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Laksa Johor

2011-08-26T10:16:00.003+08:00

Planning to invite my friends and hubs friends over to the house for raya when my family is going away on a trip to Bali in 2 weeks time.

Have been thinking on what food to prepare and order,
When i suddenly thought of laksa johor.
Dont know who is willing to cook the kuah for me since my mom would not be available.
I googled the recipe's, but i'm not confident that i'm capable of cooking for 40 people on my first attempt.
And i'm sure my mom wouldnt let me, even though i'm up for the challenge. Mainly because she doesnt believe i could manage it.

Looking at images of laksa johor makes me want some badly.
My mom and relatives, eat their laksa johor with a bit of kicap manis, and using their hands. sedapnyaa. u squeeze abit of lime, with a bit of sambal belacan, sliced cucumber, daun kesom, and beans sprouts......Terliur.

Yesterday's attempt

2011-08-25T12:56:00.002+08:00

Image above is not from google, it is in fact my very own keuy teow goreng

Succeeded in my attempt to make kuey teow goreng. (Macam la nak masak nasi briyani ke apa kan)
Mom and my 2 brothers said it was sedap.Dad on the other hand commented that it would have looked even better if i added more soy sauce to make the color a bit darker.Well it didnt matter, because all my kuey teow goreng which was equivalent to 3 packets of keuy teow used to making it, habis licin (managed to pack some for my once a week - day maid and her husband when she left before berbuka) We complemented it with bawang goreng and mom made some pickled green chili's.

I was soooo satisfied when i got to eat the kuey teow for berbuka.
I'm definitely into cooking lately. Hoping to sharpen my skills with more challenging dishes to come.

In the mood for kuey teow goreng!

2011-08-24T14:18:00.005+08:00

Guess what i'm going to try and cook for berbuka today.

U got it right..Kuey teow goreng!

I would like my kuey teow goreng with prawns and chickens.
And i'm sure my parents would prefer it with kerang.
So to make everyone happy, i'm planning to cook both types.
I'm envisioning my kuey teow to have lots of telur. yummm.

Hoping that it will be sedap
Cant wait for 4.30pm to leave work and stop by the grocery store near my house to get some of the ingredients listed below because, i do have a few items available at home already.

kuey teow
prawns
boneless chicken
taugeh
kuchai
cili boh
kerangs
eggs
sesame oil
oyster sauce
soy sauce/kicap
onion
garlic
bawang goreng

How i'm planning to cook it:
1) tumis the onion and garlic with cili boh.
Add in my chicken.
2) add oyster sauce, a bit of sesame oil, kicap and salt n sugar to taste.
3)add in my eggs, a short while later i chuck in my prawns.
4) Put in the kuey teow, followed by a handful of taugeh and kuchai.
5) Mix everything well .
6) Plate my keuy teow goreng and sprinkle bawang goreng on it

*Drooling at the kuey teow goreng images from google.

Plans for Hari Raya

2011-08-23T14:50:00.006+08:00

Image is from google

Raya is a week away ! woohoo!

So far puasa this year syukur alhamdulillah, better than previous years.
I have no plans on baking raya biscuits. Have ordered a few types from work for my house and my mil's house. As for my baju raya this year, my mom's tailor refused to take my materials as it was 1 week of puasa already. (I figured this, but somehow didnt sweat it as nowadays there's tons of ready made baju kurungs to choose from).

I remember asking hubs a few times even before puasa whether he wanted to make a new baju melayu this year. As usual he'll say there's no need for it because he hardly wears them and last year's was still as good as new.So i was just waiting for the perfect weekend to go look for my baju kurung, and then out of the blue, hubs said he changed his mind and he wanted a new pair of baju melayu. Off we went to Jakel Shah Alam on a sunday on the 14th day of puasa to look for his material. This year, i let him choose our theme color. He chose purplish grey.
After Jakel, we headed for Subang Parade as my mom has been telling me that there's so many stalls selling baju kurung for raya on the ground floor.
True enough there was plenty of stalls to choose from but limited to the color hubs has chosen. After looking around at a few stalls with hubs totting behind me, bored to death. Finally found a baju kurung that was 90 percent the same color as hubs material.
When i got home, i was sorting out my wardrobe when i found that I actually got another 2 baju kurungs that i have never worn. I totally forgot about them. I made them in May for a friends wedding but ended up not wearing it. ...So i have 3 baju kurungs already which i think is more than enough for raya.

Hubs will be coming back this friday night. and we will be going back to Melaka on Monday. Will be spending raya in Melaka, meeting my parents in Tampin on the first day of raya, and my parents are coming to hub's house on the 2nd day of raya. I will be in melaka until the 4th day of raya, then all of us (hubs family) will go to Port Dickson for a 1 nights stay. Then the next day hubs and i will be coming back to Subang.

Excited for raya. To eat ketupat and all. Not to forget my 2nd attempt on my sambal jawa. All the raya biscuits. Duit raya from hubs!!
Oh yes, my family and hubs have agreed on trying to have a feel of jalan TAR this weekend on one of the nights. Will use the lrt to get to kl. cant wait for our mini adventure.! My dad did ask if hubs has ever tried the komuter and lrt, which made me laughed. i actually can confirm that my husband has never been on one. He is the type who prefers driving right to the doorstep if possible. mengada!
He ought to get used to public transportation's because there will be alot of tube rides in our december trip.

Sambal Jawa

2011-08-22T16:16:00.007+08:00

Sejuk hati when your husband makan lauk u cook dgn berseleranya.

Last friday, it was my turn to go back to Melaka
Got there in the evening.While driving back, i thought that i would attempt my mom's signature dish.Called hubs and asked if he wanted eat sambal jawa for berbuka.
He said Yes wich made me even more determined to nail this dish.

So i stopped by at Jusco to get all the ingredients and immediately started preparing the dish when i got to his house.
Nervous, as i've never tried to cook this dish before even though it has always been one of my favourite lauk, and ever since hubs married me, he grew to love it too.

After about an hour, it was ready. Ready to be eaten for berbuka.I was really hoping that it would at least turn out ok..
Come the time for berbuka, my mil tasted it, and she straight away said-" Raya nanti kita masak ni eh". So flattered. Hubs was so proud and he ate alot. even for sahur he was looking for my sambal jawa.Dont know if its him trying to jaga my hati.
Nevertheless i am so happy that it turned out sedap.

Here's the ingredients for my favourite Sambal Jawa dish:

kacang panjang, sliced thinly
tempe, cut into small cubes
tahu, cut into small cubes
bwg besar, sliced thinly
cili hijau and merah, sliced thinly,
prawns
beef, sliced thinly
soh on
santan
belacan
air asam jawa

First, fry each ingredient separately , except the soh on.
Then, roast a small chunk of belacan, and add santan.
Remember to keep on stirring to avoid curdles.
Then when u see it simmering add air asam jawa and salt n sugar to the taste.
Finally mix in all the fried ingredients into the boiling mixture of santan, belacan and air asam jawa..
Last but not least, we put in our soh on.
Mix everything together. Then we are done ladies!

My passion-my husbands headache

2011-08-08T23:19:00.000+08:00

1)Pizza

2)Fish n chips

3)croissant

15 nights-should I? I'm one click away.
To pizza or not to pizza. If there's no pizza then might as well ditch fish n chips
N the croissant too..

But I Love fish n chips in december! And croissants with a dust of snow is beautiful.
I bet hubs would love it.
While we have not been blessed to become pregnant again just yet, we might as well
have a taste of all the best pizza's, fish n chips n croissants the world has got to offer.
This time, we'll taste and enjoy all of it together.insyallah.

Salam Ramadhan

2011-08-03T20:13:00.000+08:00

Selamat Berpuasa everyone..

Looking forward to go back to Melaka this Friday.
MIL is gathering all of hubs siblings, nephews/nieces, cucu's for buka puasa gathering on saturday followed by solat terawih berjemaah.
Its fun when everyone gathers together. I don't usually get that chaosness with my family as
my immediate family excluding myself only consist of 4 members..

This ramadhan, hubs and I went for our 1st solat terawih together with my family at the mosque nearby my house.Yes, last year we didn't get to go together.. Felt nikmatnya having a family and a husband.Can't wait for us to have kids.

Indahnya. Its been a little over a year. But I feel the love grows with time.
Life has never been this beautiful. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

1 Year Anniversary

2011-07-26T11:35:00.008+08:00

Lamaaaanya tak update blog.
Its not that i've been busy or anything, ntah just didnt have the mood to update.
On the 16th of July, our marriage hit the 1 year mark.
Syukur Alhamdulillah.
Felt like it was only yesterday i was getting all dolled up for my solemnisation.
To commemorate our 1st year, we went away to Bangkok for 3 nights, which was so much fun.
The night of our anniversary we went for the Calypso Lady Boy Cabaret Show.OH MY, the lady boy's were so pretty, flawless skin, jaw dropping silhouette, and most obvious of all are the gedikness.But one thing remain significantly obvious (that they are in fact boys) are their voices.
Since the last time i went to Bangkok with my family which was like 5 years back, we went to this amazing thai cultural show which is called the Siam Niramit. I insisted that for this trip,i wanted my husband to experience the show .So for anyone planning to visit Bangkok in the near future, i truly recommend that u try to fit in this show into your itinerary.
U bet I was right because hubs loved the show.truly magical and indescribable.He was in awe from the beginning right to the end of it.
For the Siam Niramit show, we took the package that included hotel transfers, buffet dinner and the show. So upon arriving at the Thai Cultural Village at 6pm, we had our early dinner and just walked around the place. There were elephants. There were men and women dressed in costumes.
The guests were also able to buy food to feed the elephants which we did many times because as usual we got over excited. and, when no other guests bothered to ride on the elephants which came with a small fee, me and hubs were laughing hysterically while riding and balancing ourselves on the elephant and at the same time posing for the camera when the elephant guardian helped us take our pictures.

Below are some of the acts from the Siam Niramit show. I promise you that what u see from the picture is exactly how it turns out at the show. with all the beautiful colors and flying acts and all.

Restrengthening ties

2011-04-11T16:34:00.006+08:00

Had so much fun with dear friends for a friend's baby shower yesterday evening.
Managed to drive back home from Melaka, bought bread n tuna on the way home, prepared sandwiches, got ready and waited for a friend to pick me up.

The 2nd time mommy to be was (i hope) surprised with our small get together.It was just great to see my friends.Remember i was complaining that i hardly see my friends anymore?so yesterday's baby shower was the revival of my almost dead social life.

Mother's day is coming up in May. If i'm not mistaken its the 2nd sunday in May right? My cousin's and i are planning to take our mom's out for lunch.but since some of us arent free on Mother's day, we decided to bring forward and celebrate our moms on the 30th of April.
This is another thing i'd like to work on.Spending more time with cousins and aunts.
Now that almost all are married and some with kids, we hardly see each other besides the occasional functions held by relatives or weddings.

we are definitely psyched and looking forward for our joint celebration.

Ikan keli

2011-04-06T08:42:00.008+08:00

Picture from google

Ikan keli and my family, we go waayy back.

I'm frustrated that my hubby managed to influence me to stop eating the fish.
Growing up with a dad and grandparents from Negeri Sembilan, masak lemak cili api ikan keli salai with belimbing was one of our favourite dishes.
Just thinking about it now brings back memories of my arwah wan.She used to cook a killer masak lemak cili api.Literally killing-upsetting our tummy because it was so spicy and of course delicious.Eat it with a side dish of tempoyak, that made the simple meal so puas hati.A meal that leaves u sweating and drinking loads of water.

Through out the 8 years i've been with my husband before we got married.He would give me the occasional look whenever i put ikan keli on my plate when we go out for nasi campur.Slowly it got to me.Slowly i've opted for some other fish if ever there was ikan keli as one of the variety of dishes available at a shop.

Fast forward to 2011.I have stopped enjoying ikan keli entirely.
I blame my husband for it.Just because he doesnt fancy the fish, he had to influence me too.No fair.
I'm not being true to my origins.HEHEH.

Socialising?

2011-04-05T14:08:00.005+08:00

I feel so bad for i have once questioned why a friend who got married then later just hardly turns up for any get togethers/events anymore.I remember comparing her to my other friends who would still always join our events/get togethers despite being married and have babies.

For now i understand.Nowadays, i hardly have time to socialise with friends be it for lunch, dinner, shopping etc..I feel that i dont have the luxury of time for my friends anymore.And i miss hanging out..
After getting married, weekends for me revolves around being with my husband, since we only get to be with each other from friday to monday. So i pour my time and energy solely for him,be it in melaka or subang.My weekends are about preparing meals, doing his laundry and being his siamese twin/other half which i miss out during the weekdays.I dont have the ample time or energy to go meet up with friends during the weekends anymore. U may ask ask 'how about weekdays?' Well, i'll summarise my weekdays: work, eat, bathe, play with my cat,korean drama,watch movies on my laptop and sleep.I dont do socialising on a weekday.

Not that i'm complaining,dont get me wrong i love being married and all but if i could just make/find time to be with friends and catch up on things.Then that would be awesome.

Much needed time off

2011-03-22T08:42:00.012+08:00

Hubby has been rather bummed with work this past two months, and through out the time , i have behaved very very well.not complaining much about the lack of attention/time spent given for me.Usually if he gets too caught up with work to even call during the day, I would definitely show and give him a piece of my mind when he does call later in the evening/night.But instead i gave him tremendous support and never ending reminders that i believe in his capabilities and dreams.

Finally after the gruelling period , i felt as if every ounce of patience i had to endure was worth it when i saw a picture of him sitting with the chief minister in a function/memorandum signing that he organised last week from the chief minister's fb page.This is a beginning of something he has always dreamt for.So hopefully this year would be OUR year.Insyallah.

After the event, he promised a short getaway for the weekend.Believing that i truly earned it, we had to make do with a one nights stay at a hotel in Kl since it wasn't worth the drive to Penang or Singapore for a far too short trip. The hotel was situated 5 minutes walk away from Pavilion.So immediately after checking in, we walked to Pavilion, had lunch and spent the whole day shopping/window shopping.I had to insist that we return to the hotel because my feet were killing me.After soaking myself in the bathtub, and hubby getting his quick nap, we went for dinner at one of my fav seafood place-Hokkaido.

