Kisah Kanopi ...

I dah booked my wedding canopy about few months ago. How do I meet them? The story goes like this…

On a beautiful Saturday morning, as usual my family and I went to Pasar Pagi di Bt. 8, Si jangkang. It is a family routine whenever I spend my weekend at my parent’s house in Teluk Panglima Garang. On my way there, I had bumped into this beautiful blue and white canopy. It’s the color that attracted me, baby blue and white just like what I have in mind. I asked my dad to stop the car. I came out from the car and started taking pictures. But I don’t think it’s good enough just to have the picture so I memberanikan diri bertanya pada tuan rumah yang baru sahaja nak menikmati sarapan pagi. Pagi-pagi lagi I dah redah rumah orang semata-mata nak bertanyakan number phone syarikat canopy tu. Rase tak percaya pun ade gak I boleh buat camtu. Hehe..so dengan muka tak malu ni terus la bertanya. Nasib baik tuan rumah tu baik hati. Sanggup pergi cari balik bil just to get the number for me.

One of the aunties asked me what I want to do with the canopy. I explain to her my intention and she was happy to hear that. Die pon recommend kat I untuk ambil je syarikat canopy tu sebab dia memang famous kat area tu. Sempat lagi bitau I , anak-anak dia kahwin sume tempah dengan syarikat canopy tu. It’s a good sign I guess. Rupa-rupanye syarikat canopy tu dekat je dengan pasar pagi yang kami nak pergi ni. So I told my dad untuk terus gi tengok and ask for quotation right after pergi pasar.

Okay ..then misi untuk mendapatkan quotation pun bermula. Nasib baik tak susah nak carik. Ade signboard besar tulis “Melor Canopy” di pintu masuk laman rumah syarikat canopy tu. Macam-macam color kain canopy tersidai di ampaian. Best ..best ..senang nak mintak color yang memang I idam-idamkan. Sebelum masuk pintu opis untuk berjumpa tuan punya canopy , I nampak ada few orang kampung duduk dekat pangkin menyiapkan center piece untuk meja-meja tetamu. All fresh flowers dan macam-macam warna ade. Sangat suka. Sampai di muka pintu, kami di sambut mesra oleh tuan punya canopy. Selesai je berbincang, my heart says it’s them to be my official canopy vendor. However, my dad a.k.a CFO masih belum beri kata putus.He wanted to discuss further and to choose what do we want to have on the wedding. On our way back, I met few houses using their canopy. Macam-macam color ade.

After few discussion and review back our budget, abah approved to hire Melor Canopy as the official vendor for my Big day. Even though mula-mula, he a bit doubt and prefer to have vendor canopy mase I tunang dulu. So lepas agree and bayar deposit, they all came to see the venue just to confirm on how many canopy should we have and how all the tables and chairs would be arrange.

Would like to see kerja tangan mereka ?? Tarraaa...

Cantik kan ?! Hee..but this not gonna be my color...

What About Food on Wedding Day....

Banyak dah I dengar orang cakap when it comes to wedding the most important thing is food. Ye lah dah kate jamuan makan untuk hari besar pengantin kan. So it is very very important to choose a good caterer. One of my friend said, orang tak kan ingat baju pengantin cantik ke tak or mekap pengantin cantik ke tak but yang orang paling akan ingat is kalau food tak cukup or food tak sedap. Paling menakutkan is kalau food tak cukup la kan. Seingat I mase I pergi buat food testing, my caterer siap boleh cakap lagi die ranking ke berape dlm soal lauk pauk tak cukup mase kenduri kahwin. But I’m glad she knew about that and I’m sure she’ll always wants to improve her service. Ye lah … mane ada orang nak bubuh pasir kat periuk nasi sendiri kan ..mase tu jugak I sempat tengok dier call pekerja dia tanye makanan cukup ke tak sbb during that day die pun ade masak untuk kenduri kahwin jugak..

I awal-awal lagi dah serahkan bab-bab makan to my parents. My mom awal-awal dah bitau nak hire caterer instead of masak sendiri during my Big day. She said she only wants to pakai cantik-cantik and waiting for the guest. Ok la mama … your wish being granted. Then, my parent handover the responsibility to choose the caterer to my Mak Lang. Mak Lang I pun dah biase bab masak-masak untuk kenduri ni plus dia pun dah lama duduk di Klang so selalu la jugak risik-risik mane caterer yang best kan. Oh ya!…Mak Lang I jugak yang masak kan mase I tunang dulu …cooking die mmg superb!! Hehe..tetibe dah rase risau kalau tak dapat rase makanan yg dihidang mase kenduri saye nanti …boleh tak ?? ;)

Since my nikah and resepsi will be on a different day so we need to think how we gonna serve the food for that 2 days. My mom and Mak Lang had agreed to cook on my nikah day and hire caterer for my resepsi.

