140211

A year ago on this very date:



And us a year later:

Update: 4 Months

Wow, how time flies. Today marks the 4th months of our engagement and yet I have not post up pictures of it. Yang dulu-dulu tak kira sebab tu ala-ala teaser sajork. Adalah 6-8 keping je kan aku letak.

Dah 4 bulan. Still nak kena post gambar tunang ke? Lagi 6 bulan korang nak kena tengok gambar kahwin pulak.

Macam malas je...


Update with pictures:

Menyambut ketibaan rombongan. That is mommy dearest uols with future-MIL in blue baju kurung.
Yang 2 orang dekat background tu mom's sister and my eldest cousin. Sempat lagi tu posing.

First time my sister saw this particular picture, I'd swear that she was ROTFL. She said I was control ayu. Kurang asam!
Hey, tak payah nak control ayu sebab dah memang sedia ayu ok. Matilah statement perasan.

Tersenyum riang. Aceh. Nasib baik kulit nampak flawless walaupun mekap sendiri.
Syabas tutorial YouTube

Main kahwin-kahwin. Wassup with me and that smug smile?

See? Smug face lagi.

Parents.

Ok, sudah-sudah. Penat nak pilih satu-satu gambar ni. Nak tunggu blogger ni upload photos, ya Allah lamanya.

Ok, nak pergi celebrate H's birthday! Daaaa....

(Another) Hutang Gambar Post

All pictures taken using H's camera and edited using Poladroid software.

Will post more once I got all the pics for the official photographer.

I lost track on how many times I mentioned the word simple to describe my engagement day, and yet some people didn't really grasp the true meaning of the word simple and kept on blurting out negative comments on how "simple" my outfit was (didn't they know that the baju was inspired from Rizalman's - a reknowned local designer who like to keep things clean and again, simple?), how "simple" the hantarans were, how "simple" the bedroom decoration was, etc.

Maybe instead of snarky remarks, I should have just shove the Oxford dictionary to their face and have them look at the words meaning? Or are they expecting me to wear head to toe bling bling and french lace? Or the bedroom decoration should be filled with skirting and scallops? Or the hantaran should be made by NGI? Or instead of the amaturish make-up that I had, I should be getting all dolled up by Saidatulnisa?(she's future MIL's cousin, y'all)

Sigh.


Guess it's hard to please everybody but yourself.

140210

is the day we got enfianced.

The date bears no significant meaning to us, per se. We chose it as our engagement day merely because it was convinient for both parties. It was a Sunday which coincidently falls on Chinese New Year and Valentine's day. It was a long weekend for everybody. So we thought what the heck, lets get engaged!

The whole ceremony was very simple. I woke up at 8 am and was still sleepy. After taking a shower, I ironed my baju and started doing my own make-up. Nothing fancy. I just make sure that the base is flawless. I believe the secret of a good make-up lies in a good base or canvas. I did the flower arrangement bought from Floristika the day before, on Saturday night. I used pink gerberas, tuberroses, pink carnations and some filler flowers. For hantaran I used white orchids. And oh, please don't laugh at my unskilled flower arrangement for hantaran. It was my first attempt ever. So pardon the amaturish quality.

At 11 am, the rombongan arrived. I was forced to wait inside my room. Akak terasa begitu gadis Melayu terakhir sekali uols. Sempat lagi text one of my besties and gelak2 (dalam SMS) about how I feel. After that one of my aunt signalled me that it was the time to sarung cincin. Initially I planned the whole sarung cincin thingy to be done atas kerusi. I want no mini pelamin and all but I reserved one corner of the living room specially for upacara sarung cincin in which both H's mom and I will be sitting on the chairs. Tapi masa tu blur gile weh sebab tiba-tiba one aunty suruh aku duduk in front of H's mom and sarung cincin.

Aku macam, eh nak duduk atas kerusi....tapi semua orang pun macam suruh duduk bawah je.

*pelamin anganku musnah* Gitu sungguh drama sekali.

Lepas tu biasalah kena berlakon salam and kiss pipi lama-lama. Aku sengih je memanjang. Matilah gambar buruk nak mampus lepas tu kan...

Lepas tu, amik gambar sana-sini. Ingatkan bila lepas abis ambik gambar bolehlah makan. Aku dah aim awal-awal nak makan jeli kelapa. Sekali kena (paksa) posing-posing romantika di Tampoi dengan H oleh photographer.

Serious aku macam tak selesa kena paksa pose2 romantik yang aku tak rela ni. Selamba je aku sound photographer tu,

"Eh I tak suka la pose-pose ni. Nampak fake la."

