The Wedding Affair; 3 Days Endless Night.

I know i promised live updates about the wedding, but all of us was very busy days before the wedding right up to the very last day of the wedding. It was damn tiring. My feet was numb for a couple of days after the 3rd day of the the wedding. Yes its a 3 days affair.

Now where do i start? Let me see...hmmmm...ahhh yes the goodies/door gift for the guest or what we call berkat. She ordered the box for the goodies from KL. Its a package that comes together with her invitation card and a banner to be placed outside the wedding hall. SO the box is not ready made. We had to seat and fold the boxes. And there were about 800 boxes to be fold. No kidding. All those folding was done by just the four of us. Although my back hurts from seating for too damn long, its not everyday all four of us can seat down together and talk, laugh and irritate each other. :) All four of us in one house without parental guidance equals to utter chaos. I had fun. Even when i have to wake up early the next day for work.

This is for the kids. The adults received a pack of butter cookies. 

Next up will be the malam berinai or should i say pagi berinai (the night where the bride puts on her henna or for my sister's case its the morning where she puts on her henna). Anyway its a whole day event too. She did her henna on Thursday morning, the day before the solemnization, and at night a few of our friends and family came over to do the Henna too. And since my eldest sister is making a few of the wedding desert, my aunt and I decided to stay up for a few nights to help her out.  Her bridal henna is done by Syra Skins while ours is done by a future cousin in law. hehehe... Thank you Ain. This sweet girl came and stayed till late doing our henna when she has an exam the next day. Thank you so much Ain. <3.

The bridal Henna by Syra Skins.

Day 1... 30/08/13

The next morning everyone left early to the mosque (except for me, the bride's maid of cause). The solemnization is to take place at 10am. Alhamdulillah everything went smoothly during the solemnization. Dengan dua kali lafaz mereka sah menjadi sepasang suami istri. The moment was very beautiful. So beautiful that my sis turn to me and say "Ella i think i'm gonna cry." She makes me wanna cry too. I just held her hand throughout the event. Not sure if i'm trying to calm her down or to calm myself. hahahaha... My dad did the akad himself. I guess that's what makes it more meaningful.

Beautiful isn't she? :) 

Bride and Groom teased by the relatives. hahaha...so cute. :) 

After much teasing is done.

Utter chaos when it comes to this part because she's wearing a head accessories. My family so the kecoh want.  :p

My parents and the newly wed. 

Happiness. Family. Alhamdulillah. Thank You Allah. 

US. Sisters. :) 

Because Mummy is working and adik is in NS. its Just  Daddy and me. :) 

Friends who came to witness the beautiful ceremony. 

Lastly the one responsible for the way my sis look through out her 3 days.  The capable NoraZee from Ishq. 

Day 1. 30th August 2013. 

 Day 2... 31/08/13

Today is the wedding dinner by the groom's side. It was held at Leng Kee Community Center. Right after the solemnization, our whole family went over to the groom's house together with the bride. Its a kind of tradition to sent of the bride. Indicating that now she's fully under the responsibility of  Mr Husband. :) While leaving i saw my mum trying her best not to shed any tear. She failed though, for as soon as she turn away from my sis i saw her wiping her tears.  My ever so sensitive mum. Love her lots.  

Later in the evening they check in at Conrad Singapore, where they will spent the next 

3 days at. Therefore on day 2 i had to fetch Mr Cameraman from the hotel to the Leng Kee CC. Since daddy was not familiar with the  way so we got kindda lost for awhile. Sorry Mr Cameraman for making you miss the red carpet shot. Thank God he's a very nice photographer. He is like family already. If people have a family doctor well we have a family photographer. hahahaha... He's been around since my second sis wedding (that was 6 yrs ago) and at every event after that. Be it the kids birthdays or my eldest sis engagement. That proves how we completely trust his skills isn't it? Check out his work here. 

This dress is from Ishq by NoraZee

NoraZee sais that my sis looks like Sandra Bullock. A Bollywood muslimah version of  Sandra Bullock. Hahahaha.... Back at home my eldest sis always says that the bride looks like Kareena Kapoor. Well brother in law you are one lucky guy. You married not just any star but a Bollywood, Hollywood star.  :) 

The one responsible for bringing this couple together. 

Cant take your eyes off her can you brother in law. hehehehe...

