The Making of #ainaalif: Borang Nikah

Assalamualaikum. Wedding lagi 3 hari. Nervous tak? Ok la. Belum lagi. Sebab busy, takde perasaan sangat.

So, borang nikah ni; it can be simple or serabut gila.

Borang ni, kena settle dalam masa 3 bulan sebelum majlis. So, calm your tatas. Opps. Ngeeee~

Berikut ialah untuk pasangan yang kedua belah pihak dari Perak, specifically Ipoh. Sebab I've been told, lain negeri lain procedure.

Saudara-saudari Google je "Borang Nikah Online Perak" and click kepada Google result pertama. Anda akan di direct kepada website Sistem Pengurusan Perkahwinan Islam Malaysia. 

> Daftar

> Isi bahagian berkenaan

> Catat No Rujukan

Home Page Sistem Pengurusan Perkahwinan Islam Malaysia

Borang nikah juga boleh didapati di Pejabat Agama Islam Daerah. Kalau feeling oldschool.

Tapi, ustaz kata, kalau online ni, untung ke perempuan. Kalau Cik Abang awak nak kahwin lain, dia isi borang. Straight kita dapat email - untuk awak g ganyang Cik Abang.

*tips*

Chapter 1: Borang Nikah

1. Email akan dihantar sejurus selepas anda mendaftar. Kalau tak ada, sila check spam emails. Most probably ada di sana. Lepas check, jangan tengok saja, Move to Inbox. So, later bila nak refer, tak hilang. Spam emails kan ada lifespan 14 hari je.

2. Semua procedure, lelaki dan perempuan kena lengkap dalam masa 14 hari. TETAPI, setiap kali anda logged in, the days to completion akan di-reset. DAN pejabat agama tak refer to anything pun bila dia terima borang kita. I don't know if it's just me or semua kan.

3. Bagi kedua pasangan dari Ipoh atau Perak. Korang boleh settle kan hal kedua pihak dan hantar borang sekali je. Tak perlu hantar lelaki dulu, then lepas lulus perempuan pula. Nasihat senang dan elak bebelan dari Ustaz juga.

4. Bagi pengantin lelaki, untuk page yang mengandungi bahagian C, D, E (you'll know bila dah start buat; just print everything. Walaupun takde kaitan dengan anda) Tips taknak kena bebel.

5. Lokasi: Takut berbalah dengan pasangan sebab ada 2 pejabat agama di Ipoh ni. Serah borang di Pejabat Agama Islam Daerah (PAID) berdekatan dengan Mahkamah Syariah, di lot kedai. Bukan di dalam mahkamah bukan pejabat di Bank Islam & BSN tu.

6. Pengisian borang nikah. Kami bakal suami-isteri ni panjang akal. Kami serah je borang kat Ayah dan Abah masing-masing. Tiba-tiba, dalam 3 hari. Settle borang bahagian Tuan Kadi or Tuan Imam kena isi. So, save the hassle to meet the old man lah. Dengar cerita dia scary.

7. Borang pengakuan bujang. Apparently, kat Perak tak perlu. Kalau perlu; minta je di HR company. Kalau kerja sendiri, taip dan minta Ketua Kampung sign. Taip apa? Google kan je.

Chapter 2: Ujian Darah

Google: Thalassemia

Buat di Klinik Kesihatan Malaysia. Katanya wajib di situ saja. RM1 je. 

• Encik Tunang buat di Klinik Kesihatan Tg Rambutan. Masa completion, less than 30 minutes. Result HIV ada atas kad. No siri jelas dinyatakan. Thalassemia test; juga ada bukti black and white yang kita dah menjalani ujian Thalassemia.
• Saya buat di Klinik Kesihatan Gunung Rapat. Masa menunggu lebih kurang 30 minit. Tiada no siri.  Thalassemia just inform; "Cik bukan pembawa Thalassemia"
• Ujian Thalassemia tak wajib, tapi better buat. Untuk anak-anak kita juga.
• Ujian HIV memerlukan setitik darah sahaja, TETAPI jika anda nak buat Thalassemia, dia akan ambil satu tube lah.

Sila buat ujian darah on weekdays, sebab weekends klinik tutup. 

Chapter 3: Total Payment 

• Ujian darah = RM1/person
• Serahan borang = RM5

Sebab mention walaupun tak seberapa. Sejak saya settle kan hal kahwin ni, jarang keluar rumah, so, purse pun kosong je. Tiba-tiba Ustaz kata, "Bayar RM5 kat kaunter sana ye." Segan beb nak cakap, "Ayah nak RM5". Nak kahwin, duit takde, puii.. Tapi time tu saya ada duit la. Anjat gegirl. =_="

Chapter 4: Confirm!

Ustaz di PAID akan menasihati anda (atau bapa) untuk call Tuan Kadi 4 hari sebelum majlis, untuk mengingatkan Tuan Kadi kutip borang kita di PAID.