Nah, amik ko.

Tapi no one seems to be listening to me. *Nangis* Lepas tu yang tak bestnya one of H's cousin cakap aku bossy. Redha.

Remember my last post on how we (H and I) don't like the work of the photographer? Macam mana korang rasa if you have to do all the typicial 80's romantic poses when you know that they're just not you? Aku rasa nak meradang. Serious, like no kidding. Then H has to rush to send him off to the airport. I only spend like what, 15 minutes with my fiance on our engagement day! Eh, I said my fiance tu. Haha, so comels. Bila fikir balik, it's really such a waste to hire him. We know that the ceremony will be very short and simple. Tak berbaloi pun. And with the outcome that I know we or rather I will not like, lagilah rasa macam sangat tak berbaloi. We did not connect with him and neither him with us. He kept on saying that he didn't know my angle and all. I refuse to do all the corny lets-look-at-each-other's-reflection-in-the-mirror-and-fall-in-love poses as being told. Buat pun ala-ala nak ambik ati je sebab H kept on saying, please..janganlah macam ni, buat je. Haisshh.

Please excuse me if I don't post the pictures of my engagement here.

Apart from the issue with the photographer, I think everything went well. Alhamdullilah. Most of them said that the food was very sedap. We had nasi putih, gulai ikan nyok-nyok, masak lemak ikan masin, sayur campur, bubur kacang and oren as desert. Also jeli kelapa courtesy from my cousin and kek lapis Sarawak. My mom made the drink, called errmm.. Jimi Asmara or something(?). A family recipe invented by my uncle. One of H's cousin drank like 5 glasses!

Thanks a lot to the parents and the relatives. I think without them there'll be no ceremony.

I don't have the pictures and bf promise to give them to me once he finished all the editing.

Oh, I heart the ring. Hihi, tetiba.

P/s: I think I don't do justice to the photographer. I think he only directed us to do the corny 80's romantic poses just because initially when we're asked to pose, we didn't do any. The truth is, errrrrr....aku segan weh, hehe. I like weird and quirky poses. You know, like the "hear no devil, see no devil, speak no devil" kinda poses.. Yes, that kind of pose pelik-pelik and ridiculous poses are so me. I just don't do normal poses of stand and smile... My bf pulak, admit that dia tak pandai posing-posing ni. So he just follow whatever the photographer's instruction.
Sigh, somehow I honestly don't know how our pictures will turned out...

Pan!c (At The Disco)

I'm in my panic Bridezilla mode.

Beware! Bridezilla Moose is on the loose. Gotta alert traffic control!

Initially both boyfriend and I do not want to get engaged at all. I repeat, don't want at all. We've known each other for already 8 years. So, why waste time (and money) on engagement, right? But in another few days we're getting engaged because the elders think that it is more appropriate if we do so. So we listened and succumbed to our elders.

So, we planned that everything will be very simple and intimate. Only a handful of friends know about this. I even only break the news to my close friends on Friday, last week. Since we know that the event will be a close ceremony, we do not hire any photographer, no mini pelamin, no guest favours, no anything that scream engagement. I even planned to DIY everything that can be DIY-ed. From make-up, floral arrangement etc.

Few days back, H's mom hinted about photographer. I said we didn't hire any. I said that we can ask some relatives to take all the pictures. Just now, H informs me that his parents are so keen on hiring a photographer. His mom's bestfriend to be exact. This uncle is an old timer in taking big-shot events. Rosmah is one of his client. Rosmah the PM's wife. Not some random Rosmah.

Buuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttt.......there's a big butt here,

we don't like the photos taken, the angles are so wrong, the editing are so old fashion!, though the pictures are sharp. He's an event photographer, remember? But how do we say this, we no likey. The only people that seems to like it are no surprise, the parents. I pity H because honestly, he have no say or rather can't say anything in this. His parents want the uncle and pay for it. All inclusive. The rate is undeniably low considering that his wife is H's mom bestie. He only charge for transportation, material and accommodation.


Now, I'm panicking. Professional photographer means clearer and sharper images, right? Means all flaws on the face will be visibly clear. With the amateur-ish make-up skills that I have, there's no room for uneven finish or unbalance eyeshadow. I certainly don't want to look weird but to look out for a MUA in Perlis or Kedah (Jitra, Alor Star) in exactly 4 days when I'm here in Subang (and work till Friday) is so not funny!! Besides, I have other things i.e. looking out for a new job to worry about.




So, HELP!!!





p/s: any b2b out there who has pondan friends or anyone who have make-up skills and willing to travel to Perlis on CNY? Matilah suka-suka hati panggil orang pondan. Ampun uols.

