I had the loveliest Sunday. The best in my life.

A lot of people around me were asking ‘how is it like, marriage?’

Honestly, most of the time, I was lost without any words to answer. Truth is, perspective of love changes dramatically when you get married. When you’re in one you might understand. The whole relationship thingy is just on a whole new level. Nothing really changes except that the fact its getting steadier and deeper at this stage with its own set of expectation, value and responsibility.

Essentially, everything changes.

I haven’t really got the time to be swayed with lovey-dovey feelings unlike any others coz I was extremely busy at work and MN with his new job. Off work, we were busy with the receptions and finding a house. The most treasured times are always the minutes I'm back home seeing him smiling at me (even if its 6 in the morning!)

6th June was amazingly wonderful. Of course, there was hiccups and lots of headaches but all in all, I was absolutely smitten and grateful to have such loving family, friends and a man who's charmingly adores me like crazy (i quote him). He's absolutely wonderful. Its the most cherished moment to which I shall never forget. Again, I'm speechless.

My lovely pelamin, bedroom deco and table set-up was done by Faiz and Rekateemor's superb team, with a hand bouquet comes in complimentary. Lovely wedding dresses was done by the young, talented and most wonderful Hazree Wahid from Hazree Wahid Couture. Both of them are now my dearest friends whom I treasure. Ooh and lets not forget Chris from Bobbi Brown for the superlicious-looking make-up! She's damn dedicated! Also that day, I learned that Nadiah is actually a distant cousin of mine, related through marriage as we share the same aunt - which means both Nadiah and Eka is a part of my big happy family.

I went straight back to work on the 8th and haven't stop working since. But it got paid off as I have the most wonderful, relaxing and amazingly superb Sunday ever. Had a mini post-wedding vintage reception in Tanarimba, Janda Baik. The idea came about when I found the excellent venue on the net which then leads us to survey the 'heaven' and fell completely for it. The greens, the lodge house, lines of pine trees, the fresh bird-chirping weather in the morning.....it was our perfect, perfect venue. Private and intimate just as what we always wanted.

We had vintage as the theme with everything in yellow and white. My husband worked hard to help me have the wedding of our dreams - we had all the venue set up by ourselves...well, mostly done by him with a help from my best friend, Ira and my colleague Izam. We had this planned and executed within a week; we collected hundres of old books, yellow vintage typewriter, old phone oh and the list goes on! We took care of everything in every aspect of details; from the table set up - we placed yellow chrysantemum in jars, tied 'em up simply with twines and placed on top of the books; to picking out the books titled 'love' and 'marriage', to the smallest things as clipping yellow napkin with clothes pegs, choosing out chocs and candies and I personally designed the badges for guests.

The typewriter was our guest book - guests typed in wishes on a sweet yellow paper. MN did the whole set up; look even sweet and lovelier than I pictured it to be! Definitely a fun project for us both and of course, with everything personalized...I think the result came out even better and we were extremely grateful that everything's perfect....so so perfect for us.

We invited close friends about 70 of them including those who have worked hard for us during the reception in Muar. Its a celebration, we celebrated love yesterday. Its a very relaxing moment, there wasn't any stupid drama or pressure and everyone just chill around chatting, laughing, listening to the music and enjoying the whole serenity. The place was superb, food was extremely good and guests enjoyed themselves.

My lovely dress was again done by Hazree Wahid with two lovely veils - a cute birdcage and a dramatic long one. Caterer is Yapaf Catering (the owner is sooooo nice!).

I'm still smitten.

Here's a few pictures and videos of both reception. Kaz was absolutely cute singing a wittle birthday song to our future kid *teary eyes*

So hey, celebrate love. Even if you're totally bitter with it - its all about how you choose it to be. Happy or a spiteful one.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Time to mark your calendar, peeps!

Some wedding photos that I took during an assignment. Seen here is Blanche and her lovely wedding veil. She was adjusting her gown with the help of her sister when I took this.

This week, I'm really in love with veils! I dig mantilla wedding veil - the kinda veils worn by Spanish ladies on their wedding day. I really wanted the sweep one for my solemnization but was advised to have the fingertip instead.

I found this lovely veil and dreaming of it day and night. Wonder if I can do the same hairstyle too.



So lovely!

Whew. Finally managed to fix the design of my solemnization's dress. I can be a bit of a fickle-minded nutcase going bonkers. At first, I wanted a normal kebaya but after a bit of thinking and googling around, I decided to have a polite-looking dress. But trouble was, the lace I have in hand wasn't enough for the design plus it's slightly unmatch.

Which then brought MN and I to Jakel in Jalan Tun Razak in hope to find some good replacement. Mmm well, I'm not too sure if I like Jakel's fabric as the fabric they have doesn't match the price tag. I'm trying to find a very light lace with big flowery pattern but one of the staff keep insisting me to buy the beaded one (and the design is nowhere nice) which cost around RM450 per meter. Lets do the math shall we:

RM450
x 2m
______
RM900

What is she, kidding me? She grab a scissor and asked how many meters I would like to have, 5 minutes after she showed the lace to me. I was dumbfounded - she MUST be trying real hard to make a joke here coz I seriously didn't get her at all. I told her that the lace did not match the fabric I already have in hand and also the design of my dress. She then bragged 'oh, your tailor mesti nak tipu you. Dia tak bagi ambik lace yg ada beading sebab dia nak ambik untung jahit beads. Kalau you ambik kain ni senang tak payah buat beading lagi.'

Uh? Wth. Didn't she know that if I bought the beaded lace its gonna double up the tailor's work? My tailor have to sew out the beaded lace, patch it to my fabric and sew the beads back in. Which means I'm gonna have to double up my tailor's fee too. My tailor's fee cost around RM250. Okay lets do the second math:

RM250
x 2 kali keja
______
RM500

Lets sum it all up, shall we?

RM900
+ RM500
_______
RM1400

I raised my eye-brow and asked if she has any french lace. With a sour face, this makcik guided me to the fourth floor. The french laces I saw weren't too bad and its definitely much cheaper than the beaded lace. But I wasn't really convinced because instead of showing me around, she left me there and went to gossip with her friend. Still dumbfounded, I apologized for not taking any of the fabric. Instead, I bought a nice lace and fabric for my pengapit.

The next day, I asked my tailor's favorable help to find the lace I want. She found a very lovely lovely fabric (see previous entry) which I really love and yea, wayyy nicer than the beaded ones. It cost around RM400 for 2 meters.

Now, thats budget-buying :P

Last weekend was filled with furniture hunting activity. Finally, we scored a few essential items for our bedroom set. We chose Leirvik - brand new-not-in-the-catalogue and every item cost us not more than 2.5K. I had them all in white. Now I cant wait to do the interior part already! My Mr Handyman will help me to assemble everything and put my idea into place. I have to reallllly thank my mom for all this :) If not for her, if not for her.

We had a heart-to-heart discussion with my mom last night - over marriage. I have to say, the best person to always turn to during difficult moment is your own family. Now that I’m getting older and moving into the real world, my mum has been more supportive and understanding than ever. We may have our rows when I was younger but time has change all that.

Honestly, engagement is the most challenging time for both of us. There’s a lot of people out there who would want to try to rock our boat (sometimes without them noticing) and its up to us to paddle steadily. I learnt to take the good advice and put aside the unnecessary ones.

Like any other women, I want the process of my wedding and marriage be a happy one. I want to be involved in as many things as I could to ensure my big day to be a perfect one for me and my family.