Musings of a Bride, Special Events

my 28th

So, i celebrated my 28th last 2 days. The colleagues surprised me with pizza and a birthday and to be really honest, i nearly forgot my birthday. Not because i’m turning 28 and i’m in denial. lol

But because planning the wedding actually took up the bulk of my memory space. haha

It was a simple celebration, but sweet nonetheless.

The boy took me out for a movie date on my birthday and it was a much needed one. Dah lama tak tengok wayang! We caught What’s Your Number and i was ogling at Chris Evans the whole time. tsk.

Go watch it! Although the movie is really quite predictable but it had some awesome, original lines.

On rainy deepavali, we were out visiting relatives. That’s all we gonna do at least for another week!

 

Musings of a Bride

Updated: Budget & Checklist for Weddings.

Here’s an updated Budget & Checklist for you awesome people,cos few of you have emailed me then and now for the Checklist and i figured it would be good to have it here and you guys can download it from here k?

I’ve also included things you need to know about the Solemnisation paperworks etc.

Click on the links below!

Budget for Malay Weddings

Solemnisation Matters

Good luck with wedding planning!

p/s: you can share the files but please credit okie!

The Husband & Wife

After 10 days..

After 10 days of being a wife, here’s what i have to say.

  • Suddenly, macam banyak gila kerja rumah nak bikin. I’m not a domestic goddess, so the first few days kahwin tu, macam banyak sangat laundry nak bikin. It doesn’t help that i don’t normally iron shirts etc. So when it comes to ironing his work shirts and pants, i nearly fainted.
  • We both start work at 9am and while i am used to waking up at 8am every day cos my friend will drive me to work at approx 8.50am and we’ll reach office at about 9.20am (hee hee). The boy have to wake up by 6.00am and leave the house by 6.30am cos he’s using the OPC car and need to reach his work place at Jurong East by 7.00am. Needless to say, our frist day back to work was pretty chaotic. I managed to wake up by 6.00am but i didn’t have the energy to go on waking him up 3 to 4 times. i gave up after the first try and went back to sleep. The both of us did not wake up till 8.00am. Imagine kita semua lari2 dalam rumah macam org gila just tomake sure we get out by 8.30am!

But, i am enjoying the whole marriage life. It just makes us bond even further. Each night before i sleep, i am thankful to Him for letting me meet my soulmate.

I know it’ll be hard for us to adjust to our new life. Just few nights ago, i cried cos i was homesick. But i know, given time, we will definitely get used to our new lifestyle.

I am certainly learning to domesticate myself, starting with the laundry and cooking.

Twice, the parents-in-law came, and i was able to whip out some dishes including Mee Soto. Uber proud! I didn’t manage to take picture of the Mee Soto cos everyone was hungry. lol

Our first proper dinner. Sambal sardin + Kailan Oyster + salted egg.

I pounded the onion the traditional way cos we forgot to buy a blender. lol Akak-akak shop & save.
Our Big Breakfast last sunday.
Jentayu, Musings of a Bride

His song. His voice.

I mentioned about how he surprised me with a song he composed, on our wedding day. It really came as a surprise to me cos he did not tell me about it at all.

He did play the tunes before this, and i told him i love the tunes but i never though he would actually put the words together (with some helps from Jentayu, of cos!)

The lyrics were simple but oh so meaningful and sweet. Bila dengar and tengok lagik, macam nak nangis lagik. lol

and oh, i cried so much on my wedding, macam budak baru masuk Primary 1 sey.

The Husband & Wife, The Wedding

Wedding Videos [Part 1]

Over the weekends, one of our good friends, Gee put up three short video of our wedding. This is supposed to be a lil sneak preview of our wedding, before Azmi starts editing the actual video itself.

Here’s the short preview. Thanks Gee! I love the mood of the video and the smiles i see. I’m starting to miss the wedding already!

and here’s a short video of Jentayu at our wedding, which is super cute.

The Husband & Wife, The Wedding

Dah halal!

Just a short post cos akak sekarang dah jadi bini orang, dah start busy. Pasal rumah tonggang terbalik. Masih belom kemas lagik!lol

Alhamdulilah, everything went well. A little hiccups here and there but it doesn’t matter much cos there was few unexpected stuff that happened that made me smile on that day.

The boy secretly composed a song for me and sang it on our wedding day. That was priceless and automatically erased all the imperfection that happened on that day. It came as a surprise and i kept crying throughout the whole song. (him too!) lol

I think some of you would have seen some tagged pictures from either mine / lyanaz bridal / chase hasemi / jss deco Facebook. But here’s a bit of pictures till i sit down and write a detailed post on everything.