Preparation....So Far

I already picked up the baju for tunang today. Bf was free and was sweet enough to accompany me. Tried the baju and found out that the shoulders are bit off. Asked them to alter it and one of the seamstress did it in a few minutes. I'm no seamstress but I know a good tailoring when I see one. My sewing skill is limited to what I've learned in Form 3 but I watched Heidi's Project Runway religiously. And I've been meaning to enroll myself in a sewing class or if I had the money and enough time, to take degree in Fashion Designing one day. Insya Allah.

I must say that I'm very happy with the outcome and also with the price that I paid. The tailoring is very kemas and nice. I'm very fussy when it comes to tailoring. Which is why I rarely sent baju for tempah, because if the tailoring is bad, I'll be super upset. Alhamdulillah, the baju turned out very well. Boyfriend like it as well and commented that I looked sweet in it.

Aaawwww. Haha. *sila muntah*

But I (still) hate pink.

I made some call to the cake maker from Mad About Cake last week, to follow up on the order. They assured me that they received my e-mail and the cakes will be ready before I leave for my hometown. I still need to scout for a nice matching tudung to go with it. I don't like tudung Ariani or any tudung that has awning. Bf also had warned me not to wear such tudung. Since coming back from Germany, I changed the way I wear my hijab. I find that shawl is less fuss for me. So I'm planning to hit PKNS Shah Alam tomorrow because Jalan TAR is such a hassle.

Went to Floristika in Bangsar the other day. First impression, wow! so many (unknown) flowers. I think I had some sort of flower attack that day. Was happy that tuberoses or bunga sundal malam are price at RM12 per bundle (of 5-8, if I'm not mistaken) Lots of roses - red, yellow, white (my fave!), pink, blue. Then lots of crysanthemums, lilies, carnations, hydrangeas (my fave too!) and others. But some how I don't see any calla lilies.

For the deco during the e-day, I think I will not be using any roses. The e-day itself will be on CNY, which coincidently also falls on V-Day. Chances are roses will be overpriced. So no roses for me. But fret not, I'll substitute it with other equally amazing and beautiful flowers. Something that is out of the norm like orchids maybe? I rarely see people use orchids as deco in hantaran. Or carnation. Or button mums. Or something exotic like birds of paradise. Or marigold.

Wah marigold tak bleh blah, padahal nama melayu - bunga tahi ayam.

Nah, ini marigold a.k.a bunga tahi ayam. Kesian ko mari(e), nama omputih ko bukan main glamer lagi ye.

When I showed mom the flower birds of paradise's pic, mak aku boleh cakap apa ko nak tau?

Eh, ini bukan bunga lengkuas ke?

Nah, sekali bunga lengkuas mak aku cakap. Aku tak puas hati la terus aku google rupa bunga lengkuas macam mana.

Ini, birds of paradise, the original.

Ini, bunga atau rimpang lengkuas. Rimpang tu apa jangan tanya aku. Aku pun taktau.

Ni bunga lengkuas tapi belum kembang lagi

Nasib baik mak aku tak cakap bunga kantan. Kalau tak, apa lagi buat laksa la kita..

Eh, cantik jugak bunga kantan ni. Macam sesuwai je kalau buat hand bouquet(?) 

Masa bouquet tossing tu sapa dapat balik rumah boleh buat laksa, tak pun campur dalam kerabu mangga. 2-in-1 habes la.

I want to upload the pics but can't find the USB cable. Will upload it later if I find the cable, ok?

Vintage Make-up

As you may or may not know, I am an avid vintage lover. In other words, I'm a sucker of everything that is vintage. Vintage shoes, clothing, bags or men. Eh, vintage men don't count. And neither do cars.

Exhibit A: Vintage men. Ini ai takmau

Exhibit B: Vintage men ini ai mau la..hihiks

Since I'll be DIY-ing my own make-up on my engagement day, lately I've been searching high and low for some inspirations. And what do I look for in make-up?

1. As natural as possible. I want to look presentable and nice but not to the point even my own mother cannot recognise me.


2. Easy to do. Something that even someone with the very basic skills can do. Someone like me la tu. Muahaha.


3. Using make-up tools that I already have or if not, things that I know I will be using again and again. Like a good liquid eyeliner or something.


