Kehabisan stok!

Harini pergi check-up kat KPJ. 2-3 harini perut meragam lain macam sikit. Bukan apa, lepas makan, cepat je nak keluarkan balik. So pagi2 lepas breakfast, macam tu la, terus pergi toilet, settlekan ape yang patut. 2 kali.

Tiba kat hospital, dapat nombor yang ke-3 selepas yang sedang jumpa doktor time tu. OK la tu. Macam biasa, kena ambil urine test dulu sebelum jumpe doktor. Tapi kali ni, kene amek sampel darah sekali sebab last checkup bulan lepas, doktor suruh makan iron tablets since kandungan Hb darah kurang.

Pergi lab, amek bekas untuk taruk sampel, masuk toilet. Hm. Aik? Tak ade! First time ni. Tak pernah pulak sampel tak dapat di'hasil'kan pada waktu yang memerlukan. Ada dengar member pernah kena camtu gak tapi macam tak percaya, sebab selalunye ada je 'stok'. So bagitau nurse, dan die cakap amek sampel darah dulu. OK. Darah kejap je. Alhamdulillah, tak sakit. Syukur dapat nurse muslim. Dimulakan dengan Bismillah ... Nurse bagi air setengah gelas. Try lagi. Pun takleh gak. Dah nak 40 minit gak la dok ulang alik toilet. Last2 cakap kat nurse, nak gi jumpa doktor dulu lah. Kot2 lepas tu baru ade 'mood'.

Bila pergi balik ke tempat menunggu tu, dah takut hubby marah sebab sejajar dengan nama dia, memang seorang yang pemarah (tapi penyayang...awwww). Alhamdulillah, dia masih dalam tahap kesabaran yang boleh dibendung. Tak lama lepas tu, nurse panggil masuk. Oh sebelum tu dah timbang berat. Pakai penimbang digital la berat sikit. Yang jarum punya tu ringan sikit, takut doktor ingat tak makan pulak. So berat terbaru - 52kg. :)

Normal rutin - cek bloodpressure : OK. Sampel darah belum dapat result so doktor takleh komen. So teruslah ke agenda seterusnya - ultrasound scan.

Kepala - bulat. Tulang peha, cantek. Kaki tengah bersilang, macam ibu dia tidur :). Perut - bulat jugak. Air ketuban - walaupun lately banyak discharge (pekat & cair), tapi masih cukup, Alhamdulillah. Lupa nak tanya doktor pasal position baby, kepala dah turun ke belum. Tapi all in all, doktor kata semua OK. Heartbeat sangat clear. Pergerakan baby boleh dikatakan aktif. So doktor kata kalau aktif, takyah kira la. Tapi doktor explain jugak macam mana nak kira. Start pukul 9 pagi setiap hari. Setiap pergerakan dalam 1 masa (1 tendangan atau beberapa pergerakan hingga berhenti) dikira sebagai 1 pergerakan. Monitor sampai pukul 7 malam (selepas 10 jam), mesti ada sekurang2nya 10 pergerakan.

Lepas tu, cakap kat doktor, nak postpone sampel air kencing sebab hubby dah lambat nak gi site. Nasib baik doktor sangat understanding. So we paid the total bill around RM120 hari tu. Mahal sebab ada buat bloodtest kot. Checkup seterusnya ialah 2 minggu dari sekarang. Ikut kiraan, kandungan dah 30 minggu. Ikut scan, 28 minggu ± 2 minggu. So lebih kurang la tu. Wah, dalam 10 minggu je lagi! Masya Allah. How time flies. Tak sabar betul rasanya. Tapi sabar tu kan separuh daripada iman. :) Doakan segalanya dipermudahkan, Insya Allah.

It's May, baby!

Sekarang ni selalu rasa perut mengeras especially time bangun pagi. Tengah hari dan malam memang waktu paling aktif baby. Suka sangat tengok perut bergoyang2. Hubby pun kadang2 suka curi2 dengar baby tengah 'swimming' masa saya dah tidur. Geram rasanya. Dah puas cari stetoskop dalam rumah ni, mane entah perginya. Masa orang tak nak pakai hari tu ade je nampak.

