of the third checklist - 22 days to go

Tarikh :
Nikah - insyaAllah 19 April 2013 - 9.30 malam
re-confirm with kadi early April takut dia lupa Ustaz Abdullah - 013 4811715
Resepsi - insyaAllah 20 April 2013
Bertandang - insyallah 4 May 2013

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

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

Legal Documents :
Kursus Kawen - DONE
HIV test - DONE
Borang kebenaran nikah LELAKI - DONE.SUBMITTED
Borang kebenaran nikah PEREMPUAN - DONE.SUBMITTED. 
belum ambil surat kebenaran nikah from Pej Agama Timur Laut. mintak Abah ambikkan next week

Venue :
Nikah - Dewan Cafeteria RECSAM
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
need to sewa bantal nikah RM50 each
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/
done pre-wedding shots and Save The Date video

Wedding Outfits :
1)
Nikah - Picked Up. oh so nice lah the dress.walaupun simple. 
DIY veil nikah dah halfway,tinggal nak letak beads.tudung belum cari.maybe pakai shawl kot.

2)
Resepsi - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau.DONE measuring and designing. 
Next week follow up. After musim cuti sekolah.
Veil,Shoe,Accessories - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau
Tudung - Order from Nisa Alwy http://nisaalwy.blogspot.com/

3)
Bertandang - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood
Veil,Shoe,Accessories,Tudung - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood.DONE measuring and designing

4) 
Wedding shoes - bought from Primavera RM80++. for all three receptions :P

Make Up :
Nikah - De Kasih Collection, Balik Pulau tukar sbb tak confident dgn mekap dia untuk resepsi, tak boleh tukar, so bawak ke nikah
Resepsi - Kak Jue http://www.facebook.com/julieda.juelie?\fref=ts
follow up dengan Kak Julie balik by next week
Bertandang - Butik Hias Karisma, Greenwood

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

Bunga Pahar/Bunga Manggar :
Nikah - NULL
Resepsi - DONE. bought by Ain, silver.
Bertandang - Pending

Hantaran :
Bilangan dulang Perempuan kpd Lelaki - 9 dulang
done : Kasut, Perfume, Kemeja, Jam, Gadget, Quran&Sejadah, Coklat, Cincin
pending : Sireh Junjung, Coklat by Zana

Bilangan dulang Lelaki kpd Perempuan - 7 dulang
Done : Handbag, Perfume, Jam, Telekung&Sejadah, Kasut
Pending : Gelang&MasKahwin, Sireh Junjung, 

Cincin & Gelang Utk Nikah :
For Him - DONE.bought from Bausch K, One Utama
For Her - Gelang (tak sure dah beli ke tak)

Invitation Card : 
Vendor : LH Creative, Jalan Pudu
Total : 1600 pcs for both sides

Cake :
Resepsi - pending (aunty Maznah) - I think it's gonna be pulut kuning lah
Bertandang - CRZ

Jurunikah/Pembaca Doa/Saksi :
Jurunikah - Ustaz Abdullah (013-4811715)
Saksi - pending
Pembaca doa semasa Resepsi - YB Shamsuri
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 - on going invitations.thru postage and by hand.
Bertandang - pending

Entertainment :
1) Resepsi
Marhaban - BOOKED
DJ - BOOKED
Tarian - BOOKED
Kompang - BOOKED

2) Bertandang
DJ - Pending
Bagpipe - Pending

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

Bilik Pengantin :
New Comforter Set - DONE.sponsored by Ain

Spa Pengantin - Pending

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

IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOLLOW-UP (1 Apr - 12 Apr)
1) ambil Surat Kebenaran Nikah dekat Pejabat Agama - PIC : Abah
2) follow up Kadi, remind about tarikh and masa.
3) baju reception Penang, bila nak fitting.
4) baju reception KL, bila nak fitting.
5) follow up dengan Kak Julie MUA
6) Jahit manik kat veil

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Less than a month to go.22 days to be exact. Alhamdulillah. banyak sangat benda yg dah settle. tinggal lagi benda remeh la macam tudung, veil, henna, begitu2 la.
last month (February) and early this month banyak benda yg kami berjaya selesaikan.
baju nikah, kad kahwin, submit borang kebenaran nikah, booking kadi.
tinggal nak follow up here and there je.
rasanya macam 90% prepared,tinggal nak execute je.

