The Day I got married ~ Part 2

6pm, Mom's place.

As soon as we were done with the outdoor photo-shoot session, I went back to my mom's place & my husband came afterwards.. Since we are married now, we could get ready together for that night's  reception. Alhamdulillah we both had the chance to rest & had some nap for a while before it was the time to get ready.. It was very tiring to compact 2 events at the same day but we thought this idea was the best, for us.

At about 6pm, I waited for the mak andam to arrive and do the 2nd-round of make up. She finally arrived at almost 7pm. I thought it was already late but due to the plenty of experiences she have, it was all done in less than an hour's time. 

After done with my make up, she went for hubby's ... I was like, seriously? I thought it's weird for any men to wear make up... Soon after that, more photos were taken by our photographers. At about 830pm, our bridesmaids arrived to fetch us and we were finally off to the reception hall.

830pm, Dewan Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.

We walked hand-in-hand towards the wedding hall, accompanied by our bridesmaids and the traditional music of 'Kompang' team were surrounding us.. The sounds of the Kompang played gave me goosebumps. I was very nervous and I could already see so many people were standing outside of the hall to see us.

The second I entered the wedding hall, I was so happy to see our bridal thrones. Our wedding planner decided to give us a surprise on this part, so untill that day, I never knew how it would look like. I was very happy with it, and quite a few people gave their compliments.

I was surprised too seeing a lot of unexpected guests were presented there at my wedding. Long-lost-friends and relatives were also there looking all happy and that was the best day of my life.

I saw my dad, he was with my grandmother and other relatives. He looked so proud of me. Although he wasn't able to join my engagement event 7 months earlier, to see him now makes me really happy. Thanks pa.. ;-)

My family on my mother's side were also there and they were helping around in the hall. My family wore blue outfits while my family from husband's side wore greens.

When it was the time for both brides to dine in, I was finally relieved. My stomach was growling all the time! But sadly I didn't had the chance to enjoy my food. I didn't had the chance to taste the lobster because everything was planned and it was finally the time to cut the cake. We snapped more photos, and there were lots of people queuing up at the bridal throne just to take some pictures with us. 

We were all very happy. Me and my husband received a lot of presents from the guests. After the event, we went back to our home. Our families were fine with it & very understandingly let us go back to our home :-)

We only had 1 day to rest, then we will be off to our honeymoon in Pulau Redang. 

Check out my next entry on the honeymoon ^_^

Enjoy my wedding photos! ~

2nd make up session.

My Inai (google it to understand my custom). My friend did this for me. My advice? Dont buy the ones in tube. It was very light, which was not the color I envy. If you want a very heavy red, buy the original Inai leaves and make it by yourself. The ones in tube; the color runs out when u wash ur hands or when u are sweating :-( too bad..

Mix pictures. We are getting ready for the reception.

The kompang team organized by my father-in-law, if I'm not mistaken they charged us around RM300.

Walking hand in hand towards the wedding hall.

The view inside the hall.. Alhamdulillah there were lots of guests & the hall was full.

This is one of my customs. The parents gave their blessings.

My dad's turn

My parents-in-law's turn

Time to dine in. The food were awesome, thanks to our caterer ;-) But like I said, I didnt really enjoy it due to the limited time. 

With my family

With his parents

It was the time for the cake cutting.

His friends

His friends

My friends from high school

Snapping some more pictures :-)

Thanks from the bride ^_^

The Day I got married~ Part 1

8am, mom's place~

It was the day I got officially married with the man of my dream. Finally the day I've been waiting for so long has arrived. I could already imagine living in the same house with him and sharing our lives together. My biggest dream will be fulfilled in less than 3 hours.  I was so nervous I could actually felt my heart beat. My eyes darted at the big clock hanging up on the wall of my mom's living room. I thought the time had suddenly slowed down. It felt like ages!

The Mak Andam (person who is hired to do the make-up and hair-do) finally arrived at 7 in the morning just after the Subuh prayer. Being a professional, she was really calmed doing the make-up. We had some chats which calmed me a bit. I was done in about an hour's time, finally looked myself in the mirror and felt completely different in a special way. In fact, I felt like a princess.

The photographer arrived by the time I put on my tiara and busied himself taking pictures of mine in my sister's bedroom which was more suitable for a photo-shoot sessions as hers bedroom was more prettier and neat as compared to mine. I was informed he had went to my fiancé's place first to begin his job. Apparently it was my turn now ;-)

10am, Masjid Jamil'ul Huda Kampung Melayu Ampang, Selangor~

As soon as I reached the mosque, I saw my pet sis, Nida. I was so happy to see her. Of all people, I didn't expected her to be there. And I also saw my ex-boss from the Russian company I worked with quite some time ago. Unexpected guests!

Our families, relatives and some of dear friends gathered together in the mosque, waiting for the ceremony. Everyone was smiling and looking so happy. I felt so nervous but at the same time I was the happiest girl!

