Sorry friends!!

I know I haven't been diligently updating the blog with the progress of my wedding preps. Sorry u olls! Puasa-puasa ni macam lembik.

Nonetheless, I haven't been doing anything much la ekcherli. Yah... about 1 month to the wedding, and I am not doing alot.

There has been a problem with ONE major thing though which I don't want to say here because I do not want to tarnish any vendor's rep. I hate confrontations. The tunang is always the one doing that. Not me. But whatever it is, I need this to be settled pronto.

Memang betul orang cakap, makin dekat harinya.. makin banyak dugaan dan cobaan.

As of now, I have started sending out the wedding invites. It's so very surreal to see your name on wedding cards and giving them out to your relatives and friends, inviting them to your big day.

And don't get me started about my emotions just thinking about the actual day because I will become an emo puss for no apparent reason. Just the thought of having my dad giving me away gets me emotional. I mean I would still see them la but me getting married, it would be different kan lepas tu? *cue emo song here*

Well anyway, I hope Ramadhan has been good for all you BTBs. And I know for a few of us, this would be the last one as a singleton. Next Ramadhan, you olls will wake-up for sahur, busuk face and all, with someone looking at all of that. Seriously, I am a shipwreck when I wake-up for sahur. I suddenly have the ability to walk with my eyes close.

If only I can  feel all fabulous and gorgeous waking up for sahur...

Ermm.. nope.

Hopefully I am really fully prepared to be a wife. lol

Right now I am just finishing up all the nitty gritty stuff like labels for the favours, stickers, badges, photobooth etc etc. Still getting more deco stuff for the wedding trays.

If you olls have got contacts for good printing services, please share with me. I actually am looking for a vendor that prints on kraft paper material. You tak tau kraft paper ape? It's macam gini...

Let me know if you olls got contacts k. (if anyone is still reading this la kan. hehe) Thanks in advance for the help u olls! Semoga dapat pahala berganda dalam bulan Ramadhan ni!

Financial guide for Pengantins-to-be

For all you pengantins-to-be setting sail towards your big day, this is quite a useful read...

Read more here: http://helmihakim.com/investment/malay-weddings-how-much-money-you-need-to-get-married-in-singapore/

Ramadhan Kareem

Salam Ramadhan u olls!!!!

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May this Ramadhan bring loads of rahmah and baraqah to all of us. For some of us, it's the last one as an anak dara. Hehehehehehe

I know I'd be embracing a new adventure once this Ramadhan ends.
A new responsibility.
A new relationship.
A new title.

In shaa Allah.

Tukang Ambil Video

Because I terharu there are people reading my blog, I nak rajin-rajin lah post. Heh.

And then I realise that I have not blogged about booking my tukang ambil video. erks.
K I share with you now k.

From the very first time we started planning our wedding, me and the tunang agreed that we wanted to splurge a little on photography and videography because we wanted to keep the memories of our wedding day. We didn't have any photographer for our engagement coz we thought it wasn't necessary so that's why splurging has been focused on the wedding.

So when the plan for marriage happened, apa lagi, kementelan terserlah. I started to watch wedding videos even before the engagement because I wanted to be in the "mood". Berangan eh.

And then, I saw this...

Majlis Pengsohoran Raja Sehari (Firdauz & Yasmi) from cstproduction on Vimeo.

And then when I showed the tunang, he so damn semangat to go and ask this very company for a quote. Of course la none other than CST Production in Malaysia. (Malaysia, y u so like dat ah? grr..)

Of course at that point of time we were fully aware that the company is based in Malaysia but we went ahead to get a quote from them. We were so ready to actually bring them in here based on the price they gave us for their video production. Unfortunately, there were other expenses that we had to factor in as we were required to provide for them the basic necessities when bringing them in here. So because of that, we decided to let it go and move on, walaupun di dalam lubuk hati naluri kita, we still wanted them because diorang memang awesome gila.

And then...

This happened.

Apa lagi. Tanpa melengah masa, we went down to the expo exhibition that they were at and enquired about their services. And without even managing a blink, we straight away book them. Yes. We happy gila u olls!

Yah. We made the booking like 1 1/2 year in advance and that was the first vendor we booked for the wedding. Bridal pon belom book at that point of time!! Hahahah!

We recently just met them again to discuss the itinerary and review our package. Alhamdulillah all is well now.

Now I shall give you a little eye candy of their few works which I absolutely love.

{Syahir + Juai} Solemnization from cstproduction on Vimeo.

Kahwin shopping in JB: Joo Bee

Finally, most of the kahwin shopping is done. *insert huge sigh of relief*

Remember I posted about trying to get custom made bags for my wedding favours, I've manage to find a shop who wanted to take our orders for our favours! Woohoo!

Like I said earlier, barang baik must share.

So my grandaunt said to go Pasar Larkin and try to enquire the kahwin shops there if they are willing to take orders for a customised size of drawstring organza bags.

Let me tell you first k the story of why we had to look for customized sizes. My mum ordered the favours in China via a colleague. She showed us pictures of the items and the sizes. So we already settled for what we wanted and place the orders.

So before the items arrived, we thought we have a head start to look for proper packaging for the favours based on the item specs that we received. Luckily we decided to just get a sample first before proceeding to buy 1500 pieces of packaging.

The favours were too long for the packaging that we already liked. So we had to look for an alternative way to pack them. We wanted to get paper bags for the favours but if we were to get a paper bag that long (yes long), there is hardly any reason for anyone to re-use a paper bag that long. Then it gets wasted. So we decided to get the classic organza drawstring bag. Tu pon susah u olls nak cari orang yang sudi membuatkan untuk kita.

But, my friends, kita tidak patut berputus asa sebab gua dah jumpa barang baik.

If you all know about Syarikat Thong Seng at Pasar Larkin, this is also another place to go to if you are around the area. It's located at the same level but at the other end. (If you facing Syarikat Thong Seng, it is to the extreme left end of level 2).

Joo Bee, lu baik.

When we entered the shop, we were pleasantly greeted by a bubbly Aunty Gan. We told her what we wanted and she was so excited to show us the options she had for us. We already know what we wanted so she diligently measured our item and even came up with a rough sample, sewn on the spot, to let us have a visual of how big the bags will be.

Aunty Gan, mai kanchiooonngg...

Aunty Gan is super-duper nice to even bother to go next door and sew a sample bag for us with the measurements that she took. Kecoh dok. But I love you Aunty Gan!!! U awesome!!! If I can kompang for you, I would!

We also manage to get our bunga rampai materials for wrapping there too. They will even cut the net material according to the size you need to wrap your bunga rampai. Fuss free. You just tell what you want, they can get it done for you.

They also do card printing you know! I didn't manage to snap photos of some of the card samples, but what I saw was quite good la. Standard stuff you get from other kahwin shops.

If BTBs out there want to look see look see what they can offer, you go to Larkin Bus Terminal Wet Market and go to Level 2. It is near the end of level 2, nearer to the surau side. Gua tak tau babe nak cari address kat mane. Google pon sua kasi salah punya address.

Wa manyaaaakk happy la u olls. Wa pon manyak stress tengok countdown. 60 days dok. 2 months. 2 friggin' months!