cuti kahwin dan tarikh nak work from home pun dah bincang dengan boss, boss okay je. lega hati saya walaupun ada 2 unpaid leaves yg perlu di apply. tapi takpelah, kahwin sekali seumur hidup kan. kalau ikutkan hati nak je segregate kan 5 days wedding leave tu so that aku tak payah ambik unpaid langsung tapi aku rasa tengah syok2 baru kahwin tu kan takmau la fikiran terganggu dengan urusan kerja walaupun boleh work from home. kita lepak je kat rumah dengan suami hehe.

semoga semua lancar and let's get this done and over with.
penat weh semua preparations ni. settle semua ni nak cuti panjang lepak kat rumah dengan suami then pergi honeymoon.uii best ngat! haha

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risau betul lah pasal PRU nih.fed up pun ada jugak. bila entah si Jibby nak bubar Parlimen? hari tu future PIL suruh Man pergi bayar full payment dewan AU2 tu. sekali management cakap diorang taknak terima full payment sebab takut time tu PRU and SPR nak guna dewan. 
aiseh. macam mana tu? ni wedding orang la, bukan birthday party. suka2 jelah kan.haishooo.
doa-doa kan lah PRU tak terkena date majlis bertandang ye. ya Allah tolonglah jauhkan tarikh PRU tu sama macam tarikh bertandang aku, kesian future FIL nak pening2 tukar venue pulak haish.

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oh ya, kami pun dah berjaya mencari rumah sewa. paling runsing sekali sebab I don't have a home to come home to lepas nikah and majlis belah Penang.habis tu gua nak cuddle2 dengan suami gua kat mana beb?haha.

mungkin rezeki kami, we got a decent apartment, fully furnished like really fully furnished.ada aircond, water heater, peti ais, tv kecik, dapur, cabinet dapur, katil, wardrobe semua ada.yg takde cuma washing machine and a wide-screen tv :P  for RM800 per month. boleh skip beli barang rumah for the first few months.
apartments with security and parking lot dekat Bandar Sri Damansara.
seronoknya, tak sabar nak ambik kunci and cuci rumah this weekend. finally, a home for both of us :)

p/s - atas tu gambar pre-wedding kami. biasa je. no colourful and fancy props pun. just us and our freaking exhausted faces after Save The Date punya shooting haha


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

of wedding cards vendor.beware of MyOneCard,Jalan Pudu.

we had a conflict with our cards vendor. ceritanya macam ni :

kakak vendor : bebila later bagi map takpe, tapi kalau nak kad before CNY kena bagi map dalam minggu ni
kami : kami nak end of Feb, kiranya nak ambik after cuti CNY
kakak vendor : kalau macam tu okay, minggu depan bagi map pun takpe, email ke

after 1week plus, pegi hantar map
vendor :  draft siap dlm 23hb Feb, paling awal siap printing pun 10hb Mac
kami    :  lamanya.hari tu kakak tu takde cakap pun psl draft?
vendor :  memang macam tu , lepas confirm draft 2minggu amik masa printing.takpun esok abg call office ckp dengan kakak tu

bila call
kakak vendor : eh saya takde janji pun dengan mana2 customer mcm tu.siapa suruh awak hantar map lambat

eee biadapnya ayat dia.

kami ni first time kahwin, first time tempah kad, she should brief us on the timeline like "lepas ni 2minggu tunggu draft, then 2minggu br siap printing,so boleh la amik time sekian2".
ni tak dia tak mention langsung pasal draft masa kami order tu.
bagitau la dateline bila kami boleh hantar map kalau nak tarikh yg kami sebut.takdela kami susah payah nak mintak kawan amik masa buat map 3D semua.ini tak, masa nak tulis invoice bukan main semua TAKPE.bukan kami tak mention bila kami nak kad tu siap.kami dah tegaskan nak kad before march.end of feb dah nak amik.
kalau salah kami takpe, sendiri yg cakap berbelit2 sampai menyusahkan orang.

in the end kami tukar vendor, seminggu lebih dah siap boleh ambik. dgn vendor lama sekarang kami sengaja ding dong ding dong kan draft. agaknya kalau stay dengan vendor lama, sampai hari kenduri pun tak dapat lagi kad kami agaknya.

mungkin nasib aku je kot dapat staff yang handle order aku macam bangang tapi just beware la. tanya every details. note down every details. jangan terpedaya dengan "TAKPE" and "BOLEH". time nak close deal semua boleh.

oh lupa nak cakap, vendor yg bermasalah tu kedainya bernama MyOneCard. aku rasa sebab dia ada banyak order, so dia nak drag the timeline sebab tu dia dok buat perangai macam ni. and memang korang yg akan follow up dengan dia, dia takdenye nak call korang tanya bila nak hantar map ke nak hantar gambar ke.

kitorang memang sengaja taknak ambik package kad dekat Pameran Pengantin sebab nak elak benda2 mcm ni la. sekali terkena jugak. sabar je lah. dugaan nak kahwin.


