Hello world! I miss you

It's been a hell of a week. No one said that being a wife can be this tiring. I mean, making sure that the husband gets everything the he wants ready. By that means, the food in the tummy, the clothes in the closet and to wash everything that was left in the bakul baju. Well, I'm cooping....I'm cooping.

So far, it's still manageable. Lucky I must say that the hubs is not a fussy type of person. As long as the tummy is filled, everything else comes easy.

We've been very busy getting our room's done. He's been bringing in his stuff from his old house into the room and I have hard time arranging them as my "territory" is not that big. It has always been only one person's stuff in the room but now, since the owner has increased by one person, we'll definitely need a bigger space. Almari baju is one of them. Sigh!

We fixed the internet line too. Yey! Installed a Wifi connection in the house dan sekarang tiada lagi masalah perebutan kuasa terhadap pengguaan internet.

Oh! I think I better stop now as I am on medication. The fever decided to say hello this morning.

Goodnight world! Have a happy day tomorrow.

Wedding review #1

There were only two things that I love about my wedding. Not that hate them all, it's just that they were the ones that I'm most satisfied. First is the wedding attire; both for the akad nikah & reception and the other one is the hantarans.

So here it goes:-

1) Solemnization - 15 January 2011, 10.30 am

Designed by my mother. It was inspired by a dress she saw at a laundry at Bangsar Shopping Centre. She fell in love with the dress the moment she saw it. She took lots and lots of pictures over the dress. I can see how "in love" she was with the dress.

I didn't go for any professional wedding designers to design my wedding attire. I don't see the point of hiring one which will cost me arms and legs just to do a dress that can only be worn once for the next million of years. I decided to hire a dear cousin of mine who is very talented in making wedding attires and is able to fulfill the needs of having a very nice dress that I can wear on my akad nikah. For the record, he is a responsible beads-sewer for one of the top wedding designer in Malaysia. And with that, I am confident with his taste and workmanship.

We went for materials hunting and believe it or not, with the connection he has with Jakel's management team, we got all materials for 50% discount or more for all materials bought. Dirt cheap.

After months of waiting, he made my akah nikah dress a reality. I fell in love with the dress even when it was 50% completed; where no beads and what not on the dress. I love the simple cutting and the detailing. Very neat! I love how the dress shaped nicely with my body. I love love the dress.

He altered the selendang-cum-veil that was used during my engagement and add in more beads to make it looks lovelier. And for the record, he sewed it with his own bare hands without any help from the sewing machine. *tabik spring*

I thought of keeping the dress for my future daughter *chewahh* to be worn on her akah nikah, Insyallah. But that is just an angan-angan. Kak Zue, a wedding consultant has asked whether I am selling the dress but I said No. I'm not planning to sell the dress not rent it out. I'm keeping it for the usage of my future children. Wah! But the selendang-cum-veil is on sale. I'm renting the veil out. Price is negotiable.



2) Reception - 15 January 2011, 8.00 pm

I was flipping one of the Pengantin magazines and saw a very long dress that catches my heart. I grab a paper and designed a dress instantly. I then send it to the responsible person to ask whether she is able to make a new dress that look similarly to what I have designed. Lebih bagus kalau dia boleh buat sebijik-sebijik. I wanted the same color scheme as per picture above and Alhamdulillah, she managed to make the dress as per requested. I was trilled when I saw the dress during the first fitting session. I was praying hard for the dress to turn out to be as what I expected. I got to see the dress only days before my wedding day and boy, how happy I was when I saw it hanging by the closet. It doesn't look nice there hanging without a body in it. But it looked perfectly nice when I started wearing it; at least for me I think it is!

Isn't it lovely? *baik kau cakap yes!*


All in all, I'm most satisfied with these two attires that I had on my wedding. It's very simple and very ME! I do not have to spend a dim on it. It was beyond my expectations and both of them were on a reasonable price. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Oh, please excuse the facial expression I have there. I know I look ugly in the picture.