So who is my chosen caterer ??

It would be Saleha Catering from Kg. Delek, Klang . It just nearby my Mak Lang’s and grandmother’s house. Mak Lang cakap caterer ni memang famous ngan cooking dia kat area Klang ni. However, we decided to have food testing first before making any decision plus I need to know what they have to offer. Then, I make appointment with her.

We agreed to meet on Saturday and lucky me that day die ade kenduri kahwin which she’s in charge on the catering so we can have our food testing. Caterer ni baik, siap jemput kami lagi untuk sampai rumah dia. Agaknya dia risau takut I tak jumpa jalan sebab I beritahu dia I orang KL. Hehe. Tapi kira ok la…at least tak la sesat kan. Kami disambut baik. Sesampai je kami kat umah dia, terus dia hidang makanan yang bermacam-macam. Sangat best okay!! Semua food yang dia masak untuk kenduri kahwin hari tu dia hidang untuk kami. I just couldn’t stop eating sampai kene sound ngan my mom. Hehe. Sambil makan sambil borak. Rupa-rupanya, Mak Lang and Mama satu sekolah dengan dia. Manakan tidak, dah kata duduk daerah yang sama cuma kampung je lain-lain kan. Selesai makan, we discuss with her about food for the wedding. Banyak gila soalan duk tanya sampai la ke issue if makanan tak cukup. Before we leave, we reserved her as our caterer for the Big day. I masih ingat lagi pesan dia. First, make sure betul-betul jumlah tetamu mase hari tu nanti sebab memang ada issue orang order amount lain and jemput amount lain. So there it shows how important guest list is. Second, please make sure how many kenduri kahwin around your area, sebab kalau banyak kenduri time tu orang yang datang pun sure dah tak makan banyak so nanti membazir. So kene pandai bajet. So my caterer is booked after a few discussions within my parents and Mak Lang. But the menu we haven’t decided yet sebab lama lagi kan.

Besides catering for resepsi, my family also think about additional food as a backup plan takut-takut food tak cukup kan. They have booked satay on my nikah day and still survey on those kuih-kuih or kerepek yang boleh letak atas meja and people can munch while waiting.

In The Mood of Love Songs...

Inspired by spreadmyhappiness again .. hehee...

Today jari-jemariku pantas menaip list of wedding songs di kotak carian google (haha..skema kan! ) ..to see what i can find...result kebanyakannye lagu-lagu omputih jer ... tak pernah jumpe lagi a set of wedding song having the combination of malay, english and indonesian love songs ... during my search ..tarraaa..eh eh ...shania twain la ..one of my all time favourite singer ... beautiful lady with a beautiful voice ... langsung teringat to one of my favorite of her video clip from Notting Hill soundtrack ... ohh ..loveee it so much ...i can keep watching it again and again ....long time ago mase zaman belaja kat uni dulu ...bile tengok jer video clip tu i always berangan to be in a beautiful garden camtu and be beautiful like her ...the color combination is so refreshing and cheerful ...ape-ape pun sangat cantik okay! ...sile la tengok di youtube ... 

asik membebel je ..name lagu tak bagi lagi kan ..hehe...

here we go ....

presenting ....

You've Got A Way With Me by Shania Twain 

You've got a way with me
Somehow you got me to believe
In everything that I could be
I've gotta say... you really got a way

You've got a way it seems
You gave me faith to find my dreams
You'll never know just what that means
Can't you see... you got a way with me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

You've got a way with words
You get me smiling even when it hurts
There's no way to measure what your love is worth
I can't believe the way you get through to me

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

Oh, how I adore you
Like no one before you
I love you just the way you are

It's in the way you want me
It's in the way you hold me
The way you show me just what love's made of
It's in the way we make love

It's just the way you are 

...hee..present lirik je la ye ...ohh...ade lagi satu lagu that i really really really fall in love with the music arrangement ...bile dengar rase mcm terawang-awang gitu ...lagu ni is part of my kenangan masa silam ...and i'm bet most of u have really known this song ..tapi nak share kat sini jugak so it wont lost from the memory lane coz it really really beautiful song ...so let's treasure it by sharing with you guys kan .... 

tarrraaa...

presenting .....