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

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 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

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133 days to go.

awat makin laju aku tengok jumlah hari ni berkurangan.
macam baru je 150 hari tu.
less than 5months.

preparation statik.
tak tahu nak buat apa kat sini.
banyak benda tak boleh decide sendiri.BIG SIGH
padahal malam2 free je takde buat apa.
mungkin aku patut start buat bunga pahar DIY gitu.
or mungkin boleh DIY goodies.

so far, below are the things that I figure out that I can settle during my long (FORCED!) leave at the end of the year nanti.
semoga produktif hendaknya.

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Kesedaran Tentang Kesihatan & Kecantikan

semenjak dua menjak nak kahwin ni, aku sangat concern pasal kesihatan dan kecantikan aku.
to be honest, mestilah pasal kecantikan yang kita lebihkan, kan?

dulu boleh bersiap nak pergi kerja without even looking at the mirror pun. sekarang ni, serba serbi aku belek depan cermin. bila kita dah makin teliti, makin banyak lah flaw yang kita jumpa kat diri sendiri.

parut, dark skins and dry skins are everywhere suddenly.
perlahan-lahan aku googled up supplements and creams or gels to repair my skin.
try jugak cari supplement tapi mostly semua mahal2, I can't afford expensive one while I'm saving for my wedding kan?
and I also bought some creams to repair my skins.
lately muka senang sangat naik jerawat and the pimple left such ugly dark spots. jerawat tu sudahlah satu hal, kesan jerawat tu satu hal lagi nak hilangkan.
and all those dark areas and I need to lighten up, sheesh, so much work to be done.
susahnya jadi perempuan.haha.padahal dulu tak pernah kisah pun.haha

below are the products I purchased recently once dapat gaji:

1) Cherry Pink Lip Cream from Cosway. (RM22.50 Member's Price) - LINK
Function : to repair lips, make lips more pink and lighter. it also fades darkened nipples naturally with continuous use
a high-school friend suggested me this product, dia cakap berkesan, so let give this a try.basically produk ni akan mencerahkan 2 bahagian tubuh kita dan juga menjadikannya lebih naturally pink. so yeah. dah tau kan fungsi utamanya untuk apa?haha

2) L’élan Vital Intense Skin Lightening Cream by Cosway (RM29.90 Member's Price) - LINK
Function : The Perfect Solution for Improving the Appearance of Hyperpigmentation, Freckles, Sun Damage, Age Spots, Acne Spots, Raised Scars, Dark Patches, Bikini Line, Hand Spots, Elbow Spots, Cleavage Spots, Ankle Spots, Knee Spots, Underarms Spots, Post Pregnancy Spots and any other dark spots on your body
this one aku nak try pakai for celah-celah pelipat yang macam gelap sikit tu. sebenarnya tak berapa obvious pun tapi I just wanna be perfect for my husband nanti :)

3) BWhite Supplement (RM45 kat stall2 jamu.mungkin boleh dpt lg murah sampai RM42) - LINK
Function : to repair skin from within. kurangkan kulit berminyak, kurangkan jerawat and cepatkan pemulihan parut jerawat as I read in the testimonials online.
aku pilih yang ni sebab banyak positive review and it is quite cheap. mampu milik la. RM45 for 14 sachets of 3grams. 1 month punya supply more or less dlm RM90 la.
and my uni-mate cakap, dia pernah makan, and during that period, muka dia less berminyak and kulit muka rasa glowing.
ni hari kedua aku makan BWhite ni.senang je, telan serbuk then minum air kosong secukupnya.


4) Mederma (mahal weh sampai RM40.90) - LINK
Function : clinically shown to improve the overall appearance, color and texture of scars, making them softer, smoother and less noticeable. Work for old and new scars from cuts, surgery, acne or burns.Are from the #1 doctor and pharmacist- recommended brand for scars
since banyak jerawat tumbuh kat muka aku sekarang, I need a product to lightens the acne scars. stress betul, tinggal parut2 hitam pulak kat muka aku ni. previously aku pakai HirusScar. tube kecik 5gram tu tahan dalam sebulan. not bad, nampak la makin fade parut aku, I just wanna try Mederma ni, kalau tak berkesan macam HirusScar, aku akan kembali menggunakan yg tu. Mahal kot Mederma ni, kalau tak berkesan taktau nak kata apa. huhu.

aku baru sangat2 beli products ni, baru pakai dalam 3 hari, belum nampak kesannya lagi. InsyaAllah akan direview kalau aku perasan ada kesan. haha.