Initially we planned to catch a movie after dinner (again at Pavilion), but we were just too full and exhausted that we opted to watch the live band performing at the lounge of our hotel lobby. One glass of fruit punch later, we adjourned to our room for the night.The next day upon checking out, we went to starhill and again pavilion and last but not least sunway pyramid on our way back to subang.

What a way to spend the weekend.I am one happy lady!BUT no matter what i get or buy wont be able to fill in the void i feel in my heart whenever i think about IT.

I guess hubby has been trying to cheer me up and lift up my spirit since the whole miscarriage incident.Rezeki comes in different ways.For now i have to be thankful for the other rezeki's i have in life, as Allah knows best.
This glitch will not dampen my hopes on having an offspring with the love of my life of 9 years.Our time will come soon.Insyallah.

Grieving

2011-03-01T11:19:00.003+08:00

NO longer pregnant.
I guess it wasnt our time yet..
Not allowed to blog about it as hubby specifically told me not to.

Grieving over our lost, but optimistic and still hopeful for the next one.
Took the whole week off last week and managed to fully rest at home.
Socks, no cold drinks, and selected food .

On a different story all together:
My dear grandmother passed away sunday morning around subuh at the hospital.

Arwah wan complained of stomach ache last thursday, so my uncle picked her up from our kampung in Tampin and brought her to my aunt's hospital in Kampung Baru.Wan was admitted and doctors were doing all sorts of examination on her to try and figure out whats causing the pain.

Mom and Dad managed to visit wan at the hospital on saturday morning.From what my mom described, Wan's condition was serious.That saturday night my dad wanted to stay with wan at the hospital to give my aunt who has been staying with wan at the hospital from thursday a break. Dad left at around 8pm, my mom did ask me and my brother if we wanted to visit wan that night or the following day.I insisted on going that night. So we went..Wan was very frail and weak..but she was talking..my brother massaged her head..put damped towel on her forehead and we tried to get her to drink. which we managed to..after spending about an hour there,We left at around 10.30pm..

6 am, dad called the house.. i immediately woke up and heard mom's conversation..Wan's not breathing...we got up and rushed to the hospital.. but about 20 min's later, dad called mom again to tell us that wan passed away..
i cried in the car.thank god boy came back the night before so he was with us .he actually wanted to visit wan that sunday as he didnt make it in time to subang when we left for the hospital that saturday night.i cant believe i just saw her that night.. i cant believe that night was the last time i held her hand and kissed her..My brother and i were the last cucu to see her alive, and dad got to be with her when she passed.

The most heartbreaking part that morning was when my atok arrived to the hospital..He cried upon looking at arwah Wan. he was saying sayang kenapa tinggalkan abang..and that he forgave her for everything and he asked for forgiveness...My atok has always been very dependent on wan.wan has always been the stronger one.it was soo sad.. a husband losing his wife..atok is just so heartbroken.

Jenazah arwah wan di mandikan at the kampung baru mosque opposite the hospital and was also disembahyang kan . after that, jenazah arwah wan was taken back to Tampin.All of us packed our stuffs and went back to Tampin..After all that came to my kampung house to give their last respects to arwah Wan. once again her jenazah was brought to the kampung's mosque for prayers.After that jenazah arwah wan dikebumikan at the kampungs tanah perkuburan after zohor..

Atok broke down a few times through out that day.We all helped console him and just giving him assurance that he will be alright, and that we are here for him..From what i heard atok will no longer be living permanently in our kampung house.He will be staying with all of us from time to time..i pray that atok will be strong and still has the will to continue on. Boy and i were touched by how loving and caring atok and wan were towards each other..
i hope my marriage will be like theirs..amin.

there's only 1 thing on my mind:FOOD

2011-01-26T14:17:00.004+08:00

all i seem to think about is food!

Everyday i envision how my dinner would taste.On monday i wanted sup tulang, yesterday i just ate whatever my mom cooked and didnt seem to fancy it.It resorted me to eating cereals for dinner.For today, the moment i woke up i asked my mom if she could make bubur lambuk?!Being the lovely mom as always, of course she said yes.

Right after lunch , i suddenly felt like eating home made lasagna.I even googled the recipe as i malu nak mintak my mom buatkan.but i dont know when i'd be able to prepare it as weekdays mmg tak sempat.plus, i've got to go to the supermarket to get the ingredients.This weekend pulak, will be going back to melaka.When will i get to eat home made lasagna???

Morning sickness has not kicked in ,its more of the nauseous feeling and the occasional gags whenever i smell something i dislike.I do hope it doesnt get worst, as i proceed along further into this pregnancy.

Mom has been trying to get me to drink milk and soya bean.but i somehow do not want to drink it now.it makes me loya..thank god i'm loving cereals so of course i eat it with fresh milk, so that somehow helps .But still i refuse to drink soya bean.I'm hoping i'd like it sooner or later.Planning to drink birds nest too.wondering how it taste like.

Besides the big appetite and the cravings, i am always just so tired..by 7pm i'd be half asleep, so every weekday after watching the korean drama series that ends at 8pm, i go straight to bed..I've been waking up at night to make trips to the loo.And my cat has been extra manja, which made my mom say that my cat could sense something different with me.

Its 3 pm and i have 2 and a half hours to go till i can go back and eat my bubur lambuk..tak sabar sgt.food is everything to me.i dont care about anything else.

6 weeks

2011-01-24T16:09:00.004+08:00

Alhamdulillah, i'm 6 weeks pregnant.
was late for my period and after 4 days , i did the home pregnancy test.
2 lines baby!.

After a few days, I went to a clinic to get it confirmed. i am currently finalizing on a few gynae's i would like to start seeing.Am feeling nauseous more and more each day. I've been eating like no ones business.

Mom is sooo excited about it.telling everyone, even when i specifically told her to keep it to herself for a couple more weeks.My brother in the UK was screaming when he found out.Already planning if the baby was a boy, he would bring him to the gym and all the boxing classes.Imagine going that far!
Mom also has a specific stroller in mind already that she wants for her cucu.

But its still too early for any planning or shopping..still tooo early to get excited.Praying everything will be selamat.Hopefully everything will turn out fine and that my bundle of joy will arrive safely in September!

Shopping trip

2011-01-12T09:41:00.004+08:00

Happy New Year!

Been 2 weeks since i last blogged.I last wrote while in Paris and i said i'd promise to write while i was in london kan.but london was too hectic that i couldnt find time to sit down and blog.
My London and Paris trip was sangat best.it was great because i had my mom, cousins , aunties and uncles with me on that trip.But the best part was getting to meet my youngest brother who's studying there.

Boxing day was madness,i've heard stories about it.About people lining up at 4 am to get into the stores that opens at 11am..The lines were so long that we actually ended up at the back alley as we only started lining up at 9.30 am.
Imagine waiting for hours in the terribly cold weather, furthermore it was reported to be the coldest winter in like 20 years plus..London rarely snows, but we got to experience snow.
Once the stores open at 11am.people were gushing into the stores and practically pushing each other and just grabbing whatever was insight.like vultures waiting for preys..whenever the salesperson restocked the empty shelves everyone would practically dive towards it.i thought i was going to die in that stampede like situation.heheh.imagine how my husband would feel if his wife died while shopping on boxing day..

The items were super cheap.perfume sets were less than 30 pounds.u could get a pair of jimmy choo or ferragamo shoes for 90 pounds which is less than rm500..
But the best bargain was in Primark..dirt cheap items.i got working shirts that cost me 3.50 pounds. i got a clutch for 3 pounds. i got a belt for 2 pounds.i got a top for 2 pounds..and the list goes on and on...it was sooo cheap!..nak pengsan

On boxing day, i didnt get myself any designer handbags, as i wanted to wait to check out the famous Bicester Village outlet stores..We took a train there 2 days later..it took us an hour to get there and when we got there....it was like dying and going to heaven.. Gucci, Prada, Anya , Ferragamo , Dior, Celine, and all the designer labels were there..Ya Allah..the prices were soooo much cheaper..like u can get a Prada handbag for 250 pounds.anya hindmarch handbag for 200 pounds. gucci for less than 200 pounds pon ada!..but of course the designs at Bicester village was last season's but who cares. Best gila!!!If only i had mooooorrreeee money with me.

We really didnt do much sight seeing in London because for 6 days we were so engrossed in shopping/window shopping..Imagine i got a Longchamp traveling bag for 33 pounds.CRAZY! i can go on and on about shopping in London..no wonder people say that their christmas/boxing day/new year sales are sooo worth it..

While in London i met up with 2 of my friends who are also from Subang .They too were on holiday.so it made London more exciting because u have a friend there with u.

When it was time to go back, mom and i were especially sad because we had to leave my brother.sedih sgt when the cab drove away and we waved goodbye.. haiih...
I'm sooo going to get boy to bring me to London again this year..Insyallah.

Bonjour Paris

2010-12-24T03:50:00.000+08:00

Its almost 9pm in paris and I'm ready for bed.It snowed the whole day today and it was freakin cold..we went to the eiffle tower and me,mom and my cousin was suffering from the cold that we spent like less than half an hour there. We obviously didn't go up the tower. We were just too cold. I couldn't feel my fingers as it was numb by the cold.I've seen snow before but I have never experienced snow actually showering. On the 1st day we got to paris we managed to visit the Louvre museum where the monalisa was, the champ elysees,and the arc de triomph.on the 1st day here in paris, the cold was unbearable, but today was just excruciating. The weather forecast shows that tomorrow will bring more snow showers and the temperature will drop to -6 degrees celcius. I dnt knw how we are going to manage tomorrow's condition. I would have to add more layers to my clothing to keep me warm.shopping in paris was'nt that fun as we had to squeeze a only a few hours for shopping besides visiting all the must see places. Tomorrow we are leaving for London by eurostar. I'll blog more about my exhausting journey from KLia to london and to paris in more than 24 hours. I'm currently still jet lagged and I'm struggling to cope with the weather and the exhaustion.I can't wait to get to London n go shopping.

Weekends

2010-12-13T13:34:00.003+08:00

I went back to Melaka last friday.
Got back to subang yesterday.my short monthly trip balik rumah husband.

Before we got married, since we're not living together just yet,the agreement was to spend alternate weekends at each others house.For the 1 st month , i would say that i went back to melaka every fortnight without fail.But i've been going back less and less now that we're into our 5th month of marriage.Its more of when i dont have any plans then i'll go back to melaka.Hubby has been kind enough to let me off easily whenever i'd say i have so and so plans for the weekend.he'd be the one who comes back to subang for like 3 weekends in a row, then i'd feel bad and tell him i'll go back to melaka the following weekend, and he'd be so surprised and think that i'm such an angel.

crossing my fingers so that maybe next year we would get to live together.and may my hubby gets more jobs in and around klang valley so that we'd be able to live together.

Je veux apprendre le francais

2010-12-09T14:07:00.005+08:00

Je suis marie', j'aime mon mari-"i'm married, i love my husband"

I've been trying to learn abit of french just for the fun of it.
I've always think that the french language is sexy, but i've never been to any french classes.

My dear friend Asma used to take up french classes in uni and i remember her teaching us .Till today i remember what smelly is - puant/puante. My 2 brothers also used to study french language in high school.I can say that they would understand a simple french conversation if they heard one.

i only know the basics like Bonjour ma cherie- hello my darling,mon nom est Diyana-my name is Diyana, oui-yes, pas-no , je suis-i am.

I would really love to go for classes if i had a friend to go with me.

On Gifts

2010-12-08T11:34:00.003+08:00

Have been looking around for a messenger /reporter bag for my darling's birthday present.
Saw one at Hugo Boss's website that i like and its within my budget.I'm hoping that i'd get it for a cheaper price at Bicester Village.
There was also a nice LV clutch men's bag, but that one is out of my budget.
I really am torn between getting him a messenger/reporter bag or a men's clutch, since he's been eyeing on both type of bags whenever we come across it.

I want to get him something he likes .and i'm taking a gamble at buying him his present without him actually choosing/knowing it.But i want to surprise him this year.I want him to feel appreciated and see that i made the effort.
I could get him that LV clutch, but that would mean less spending money on items for myself in london..should i sacrifice? we'll see.That is if i've shopped for my part and there's enough money for the clutch, then i'd definitely get it = selfish wife.

For the doorgifts i really hope there's like super cheap items on sale at Marks n spencer.i'm only giving out doorgifts to the ladies..I remember my aunt getting me powders for like 50p..that would be great but there's another issue like overweight baggage if i were to take home 30-40 powders..bad idea? scrap the doorgifts all together? no?Depends on my budget la.

If only i had a bigger budget for his birthday...

Mengigau

2010-11-26T16:37:00.003+08:00

Bukan nak cerita pasal hal tempat tido.
Saja nak cerita about my husband mengigau.

last night:Went to bed angry and merajuk with boy because of something.

Around 2am -ish
Boy: hiewhriuwherbksjdfiu (mumbling)

I terjaga because of his mengigau/mumbling

i: Ha, jgn nak mengigau pulak mlm ni eh.(in an angry tone sebab still in merajuk mode)

Boy terus terjaga .and i guess when dia sedar dia mengigau, he giggled

i on the other hand nak gelak sgt, but have to control sbb tgh merajuk kan..

Adoi, funny sgt la last night..i seriously could not make out what he was mumbling.
Bila dah ok today, i brought up the mengigau part and both of us broke into laughter.

Take all my sorrows away

2010-11-23T16:23:00.005+08:00

Sometimes the nights are hard to go through,
When i dont get to see my husband everyday.

But i'm coping and praying that it wont be too long till we finally settle in together, wherever that might be.

What i know is that the toughest time is usually after maghrib.
U know when u've showered and pray, and its time for u to relax..
Thats the time i'd feel so lonely.
I used to watch the news at 8pm before just going to bed early..
Now i've lost interest in the news.Would get my daily dose of news with reading the newspaper at work.

What i enjoy doing nowadays when boy is not around is to have my early dinner-this one is actually not something new,my family and I have very early dinners,as early as 6pm.But what makes my night different than before is after showering and praying,i'll start downloading my favourite tv /reality tv shows on the internet, thanks to unifi..omg currently i'm addicted to Keeping up with the Kardashians and grey's anatomy..I would watch the shows back to back until 10pm and go straight to bed.I sometimes have to force myself to shut down the shows as it has passed my bedtime.

