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Last weekend, Husband and I celebrated our birthdays. I turned 29 on the 8th and he turned 30(!!) on the 10th. So, we had a mini birthday celebration weekend with our families and each other. It was nothing special, just going out for meals and spending time alone. As I grow older, I realised that I don't need the big, fancy parties or dinners anymore. I just want to spend it with people that matter - my families and my closest friends.  Anyways, here is some snippets of what we did on our special days.  The day before, celebrated with the most amazing Chocolate Cake from Just Heavenly.  8th June 2013 - Brunch with my family, sister #2 is missing. Boohoo. But, I guess she'll just bring pressies later. Haha. Went to Jid's baby #2 akikah. Babies melt my heart. Later that night, watched Jurassic Park at the GSC Signature.  9th June 2013. Celebration continues. Spent the day together, doing all sort of things. We were the same age for two day...

Whooop, 3 years already!  And this is our video highlights from our Akad Nikah on June 5th, 2010.  Some fun facts about the video;  #1 No one has ever seen it other than myself and husband  #2 They mis-spelled my husband's name. It's Syah, not SHah. Our pet peeves!  #3 Both myself and husband were so.damn.thin.  #4 Syomir and Arma have since moved from their old boutiques to swankier places now.  #5 My skin was super bad. Scars and bumps can be seen even with makeup on. I'm so thankful it's so much better now.  #6 The tok kadi was so late! And my husband were really anxious.  #7 After the akad, everyone laughed out loud at my husband's firm and "no-perasaan" way of saying the akad and his priceless look of relief.  #8 There was no official photo of my family during akad nikah because everyone was too busy! :(  #9 The tile floor was extremely hot when we ran out towards the end of th...

This is us, when we first got together 6 years ago. Amboi bukan main melekat lagi sebab baru bercinta. Haha. Sekarang cool je amik gambar . Mungkin sebab dua-dua dah berisi, nak melekap betul2 pun tak boleh, dah banyak lemak, Hehe. I love looking at old pictures. Puts a smile on my face. And warms my heart. Clearly, today has been a good day. Alhamdulillah.

Today, one year ago, we became Husband and Wife. We became the Raja Sehari. We had the beautiful solemnization. And the gorgeous receptions. And now, we are in this beautiful, wonderful journey of being Husband and Wife. Looking forward to more years together. I love you, always and forever.

Okay, this is just too cool! Photo taken from Pinterest I'm gonna find a reason to organize something just to do this! TOO CUTE! DO IT! 'Nuff said.

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Yesterday morning, I listened with horror at how this girl's wedding turned out disastrous! This girl, Nabila just got married last weekend. And a lot of unfortunate things happened to her, but the worst, in my opinion, was how she didn't have a MUA for her akad nikah!! On her nikah day, her MUA called her to say that he couldn' t make it because he's down with high fever!! Ohmygod, if I were in her shoes, I would have freaked! Seriously, what do you do?! Thankfully for her, her sister is a part-time MUA. Mana nak cari last minute MUA?! The good ones are booked months, even a year before! This never crossed my mind when I was preparing for my own wedding. I never thought that MUAs could ditched you at the last minute because of a sickness or emergency issues. I thought once you've paid the booking fee, then all is well. I'm not saying that MUAs aren't human and can feel no pain. But, hello have you heard of bridezillas?! *waves* They are unreas...

*cryyyyyyyyyyyyyy* This would be so perfect for my Moroccan-themed reception last June!!!! Urgh. Just imagine this cake against my pelamin? Gorgeous kan?! I didn't have a cake during mine. We had a pulut kuning instead. And now, I'm kicking myself for not caring too much about my cake. Pfft. I should stop browsing through wedding websites. Because this will happen! Sheesh.

