Those were the words of my brother. He sounded so panic like as if someone declared war on him. hahahaha... Never seen him in that kind of state before. Someone who was too brave for his own good suddenly felt so nervous and so panic just because he got a call from his than girlfriend's father, asking him to come and meet him at home. Relax la bro. Baru suruh jumpe belom suruh masuk meminang. hehehe...
From just him meeting the dad it became our family meeting the other side's family. Simply because someone was too scared to go by himself. The next thing we know, the mother ask to bring along a ring as tanda. After that it became a big event which leads to lots of discussion and headache and confussion. So to cut the story short, from a small ta'aruf session now it becomes a ta'aruf session plus an engagement. With only one week to the day..everyone starts to get real busy. Getting the things ready. The aunts starts with their baking. Me and my 1st sis starts to hunt for ideas for the gubahan (gift) boxes.
Our trip to geylang to get brother's baju melayu was hilarious. Why?? My brother is someone who WILL NEVER wear PINK. When we were looking for his outfit, as all the shops are closing, we rush into a half close shop and try to look for a suitable grey colour outfit (to match his fiance to be white with flowery pink sequins). Lucky for us the salesman was very nice and helpful. He allows my brother to take his time to choose his outfit and try them. Finally we decided to get the baju melayu with collar and six buttons, three on the left and three on the right. He tried size 's' first. It fitted him well, except that abit singkat la as he is tall. So the salesman pass him a size 'm' PINK in colour for him to try the size and that fitted him perfectly. So Afiq told him "Kalau lu angkat tu gua bayar" in other words my cousin challenge him to buy the pink outfit and if he did cousin gonna pay for it.
AND HE DID. He bought the pink outfit. :)
I still cannot believe he did that. Hahahaha...
The night before the engagement, my 1st sis diya, Azi and myself try to put our creative minds together and decorate the box. Well i did'nt do much actually. hehehehe... Anyway the day we have all been waiting for is finally here. 27th May 2012. The family decided to meet at Asy'syafaa mosque as it is near to the girl's house. So at about 2pm we move out of the mosque. The feelings differ from when it was my sister getting engage. Instead of staying at home and waiting for the guest to arrieved, this time round we are the guest. In 4 cars and 2 vans, we arried at our destination. All so nervous and excited. First boy in the family mah.
Just look at our kecohness. All wait under the block for the daddys to park their vehicles.
It was so hard to convince him to hold and bring the flower. We had to really force him to bring it up. My brother no romantic one hor.
Ok I'm tired of typing and at a lost of words already...since they say a picture paints a thousand words so i shall let the pictures do the talking la ar... enjoy the next few pictures ok. ;)
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| The Makeup artise at work |
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| The Beutiful Anisah |
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| The Gifts from the girl's side |
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| The gifts from our side |
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| Attack!!! |
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| It was their wedding anniversary too. |
So that sums up the engagement. Oh ya.. beside my parents anniversary it was also Nisa's 20th birthday! Happy Birthday S.I.L to be. :) and to both my brother and Nisa...
Congratulations on your engagement. May Allah bless you both till forever. All the best for your future.
Lots Of Love
ella
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