Alhamdulillah, 5 hari sebelum majlis; Ustaz Mazlan yang telah call saya dan confirmkan masa, tarikh, tempat nikah. Sebelum saya sempat nak remind ayah untuk call Ustaz. 

Maknanya? Sayang, kita nikah Sabtu ni ye. *wink* ^_^

p/s: Procedure lain?

Kedah: 

Semua borang kena ada dan settle 3 bulan sebelum majlis. Bukan dalam 3 bulan sebelum majlis. Know the difference.

Pasangan yang nak berkahwin, kena settle kan sendiri, nanti ada misunderstanding di pihak pejabat agama. Dia ingat anda dah kahwin. Aje haghru.

Selangor/Kuala Lumpur:

Adalah sangat normal perempuan tak dapat those statement cards di klinik kesihatan.

Kelantan:

Borang pengakuan bujang tidak diperlukan. Kalau tanya HR, HR pun tanya kita balik

The Making of #ainaalif: The Wedding Planner & Dewan Resepsi

Dah lama hutang post ni. I just kept thinking; before I tell about this, I should tell about that. Before I share this, I should share that. Anyway, just share lah. Sharing is caring kan.

The Wedding Planner

For wedding planner, I chose to work with Wawa The Wedding Planner. Lokasi seperti dibawah.

Kenapa Wawa The Wedding Planner?

I was doing survey, unfortunately, 4 other Wedding Planner did not attend me and was closed. Ni je yang buka. Cadangan asal juga dari Ekin.

So, pergi sana, dengan Mak. Tengok pakej, tengok baju.

Since pakej pun menarik, dapat offer baju baru pula. Iollz ok je. Lagipun dah penat mencari haritu. If I'm not mistaken, it was about 7 pm hari tu. We are satisfied with the service and pakej. So, why mencari lain kalau hati dah suka kan.

Anyway, pakej termasuk:

• Pelamin Dewan
• Sepasang Dress Lelaki + Perempuan
• Sepasang Dress Nikah Lelaki + Perempuan
• Make-Up 1 Sesi
• Red Carpet
• Walkway Pillars
• Welcome Entrance
• Aksesori Lengkap
• Bunga Tangan + Bantal Tangan + Payung
• Kasut + Veil
• Hiasan Meja Makan Pengantin + Kerusi Pengantin 
• DJ + PA System

Payment. Boleh beransur sampai hari majlis. 

Facebook: Wawa The Wedding Planner

So, ape lagi nak cerita ye? Macam dah settle je? Since dah settle, cerita pasal dewan juga la. Dalam topik kan.

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The Dewan

Untuk dewan, kami pilih Dewan Bankuasi Carsem, Kami akan adakan 1 majlis sahaja untuk kedua pihak. So, rasanya Dewan Carsem cukup nak menampung tetamu bagi anak perempuan sulung dan anak lelaki last akan kahwin ni.

Untuk booking, just pergi ke Dewan Carsem dan cari the person in charge. Bilik dia on the left before entrance. Dia akan bagi satu buku untuk booking tarikh. Just tulis nama pada tarikh yang berkenan.

*update* no untuk dihubungi untuk tempahan

*update*

Fees? 

Dewan: RM900 untuk satu hari. 

Khemah: RM200/khemah. 

Anggota RELA: RM120 untuk 2 orang

Settings meja:

Meja Pengantin: 10 orang + Pengantin 2 orang

Meja VIP: 6 meja; 10 orang/meja

Meja tetamu: 30 meja; 8 orang/meja
*Meja tetamu khemah: 5 meja/khemah; 8 orang/meja

Takde gambar pula untuk dewan. 

Ada parking bertingkat dimana tetamu boleh guna.

Ada playground kalau anak-anak nak main.

Tak susah nak cari dari Tol Simpang Pulai. Sesuai untuk orang luar dan orang Ipoh.

Apparently, above are rough figure. I baru balik dari dewan ni. So, figure as below:

Dewan: RM1,300.00
Khemah: RM440.00 (2 set)
Buffet: RM80.00 (2 line)
Door Gift: RM40.00 (2 line)
Alas Meja Double Layer: RM234.00
Sarung Kerusi: RM540.00

Total: RM2,634.00

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Sorry kalau entry ni tak menarik & just enough info to share.

Penat buat door gifts. Esok nak fitting baju pula.

Will share about that later.

Sambil-sambil bungkus doorgift; I re-watch My Love From Another Star. Memang kerja lambat siap la kan. Mihmihmih.

*update*

Takkan nak share pasal door gift before majlis? Amat tidak senonoh ye. So, I'll think about what to share lah - other than door gift

The Making of #ainaalif : The MUA

Google : Ida Kaiza

Google Result for Ida Kaiza

Now, wouldn't it easy to be recognize and have a unique name?

For MUA untuk hari pernikahan, I chose Cik Ida Kaiza. Cik ni disarankan oleh Totty (abuden?). Kebetulan pula, one of my friends, juga menggunakan khidmat dia untuk majlis pertunangannya. So, more reason for me to trust my choice.