4. Instructions that are not complicated to follow.

I google-d up vintage make-up tutorial and found fews on Youtube. Among those my favourites are.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S55acLTllss Sorry, can't embedded the video here as it has been disabled by the user. But it is easy and I like it. But maybe I'll opted out the flaming red lips. Not much for my liking. I'd go for something more light and demure. Also, red lipstick is notorious for making one's teeth looks yellow, which I want to avoid that! Unless you have a veeerrrryyy white teeth like this one,

Look at my grills, they are shining, bling!

p/s: If you have the time, watch this video. The girl is so cute and pretty and she's still in high school! Another make-up tutorial from her that I like is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S55acLTllss. A tutorial on Kim Kardashian inspired make-up.

I also love this girl, she's a genius! I followed her blog before and tried one of her recipe for natural home-made facial scrub and it works like wonders to me skin! My skin was glowing like a glow worms. Eh, apakah? Perbandingan yang tidak best.

This one is from Amy B - Old Hollywood make-up

Theme? Apakah itu?

Mom is so comel. When I was home last weekend, she asked me this...

Mom: Dah fikir nak theme colour ape?

Me: Masa kahwin ke?

Mom: Tak, masa tunang.

Me: Aritu beli kain colour pink. H pakai baju melayu raya dia, colour pink salmon.

Mom: So, theme pink la ni? Mama kena pakai pink la? Tapi mama mana ada baju pink!

Me: Eh, bukan mama banyak baju pink ke? Tu baju pink bunga grey tu? Bukan pink?

Mom: Tu baju lama, baju 2 tahun lepas. Mama nak kena buat baju baru jugak la ni..Family H pakai warna apa?

Me: I don't know. H takde bagitau pape pun.

Mom: Papa pun kena beli baju melayu baru. Dia takde baju pink.

Me: Tak payah membazirlah. Pakai jela warna pape pun. As long as pakai baju. I don't care much.

Mom: Eh tak boleh, kena matching. Baru meriah.

Me: (eyes rolling) Hmm, ok.

See? Mak aku lagi excited ok. Not to say that I'm not tapi I find it weird that my parents are much eager than me. And the eagerness shows, that it freaks me out.


Is this somewhat normal?







P/s: The ring is done and ready to be picked up! Hiks, akak suka u'ols!

MUA..Kali Ni Bukan Muahaha..More Like Huwaaaa

Holla people!

I'm at the comfort of my house, erm I mean my parents house. Mom asked me to come back home to discuss further about the engagement. And also to scout for make-up artist (MUA). So we went and scouted. And after 3 visits to 3 bridal stores, I either have to accept the fact that I will look like this....


or I have to rely on my basic skill and do the make-up all by myself, whether I like it or not. Which I am confident that I will not end up looking like something out from the chinese opera. And hopefully I look something like this,






(bunyi cengkerik)

Sudah sudah la berangan tu...


Isk isk, macam mana ni??

MUA..muahaha

Today I finally called the make-up artist for the upcoming engagement. This MUA was recommended by one fellow blogger and a bride-to-be as well, Qistin. Her (or His?) name is Kak Ram (or rather Abang Ram patutnya). (S)He very chatty and very friendly, but unfortunately (s)he's booked on the day that is going to be my engagement day. So (s)he can't promise that (s) can come to my house in Perlis to do me. Kak Ram is based in Alor Star. And from Alor Star to my house it would take about 45 minutes.

Haruskah aku meroyan, stomping on cars with breath of fire?!!

Me, in my BrideGodzilla outfit

She even suggested that if I insist on taking her, I can come to her (or his), gender confuse betul house right after Subuh and she can do my make-up there. The rombongan will prolly come at 9-10am so she can have enough time to make me pretty. Tapi sungguh gigih lepas Subuh terus pergi jumpa Kak Ram untuk make-up. Selalunya lepas Subuh aku bantai pergi tidur balik ade la..wagagaga.

Another option is not to hire Kak Ram tapi cari mana-mana make-up artis in Perlis. But, I don't know where to start. And isk isk I doubt if they have ehem, you know the touch of doing natural make-up and without me end up looking like an extra from the remake of Chinese Opera.

Do I look pretty? I feel pretty, eh no?

So how now brown cow? I thought bila date dah set, all other things will fall into its place, tapi nan ado. Though, food catering and canopy dah confirmed. Thanks to my parents yang actually agak eager tapi buat-buat tak excited. I know! Haha.

It seems that for the past 3 entries all I could think/write about is my engagement. Sorry readers, I will try to write about my gym progress whenever I have time.

Ok?

Colours Of My Life

I.HATE.PINK

...because the colour is too girly for my liking. And also it doesn't suit my skin colour. I have a yellow base skin colour. So anything that has pink hues in it, doesn't compliment my skin tone. Instead of making me look radiant, it makes me gloomy and moody, if I can add.