Here’s a little sneak peek from Hasemi’s album from our Marina Barrage Outdoor Shoot:

Me love all the 3 pictures. I can’t wait for all the pictures!

Till later, ok!

Musings of a Bride

Henna Night

** This is a scheduled post.

I’m drafting this at 5.30am with my phone cos i’m finally done with my henna and i can’t sleep. Oh my, who knew getting ya henna done could be so tiring!

I proceed with the henna service given by Lyanaz Bridal, not knowing it’ll be from Wanie from Pesona Belle. Phew. Love her works!

My girlfriends came and we had a mini hen party.

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She started at 7.30pm and finally went back at about 11.30pm. I had to keep my henna on for at least 5-6hrs with no contact of water. I was supposed to wake up at 3am but ter-overshot sampai 4am.

I’m loving my current henna stain and i wish it would stay this colour but we all know it’ll get darker by 2mr. 😦

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My palms, when joined side by side will forma heart. Me likes!

Musings of a Bride

with 5 more days to go

With five more days to the wedding, i’ll try to blog everyday till the wedding.
The things i do each day. Try k. Try. lol

Here are some random stuff i did over the last 2 weekends.


Some sneak peeks from my Hen Party. I have yet to find time to draft a proper blog for the Hen Party and i’m waiting for some videos from them too.

Basically, they surprised me at the new house, with the boy’s approval and participation too! lol

They brought in two manicurist to a do manicure and pedicure for us at the comfort of my own place. It was a simple setting but loads of fun.


I also managed to hop over to Far East Flora to order my fresh flowers. I love that place! I wish i can work there! lol It was so so cooling and surrounded by loads of flowers. It was pretty cheap too. Indian Roses were going for $8.50 for 20 stalks and 20 stalks of Carnations were going at $11.50. I ordered quite a few and spent only $100++ in total! I hope i bought enough for my dulang hantaran and my sireh dara.

The bedroom set came the last 2 weekend! The mattress came last weekend, tapi malas nak amik gambar. I have also printed pictures of our pre-wedding to hang on top of the headboard. Still thinking if i should let the dressing table stay there?

Oh.. can you see that pink pompom flower thing on the side table? That’s my DIY Bunga Pahar and im loving it so far! i have yet to add in the white pompom ones! Can’t wait!

We did more shopping! or should i say, I did more shopping for the Hantaran tray. Me loves Sephora. Finally got my perfume and our toiletries stuff. Came home with 2 bags full and a happy me. Dah lama tak dapat shopping, ok!

If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that i was running all over the place last monday, searching for our shoes and bunga manggar and what-nots.

I wanted to get my wedding shoes from Mondo but tak tau kenapa, macam teragak2 gitu. So i head over to City Plaza. Most of the shoes were going at $79 – $100 and then i saw something i really like, cos it was full of blings, i flipped over, and i saw Size 36 (display), Size 38 (last pair) $29.90.

The one on display was size 36, and i’m a size 38! Tanya auntie tu, she said masih ada. I tried, it fits me like a glove and i sealed the deal immediately. The usual price was $109 and it was going at $29.90 cos they wanted to clear that very last pair. Oh, tersangat lah lucky.

Sneak peek from the last fitting i did.
More blings. I would make P Diddy cry with shame with all my blings.

Super random, but i had a durian feast with Nori, Azmi, Hosni & Nini last Friday. Super sinful but sangat syiokkkk. I only remembered my so-called diet after the durian feast. Oh wells.



Printed our poster to display in front of the pelamin. Major happy.
My colleague’s husband thought it was a real movie. lol
Had such a hard time choosing a picture which can fit into the theme and is not too lovey-dovey. Takut orang termuntah, depan pelamin pulak. lol

Last major shopping last saturday at Mustafa. Bought our Rice-cooker, iron, kettle and lotsa other food stuff for his hamper etc. Wrong timing to go Mustafa. Punyalah ramai umat2 dia, maklumlah, Raya dorang bulan ni.

My wedding preps- 80% done.

i was just telling one of my girlfriend, the problem with doing your wedding at your new house is, you’ll end up buying more things. Like, nak buat benda A tak boleh, pasal takde benda B. So you’ll end up buying A & B. After buying A & B, you realise you might as well buy benda C. It’s a vicious cycle, i tell you.

Ok, it’s 5 more days to the wedding. Nervous? yes i am. I’m not kidding you. I can feel the wedding jitters. But i’m just gonna have fun with the boy on that day. Everything else takes second place.