of the 2nd checklist - 87days to go

as of today, there are 87 days more to go.
Alhamdulillah, everything's in progress. 
not in a rush, we are taking up one matter at a time.
everything seems to be falling in place as I have been observing.
thank you Allah :)

below are some updates on my wedding progress:

Tarikh :
Nikah - insyaAllah 19 April 2013 
Resepsi - insyaAllah 20 April 2013
Bertandang - insyallah 4 May 2013
* masa nikah (petang/malam) tertakluk kpd availibility Kadi

Tema Pengantin:
Nikah - Dusty Pink
Resepsi - White/OffWhite
Bertandang - Light Yellow

Tema Family Pengantin:
Nikah - Grey
Resepsi - Turquoise
Bertandang - Hijau Zamrud (Shepha's)/ Merah (Man's)

Legal Documents :
Kursus Kawen - DONE
HIV test - DONE
Borang kebenaran nikah LELAKI - signed with witnesses.BELUM submit sebab tak cukup 90hari
Borang kebenaran nikah PEREMPUAN - tunggu yg belah LELAKI.hopefully balik CNY ni boleh settle

Venue :
Nikah - Surau RECSAM/Dewan Cafeteria RECSAM (subjek to Kadi)
Resepsi - Cafeteria RECSAM
Bertandang - Dewan AU2 Keramat

Catering :
Nikah - Ishah Catering (100pax)
Resepsi - Ishah Catering (1400pax)
Bertandang - Nanny's Catering

Pelamin :
Nikah & Resepsi - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau
Bertandang - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood

Photographer & Videographer:
Nikah - Potopoyo Images http://potopoyo.wordpress.com/
Resepsi - Potopoyo Images http://potopoyo.wordpress.com/
Bertandang - Potopoyo Images http://potopoyo.wordpress.com/
* need to shoot pre-wedding photos and video

Wedding Outfits :
1)
Nikah - Wedding Galore, Bangi (Baju Kurung Moden) - Fitting end of Feb
Resepsi - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau (belum pergi measure and design)
Veil,Shoe,Accessories - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau
Tudung - Pending (Belum Decide,this is HARD!)
* Details: dress mcm Farah Breep2, white/offwhite, tudung not included.

2)
Bertandang - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood
Veil,Shoe,Accessories - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood
* Details : Dress mcm Diana Danielle but less kembang, light yellow, tudung included.

Make Up :
Nikah - Palestina Santana (MUA Tunang)
Resepsi - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau
Bertandang - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood

Doorgift :
Nikah - NULL
Resepsi - DONE.bought from Padang
Bertandang - DONE.bought from SSF

Bunga Pahar/Bunga Manggar :
Nikah - NULL
Resepsi - Pending
Bertandang - Pending

Hantaran :
Bilangan dulang Perempuan kpd Lelaki - 9 dulang
done : Kasut, Perfume, Kemeja, Jam, Gadget
pending : Sireh Junjung, Quran&Sejadah, Kek, one MISC item
Bilangan dulang Lelaki kpd Perempuan - 7 dulang
Done : Handbag, Perfume, Jam, Telekung&Sejadah
Pending : Gelang&MasKahwin, Sireh Junjung, Kasut

Cincin & Gelang Utk Nikah :
For Him - NULL (considering)
For Her - Gelang (tak sure dah beli ke tak)

Invitation Card : 
Vendor : My One Card, Jalan Brunei
Total - 1600 pcs for both sides
* Details : 1600 cards (800 Shepha's,800 Man's), 1600 kotak goodies (Man's)
Map belum send, expected siap end of Feb

Cake :
Hantaran - Haizana nak sponsor :)
Resepsi - pending (aunty Maznah)
Bertandang - CRZ

Jurunikah/Pembaca Doa/Saksi :
Jurunikah - pending
Saksi - pending
Pembaca doa semasa Resepsi - pending
Pembaca doa semasa bertandang - pending

Hand bouquet :
Nikah - sendiri/pending
Resepsi - in the package
Bertandang - in the package

Guest List :
Nikah - pending (100-120 guests)
Resepsi - mine done/parents' pending
Bertandang - pending

Entertainment :
1) Resepsi
DJ - Pending
Tarian - Pending
Marching Band/Drumline - Pending (Apan tengah carikan)

2) Bertandang
DJ - Pending
Bagpipe - Pending

Pengapit/Bridemaids/Bestman :
Nikah - Raudzatul Adawiah
Resepsi - Raudzatul Adawiah
Bertandang - Raudzatul Adawiah
Bridemaids - Hamizah, Adibah, Ain, Raudzatul
Bestman - pending