Dealova by Dewa

Aku ingin menjadi mimpi indah, dalam tidurmu
Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu, yang mungkin bisa kau rindu
Karena, langkah merapuh, tanpa dirimu
Oh karena, hati t'lah letih
Aku ingin menjadi sesuatu, yang s'lalu bisa kau sentuh
Aku ingin kau tahu bahwa ku, selalu memujamu
Tanpamu, sepinya waktu, merantai hati
Oh bayangmu, seakan-akan
Kau seperti nyanyian dalam hatiku
yang memanggil, rinduku, padamu ...oooo
seperti udara yang ku hela kau selalu ada ...
Hanya dirimu yang bisa, membuatku tenang
Tanpa dirimu aku me-rasa, hilang
dan sepi, dan sepi
Selalu ada, kau selalu ada
Selalu ada, kau selalu ada
Sya.. lalala...lalalala

...lena tidur bile dengar lagu-lagu ni kan ...enjoy !!

Note ~ Love, miss u so much!!

My Bridal Boutique Hunting ....

I start my boutique hunting after he had confirm our solemnization date...and for the very first time he stayed overnight at my famili house due to my mom request ...she said she wants to know him dgn lebih rapat ...I still remembered the moment my dad told me about my mom special request I am so surprise ..rase pelik pun ade...when I told him die pun ade rase reluctant ngan my mom punye request ..sometimes I think my mom ni so unpredictable ...but everything turns out well...seronok tengok my dad and dia berborak rancak ...ade juga teman my dad untuk borak... tak boleh lupa bile I masak bihun goreng masin for our breakfast...tapi dia and my sisters tetap makan sampai licin ...

Ingat tak ..in my previous entry I want my wedding to be in baby blue...so I ingat I nak pakai baby blue songket on my wedding day nanti ...with that in my mind my famili, dia and I start our mission around Shah Alam area...PKNS Shah Alam, Alam Sentral and SACC Mall...these places were very popular with it's wedding boutique ...that's what I know from Majalah Pengantin yang lately menjadi Majalah wajib beli bulan-bulan..

From one boutique to another ... I still couldn't find any ready made baby blue songket...most of them said if I really want to have that songket they can do it for me but I have to pay extra cost for that ....not really my favor to do so ..plus it's hard to find the kind of pelamin that I want ...most boutique offering package with old design pelamin ...my mom pun tak berape suka sangat ...so we just look around and get quotation first ...before we make our move to SACC mall...I saw this one small but exclusive boutique ...takut jugak nak masuk tanya sbb mesti price dier mahal ...bile masuk je boutique tu my famili like so excited tengok a dress in a grey tone and silver beading ...sangat cantik okay ...baju-baju die sangat cantik ...but I stick with my plan nak pakai baby blue songket so I ask the SA...they dont have ..kecewa lagi ...then she showed me the promotion package they have ...and I ask her what kind of pelamin dier offer ...lepas je she showed me I dah rase excited ..it's the kind that I want ...she said it is a new design and it comes with a fresh flower ...then I tanye die warna songket yang die ade ....then she showed me this white kebaya songket bunga tabur with lace ...sangat cantik okay ..she told me its new ..baru je siap ..baju lelaki pon tak siap lagi ....so if I take this promotion package i'll get new pelamin design comes with fresh flowers + new baju songket + mekap + fresh flower hand bouquet...so tempting ...but I let her know that I need a gurl to do my make-up then she said if I want then I have to book early sbb mekap artis pompuan tak ramai ....adusshhh kene balik pikir ni ...and revise my bajet back ...dah lari sangat ni if I want to book them sbb my mom want me to have salin-salin baju traditional la plak ....which I need to pay extra more sbb package yang die offer pun dah memang cukup-cukup my bajet ....

I dah rase malas nak jalan-jalan tgk boutique lagi...but my famili said they want to check SACC mall plak ....mane la tau kat situ ade boutique yang lagi best ke kan ...but we take a rest first and had our meal kat Kuew Teow Doli ...sedap !! ..kalo you all singgah kat Alam Sentral jangan lupe singgah ye ..they have gelas bapak also ...hee

Balik je rumah I terus tengok my bajet and draft option that I have with all boutique yang menjadi pilihan ...memang terlebih bajet ...so I seek approval from my CFO a.k.a my dad ..yeay!! lepas...so now I confirm nak amek:-

1. 3 baju persalinan - Masella Collection (they have baju persalinan yang cantik and cater for gurl bertudung like me)

2. Resepsi - Wazira Collection (New baju songket putih bunga tabur + New pelamin with fresh flower + Mekap + Fresh flower hand bouquet)

Then the next Monday I pergi lagi Alam Sentral and booked. Alhamdulillah legaa....next big thing catering and canopy .....

The Moment I Want to Say Something .....

