The one with the good news

So I was back to work today, still limping but the sandals I was wearing were very convenient. They didn't cause me much pain alhamdulillah. Then, I got something in my pigeon hole, dated two days ago, and a phone number. I remembered that number. It did go through my cell but I missed it. I didn't call back. Apparently, it was a call from the ministry and so... later on I made that call.

The woman said, my Masters Degree application to Monash Uni Australia wasn't approved but they had decided to channel it to UBD. I should fill up the UBD form right away and send it to her today. So I did. I have gone through the first stage now she said but the next stages are yet to come. I thanked her and left. How did I feel? Happy of course :) I am!

If everything goes smoothly with the interviews and such, I shall be doing my Masters Degree in UBD in January 2012. The course offered to me only starts in January and to apply it this coming January is actually too late. She said that application for the in-service scholarship should be 6 months before the course begins. So I said to myself, "Better late than never!"

I am all smiley today. It's a happy HAPPY day! Alhamdulillah :')

The bandaged foot!

My right foot now ..

The exercise guide that I planned to do next week.. Hmm.. I think I'm cursed!

The 20.10.2010

If it was Sunday, this very date would be famously taken for weddings, like last week's 10.10.10. Tok Khadi pun sibuk lusir sana, lusir sini menikahkan orang lol! Even now mom is counting the ticking of time hoping to hold our first nephew tonight. I think it's us. We love doing even the littlest detail such as symbolic dates for big occasions. Alhamdulillah, me and DF have had ours :)

This morning I asked DF if we would have plans to go out tonight. You know, trying to make the date memorable to us. Then, being the usual him, he said, "No plans. What's up with today?" So I guessed then today would be just like the rest of the dates hmmm..

But something DID happen today.. I fell, again! For the third time this month I think.. Excluding those minor falls I had while walking.. I could be very clumsy at times you know. So what's 2010 to me now? Pain! And here I am bedridden in pain huhu..

I hope the pain will ease tomorrow. Mom and dad were nagging me to see the doctor when they saw me limping tonight. Mom was over reacting. She said, "With that size you have, your feet can NOT carry you lah of course!" Right then I felt, sakit kaki, tambah lagi sakit hati. Thank you babu ku sayanggg *sighhh*

We'll see tomorrow how it goes. If this pain continues then, I will have to go to the clinic have it checked. My worries? Me, a fat bride, having a big fat bandaged foot! Or worse, going to the aisle, in wheelchair! Oh no... *gulp!*

Now, I am over reacting! Good night peeps!

The week's progress

15.10.2010: the girls came over to help me design my Nikah dress :)

Our artist that day: Izan :D

The Nikah design by Izan, Zir, Diana, Nuyui and me :D Thanks girls!!

16.10.2010: the guy who booked the hall texted me that he had canceled his booking so that very day, I typed the letter so I could take the date for mine. I am forever thankful to him :')

*Note the wrong date LoL!! It should have been 2011, not 2010 whoops!! :p17.10.2010: at the bridal boutique, my sayang with the measuring tape :p DF liked this dress but too bad, I am too big to fit in it :(Still lost with the Bersanding design, we turned to the magazine and voila!! My wedding costume will look a bit like this, with changes here and there :)

Part of the wedding packageThe package price .. excluding our Nikah costumes erkK!!

Hehehehe :D
Our late lunch today :)Our Kursus Nikah slips and forms, to be submitted next week :)

The confirmed dates and costumes

Yesterday, I got a text message coming. To cut it short, our wedding will be held at the Fire and Rescue Department Multipurpose Hall. The guy had decided not to have his there. I am thankful to him for his courtesy letting me know that. I pray that all will come easy for his wedding preparations aamiinn :)

Mom was excited yesterday. I texted DF about the news. He was super glad too :) The dates we've chosen mean so much to us that to change it to 23rd instead of the 9th would make us go :((. But alhamdulillah now :)

Today, we spent 3 hours at the bridal boutique. I lost a few inches (well, maybe an inch lol!!) so I could still fit in those costumes I had booked last February. But we decided to wear a lighter maroon coloured theme on our evening wedding reception coz the one I booked looked less glittery now lol!! So we'll be wearing grey on our nikah, blue on our Berbedak, white-grey on our Bersanding, and light maroon on our Berambil-ambilan :)

Now, I need to change a few details in our wedding invitation cards. I will need to post it to Bandung tomorrow so everything can be done and posted back here next month. Jejen texted me last two days that my wedding souvenirs have been packed and ready to be sent here. This means, I will need to send extra cash there to have it settled. I hope I can do it by this week coz I will be busy with marking exam papers and I will be required to facilitate a four-day sharing session next week. This week is all about preparing for those sharing sessions. I will sit down with the other three facilitators tomorrow afternoon. I hope we will make it.

I did take some pictures but since DF was very helpful and in good mood all week, I'll dedicate the next entry showing the pictures to all :)

I love yesterday and today, especially with him in it. I love you sayang :)

The one with the forms and the dates

Alhamdulillah, I finally managed to fill in the forms - the one with the permission to get married; something somewhat compulsory so we could sign up for the Nikah/Kahwin Course.