We were one step closer to being together :) I still remember my engagement day as if it happened yesterday! Haha, clearly I'm still hung up on my wedding :p Nonetheless, this will always be the sweetest memories that I'll treasure forever. *love*

Today, one year ago, I received my first ring :) Awh, sweet memories. Forever, I'll remember these moments :) *Love*

One of the things that I was so excited about before getting married was wearing the inai. I did my research and searched everywhere for the most perfect inai lady. Funnily, I only started looking actively nearer to the wedding. So all the blogger-approved inai ladies were already booked! Eventually, I found one inai lady who does beautiful designs, free hand! She is Nabila Jamel - the person responsible for Ning Baizura and Serina Chef Wan's beautiful henna. I have no complaints other than her inai doesn't last! She said that it could last up to 2 weeks with proper care - minimal contact with water and slathering the inai-ed part with minyak cap kapak. Well, I did my best to do both. But, the design on my palms were gone completely after my reception. Have a look; I love love the colour! Exactly how I imagined it to be. Pictures are taken a day after. Notice the inai did not stick to my nails. Apparently, its because of the mani-pedi that I did. So, we bought I...

Call me Mrs. in 3 days! Am dead tired from running around the whole city to get things done! Monday I had another hen night! This time, organized by my Cardiff gfs. Twas a fun night - lovely company and lovely view. Pictures can be found on my fb, that is if you're friends with me. Haha. Sorry semua lepas kahwin ok? Tuesday - Pavillion to shop for something nice for myself (and soon-Husband), ahaha. And met up with the Jurunikah at night. Fiance siap practice akad nikah lagi. Beberapa kali pulak tu. Dah tak surprise dah nanti, haha. Today - Went to pick up table numbers at Kota Damansara, checked out the Reception Hall, Syomir's to pick-up baju nikah (absolutely gorgeous! *love love*) and RR's to pick up reception dress (stunning as well(!)) Thankfully, running around ends today. Tomorrow I have the whole day planned to pamper myself. Wax in the morning, spa after and best of all(!) pakai inai at nightttt! Woot woot! I'll be having my family and closest friends over tom...

Oh-Em-Gee!! Less than a week to go! Excited, nervous and cannot wait to get over the wedding! Hee. What did I do for the past 2 days? My gfs threw me a surprise bridal shower yesterday! It was awesome!!! Had sooooo much fun with the girls. And they threw such a gorgeous partay! Oh how I wished that didn't have to end :p These kinda of things makes me loveeeeee being a bride-to-be. Hehe. After the awesome bridal do, I went to Ikea with sistas. Our mission? To get mirrors for the bilik pengantin and dewan nanti. Got 2 of them for less than rm200. Cheapo kan? And today, I went for my reception dress fitting at Rizman's. Ohhhhh, love love the dress! And the whole look that RR created just now was just uh-ma-zing! Hopefully we'll recreate the look again on the real day! After that, went to Fiance's house for a full dress fitting. Make-up and hair sekali. Oh my bajus for Fiance's side kena alter banyak! Hehe. I nak cakap I dah kurus la tu :p And that was my weekend! Tomor...

Haaaaaaaihhhhhhhh!! Hatiku sangat berdebar-debar sekarang! Just came back from meeting my wedding team who will be coordinating the reception nanti. Went through the running order with them. And I'm hoping that the reception will run accordingly and smoothly!! I'm actually nervous! Takut sangat kucar kacir! But, I've got a great team helping me out. They are all Cardiffians :) and I trust their event management and organization skills! I'm leaving the flow to them! And hopefully everything goes on smoothly, InsyaAllah. I'm hoping that my family can co-operate with my wedding team. I need to brief everybody on how it will be etc. Serious, bridezilla okay!! But, I am finding it very hard to let go of control! Argh. So just bear with me okay? Seminggu je lagi! Haha. Oh oh, went to pick our wedding bands!! So cantikkkkkk! I felt a bit sad masa amik cincin tadi since tak tau la bila lagi nak masuk jewellery store kan? So I told Fiance that I was going to cherish that mom...