Bilik Pengantin :
New Comforter Set - Pending

Spa Pengantin - Pending

Honeymoon :
Date - 26-29 April 2013
Location - Phuket
Tickets - Booked
Accomodations - pending

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Baju Nikah.
Remember I jotted here previously that I have booked my reception dress in Champagne dekat butik in Bangi? and so my mom rejected the dress. haha.
fortunately the boutique's been very lenient regarding bookings and services. We were allowed to convert the deposit for the dress to another service, makeup, pelamin, tailoring, kasut, any service at all, provided that you take their service, or else your deposit will be burn.
so we converted our deposit of RM200 for my nikah's dress tailoring. I went for a simple baju kurung moden, and the charge is RM250, so later when I pickup my nikah's dress, I will  only have to pay the remaining RM50.
the boutique is Wedding Galore dekat Bandar Baru Bangi, shoplots depan PKNS. sesiapa yg kahwin area Bangi ke, Kajang ke, KL pun boleh, I recommend this boutique.they have hundreds of lovely dress, sampai boleh pening pilih. staff pun helpful and friendly. kalau wedding dress rental, ikut quality and choices of dress, butik ni la yg paling murah kat area sini, RM800 L+P+accessories.
hampir nak ambik pakej diorang for Man's side tapi depa tak available pulak tarikh tu sebab ada staff diorang nak kahwin.
and no, this is not a sponsored post. saja nak mudahkan semua orang :)

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recently I went to Padang. memang initial niat nak pi berjalan saja. since Mama dah booking tickets for a family holiday so aku layankan saja.
tapi aku bawak jugak lah sejumlah wang mana tau boleh beli kain bridesmaid sekali kat sana.
and yes,I did bought my bridesmaids' kain dekat Padang. murah gila kot.
Mama borong kain for the whole family. Turquoise it is for my side. semua turquoise.
Kami beli doorgift pun dari sana. murah sangat and tak payah nak pack apa2 dah. dah siap packed and boleh bagi terus kat tetamu. takdelah grand sangat doorgift aku tu tapi it is something usable. and no I'm not going to reveal what is the doorgift and berapa harga hehe. senang cerita, murah la dari apa yg aku dah budgetkan untuk doorgifts :)

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benda yang paling penting aku belum decide lagi ialah pasal nikah.Venue and Time.sebab belum jumpa dengan Kadi and kawtim dengan beliau lagi.

current plan ialah nikah malam dalam dewan tempat aku bersanding tu.

camni, my reception will be held in a Cafeteria. cafe tu ada dua part, satu part yg ada aircond, and part yg takde aircond. still dalam kawasan cafe, berbumbung, berkipas tapi takde aircond je.

I was planning alang2 nak pasang pelamin kan, nikah je la kat dewan, remove the kerusi, ganti dengan bantal nikah. boleh bergambar sampai tengah malam. kalau Mama nak buat malam berinai pun, on aje, tukar baju songket, jommmmm kita bersanding sampai letih haha memang tak la nak ber'first night' malam tu LOL

alang2 kawasan VIP tu kena sewa RM250 sehari, aku plan nak duduk dalam aircond je sepanjang hari sebelum nikah.dari pagi sampai malam.nak pakai inai semua kat situ.haha.

tuddia punya panjang explanation. tu kalau jadi la nak nikah malam. kalau Kadi tak available. kita nikah siang je la kat Surau RECSAM/Masjid USM, lepas tu buat hi-tea.chewah.

setakat ni sahaja update untuk kali ni.

doakan perjalanan kami menuju halal dipermudahkan :)

of Pejabat Agama, Official Forms, Letters and Verifications

another to-do-list during my long forced leave checked!

I was very blur at first regarding all the official forms that we need to submit to Pejabat Agama, Kadi and all.
been asking around dekat kawan2 yg baru kahwin dekat Penang. tanya Shela, tapi dia zon lain,or in other words, daerah lain, so pejabat agama reference kami berlainan.
in the end I asked Shai, a former high-schoolmate of mine since aku bakal berkahwin di venue yg sama dengan Shai. Shai's been very helpful.
perlahan-lahan aku dah nampak sikit bayang apa benda nak submit and kat mana.

mula2 me and my brother,Afiq driver aku kat rumah hehe.love you adik! pegi yg dekat Masjid Negeri.ingatkan kat situ ada lah pejabat nya.pejabat memang ada tapi untuk hal nikah kahwin for zon Timur Laut, kena rujuk dekat Pejabat Agama sebelah Penang Free School.