Sekarang ni ada cita2 baru. Teringin rasanya nak menjahit semula. Dah lama mesin jahit kat bawah tu duduk dalam kabinet kat ceruk dapur. Kali ni, masih nak jahit beg. Tapi lain sikit, nak buat wet bags. Sekarang tengah survey PUL fabric. Since zippers memang banyak stok kat rumah ni, so takde masalah. Tinggal nak pikir, jahit PUL print ataupun kene cari cotton print lain jahit as outer layer. Takde masalah sangat rasanya nak cari fabric tu. Tapi takdela limited design sangat, sebab baru nak test market kan. Tak pernah jahit zipper, tapi rasanya tak susah mane pon. Rindu rasanya, dah lama sangat tak jahit beg.

Setakat ni, masih kumpul stok untuk cloth diapers & cloth pads untuk masa berpantang nanti. Insya Allah nak terus pakai lepas bersalin, tapi itu la, kena sediakan wet bag dulu. Kalau tak, pakai plastik biase je la jawabnya.

Last week pergi Baby Expo di MidValley. Saya tak rajin baca suratkhabar. Dapat tau pasal expo tu pun dari rakan2 MCDP. So hari Ahad pagi, pukul 10 dah tiba MidValley. Itu bukan paling awal. Saya pernah sampai MidValley pukul 9 pagi, OK. Kedai lain tak bukak lagi, breakfast kat Dunkin' Donuts. Teringat zaman dulu2. But anywayz, kami datang awal2 pagi sebab dengar cerita 2 hari sebelumnya parking memang penuh gila gara2 Baby Expo tu ler. Since kami nak kejarkan kenduri kahwin tengah hari tu, terpaksa lah bersiap2 seawal yang mungkin.

Memang jenuh nak berjalan dari 1 booth ke 1 booth. Tak buat list siap2. Cuma memang target nak beli Ring Sling and prefolds/flat diapers. Tapi sudahnya, beli Ring Sling dari JumpSac dan rompers dari Carter's dan Jodie's. Prefolds tak jumpa, dan memang tak nak beli pocket diaper sebab dah order a few sebelum tahu kewujudan expo tu. Lagipun, dah order jugak 1 Rumparooz pocket diaper ikot group buy (GB) dengan geng MCDP. Heee.

Survey car seat, tapi takde jumpa yang berkenan. Sebenarnya ada yang berkenan, cume harga die je tak selaras dengan akaun kewangan.

Jumpa Diahna shopping untuk barang baby die jugak. Tapi takleh borak lama sebab nak kejar masa sambil berasak-asak ngan orang ramai.

Sekarang ni dalam proses dan prepare lampin kain yang sedia ada. Tak nak beli pocket diaper dah sampai baby lahir, insya Allah. Cume nak beli lagi sikit flat diapers ngan cover sikit. Bace review, ramai orang kata better prepare flats/prefolds untuk newborns. Baik ikot cakap yang lebih arif. Harap2 semuanya berjalan lancar...

Klinik di desa

Dah sebulan berlalu. Alhamdulillah, takde rasa loya/mual/mabuk. Cuma hari2 rasa teringggiiiinnnn sangat nak makan chocolate Mars. Mentang2 la nama hubby choc tu, and dulu masa dating2 pon selalu die belikan. Haha.

Untuk checkup bulan ni, plan nak pergi klinik kerajaan. Sebab last month punye checkup dah kesian kat hubby, kene bayar 3x bil yang melebihi RM100 setiap satunya, dalam tempoh seminggu saja! Fuh. So mula la mencari kat klinik mana yang boleh buat antenatal checkup. Ada kawan hubby suggest Klinik Desa kat Kampung Melayu Subang. OK. Tak jauh sangat dari rumah, so kitorang pon pergi la di pagi Selasa yang indah.

On the way nak pergi tu, tak sure jalan. So telefon sepupu saya yang kebetulan memang duduk kat area tu. Alhamdulillah, nasib baik direction dia bagus. Kitorang sampai klinik tu sebelum pukul 8.30am. Klinik tu bukak kul 8.00am kalau tak silap. Tapi ramainya orang, Subhanallah. Masuk je, tak tau nak buat ape, rasa pelik pun ada sebab SETIAP manusia dalam klinik tu semuanya MENGANDUNG! Hahaha. Duh! Pelik la sebab tak pernah berada dalam situasi tu kan. Ada jugak beberapa suami yang tunggu kat luar. So hubby suruh saya masuk dan tanya apa yang patut. Sambil terpinga2, saya pun tanya la akak nurse tu, apa nak buat kalau 1st time datang nak checkup. Pastu dia bagi buku merah dan suruh saya isi butir2 diri. Yey! "Amek nombor dulu yer!" Baik betul akak ni. Saya pun ambil nombor .... 87!!! Woah. Pastu saya tanya,

"Kak, lama lagi tak no. 87 ni?"