Thanks to Abg Adek for the baju nikah. I've helped you to get more business, jangan lupa commision lepas ni kita bincang belakang kira and to Kak Zue and team from Jez Wedding for the lovely decorations. Your services were very much appreciated! Memang best!

Will write on the hantarans soon as I am now back in the office and work doesn't permit me to even log in to Facebook. Grrr.

Happy day ahead people!

Oh! Back to reality

I guess the holiday has finally over. 10 days of adsence and work resumes tomorrow. I even received a text from my boss asking about work. Well, honeymoon's over honey. It's time to rock the boat back again. In fact, I'm feeling nervous about going to work tomorrow. It feels as if it's the first day of going to a new place for a job interview. Restless at the same time.

It was fun. The last 10 days was a tiring but fun days I've spent. And that's the end of our wedding fiesta. So I guess, everything is back to normal now except that I'm a Puan now. Wohoo! How's that feeling?!

It's been a week since I have a room partner and we've never been separated ever since but today, we decided to "separate" ourselves from each other. He's out to get his stuff from his old house while I'm here doing house chores, watching downloaded TV series and having a nice cup of hot coffee by myself. It's good to have me-time. I think every once in awhile, we are entitled to spend our time on our own though we have other commitments in our hands but that can wait. Like the older people said "sayang bini dilepas-lepaskan". So, here I am melepaskan suami. He has his own life too and I have mine. It's not that I'm letting him go unsupervised *cough*. He has friends though! Tak kan dah kahwin nak putus kawan kot! As much as I don't want that to happen to me, he doesn't want that too! Compromise. Isn't that what is important in a marriage?! So, I'm compromising (for the benefit of my own *tehee*).

But I do miss him though when he's not around. I know how kodi that sounds and I better stop before somebody vomit on the floor.

Better stop now. Everyone is on their way back home and I haven't cook for dinner yet. Goodnight!

Broad-not-so-band

First thing first, to all telco providers, could you please upgrade your broadband services to the maximum. It's terrible here in the city of Alor Star even Streamyx got disconnected quite frequently. There's no need of huuhaa-ing on your good services or hanging your broadband devices' adds on every possible street lights if your signal is on a negative level. It's too slow even a rabbit can walk faster than the speed of a broadband. It should be called slowband instead. Urgh!

Secondly, Alhamdulillah, I survived two weeks of wedding fiesta and I swear to god, if anything bad happens to my marriage (minta simpang malaikat 44), I would never want to marry again. This shall be the first and the last wedding that I'm ever going to participate. Buruh kasar toreh getah pun tak sepenat ini. But all in all, I'm happy that everything went as planned. After months of preparing, we've made it all; we have now become a one big happy family.

Minang campur utagha = rojak!

It's been a week since we were married and the feeling is indescribable. But I'm still adapting. I haven't really done my job as a wife yet. Breakfast was prepared by the in-law ever since we arrived Alor Star. Lunch, well lunch we were busy getting things done. And by the time we reach home, food were already placed at the dinner table prepared by Izwan's grandma. Oh, she's 80 and she loves to cook. She cooks everyday and I eat everything that she cooked. I've been enjoying the company to bits. All I did was *list checking* making sure that my husband has his clothes ready/washed/fold and make sure that the house is clean. Ohh, we clean the house after the kenduri/makan-makan by ourselves; the two of us to make sure that the house is as per before the kenduri. Biggest achievement so far; pengantin basuh kuali, bersih rumah while everyone else were already down snoring.

But one thing that makes the different after we were married was the thing that we did yesterday that really catches the heart. Ever since we were married, we haven't had the chance to perform solat together. It's either Izwan first or I solat later. But yesterday afternoon, we decided to perform Zohor together. I cried silently after the last Salam, praying for the very first time as a wife imam-ed by my husband. And I thank Allah for having me making the right decision on marrying the guy that I've married. I can't describe the feeling that I had but I know that the feeling was pure. And I know that we are going to be fine together, Insyaallah. I had the same happy feeling when we prayed Asar and Maghrib. It was beyond words.

And I understand now why Nabi told his ummah that marriage is part of ibadah.