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okay ni cerita lain. tapi berkait dengan kesihatan jugak
walaupun aku ni Girls' School dari form1 - form 3, aku masih belum dapat Rubella vaccination aku. seingat aku, masa form 3 dapat satu jab aje, and I have checked my buku rekod kesihatan yg color dark blue tu, yg aku dapat adalah vaccination Anti-Tetanus (anti - kancing gigi)

Rubella basically vaccination yang kita kena ambik sebelum kita mengandung to protect us from Rubella virus masa mengandung.

read about Rubella HERE

I came across this Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's blog, Dr. Suhaimi. terlintas di hatiku nak bertanyakan pasal suntikan Rubella ni. so, I dropped a comment. semangat aku nih!

Question : 
"salam doktor,
sorry maybe saya salah topik but i couldn't find your email anywhere in this blog
i would like to seek your advise regarding rubella.i am getting married next year and i'm a bit concerned since i haven't got my rubella vaccination yet.
rubella was supposedly given during form 3 but according to my buku kesihatan,the only jab i received during form 3 was anti-tetanus.
where should i get and when should i get vaccinated referring to my condition above?
thanks doc!"

Answer : 
"Memang rubella diberi masa form 3. Kalau anda miss cuba cari di kelinik GP atau hospital swasta. Kalau tak ada juga berjumpa dengan kelinik kesihatan kerajaan. If u cant find it no need to worry too much. It is very rare to get rubella infection."

ohho...begitu ke? tapi demi protection dan keselamatan, advisable pergi la ambik jab tu ye. pergi je klinik swasta biasa then claim la dekat company ye dok?

teringat cerita cikgu Biologi aku dulu, dia cakap dia memang sengaja refused for Rubella jab sebab dia nak husband dia sendiri bawak dia pergi cucuk nanti. haha. sweet but dangerous. buatnya lupa? hehe. nasib baik ingat, dah anak dua dah pun, masa tu la. sekarang tak pasti hehe.

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Kursus Kahwin

weekend lepas aku menghadiri Kursus Kahwin di Wani Pesona dekat Setiawangsa.
Alhamdulillah, lengkap dah satu step lagi.banyak jugak info yg kami dapat especially pasal hal2 rasmi dan jugak sedikit bayangan bagaimana kehidupan rumahtangga akan bermula.
pada pendapat aku, elok pergi berdua dengan pasangan, especially tunang. pergi dlm 3-6months before majlis aku rasa just nice so that nanti bila dah kahwin boleh cakap kat husband/wife "Ingat tak apa ustaz tu cakap masa kursus kahwin hari tu?" haa gituu.

sedikit points yg aku boleh share kat sini.yg mana aku ingat and yg aku rasa penting.
sila matang dlm membaca points, kalau sebut pasal seks pun malu, sukar sedikit lah nak kahwin kan hehe.

1) bab Wali jangan diambil remeh.kita kena tahu susunan wali.bagi yg masih ada ayah, Alhamdulillah, maybe tak sukar melainkan ayah awak taknak walikan awak.yg lain, kena tahu wali meninggal and wali hilang.bila masa nak ambik adik beradik lelaki jd wali, and bila masa nak ambik wali hakim.check jangan tak check okay.

2) seks adalah penting dalam rumahtangga.banyak kali jugak ustaz2 tekankan soal ni.lelaki sekurang2 nya harus melakukan hubungan seks 3hari sekali.dinasihatkan 3bulan pertama perkahwinan, kekerapan seks adalah 3kali sehari.gulp!pingsan.bila masa tu nak buat?tak letih ke? -___-"

3) komunikasi pun sangat penting dlm perkahwinan.jangan ms bercinta saja gayut 8jam sehari, lepas kahwin tak bercakap sampai 8minggu. komunikasi termasuk lah verbal dan juga non verbal.contohnya tengok husband kerut je dah tau dia ada masalah apa.macam husband tengok wife macam bad mood je,faham2 lah dia tengah PMS.gituu

4) CERAI.jangan main dengan perkataan ni.senang cerita jangan terlintas di hati pun lah.husband jangan sesekali sebut, wife jangan sesekali kali provoke/cabar husband. cara nak praktis, jangan amalkan mintak putus dalam current relationship :)

5) Memasak,mengemas,basuh baju,jaga anak,bukan tanggungjawab hakiki seorang isteri. tapi disebabkan kitorang ni baik hati kitorang buat la jugak.tak cakap pun taknak buat, just mengharapkan bantuan dari suami especially bila dah ada anak nanti memandangkan kitorang isteri2 ni pun mostly berkerjaya.tak gitu?

