Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Yet Another Preparation...fuh!!

Yesterday, on Monday, I went out with my mother. To tell you the truth...I have never gone out shopping with my mom before..I mean not since I know how to shop for myself. But then, as my big reception is coming, yesterday was our second time shopping together. It was exhausting!! Yeah...both me and my mother can barely walked anymore. There are too much choices and and to many shops to look around. So we did end up with cloth for the "bilik pengantin" curtains, maid of honour dress and my mother's new peep toe shoe (which I wanted to buy in the first place..eheheheh). Today, I took my cousins to the tailor to do their bridesmaid dress.


As my wedding will be the first wedding for my family..and I mean the first for the whole family on my mother's side (my dad side doesn't count..we are not that close)....so it is a bit stressful coz we did not have any experience in handling such thing before. Yeah...of course I've handled my nikah ceremony..but that one was easy. It was only for 250 guest....no stress there except for the fact that it took me three days to paint the fence wall myself (when u see the fence..u'll understand) but to have 1200 guest and 10 tents...that is a whole different story altogether. You know, at this time...being meticulous and systematic really helps you to coordinate things to make it less stressful and to ensure everything goes well. I really hope I don't miss any small important thing such as bunga manggar or sign board to my house.


With all this preparation coming into place, I did learn one thing though...never stop looking. What I meant was....if you really want to find really good service or product at an affordable price and don't let the appearance get into you. Let me tell you a story. I wanted to do a customised ribbon printing for my wedding favours (door gift), so I ask my frens for the list of suppliers and as usual all of them gave me different quote. Last minute, I went to a shop that wraps gift and they sell boxes, cards and ribbon and asked them for a quote. My first impression was..."I think it gonna cost me"..why?? coz the shop is situated in OU. But fortunately, I was wrong...the price they gave me was half the price quoted to me by another supplier earlier. Wow!! I managed to lower the cost to half...how wonderful is that?? I am so happy!!


Up to today....I've managed to settle almost 85% of the list of things must be done. But still, I will have to paint the master bedroom, do some minor repair on the master bedroom bathroom (yes, I'm doing it myself) and finish up wrapping the wedding favours. And oh yes....still a few hantaran things are not settled yet. Fiiiuuuuuhhh!!!


So anyone that says wedding is a simple thing...think again.

9 comments:

shelly said...

peh!10 khemah ko nok???meriah..meriah.... :)

Azlina Ilzdaf said...

wakakakakaka....lawaklah ko nih shelly. wakakaka...yer nok...10 khemah. ehehehehe

Nizam Abdul Rahim said...

Kak iena..
Tima Kasih kerana menghatar Kad Jemputan..!! =)
10 khemah agak meriah..!! emm..emm..

kawaii_desu said...

wow...

i must say the preparation itself is a very tiring process but it tightens the bond between u and ur family aite heheh

u say, never stop looking kan meaning no last minute la kan.. i came across a couple yg buat menda2 last minute... asyik bertekak... lani dah selamat dah heheh

akak amik pakage photo skali ka?
lani pesen ada multimedia show pulak hehe

Azlina Ilzdaf said...

Hmm....tighten the bond?? Not really..only between me and my mom....which we r already quite close. Sumer akak buat sendiri lah basically. Depa cuma show up on the day aje.

* Hang patut baca entry akak yg bertajuk "Family ties value in the modern world" or something like that..dah lupa tajuk dia...eheheh *

Yup..i took photographer but my video package from orang lain. tak sekali..and Yes together with Montaj (multimedia show). eheheheh

kawaii_desu said...

owh itu macam ka... hehe

actually kat nsk katv area selayang tu ada gak juai murah2 tau brg persiapan nak kawen ni...

my kakak dulu ada gak angkut dr sana... (bawak balik ke penang huhuh)

makan2 semua masak ka akak catering?

Azlina Ilzdaf said...

Well, NSK?? Dah pi...tp tak menepati citarasa...uhuhuhu. But it is a very big place.

Yup Catering. Nak masak sendiri?? Mau tak bangun bonda ku nanti....uhuhuhuhu. Zaman skrg nih...mana ade nak masak sendiri dah. Kat kampung2 maybe. Last sekali dapat rasa kemduri kampung yg meriah masa my aunt kawen tahun 2000...syok..ramai makcik2 melatah sambil kupasa bwg n buat keje tahapahapa lagi. :D

Abg Bani said...

aku dah komen, tapi mana pegi komen aku???

Azlina Ilzdaf said...

betol ker hang dah komen?? ker hang sajer2 jer? hmmmm