I've watched almost half the movies playing in the cinemas currently on my laptop all thanks to my lonely nights without my husband.I'd download songs, and trim it with Real Player and turn it into my ringtone..Oh i'm enjoying it so much.
Like today, i cant wait to go back and download the song 'Perfect Nightmare" by Shontelle..

All of this new found obsession with reality/tv series helps take my sorrows away.

Nevertheless, nothing beats having a husband beside you when you go to sleep at night.

Dont worry..It'll pass....

2010-11-16T13:00:00.013+08:00

i cant remember who i was talking to..

Getting my make over

How cute is Sue Cantik!!!always making funny faces that makes us laugh hysterically

I loved my veil!

Yeah i get it, 'same old, same old'
BUT... i cant help it...still have the post wedding blues.
Pictures above are from a friends camera.
How i wish i could go through/experience my wedding day again and again until i get sick of it..

The whole reason i started this blog was more towards sharing my preparations towards 16th July 2010..My whole world revolved around it.I'm 100 percent sure that even Boy was sick and tired of listening to me plan out the wedding.I felt an indescribable joy whenever i get to attend a wedding .Even when it comes down to choosing our wedding songs, i swear i went through the few songs over and over again,listening to every lyric, envisioning me and boy walking down the aisle towards the dais..making sure if the melody was suitable and emotional enough to make it the right song...Exhausting my options in every detail...Ahhhh those were the days..

And now 4 months into our marriage, i still read other bride to be's blogs, i still get excited when Nona comes on with the wedding segment, i still wish i could fix here and there from the day itself, but most of all i still wish i could relive those days because it was the best few days of my life..and thats why i still have the post wedding blues..
It'll pass...when? maybe when i get pregnant..then its definitely time to roll out the next obsession with mini me's of ours.
Praying for next year to be as great as this year.Amin

A place to build memories of our own

2010-11-15T08:59:00.003+08:00

Next year, I plan not to go on any overseas vacation.(excluding Singapore,Indonesia and Thailand).

I have to help save money in order to afford to buy a house.
The prices for properties are soaring . currently we are searching for our dream home and we are finding it very hard to get a house in the right location with the price that we can afford.We need the house not to be really deep into the heart of KL as we foresee that there would be a constant need to travel back and forth between Melaka/subang and wherever our new house would be.

At the end of next month i'll be going to Paris and London with my family and this time Boy is not joining us.He has to save money to help fill out my pocket money for this trip.Kesian dia..Its not that he is grumbling about the expenditure he has to provide for my trip, its more of when is it that we will be able to save for our future if we are constantly planning for a getaway, be it near or far.For our honeymoon alone we spent more than 10K and that amount could have helped us in contributing for the down payment we are planning to put in for our first house..
The housing loans are such a rip off!!!never realised that u'll end up paying almost 3 folds the amount u actually borrowed.but what is there to complain, u need a loan, so u've got to bear its shitty interests or whatsoever.if not, dont need to buy a house la!..

A house is what i really want for now..A house of our own..Not my parents house, not his mom's..A house i can start making memories with my loving husband..Or maybe we should just rent until we can afford to buy..Not keen on paying almost the same amount that's needed to pay for a housing loan installment, and knowing that the house is not ours makes it soooo not worth it.

Spending 4-5k for a holiday when u are in need of a house for you and your partner, makes the cost for it so not worth it, especially when u dont have your own house to come back to after the trip ..When all the houses these days are like way past 400k.With all the expense we have to take into account with fuel n tolls to pay between Melaka and Subang..With boy having to support his family in Melaka, with all the household expenses etc..

I didnt marry some kind of rich bloke or someone who comes from a wealthy family, but i definitely married someone that's hardworking,loving,kind hearted and a goal achiever.I'm proud that my husband has been able to provide for for his aging mom fully and also provide for his other family members at his age.He is the youngest sibling but he takes care of everything like he is the eldest son..He bears huge responsibilities in the welfare of his family in Melaka.There's no such thing as his money being his alone.I realise that i sometimes sulk when he spends too much money on his family, and that it's hard for us to start saving for our own future like owning our own house but I have to remind myself that great things will come for a kind hearted responsible man like him.So even though we wont be able to afford to buy a house in the next 1-2 years, but i definitely know our time will come because i have a husband that never fails to provide me the best things in life.

Whats most important is to always remember to be grateful and contented in life as we never know whats install for us in the future.But its never wrong to dream.So i'll keep on dreaming for our house till it becomes our reality.

Short trip to Kuantan

2010-11-06T09:12:00.000+08:00

I'm on my way to Kuantan! Excited for this short getaway with hubby.

This is our first getaway after the wedding.
Looking forward to go swimming and just enjoying my time with Boy.

No distractions.

Good morning

2010-11-05T06:30:00.000+08:00

Good morning!! Wake up and smell the coffee!

I woke up at 5.45am to watch Grey's on my laptop. I should be sleeping in till 8am.its a public holiday!

Enjoy your 3 day weekend people!!

Surprise me

2010-11-04T13:11:00.004+08:00

Last night, while i was concentrating on watching Grey's anatomy on my laptop,out of the blue, boy mms'ed me a picture. it was a picture of a watch .The watch was beside its box and was placed on his bed.(I so know his bed sheet, that's why i know it was on his bed)
It was very much similar to the pic above except that it was white and not pink.

Well......

Apparently , my hubby knows how to surprise his wife with unexpected gifts.He almost never surprises me when it comes to buying stuff.Its always 'me asking for something, then we go buy it together' sort of thing.

I'm now very excited to wait for my hubby to come back to Subang tonight, to receive my 'surprise' gift AND of course to see him.

THANK YOU MY DARLING HUSBAND.

Cooking with love

2010-11-02T14:14:00.006+08:00

I plan to sharpen my cooking skills.

Last week when boy was around, i was so proud of myself because i cooked almost everyday.

I even tried roasting tandoori chicken.Boy came back from work when the chicken was roasting in the oven and he could not believe that i made it.he was saying that i must have bought it at the mamak shop and chucked it in the oven.How could he!?!

On the first day that my parents left, Boy and I went to Mydin and got a whole weeks supply of groceries.The next day, boy made chilli crab, shrimp fried rice and toasted buns to dip into the chilli crab gravy.

Since Boy studied culinary arts in college, u bet he sure knows a lot about cooking.
And because of this he turned into quite of a bossy chef.I remembered this day very clearly, i had to peel, chop, clean all the ingredients needed-basically did all the messy stuff, Boy on the other hand did JUST the cooking. Seriously very bossy.constantly giving me instructions to do this and that.hehehe..but nonetheless the result of his cooking was absolutely superb.
Even thinking about the crabs now, makes my mouth water.MUST GET HIM TO COOK AGAIN.

Anyway, the following days after, i took charge of the kitchen.Because i didnt check what we already had in the fridge before splurging at Mydin with boy, we ended up with an excessive amount of vege's that is.
So everyday, i made mixed vege. EVERYDAY.we had mushrooms, broccoli, carrots, cabbage,and at least 2-3 more types of veges -which i cant recall now, all in the same dish everyday. we wouldnt want the vege's to go to waste dont we?hahaha..
Of course i had other main dishes to go with my darling vege's..

Not once did boy complain about my mixed vege's.HEHEHE.everyday he would have second helpings of rice.I noticed that,He wouldnt have lunch or dinner while his out for work, just so that he could come back and eat my cooking..Ahhh that was so satisfying.Being able to prepare food and just look after your husbands well being.

Ayam sambal, again mixed vege!, steamed tofu

I love cooking.for now that is.

Reviving my blog

2010-11-01T12:02:00.005+08:00

Oh my its been almost a month since i last blogged.

I've realised that after i got married, i dont really have the time for myself furthermore putting in a few minutes to blog about everyday stuff.

Anyway, today i promised myself that i would find time to blog.And here I am, trying to recap bits and pieces from the month of October.

October has been a mixed of high's and low's for me.Firstly, my brother left and that took a bit of time adjusting.i got myself a hell of a scare and was traumatised with the bus accident at the NKVE highway because i unfortunately got stuck in the massive traffic jam and passed through the horrifying accident scene.After that, I was paranoid everytime i had to drive on the highway and whenever boy drove back and forth between Subang and Melaka..I had nightmares of the decapitated bodies for almost a week! It fortunately subsided and i started to forget.

Enough about the accident, i want to talk about how i enjoyed every moment of last week.
From the 23rd of October until yesterday, my dear parents went for their India trip.
Since my parents were away, boy spent the whole week accompanying his wife.
It was a dream came true when i finally got to cook, did the laundry and just having him with me every night when i go to sleep and waking up beside him.In the span of 5 days, he went to and fro from Subang and Melaka twice to settle some work and return to me the day itself.
We went grocery shopping, watched movies, watch a whole lot of TV together and did other normal husband and wife activities/routine..I made him watch all the reality tv shows on channel E, which he never watches because in Melaka , channel E is not in his subscription list.Basically fought over the remote.There was once, i had to bring the remote with me into the kitchen because i really wanted to watch Giuliana & Bill, and i knew that he would change the channel if i left the remote with him.Was surprised he actually enjoyed the show.He now proclaims that we're the Malaysian version of Giulianna & Bill hence making us "Giuldiyana & Boy".This is because in the show Giuliana & Bill dont live together during the weekdays because of work commitments.he also finds giulianna very funny.
Oh boy is soo cute for coming up with Giuldiyana & Boy.At the end of last week, i'm proud that my husband knows all the reality tv shows that i love mostand he himself was hooked up on Kimora, the Kardashians and of course Giulianna & Bill.hehehe

My parents came back yesterday morning, and so last night boy said goodbye to his upset wife.Was very sad but he promised that he would be coming back to Subang on tuesday.and my brother was soo kind enough to give us the voucher he won from a lucky draw from his company last week.the voucher is for a 1 night stay in Hyatt Kuantan.We called up Hyatt Kuantan this morning and made a reservation for this Saturday! so i'm now excited to go on that trip with my hubby this weekend because we havent slept at a hotel since our honeymoon.wink wink

Oh and last week, i helped put a stray cat out of its misery.me and a collague applied minyak gamat to its ears which was just filled with scabs as a result of a very bad infection from ear mites .its ears was basically all covered with scabs and were so crusty that u feel that u could just break off its ears.I'll blog about the poor cat in my next entry.

My handsome baby brother

2010-10-08T11:27:00.003+08:00

My youngest brother left for Exeter England on tuesday morning.

My whole family sent him to the airport and was joined with aunts, uncles and darry's gf and her mom.
After checking his luggage in we had breakfast and that was our last meal together.
When it was finally time for him to leave us, i saw in Darry's gf's eyes-Ezora, how sad she was.Ezora herself would be leaving for Russia in a few days time to study medicine.
They've been together for almost 2 years now, and my family loves her dearly.
From what we've been observing we could tell that her parents are in love with Darry too.(explains why Ezora's mom came along to bid farewell to Darry).I guess they'd be apart for 6 year when Ezora finishes her studies and return to Malaysia.My family and I are secretly praying that they'll manage to hold on together.Amin

That evening i secretly sobbed in my room because i didnt want mom and dad catching me crying, as i didnt want to further upset mom.
I was of course very happy that my baby brother had the opportunity to further his studies abroad, but i was worried on how he would get to Exeter ( he has to take a 3 hour train ride to get there from london)all alone with all his luggage to drag along,in a country he has never set foot before.Upon getting there he has to wait for someone who has promised to show him to his on campus apartment,register himself into his Uni,etc2..All of this adds up to my worry, but my husband always reminds me that he will manage and survive..

Yes,that evening i coaxed boy into coming back to Subang with all my crying over the phone.Usually he'll say he's got work to do and turn me down, but that day he immediately came.He understood I was sad.I am very thankful that i have a husband that understands how much of a cry baby i could be.

Yesterday, i downloaded MSN messenger on my phone and added my brother.Was happy that he was online and we chatted for quite a while.That made me feel better.Knowing he was slowly settling in and that he would start classes.Reminded him of the essential cooking utensils n food he needs to get.

Well, i'm gladddd that mom and I are going to London this December.so we'll get to see my baby brother then.For now,i think knowing that we are going there makes my mom a bit stronger.Wishing dad ,Danial and Boy could come along.maybe next year though..

Need some alone time

2010-09-30T13:08:00.002+08:00

i wanna go for a holiday with boy.
Going back to Bali together again must be nice..
Bandung would be just occupied with shopping activities that its hardly a romantic getaway for the 2 of us..

How about Krabi? we've never been there,but the thing is:i dont really fancy the beach and i dont really like water activities.When we went to Bali 5 years back, i swear we didnt even touch the ocean water..we were just taking pictures BY the beach
It was the same thing when we were in Gold coast..

Need to spend some quality time with boy..its exhausting that we travel back n forth between subang and melaka every alternate weekend.N its always with our families surrounding us..we need to be together alone..

I'm looking forward for tomorrow when my husband comes back safely to my arms..

enjoy your wedding girls!

2010-09-28T16:07:00.003+08:00

A dear friend of mine whom i've known since primary school, just announced she's getting married next year.Am sooo happy even though we've never been that close..

After experiencing all the preparations, the wedding, life after wedding and all, i'm excited that my friend is bound to experience it all too.Till today i still try to re-live those 3 magical days in my head..I truly truly enjoyed all 3 events from my wedding..I tried hard not to become a monster or what they call 'bridezilla', while preparing for it all..I knew what i wanted and i'm grateful that all my ideas and desires were supported from my parents.I must admit that everything i dreamed for,for my wedding was within what we could afford and i made do with whatever was within it..and that is why and this i truly believe, that i thought everything turned out to be better than i expected.

Like my wedding dresses for instance,honest to god i think its the cheapest workmanship in town-bare in mind, of course u cant compare with the top well known designer for wedding dresses.
Not ever having any experience with the designer/tailor, i put my french laces on the line to give her a try for 1/10th of the price for a wedding dress designed by Jovien or any other top designers.
Didnt expect much from her, just constantly laying out what i want or how i want it to be.Finally the dresses turned out just fine or for myself prettier than i expected.

Wedding hall was elegant even for a come n go-buffet event..Again more than i expected..Pelamin was sweet and so worth the additional price.
Loved my make up so much even my dad who -(initially said its a waste of money to hire a make up artist which costs so much,when he thinks i could do my own make up)thinks i was so pretty and he even congratulate my make up artist for making his daughter so pretty to his eyes.

