the solemnization of Ariff Alsukor & Syida Rosihan

yeah i know.... it took me ages to write this post...it's basically long overdue... well in my defense, this simply bcos i am still in denial. BIG TIME!!! my first born nephew ( the eldest son of my eldest brother~ A1) has decided to end his bachelorhood days to his childhood sweetheart during his primary years in penang, end of last year.

accordingly (this is their story), they lost contact for a long, long time until FB reconnected them. when my brother~A1 texted me asking us to block 'the date' last year, we did so thinking that he wanted to have some kind of family gathering of sort. a  week later came the news that ariff was actually getting married! oh what joy a family gathering indeed!!! (i was being sarcastic actually...boohoo...;( shoot me!

i was like WHAT!??? he's only a child as far as i'm concern?  which male species ever get married at the age of 24?  what does that suppose to mean, that he's getting old? mmm.... yeah i thought so...;P

but, how is that possible? he was still in diapers not so long ago!!! & yes this post claims so many unNecessary exclamation marks i know...to those who gets annoyed with it do bear with me...cos i'm like moaning & whining right now, ok!!!

on top of that i am an aunt-in law? already? gosh i can't even begin to imagine if & when they deicde to get pregnant later.... like hopefully not so soon....what would that makes me!??? *_____*

moan or no moan..here are some of the pics to share....

as much as i was in denial, i helped him with the henna with my symbols~Love Sunny...hehhehe :P

yep, huge & old *___*

during the solemnization..

here comes the bride...

sweet syida, the one that makes me an aunt-in law...

 rings exchange ceremony...

 a symbol to signify the moment where the couple is legally allowed to touch each other

 my(also in a state of ) in- denial eldest brother~A1 can't blame him either he only just turned 50 last year...& meSIL.

the happy couple in a different costume during the bersanding & dinner...

cake cutting ceremony...

see what i mean when i said he's only a child???

...someone still has to feed him!!! ;P

till the next post on Ariff & syida's wedding reception pics on the groom's side...stay tune...
in fact i have so many overdue posts that i only managed to blog in my head due to laziness~ full-stop. ;P

so who's the bride, again?

went to a friend's wedding last Sunday nite...
in their fb event page stated that it's a garden do & guests were advised to wear...
 
Dress code for Female: White or Gold or Cream
Dress code for Male: White or Cream Top/Shirt
Theme: White Villa & Garden Wedding 


so here's the snap shots of the nite...

here comes the bride...dressed all in white...

oopss...which one's the bride?

err...the bride is hugging another bride at the same wedding??

now, now, now..whose wedding is this again?

hmmm... must have attended the wrong wedding then did we...i've not a clue who this couple are...

but 

this 

couple

i

   know...

Hamdi Hamdan / Humpty Dumpty / Mash Potato / Sonny & Halini / Nini

...our paintball buddy & WAG.

...wearing white as a bride is a (western) tradition, wearing white as a guest at a wedding is not a good idea, wearing a 'long  bride like white dress" complete with hair properly coiffed up is a definite NO-NO!!!

albeit without the tiara & veil, u're still way too much, shame on u missy!!!

  even if it is part of the colour code in the event page.. one has 2 other color options to wear aside from white...which is cream or gold...

like Siti & i~ even though they look like a couple of going to party dresses...& probably a lil under dress for the wedding,  but at least we didn't (or even try to) outdo the bride yo! ;P

so shall we have the decency &  leave white for only the bride ( & may be the groom too )please.....

to Mash & Nini, Congratulations!!! May u two (plus+) live happily ever after...

~end~

my sirih junjung challenge.

Sirih (betel nut leaves) and accompaniments with flowers known as 'Sirih Junjung' is a must item for hantaran.so this was my challenge during my BIL's~ Jomey wedding recently. for the last 2 weddings; my Sil's~ Eyna & BIL's ~Kerry weddings, i was only asked to do & arranged  the hantaran but never been entrusted with Sirih Junjung before, my MIL always had someone else attended to it. but this time around she somehow insisted that i take charge of this most main item in the hantaran according to adat!
well......i'm pretty good @ handicrafts but sirih junjung!? Alamak!!!...quite frankly i don't even remember how mind looked like when i got married let alone who made the arrangement!

anyhow...i took the challenge, i thought it would be interesting actually..it's always good to learn something new..problem is...the Akad took place on Saturday in JB & we're here in Semenyih...so it's kinda impossible to use fresh flowers for the arrangement...
basically to avoid the sirih junjung looking like this after a long day event & a long journey home....

so we settled for  fake flowers but using fresh Sirih...
err... another problem is, for this wedding of her 2nd son, she was kinda anxious for some reasons...most probably because we had to travel all the way to JB with all the hantaran  i guess, insisted that i made the arrangement on the Thursday night..since she said we'll be leaving for JB on the next day( even though the Akad will only take place on Saturday)...being a good DIL i said "ok mak."
so the challenge began....

 errk...ignore that inter-framing lil Korean girl...;P

quite amazingly, i managed it with just one attempt.

but.....

 

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!  the next (fri)day after a half day journey by car to JB.....:'(

so almost halfheartedly this time around~ after dinner, i sat down quietly surrounded by the rest of the wedding entourage while discussing the next day agenda, i  started my second attempt but only worked with the sirih, cos the flowers...they were good to me....;P

so to ensure that the leaves stayed fresh the next morning (Saturday) for the Akad, some suggested that i should put it in the fridge over night!!! 

could they be right? one may asks....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~part of the leaves wilted!!!! :'(

since the Akad was due at 10 am, i went on my touch up mode at 6am....in my Kebaya!!! & that was why i went bare faced that day........;P

these were part the hantaran that i made or helped arrange & beautify....

 the Holy Quran & the Sejadah 

the telekung that i turned into a huge white flower...but mehubby thought from afar it looked like headstones at the cemetery...;P

 

the mas kawin (dawry)~RM22.50, of which RM10.50 were in RM0.50t hat sue, bam-bam & syaniz helped wrapped in gold foil paper to make it look like gold coins & the balance of RM10x1 & RM1x2 notes were origami folded to look like heart shapes, 

the wang hantaran in the Album & 

the wedding ring all in one tray...

 

the fruits

shoes & clutch bag

& not forgetting the personalized custom made chocolates that my MIL managed to leave behind, only remembered all about it after the Nilai Toll & forced us to turn around to retrieve it all the way back home....

 

the sirih junjung that i arranged ....

& the  one from the bride's

phewwhhh....finally i managed to finished this entry.....;D