The groom's family

A little selfie at the hotel lobby. My outfit of the Day.

Day 2. 31st August 2013. 

 Day 3... 01/09/13

Now here's the busiest day of all. The wedding reception at our side. Held at Marsiling Community Club.

There's alot of last minute issues that needs to be deal with. Really no joke. The night before the wedding dias and tables and chairs arrived late and my eldest sis, my dad and I rush to Marsiling CC straight from the groom's side dinner. Without even changing out of our punjabi suits ok. So imagine us doing the decoration work in punjabi suits bare foot. 

When a wedding is done at a CC, the preparations need to be done by 10pm. Die die must finish by 10pm. So when its already 830pm and none of the tables and chair and the dias stuff arrived my eldest sis and i start to panic. We start to ask infact start pleading with the office guy to extend the time for us and we are even willing to pay any extra charges they are going to charge us. But he still refused to allow any extra time. After much pleading and begging finally he say we have up to 12am to get things done. Alhamdulillah. One problem down. 

And i really thank God for blessing us with such united family. Every single one of my cousins, uncles and aunties came down that night to help us out. Couldn't be more blessed. Thank you all. Love you guys lots. 

When the tables and chairs arrived it took us less then 15 mins to get the place set up. :) But than we took a look at the table cloth that was spread on the tables and i was speechless. It got holes everywhere. Da macam roti kirai la. I was so damn mad. So mad that both my eldest sis and i couldn't take it anymore and breakdown. Yes we cried out of anger and disappointment. Its our sister's wedding, there's no way we are gonna let her have this kind of decoration for her big day. No way. 

Mummy than had to bring over the table top we had from home and cover the mess. Plus a clean chair cover. Gosh. even the dias was a mess. When we arrived in the next morning (the day of the reception) the lights was not done yet. Therefore Daddy and a few of my cousins get that fix. Couldn't thank them enough for the help. Seriously. 

And here's the catch of the day. We waited for the kendarat to arrive and when the clock strikes 12 still no sign of them we again start to panic. My second sis called them up and they say " sorry maam we do not have any reservation for Marsiling CC today." *faint. No choice but to check this with the bride herself (we have not told her about the previous night chaos) for she's the one who booked the kendarat. When she sent the PDF confirmation we check and found out that it states booked for 1/9/2014. Really wanna faint ready. 

So in the end once again we use the strength of our cousins. Thank you guys for being the kendarat of the day in your suits and ties. Love you lots. :) And the girls for loyally taking care of the desert area in your beautiful lace dresses. And to all the uncles and aunties for working hard topping up the dishes from time to time in their ever so beautiful baju kurung and long dresses (some even chuck their high heels aside and walk around bare foot) and for being first class usherers for the guest. We will not be able to have such a smooth event without you guys. A thousand thanks from us the bride's family. :) 

The family crew. This is not our full strength ok. There's still more down at the floor. :) Thank you all. 

The one responsible for our makeup for that day. Thank you Elly for making time to come down early in the morning to help us with our makeup. :)  The makeup was for me and my sis only. She's only to do Alesha's hair but because this little makcik so vain one she asked Elly to do her makeup as well. Although we say not to, being such a sweetie Elly still put it on for her. And there's one happy girl we got there. 

My 2nd sis(a.k.a The bride's twin) and her family and in laws. 

At around 5pm in the evening we (the bride, groom, cameraman, video man, myself as well as the groom's best man) left the function hall for the outdoor photo shoot. Venue: Gardens by The Bay. 

After walking around for a few minutes i decided to just hold my heels in one hand and my sister's gown's tail in the other and walk around barefoot. Yes i walk around Gardens by the bay without shoes. My feet hurts so badly that i don't give a damn anymore about how i look. And shortly later the bride herself decided to join me and walk barefoot. And by the end of the photo shoot even the groom joins us and walk back to the car barefoot. hehehehehe....

Here's a shot i took with my phone. :) 

And because she's wearing RED...it screams for attention from all the people there. some even took a shot or two with their own camera. My sister is indeed a star. hahahahaha.... 

Ouh...here's a shot with our lovely colleagues. If you must know all four of us works in the same office. or at least used to for. :)  

Its a wrap.  Day 3, 1st September 2013.

Here are a few of Hakim's shot.