I could go on and on about weddings/ my wedding..i have to let go.probably have the post wedding blues..
Anyway, all i hope for is that for everyone who's going to get married is to always remember to have fun and dont fret the small stuff..
'enjoy your wedding'

Turning 27

2010-09-27T14:32:00.002+08:00

I turned 27 yesterday.

As mentioned earlier, We had a kenduri doa selamat for my brother yesterday.we catered food from dtandoor as all the other caterer was fully booked.
Syukur Dtandoor's food was great.we had:
Nasi briyani,white rice, butter chicken, thick curry lamb, mixed vege, garlic naan, and my darling mak teh brought ikan keli masak lemak cili api, and sayur tempoyak..sooo org negeri sembilan's food..!

The night before, at around 11.50pm, boy woke me up only to surprise me with a birthday cake.was very happy with the effort-him asking my lil brother for a favour to go buy the cake and all..since it was just the 2 of us, i said y not just keep the cake for the kenduri yesterday.

It was nice to have both sides of the family ( mom's side and dad's side) to come gather for the kenduri since all of them have yet to come beraya at my house.
Boy was so attentive, making sure everyone was eating,had drinks, entertaining etc..but most of all is how he took charge of cleaning up after the kenduri..impressive..
Merasa la semua org ckp dia menantu baik.!!

Later in the evening, we met up with friends at empire for a bit.then went to pyramid,and finally got home at about 8.30pm..exhausted from the busy day,after bathing and preparing dinner for boy-actually just heated up left over food from the kenduri, we went straight to bed..

so that was how i spent my 27th birthday.

Christmas trip + lil brother leaving + of course my birthday!

2010-09-23T10:26:00.008+08:00

Booked everything to go to this 2 places with mom, aunts and cousins this christmas.
My 1st time to both places..should be very excited, but boy's not coming along.
:(
Thats why i'm not too excited for this trip.

Lil brother insyallah is flying off to Exeter, England in 2 weeks time to further his studies..will be meeting him up when we get there in December..Ni pon dah sedih sgt dia nak pegi..i guess by 3 months from now, my mom surely dah miss him sgt2, so its good timing that we are going there this Christmas.

He wont be back till next summer..he's leaving us..sedihnyaaaaaa..even though he's already 19, i still treat him like my manja little brother.
Insyallah this sunday, will be having a kenduri doa selamat for him at my house.
Still looking for a caterer though..since its raya and all, most caterers are full.
Cooking is not an option for mom.
Oh yes, this sunday is my birthday too..last year on my birthday, i got engaged to boy..so last year's and this year's birthday are extra meaningful to me..

1 year ago i was so excited on getting engaged, and today, i'm one happy married woman..
Syukur Ya Allah for everything..even though i may not have everything in life, i am thankful and contented with where i am and with what i have.

Things i did for Raya

2010-09-20T17:08:00.009+08:00

I had a great raya.honest to god, this year's raya was sooo best.
Got to spend time with my suami and his family for 5 full days, n then hubby stayed with me from last monday till yesterday..

Day before raya:
Boy came over the night before and spent the night.we woke up early and went back to boy's house in melaka..Got there at about noon..did nothing much as MIL had already done all the cleaning..she was mostly busy preparing the stuff to cook rendang for raya the next day..In the evening i got a call from mom, she was sobbing and muttering: "first time petang raya ni,anak perempuan mama takde"..that did it..i immediately cried..Sedih nya..but i didnt want boy to know i was sad.i want him to be happy..n i know it means a lot that i was celebrating raya at his house..
That night, MIL and i went to pick up ketupat and other hari raya goodies as boy as always has things to do that doesnt involves me. :(
When we got home, boy's nephews came over for takbir...and i think we got to bed at about 1am.

Hari raya:

I woke up at about 8am..showered and got dressed.waited for everyone to come back from sembahyang raya, and went to visit boy's arwah father's grave..it rained that morning..we had to bring umbrealla's to the pusara.When we got back to boy's house, we waited for boy's eldest sister and her whole family to start the salam bermaafan..
Since boy is the youngest and his eldest sister is older than my mom, i automatically have lots of nieces and nephews..some are them are 40 plus..so me and boy sat down and all the anak sedara came to salam us.
After that we ate ketupat, rendang and all the usual hari raya food.
At about 12pm, me and boy left melaka to go visit my grandparents in tampin..i didnt get to meet my family at my kampung as they just left for the hotel to change and all.After having lunch with my grandparents, mom called and said to get ready to head to segamat to my mom's brothers house-pak kob.they too were heading to segamat,and so we drove and got to segamat at about 5pm..There was when i got to see my parents and my brother.My aunts,uncles and relatives arrived shortly after we got there.
Me and boy stayed there till about 7pm, and then we went back to melaka.

2nd day of raya:
Managed to go visiting .4 houses all together.we finished the 2nd day of raya with boy's niece's birthday celebration at his sister's place.

3rd day of raya:
My parents and brother came to boy's house from tampin to beraya..Boy cooked mee hailam..rajin my suami.besides that, stayed in the whole day.

4th day of raya:
Balik subang!

Boy stayed with me in subang until yesterday.heaven nya..managed to hold a small open house for close friends of ours,and my brothers.
I'm surprised that boy wasnt complaining with all the open houses and raya visiting, as he loves to stay in..I guess he wants me to be extra happy this raya..hopefully it'll be the same for next year's raya.

Oh we managed to get earrings for me, as i wanted to use my duit mas kahwin for jewellery.we've been looking for my earrings since before raya..but before this banyak yg i tak berkenan..yelah,with rm300 mana nak dapat if u want rose gold earrings with SMALL diamonds .last2 we got the earrings i've been wanting before we got married that has all the criteria except the 300 price tag..dulu boy nak beli kan, but i didnt let him..that time belum kawin, byk lagi benda lain nak pakai duit kan.so last sunday, we thought of trying our luck to see whether the shop still has it..dah mmg my rezeki..it was still there. boy just had to add on to my duit mas kawin to get those earrings.
Very happy that i've used my duit hantaran for something that i've been wanting even before we got married.

What should i ask for from my husband for my birthday..
Tak dapat apa apa pon takpe! kesian dia..

Hari Raya this year

2010-09-07T13:10:00.002+08:00

Its been so long since i last blogged.
Dont seem to know what to write.

Raya is 2 days away..will be driving back to melaka tomorrow night.
celebrating raya with my husband..there wasnt any fights on where we would raya this year as melaka and my dad's kampung in tampin is like 20 minutes away.
So after raya prayers, we would go to Datuk Ali Rustam's open house and shoot off to tampin to meet my family ..My family are going to drive back to tampin after raya prayers,before that stopping over at my uncle's place in seremban before adjourning to tampin.
Every year ,my mom's family would gather in seremban after raya prayers, and after spending a few hours there my family would head to tampin to be with my dad's family, since tampin is the only kampung we have left..we would usually spend 1 or 2 nights in tampin..the number of nights spent in tampin would be debated between mom and dad.

This year , raya would be different..Apart from me being married and raya'ing with my in laws, my brother Danial would be working..he has to be on duty this raya since he handles operation and the oil rig needs him to make decisions.so he is not going back to tampin for raya..

Husband and i are planning to spend 3-4 hours in tampin and then go back to melaka .we would probably go back to subang on the 3rd day of raya..

Last weekend i went back to melaka..picked up my baju raya from my mother in laws tailor..the tailoring was not bad i must say..veryy cheap..boy also picked up his matching coloured baju melayu..

owh i'm looking forward to celebrate raya.
New clothes,lots of food, new family, and most of all, having a husband to celebrate raya with..

Berbuka with anak2 yatim

2010-08-17T10:45:00.007+08:00

2 saturday's ago -the 1st saturday in ramadhan, we had berbuka puasa at my cousins (kak ana's)restaurant in Istana Budaya.
Dad invited 150 anak yatim for the buka puasa. actually dad wanted to invite the anak2 yatim to my wedding reception ,but because we were worried we could not attend to them , therefore we planned for a buka puasa event.

My mom and aunts from around subang jaya and taman tun managed to successfully collect almost 24k and distributed it to a few orphanage homes around the klang valley this year.
So after berbuka puasa and solat terawih, we gave away duit raya and hampers for the anak2 yatim we celebrated that day..The kids were so excited and happy.

Heartbreaking to see some of the kids were as young as 3 year olds..still in need of attention and all..ada one boy, mintak i ambik kan nasi dgn kuah je for berbuka.

Towards the end, my cousin allowed the anak2 yatim to pack the food to go..Some of them dapat bungkus air pon very happy already.
Glad at least they dapat merasa berbuka kat luar, dapat duit raya, and some snacks to bring back.

i miss my husband

2010-08-13T11:38:00.004+08:00

I miss my husband all the time..
It makes me sad that i'm not there to prepare his meals for berbuka puasa, take care of his clothes and do everything that a wife does for her husband.

As u all know, i get to be with my husband only during the weekends and occasionally in the middle of the week if he has work to do in kl or if he misses me too much..
Before we got married, i thought it would be the same thing and i wouldnt be too affected by being apart as we've been in this kind of relationship for so long..

Now i understand the feeling of other weekend wives..i used to read their blogs..about how upset they got.about how they felt so unhappy and the only thing they look forward is for the weekend..now i understand..

After i got married, what i realised was..actually i loved him in a different way.it's a different kind of love..and being married for not yet a month, it break my hearts every time he has to go back to melaka..but i have to let him go..both of us have our responsibilities.we want a better future so we have to sacrifice a bit now..

When the time is right, the financial is great, he'll move his business to kl.and we'll be together..for the time being, i have to put on a smile and suck it up..

i miss my husband all the time..i'm hoping he misses me as much too.

Bliss~

2010-08-11T09:25:00.006+08:00

Our honeymoon

The Akad Nikah

My reception at Dewan Merak Kayangan

My Majlis Bertandang

Just pictures from all 3 events plus and our honeymoon. cant wait to get photos from the wedding photographer

My honeymoon

2010-08-06T11:50:00.003+08:00

I'm back from my honeymoon..
Fun filled activities everyday for 7 days.
It's winter in Australia, and the nights tend to be cold, but since we went to Gold Coast the lowest temperature i guess was only about 16 degrees..the days are a bit warmer with sunshine but with cold winds.Hence walking around Surfers Paradise was great.No sweat at all..I bet i could walk 1 km without breaking a sweat.

We managed to go to all the places we planned.We went to Movieworld, Seaworld,we went whale watching(my dream came true),the wildlife park(saw kangaroos and koalas), shopping at harbour town(a must go for factory outlet shopping place)..
Food wise was easy there..there were alot of halal shops there..Quite a few malaysian restaurants,, kebab stalls and stuff, Halal Indian restaurants..We ate like we were in Malaysia..spent a fortune on food..Boy memang dari segi food memang takde nak saving2..

We travelled around by bus..the buses are so reliable and on time..But it could be quite pricey for a bus ride if you convert it to ringgit...Like 20 dollars for a return trip to movie world.Spend like almost 150 dollars on bus rides.
It starts to get dark at aroun 5+pm..so it feels like the nights are longer there..
There was one night that boy went to bed at 8pm..and woke up at 2am..

We had a blast shopping there..There was one day in Harbourtown's Polo Ralph Lauren store, every item was on a 50% discount..memang best sgt..the 2nd time we went there dah takde sale..luckily we bought the clothes we wanted the 1st time we went..At ValleyGirl's stores,ladies clothes were like 10 dollars and all..! Went crazy.but the only thing holding me back was that i have to keep in mind of the excess weight for luggage since we were flying with Air Asia..

Whale watching was spectacular..we were lucky to see quite a few whales...best sangat.they're huge!!there were even dolphins following our cruise ship..bestnya..Actually,whale watching was the last thing to do in our list..because its quite expensive..tapi boy insists that we go, sebab he knew it really meant alot to me..Furthermore, the whale wathcing season is only in winter..then the whales migrate and pass through the coast on their way back up north to the antartic.i love my husband for making my dream come true.

On the other hand, i could do without going to Movie world since i've always been afraid of going on rollercoasters.Boy tricked me on going on one of the rides..he said it was the least scariest.Happened to be that i didnt get the full view of the ride before i got on it..Lethal weapon 2 and so its called..I got on it..i was bloody quiet for the whole 1 minute i was on it..praying inside..cursing boy inside my heart...IT HAPPENED TO BE THE SCARIEST RIDE IN MOVIEWORLD..IT HAD 2 OR 3 LOOPS!!.
Never in my life that i thought i would go on a roller coaster that had loops.!!!
But now, i'm thanking boy for making me do it..but i'll never do it again!\

All in all, we had an exciting honeymoon/trip..spent quality time exploring the Gold Coast with my husband.

Back in Subang

2010-07-26T23:06:00.003+08:00

Syukur Alhamdulillah..
All 3 wedding events-nikah, my reception, boy's reception went well..
All 3 of it was wonderful and lovely in its own way.

Am now back in subang jaya with my husband.after spending almost a week in Melaka.

Preparing and packing for our honeymoon trip tomorrow night.
Will be spending 1 whole week with Mr husband in Gold Coast, Australia.
No distractions, no phone calls, just the 2 of us..

Am still tired from the whole wedding fiesta and all..But it was soo much fun..getting dressed up, make up and all...being the center of attention for that 3 days..Loved being a pengantin..Am a bit sad that after all these months, the hardwork, preparations..its finally over..:(

Very happy..very very happy.
Syukur

Montage by Pretty Peektures

2010-07-22T14:02:00.008+08:00

Love love love -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bMjPeRJv6I

Watch my akad nikah montage..done by Min from Pretty Peektures..

:)

2010-07-21T12:20:00.005+08:00

I am so thankful that the one thing i wanted most from my wedding was for me to enjoy it..and i did..i was so happy..i was not stressed..everything was beautiful to my eyes..that is what matters the most..to my eyes both my pelamin nikah at home and pelamin bersanding at the hall was prettier than i expected..my nikah and reception baju was pretty..my theme color stood out, even after lots of protests..my make up, masyallah...i loved it..sue cantik did a really good job..i myself never imagined that i could look as nice as my wedding day..

The akad nikah went smoothly.Boy managed to become my husband with sekali lafaz..syukur..syukur...