So many things to update actually since my preparation for the wedding still progressing ...I just dont have the time and dont know where to start ..pening ...as you can see from the checklist banyak yg dah siap kan ...hehee...padahal wedding ticker says I still have about 7 months to go ...masih banyak waktu I guess..consider banyak bende dah siap coz all the major thing dah booked so far ...left only the small things which has to be done one step at a time along the way ....luckily i booked now all the pelamin, baju, and mekap artis sbb by the time I nak book seems ramai jugak bride to be yang hari langsungnye at the end of the year dah datang booked...everytime I come to their boutique first thing they ask was when ..haha...ye la kalo bulan 6 baru now nak book memang la they all reject ....full house sumenye ...

owhh yaa ..new things on the blog is my wedding ticker ....just to keep me alert on how much time left for me to prepare for the wedding ..resource: miss Nurul from Spread My Happiness ..sape lagi la tempat saye nak jadikan rujukan if it is not her .....and macam pelik bride to be blog without wedding ticker

I received good news from si dia ..he just found a perfect new home for us to stay after we get married nanti ..I am so surprise and so please when he told me that ...and tak pernah terbayangkan that we gonna have our own house this early InsyaAllah...coz right now he's been looking for the best banker for us to commit with .....if we manage to buy the house then i need to remind myself that i cannot indulge myself secara membuta tuli sebab financially sangat stress sekarang ...with the wedding and new house plus long distance relationship which involve you with a lot of expenses ....and i do know that newly weds have to go through this tough period ....and may He always with us to walk through the journey as husband and wife with patience and love .....

Hand Bouquet Dilemma ...

Okay .. I want a hand bouquet for my Nikah nanti ..but dunno yet whether want to ask florist to do it for me or do on my own ..still serving my observation ...kalo buat sendiri jimat cost kan ...right now sedang mencari cara-cara untuk buat hand bouquet sendiri and I come across these two article which I think very useful for me and I hope for you also readers ....

Point taken from weddingdecor steps:

• Make simple hand-tied bouquet is the easiest design
• Practice first with artificial flowers - maybe boleh cuba guna bunga lebihan mase buat hantaran tunang dulu
• Best to stick to one type of flower so the stem will be at the same length and no actual flower arranging skills necessary - memang sesuai la for me yang tak pernah buat hand bouquet ni kan ...kalo tidak mesti terkebil-kebil nak arrange flower camner..hehe
• Small bouquet for the more petite bride will require approximately 25-30 stems - haaa...akulah tu ..heee
• Use ribbon which is 3x length of the stem

...and tips from wedding.theknot - it's best to make the bouquet the morning of the wedding

....for me to understand better the instructions I come across this video "How To Make Hand-Tied Bridal Bouquet" kat http://www.ehow.com/ ...tapi kat website ni ade banyak DIY stuff if you explore more  ..which I thinks it is all really good stuff ....

Now I'm in dilemma ..should I go for the common rosses or gerber daisy which is my favourite flower ...aduishhh ...mane yang cantik yer ...some example on both bile tanye same google ...

Beautiful Daisies

Sweet ...

for bright color ...

......hot pink

...for soft pastel colors ...saye memang suke pastel !!...

...for colorful effect ...cantik kan ....

and,

Beautiful Roses

..fuschia pink i think so ...

...a combination of pink , yellow and cream....

...and how about the combination of both ...

..i heart this ...

....another example but this time rose + gerber daisy + calla lilies ...

...sangat cantik ...

...for a combination of soft purple pink...

I think u might have guess what color I want right ...hehe...pink to match with my baby blue nikah outfit ...

Note: All pictures displayed are courtesy from Google Images

When I Decided It's Gonna Be Baby Blue ...

Here goes my googling and look what I have found ...

The Bedroom

surprisingly came across this malay wedding in baby blue but i prefer to wear songket during my reception coz i want it to be classic and have a traditional touch

the combination of baby blue and yellow look so sweet kan ?

another option of having blue theme for my wedding ..tiffany blue and white ..i love this color combination ..

another example of tiffany blue combination

...sangat cantik okay ...i mean the color ..of course i'm not gonna wear the dress....

...an idea for my wedding favor ...mane la nak dapat kipas with this kind of color ...any idea ?

...since my mother want to make it back to basic like malay wedding dulu-dulu giving an egg as wedding favor maybe this kind of box would be perfect kan ..tapi muat ke ?

and here it goes for the VIP wedding favor paper bag ...cantik ...mane nak carik ye ?

...blue wedding card ...

 last but not least the table set up ..goshhh it's gonna be perfect !!

my wedding in Baby Blue ...

Note: all images posted is from google images