6) dua ustaz tekankan pasal ni,jangan sesekali bergaduh depan anak.kalau tengah bertengkar/bergaduh,kalau anak tiba2 datang, stop immediately. berlakon ke apa ke, whatever it takes janji not in front of your kids.

7) One more thing about wali fasik.Fasik means yg jelas dan nyata terlibat dengan dosa besar macam berjudi,zina,minum arak mahupun syirik.kalau wali yg kita hendak lantik tu tak nyata,jelas dan secara terang2an terlibat dengan dosa besar,sebelum akad nikah tu wali hendaklah beristighfar dan mengucap 3 kali.pengantins, saksi pun boleh sama join istighfar dan mengucap.sesungguhnya kita pun tak lekang dari dosa :)

8) jarak antara anak adalah seelok2nya 3tahun. the calculations goes like this:
- mengandung 9bulan
- pantang 2bulan
- menyusukan anak 24bulan
total semua 35 bulan sama dengan 2tahun 11bulan or 3tahun lah senang cerita.so jangan rushing nak beranak,beranak dan beranak.'kilang' dia kita kena jaga.well, bagi aku, aku pentingkan quality dari quantity. biar sikit tapi semuanya jadi orang, jangan separuh jadi orang separuh jadi beruang hehe

9) dan ustaz ada jugak menyatakan, isteri berhak ke atas duit suami, tapi duit isteri adalah kepunyaan beliau sepenuhnya, melainkan beliau nak bagi kat awak la kan. makan, pakaian, tempat tinggal semua tanggungjawab mutlak suami.wajib belikan pakaian baru 6bulan sekali tapi seelok2nya sebulan
sekali.ehem! hahaha

10) kursus jugak ada menerangkan tentang dokumen2 yg perlu untuk proses permohonan nikah secara general.kalau korang kawen satu negeri,mudah.kalau awak asal Penang, tapi dah kerja kat KL lebih 3bulan, so awak boleh apply kat JAIPP and JAWI, janji wali awak datang sekali masa awak apply. so macam aku, Father kat Penang, nak nikah pun kat Penang, better mohon kat Penang je.
macam lelaki Selangor, kalau nak buat permohonan, kena bawak dua orang saksi.negeri lain tak payah.
hah, benda2 details macam ni yg kita banyaknya kurang arif dan mengakibatkan dokumen tak lengkap lalu kena ulang2 ke Pejabat Kadi.

11) 5tahun pertama perkahwinan adalah yg paling mencabar sekali and peratusan penceraian adalah mencecah 30% dalam tempoh ini tiba2 aku rasa aku mcm hos Wanita Hari Ini pulak.sebab tu tak ada nasihat lain selain,"bila dah kahwin ni,kena banyak2 sabar.kena kurangkan tolak,banyakkan ansur"

antara point2 lain yg aku nak share secara general adalah bila dah kahwin ni, kita kena bersedia untuk berubah, bersedia menerima perubahan dan bersabar dalam nak tunggu pasangan berubah.

the situation is like this,pasangan kita dah 26tahun hidup dengan gaya hidup dia sekarang, kita pun dah biasa hidup dengan gaya hidup kita sekarang, nak adapt hidup berkeluarga mungkin ambik masa sikit.depends atas individu.

macam aku,Mother dah biasa biarkan aku layan tido sampai tengahari,kadang2 dia biar sampai petang.sebab dulu katanya,aku dah puas bangun awal kat asrama,kesian, bagi la can dia nak bangun lambat,gitu.
macam tunang, sepanjang aku kenal dia, hujung minggu dia memang bangun awal, breakfast semua dulu, then baru kalau dia nak nap tengahari tu dia nap.

so kalau dah kahwin, aku tak boleh la nak bawak perangai aku yg tido sampai tengahari tu ke alam perkahwinan kadang2 takpe la, and suami aku nanti pun kena la paham kadang2 aku memerlukan tido sampai ke tengahari tu.
dan mcm aku, kena la paham suami ni jenis yg makan breakfast, so kena la bangun awal sediakan breakfast, then sambung la tido semula dengan suami.HAHA.