"Lama..."

"Agak2 berapa lama? Saya nak pergi makan dulu boleh?"

"Erm... jangan lama sangat la, sebab nak timbang berat apa semua ni lagi sebelum masuk untuk checkup. Dalam setengah jam datang balik."

"OK, terima kasih"

Yey. Perut memang tengah lapar. So kitorang breakfast kat warung berhampiran. Nasi lemak, nyamnyam. Dalam kul 9.00am camtu pergi semula klinik tu. Masih belum panggil no. Pastu baru tau yang sebenarnya ada hari2 tertentu je yang boleh datang untuk antenatal checkup. Hari lain untuk kanak-kanak & sakit biasa. Fuh, memang langkah kanan la time tu kan, kebetulan memang kami datang pada hari yang betul. Kalau tak, mau mengamok singa putih sorang tu.

Tunggu punya tunggu... malas la nak cakap panjang lebar sangat yer. Dah amek darah, sampel air kencing dan short interview, maka namaku dipanggil. Alhamdulillah...akhirnya. Kalau nak tau, time ni hubby dah balik rumah dah. Dia kata nak cek e-mail kjap sebab die ni seorang pekerja yang sangat berdedikasi. Haru-biru die tunggu kat situ tak buat apa2. Mana taknya, time nama kene panggil tu, dah pukul 12.30pm kot!!! Memang patutla die balek kejap. Kalau nak ikotkan, saya pon nak ikot balik sekali! Huhuuu.

Tapi puas hati la dengan cara die checkup. Walaupun bukan doctor yang buat pemeriksaan, tapi lain la cara pemeriksaan dia dengan hospital & klinik saya pergi sebelum ni. Die tekan2 perut, cek payudara, cek kedudukan janin, interview kita punya health history secara mendalam dan nurse confirmkan kandungan 13 minggu ikut kiraan. Tapi kalau ikut scan, lewat seminggu. Since result darah yang diambil sebelum tu menyatakan kepekatan hemoglobin (Hg) saya agak kurang dari paras normal (10.3 - normal 11), nurse tu dah siap prescribe iron tablet (Ferum Sulphate) atau dalam bahasa melayu die, tablet zat besi. Macam biasa, saya menolak pemberian ikhlas nurse tu, dan last2 nurse tu pun mengalah. Tapi dia pesan kalau next checkup Hg masih rendah, saya kene masuk hospital kat Kelana Jaya. Yer yer je. Nak takutkan la tu. Tapi saya cakap nanti saya makan buah jambu batu dan sayur bayam banyak2. Hehehe.

Yang bestnya, bila dah keluar bilik tu, macam dah tak tau nak buat ape. So saya pun tanya la sorang nurse ni, "Kak, saya dah checkup, camne eh?" Pastu akak tu kate, "Ooo.. nak escape eh, meh sini". Aik? Bila pulak saya nak 'escape' (melarikan diri?). Saya pun ikot je la. Rupanya akak tu nak tuliskan surat macam 'absence from work' untuk beberapa JAM saya tunggu kat situ. Padahal saya bukannya bekerja pun. Layan je la akak tu dah tuliskan slip. Pastu bila die bagi slip tu, saya tanya,

"Kak, ni je ke?"

"Hak ah, ni je la."

"Erm.. takyah bayar?"

"Ha? Tak payah..."

"Tapi kenapa? Sebab saya tak amek ubat yer?"

"Takdelah. Kita kat sini memang takde bayar ape2"

"Oo ye ke. Sori, saya baru 1st time datang, tak tau. OK, terima kasih, kak"

Hehe. jakun kan? Memang! So untuk sesape yang kat luar sana yang masih jakun seperti saya, tak perlu tanya soalan tu lagi yer. Memang takyah bayar 1 sen pon kalau checkup kat Klinik Kerajaan. Tapi yang kita kene bayar cuma lah MASA MENUNGGU 4 JAM! Huwaaaaa. Sanggup ke lagi nak menghabiskan masa kat situ? Tak taulah... Tunggu bulan depan...

Seminggu bagaikan setahun ...

