My eyes hurt

Ish rambang mata tengok pelamin...

Tengok jela.

Nak wat tak mampu.

Why must pretty things be sooooo effing expensive.

This close to giving up

Ntah kenapa, hati kecil ni cakap my engagement won't go as well as I want it to be.

Just like merisik.

Dah tried my best to do hantaran and doorgifts on my own. 

Yang lain tu terpaksalah berserah je.

Nak ikutkan banyak je yg tak puas hati, tunang pun skali je seumur hidup (insyaallah) tapi ntahla, too late dah utk ubah apa2, cuma dapat fix sana sini je. Budjet pun bukan banyak. Sedey pun ade, excited pun ade.

Nak complain pun, nanti ada yang kecik hati. Nak demanding sangat, nanti ade yg marah. Serba salah.

If it goes ugly, then finela, tak larat dah nak pikir.

The journey and beyond

Forgive me datuk and datin for being so silent these past few weeks.

I have a lot in my hands right now that writing a new post seems to be the last thing on my mind.

Besides cracking my head at work, purchasing a new ride, trying to own a crib and envisioning my future in my career, I do have an event (make that two, or shall I say three?) to plan.

I, or rather we, have decided to minimize the solemnization which mean stripping out the non essentials (in another word, those yang tak wajib) for solemnization to cut down our budget. I rather we spent more on the house and the life altogether than a one day event.

...Which means I'm going all out for the engagement.

Staying within our budget seems tough. Despite our saving, I don't want to exceed certain amount. Bless those who have financial help from parents, but we will try our best to stand on our own with minimal help from the elders.

Currently I'm decorating the hantarans. For non malaysians (is there any?), hantaran are gifts exchange between the future groom and future bride's families during engagement and solemnization.

I've decided to give everything on engagement and leave the essentials for solemnization.

So tadaaaa...a sneak peak of my hantaran decoration.

It's not finished, more like a prototype for now but I'll definitely keep the minimal decoration.

It might not be the most awesome looking hantaran but this will do.

You no likey?

Doorgift

For our engagement, my mom insisted on giving away doorgift. (If you ask me, I wouldn't even bother bout it....) 

but oh well.

We went to hunt for doorgift a few weeks ago and finally settled on purple heart shaped tin.

At first, we thought of just putting a thank you ribbon on it but I thought of making it more fancy..

and Voilà !

You likey? Or no likey?

Agak2, kalau jual laku tak?

Buckle up

*Yawn*

It's only 9.30 pm and I am exhausted.

Making decision is indeed, tiring.

First and foremost, work is forever tiring. There is going to be some major shuffling in the office. My boss is quitting and the CEO will be our direct boss while advertising for a new replacement. It's gonna be scary working directly under her and I dare bet she's directing us 180° from our current direction. The terrifying part is my job will be on the line cause it seemed clear during appraisal that my work is not their initial aim.

Secondly, I'm planning a huge event, a once in a lifetime (hopefully) thing and it's exciting and scary altogether. Only today we've booked with a few vendors (I bet you know what I'm talking about) and pray hard everything goes well.

Ok, let's go for a life roller coaster ride.

Buckle up!

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Nope, sleep first, ride later.

Step 1 : Meet the parents

Fuiihh..I can finally cross that one in my list.

Meeting his parents was easy. His family is the easy-going type.

Telling my parents,well that's, a whole different story.

You see, I wasn't raised up as a kid who tells my parents everything. In fact, I go all out to keep everything a secret from my parents. So just imagine how hard it is for me to tell them some big news like this.

Oh well, it's a phase I have to go through.

And first step done.

Next step : Merisik

Soon soon.