Bandung damage.

A little bit on Bandung's update.

The 4 days trip apparently was not enough. Since we have discovered some new ideas at the very last minute. Despite the fact that we missed our flight from LCCT and had to buy a brand new ticket (yerp, all 4 of us), we still enjoyed the trip and happy with the goods bought. And that extra 10kg, was not our fault. Heee. Many of my cousins are also tying up the knot this year, so we took some orders as well..

Ok this post has been dreaded long enough so let's make this quick.

In Bandung, we stayed at De' Tropis. A very nice place, with complimentary coffee/tea/(the oh-so-famous) Teh Botol at the pantry, nice background music at night, very friendly staffs especially Pak Adi & Pak Untung! The security guy looked young but he's nice too, helped us to call for dinner-delivery, only that I didn't get to know his name. ;P

So the damage in Bandung were :

For family and friends -

• Telekung (loads & loads of them!) - not really sure who LadyBoss wanna give them to, but I always take a deep breath and God willing, any excess will just be a 'sedeqah'. Price ranged from Rp80.000 - Rp210.000 each.
• Textile : For LadyBoss & 2 sisters, for brothers' 3 baju Melayu, 5 usherettes, 1 thick cotton fabric which LadyBoss claimed to make her jubah = Rp1.600.000

Favours -

• Tasbih (50pcs-large) : Rp1.000 each
• Tasbih (800pcs-small) : Rp700 each ; cousin's order
• Fan (50pcs-small,chiffon) : Rp500 each
• Bekas zip-around mengkuang (100pcs) : Rp1.000 each
• Kotak songket (24pcs-medium,square) : Rp2.500 each
• Bekas dompet (800pcs-batik) : Rp1.000 each ; cousin's order
• Sampul (supposedly) for buku doa (50pcs) : Rp1.000 each

All these were boxed and sealed at Dinar Accessories in Pasar Baru.

My cousin also ordered her giftbox and tag in advanced and we collected them at Salsa Souvenir, also in Pasar Baru. The final product was Alhamdulillah, not disappointing. She paid for about Rp2.130.000 which include 800 personalized giftbox + thank you tags.

We also went to Tangkuban Perahu just to chill and relax a little. Bought those sweet strawberries & raspberries (which said to have been dipped in sugar syrup), but sokaylah, sedeqah pada 'orang gunung'.

We had lunch at Simpang Raya. Ada small gazebos where we had to bersila sambil makan. (Cheh, kat rumah makan atas meja, pegi tempat orang nak bersila pulak kan!) Haha. But the food was great! Gurame bakar, tempe, ulam. Very layannn. I don't really fancy jus Alpukat. It's too thick for me, but if you don't mind sucking up your heart through that straw, do give it a try!

Our supir for the day, Pak Dadan also brought us to some (must-go) FOs along Jalan SetiaBudi - Rumah Mode, Jalan Dago-Grande,Raffles,Natural,Donatello,etc. We did not manage to go to Jalan Riau because it's a little bit difficult having LadyBoss coming along for a long walk. Not that she's a burden, but I understand how she didn't really enjoy what I did. So after watching me go in and out of the dressing room and hi-jacked sister's plastic-money, we went off to look for some tudung. Pak Dadan brought us to Rabbani but we insisted to go to Syafira's boutique after that because Pak Adi has told us about their good factory-price. But we were so disappointed because apparently Pak Dadan did not know where we could get that cheap-price for Syafira's beautiful tudung so we were driven to the exclusive boutique, instead. LadyBoss and sister both bought a piece each.

Towards the end of the day, we found out about a long stretch of great 'tokos' specially for printings - cards, buku doa, etc. And we just HAD to find out about it on the day before our departure back to KL. Went into one shop, and walked out to see another one, but all of them have already closed. ;c So we planned to go out early the next day, hopefully we could run and get the best deal for whatever we want (at that time we haven't decided yet!-HAHA) before heading to the airport.

Next morning, sis & hubby went to Toko Tiga to buy (kinda)-cheap Levi's jeans while LadyBoss & I went straight to Jalan Astanaanyar to start our search. It was not all-fun having the idea of us both walking looking for stuffs because it was super difficult to stop and agree at something that both of us like. But after that, we stopped by a small printing shop with no fancy what-so-ever pancy in it, no air-cond, just a table fan, I think. Printings were done mostly by hand and I mean, manually! One hand put a paper in the machine, another hand stamp it, put aside, and repeat till maybe thousands of them! And I just knew right that second, I've found my printer! :P The price for a small buku Doa with Asma'ul Husna is Rp4.000 each, and my wedding card is Rp3.000 each for 500pcs. It's hardcover-ed, without envelope. I requested for free envelope but failed, and without wanting to waste anymore energy, I agreed to pay extra Rp500 each for 250pcs of envelope.

And then I started to bang my head to the wall because not knowing how to bring those things back, since it will only be ready in few weeks' time.

Alhamdulillah, couple of weeks later, an old friend, staying nearby got back from Bandung. So I passed the buku Doa through her. But for my wedding invitations, I've planned to ask for a dear friend's help when they went there for their honeymoon in July. :D Thank you! I hope nothing would freak me out because I just want to receive the invitations and started sending it out to guests just before August and hopefully everything will be done on time.

That is all a little bit here and there on Bandung's update. Even though it's a little delayed, but hey, better late than never, right?

Am now kinda excited about my favours for SACC's reception. Will update on that when everything is (at least) 50% confirmed. Oh, and will be going to D'Renjis tomorrow to discuss about my dress design. Hopefully the tailor could create it beautifully on me. Till the next one. Ta~