Rasanya, mulai dari sekarang, nak start blogging in BM lah. Rasa pelik pun ada sebab selama ni, dalam banyak2 blog yang pernah ada (dan yang masih ada), semuanya tulis dalam English. Bukan sebab perasan terer, tapi sebab target readers konon2 international, and nak prektis la kitenye writing skill kan. Tapi rasanya cukuplah blog2 lain tulis in English, blog yang ni khusus untuk pembaca2 tempatan. :)

So sambung dari post sebelum ni, dalam tempoh seminggu gynae bagi untuk tengok tumbesaran baby, Duphaston yang gynae bagi tu saya tak habiskan pun. Sebab masa tengah buat research kat internet, dapat tau yang Duphaston telah diharamkan di beberapa buah negara termasuk US & UK. Untuk mendapatkan kepastian, saya tanya kakak, seorang mikrobiologist, and dia dengan selamba menjawab, "hak ah, memang pon.."Ciss. Sampai hati tak bagitau. Tapi nasib la kan, sebab saya pun baru bagitau die pasal Duphaston tu. So dipendekkan cerita, saya terus berenti makan Duphaston, dan sambung makan Lingzhi, Pollen, Protein & VitaKing. Sepanjang tempoh seminggu ni memang saya lah manusia paling pemalas di Asia Tenggara. Makan minum, semua disediakan oleh suami yang tercinta, betul2 kat tepi katil. Laptop kadang2 atas meja tepi katil, kadang2 terus letak atas katil, senang nak baring sambil main game. Hehe. Cuma bangun dari katil nak pergi toilet & solat je. Solat pun suami suruh duduk, sebab bila bangun lama ataupun duduk atas kerusi biasa pun, saya rasa macam tak sedap, macam boleh rasa darah tu nak turun. Memang best la hidup time tu. Takyah pikir ape. Tapi tak semua orang sanggup nak buat camtu kot. Sebab apa? Memang best baring je tak buat ape2. Tapi selalunya manusia ni susah nak mengaku yang dirinya 'sakit'. Lebih2 lagi kalau sebenarnya kita tak rasa 'sakit' tu...

Yerp, sepanjang saya memalaskan diri atas katil tu, memang takde rase sakit perut dan sebagainya. Alhamdulillah. Tapi memang dah bersedia untuk mengalami apa2 rasa sakit, sebab dah baca kat internet, IF kandungan tak selamat, memang akan rasa sakit yang amat masa nak keluarkan baby tu. So memang dh prepare for the worst, alas tempat tidur dengan plastik. Tapi kita expect for the best, sebab Allah Maha Mengetahui. Saya doa banyak2 agar Allah berikan yang terbaik untuk kami.

Selesai seminggu, nak pergi checkup kat KPJ Shah Alam, follow up ngan Dr Siti Esah. Kali ni, hubby ada hal penting kena attend, so pergi ngan bonda tersayang. Kitorang maintain cool depan each other, tapi Allah saje la yang tau betapa berdebarnya time tu. Dalam nak tunggu seminggu sebelum hari tu, Ya Allah... lamanya rasa. Tak tau apa keputusan. Tak tau apa yang Allah dah tentukan.

Cek blood pressure, OK. Pastu gi scan la kan. Mummy ku berdiri kat hujung katil sambil tengok skrin. Saya yang paling berdebar la time tu. Walaupun dah bersedia untuk apa jugak keputusannya (insya Allah), tapi kalau korang sendiri yang ada kat tempat tu, korang tau la ape nak rasa. Bukan nak doakan korang semua mengalami benda yang sama tapi kalau ade orang kate "I know how you feel..." tipu lah tu, melainkan dia memang betul2 pernah rasa. OK, takyah citer panjang lebar. Alhamdulillah dah ada heartbeat. Sepatutnye ikut kiraan, kandungan dah 8 minggu, tapi ikut scan, baru nak masuk 7 minggu. Alhamdulillah, syukur syukur syukur. Terus SMS hubby dan rasanya dia pun amat2 lega dah. Tapi yang bestnya part Mummy tanye gynae "Apesal bentuk die camtu?" Hehe. Gynae tu pun kate "Ni kecik lagi, memang belum ada bentuk". Yerlah, nama pon 6 minggu. Kalo 6 bulan tu sedap sikit mata memandang kan? :D

Lepas tu Dr Siti kata, "OK, sambung makan Duphaston untuk sebulan, yer?" Terus dengan rasa rendah diri dan penuh sopan, saya cakap,

"Err.. doctor, saya tak nak makan la lagi Duphaston tu boleh tak?"