I'm prepping for my melaka reception this saturday..praying everything goes smoothly again..then we are going off for our honeymoon.
So far, i'm still adjusting to married life.tend to forget that i'm supposed to care for my husband..my husband also seems more loving since we got married..Everyone's treating us well..

16th July 2010

2010-07-18T11:32:00.001+08:00

it was more than i expected..it was magical

I'm married

2010-07-16T23:54:00.003+08:00

I'm married to Boy!
Syukur..my akad nikah was more than perfect..Loved everything.

getting married tomorrow!!

2010-07-15T23:52:00.003+08:00

4 minutes to 16th july 2010..

I'm getting married to my boyfriend of 8 years!!!
Ya Allah...happy and tired!..hehehe

syukur...everythingis good.
the pelamin, the hantarans, the khemah, the bilik pengantin..everything is cantik to my eyes..

1 FULL DAY LEFT

2010-07-14T22:27:00.003+08:00

Today, i was at the spa for 4 hours..
They started me off with a full body massage, steam bath, lulur,mask ,and mandi bunga.
felt so relaxed..dozed off 3-4 times in that 4 hours..made me feel soo good..
Me and mom put on the new bedsheets and covers for the bilik pengantin today..just waiting for my aunt to add on fresh flowers for decorations tomorrow or probably friday itself.the room is actually very simple..i want it to be simple..

My maid of honor was here to help out just now, later we went up to my room and started to burn wedding songs into a cd to bring to the reception...and all the while she was like-'u soo dah nak kawin!'
Yes darling..Insyallah in 2 more days, i'll be married to the leading man of my life.

Nervous? yes.
Just worried that i'll forget to bring things to the hall..
Tomorrow org pelamin, baju, khemah, and my hantarans will be arriving.
Excited? DEFINITELY

2 days away from 16th July 2010

2010-07-13T10:04:00.002+08:00

As i've mentioned in my entry yesterday, that today is going to be slow..nothing much to do..besides the paper bag ribbons..

Am so excited..after months of waiting and preparing ..its almost here..
Everything that has been done, every item chose, has been handled with detail and love from me and mom..hopefully the guests finds it acceptable if not within their standards..everything was planned according to our modest budget..

whenever i go to weddings, and see their extravagant reception, i do feel envy in the pit of my stomach but nevertheless it never dampens my main true goal,which is to have a simple/lovely to my eyes, most important of it all is that for me to enjoy it..My parents has been spending money for this reception of mine, so i better enjoy every single bit of it..

I truly hope in the next 2 days, when things are going crazy at home..i wouldnt snap or hurt anyones feelings along the way.I cant thank my mom enough for her hard work, my dad for the wedding budget-hehe, my brothers who has been taking time off once in a while from their busy life..and of course my furry cat..my buah hati sayang mommy..who has always been there for me..always loyal to me.always treating me like i'm her everything..

3 days

2010-07-12T22:20:00.002+08:00

3 days left!

oh so excited..not yet nervous..
thursday is going to be hectic and fun.
Pelamin people are coming to install it, wedding dresses, inai session..

tomorrow, would still be slow..nothing much besides tying ribbons for the nikah door gifts paper bags-thanks to mom, who decided last minute to add on the extra work of tying ribbons and gluing it on the paper bags.

On wednesday my hantaran would be delivered by my aunt and she would also do abit of decorating at the staircase and the bilik pengantin.and i would have to spend about 3 hours at the spa.

cant wait for my baju to be delivered..lets hope everything else turns out well and fall into place as planned months and months before this.

5 days to go

2010-07-11T20:20:00.004+08:00

Syukur sgt..

Just now had the final fitting for my wedding dresses..
I LOVED IT.

It doesnt matter what others think of my dresses, as long as me and mom thinks its cantik!..

Again..Syukur Alhamdulillah that everything is falling into place.

Last week i managed to check off a few things from the to do list:

1- find someone to do my inai
2- get the rings
3- colour hair
4- fittings
5- buy bubble guns

Whats left for me to do this week before friday is to go to the spa, burn wedding songs into a cd and ???

cant seem to recall

Final Friday

2010-07-09T22:22:00.003+08:00

I'm in love with boy.The man insyallah i'm marrying next friday.
We were Skyping about 10 minutes ago, and i just felt the butterflies all over again.

Maybe i was too wrapped up with the idea of getting married and all the preparations before this, that i forgot to stop and look at him and talk to him.Forgot to give him attention.Forgot to ask how things were over there for him.
I certainly know i love him and may Allah bless us with a blissful marriage till death do us part

Today is the final friday that i shall Insyallah be Miss Diyana...
Thinking about it made me cry a bit before work while talking to boy this morning..

So much to be done this weekend..
Lets take it one step at a time Diyana..

My Hen's Tea Party

2010-07-05T07:55:00.009+08:00

Last saturday my dear friends had a tea party for me.
It was lovely.i loved it so much.decorations were gorgeous..
At the end they presented me with a voucher for a spa pampering session at Tana Mera..How much sweeter can they get..I love all of them..Grown up with them.
Thank you so much darlings!

14 days

2010-07-02T12:16:00.002+08:00

-1300 more doorgifts to stick on the stickers and stuff in the kain, and pack back into boxes for my cousin to take over and out in the boiled eggs..

-yet to find person to do my inai
-havent bought the bubble machines
-havent pick up our rings
-fitting for wedding dresses
-color hair
-spa
-buy sexy time outfit (hahaha)
-burn wedding songs into cd
-havent confirm with merak kayangan on number of pax
-havent confirm with caterer on menu for nikah
-havent bought paper bags for nikah- this is last minute because my aunty yg baik hati nak bagi telur pindang, so addition to our nikah doorgift. therefore, must get paper bags so that it'll be easier for the guests to hold.

What else ye..cant recall at the moment..but there's definitely more

July is finally here- 15 days

2010-07-01T14:23:00.003+08:00

Omg.. I'm getting married this month.15 days away to be exact.
Nervous.. actually what is it again that i'm nervous of..
I'm not the one who has to do the lafaz akad.
I think what makes me nervous is that this time all eyes would be on me..

My good friend is getting married tomorrow..2 weeks ahead of me..
Wont be able to attend her akad tomorrow night, but will be attending her reception on saturday..6 years together.Alhamdulillah,that everything turned out well.

I'm happy. the happiest i've been in 3 years.Syukur.Syukur sangat for everything.
I'm about to marry my buah hati.the one who taught me about life and every bits and pieces that comes with it.The man who watch me grew, helped me up when i was down.
.I know he truely loves me. I can feel it.

I love him

16 days

2010-06-30T21:46:00.003+08:00

When i just got engaged, i was counting the days to my wedding like every single day.
Got excited on anything that has to do with weddings.Pestered boy to prepare for his reception, like constantly..Got hurt when he didnt seem to be interested in the preparations, when he seems more interested in work more than the wedding.

Today, i'm 16 days away from the day i've been thinking non stop for the past 8 months.And i'm thinking why is it approaching so quickly, where else, 4-5 months ago,i was dying for it to come fast.

Lately, what seems to be so important 4-5 months ago, really doesnt seem to even matter.Wedding dress, wedding dais, photographer, wedding cards and a million other things has been attended to with love and hope that it would be the best to my eyes, if not to others..For now, i just want to relax and hopefully be calm enough to face the upcoming stressful days ahead.

Lets just hope everything turns out nicely.

17 days

2010-06-29T10:58:00.004+08:00

2 more rolls of kain..
managed to cut 1 whole role last night.
my 2 brothers helped stick the stickers on the doorgifts, and mom stuffed the kain into it and packed it back into the boxes.

The plan is to finish sticking the stickers and stuffing the materials for all 1500 pieces and then send them off to my cousin-(who is sponsoring the telur, and who will also rebus the telur) for them to put in the telur 1 day before my reception.
They (my cousin and her husband) offered to help do the egg boiling and inserting because they have enough man power at their cafe in istana budaya-which is also very nearby to Merak Kayangan.They will also send it off to the hall the morning of my reception..

They are offering to do this because they are worried if they were to boil the eggs on wednesday, inserting the telur at my house by relatives on thursday, then it'll be busuk by the time we give it to the guests on saturday.They dont want to take the risk.

I'm very thankful that they've offered to help, as this saves the trouble of storing the doorgifts at home during the nikah and transporting it to the hall.

The down side of it is that i myself and my family have to do all the sticking n stuffing on our own..Initially, my relatives were supposed to come help us do all of this one day before my nikah.:(

preparing for a wedding is so not easy

18 days

2010-06-28T09:27:00.003+08:00

18 hari lagi.

1) visa for honeymoon
2) go get the rings
3) baju fitting
4) tampal sticker, sumbat kain in doorgifts
5) buy bubble guns
6) buy heels for boy's reception
7) find someone to do my inai
8) book hotel for after my reception
9) color hair, mandi spa, facial
10) beli batang for bunga manggar
11) give information to MC

ok i'm nervous.

3 weeks

2010-06-25T10:56:00.004+08:00

3 weeks...

3 more rolls of kain to go..it has been 3 more for the last 2 weeks..malas sgt.
so not in the mood to do any preparations..mom ordered thank u stickers with my name and boy's on it.nak kena tampal on each doorgift=1500.. i told mom, lets wait for the day before my nikah, bila org dtg tlg nak isi the kain n the telur, mintak tlg tampal skali sticker..hahahha.. yes, i am sooo not in the mood...

i've assigned my 2 brothers to plan on where to put all the furnitures from downstairs during the nikah..i dont care where they put it, as long as my dad doesnt have to worry about it..i need my dad to be calm..my dad has the reputation of senang panic and marah bila things kelam kabut..

honestly i know my dad is the person most affected with me getting married..have always been close to mom..tapi my dad macam so sedih i nak kawin..kejap2 kang, bila tgh sit together while watching tv, he'll say...'we have only 3 weekends with u left, nanti u sure takde rumah bila weekend'.. mau i tak sedih..my mom relax skit about the whole thing...dia happy gila baju dia buat turns out cantik..she was parading herself in her baju in front of us..

malas ok.malas nak buat anything..kalau my baju tak cantik pun , i tak kisah la..like whatever...seriously whatever.

Honeymoon

2010-06-22T08:59:00.007+08:00

Finally, we bought flight tickets for our honeymoon.
We are so excited that we are going to the planned honeymoon destination..

We are going for 7 nights , 2 nights longer than the initial plan.
First vacation as husband and wife..Selama ni pegi holiday as bf and gf..
Now i have another thing to look forward to besides our wedding..
I usually plan out everything for our vacation..Boy tinggal bayar and bawak badan je..i sometimes wish he was a bit more helpful in planning all of this.

Have to keep in mind this trip is not for shopping..only for sightseeing and other less cash spending activities.

Cold feet..

2010-06-19T11:44:00.003+08:00

I woke up this morning feeling so in love..
I guess it doesnt matter how my wedding goes..at the end of the day, i'm getting married to my boyfriend of 8 years.the one who knows me best..the person i share my innermost thoughts and secrets..

Ya Allah please help me through this difficult phase of engagement and may we become 1 on the 16th of july...
And may my future husband love me for who ever i'll become in the future, may he cares for me the way he has cared this past 8 years, better still if he cares even more for me in the years to come.I pray that he'll always be fair to me, and most importantly towards my family..

It bring tears to me whenever i think of the amount of time left i have of being my parents daughter..and how fast approaching is the time i'll turn into someone's wife..with the responsibilities i have towards my husband and his family...I pray that we would never hurt either sides of our family...

I need time to comprehend that i need to be more independent.i need to switch roles..I have to be the one caring for my family, his family and most importantly for my husband..am i ready? i dont know..but insyallah i'll try my best..

Boy was looking at me the other day and said, " ala sayang, u dah ready nak jadi wife ke?, u ni baby lagi tau tak"

with lots of prayers..Insyallah.

Pelamin angan ku , x disangka dapat juga!. wth?!!

2010-06-10T10:17:00.003+08:00

yesterday i went to Merak Kayangan.

Went with mom and a cousin..
We started with finalising our menu then carried on with choosing the pelamin for the reception.Nak tambah teh tarik kena additional rm2.huhu..they dont include hot drinks in their set.chose color for our chair ribbons.since they dnt have pink, i went with silver..

When the pelamin guy arrived, he brought 2 photo albums of all the pelamins with him..
One album was the one with pictures of the pelamins that are complimentary from Merak Kayangan..The other one is the one that u have to pay for it.

OMG..No offence, pelamin yang dapat free kan, what d0 u expect kan..lagipun, semua my cousins pernah kahwin kat either dewan felda or merak kayangan..pelamin semua cousins pun macam sikit lebih kurang je..what differs it is the color of the kain2 for the backdrop je..

Mom was also a bit tak semangat nak pilih pelamin yg free tu..serious.org pelamin tu pon macam nak cepat je..dalam masa mom was going through the 'Pelamin free album', i browsed through the album yang pelamin kena bayar..mmg la lagi lawa.n ada yang kerusi putih besar n tinggi yg i've always wanted.mom also has always liked it..

Last2 mom said oklah, we take pelamin yang kerusi putih besar tinggi tu.!!
YEay..tapi kena split with mom la bayar duit pelamin.
lepas ckp je nak pilih pelamin yg kena bayar tu, baru la org tu semangat nak layan. dia cakap dia akan buat cantik2.kurang asam..

actually, mmg i dont want to spend money langsung kat pelamin.. initially i nak redha n just choose je mana2 yg dpt complimentary.tapi agaknya, mmg dah takdir i kena kluar duit jugak.. banyak nya pakai duit nak kawin....

ni belum color rambut, facial, mandi2 apa ntah, nak beli sexy under garments lagi.huhu..cincin lagi..

spend so much money for a 4 hour event....so wasteful but ..
spend money on a once in a lifetime event makes it all worth it.

My rojak entry

2010-06-07T12:21:00.002+08:00

Ok my bedroom set arrived on friday..
and its in the guest room downstairs.
So the queen bed from downstairs has been moved into my room upstairs, and my single bed has been moved to my youngest brother's room, and his bed has been thrown away..

I hate my room because of the queen size bed taking up so much space.even my cat seems unsatisfied with the room, now that her bed is far away and is not the same level as my bed.Her bed used to be on top of my unused laundry basket which i stuffed with my teddy bears that when i put my cat's bed it wouldnt fall into the basket.hence making her bed the same height as my bed.I threw away my laundry basket, so her bed is now on the floor..Sian my baby busuk..My Lion Queen.