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This post was supposed to be published yesterday's night but due to the lack of signal, it can only be posted today. Oh! by the way, I'm home! Taman Melawati that is.

Tired!

#8

Dan akhirnya saya bergelar Puan.







Will update more soon.

Aku sudah menerima nikahnya

At 10.30am, on a Saturday morning, 15 January 2011, I have officially signed the legal paper as Mrs Izwan Zubit. All praise to Allah, all the hard work and energy fighting with my mom paid off. There'll be no more face making, disagreement, quarrel and making unnecessary trip to the city (SEMUA House).

Note: I shall not remember the time I have spent preparing for the big day. Tiring as hell!

It was a lovely day surrounded by family members and close relatives from both families. Fortunate for me as three of my best girls were there to celebrate the day with me. Alhamdulillah.

With this opportunity I would like to thank all the family members for the helping hand. My immediate family for the hard work (I will never forget the time & energy that they have spent preparing for the big day. Memang tak terbalas). My besterestest friends for always be there to lend their shoulders to cry on, for always answering my emergency calls and for always be there when I needed them the most. To the guest that came for the reception and also the gift :) terima kasih daun keladi.

Am currently at the in-law's. Dok blajaq cakap utara noh! Will update with photos later as Maxis broadband suck big time here in Alor Star.
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The last 48 hours

• All I asked from Izwan was a slice of Secret recipe's Indulgence chocolate cake. I had the sudden craved for the cake when we were out to pay his mom's bill. I wanted something sweet and sugar high. So I dragged him to Secret Recipe after paying those bills.
  


• Had the biggest fight with Izwan. I hit him by accident and I hit him hard; on the left shoulder. I think his left shoulder would have been swollen. I put my full energy through the hitting. Poor him but he deserves the hit. Hence, the cake *teehee*



• I fought with my mom. What's new?! But for the very first time, dad was on my side. Ajlaa 1 - mommy 0. Yey!



• Kakak has been the sweetest person of all time. She's been very very tolerant. Oh, for your info, my sister and I, we fought almost everyday. But for the past few days, she has been an angel. Kakak, lu memang awesome!



• I went to pick my hantarans from my cousin's house yesterday's night. Besides my wedding attires, the hantarans are my fav. It matches the concept of simplicity and I love each and everyone of it. Very minimal, very simple and very straight forward. Tak serabut mata memandang.



• Today will be the Khatam Quran ceremony. I thought I might not be able to joint the Khatam due to the time of the month. Unfortunately, Miss Red has decided not to make its' present. So, I have to mengaji-lah. Aisehman. Jangan kau gatal nak keluar time mengaji nanti sudah.

I guess that all about it. See ya when I see ya. Oh selepas menjadi Puan. Happy Friday lovebirds!

The one worth visiting

I'm already on leave. It's the second day and I'm already feeling restless. Ok! enough with the leave thingy, I'm here to write about my visit to a spa last Sunday. I'm so likey, likey! After I came out from the door, I've made myself a promise to visit a spa at least once a month (and Izwan agrees to it, woot! woot!) but only when money permits. Ok, RM200 must be put aside every month for spa visiting, yey!

Tini's Spa was where I was last Sunday.

I took their Body Pampered treatment to get this stress out from my body. And I must say that it work wonders. My body felt very clean, light, fresh and most of all it smells so damn good after the treatment. I'm sure going to do it again.

So here's what my body had:-

1) Before they start with the treatment, I was instructed by one of the spa people to rendam the kaki first. I don't know the purpose of doing so but I assumed it is to make the nerves a bit lembut kot! I did what I was instructed to do. I'm there to de-stress remember?!

Oh, speaking of which, the people at the spa are all friendly. 10 points extra!



2) After awhile, one of the girl leaded me to a room where I'm about to be massaged. I took my clothes off and covered myself with the pario/kain batik that they've provided. It felt so good beyond words. I can't even remembered how it felt. I fell asleep in between the massage. They started off with the leg and headed up till my head. Berbunyi-bunyi habis tulang-temulang. I'm the type of person who feel geli easily. Habis geli satu badan when she massaged me but keenakan urutan telah menepis kadar kegelian itu.

