kek batik & detik.

On Saturday night, I joined Sadal, Ibu, Atiqah & Aqilah & went to watch Sadal's sister; Ana perform in Detik (after a quite tiring outing with my colleagues, Ain & Elly in Sunway Lagoon plus yummy Ayam Penyek at Wong Solo in Ampang).
 

 

The show was great! Loved it. I tip my hat to you guys who made it a success.
Great job guys.

I am crazy for Atiqah's (Sadal's 2nd sister) kek batik!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making some for me (which i immediately ate after watching Detik)! mwwwaaa!
You're the best!

Oh, We also went to Al Rawsha Restaurant after the show too.  =)
I ate my favourite; chicken mandy!

Well, okay.
It's late & I have got to sleep.
Tomorrow's a working day (boo). Haha.
Till my next update, bye.

Wedding attires.

I will be wearing my sister’s baju kurung songket & Sadal will wear baju melayu (he says he doesn’t look good wearing the ‘teluk belanga’ style (which is a Johorian thing), we’ll see what he decides, might be ‘cekak musang’).

I am also playing around with the idea of having a kaftan/abaya-like dress (I wouldn’t want to be running around in a songket  =p). This is if we do decide on having the nikah & walimah done separately, be it on different venues or dates. I would be wearing the songket for nikah & a more casual attire for walimah (be it outdoors/indoors). So, if I do get another dress, Sadal will too (we have to match, don’t we?).

On the other hand, if we settle on a having the nikah & walimah joined on the same day & place...I um..I actually think I really want a kaftan/abaya-like dress (I have it pictured in my head already...). I also think that I should have something else which I can wear again instead of something that isn’t mine & unsuitable for events, maybe..something that we can both wear for our 1st Hari Raya Aidilfitri. So, what do I do? Do I just not wear my sister’s songket? Would it be too troublesome to have wardrobe changes?

I guess I’ll just have to discuss it yet again with my fiancé. Will update once we figure it out. How long do I need to settle this? 5 months prior?

* Oh man, Sadal's aunt has given me her songket fabric. Now what? Hmmmm...I'll update this part when I do actually have to make a decision.

Okbye.

 ♥

Tok kadi, state religious office, witnesses & maskahwin.

Need to book a tok kadi as soon as I know the dates (at least 2 months prior) & remind him of the timing & venue 1 week & 2 days prior to the wedding day. Make sure we have the fees ready too.

To register at the state religious office of Putrajaya.

Prepare the lafaz akad nikah (is practicing beforehand better?).

To identify my witnesess, which I already know who I want, none other than my dad’s 2 brothers of course...uncle Kamal & uncle Seth. Read somewhere that you have to pay a certain fee to them, hmm..I should check with my uncles & sister as they were her's as well.

Maskahwin is another thing I need to check, I’m not familiar with Putrajaya’s fee.

That'll be all. Toodles.

Legal procedures & documents.

Things to do:

• Marriage course; to book, attend & get certificate!
• HIV test; valid for 6 months (I think), so better not do it way in advance, within 2 months prior to the wedding day should be fine.
• Forms; to get the right forms ready since I will wed in Putrajaya, not anywhere in Kuala Lumpur.
• Documents; get them ready for the forms for submission & to get marriage id!

I guess that’s all for procedures & documents, do I need anything else?

Catering & canopy.

Catering is kind of tough. I have no idea who gives a reasonable price & provides GREAT food. I should settle this at least a 6 months ahead/within that period..I dunno..still need to do a lot of search & comparison. I guess I would have to do some food tasting with sadal to decide.

I ♥ Arab cuisine. I especially ♥♥ chicken mandy! I’m thinking of having this instead of the normal ‘nasi minyak’. It might be more expensive than the usual wedding menus but why not have something different tickle your taste buds? It would be nice to also complement it with ‘Barbican’ malt drinks too. Oh, I also think food should be served buffet-style.

Other than that, I want some kind of a ‘bar’, be it dessert, sundae, or even pies! Or maybe have a few ice cream guys in motorcycles (cute eyh?) come & serve ice cream!!! I came up with this idea after seeing some weddings which have ice cream trucks, but I think my idea is much cuter..imagine 2-4 motorcycles side by side, full of ice cream (hahahaha..i'll probably be in line all the time)!!!

Canopy. Hmmm. Haven’t given much/any thought on this, really. =p
I don’t really care, as long as it covers the eating area (which I so want the tables (preferably rectangle or square, not round) to be arranged in a long line, not the usual round tables which takes more space & separates people). Anyway..maybe can get this together with the catering.

Okay, out of ideas. Next!

♥, jM