This week, mom is trying to arrange for our food tasting at merak kayangan.during that time, we would also be able to choose our pelamin, etc2..
I actually just want and all white pelamin, but mom has been saying , it would be unattractive if it was so..we'll see how it goes..

I'm also in the process of filling out the invitation cards-actually a friend has been so kind to write out the invitations because she has nice handwriting.

I'm nervous because there's still quite a lot to do..

Kerabu Mangga

2010-06-03T13:27:00.003+08:00

Kerabu Mangga

2 days ago boy came to see me and we were on our way to go to pyramid .
He was saying that he's hungry and already thinking of what to eat when we get there.
Then the kerabu mangga topic came up..All this while i've known that he doesnt really like kerabu mangga..but he does eat it once in awhile.Teringat time we were having dinner at a thai restaurant about a week ago, and i ordered kerabu mangga(forgot that he didnt quite like it)-but he got to order other dishes and i didnt complain!
When the kerabu mangga arrived, i was happily eating and i asked him to try some of it.he politely declined, tapi ada muka merajuk skit at the time..but i buat dunno..Dia tak mkn the kerabu, and i couldnt finish it, so i happily had the remaining kerabu mangga to go.
So that was that.

Back to the conversation i was having with boy in the car on the way to pyramid.
He said.. 'i memang tak suka kerabu mangga'
and i asked him why, he was trying to come out with a right word for his excuse untill i said - ' tak macho ke makan kerabu mangga?'
He said YES!! THATS THE BEST way to explain why he doesnt eat it.

Rupa2nya, to him any food that is sour, is not macho.Thus making kerabu mangga a not macho dish..He even explained to me that he doesnt squeeze any lime to his dishes for instance- mee goreng, mee kari etc2- any dishes that gets the extra umphh if eaten with a bit of squeezed lime, simply because it makes him a not macho guy!

I SAID U NI MENGARUT!!
there's no such thing !! mana ada 'tak macho' food.!!

He said its ok to drink sour drinks, but a no no to sour food..

Oh my, 8 tahun baru i come to know about this whole sour dish issue..
So selfish of me..even though its ridiculous, i have to keep that in mind with me for the rest of my life ..

To my boyfriend,

tak payahla nak perasan ur even macho to begin with.hahaha.(just kidding b) so, dont need to restrain urself from enjoying sour dishes ok.

My irritating cat

2010-05-30T20:26:00.005+08:00

Pictures above were taken while i was in the midst of cutting the materials for my doorgifts.Everytime without fail, whenever my cat see's me laying out all the boxes and kain ,when i'm about to start working with it, she will come to my working area, and dgn selambanya walk on all my kain and position herself on it.

Like this afternoon, she got comfy in a lid of a box (literally squeezed herself in it) and fell asleep..crushing all my kain underneath her.this happened many times with my mom also..rasa nak gelak pon ada,geram pun ada.its like there's nowhere else for her to sleep..nevertheless she is the queen of my heart..Buat la macam mana pon, i would still love my fat cat..even when she pee's on the roof of her house/sand box.,when she's supposed to pee inside the house where the sand is.

Kebenaran Berkahwin

2010-05-24T17:18:00.003+08:00

Syukur,

All matters pertaining to the forms for kebenaran berkahwin has been completed.
I went to Jabatan agama islam during lunch time to get my approval thinking that i would have to come again to callect it in a few days, but luckily they said i could get it approved in like 10 minutes.

Now, I just need to pass the documents and forms to my imam/jurunikah, and just wait for my nikah day..

I had my first fitting on saturday...and i hated my baju nikah.
i seriously hate it..but takpela,, dont want to think about it..lantak la.

8 weekends left

2010-05-21T16:00:00.002+08:00

Ok, i have 8 weekends left before my big day..

I received my wedding cards last weekend and mom and i have already tied ribbons for 550 cards so far.tomorrow my brother's girlfriends will come over in the morning to help cut the kain..i think there's about 18 more rolls to go..i memang benci gila potong kain tu..it gets me irritated..so i'm hoping the girls would do ok tomorrow..

Tomorrow afternoon, will be going to go see my imam masjid with dad and 2 uncles as my saksi..have to get my forms signed and then submit it to pejabat ugama.
After that, Ema my wedding dress designer is coming to the house at 4pm for my 1st fitting..My bridesmaids -cousins, are also supposed to come for their first fitting tomorrow at my house...

Last weekend i've sent all my barang2 hantaran to my aunt's place.she's going to start with the hantaran soon also..We've agreed to get her to do the staircase decorations at my house nanti.
This week i managed to go to a frame shop to get a picture of me and boy framed ..

Furnitures will be arriving in the 1st week of June.
Oh and we also went to Faiq Jewels to design and order boy's wedding band..today they called me up and informed me that its ready..
Harap2 cantik la, because i helped design it because boy was saying sukati u la nak design macam mana.
susah dpt bf yang tak excited about wedding preparations.Slalunya i syok sorang2 je berangan...

Nak buat macam mana..kesian dia..dia yg nak kawin, dia yang nak cari duit nak buat majlis..semua pon on his shoulders..

Its my Anniversary!!!

2010-05-12T13:06:00.005+08:00

12th May 2003,

On this date 7 years ago , boy and i declared ourselves as gf and bf.
i cant forget that night after accepting his so called proposal, i was head over heels and had the butterfly syndrome in my tummy..

There's alot that we've been through and this would probably be the last anniversary before we get married insyallah.

I absolutely forgot about my anniversary this year until i was browsing through other blogs last night and i saw the date- 11th may 2003..

I was like-'oh my god, tomorrow is my anniversary'

I guess boy too didnt remember until i spoke to him before midnight and reminded him
Being me, i never stay up pass 11pm on a week night..so after midnight i got a text from boy..it goes like this:

'Sayang, Happy Anniversary,Sekarang u dah pun jadi tunang I dan u akan memiliki i sepenuhnya'

Happy anniversary boy baby sayang.Insyallah b, soon enough u'll be mine.

Still so much to do

2010-05-05T10:58:00.002+08:00

I've been trying to call cst productions since i watched the video presentation at boy's cousins wedding.
i fell in love with the videography.and i have never seen a wedding video that was as cool and different as that.Their price range starts from rm1800 and its more or less the same as the videographer i booked.am having second thoughts and would definitely trade my intitial videographer for them..
but...they arent answering my calls.please help.
i sooo want them for my nikah.

Ok, this weekend we're : me and mom are going full force in the wedding preparations.
We are going to go replace our defect/broken doorgifts for new ones as the shop has already promised.we still havent finish cutting one roll of the doorgifts kain!!!and there's like almost 18 big rolls.I really hope it could be completed by mid june the latest.i dont want to get 'kelam kabut' at the end.

things in my to do list that are yet to be done:
- potong kain,
- replace broken/defect doorgifts
- send boy's pengapits material to the tailor
- find accessories for nikah
- buy baju melayu's for my 4 pengiring little boys
- send my hantaran stuff to my aunt
- call up and remind pelamin nikah vendor
- call up and check on my wedding cards
- buy fuchsia pink ribbons for my wedding cards
- waiting for boy to settle and get his kelulusan kebenaran berkahwin luar negeri
- finalise on the khemah for nikah
- finalise on caterer for nikah
- remind mom about arrival of bedroom set on the 29th of may-must pay off balance a week before delivery
- get cushions for my katil pengantin.
- print a big picture of me and boy and get white frames.
- look for someone to do my inai
- call ima and check on my bridesmaids dresses
- go for food tasting in june
- pick my pelamin for reception

ish.. these are only the things i can remember so far.

Wedding

2010-05-03T09:58:00.002+08:00

Last night, i attended boy's cousins wedding at Concorde Shah Alam with his mom and my mom too!!

We met his sister there at the hotel.Boy and his mom came and got me and mom at home.
Felt so weird to have my mom and his mom together .His mom talked my mom into going for the wedding since there's an extra seat.My mom being polite didnt want to dissapoint boy's mom.

It was a Moroccan themed wedding.Definitely pretty.They even installed a tent for the main table section which adds up to the moroccan feel...
The groom's brother is a wedding planner and he was the mastermind for all the decorations and he even did the bride and grooms wedding attire.Loved the bride's attire so much..

Initially for boy's reception we were supposed to get the same cousin to do our outfits and all, but since his brother was getting married like 2 months before us, which was last night, he couldnt take on the job.

Never have i been to a themed wedding.All the families wore silver robe's again enhancing the moroccan theme.Apparently the groom's brother are all good singers.So they were the ones who serenaded us through out the night.Berani kan.kalau my family, memang pemalu and would never dare to go on stage to sing.

Got home around 11 pm.went straight to bed.

Feeling nervous now that insyallah its only 2 months away..
Am i really ready?
The only thing that makes me sad when i think about getting married is when i think of my family..i dont want to be apart from them.. because i know that my priorities will change.

My saturday

2010-05-01T10:58:00.002+08:00

At this moment, I'm in my room.
Exhausted and sweaty because..hahaha.just got back from the gym.
This week,i'm a bit dissapointed because i only made 3 trips to the gym including today.Should have made 4 visits.
Anyway, finished all my sessions with the trainer.after the last session which was on tuesday, my chest still hurts because of the muscle contractions the trainer taught me to do.Never in my life have i ever done push ups.yes, because of the trainer now i know the right way of doing it.

All i feel like doing now is just sleep through out the day..woke up early around 6.30am because like always princess 'MEOW' meowed like an alarm clock each morning say around 6am..geramm...

Mr boy is in KL.I'll probably go out with him later when he wakes up which i doubt would be before noon because he slept really late.

I wanted to go send my cat for grooming today because she is just so comot already and i dont have the energy to do it myself.Called up the pet shop, but unfortunately today's appointments are too pack to squeeze in my baby.
Therefore, i made an appointment for tomorrow morning.Nasib u baik hari ni wahai kucing buah hatiku, but not tomorrow.

Oklah. i want to get a quick nap.

Blood

2010-04-28T10:05:00.002+08:00

Yesterday,dengan sedihnya forced myself to go for the hiv test alone.
Since my bf stood me up as initially he promised to come and go get it done together.
Nasib tak merajuk.Weeks earlier, i've already searched for the nearest government clinic and the one that i found nearest is the Poliklinik Komuniti Kelana Jaya.

I made boy go for his test yesterday also.I arrived at my clinic first at around 2pm,where else he took his sweet time and got at his clinic at 3pm.The minute the nurse called my name ,i was already nausea's.I seriously cant stand the sight of blood.Dahla before me another couple,had just got their fingers pricked and i could see the blood stained cotton wool on their fingers.

I looked away when the nurse pricked mine, and i thought to myself..'hmm..it's not so bad,i could hardly feel anything.'BUT, after i saw my blood stained cotton wool, mmg i dah jadi lemah .Quickly threw away the cotton wool and sat down quietly and waited for my result.As i was beginning to feel better, the nurse at the counter announced with her microphone that everyone who was there for the hiv test to please come again to the counter..GUESS WHAT!!..guess the earlier nurse, screwed up with our blood kits and we had to get pricked again!!..

My heart was racing .NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!
Like it or not, went through it again.
Immediately called boy,and complained.
He on the other hand was still waiting to get the test done even after 40 minutes of getting there.

I seriously cant stand the sight of blood.
I remember when i was in high school, i was in the school bus.On the way back home.
I sat beside a girl, and suddenly her nose was bleeding.
The girl was ok and all, i pulak yang pitam.
Haiyoh..mmg tak boleh langsung tgk darah.

Working out

2010-04-22T07:43:00.002+08:00

Finally!!
i've joined a gym.
Never too late right..well, have been going this past week.Right after work,i'd drive straight to the gym .As part of the starter program i'm eligible for 3 sessions with a trainer for an hour for each session.
i've already finished 1 hour last saturday and my body is still sore from the weight training we did.

The trainer definitely educated me with things that i have never knew before..
For instance- if u do 30 minutes of cardio, YOU ARE ONLY BURNING SUGAR AND NOT BODY FAT...you continue to burn calories for 30 - 40 minutes after your workout but IF U DO WEIGHTS, your calories would continue to burn for 40 to 70 HOURS!!!!-about 2 days!!

i definitely was never interested in doing weights as i fear of being bulky, but after being enlightened on the overall workout,i definitely plan to do more weights.
This evening after work, i have another session of training.
A wee bit worried of what the trainer have installed for me.
Cant wait to join one of the classes.It looks sooo interesting !!

my neighbour is getting married

2010-04-16T15:53:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, mom and i went to our neighbours house to see if there was anything we could help them with as today is their daughters nikah.
They've asked if they could extend their tents into my house compound and of course dad gave the green light.So today when i get back from work, i wouldnt be able to park my car in my house compound as there would be a tent and guests there.
The nikah according to plan would be at 5pm which is an hour away from now and half an hour earlier than the time i get off work.

I cant wait to get back and go eat at my neighbours place.
So hungry .And its raining cats and dogs outside.
I'm thankful that i have wonderful neighbour as we are always there for each other.
Tomorrow would be the wedding reception and it would be at one of the halls in putrajaya.Since mom and dad are planning to go early, i guess my brothers and i would meet them there later.

Tomorrow, hopefully i can continue cutting the kain for the doorgifts.
its so tedious as i cant do it alone,i would need another extra set of hands to help me stretch the kain ,for me to cut the kain easier.Tulah,cari pasal nak stuff2 doorgifts with kain2 .EXTRA WORK for us la.
My weekends are now just filled with this 'extra work' that we asked for.
Padan muka to me and mom.
Dad has just been sitting and laughing at us..

Wedding card

2010-04-12T09:20:00.003+08:00

Ok remember i went to the wedding exhibition in shah alam last year?
well at the exhibition i placed a deposit for my wedding card.For 1000pcs the cost would be RM1.20..Mom and me were planning to go to the card shop next weekend.
So thats that..

On Saturday morning, mom and me went to my aunts place in taman tun to borrow my cousin's card from his wedding back in july 2008.We needed the map from the card since we're going to have the reception at the same place.I knew that my aunt did the card at one of my another aunt's neighbour's shop that is also in taman tun.