"Kenapa? Ubat ni untuk kuatkan rahim"

"Erm... sebab saya dapat tau yang ubat tu dah discontinued kt US & UK, so .. errr... boleh tak saya tanak makan apa2 ubat?"

"Hmm.. saya bagi awak risalah pasal ubat ni yer. Memang selamat, tak affect baby. Mungkin lepas bace ni you akan pikir balek"

"OK"

"So camne ni? Taknak makan? Kalau tak nak makan, saya tak bagi la yer. Kalau tak membazir pulak"

"Hak ah, tak payah la. Terima kasih"

Phew. Selamat. Nasib baik Dr Siti ni tak garang. Tapi kakak saya kata Dr Siti hanya akan garang time nak bersalin tu nanti. Hehe. Takotnya! Iyerlah, dia dah 2 kali pengalaman ngan Dr Siti. Tapi takpe, memang patut pun garang time sakit2 tu, kalau tak makin mengada pulak kita nanti.

And the next checkup is gonna be in another month! Taa¬

It's a positive! (?)

Been wanting to update this blog long time ago but haven't got the right words to put in here. So before it's too late, I better jot down a few on what's happening in the normal married-life. :)

Alhamdulillah, we are now expecting our 1st baby. At first, we thought of family-planning to make sure we are totally ready before having a child. But after being married, talking with few experienced friends, and being Muslims ourselves, we realized that it is not our call to decide when we want it to happen. Especially when I have a close relative who is not (yet) able to have a baby, even after (almost) 5 years of marriage.

So in the 3rd month of our marriage, we found out that I am pregnant. It was a mixed feeling. Scared? Excited! Thrilled~ I first tested with a RM5 pregnancy tester bought from Watson. I was so excited that I tested on the day I was supposed to get my period. LOL. At first, only single line appeared. I thought that was it. Negative. So I just left the tester in the bathroom and after few hours, I saw the 2nd line on the indicator. Wow! Really? After doing some google-ing, I found out that if the 2nd line appeared a few hours later, it could be a false positive. Also, it is better to test the first thing in the morning when our urine is concentrated and not watered down. So a week after, guess what? I was so confident because my period is still no where to be seen. ;P So I did another test. This time, my darling bought a kit with 2 strips in it. And as expected, both strips showed positive result instantly. And much clearly than last week's. The feeling at that time? I hope I'll deliver the next day! Can't wait!

So at first, everything went great. As a first-timer, I continued my daily routine like feeding the cats, throwing off their litter, cleaning, driving, etc. Not too aggressive, though. Just, as always. We thought of visiting a clinic near our house; Klinik Wanita Metro on Monday for our first prenatal checkup. But on Saturday, I noticed some staining / blood spotting and was not sure of what to do. Since the clinic was closed on weekends, we waited till Monday. In the meantime, I was advised to have a complete bedrest and not to walkabout unless going to the loo. So on Monday morning, we went to Klinik Wanita Metro, only to found out that the clinic was still new. So new that they haven't even started operation! Sigh. We saw The Women's Specialist OBGYN Centre in the same row, and have it a go. We reach there as early as before 9am, but we got to go in around 10am. We managed to go home first, do some survey on other nearest gynaes in the area but decided to proceed with it due to time constraint. The gynae was an Indian guy. The consultation room was spacious. The assistant only checked my height and weight before entering the consultation room. After explaining to the gynae about my situation, we did a scan. First, he confirmed my pregnancy and said that it is still okay. Alhamdulillah. According to the scan, my beanie was 1 week later than calculated. But he said it's still okay and since it's only the 5th week of my pregnancy, no heartbeat was yet to be detected and he asked me to come for another scan in another 2 weeks time. He also said that I didn't have to have a complete bedrest as it's an 'old-fashioned' way. Extra rest, maybe necessary but normal activities can still be done. He added, if it's just slight spotting, there's nothing to be worried about but if it's bleeding like regular period, then most probably it's a miscarriage. Of course, I was still reluctant to take his advise and would love to continue to rest until everything is fine but hubby insisted me to follow the gynae's advice so I just continued bedrest for the day, and have my normal activity the next.