Fuuuhhhh! Penaaaaattttttttt!! I had an extremely long day today! I was still working today. Cuti officially starts tomorrow. Weehoo! I kept on saying to my friends that today is my last day at work as a MISS!! Hehe. I'm pretty sure I sounded like a broken record! But my friends and department mates (boss included!) are the sweetest! Layan je karenah I! Hehe. Over lunchtime, I went to see Adib of Arma Wedding Couture. Sent my hantaran items. Pheww, glad that's sorted! Will pick them up on Friday nite. Then, after work I went to Syomir's to take the extra material for my tudung. Fiance's baju nikah pun dah siap and dah ambil! Hehe. Mine will be ready next week! After Syomir's, met up with Zaidan of Shutterspeak to discuss the concept of our video nanti! Am actually very excited to see how that will turn out!! And now here I am, dead tired and cranky! It's past my bedtime already! Nitey nite!!

What have I been doing for tha past 3 days? • Got my table numbers sorted (thanks Nana!) • Finalised the running order for my reception! And emailed it to emcee and my wedding coordinators • Andddddddd, best of all! Had a blast at my karaoke bachelorette partayyyy! This was organised by my department mates! *thank you thank you* :) I want to put up pictures of the karaoke session. Tapi internet di rumah is down and masih tak pandai nak upload via bb! So, just make do with writings la for now okay? Oh, I'm feeling more excited than nervous now!! *big big smile*

Whoops! I missed a few days of my countdown. Hehe. But, I'm happy to say that we have finally got everything for Fiance's hantaran. So Mom can stop nagging. Hee *peace Mom* Will send everything to Arma by next week hopefully. We are also doing the food tasting for our nikah on Wednesday! Will also finalise all the tiny tiny details for the nikah then. Am praying that everything will turn out exactly as I imagined. Hmm, what else? Oh oh! Picking up rings on Fridaaaayyyyy! Woot woot! Can't wait to see my band! And I chose one that is totally different from what I originally planned! But both myself and Fiance absolutely love it! Oh I'm also taking the extra material from Syomir so that I can pass it on to Rizman, who will be making my tudung nikah. Sounds complicated? Nah, just a lot of work! Hee. And finally, I've made progress on those corsages! Yahoo! 18 down, 32 more to go! Hehe. I think that's about it at the 13 days mark!!

I've decided to do a countdown post till the wedding day! My stress level is now more manageable! Haha. Simply because I have done a lot of things already. And because I have the sweetest set of friends and family, who are ever so willing to help. :) All I needed to do was ask. I have mail out MOST of my cards. I still have a few to mail out but am just waiting for the addresses to come. Hee. But, yeah not too bothered since I dah ajak mulut. We have also bought Fiance's hantaran items. Just need to get that TV! Yes, you read correctly. A TV! Mana la nak letak atas dulag kan? Arma siap tanya dua-tiga kali just to make sure I wasnt kidding. Sorry Arma, I really am serious! ;p And we are also finished with the doorgifts! Honey is safely in jars, complete with the doily! Ok, I have to admit that I did not contribute much to this. Mom did most of the work, along with her supporting team of friends and family. Thank you thank you! So yes, I wonder what will I cross off the list tomo...

This is to distract myself from the craziness of last minute wedding preparation! Oh, not to mention the family drama that comes along with it! Pfft. For my Nikah, the theme is now Grey and Pink. I'm getting all my friends to wear pink on the day! And thankfully enough, they're all very sporting like that ;p So, for my hand bouquet, my friend found this on SMP (I have no time to browse thru' wedding blogs anymore, how sad kan?!) Arent they the sweetest? So fitting for an Akad Nikah kan? I'm showing Arma this, hopefully he can come up with something similar or better yet, exactly like this! :)

*faints* Oih, my stress level nowadays is very the tinggi! I'm going to list out what I need to do (and you'll understand why the stress level is such!) 1. Post cards out! 2. Print out table numbers 3. Finish corsages for family members 4. Get borang kebenaran done!!!!!! 5. Meet up with Zaidan of Shutterspeak 6. Ask Arma re hand bouquets and hantaran 7. Get flow of the day finalise! 8. Buy Fiance's hantarans! Urgh *scowls at Fiance* That's all that I can think of now. I'm sure there's more to this. Oh oh, and to top it all, work at the office is piling. Great. That's just LOVELY.