so, ke sanalah kami. dekat situ staff bg one set of borangs yg berhelai2 dan briefing serba sedikit. below are the letters and borangs that I have received:

1) Checklist Dokumen Yang Diperlukan

• Kad Pengenalan Pemohon dan Pasangan (ORI & COPY)
• Surat Pengesahan Anak Kariah
• Sijil Kursus Pra-Perkahwinan (ORI & COPY)
• Keputusan Ujian Saringan HIV (ORI) - kan ada 2copies yg aku bagitau dalam previous entry, salah satunya bagi masa submit ni la
• Kebenaran Berkahwin lelaki
• Surat Nikah Wali (ORI & COPY) - ni for pemohon perempuan je.nak sahkan status wali. well, it's now in my hand dah!

so untuk elakkan permohonan korang ditolak or kena datang Pejabat balik, make sure every documents on the list lengkap.

for my case, Man beralamat Selangor, dia dah check dengan Pejabat Agama Daerah yg terdekat aku rasa dia pergi  yg Gombak. Selangor punya permohonan canggih weh. isi online then print saja. 
tak pasti apa isunya tapi mengikut kata Man, Hulu Klang for now tak ada kariah macam mana ka, so boleh straight submit to Pej Agama Daerah.
oh ya for Permohonan Nikah Lelaki Selangor, kena bawak dua saksi masa submit borang. saksi borang lah senang cerita. bawaklah kawan2 je, senang sikit. saksi masa nikah kita kira lain hehe.

2) Borang Permohonan Untuk Berkahwin Bagi Perempuan (borang warna kuning)
dalam borang ni kena isi details diri, pasangan, wali, proposed nikah's date, hantaran, mahar, akuan status anak dara ke janda ke dan juga saksi kariah.then kena tandatangan.

3) Surat Pengesahan Anak Kariah
surat ni kena disahkan oleh Imam Masjid yg paling dekat dengan rumah korang untuk mengesahkan korang pemastautin situ. tak nikah kat masjid yg sama pun takpa, surat ni just untuk pengesahan.

4) Soalan Spot Temuduga Nak Kahwin
tak sure negeri lain ada ke tak, tapi Penang ada interview with Tok Kadi masa submit borang tu. siap ada soalan spot ni haa. yg highlighted tu rasanya yg selalu ditanya la kot aku assume saja. sebenarnya pemohon je kena interview, tapi sebagai first step untuk melayari bahtera rumahtangga bersama2, aku akan pastikan bakal suami akan diheret sekali untuk interview muahaha. antara soalan2 nya yg dihighlight:

• Mengucap dua kalimah syahadah
• Istighfar
• Selawat
• Rukun Islam
• Rukun Iman
• Membaca Al-Fatihah
• Sebab-sebab hadas besar

yg lain2 boleh baca kan?itu boleh la study, overview.takut2 Tok Kadi tetiba syok nak tanya, takdakla ternganga kan?hehe.dah la interview,kalau exam bertulis okay lagi haha.ngeri iols tau.

** dalam usaha membeli buku KAFA **

 5) Borang Ujian Saringan HIV
borang ni boleh bawak masa kita pi ujian saringan HIV tu, so dia boleh isi terus. tapi kalau masa pi HIV test tu kita belum ambik borang, worry not, nanti kepilkan saja keputusan tu dengan Borang Permohonan Nikah.

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so mengikut pengalaman kawan2 yg aku dah tanya, masa kita submit borang and interview tu lah baru kita adjust dengan Tok Kadi time nak nikah. kadang2 Tok Kadi tak available or banyak sangat couple yg perlu beliau nikahkan kes masa cuti sekolah selalunya, masa ni la nak kawtim. sebab tu aku nak heret bakal suami sekali biar dia yg sembang.

dekat website ada satu lagi borang yg sepatutnya aku dapat iaitu Borang Wakalah Wali (borang jika perempuan yang walinya mahu mewakilkan akad nikah). aku try mintak belum confirm Abah confident tak nak nikahkan aku tapi mintak je la dah alang2 kan, tapi staff Pej Agama tu macam blur tak faham then dia cakap nanti bawak wali sekali. malas nak ulang2 borang yg aku cuba maksudkan,takpelah, adjust kemudian, heret Abah sekali pi Pej Agama hehe.

and nak submit borang plus interview ni pulak kena ikut time Kadi available. macam Kadi zon aku ni available on Khamis and Jumaat pagi saja. okay lah nasib baik stated in the form, kalau tak mau nya hari2 kena pi sana check Kadi ada ke tak.