The next day, I drove about 40mins (one way) in the morning, went to the library, picked up a few books and when I realized that the books were kinda heavy, I quickly sat down. That was when I felt a slight strain on my lower abdomen, the place where the gynae did a scan on me the day before, to be exact. I was blank. I walked slowly, carrying 2 textbooks, go back to my room and drove home. As I reached home, suddenly I felt a little discharge. When I checked, it was blood, more than the spotting I had few days back. I knew that I've lost it, as I remember the gynae told me if it's like a regular period, it's gone. Trying to be calm, I called up mom and few other support system. Waited for hubby to come home from work and burst into tears. I was lying in bed. Still hoping for miracles to happen, even though I did not put such high hope to avoid further frustration. My sister told me to stay positive and see a specialist ASAP to check what's the real situation. So the next day (or two days after?), I went to KPJ Shah Alam (formerly known as Selangor Medical Centre, SMC) and met Dr Siti Esah. The wait was not that long, only 2 patients before me. After checking my blood pressure and all, she did a scan and said that the beanie was still in there but it's too soon to tell. Supposedly, my beanie should be about 7 weeks, with a weak heartbeat can be seen but according to the scan, it was 6 weeks so no heartbeat can be detected. She asked me to have a good rest, gave me a Duphaston to strengthen the uterus, and set another appoint in 1 week's time to see the growth of my beanie (if there's any). According to her, if the beanie is healthy, Duphaston will help to strengthen the uterus but if it's not, it will help to discharge my li'l beanie from my body. I was contemplating to take the drug as I did not want the latter to happen, but I took it for a few days. While consuming my Shuang Hor products with discipline.

Phew, it's tiring to tell all at once! Need some memory flashback since it was about a while ago. I'll share the follow up in the next entry.

We are married!

Alhamdulillah.

It has been about a month now since we've been married. It feels great to finally get it over and done with. Not that getting married is a tedious thing to do, but maybe the thought of having the ceremony perfect and all made it more adventurous than what it sounds like. But you know what, all the drama, rush and tears were all worth it. After all, we need to look forward for 50 years or more to make this work, not only that one night occasion. And I'm happy I'll be going through the many more years to come with the guy I've fallen in love with every single day, insya Allah.

A week before the actual day was critical. There's no room for mistakes, every second counts. Yeah, that's what I was hoping for - no mistakes. If you're an alien maybe it'll be true. But since I'm a plain human being, I have plenty of rooms to be filled in - with flaws and hiccups. Let's just focus on the positive things, ok? I wouldn't want to give bad ideas that'll make other bride-to-bes to change their mind. It'll be wonderful, trust me. :)

While busy settling the preparation for the ceremony, don't forget to get yourself prepared, personally. I mean, your beauty and health. Make sure to have a good rest a week before the event, at least. I know it sounds impossible, but just try your very best. Eat well. Plenty of water is essential. Imagine you not having enough sleep, skipped lunch and dinner 2 days in a row, panic, and worse... DEHYDRATED! Gosh. You wouldn't want the guests to mistaken you for your maid! I have friends who went for manicure, pedicure, a trip to the salon, and other self-grooming necessities which would be a little extra for that lucky guy. As for me, I did a little something that might still be a taboo for Malaysian - waxing.

Of course, since it was my first time, I was hesitated at first. Or second, might be third. It's a hell scary thing to even think about getting it done. I'm talking about Brazilian, here. I did a lot of research on my own, surfing the internet, watching videos on YouTube and plenty of thinking. To cut things short, I did it and glad with the outcome. It's difficult to explain in detail, but a simple advice I got from some anonymous on the net; Don't think too much. They've been doing it to many other people everyday and the last thing they would think about is how embarrassing the whole procedure is. Just let them do their work and you'll achieve the expected result. Be professional because THEY ARE. And don't worry, inform them that you are a first-timer and they WILL assist and tell you what to do.