this is one of the adaptation situations yg kita perlu lalui rasanya.dan mungkin terlalu banyak yg kita perlu adapt lagi.so lepas kahwin pakat2 la kita berubah menjadi adaptor! haha.

antara sedikit sebanyak yg aku boleh share dari pengalaman aku menghadiri Kursus Pra-Perkahwinan. kalau nak tau lebih lanjut, hadirilah sendiri ya! lagipun kalau nak kahwin, wajib ada Sijil ni tau. all the best!

yeay dah boleh kahwin.tapi sijil minggu ni baru nak ambik.huhu

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Getting to know where to start

honestly, I have no idea at all where to start.not even a bit.
since I am the eldest in my family, the eldest daughter, the eldest granddaughter and the eldest greatgranddaughter, I have limited resources that I can rely on in my family.
the last wedding for a daughter in my family was on 2005.that was ages.my granduncles and grandaunts are too old to remember every single details about the wedding
as for my parents, they were excited, excited but nervous because I'm the first one!
well both sides are, mine and his parents.
I think they were more nervous than I am hehe.

All I know are these four main steps :
1) Merisik
2) Meminang/Bertunang
3) Bernikah (Solemnization)
4) Kenduri (Wedding Reception)

What I wasn't aware off are those tiny and detail steps in between those four.and also the people we need to handle.sigh.

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the initial idea was to combine both merisik and bertunang in one event since my family is in Penang and his family is from KL and his grandparents live in Jengka,Pahang.it is a 4.5hours drive and I'm trying to make it easy for everybody.

But Mother refused...she wanted his family to come for merisik first then only bertunang later.
We discussed this over and Man agreed.he said, "Takpe, dah Mama nak macam tu, ikut je la yang, I usahakan la mcm2 mana pun". thanks for not complaining.ILY B :)

We wanted to settle the merisik thingy before Ramadhan but the dates picked clashed.
One weekend my mother was going to Bangkok for her college trip and another weekend Man's father was attending his company dinner.

I was down,literally.

discussion after discussion, since we were too late to set the merisik date before Ramadhan, we postponed it to after Raya, on National Day to be exact, two weeks before my Engagement date, that was last week. will provide the details later.

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regarding our Engagement date, I picked out the date randomly. Man doesn't want to be engaged for too long, since we are considering to tie the knot somewhere in mid 2013, I think September would be sufficient. His idea was to get engaged in Dec and get married by March or April.tunang sekejap je la kiranya.crazeyhhhhh, mana sempat woi.nak cari dewan,baju,goodies and not to mention all those official stuff, HIV test, kebenaran nikah, kursus kahwin and etc.

and so yeah, I picked out 16th September 2012 as our Engagement date, Hari Malaysia, a national public holiday, a long weekend and one day before my birthday.ngee.
EH! that is this Sunday :D
Merisik on Independence Day and Engagement on Malaysia's Day, patriotic much heh?

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roughly, the plan is to have my wedding somewhere mid April and his side would be in early May.
why April? 
firstly, because I have booked our honeymoon tickets to Phuket end of April.HAHA. So, kena la nikah before honeymoon, tak nikah mcm mana nak honeymoon ye tak? HAHA again.
secondly because my parents prefer the reception not to be held during school holidays.depa tak suka banyak sangat kenduri at one time nanti tak semua kawan depa tak boleh mai. lagi pun ada 2,3 orang je sepupu2 yg bersekolah. yg kecik2 duduk taska ramai la. and rasanya macam tak ada cikgu dalam family I.
third, Alhamdulillah, the dates we are considering, student USM tengah cuti semester, so dewan available.

actually, the hall is booked on 13th April for the reception to give way for Man's side the following week, and end of April they can set us free to go for our booked honeymoon ngehngehngeh.
but since Man's side is currently deciding 4th of May, I'm considering to delay my nikah and reception date for another week so that I can have a very loooooongggg leave after my majlis.given that the hall is available la.kalau tak,proceed with the original plan saje.
cuti dah sikit sebab dah masuk industry manufacturing, dengan forced shutdown leave lagi.le sigh.nasib baik la marriage leave 5 hari.

so the flow would be like:

Nikah - Shepha's Reception - Honeymoon - Man's Reception

and I would be pretty much sunburnt for his side's reception.HAHA lagi.

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itu lah serba sedikit review awal berkenaan tangga2 yg perlu kami daki untuk menuju hari bahagia.
awal2 lagi dah ada ujian2 kecil tapi Alhamdulillah, it has showed that how much Man wanted to settle down with me and he ain't complaining :)