Selamat Pengantin Baru Norfazlinna & Shahril

We have been waiting for this magical moment to come, and at last we welcome a new member in the family. After a year plus of engagement, the time has come to tie the knot. All of us quite busy on the pre-wedding few months before. We thank Allah that this wedding had been smoothly running and everybody is happy though tired (where got wedding not tired meh...). This wedding goes with full tradition Johor style, as Mak's wish for her only daughter and youngest in the family.

One of my contribution is hantaran. I actually have not much time, so I bought the materials needed and outsourced to the Diyana, for the crafting of it. Personally, I decorated two hantaran, which is Pulut Kuning with Bunga Telur and Bunga Rampai with Tepak Sireh. For Sirih Junjung that were bought from Chow Kit, I get beautiful traditional decorative items from Nira to add - hand-crafted flowers made of kapur sireh, betel nut and gambir. Its just unique that Shahril's mom praise me, creatively done she said. (Never mention it is a recycle from Nira's bro's wedding from the week before. Thanks Nira!!). So here's some of the pic.

I arrange this one...arrange jer

Towel - Shahril bought in JapanChocolate I bought in Geneva, Switzerland

Perfume also brought personally from Geneva, Switzerland

Pulut Kuning with Telur Pahar -semua buat sendiri termasuk pulut..

Sirih Junjung From Chowkit (tak international...tapi lawa gak) with Pinang, Kapur and Gambir from Nira

Gift from Shahril, pink theme, very sweet...

And this too...

31 May 2008 - The majlis starts off with akad nikah. It was a smooth one, Shahril made it right at the first time. Then there is lafaz Sakinah by Palin, just like those carried out in TV reality show Cari Menantu. It is full of emotion, but happiness. I can see in the parents eyes a mixed of emotion, happiness and sadness, well this is the 'youngest' impact. At night, it is Malam Berinai event. Even though called Malam Berinai, it's not berinai per se, as berinai has been carried out a nite earlier. So it is just another tepung tawar event, attended by both sides' close family, with pengantin keep changing 'umpteenth' of apparel. This is some of the pic for both.

Setelah selamat di ijab..terpancar nur kegembiraan

Gambar masa akad nikah. Left is Shahril's parents, right is my in-laws

Malam berinai - with me and the gang (camera ni tak best amik malam)

Palin with one the many dresses - tak leh keep track berapa kali tukar baju..

1 June 2008 - This is Majlis Bersanding day for our side. It is not that busy as we outsource most of the thing from food to pelayan. As for me, I have to cook lauk pengantin. So quite kelam kabut, coz I'm not that familiar with Mak's kitchen - like where the ingredients is placed. I cooked 4 types of extra lauk i.e. Buttered Fried Prawn, Fried Beef with Long Beans, Siakap Sweet N Sour and Ayam Golek. It's quite a hilly task because it is just me and my maid. Anyway, I managed to finish everthing including decorating and serving by 1:00 p.m. The rest of the day also goes smoothly. And we just glad when the day is over, like we have lifted off 10 tonnes of weight from our shoulder. Alhamdulillah! Not many pics from my camera coz un-professional cameramen Syahmi and Danial rather not paying attention when to click or not. And the angle of the pic is so poor...So I just paste Abang Yap's picture (Mak's pro cameramen nephew) here.

Doa tulus dua mempelai bersama dayang2 - Sofia is the tallest dayang

Taekwando by Haziq and Izzat replace the traditional silat..Nice show guys

Cake biting - new trend, to replace cake cutting

2 June 2008 - Its Bertandang day to the bridegroom's house. We filled-up the morning cleaning up the mess as we have to be back to KL tonight. Just to make sure Mak and Bak are OK once everybody left, so we really worked out in the morning. By afternoon, we prepared for the Bertandang session. It is also a nice reception on Shahril's side. We all have a good lunch and finally glad it is all over.

Procession to the bridegroom's house

The couple with Mak and Bak (kenapa cam sedih jer Bak?)

Me and Mak at the main table, makan tak hengat...(tembikai sebiji aku makan sorang2)

To the newly wed Fazlinna and Shahril, Selamat Pengantin Baru. This is the real beginning in life. First year is the hardest part of it...TOLERANCE towards each other is the big word here. When we come from two different background, meeting in the middle we must (Jedi's wisdom word from Starwars). Just leave your EGO behind (easier said than done)....then sail through. May Allah Bless Both of You....

Since this post came more than two weeks behind, dengar cerita si-pengantin perempuan dah fenin-fenin dah, bunting pelamin ke tu....Good luck guys..

Cheerios....

Long Break From Posting

It's been a month since I posted the message in my blog. I know..I know..I'm the hangat-hangat tahik ayam type. Bukan la macam sahabat kita KL Traffic tu....Very the update one....Actually, so many things happening since my last posting, but I'm just too busy...well I'm not that good in time management..so in this and next post, I will back flash some of those important event that I want to share....

There are Mother's Day, Teacher's Day, my wedding anniversary, and my sis-in-law's wedding. I will keep my sis-in law wedding to the next post as I want to paste some pics.


First its Mother's Day - its just a quiet affair. After all the kids is in the midst of midterm exam. I get a wish from kids and hubby. Sofia will never miss the flowers she bought from her teacher. And I make calls to my mom too. Unfortunately, forgot to call my mom-in-law....kesian pulak...cos Palin said that the only person who wish mother's day to her is bakal menantu, Shahril. The rest just keep quite. Frankly, to me, mom's day is not a big deal. But this days, mom's day is well trump-up in the media, and every body knows about it. Any mother would feels good just to get that wish from their children or children-in-law or husband, and suprisingly some would feel 'neglected' if you dont wish them....

On 16 May it is Teacher's Day, (15 May last post kan...) I help out with children on the gift. During my old days, there will be only one gift to the form teacher each plus a cake to share with the class. We collect 50 sen each for this. But now my kids ask me to buy to all their favourite teachers which means more that one...plus one for my dearest sister who is also a teacher. Selamat Hari Guru to all teachers..your patient and preserverance stays forever in our heart...

This are the gift that we pack for the teachers the other day...all together 12, for all their favourite teachers...

Sofia with the gift, pagi-pagi sebelum pergi sekolah.

On 19 May 2008, its our Wedding Anniversary. Its the 18th anniversary. We normally celebrate anniversary by having special dinner. I am quite upset because he don't remember it (entah-entah buat lupa - sori bang..) until afternoon...

Anyway, its 18 beautiful years and I love every second of it. Semuga Allah memanjangkan jodoh kami dengan penuh keberkatan dan keredhaan. Well, just to back-flash those days, I just paste here the picture taken 18 years ago during the sambut menantu kat JB (ni aje la gambar yang ada kat dalam PC aku ni....) Notice how slim we are at that time? Now we are nearly double the size..sign of age they say...For this occassion we have dinner at nearby restaurant - Sabak Steamboat and Barbeque. There are quite a good spread in the buffet line and the best thing is, it is a DIY barbeque and steam, so hot and fresh from stove to stomach. There are spread of other food as well like mee, nasi and lauk-pauk. Quite similar to Restoran Seoul at Plaza Pantai, but additional varieties of other foods.

So much for the flash-back..next post will be on my sis-in-law wedding pulak...after I download all the pics...

Cheerios....