setakat ni saja lah kot aku boleh kongsikan sedikit sebanyak pengalaman aku pergi ambil borang kat Pej Agama. baru ambil, belum submit. tak boleh submit lagi. paling awal 90 hari before nikah, kalau untuk tarikh aku, paling awal boleh submit 20 Jan ni. plannya cuti CNY nak balik submit sama2 and pergi ukur baju sanding belah Penang.
later aku share lagi proses2 submission and pengalaman interview ye.


setakat ni sahaja update untuk kali ni.
doakan perjalanan kami menuju halal dipermudahkan :)

of HIV Test

Alhamdulillah most of my to-do-list during my long forced leave dah berjaya dilaksanakan. tinggal goodies je belum confirm. 

so let's start with the first item on the list, the HIV test.

21 Dec 2012 yang lepas, we went for the HIV test dekat Klinik Kesihatan Dato Keramat.
kitorang dah booking sebulan yang lepas, since we still have time, booking ajelah slot. nak walk-in pun boleh tapi saja takmau ambik risiko since cuti pun tak banyak hehe.

senang aje prosedurnya, kitorang pegi hari tu tak bawak borang dari pejabat agama pun sebab belum ambik lagi
kebetulan masa kitorang pegi tu tak ramai orang, ada dua couple termasuk kami.

isi borang borang dia boleh tahan banyak and tunggu masa untuk di'poke' for testing.
after dah kena poked then darah tu dititiskan di atas HIV test kit tu, bentuknya lebih kurang macam Pregnancy Test kit, ramai yg komen kat gambar cakap ingatkan pregnancy test kit hehe.
lepas tu nurse tu akan soal sikit2 macam "pernah melakukan seks tak?", "pernah ambil dadah tak?"
it's just a procedure.jangan kecik hati naa :)

then selesai. depa bagi 2 salinan borang yg kita isi tadi yg telah disahkan, satu salinan lampirkan dengan permohonan nikah, satu lagi masa nak dapatkan sign kariah masjid kalau tak salah. alamak! tak ingat la. kena recheck balik.
since nurse yg test kitorang tu orang utagha, kami speaking2 sikit, bodek2 sikit, aku dapat bawak balik test kit tu. yg Man punya dah dibuang sebelum sempat mintak hehe.

FYI , HIV test result ni valid for six months. tapi nurse tu kata sebaik2nya datang 3bulan sebelum. okay la tu kitorang datang 4bulan sebelum sebab takmau kalut. banyak benda belum settle lagi ni hehe.
and for HIV test boleh buat kat klinik kesihatan je tau.klinik 1Malaysia ke klinik ibu dan anak ke tak boleh. and some of my friends cakap boleh buat kat private clinics and endorsed kat klinik kesihatan jugak.
kalau yg masih awal, I advise you to book a slot, buat appointment, in case takut kalau walk in ramai orang. and klinik kesihatan ni pulak bukan everyday yg dia open for HIV test. better call and tanya tu pun kalau berangkat lah :/ 


setakat ni sahaja update untuk kali ni.
later I sambung pasal borang pejabat agama pulak ye
doakan perjalanan kami menuju halal dipermudahkan :)

of JPO and hantarans

Man's been following his uncle doing cooking demo all over the states and he managed to stop by Johor Premium Outlets previously and decided it's worth it for us to travel all the way from KL to JB just to buy stuff from JPO.

so we picked out one of the weekends in Dec to spend time and money I mean lotsa money there, in JPO.
nak pegi beli barang Man la yg banyaknya. barang aku dah separuh settle. masa tu tinggal perfume, kasut and jam je.

sakan la Man shopping. lelaki kalau jin shopping merasuk, memang lain macam. merasa la aku jadi lelaki sekejap, tunggu dia shopping kat dalam sambil aku lepak kat luar atas bench.HAHA.

so he bought his hantaran's shirt from G2000, shoes from Pedro and shirts for his dad and granddad. and I bought watches for both of us dah janji nak belanja beliau hehe , a Fossil's purse and a Padini's blouse.
jam dekat butik fossil sangat murah. masa tu tengah promo buy 2nd item for 50% less for watches,purses and wallets. orang beli jam macam beli ayam. so we bought ourselves a DKNY watch for her and an AX watch for him for below RM800 yeayy! and I bought myself a Fossil purse for only RM90 nak ganti purse yg dah dua tahun lebih pakai ni. actually purse tu harga RM120 but I bought two, one for me and one for Ada my roommie, total RM180 bahagi dua maka terjadilah penjimatan!

