happiness

Alhamdulillah met the designer......and he changed the design, according to how i imagined my attire would be...he said " u ni memang suka simple je, takpa i boleh buat"...i smiled and amat happy...Mr.R really has a good heart...i think its just me that overreact to the whole situation (malu i baca balik my last entry) betul cakap fizz design dia memang meletup......hehehe...

The sales girl from jakel was very pushy...habibs material, baju melayu masa dah nak potong she said don't worry dik satin je..i tanya harga dia cakap ala tak mahal...RM 200 p/meter je...crazy dahlah we are taking 10m! of course we settled with a cheaper material..but still looks and feels good...my advice make sure u know from where dia ambil the material...and make sure she is clear with your budget...

For my tandang outfit i will send to a designer that i have admired since 5 yrs ago.. i love his cutting and style..

alhamdulillah..now I'm happy...

Wedding budget...

Salam...

I'm going to change the topic sikit for a while..hehehe....I was discussing with my friend who just got married recently about her wedding and the topic makeup came about...Naddynad, Aim yg buat...and It was very nice and natural...hehehe..i really liked it...boleh nego price as well..btw about my makeup update..hari tu I asked Liza availability in Feb....dia dah penuh...so Takde rezeki to take her...nasib baik got back up plan....alhamdulillah....

Ok now back to the topic, Yesterday for the first time I sat down listed everything we needed and everything that we have spent on for the wedding ( listed in excel, siap bercolour2 lagi..hehehe)....and guess what...my budget dah terlebih!!!! all this while i kira2 here and there...and I was so bangga to my siblings coz i told them "see u can plan a beautiful cheap wedding"...looks like I was WRONG....now i kena go through everything again, and cut down everything...its so sad... I have to admit from a simple wedding that i wanted, lagi research I did lagi i wanted more and more..Totally my fault...Alhamdulillah mama pun decided to sponsor a few things here and there..but she warned "it does not mean u can go crazy and spend"...yes, mum....

tmrw me and habib heading to jakel nak beli kain for family...inilah salah satu benda I didn't know it HAD TO COME OUT FROM MY WEDDING BUDGET... but its all good...because the best people to receive sedeqah is Family of course...and kitorg dah survey byk tempat and memang jakel is paling reasonable...also we are getting 1 set kain for 1 of our reception..inshaAllah...last week dah book dah, but since i'm cutting down my budget kena tukar kain...and this is something i discovered at our 1st trip to jakel....beaded chiffon can be more expensive then lace..heish..ada a few yg tersangat cantik...sampai RM 7k per meter...but of course yg kitorg book was much cheaper...they also have this amazing wedding package RM 680 sahaja for beaded chiffon 4m+ lining silk satin + baju melayu 5m..yes all in...

My Dream wedding setup

I heart this wedding setup, I love square tables instead of round and i love those chiavari chairs...But unfortunately this set up is so expensive. I calculated, if i do this set up, the cost at the hall for 400pax would be more expensive then if i do a sit down hotel wedding for 400pax (a 4 star hotel)...

When we were weighing our options, habib muka pelik sangat, he asked "kenapa budget for the community hall lagi tinggi then hotel?" hehehe..all i could do was smile.

My mum reminded me ...don't waste money....save it for the marriage...wedding is just one day, is marriage and children that u should concentrate on...

Some days I'm strong enough to hold back and just plan a simple wedding...some days i just long for my dream wedding...

But we did finalise on the theme...

For my reception is pink-ish

For nikah, i want something more natural....green-ish theme...

Wholesale fresh flowers...

Many have asked about the flowers that i bought from Ara damansara here it is...The owner Daisy Law was very friendly...i went here instead of petaling street sebab parking dekat sini easier and i live near by, and beza harga dia sikit je...still very murah if you want to compare it with a normal florist...

House of Petals & Decor
C-G-11A, Ground Floor, Block C,
No.8, Jalan PJU 1A/20B,
Dataran Ara Damansara,
47301 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Contact num: +603-7845 3183
Fax num: +603 7845 6602
Mobile num: +6017 601 2829
Email: info@houseofpetals.com.my

Website: http://houseofpetals.com.my/

Disclaimer: picture is for decorative purpose only, not from house of petals, but they can provide calla lilies..

oh no she didn't....

In Feb 2009 Alhamdulillah we manage to book Dewan Cattleya Shah Alam official wedding hall for 11Th July 2009....We booked Kak Sai as the makeup artist, though Kak Sai did warn us that she is bonded with Brunei's royalty wife so should the Royalty call she has to cancel on us, but she will send a replacement...

On 10th July she called and said she won't be able to make it due to her bond, so she sent her assistant Liza as a replacement...which MashaAllah turned out really well coz she did an amazing job..

A few days ago i was surfing the net, and reached Zery Zamry's blog.....and I found an entry on Elyana's engagement.....

I read through the whole article and found out that Kak Sai did her makeup...hmmm...and i checked the time (please view her invitation) it started the same time as my brothers wedding which is 11th July 2009 at 2.30pm....

now we have booked her since as off March 2009....and elyanas engagement date was set during her merisik which is 11th April 2009....It was us that locked the date first correct?....so did Kak Sai bailed on us because of her Brunei royalty as she had earlier mention or Elyana's egagement?? could it be that she sent a representative so she can work on a more famous person?
I think we all know the answer to that...hmm...is this what we call professionalism?? good work ethics? U all be the judge..I'm just here to share...

Perhaps she has a better explanation and i shouldn't assume the worst...i truly hope that's the case...Because i have always admired her work...

Memories of the past...

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Wedding hall...booked

We booked the wedding hall a few weeks ago actually, but finally i found a nice picture of the hall. Unfortunately i lost the blog link This is a picture of an aqiqah actually, baby throne done by Pak Abu.

For every wedding in my family, Alhamdulillah my father has manage to put money aside for all of us with an equal amount (hey is tanggungjawab of every Muslim father to provide for his children's wedding). Alhamdulillah for myself, i manage to find a hall + food that is only 1/3 the price of our family previous weddings but in my opinion is equally nice, meaning the rest of the budget i can use for all of my other expenses...

Today me and habib did the rough calculation, and I'm really glad that I do not have to touch my savings.....We had to sacrifice something though, so that's why we decided not to do. Walaubagaimanapun habib is still needs to use his savings to buy the rings, pay mas kahwin & wang hantaran and honeymoon (hehehe...what can i do, it's his duty to provide all this for me). I'm so glad I'm a muslim, i love how women are protected and very much spoilt by it, provided that we marry someone with Iman....