I did it at Strip Ministry of Waxing in The Curve. I first called them up a day before to secure an appointment and ask them few (stupid) questions on what to prepare for a first-timer. Well, it's better to ask foolish questions than becoming a fool on the day itself, right? But fret-not, they won't be laughing at you, instead they'll guide you and explain in detail on what are the dos and don'ts. I also had my legs waxed and did a little 'cleaning' on the eyebrows (as suggested by my makeup-artist). I don't fancy the idea of having a one pencil-line on top of my eyes, so she advised me to inform the lady not to thin/shape, just reduce the messy-ness of my brows. Heh. Again, this was also the first time for my virgin-eyebrows, and I would say that I'm glad she got me did it. :) I don't know about other places but for me, Strip:MOW is highly recommended in terms of hygiene and professionalism and I'd probably pay another visit soon! Of course, I've heard stories about how they like to persuade customers buying their post-wax care products. But the truth is, that's the truth! LOL. Make sure you've set your mind not to agree to any 'other' things they offer while waxing, because your mind might be thinking elsewhere while someone is stripping off a warm harden wax from your body. Also, I was offered for a RM500 advanced deposit that could be converted into points and claim-to give me better benefits for my next visits but we politely declined since the total bill for that day was only less than RM200. But hey, on the bright side, if you agree to pay the RM500 deposit, you're entitled to get discounts (I think 20% off) in the month of your birthday! Weeehee.

As for my henna, it was a very last minute thingy. I almost didn't want to get it done due to the time constraint, but lucky for me to have such wonderful friends who helped me went through all the panic attacks. They waited patiently next to me the night before my solemnization. I actually got the henna leaves accidentally while having my lunch about a week before in SS19. The soon I saw the henna tree, I quickly asked the saleslady if it's OK for me to get some henna leaves and luckily she was kind enough to let me slashed some branches. I got my aunt to mush-mush them into a paste and am satisfied with the result, eventhough I would be happier if I could put the paste on another time. But still, I'm happy with the result! :)

Ok, that'll be all for now. I'll be updating more about my custom-made shawls and my overall feedbacks on the vendors - trust me, you WANT to know my feedbacks on them!

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Lucky Number Slevin!

Yes! After the long hiatus, guess what? The next Friday is the big day! About 7 days to go, insya Allah. You may be wondering why haven't there any updates all this while. Well, mostly it's due to my long frustrations towards the many parties involved in our wedding preparation. Don't get me wrong. Not from family / friends. But they are from the vendors themselves!

1. D'Renjis : You know how I was frustrated with nonsense-delay from D'Renjis, but I HAD to proceed with them since I've paid RM600 upfront! Maybe to some of you, it's not a big deal, but for me, it's a huge amount! So after some du'a and not-too-high hope, I just go for the outfit they've prepared for me. It turned out oh-kay. Seriously, I'm not too head-over-feet for it. But I think I can live in it for one night. Only some minor adjustments I'm praying that Teteh could make it, 2 days before the big day. You think it's possible? Let's pray together. *pray pray*
2. SACC : After I started dealing with Tinkris, I'm quite satisfied with her tolerance. Only that, I'm still upset that of all the items they've included in the quotation, they just HAVE to leave out one, which is the backdrop of the main table. So I got the dais, decorated main table, arch at the entrance, etc... BUT the backdrop? Adoi! But ... Alhamdulillah, I met my long time schoolmate, Karl, who apparently just started his own Bridal business. So he saved my backdrop! insya Allah. Thanks, Karl from Briday Sanctuary!
3. RinsSuzana : We opt for them for Bertandang outfit. He wants to have a brand new suit. I go for the ready-made dress. 1st visit, we confirmed the outfit, his body measurement taken, paid deposit. Few weeks after, they called him to come another time to take his body measurement AGAIN because they lost the 1st one. OK. After few weeks, they called asking for measurement AGAIN! He started to piss already. But soon after, they called him up telling that they've found the previous one. OK. So we went for his fitting. At first, the suit colour was totally off. It was yellow instead of off-white. The intern-lady gave us craps but after insisting that it was not the right suit, they finally realized that it actually was not. The laundry store accidentally switched the suit with some other's. OK. So, the right suit came after about 30 minutes later. The shoulder was way too broad. Pants was loose. Chest was huge. Totally a suit that was NOT tailored according to his 2-times-measurement! We requested for the suit to be altered anyhow and they agreed to it. Until last week, when a guy called him introducing as an outsourced-designer for RinS, he actually wants to make amend by creating another brand-new suit for him. So we went to RinS AGAIN, on the 7th of Syawal, to take another measurement by the designer, and let's just hope everything turns out good less than 7 days later.

We've been very patient through out this head-aching experience, I must say. But at this very moment, I'm looking forward to just get everything over and done with cause I can't wait to enjoy my beautiful new life with the cutest almost-bald guy alive! Huhu. Hope to update another entry or two just before next Friday. But if it did not happen, see you after!

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