Sunday today was a productive day. DF and I went to the bridal boutique as early as 10ish in the morning - only to unfortunately find out that it was close :( But we've made our appointment and next Sunday, we will definitely make our time to cut our Nikah and Bersanding costumes :)

DF having his brunch before checking out the bridal boutique: I cooked the fried noodles. It always feels good every time he compliments my cookings *blush* ;)

Since plan A was canceled, we made our move to the Times Square to drop by the wedding packages and photography carnival. Today was the last day. When we got there, we saw couples in wedding gowns and suits. I guess they were models. It was a beautiful sight :) Then DF got interested in this booth showing photography packages. See below for details:Coz we didn't bring enough cash, we didn't make any deposit despite our interest to actually take this photography company to do our post-wedding shots. We thought that it would be very nice to have the sessions in Taiwan, and so we could have our honeymoon there too, before actually heading to Bandung :) For now, Taiwan sounds one very tempting idea! We'll see to that! ;p

At 3ish, Sharul dropped me off at Rem's coz we had to do some brainstorming about our Master's proposal. Zir joined us an hour later and alhamdulillah, the five-hour session was indeed fruitful :) We'll do our research in one of the local unis here this Tuesday. InsyaAllah, all will go on as planned. Please make it easy for us ya Allah :)

After the rather quick session, we dropped by Bungsu Hamdani's place to complete the form as witness 1. After sending Sharul home, I tried my luck at Amit Aini's place, who seemed to be wide awake as he was filling in his appraisal form too :D So now, it's left with dad's I.C. copies and the head village's letter to confirm that I am a resident in this very village. Dad will do these two tomorrow.

Finally filling in the forms: mom and dad's sijil nikah was misplaced but alhamdulillah, now I could do the forms after it was found :')

My uncles as the witnesses :)

Oh before I log out, today was supposed to be our wedding but as I said in the previous entry, it's our neighbour's date of Bersanding too so to avoid traffic (coz our parking space here is super duper limited), mom decided that we should give in the date. Congratulations to the neighbour. I am happy for them :)

Speaking of the limited parking space, I drove mom to the Fire and Rescue Department Multipurpose Hall yesterday after work. The intention was to book the place for my sister's (Nurul) Bersanding Ceremony in March next year. When she returned, mom was excitedly telling me that 23rd January 2011 is STILL available for booking - 9th January 2011 was already taken. Instead of agreeing, I drove us to the next door's Dewan Muhibbah, only to sadly find out that the date I wanted was also unavailable.

So mom called DF's mom about the change of our wedding date. The next thing we knew, we were back to the Fire and Rescue Department Multipurpose Hall, and booked the very date! But it was during the officer writing down our booking that I "copied" the name of the guy who had booked the hall on 9th January 2011, and of course, his number too (erk!). I made mom to call him soon later and he said that, he hadn't discussed with his parents about using the hall for his wedding. Mom was super excited. And me too! :p

But I don't want to start dreaming of decorating the hall just yet. Or thinking of the change of our Bersanding date. But I have to admit, I am excited too! :p Mom even called me about renting carpets and flower stands and extra dais this afternoon (in the middle of discussing which uni I should apply to with the girls). Rem and Zir both thought that mom was cute. Which she is :D

I hope the guy would cancel his booking on the 9th. It would help us a lot, especially with the limited parking space, the hot weather (there's air con at the hall), and of course, having our big day there, I would definitely make my mom super happy :)

I believe everyone will be right.. Yeah well. Even IF he did not give me the date, then I will have to postpone our wedding date to 23rd, which Sharul does not mind at all. He knows the parking space issue always gives me the headache.

And when I nagged about wanting the 9th as our Bersanding date (coz the number "9" symbolizes our 9th year anniversary), mom shrugged her shoulders and said, "You can always have your nikah on that day."

So, there you go! The latest update of our wedding.... *fening lalatz* :p

The packing

I was home all day today but Friday started early. Fluffy was all over me, waking me up coz it's time for her meal. I couldn't get back to sleep so I had breakfast at 7ish (mom was cooking mee laksa so it's basically my rezeki heee) then off doing laundry. By 9ish, I was back to sleep next to Fluffy. At 11am, I was on my lappy, trying to do some unfinished work but ended up watching 'Coffee Prince' instead lol!

Mom saw me at the living room and brought in boxes of gifts for my Berbedak ceremony. She said, time for packing! Now, I am taking a break (coz mom is out buying ribbons, her second trips now hmm...). Earlier, we did trials on where to put the ribbons and how to stick the cards on the gift boxes. I didn't realise how simple thing could be so difficult hmm...

Mom is so cute! She was so excited that when my sister entered the room she said, "You get married soon lah so I can do yours too!" with a wide smile on her face :') I wouldn't know what to do with all the details if it wasn't for mom's creativity and perfections! I am hopeless with wrappings and ribbons and colour combinations and bla bla bla :'p

So after that long hour of matching this and that, we came up with these! Enjoy the sneak peeks peeps! ;)

The gift bags. I can't do much with the colours. Mom is in-charge of it.. Hmmph pink!!

Cute box-gifts for the males

Gifts for the guests :)

This thank-you card is from Bandung. They come in handy when we got them for free heee :D

Thanks Lu for the DVD. Will return it to you soon! ;)