Here's a pic of the ring. :)

Alrite that's all folks. See ya soon in my next entry. :)

p/s: this is a long entry with much difficulties to upload due to the wifi connection here. so i apologize for any spelling error or whatsoever ok. peace.

Lots of Love
     eLLa <3

The Wedding; preparations

Weddings....such beautiful events aren't they. To make that one day come true...the preparations are endless. A damn tiring process.

From the dresses to the decorations to the food and the gifts for the guest to the invitation cards and not forgeting the RING!!! The list goes on and on and on....

AND...this does not only concern the bride or bridegroom but as well as the family members. How so???

Well I wasn't around during my 2nd sis wedding's preparations. I was back just in time for the wedding. So I hv no idea how stressful the preparations can be.

Now that I'm fully involved in my 3rd sis wedding...its very stressful. 

Lets talk about the ring 1st shall we.
My sis initially wanted a Tiffany and Co wedding band. With pink sapphire stones. We went to one of the outlet in KLCC and the price was RM 10,000. But she didn't buy it then and there. Undecided on the ring metter. Is it to be a princess cut or something else. So she kept looking right up to early this month (her wedding is end of this month by the way) and she stumble accross this blogs written by brides to be and saw the post on jems by jems so she too wants a customised ring.
She's a die hard fan of the colour pink. So she really wanted the pink sapphire stone to be on her wedding band. Unfortunately jems by jems didn't have that stone in stock.  To get it here will take sometime. Disappointed?? Well definitely.  So she looks at some other pink stones and blue stones and even emerald stones...and finally she decided on the design and the stone that she wants.  What is her choice? Will let u noe wants its ready ok. ;)

Next is the dresses.  Yup you guess correctly...she wants a pink dress. There was one she really likes but was too small for her. My sis is really small size. So when she couldn't fit the dress she started saying that she's fat and thus when on a serious no rice diet during the fasting month and well she just got smaller. But still unable to fit into the dress.  Sad isn't it. Its ok..she got other beautiful dresses to wear including a pink dress. :)

Now that her dress are settled.  Its us siblings turn to stress upon our outfit for the 3 days. The nikah on Friday, the dinner at my bro-inlaw side on Saturday, and the sanding at our side on Sunday. 

The outfit for Saturday is easy for we use just what ever indian outfit that we have. The outfit for nikah....we wanted to wear white at first for the bride will wear baby pink. Than the bride change to a white jubah insted of the baby pink outfit. So we hv to make changes too. Ours change to tiffany blue long dress and later it was back to white and gold jubah. Errrk...just hope ppl wont confused who is the bride and who is the twin on the day of the nikah.

The outfit for Sunday is the worst headache of all. My 2nd sis aka the bride's twin aka the wedding's fashion stylist....just keep changing what she wants us to wear. But just one thing was sure we are wearing lace peplum. Colours??? There was black and gold (we even bought it already ok.) To colour block colours...God knows how many colours and websites we viewed. Not to mention the suits for the guys. And the little ones. Gosh it was really stressful.

Al in all I must say that its a damn tiring process but I was glad to be a part of this. It somehow bring us much closer (after all the fights and arguments). And I know that when its my 1st sis wedding we'll be just as busy. Her's will be next year in March. In Syaa Allah. :)

Look out for live updates about the wedding here. Hehehehehehe...

Lots of ♥
     ella

Back for More

Hello there....;)

I almost forgot that I've a blog. Its been that long since I last blog huh. Well nothing much lately for currently I'm on my term/year break.

I've been working since my holidays started.  And (here comes the good news) this entry is proudly brought to you from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S4. Yeah!!!!!

Like finally I (ditch my blackberry) change my phone. What happens to my previous phone is a long story. To cut the story short...basically the phone decided to dive into the waterfall (together with its owner) at Cameron Highlands. 

So there goes my 2nd blackberry. :/ My 1st blackberry too dive into the waters but at different location, the toilet. I guess blackberry are attracted to waters. Hehehehehehe....

Since its super convenient to blog on the go now....hopefully there'll be more entries in the future and this space won't be neglected for such a long time.

Lots of Love
       ella

Lost of Words

Nope not a new entry YET. Just dropping by to clear the spiderwebs and to prepare for a new entry soon.