The Imam (person to witness the marriage) started off the day with prayer recitations & explained some responsibilites of a husband and wife. It took almost an hour, and again it felt like ages. My husband thought the talk really helped him a lot in terms of bringing his nervous down. In fact, the Imam also made some funny jokes and all, so we laughed and forget our nerves.

Then, my father was finally instructed to sit before the Imam while my husband sat opposite of him to do the  official pronoucement. With just successful 1 try, Haikal has become my official husband :)) Alhamdulillah.

How was exactly my feeling at that point of time? I can't express it into words. I met Haikal for just 3 months when we decided to settle down. "Wise man says, only fools rush in. But I can't help, falling in love with him" Hahaha...

My mind flown back to those days when I was still a daddy's little child and my mother's behaved little girl. When things were still nothing but fun. All childhood memories came flooding back on my mind. When everything wasn't as complicated as now. No commitments, no dramas, no worries, no nothing but just being the happiest girl in the world.

I looked at my dad, my brothers and my sister, and I finally looked at my mom.. They were all happy. But when I saw my mom cried, I knew this was going to be serious. I was going to leave them and move to a new place. I will no longer come back home from work and the foods are ready on the table. I will no longer be able to ask my mom's helping hand on my laundry if I feel a bit off. I won't be able to sleep with my sister every time I watched horror movies... Everything is on my own now..I started to cry.

But at the same time I saw the promises future that lays ahead. Beautiful pictures.. Me and my husband cooking together in our home, watching tv and doing things we love together.. Sharing my personal spaces with someone I love.. And we will still visit our families, and I will still see mom and dad often. And our big families will be united into one. All in all it was a mixed of emotions.. But I feel happy.. TRULY HAPPY ...

The most memorable part was my husband cried soon after he made the official pronouncement.

Watch our video here, enjoy :-)

 I felt deeply for him every time I watched this video. Nobody ever cried for me before ;-) I hope our love is for eternity and will be cherish till Jannah, In Shaa Allah....

Posed for the camera just after the make up session. It was in my sister's bedroom ;-)

My father and I in front of the Masjid. We just arrived here. I was so glad to see him and he was all dressed up nicely just for this event ;-)

In front of the Masjid with my ex-boss from Russia and my best friend. I was surprised to see them coming ;-)

Inside the beautiful and magnificent Mosque

An hour talk from the Imam. Mostly it was all about marriage life and the responsibilities of a husband and wife

He was so preoccupied ;-)

The final pronouncement

I cried with emotion. I felt touched with this love given by Allah to me. Alhamdulillah...

He cried too :-P

My mom and little sister were both teary-eyed.

I took his hand and kissed them, as a symbol of my devotion towards my husband

This was the dowry given by him in the form of cheque together with the monetary gift & the ring

Posed for the camera in front of the main area in the mosque

My big family

His big family just in front of the mosque

After the solemnization ceremony, our photographers had brought us straight-away for an outdoor photo-shoot sessions. We were kidnapped from our families to do the photography sessions. Hehe...

Blessing in disguise

This is actually a sequel to my previous post which u can read here.

There were a few times in my life that things did not go the way I planned. It turns out, we didn't move to the house I mentioned in that post. It was one of those topsy-turvy days when everything goes haywire. Our wedding is just around the corner.

We had actually moved in our stuffs into that house. The first time I saw that flat, it never occurred to me that it would ended up giving me a hell of a nightmare. At first glance it appeared sort of homey and cozy. I could even pictured myself cooking in its kitchen, my future husband and I decorating its living space or just hanging out at the balcony. So what was the reason it turned out to be a bad idea?

The landlord (whom I mentioned was my ex-schoolmate) accepted an agreed amount of RM950.00 as a deposit and the lease agreement was signed by my fiancé and I. Soon after that, we moved our stuffs in and cleaned the place. The landlord was generous enough to supply us with 2 buckets of wall paints, which turned out we didn't really use.

My fiancé was so excited at the idea of having a place together to the extend he bought this very strong chemical (not that expensive but you know what I mean) and washed the whole place like a maniac.

It turned out to be such a waste of effort as we did not even wait for a month to finally set up for an appointment again with the landlord to refund our deposit and return the house keys. The moment I stepped foot in its wet kitchen area, I know I distaste this flat. Don't get me wrong. I am not like that spoilt-and-rich-girl-who-can't-bear-living-a-poor-life person. I am not even rich to begin with. My mom's old place was a simple place too and there were nothing to brag about but I still grew up a happy person.

This was an exceptional case. The place was simply smelly, damp and dirty, no matter how much amount of chemicals you apply. There was this one small hole (which function I suspected was to release the water, since it was a wet kitchen) that sort of gave me a creepy feeling, contains a habitat of cockroaches. Gross!

Its kitchen did not even had a proper water-basin to begin with. My fiancé was trying to clean the basin when half part of it fell off and just hanging crookedly waiting for the other half to fall off completely. Frustratedly, he extracted out the whole thing. As we were not financially stable, we had to bear with all the defects and just faked the happiness.

