well, it's shameful as you can only listen but can't really see BUT it's the only one i have of him singing OUR song. Trust me, this helps to cool me down a lot on the days when i'm super duper mad at him. Sometimes you just need a reminder.
I know somebody from Jordan is reading my blog. Adik, how on earth did you found this?
I haven't been checking my stats FOREVER and i thought nobody is reading this but my oh my what a surprise to see multiple hits from all over the country especially since i start sharing it in Facebook.
Hi Glasgow, i miss you. (Assuming my bestie is reading this). Hi Singapore, are you Sara? Aberdeen( Is it Adam? ) Who is in New York, Germany,Sarawak,Sabah, Russia just to name a few?
Give me a shout out. I thought i was talking alone ;(
If i were to talk about wedding all day long, it would fill up the pages pretty quickly but since a lot of things are still pending, it's like i'm repeating myself over and over. Good news is our form application has been approved by JAWI so all we have to do now is give them to the imam of the mosque that we wanted to get married at. I'm so relieved that the most important thing is done. I somehow couldn't wait for this thing to be over with so i can share with you the wedding dress sketches, who are the tailors, who are the photohgraphers and whatnot. This Sunday, i'll be meeting up with this lady who will be doing my mini pelamin at home. Have not book her yet but i love her work so hopefully everything will turn out ok.
Met with another tailor on Tuesday on my attire for groom's reception. When he was telling me where his shop at and me seeing the place for the first time, i was quiet apprehensive as the place was kind of dodgy and the building he was at has lack of tenants but because my boss and his wife recommended him and he is a tailor for one of the designer in Malaysia, i went with it and pray for the best. He is cheaper than my current tailor though but he can only do my attire in August as the reception will be in October.On another note, since i've already booked my MUA(make up artist) for solemnization, i tried to find a different MUA for reception as my MUA right now is quiet pricey and recently i've heard she has mark up her price to RM1k per event so to hire her for reception is out of question. I couldn't justify hiring such a pricey MUA so for both receptions i have to look at other options.
On my guests list dilemma, i'm feeling somewhat guilty as i can't invite everybody to them. If i had my ways(paying for this instead of parents), i'll invite everybody but since my solemnization ceremony, we expected up to 250 attending and 90 percent of them are family and in-laws, i'm left with somewhat 20+ people to invite. My reception, i'm given 5 tables for 50 people and how do i choose who to attend? So I have to apologize to those who are not invited. It's nothing personal. As for now, i still have not finalise the list.
For the past weeks i've been nervous and agitated at the prospect of getting married. It dawn on me that i'll be having responsibilities that i'm not quiet ready yet. Oh don't get me wrong, I WANT to be a wife but wifely duties is another thing altogether- cooking, taking care of your hubby, his welfare, getting up early every morning since i'll be living with my in-laws for the time being ( a joy as their house is in front of my house so seeing my family is a walk in the park LITERALLY and it's 2 minutes away), and fasting month and Raya is fast approaching so i have to think about syncronising our colours and so much more. Heck, i'm the laziest person in the household currently so to change my routine is daunting. I've been depending on mama for so long and i don't feel quite grow up to deal with this.
I'll be taking my leave starting May to focus on wedding preps and also to start doing something on my own. I'm constantly thinking of making more money and I know I can't make that much with my current situation. N and I have been talking extensively about our future and eventhough he loves the idea of me quitting and staying at home, I on the other hand couldn't imagine not doing anything. So we'll see. I have something up my sleeves by May. Everything is up to me whether i wanna do it. I have the privilege to have a permanent job as an engineer if I want to and still doing something on the side. Sometimes i think i should just grow up and stop being in a cocoon of safety. Parents have always provide me with everything i ever needed and N has always spoils me and hopefully will continue to do so ;p but you can't always depend on somebody else for your happiness and I know if i excel in what i'm about to do, i'll be earning 5 figures top in a 1-2 years perhaps. Aim high right ;) I'm just so thankful i don't have to think about all the nitty gritty things as N has already lined up his plans for us. Insurances, kids educations, money for rainy days, etc. He is the main provider afterall ;)
Love is definitely in the air lately. It is so much stronger with 10 weeks left. O-M-G 10 weeks left. Ok i'm gonna sit in the corner and freaking out about this.
Ps: A shout out to a dear friend, Hanip for putting my picture in his picture collage on his bedroom wall. I feel appreciated ;)
To date, things that are done or in the picture are as following;
Photographer
Caterer
HIV test ( negative if you must know )
Bigger part of the hantaran for him ( watch, perfume etc ) only small things that are left ( cakes, chocs etc)
Wedding invitation for akad ( should be done by end of may). Reception still hanging.
Favors ( should be done by May)
Things pending;
Videographer
MUA for both receptions
Attire for groom's reception
Wedding invititations for reception
Shoes ( goodness i completely forgotten about this)
Mini pelamin for akad
More bunga telur ( apparently the one i bought is not enough since it's too pretty everybody wants to have one)
Cakes
Vases or whatever bekas kaca or balang for desert table and flowers
Another small tent
Believe me there's more and i'm going bonkers over everything. I just can't focus on work anymore hence i might consider taking unpaid leave just to finish up everything. Seriously i'm running out of time. Two days per week ( weekends ) are simply not enough to settle everything. Hyperventilating thinking about this.
On different note, had a wonderful date with fiance and we watched "Just Go With It". Oh My God, it-is-soooooo-hilarious,-funny-to-the-max-please-go-and-watch-it-i'm-not-even-kidding.