I know some of you might be confused, initially we agreed that we both buy our own stuff for hantaran and later exchange je. sama je value lebih kurang, tak payah pening2. hehe. cumanya gelang hantaran dia beli and in exchange I bought him his hantaran's watch. tapi mestila gelang hantaran 3 or 4kali ganda dari harga jam hehe. still considering on his wedding ring though.

oh ya, butik2 handbag aku tak masuk pun sebab dah ada handbag. and butik2 yg terang2an mahal macam Burberry, Ferragamo and Ermenegildo Zegna hehe. Coach aku tengok ramai gak masuk. memang tak plan nak masuk since aku memang tak minat Coach. Oroton and Michael Korrs pun ada sale hari tu. tengok wallet diorang RM250 je. tak tengok benda lain sebab aku memang fokus gila dengan barang yg aku nak beli.

hajat di hati nak angkat loafers Timberland as kasut hantaran aku tapi takde size la pulak. eh hello, Timberland sana dalam RM170 je kot.begitu kesal takde size. loafers ladies kat Pedro and C&K pun tak lawa sangat. so aku tak beli kasut.

for me JPO berbaloi nak shopping barang2 branded dengan harga yg sangat discounted and outdated season sikit. barang2 kat sana satu season terkebelakang. macam aku tak kisah sangat, outdated sikit je pun. kalau korang kisah pasal design terkini, JPO bukan tempat korang lah hehe.

dengan hasil2 yg telah dibeli, we were one happy couple!

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the next week after we spent lotsa money in JPO, I decided to finish off shopping for our hantaran stuff. so aku ajak Man gi Sogo survey/beli perfume,kebetulan masa tu ada sale perfume gila2 punya kat Sogo.

I was aiming for Givenchy Dahlia Noir with black lid. bau dia macam baby powder sikit. the last time I went to Sogo with my housemates, ada promo tau for this Givenchy, I remembered clearly harga dia RM245, set of perfume, lotion and a candle. this time I went looking for the Givenchy booth, makcik kerek yg jaga booth tu cakap,"mana ada Givenchy harga macam tu, I yg jaga Givenchy, memang takde promo gitu" dengan muka angkuh sekali.
mak ai kereknya kau ni makcik. I was sure about the price previously sebab kalau over than RM300 memang aku takkan target. Man dah berbulu dah dengan makcik tu walaupun adik salesgirl yg bawak aku ke booth tu janji nak bagi macam2 free gift. aku blah dari situ sementara nak buat keputusan. nak beli ke tak. sebab over budget. RM360 for 50ml and RM390 for 75ml. free gift diaa bercampur2 pulak. pouch jenama apa entah, shower gel yg 5ml tu Moschino pulak.

pusing2 kat ruang legar yg kat tengah2 Sogo tu, kat situ lagi macam2 brand perfume ada. jumpa kakak yg jaga booth Giorgio Armani, layan begitu bersungguh2 and memberikan pelbagai free gift. tersangkut jugak akhirnya, we both settled for Giorgio Armani sahaja. mine Acqua Di Gio harga RM260, Man's Armani Code RM340 sebab dia punya sekali dengan deodorant spray. both dapat pouch, lotion/aftershave, mini bottle 20ml and samples yg kecik2 tu. both sets belum packed as in nak letak atas dulang, kakak tu cakap later dah dekat datang je booth Giorgio Armani kat Sogo ni, tunjuk resit and they'll wrap for you. kalau wrap sekarang pun nanti koyak pulak.

memang aku target nak beli sebelum habis Xmas sales sebab masa ni je perfume nak ada discount pun. nanti CNY macam susah je nak ada perfume sale.haha. seronok tengok couple2 masing beli perfume. semua beli dua set. untuk hantaran lettew :P

and yes, with these perfumes, we were one happy couple once again.haha

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so for hantaran for me tinggal kasut and 2 item yg belum dikenalpasti. most probably cake and chocs kot. and for him, dia belum beli Al-Quran and gelang.

LIST HANTARAN:
For Her
1. Sirih Junjung
2. Gelang/Rantai Tangan & Mas Kahwin
3. Handbag
4. Kasut
5. Telekung & Sejadah
6. Perfume
7. Jam

For Him

1. Sirih Junjung
2. Jam
3. Kemeja
4. Kasut
5. AlQuran & Sejadah
6. Perfume
7. Jam
8. Cake*
9. Chocolate*

* - belum ditentukan

setakat ni sahaja update untuk kali ni.
doakan perjalanan kami menuju halal dipermudahkan :)