Yet, my outfit for the engagement is pink. *Nangis*

I don't really wear much colour in life. My favourite colour would be black, white, grey and blue. Although I wear less blue lately. But I'm always blue all the time. Heh. Not funny.

A friend once told me, don't wear more than 3 colours at once. An advice that I stick till these days. Also I have this habit of mismatching the colour my shoes on purpose because I don't want to look so monotone. Pelik kan? Ye, aku memang pelik. Have we not met?

In Reena's post, she did mentioned about the colour of 2010 is turqouise. Oh, I like turqouise! Turqouise is the shades of blue and blue is always been my fave colour since I was little. There was this phase where I would not wear anything that is not blue! Gilos.

So, what is your favourite colour?

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Engagement date sudah set. Now waiting for H's dad to call my dad to finalize and confirm it. Yay! Boleh pecah kapla fikir benda lain lagi. OMG, boringnya (asyik) cakap pasal bertunang. Macam mana nak plan kalau tuan punya badan pun dah rasa boring? I'm so not the typical bride to be.

Ke sebab the excitement not yet hit me?

Ke sebab aku ada banyak benda lagi penting and besar which is my career and future to think and worry about?

I choose the latter. Enough said.

Bridezilla Moose Is On The Loose

I have a confession.

I am a closetted bride-to-be.

Lately I've been reading a lot or other b2b blogs, exchanging infos and such. But I am shy and don't wanna to talk about it in my blog. I used to think that wedding planning is so tedious and meticulous. Well, turn out..it is!

Since meticulous and perfectionist is my middle name, you can imagine the things that's been cramming inside my brain. The date for the upcoming engagement has been shifted for I-don't-know-how many times. And it's stressing me out. I need a fix date so that I can (start) arrange the make-up, the decoration and whatsnot. Although it will be just an intimate and close ceremony only to be attended by close families, of course I want it to be perfect. I mean, who doesn't right? I'm planning on DIY-ing all the flower arrangements and hantarans. Gila gigih aku ni. Ingat Martha Steward ke? There'll be only like 3-5 hantarans for each side. So bolehlah aku DIY. Ngeh. Kalau berbelas-belas dulang tu mati akak noks! Tak koser u'ols.

The only thing that I will not pandai-pandai to DIY is the make-up. Memandangkan skill make-up aku hanya basic saje, maka sedarlah diri tu. (I think) I'll be hiring someone that one blogger that I contacted recomended. We'll see.

So far, nothing much has been done. We bought the ring and that's all about it. Oh I bought king size Jean Perry's bed sheet the other day at 70% off its original price and got some free king size white quilt somemore. What a bargain!

Originally I was planning on wearing a vintage songket labuh during the engagement. Yes, I'm a sucker for anything vintage. The theme would be very traditional, like zaman mak-mak or nenek-nenek kita. Tapi bukanlah theme mak nenek. Tu cerita lain. Turned out that beloved mom terlupa nak bawa balik grandma's vintage songket. Apakah? Padahal sudahku pesan awal-awal lagi. Isk isk.

So change of plan there. And H insisted on wearing his this year's raya baju melayu in very light salmon pink colour, which also very difficult to find a matching kain. After much search akhirnya berjumpa jua. Pejam mata jelah bila bayar dekat kaunter Gulatis tu. The SA pergi tunjuk aku kain yang RM138/meter. After aku yang very direct ni cakap mahal kuat-kuat depan dia, baru dia bagi kain yang affordable sikit. I'm not marrying some hot shot Datuk or rich guy ok. And I don't want to spend much money on wedding. Untuk apa? Kenduri tu sehari pun tak sampai, tapi berhabis berpuluh-puluh ribu. Lepas kahwin, ikat perut? I don't want that.

I prefer to stick with simple and moderate preparation. Kalau ikutkan hawa nafsu syaiton semua nak. Nak pom-pom la, chiavari chairs, transparent canopy, pelamin 5 panel fresh flowers, hantaran berdulang-dulang tapi kena ikut budget sendiri la. If you have the means and wanna splurge, up to you. It's your wedding anyway, but for me, that's just not my style.

We haven't decide yet what to give for the engagement but it will be basic things kot macam cake, fruits, chocs, you know stuffs like that. No barang-barang lain like kasut ke, kain ke..no. Not enough time untuk semakkan kepala fikir. I have only about a month to prepare, for God's sake!

Ok, ni baru preparation nak bertunang. Sudah menampak taring menjadi Bridezilla. Kalau preparation untuk wedding nanti, macam mana?