It made me thinking, no wonder-lah men love going for massages. Patutlah Pusat Urut sangat laku ye! I don't know-lah what other activities they had there in Pusat Urut but memang stim ye semasa di urut. Stim di sini bermaksud kesedapan luar batasan. Sila jangan fikir bukan-bukan.


3) After 45 minutes of a good massage, I was then brought to a room for a 20-minute Sauna session. I tell you, the heat kills me to bit. I was sweating more than a pig. That was indeed the longest 20 minutes of my life. Longest! But I survived it anyway. I had to bring along my phone to distract myself from the heat. But I survived it anyway.

I came out feeling noxious and dizzy. I was dehydrated, I think!. All the water came out during the session mane tak dehydrated. They gave me water to drink before continuing with the next treatment.

4) After a quick 5 minutes break, we continue with the scrub session. I picked the Papaya flavor as the coffee one is out of stock. It was cooling though. They scrubbed my whole body. Every part of it, except the one down south.

5) And we headed for the milky bath for the last treatment. I don't quite remember what flavor I picked but I remember the pouring of milky water through the body. It was the best 20-minute of my life. The best! I fell asleep (again) in the bath tub.

I cleaned myself after and put my clothes on right away. I feel fresh. I feel great. I feel good after the session and I'm sure that I'm going to come back to the second and third and forth sessions. It's a good way to de-stress yourself. The one requires your money spending. But it is definitely going to be the one worth spending.

And for those who are looking for a spa place to visit, I totally recommend Tini's Spa. They have two branches, one is at Taman Dagang, Ampang and the other one is at Shah Alam (few blocks from Jakel). They provide good services and their people are friendly too. You should make a visit and experience the awesomeness then you'll know what I mean.

Fortune cookie

A cookie with a thousand words

This is what written in a biscuit that I randomly picked during the bonding session we had last Friday at the office.

I did not do anything special that day and I did not regret for not doing anything. My day turned out to be not so bad but it was indeed the best day compared to the rest of the days that week. It was a fine day with no drama in play.

On the other hand, I attended an ex-colleague wedding reception last night. To bad that I did not have the chance to take photos with the beautiful bride & groom as the queue to the exist was even longer than the queue at IKEA's cash counter during peak session. It was indeed a beautiful ceremony. The video screening was my favorite part; sungguh advertising!

I don't have photos with the bride but I have this one picture of Nisha and me. So to you Nisha, Congratulations on your wedding. May you and Mateen have a beautiful, beautiful life together that is filled with love and joy. Selamat pengatin baru!

Poyo bride2be update #8

I guess this will be the last entry on an attempt of becoming a poyo bride-to-be. A week to go and I don't think there'll be anymore post relating to the event after this. And if there is, I don't think I have the time to post about it anyway.

So what have I got so far?

Honestly, I don't know. My only concern was the invitation card which I have successfully delivered; hand delivered and also via Pos Malaysia. Alhamdulillah, Pos Malaysia has done a pretty good job delivering my babies although there have been some delay with the delivering process but Alhamdulillah, even as far as Sarawak has received my card. With so, thank you Pos Malaysia for your service.

Wedding attire - I am deeply in love with my nikah attire. Deeply! It's simple and super nice. Not to brag but it is definitely my favourite. Thanks to my dear cousin for the hard work. I love love my baju nikah. I shall post about it after the event. Kalau post sekarang tak surprise lah. The reception attire; well, the beading is still in progress. I went for the fitting last week and I kinda like it but not at the same level of "like" towards the baju nikah. Maybe because I haven't seen the whole dress yet. Hopefully it will turn out to be as expected. We shall wait and see.

Other than that, well, I totally have no idea. To my surprise, I have yet to feel the excitement. If you ask me how I'm feeling now, I would probably just smile at you. But one thing for sure, I just want this to be done and over with. Enough of the preparation. I'm tired of waiting for the tickling clock.