Been suuuuuuuuper busy lazy for the past errrr..two months. And...as usual the internet contributes to my laziness as always. Taking forever to get things done around here. If it used to piss the hell out of me now i can just wait and wait and wait and wait without complaining or getting angry.

 In short i have learned to tolerate the tardiness of the internet connection here. And when my patience run low i just either shut the comp and go to bed or plug in my hard disk and enjoy a good laugh while watching Running Man. :) That's my therapy for now.

Anyways...i'll see you soon in the next entry (don't know when).

Lots of Love
      ella

It's The Climb

" Cause there's always gonna be another mountain 

I'm always gonna wanna make it move 

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes i'm gonna have to lose. 

Ain't about how fast i get there 

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side 

It's the climb" -The Climb: Miley Cyrus-

I have always find comfort in this song. It kind of motivates me but at the same time helps me to keep my feet on the ground. In other words be realistic in your dream and to never give up. And whats important is the journey to the top. ;)

When i was young (not that i'm old now) i always have dreams that changes every other time i saw something new. When i went to school for the first time i tell myself i'll be a teacher one day (it did come true although for a short period of time). Than there was the ER drama. So yeah i wanna be a doctor. ahahaha... Than there's Buffy the Vampire slayer. I wanted to be her before i realize that vampires do not exist. Than there's Charmed (my favourite show of all time) But i knew there's no such thing as demons and witches and vanquishing potions and whitelighter so i only wish there would be something as cool as that in real life. :D

Now that i'm older wiser, i know what i want. It's just the getting there part that needs to be figured out. Remember how i say the media is the most powerful influential tool ever in this era. Well i know i want to part of this influence. But as what? that wasn't a clear picture until a few days ago. I wanna be a Art Director. Besarnye cite-cite. ahahahha... but of cause will start from the bottom.

If i were to tell this to my parents i think they are gonna freak out. yela mane taknye...nak belaja Usuluddin lepas tu nak jadi art director. takde kene mengene langsung kan.  Actually the reason why i took Islamic studies is because i feel this is my responsibility. To know, to understand and to satisfy this brain of mine that always came up with unanswered questions about the religion. And at the same time to spread it through media. Simply because people of today relies on media too much. It's like they'll be handicap without it. Me included.

Than why don't i just go for courses and seminars instead of wasting my time in Uni? Well you see to me its not the time or the outcome that matters. Its about getting there. The experience, the knowledge, the environment, all this teaches me some very important and valuable lessons. And something to fall back upon when everything else fails. :) You gotta plan for rainy day don't cha. ;p

And to further prove my point....i participate in the recent 7km run, Larian Gemilang held by my college. I knew i couldn't win of cause. But like i say its not about the outcome it's about getting there. It's about challenging myself. It's about getting out of the comfort zone and to try new things. I said that i'll try to challenge the limit for this semester right..well this is just the beginning.

The run was tiring no doubt. Endless hills and slopes. But i'm glad i manage to finish the run without any dramas in between. I was tempted to give up. You know like throw myself on the ground and act like i fainted or dehydrate or something so they will send the ambulance and i'll be carried away. hahahaha...

I did what i always do when i feel like giving up. I made it fun and enjoyable. I made the run mine. It is again mind over matter.

Wakil-wakil TKDUM

Starting line

This was our 1st band. We have to collect 4 bands in total.

Our 2nd band. :)

I learned something that day. Not to be greedy and finish the whole cup of water. ;p

Our 3rd band. And wanna guess where this band brings us to???

Taraaaa.....Bukit Cinta yang tercinta. I have no idea who manage to run up that mountain hill but walking up was tiring  enough for me. I was panting breath all the way up there. This is the killer.

We made it through Bukit Cinta. We got our last band for the run. hip hip hurray!!!!

We made it! We made it! We made it!!!!!!!!!!!

Whats important is that we had fun!

Our top 20. They came in 13th, 14th & 15th. Order is from the right. Congratulation guys.

It's not mine. tolong pegang je. :p

So you see guys...in life you gotta go out there and find the key that will unlock your future. You don't just sit around and wait for it to come to you or worse for someone else to find it for you. Naah! never wait but get up and do it. For yourself.

" The struggles i'm facing

The chances i'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking." -The Climb: Miley Cyrus-

Lots of Love

      ella