Married, I am...

Fuh.. it's been a while since I blogged...
I'm finally married! I can't express how happy and grateful I am. Everything went well, thanks to my lovely sistas and friends.. Like my aunt said, you can't find friends like them anywhere.. she's darn right! I don't know what I'd do without them.. bless them.. bless them..

Well, getting married should be simple, if you're a Muslim. But not these days, when Muslim receptions are trying to compete with the Chinese receptions! Orang Cina kalau buat kenduri kawin, macam bisnes dah. Kalau angpow kurang dari RM500, sori la nak makan kat meja ber-aircond, dok luar la mkn nasi ayam.. hahaha... no la, I'm just exaggerating. Tapi lebih kurang la tu. Dorang nak make sure kenduri tu balik modal. Cina, biasa la.. sumer bisnes...

Nak kawin? Senang je. Pegi kursus kawin, dengar betul-betul especially part camne nak isi borang permohonan kawin. Kursus kawin ni sebenarnya tu la tujuannya, nak ajar cara isi borang je. And I think it's kinda leceh gak la, especially kalau your partner is from another state. Luckily my husband orang KL gak (wow.. my "husband"!). Kursus kawin I hampeh sket, dia tak ajar betul-betul camne nak isi borang. Tak macam kursus kawin Deb, siap ajar tulis atas borang satu satu. Cis.. So, we ended up naik turun JAWI berapa kali gak la. It's a good thing we did it like months before we got engaged.

Thanks to b-Fyzal, he encouraged me to do things way ahead of time. Bayangkan la, 3 bulan sebelum kawin dah siap book dewan & caterer, HIV test, isi borang, amik borang, tempah baju, cameraman, blablabla.. patu tunggu hari jek. Those are the important things la. Last minute things like gubahan hantaran, kemas rumah, accessories pengantin, inai tu sumer tetap kelam kabut la.. demmit. Sedikit fail di sana. Sometimes the little things tu la nanti orang pertikaikan. Contohnya la.. my inai nih, bagi I dah cukup la ada kaler sudah la.. tapi utk makcik pakcik, oh sungguh tidak cukup merahnya... what the hell, I tengok cantik aje.. hihi. Takpe, kang bertandang I inai biar hitam terus.

I think the most difficult part of my wedding... is my mom. Ya Rasul.... I know she's excited and all, and I'm so thankful she's part of my wedding, and approves it.. but when she's stubborn... she's STUBBORN! No, I bukannya cerewet pasal gubahan ke, colour theme ke, tu sumer I bagi dia pilih. Tapi bila I pesan siap sumer awal-awal, dia tanak dengar, itu boleh membikinkan panik satu dunia! Just imagine, malam sebelum nikah tu I dok lari ke sana kemari pasal hantaran.. aiyo.. and she merajuk with me that night, sumer orang tanak tolerate sebab dah stress. I tension sebab my friends had to do the running too.
Moral: Pegi je upah orang buatkan hantaran kalau tak pernah buat. Kecoh aje.
But in the end, it all came up well, alhamdulillah...
Tapi, you tanya la sape-sape pun, stress tu sumer datang dari family, tak kira la makpak ke aunty-uncle ke adik-beradik.. family la.

I'm sure most of you know this already, my akad nikah was done in English.. hihihi.. sebab my dad kan pelat BM nih, so he wanted to do it in English, and of course b-Fyzal kena jawab in English la kan. 3 months before the wedding, I booked the Tok Kadi and told him to do the akad, at that time I thought it'd be better since my dad couldn't speak malay well, and normally kita melayu nikah dlm BM. Tapi masa rehearsal bleh plak Tok Kadi tu tanya my dad beberapa kali samada dia nak walikan and do the akad. Tah camne dia punya saiko my dad, my dad agreed to do the akad and the Tok Kadi recommended to do in English. Secara rohaninya, b-Fyzal and I dah pengsan. hahahaha.. well, I underestimated my super-dad! Masa akad tu.. secara coolnya dia telah menikahkan I.. hehehe...

And coming to b-Fyzal plak, masa nak jawab akad tu ada 2 options: satu ayat panjang, satu ayat pendek. The nite before, dia dah gabra and told me he couldn't do the long sentence sebab masa lafaz tu dah start tersasul here and there (Ni practice the day before tau..sebelum ni dah practice versi BM berbulan2, last minit kena buat English lak). So we agreed to do the short sentence.
But, he surprised me on the nikah day, when he replied with the long sentence! Sekali jek, and sah! We're married. hehe.. After all that, I asked him why he read the longer one instead? Tersasul ke? And he told me, he wanted to mention my name when marrying me.. awww... you so lomantik one lohhh...

"I hereby accept A***** binti A**** in marriage with mahar as declared"
Sounds simple, tapi cuba prektis berkali-kali with clear pronunciations, berbelit gak lama-lama.. hahaha..

I'm thankful that the food during reception was great. Everyone had their favourite lauk. Mine of course was the main table, waitress tu siap kopekkan udang kitorang okkk... mengada betul lah! Tempat cantik. Orang yang datang pun cantik-cantik, hensem-hensem.. AJK-AJK superb giler.. tak habis-habis I puji dorang.

Overall, my wedding was a success! Mengikut timeline and budget. Me and b-Fyzal, I think we make a great partner. My friends, they make a marvellous team! And oh.. tah camne dorang ni bleh ada chemistry ngan caterer, kan? Eye contact is just what they needed to communicate.. hebatlah! Saya bangga!

I would like to thank:
1. My beautiful sister Aisha who helped a lot.. When you said you'll stand by me no matter what, you kept your words. I WUV YOU!
2. Ashraf... for just being there! Thank God... When you're 25, you'll know why I always bebel at you...
3. Fara for helping from the very beginning and being my maid of honour.
4. Elly, Skin, Biq for handling all the caterers, hall and changing room, and always making sure the guests are okay, expecially rombongan lelaki. Thanks for running around doing last minutes errands for me too. Korang mmg bahan bualan aunty-aunty I. Memang tepatlah pilihan I meminta bantuan korang.
5. Arab for being the MC yang menggolekkan bunga pahar I hahahaha... kelakar nak mampos! Suara abang Arab memang mencongkam!! You guys won't believe if I said he can be a great MC! Serious! (tapi sebelum tu kena kasi dia karaoke sorang-sorang test mic dulu la)
6. Zamani who handled everything (especially my mom) like a professional event manager and for being b-Fyzal's bestman.
7. Hasrul for helping out with everything too! Thanks for the cars (yours and Skin's) for loading all those stuffs, last minute kereta I bleh rosak la plak kan...
8. GBam and Palie for being our photographers.. mana gambar wehhh... tak sabooo...
9. Nawwal for being my eldest sister once again.
10. Deb, Nan and KakDik for so many great advices and also for the lovely gubahan hantaran pihak lelaki... mak mertua I suka sgt lapik dulang tu haaa... cantik sgt katanya.
11. My parents.. for everything! I miss them already.. (padahal dekat nak mampos)

Did I miss anyone out?
Anyway, without them it wouldn't have happened the way I wanted..


I'm happy the wedding of my dreams finally came true.. simple and memorable. And I married the most wonderful man I've ever met... The last thing I need from my family and friends is to pray for my happiness, as I always pray for theirs... Love you all!


To my husband, Faizal.. Yatta! Everything happened because of you.. Thank you for all you've done. You make me love you more and more each day... Aishiteru!

Now darling.. can we finally go catch a movie??