Mak dik ,-my aunt - then somehow persuaded us to do the cards at Mak Mayak's-another aunt -neighbour's shop.Since the deposit we put in at the shop from the exhibition was only rm50.We decided to burn the deposit.we then went straight to the card shop in taman tun, and drafted my card.actually we copied my cousins card exactly ,its just that the colours are different.Mak Dik,previously tied ribbons for his son's wedding card ,and so mak dik offered to tie ribbons at my cards too..my card is going to be silver in colour and the ribbon would be FUCHSIA PINK.
best sgt ok..

One of the many reasons i cancelled the plan to order from the previous vendor was because the card that i chose was actually a one piece card.the only thing that caught my attention for the previous card was that it wasnt the typical card.but when i think about it,its actually going to limit the space and definitely i wouldnt be able to put in the map,turut mengundang,ayat2 section in it.
If i were to still choose on using the card,all the writings would be extra small and compact.definitely not good for the old folks to read.

Now that we've gotten a new design, there's ample space for everything.its a 4 page card.now i can fit my ayat2 in one page,my turut mengundang and itinerary in one page, and the map can be in the last page.puas hati.
the thing that i love most is that its going to be with ribbons!.its sooo my theme colour.

Just waiting for mom and dad to finalise on the number of cards to order so that i could inform the shop.

Sheila Majid-IJN Charity Dinner

2010-04-11T21:35:00.003+08:00

Last night me,my cousins and aunts-all 10 of us went to the Sheila Majid-IJN Charity dinner at the KLCC Convention Center.My cousin farah got the table for us from her organisation that bought one whole table for 5k.Since no one from her organisation was able to make it for the dinner, she invited her relatives of course.

The dinner was organised by Cosry the designer, and co sponsored by Mouaward to raise contributions for IJN.Since Sheila Majid is the ambassador for the IJN Institution,-and also to mark her 25th year as a singer ,she was chosen to perform for the dinner.In conjunction with Mouawards anniversary, they teamed up with Cosry to design the most expensive kebaya in the world for Sheila Majid .The total cost for the dress was 250 million ringgit.Apparently the kebaya landed a spot in the Guiness world records.I heard there was a lot of policemen backstage guarding the dress.The dress was dripping with diamonds!

throughout dinner we were entertained with cosry's fashion show.the kebaya's are so so pretty.if only i could afford Cosry..
After dinner, Sheila made her first appearance with the most expensive dress and sang her songs.After 3-4 songs she went backstage and changed into something different and sang more songs.I tell u sheila is such a good singer and performer.she knows how to communicate with her audience and her voice--ahhh...what can i say about her voice,i dare say that she sounds exactly the same live on stage as she is in her records..She's really that good.

Anyway, kesian boy, he was the one that really wanted to go to the event because he loves Sheila.And my cousin Farah has put me and boy in her top priority in choosing amongst the relatives.But yesterday boy had work in melaka.so he couldnt make it for the dinner.Farah's dad made the cut since there was an extra seat.

I took video's of Sheila singing for boy.Cant wait to show it to him

Main table doorgifts

2010-04-06T19:31:00.004+08:00

This is my main table doorgift for my reception.There's 13 all together, 12 for the guests,and 1 for myself.
Mom's close friend did it from scratch for me, the writing was even hand painted by her.
These doorgifts are her gifts for me..sweet sgt ok.
Still figuring out how to decorate it.
I love it!

Kerja leceh for the doorgifts

2010-04-04T13:53:00.004+08:00

Woke up this morning, had breakfast and i started my duty of tying ribbons on the cover of my porcelain door gifts for my nikah event.At first it was annoying and i nearly gave up, but because of my persistance,i finally got the hang of it.Managed to do about 40 pieces.Mom on the other hand was doing the quality control for the reception doorgifts.we have to go through all the 1500 pieces to check for any defects,so that we could return and get new ones from the shop..so far 2 big boxes down, 5 big boxes to go.

As for the nikah doorgifts there's about 130 plus pieces more to go as we only managed to buy 175 pieces .we wanted to get more but the shop ran out of the item.We plan to get something else for the men, maybe. .
Me and mom are slowly handling the tying of ribbons, cutting of the kain for the stuffing for the reception doorgifts etc2 ourselves.doing as much as we can, so that we wouldnt have to trouble my aunts and cousins.Tak nak pening pening if buat last minute.
We actually had to force ourselves to start, kalau we waited to do it on a weekday,lagilah memang takkan start.

mixed entry again

2010-04-02T16:51:00.005+08:00

2 nights ago, boyfriend came to see me.
We havent seen each other for more than 3 weeks plus.
finally, maybe he missed me too much that he had to come.

Had the delicious smoked salmon salad at Delicious for dinner with him.
That night he slept in the guest room .Went back the next morning, when i had to go to work.
According to him, he'll be coming again tomorrow.Tht is according to him, but knowing him too well, there's a 50 50 chance he'll turn up.Hehe.love him nonetheless.

Tomorrow, will be going for seafood at hokkaido with my girls.
Soo hungry right now, that i'm already thinking of what to order.But definitely ,chilli crabs will be the main dish.

half an hour to the weekend!

Weekend Review

2010-03-28T21:23:00.004+08:00

As mentioned earlier, I had brunch with aunts and cousins yesterday.
Oh the dim sum buffet was good, i loved the fried yam, and the shrimp dumplings.
Puas la makan dim sum.
And because my mom's cousin is the banquet manager at the hotel, we got 50 percent off .so roughly it was only RM20 per person!

My cousins then suggested that all the cousins should go straight to Jakel after brunch to go get their bridesmaids materials for my wedding.
Upon reaching Jakel we headed straight to the 4th floor where the chiffon's with 2,3,4 tones were.While i was helping them search for their materials, i bumped into Ima-my wedding dress designer.Immediately asked Ima for her advice in choosing the right materials etc..

My cousins decided to get Ima to do their outfits.Ima straight away started designing and sketching.After each and every cousin got their measurements taken and designs sketched, all of us went back home.dah rezeki Ima la yesterday, boleh bump into me and my cousins.

After maghrib got a call from my future pengapit .She wanted to inform me that she and another friend of ours, was going to go get their materials for my wedding too at Jakel the following morning.I told her i wanted to tag along,And so I went again to Jakel this morning .All the salesgirls actually by now already know my theme colour.Got further discounts from Kak Farah too.!
Am glad that my 2 besties found their materials already.They are so going to be hot on my wedding day!!

Hopefully i wouldnt have to go to Jakel again anytime soon.Or else i would probably be labeled minah Jakel.

BRIDESMAIDS DRESSES-CHECK
BESTFRIENDS DRESSES-CHECK

Fuchsia pink makes all my girls looks hot.
Loving it .

Ramblings

2010-03-26T23:41:00.006+08:00

I'm still down with a flu and cough.
Nevertheless, still managed to go have dinner at Tony Romas in Pyramid.Sort of a last dinner outing for the family before my youngest brother resumes his classes after a 2 week break.

Typical me, ive never been the person to have all this restrictions when I'm sick. i had icy beverages during dinner and even treated my family to dessert at Tutti Frutti.Darry has been telling us about Tutti Frutti which apparently is a frozen yogurt chain shop, and how he is keen on trying them out.Now, i'm suffering-coughing and the brain freeze from the frozen yogurt, because of my lack of ability to restrain myself from all the cold/icy drinks/desserts.SERVES ME RIGHT.

Tomorrow for brunch mom and me are going to have dim sum at the Pan pacific hotel with my aunts and lady cousins on my mom's side.My brother Danial, has been meaning to treat them since he started working at Petronas.Since it has been postponed for a few months now because its hard to coincide with every auntie and cousins weekend schedule, finally tomorrow everyone is available to come.The funny thing is that, Danial wont be joining us because mom decided it would be an all women gathering.
A bit funny dont u think.Tuan badan yg nak belanja not invited to join.-HAHA-

I'm hoping to meet boy in the wee hours tonight ,on his way back to melaka from Ipoh.
Being the attention seeker that i am, Cant wait to put on a show as if i'm soo sick, so that he'll purposely and playfully would be so attentive and affectionate.
He so knows the tricks that i have up my sleeves la.,i'm running out of tricks for god's sake because this man has been in my whole entire adult hood.

Its almost 12.30am, i think i better bit adieu and try to get a bit of sleep before meeting my mr boyfriend.
Good night ..

I need my Dr. boyfriend

2010-03-25T12:05:00.002+08:00

Still not well..
The flu is giving me a headache
Being sick makes me very sensitive and emotional.
Mucus was dripping like tap water last night, and i remembered blowing on to my t shirt sleeves because i was too lazy to get up and get tissues.
Yes, i am that disgusting..

Cant wait for the weekend so i can just stay at home and sleep in.
I think i know what can make me better,
A visit from Mr boyfriend should do it.DEFINITELY.

Not well

2010-03-23T16:22:00.003+08:00

I'm sick,down with a slight fever, sore throat and cough.
I am practically voiceless now, went to work this morning, but decided i'm not fit to work , went back at 12 pm, ate my cough medicine and slept till about 3.30pm.

I'm trying not to sleep too much, because i worry i wont be able to fall asleep tonight.I need to go to work tomorrow,so i really need a good night's rest.

Whenever i cough, it hurts like hell.I so dont wanna be sick.
I miss my boyfriend.and that's making me feel worse.

Our dream bedroom set

2010-03-21T21:07:00.005+08:00

Hurray!

Today we got our (me and mom's) dream all white french bedroom set at the furniture expo in Jln University, PJ.ITS SOOO Cantik..

i LOVE everything about the set,but most of all the bed is to die for..
It'll be arriving in May.So we've got to figure out what to do with the existing furnitures in the guest room.

Like seriously, it's way prettier than the set in Fella Design and Ikea.
Cant wait for it to get into the guest room downstairs.Mom is also very thrilled about it.Next weekend we're going to go look for bedsheets for the wedding.

Banyak my aunts were trying to discourage me and mom to not get an all white set.but thank god mom is so on my side.we dont care that everyone says that in a few years time it'll turn yellowish.IT DOESNT MATTER! because a white bedroom set is the best.

Another reason to be thankful for.AMIN

Make up artist

2010-03-20T09:33:00.003+08:00

A few days ago i frantically looked for a makeup artist for the Melaka reception.
Thank god for the blogs i previously read which has touched on the make up artist topic.I must say i'm absolutely impressed with the amount of researched they've made about this MUA's.They even made my life so much easier because they made a list of all the MUAs available with their numbers too!.

For my side i've already booked for Sue cantik, therefore i want to try someone different for Boy's side.I do know that the cost would be much much more for them to come to Melaka.But this is the only thing that Boy let me take charge of for the reception in Melaka.Yelah, reception side sana kan,i just have to follow through je.

I added a few MUAs in Facebook, and started sending msg's to them inquiring about their availability and the cost.There's this one who wanted RM1200 ,that's not including the hotel room.I was like?heck!!! u charge me so much and actually melaka is only an hour and a half from Kl, then u demand for a hotel room.Deposit he wanted was rm400.Do u even think about the bride and groom who's already spending tons of money-probably broke by then.Where is your sense of pity.I know you're famous and all. but hell u.You're out of the list.Furthermore, i saw pictures of the brides u made up-they arent that nice!!.hahahahha

So, there was this other MUA that replied.He said he's only available after 2 pm on the 24th of July, thank god the reception in Melaka is at night!!!!.ok la i'm not going to cover the identity of this MUA coz he's a life saver..He is none other than-
AYANGKAMELL.
Best sgt dia, he's charging me RM950 je.And most importantly he didnt request for a hotel room.He probably has to go straight back to KL after that.Furthermore, the deposit he needed was only rm150.He was Suriani's makeup artist for her bertandang too.N if i'm not mistaken, she loved Ayang's makeup the most.

Please la everything goes smoothly and that Ayangkamell would be my MUA in Melaka.
AMIN

4 months

2010-03-16T16:37:00.003+08:00

4 MONTHS TO GO

MashaAllah, Insyallah a wedding is on the way, and this time: i'm the bride!!

Yesterday i was on leave because i promised my mom to go look for coloured papers to stuff into my doorgift.Early morning we joined my aunts for breakfast in Bangsar then all of us went to Balakong to go get the coloured papers.Once we got there,we saw materials that were way nicer than just papers and because my aunts were there to persuade mom, we ended up spending Rm 500 for materials for the doorgifts, which i confirm everyone would throw out.

Last sunday we went hunting for my bedroom furnitures..
mom and i found the classic all white bedroom set at Fella Design but we have to wait to get my dad to go look at it and get his approval.It was sooo pretty, and it would be lovely for my bilik pengantin.

That vacation plan

2010-03-11T20:14:00.002+08:00

I'm in the midst of planning for that trip after the wedding.

I WOULD DIE if i got to go to London or go on a europe tour.
But i've got to be a bit realistic-it aint happening this year, with a wedding on the way.

I was so stupid for not just purchasing the tickets to Goldcoast during last year's Air Asia promotions.Return tickets were only for RM550.Now, its triple the price.
Anyway, i'm crossing my fingers till i get to the Matta fair with dear friends this saturday.The besties are looking for tickets to London about the time that i plan to go off on my trip.

So i'm hoping and praying and wishing that i'll get a bargain !
And i promise if i get to go there, i'll at least learn how to paddle surf!.

Kursus Kawin

2010-03-08T14:09:00.004+08:00

Syukur,
Managed to go for the 1 and a half day kursus kawin with Boy.The course was at Masjid At-Taqwa,TTDI.It was so much fun.All the speakers made jokes and all the information and subjects discussed were beneficial.

As usual we were half an hour late for the first day.We sat at the last row.the boys and girls were seperated by only a small space.so basically if me and boy sat at the last row,and i sat at the right most desk, and boy at the left most desk-we actually sat side by side! we made silly faces,wrote notes and even had our own time out sessions.Boy ni mmg la macam budak nakal kena paksa pergi class..

The 2nd day i lied and told boy that the course starts at 8, where else is starts at 8.30am.LUCKILY I DID THAT.we left the house at 8, and got there at 8.30am.For the first class the 2nd day, the ustaz was a bit strict,everyone had to fill in the empty seats in the front rows.So i didnt get to sit near boy.When the next ustaz came in, we changed back to our back seats.

I know its not a big deal to attend the kursus kawin.But with boy being super busy with work and family during the weekends, i am thankful that we managed to settle the course.So another item on my checklist can be striked off.
I'm going to pick up the certificates next saturday.
Syukur.