It's weird to see how malay wedding has turned too nowadays. It's all about everything now. We have lost the actual value of a wedding; the actual purpose of having a wedding. My vote is still goes to the after event which is the marriage, not much on the wedding event. Not on the wedding preparation too. Marriage is what stays forever.

I am currently busy with workloads. Always on the go. I don't even have time to pee. Eh! itu tipu but I spent most of my time at the office. My initial plan was to start my leave two days before the event but I don't think it's fair for the family since mom is closing the shop early. Next Monday will be my last day before the long holiday. And since mom has just created a chaos, I regretted applying for an early leave. I should've applied my leave two days before the event. Baru mengelupor semua orang. I have to clear everything before my leave. It's either stay back for a bit longer (dah lah hari-hari memang balik lambat, di tambah dengan balik lambat kuasa dua) or resume work at home after a long day at the office. I'm picking both. I don't have much options, don't I?!

And that is the reason why I've been avoiding the wedding prep the whole week. I chose not to worry. I chose not to think about it. I chose to do work instead. 8 days of headache and this too shall past.

And this is the end of it. Good night everyone.

2 zero zero 11

Received this yesterday, sent my Mr. CEO

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Today is 3111, which means 'will do well everyday'. May this bring us the most of happiness and prosperity in 2011. - please note that this email was sent yesterday.

I am sure it will, as "2011" is very special:

It started as 1/1/11

After 10 days we'll have 11/1/11

After 10 months 1/11/11

And 10 days after that it will be 11/11/11

Isn't that fantastic and special??

It happens once in 10,000!!!

Let's make the best out of it!

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May it be as prosperous as hoped it would be.

Happy Tuesday!

First Monday of 2011

"To love is not by finding a perfect person. But by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

- Sam Keen

Perfect new year celebration

• For the very first time in my life history, I did not burst into tears when pressure hits me. For that I moment, I felt like a serious grown up woman.


• Few days later (which is today), I burst into a lake of tears after the heart-to-heart session with Izwan. So much of growing up heh?!



• 01.01.11 has been a very very busy day - 3 friends wedding invis, mine to prepare & the need of helping the sister-in-law for her uni prep. I attended none and stuck doing office work the whole morning till late afternoon, did not finalized my list but I managed to follow the sister-in-law to get her stuff coz that requires the need of visiting shopping malls. Who would say no to that?!
  



• Asthma has decided to say Hello to me today. This is due to point no. 2. I seriously can't remember when was the last time I feel so terribly sick. I was supposed to get some rest but ended up cleaning the room and did some update on the office work and also currently writing this post.



• My healer is still nowhere to be found.



• I have wedding/engagement invis for all weekends till middle of February. Mine is in between. How to attend-lah like this?!

Last but not least, congratulations dear Farizah for her big day yesterday. Sorry my dear. As much as I anticipated going to her wedding reception, I got carried away with office work and attending family's wedding reception which falls on the very same day. If I'm able to split my body into two, I would have attended her's. Unfortunately, I can't skip family's event. Semoga perkahwinan ini berpanjangan dan diberkati selalu dengan kebahagian. Amin.

Good night!

Twenty Eleven

And the new year has finally arrived.

As much as I anticipated 2011, it's so sad that I have to say goodbye to 2010. It has been a very wonderful year for me as I have experienced lots of things during the year. A fair share of ups and downs. I don't mind repeating 2010 though but I don't see the point. It's new year, let the new adventure begins.

I don't have resolutions for the new year. I've never really had one before as I know that I may not follow. All I want for the new year is a happy life filled with love, joy and happiness surround me throughout the entire year. A healthy and blessed life with my loved ones; family and friends. And of course, the excitement of building my own family. And to strike some of the list from the Bucket List.

All I want is to be granted with lots and lots of patience as I am lack of those and to be more appreciative towards my loved ones. Not that I have not been appreciating them, it's just that sometimes, I took them for granted.

With this opportunity I would like to wish each and everyone of you a happy new year. May this new year brings happiness and joy to all of us.

Happy New Year lovers!