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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Pissed.

Today, some people really managed to push my RED button.

It started since yesterday, when Niwa told me her e-mail to me was bounced back and ask if my e-mail address written on my namecard was correct. After giving her a lesson to send out successful e-mails, we managed to communicate smoothly. Being a person who likes to express my anger in the most kindest words, I think I did well, as always. Especially to a young lass who just cannot admit her mistakes, I just go with the flow, hoping that she'll learn in the process.

And after a few attempts of calling Su from D'Renjis (because she promised to return my call which she didn't even after 3 days), she told me the happiest news I could ever imagine. Just to let you know that I last visited the boutique in May, and the tailor said I could come for fitting in June. But I decided to call them up 3 days ago, why? Because I'm a super-bionic-wonderfully patient customer. So I can tolerate with some overdued deadlines. As long as those people know what they are doing. And Su just spilled out to me that, guess what, "baju tu tak jahit lagi lah".

*Smile*

"HUH? tak jahit lagi?"

"Hak ah. Semalam K.Ani kata tak jahit lagi"

"Habis tu bila saya boleh fitting?"

"Erm, lepas Raya boleh tak?"

*paused for 3 sec*

"Lepas Raya, bila?"

"Erm... 15 hari lepas Raya?" //*my solemnnization is on 14 Syawal 1431H*//

"15 hari lepas Raya??? kak, saya punya wedding 2 minggu lepas Raya, kak. Akak nak saya fitting lepas kawen ke?"

"Err, tak. Erm, 15 hari sebelum raya, eh 15 hari puasa boleh tak?"

"Berapa haribulan tu?"

"Erm, dalam 25?"

"25 August?"

"Hak ah."

"Ok."

I am a simple person, you know. You just give me a reasonable timeline, and perform. And I'll be the happiest person alive. But if you give me craps, you'll definitely get shit from me.

Cut-cut!

Went to D'Renjis yesterday to explain my dream-dress to Kak Ani, the tailor. Found out that the person I was dealing with about my package before has resigned. Thank God I went there in time, I think Kak Ani almost forgot about my dress. :( Anywayz, I am not hoping for such high expectation on this because I know that my taste of art & design is always the opposite of the majority, but I am just a bit relieved that now I can focus on other things.

Just a slight info on my dream wedding dress - It will be a long 1 piece dress, with empire waist, lace top and the bottom part will be from flowy chiffon material. Well, I really hope it won't go the total opposite of what I've imagined. Of course I can't expect a tip-top result as Kak Ani is not like the other well-known designers but based on her previous works, I must say that she is indeed a good tailor.

Till the next one!

List shortened!

A slight of burden has been shoved off our shoulders.

While he was back for a few weeks before heading back again to the Borneo city, we tried to squeeze in as many things as possible to be settled. And up to this moment, we have secured bookings for both of our receptions' attire, photography & videography.

For my reception, we've booked a package of attire, pelamin and makeup from D'Renjis. But since I already have my preferred makeup-artist, MOLA, we substitute it with stair-decoration and arch at the entrance. We have not decided with the colour, yet, but we've done measurement for the attire since he won't be around for another month or so.

For his reception, we've booked attire from Rins Suzana. I chose a ready-to-wear dress. Unfortunately, he needs to fork out another RM200 to get a tailor-made suit for his difficult size.

As for the photos and videos, we've decided to go with Avicenna. We only need to find another photographer for nikah event.

That's the update for now! Phew.

3rd one is a charm?

Today is the 3rd consecutive day of our baju-hunting. We started from Bangi - Putrajaya - Bangi. It was very tiring because we have to go back and forth for bringing our parents separately as bringing all of them together might not be a good idea. Many thanks to him for driving around while I'm mostly asleep all the time.

And of all the days, today, when I'm supposed to deliver products to my consumer and meeting new prospect, had to be the day I fell sick. So our hunt was cut short and LadyBoss plans to attend this weekend's Bridal Fair in PWTC to sum up the week.

Day 01, we went to check out Video & Photo Packages at Avicenna. If the link is still not working, do check them out on Facebook. We haven't decided on which package to take, but the offer was pretty good, though. After that, we checked out a couple of bridal boutiques nearby. First, it was Pesona Asmara. Tried on 1 white dress. Didn't look good on me. Next, we moved on to Leezsha. The designs were OK. The price was acceptable. But the attitude, was kinda tak boleh blah. Sorry. All the best to your 'royal' designs.

Day 02, brought LadyBoss to check out Puteris in Putrajaya. I love ALL the designs, and I mean ALL! Tried on 3 dresses. 1 with complete set of tudung, veil and tiara. He also tried on a complete set of baju melayu. LadyBoss' and my best choice of the day was Yellow Mustard. He likes silver, though. Later in the afternoon, we continued with his parents to Bandar Baru Bangi. I forgot the first boutique we went in, nothing to woo about, though. Next, we went to Zee Eika. This boutique was suggested by his bestmate since he'll be taking their package for his big day. I fell in love with that 1 dress, but have no energy to try it on. His parents were busy discussing about the catering package while we were dreaming about in our own world. The last pit stop of the day was Azue Bridal. The dresses were almost as cantek as Puteris' but the price was half of what Puteris offered! Bye-bye Puteris. I love you but unfortunately not my moolah.

Day 03, I was excited to bring LadyBoss to see what Azue Bridal has to offer. I tried on 1 dress. Fell in love with it. And we almost decided on our theme colour. Almost. And then I voiced it out that I was too weak as I think the viruses are partying in my body. So we stopped to grab a quick lunch. Waited for Nad because she wanted to join our venture that day. Next, we headed to D'Renjis. The address we had was its previous boutique, and thanks to its updated website, we managed to get the correct address. By this time, I just wanted to grab a chair and glue myself onto it. I don't know if it was my sick body and I want to get it done fast, or the price which is very affordable, all the dresses I saw were beautiful. I just feel like grabbing one and declare it to be mine on the big day but LadyBoss has another idea. She wants to make a new dress with their package as she said my body could not fit any of the dresses they have.

But till now, nothing has been confirmed, yet. Still surveying and thinking and dreaming. Hopefully all these will be done realll soon.

Out!