Mama and Me

2010-03-05T16:37:00.002+08:00

Yesterday upon reaching home from work, i could feel the tense between mom and dad.
Dad was in the kitchen eating alone and mom in front of the tv barely giving me a smile-she's always very chirpy and talkative.
Joined my dad halfway through his meal and later when he finished and walked out of the kitchen, mom came and joined me halfway through my meal..
CUTE KAN!!..
I asked my mom-'Ma, tak kawan dgn papa ke'
mom-'A'ah'-then she continued eating

I tried to korek what was the cause for it, then mom explained ..
Sumpah benda yg sgt kecik..reason being-just because my dad was unwell to attend a kenduri last night, and he asked my mom to go alone, but my mom refused.
HAIYO FUNNY OK!

I've been told constantly by Boy, that i very much follow my mothers personality and traits.Its the little things when u observe closely that shows how much in common we are.For instance the way i talk,our facial features, how easily irritated we get etc...
I LOVE MY MOM.

Ok, to a different story altogether, yesterday i got a text from my wedding card vendor that i should send all my details for the card at the end of april.
So i told my mom about it and mom specifically told me that she didnt want too many wordings in the card.She wanted it to be simple and clearly printed so that the old people could read it.While discussing about the card she got up and took a sample of her friends daughter's wedding card ..In the card there was this line she wanted to copy which was: ke Majlis Perkahwinan PUTERI kami,

So, she wanted to use the word PUTERI, I thought that was nice but i purposely told her i wanted the word PRINCESS.HEHEHEH.

'Ke Majlis Perkahwinan Princess Kami'

HAHAHAHHAHA-IN MY DREAMS.

I want to enjoy my wedding

2010-03-04T10:11:00.002+08:00

YeAyy..
I've secured pretty peektures !!! Thank god!!!...at last ..

The boss was really cool.very understanding and easy to talk to.
Hope they'll do great for my wedding.
I've booked for the photographers for my nikah and reception plus videographer for my nikah..All my relatives has been pushing me to get a videographer for the reception as well..but,, i dont really think its necessary.My reception is not a seated function.
Everyone will be up and about during the reception ,so it wouldnt show a smooth flow.Hence, no point for a videographer.

Oh my god i really cant wait to see the outcome of my dresses.Really hope the designer really incorporates the ideas i've given..I love my designer, she's young, she just got married.She understands girls in my state of position.ERRR-bRIDEZILLA'S??

Of course not!!i hope i'll never turn into one.
Me and my mom have definitely done all the work by ourselves so far without assistants from others.Actually its easier when there's not much input from others.

I do not want to be stressed out of little unnecessary things during my wedding.I pray that i would have fun and for everybody to actually enjoy my wedding.I dont want the wedding to be soo uptight.Weddings are supposed to be fun,its the time when long lost friends,relatives get together and eat,drink and celebrate the bride and groom..
Yeah i honestly just want to have fun and for the invitations to enjoy themselves.
Its ok that some of my relatives thinks that the theme color is too bold..My wedding!
remember????

You dont like it,than dont wear it.WHats the fuss.As long as my immediate family wears it and oh yes my bridesmaid la kan..

Ok next is to decide on the entertainment part for the reception..
YeaaYYYyyyyYY

Bits * pieces

2010-03-03T20:21:00.003+08:00

Work is crazy this whole week.Its wednesday and up to this point the workload have not resided.Cant wait for friday to come..Cant wait to hang out with my boyfriend.

So I spent last weekend in Malacca,
I actually enjoyed myself.While i was there, Boy sent my car for tinting and he also got me 4 new tyres for my car...Thank u baby..Anyway, i basically spent most of the time bonding with his mom. We even went visiting and shopping without him.
I had seafood for dinner with his family at one of the many seafood restaurants there.Ended up going to bed at about 3am..Gosh i was really exhausted!

Anyway, this weekend we're Insyallah going for our kursus kahwin.Hopefully the course would be interesting and enlightening to both of us..
I cant wait to see my boyfriend.Whenever i'm with him, everything else doesnt seem to matter.. like-Bonnie and clyde.

Oh yes, Boy has been mentioning about Shiela Majid's concert this month.He really adores her,we're planning on getting the tickets and oh, another thing, i really want to go watch F1 again.I think its next month.Hope my aunt would provide me and Boy the tickets again.We surely did enjoy ourselves the last time.I remembered giving him a lecture when he bought those overpriced earphones that costed rm150 .
Well thats boy, -an easily persuaded guy.

Once he bought obviously overpriced useless pens from a salesperson that stopped by while we were having dinner,just because he felt pity towards the person.Seriously, my boyfriend is like way too pemurah.Sometimes it bothers me, but he'll always assure me that, we would be murah rezeki if we're generous.

Boleh tak B generous banyak2 kat i. :)

My turn to drive up to Malacca

2010-02-27T00:24:00.004+08:00

Tomorrow morning, as soon as I wake up and get dressed, i'll be going off to Malacca.
Its high time that i showed up at boy's house.Boy himself has been saying that i'm unfair and a bit one sided which is obvious that i want everything to revolve around my life, my family etc..

Insyallah i will be spending a night there and will be coming back on Sunday.Going to Malacca once in a while is actually fun.Boy would let me have baba nyonya food for lunch,seafood for dinner and asam pedas for supper.Yes,boy loves to stuff me with food.I'll be the one who ends up finishing the many dishes that he orders just because i cant stand the sight of food being wasted.

As for today, (actually yesterday,because its 12.30am already!)I went to 2 birthday parties.The one in the morning was for a 6 year old nephew and the one at night was for my 60 year old uncle..Had fun with aunts,uncles and cousins like always..

Cant wait to spend my weekend in Malacca with my darling...

Not so happy

2010-02-24T13:07:00.003+08:00

Its the 2nd last working day for the week.YeAyy!

Anyway, i've called the Pusat Kursus Kahwin in Pusat Bandar Damansara yesterday to reserve places for me and boy on the 6th and 7th of March.I really want to get it over with.A bit hard for me to coincide this kursus kawin with boy's schedule.But nevertheless, we still have to get through it .Boy sometimes is a bit too dependent on me to arrange for all of this.i guess, mmg all men are like this.Not to portray that they are not keen on the wedding preparations, that is just how they are and girls tend to get frustrated about it (including me) ..
For quite sometime it was eating inside of me, but i will not let this whole preparation affect the big picture.
If it were to boy, he wouldnt mind just having an akad nikah ceremony!
He should be thankful that i'm not going overboard with all of it compared to some of the other brides to be..

Ok, Insyallah after the kursus kawin, the next thing that needs to be settled is the hiv test.I target for that to be done in may.How do you get things done when its hard enough to see each other every weekend.I pray for his success but sometimes i do wish i was given a bit more of his time..

Teringin nak pegi Mekah

2010-02-19T16:39:00.002+08:00

Friday is here again..
My parents arrived safely yesterday, I was soo happy to see them..looking at the pictures of Masjidil Haram and Masjid Nabawi, it made me realize that I really want to go there..

Mr Boy has been saying that he Insyallah would take me there after we get married..And I’ve always said ok, but now, I really really want to go.

As we were looking through the pictures, we came upon a picture of my parents and relatives at Jabal Rahmah.Jabal Rahmah is said to be the place where Nabi Adam n Hawa first met.
Mom told me yesterday that my cousin’s daughter made a wish for me when she climbed that bukit when she went there in January 2009.

So here’s the extended story,
January 2009, my cousin Kak Ana and her kids performed their Umrah and once again followed when my parents and relatives went 2 weeks ago.
The first time they went, they visited Jabal Rahmah.If I’m not mistaken u can climb Jabal Rahmah. So, kak ana’s daughters decided to climb it.Before the journey to the top, Kak Ana told her eldest daughter to wish and pray that I and another cousin of mine to finally find true love and get married.And so her daughter got to the peak, and she did wish for me to bertemu jodoh but somehow forgotten to wish for my cousin..

So the other day when my parents,relatives and kak ana’s family were at Jabal Rahmah, Kak ana told them about the wish her daughter made when they were there the 1st time.

1 year later.... Alhamdulillah I'm happily engaged and Insyallah I will be married in 4 months time to the man I love so much ..I wish that we could go to Jabal Rahmah after we get married and say that I love him right at the peak of the bukit..The place where Nabi Adam & Hawa first met.

Semoga both of us dimurahkan rezeki so that we would have the means and capability to go perform our umrah / haji anytime soon…Insyallah

Being the eldest comes with the pros and cons.

2010-02-15T18:04:00.003+08:00

Tonights dinner-ayam masak lemak cili api and sayur campur..

Yes, i cooked both dishes.Am very proud of myself..My youngest brother said he was hungry so i had to cook dinner early.Finished washing and folding his clothes and will be sending him back to Lembah Beringin tomorrow evening.
Cant wait for my parents to come home so that the responsibilities would be lifted.hehe..

Anyway despite feeling exhausted by all the house chores, i actually enjoyed all of it.Boy is so proud of me.Everytime i cooked something i would mms him the photo of the dishes i made.I love being the big sister and i love being the only daughter.
Sometimes when i'm being to bossy towards boy, he would say i definitely channeled the inner big sister in me.

Being the eldest and the only sister they have, i definitely tend to be a bit bossy and misuse my authority as the eldest to tell my brothers to do things for me..No doubt they get irritated at times, but saying no to me is not a wise thing to do..
This applies most obviously to my youngest brother.He wouldnt want to upset me would he.I basically drive him back to his college every alternate weekends.He looks for me to confide when he''s having problems.He know's i've got his back..
As for my other brother, he doesnt need any small favours from me.He just does what i asks for out of love and respect for his only sister..

I love my brothers and i think i make an excellent big sister.

Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T12:22:00.004+08:00

Oh Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentines Day.

Had a nice dinner at home with friends and of course my boyfriend was around.
I'm enjoying the last few days of caring for my brothers..Cooking, laundry, cleaning etc...

I dont have any plans today because mr boyfriend had to go back this morning.I'll be going to a guy friend's wedding tonight.Oh yes i really want to watch Valentines Day at the movies .
Besides that i'm loving the 2nd day of a 5 day weekend.yes,i'm not going to work on wednesday too.hehehe.bestnyaaaaa.

Mr boyfriend wanted to get me something really special yesterday .but knowing me,he didnt dare take the chance of just surprising me so we went together.BUT, tough luck all the shop was closed for chinese new year..

Its ok b, we'll go again on Tuesday..love u b.sorry i dont have anything for you this valentine's day..

I think it's great that valentine's is on a weekend, more over on a chinese new year long weekend.So i guess many are having their weddings today too..
Anyway, its 12.35pm and i still havent showered.hehehe
Oh how i love the weekends!!

My cat is going to get it

2010-02-11T16:26:00.002+08:00

2 days ago, my cat did something really naughty
She pulled out the keypads from my notebook, and the worst part is that she bit on it until it pierced through the caps.If she just pulled it out, it wouldnt be a problem coz i could just re attach it but the thing is she destroyed the caps,now the letters i and no 1 are with holes .
I was damn upset and angry, boy told me to give her a spanking on the butt, but i think its going to be useless.

I called up a few places to inquire about the replacement keypad,thank god they do sell the damn thing.But its going to take me about 4-5 weeks to wait for the stock to arrive.And it costs rm 222.
Ridiculous considering its only made out of plastic.but i WANT to change it even though actually all the keys are still functioning.

Zara is still my darling but sometimes she is just destructive,like scratching on my mom's sofa etc..I really need to get a repellent and spray it on the furnitures.better late than never..

Padan muka i tak layan dia this few days

miss my parents and happy birthday to my cat

2010-02-07T15:09:00.003+08:00

My parents left already..
hmm..honestly i know its only been a day,but i seriously miss them ..
its the smallest things that i take for granted such as coming home to have food prepared for me, laundry taken cared off..
And most of all the house seems very quiet and dull without mom's and dad's voices.

For now, they havent called to inform on their arrival.and its a bit bothering me..
I just want to know they are where they are supposed to be..I hope they didnt have to experience any delay in any of their flights and the long bus ride to Madinah.

I'm trying to organise the meals for dinner each night for the course of my parents absence for me and my brother..
Never knew it was tough to think of what meal to prepare everyday!
Obviously i would be tired when i get off work to go have dinner outside.so i have to pre plan the dishes..

Oh yes, today is the 7th of february,and its my cats birthday
Happy 3rd Birthday 'Sayang Mommy'

I gave her a bath this morning...She was quite ok with it.It must be because i used warm water to bathe her.After that, it was the blow drying session with my good old hair dryer..
She hated it..hehhehe

Today i get to see my boyfriend (insyallah)

2010-02-05T16:14:00.003+08:00

Today Mr Boo boo is coming.
Since tomorrow mom and dad are going off to perform their umrah, boy has offered to send them to the airport.
We're planning to bring my family out for dinner.

As for the plans for tomorrow are
1)send off my parents to KLIA
2)Jakel
3)Wedding

Cant wait to see him.Hopefully he wont be tardy.But if he does, i'm already immuned to it.

Miss my boo boo

2010-02-02T21:12:00.004+08:00

*cintaku bukan lah cinta biasa
jika kamu yang memiliki
dan kamu yang temaniku seumur hidupku*

This is part of the chorus from bukan cinta biasa by afgan

Really into this song at the moment.
Missing the love of my life.

yes b,i miss u..
and i love you so much and i want u to know that i support you in everything

Preparations

2010-02-02T09:28:00.003+08:00

so its been awhile since i wrote an entry about my wedding preparations..
Its February already

So are the few things i've prepared:
1)pelamin nikah-paid deposit
2)wedding cards-paid deposit
3)wedding hall-paid deposit
4)reception and nikah doorgifts-bought and already safe at home
5)nikah and reception baju-have bought material and sent to the designer
6)hantaran stuff; bought-shoes,shirt,wallet,belt
7)hantaran deco-have asked aunty to gubah for hantaran,corsages,bunga pahar,hand bouquet for nikah and reception,and for the flower girls

this weekend i'm meeting up with the designer at jakel again to take boy's measurement and buy a few more materials.

Boy has already got the borang nikah.
We're finding time to go for the kursus kawin.
in may we'll go for the blood test and all..

Am feeling the heat from contradicting ideas from surroundings,but luckily my mom is totally on my side.love her to bits.
and my good friend came up with a wonderful idea for the reception..

Dah start excited balik skit.hehe