We thought that maybe we were destined to live in this flat, perhaps just for a few years till we got stable. However, destiny changed its mind when we brought our families to view the place. His mom went ballistic and forced us straight-away to cancel the agreement.

My eldest brother urged me to find other place and said we still got plenty of time. As if we had plenty of money too (-.-) (My brother kept on pressing on the fact that a dark & secluded garbage room was just next to the flat and I could be lost in it while throwing the garbage-the idea gave me the creeps but to think of it now, it's damn hilarious)

It was a nightmare, we didn't have the funds to search for an affordable decent place, our wedding day was just around the corner and there wasn't a single decent house that would cost us below RM500.00 in KL and Ampang area. But growing up in a simple family, I am taught to be patient, to keep on praying and to keep on trying for the best I could to search for other options. Our minds play the most important roles at times like this. There is always a way out to a problem.

About a week later, Alhamdulillah I received a good news from a friend, about a decent apartment for rent in Lembah Jaya Utara, also within our current hometown. After gaining the contacts and set for an appointment, My fiancé and I met with the landlord and viewed the place and finally decided to rent the place. Thank God! It is a nice and clean place to live in. I like that place instantly when I viewed its interiors- this time we knew that we did not make the wrong choice. The monthly rent costs RM500.00 only which is quite affordable to us. We cleaned it, took our stuffs from the nightmare flat and transferred to this new apartment. We are finally happy with our place :-))

Morale of the story, if you are going to get married just like us, do decide thoroughly on all sorts of matters that requires decision making. From the choice of wedding planners, dresses, make-ups, foods, up to the choices of places to stay after marriage. You guys need to consider each and everything from the smaller details to the bigger ones. Make an early preparations to prevent from making a wrong decision like the ones we did. Do not settle for anything unless you have studied on the matters and had considered all options. I wish you lovebirds good-luck! ;))

Sneak into our new home pictures :-) ~

The front view from the main door

Washing appliances scattered in the living room

Me cleaning up the kitchen and washroom areas

The bathroom and the toilet were built separately and there is a small wet kitchen at the back which we use for a laundry room

Moving out from mom's place~ Preparation

After married, my husband and I are planning to live together in a rented house in Taman Kosas just within the area of my current hometown. All the arrangements are made, and we are just waiting for the house owner to pass us the key. It should be by this week. Alhamdulillah, I thank God for this smooth journey.

We had actually started searching since a few months back. Everyday I will browse mudah.my, iproperty.com.my & lots of other sites, to search the right house for rent. I was still working in iProperty at that time and had been in contact with few of the agents. In fact, we had went to have a look at a few houses with the agents but they were very costly and requires an advance payment double the figure we expected. 

Luckily, this house in Taman Kosas we only need to pay a very affordable monthly rent, thanks to my ex-schoolmate who is the house owner ;-) This is just a simple house & I think it's good enough for the early stage of marriage.

I feel blessed with my life, Alhamdulillah :-) In terms of the preparations to move out from my mom's house, there is nothing much to do as I don't have that much of stuffs.. My stuffs are mostly novels and clothes. So, using the few boxes that my fiance supplied to me, already sufficient enough to accommodate all my stuffs.

Lucky for me and fiancé, our mothers had been so kind enough to supply us some of their house belongings such as kitchenware and other household items.. All the items are still in good conditions and we are so happy for their kind help.. 

My fiancé and I will just carry all the items by ourselves with the help of our siblings. Due to the light packing  we don't need a lorry. We'll just use my car. In fact, there is no furniture yet as we are planning to buy the furniture after we came back from Honeymoon.

This house is just a simple flat, around 500 sq ft. There's a 2 balconies, 1 is at the living room which gives a view of the main road, and 1 is at the back of the kitchen, which is suitable for washing and drying of clothes.. The house have 2 bedrooms, which are the similar sizes. Our bedroom doesn't have a ceiling fan, but my fiancé planned to install an air-conditioning, so I guess that will do it.

We are planning to buy a house afterwards, giving ourselves around 1 year to save up for some buying deposits. Basically that's all for the preparations. Later I will update some pictures of the house interiors... Till then ;-)

My stuffs. Just a few small boxes to accommodate my clothes, handbags, shoes n my novels

So sad to leave my room behind... Sobs sobss... Will miss my mom's place...

Best Western Premier Dua Sentral

During the month of Ramadhan 2012, I went for iftar with my fiance and his family at hotel Best Western Premier Dua Sentral, in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first day of Ramadhan. The buffet was very awesome.... !! I enjoyed the pastries so much.. I forgot to snap pics of the divine pastries though!! :-(  

Just managed to get some photos here.. :-)

My future parents-in-law

The exquisite food ;-)

Snapping their photos just after break fast

What I ate that day ;-)

My fiance's sister, brother and his brother's girlfriend