Antara yang best dengan akak ni; see Google Search No 1 tu, it directed to her blog where all the calendar booking for the year. Before korang nak kacau akak ni, check her calendar and ask. Wouldn't that eliminate all the hassle. Dunia di hujung jari bro.

19 Sept 15 - Mine

Terima kasih juga Kak Ida update calendar tu.

Untuk mekap hari perkahwinan pula, saya guna khidmat yang disediakan di butik pengantin je. Dalam pakej. Butik ini dan MUA nya di sarankan oleh Ekin Ecane. And that should be my next topic. 

The Wedding Planner.

This is a short post. So, I'll end with pictures of my friends. Untuk tatapan saya, bakal pengantin dan bakal customer Ida Kaiza? Mungkin.

Till next time.

Disini bermulanya sebuah cinta #ainaalif.

Pieja on her E-Day by Ida Kaiza

Ekin Ecane
Kiri - Nikah & Kanan - Persandingan
by Wawa the Wedding Planner

*update - after party*

Kak Ida did my solemnization make-up. Aku rasa, tujuan utama makeup adalah untuk nampak cantik dalam gambar, sebab aku rasa aku buruk gila IRL (in real life); tengok gambar, Imma like, "Omaigoshh! Is that meee? Really?!! I'm that prettyyy?!" Macam tu la..

Since aku taknak cukur kening - soalan pertama Kak Ida haritu. Kak Ida decide untuk glue kan kening aku. So, jadi nipis. Tapi bila nak cuci, seksa. Ke ada tips cuci yang aku tak tahu? Tobek jugak la kening.

Abaikan gemuk tu.
Nampak tak kening nipis tetiba?!

For Wedding Day pula, I dah engaged with Wawa The Wedding Planner. So, makeup by Datin Wawa herself. I insisted days before nak MUA perempuan, sebab nak ambil solat sebelum majlis. Alhamdulillah dapat.

Maaflah. Gambar before tu, tu je paling buruk. Mak tengok pun gelak! Hahaha!
Sedih juga saya melihatnya. Tapi nampak la kesan mekap tu kan.

Di fahamkan, Kak Ida juga antara MUA Wawa ni. So, kalau bertuah, minta la dia mekapkan anda kalau ambil pakej di Wawa.

Highly recommended!!

Ida Kaiza

017-647-2363

FB: Ida Kaiza Touch

Blog: Ida Kaiza

The Making of #ainaalif : Kad Kahwin

Previously on The Making of #ainaalif; Our Engagement followed by Introduction to the wedding.

Next up: Kad Kahwin.

Source: IG @pameranpengantinmalaysia

Al-kisah, awal tahun ni (2015) ada Pameran Pengantin di SACC Shah Alam. I went for the first time, saja tengok-tengok and I fell in love. Tapi waktu tu, belum lagi nak kahwin (dah la, belum start enjin what-so-ever lagi). So, chillax lah. Bila tahu the next event, terus mark calendar, clear the schedule for at least 2 days. You know, great deals demand great attention. Kena fikir baik-baik. Semua pakej macam lumayan.

So pada bakal pengantin, boleh la follow Instagram: @pameranpengantinmalaysia and keep updated lah. Kalau orang KL-Selangor senang nak deal sebab most vendors from there. Kalau orang luar, boleh deal stuff yang sekali kerja, macam door gift or photographer or in my case, kad kahwin.

Pada hari berkenaan, memang banyaaakk booth yang buat promosi kad kahwin. Ada yang se-grand alam, ada yang se-simple alam. Depends on wants and budget la kan. I have always wanted a kad kahwin yang sekeping je. Depan details pasal majlis perempuan, belakang details pasal majlis lelaki. Siap. And ada je yang promosi macam tu. 

What caught my eyes was the deal from Mesra Kad Kahwin. And I've been eyeing on these for 2 years tau. Ingat nak deal so that they follow my demands, last-last I yang terfollow their package which includes:

• 1000 800 pcs kad kahwin 
• 1000 800 pcs envelope bercetak
• 1000 300 pcs kotak door gift kecil or 400 pcs kotak door gift besar
• 2 4 pcs bunting
• 4 pcs arrow signs
• 1 pc guest book
• 20 pcs button badges
• 1 pc photobook
• 1 pc canvas

Price: RM890 je! Ok, I rasa murah. Tengok la dapat apa beb? Anyway, kami tak ikut pakej 100% pun. Kita boleh tukar quantity as advised. So, quantity kami in purple. 

Payment pula: Booking terpulang, first deposit (bagi info) RM200, second deposit (for them to start printing) 20% and balance upon pickup last item.

Since ada je item for before and after wedding, ada la tinggal sikit commitment balance.

Artwork? I can't share all, but I can share my wedding card. InsyaAllah after majlis I will posts the other pictures lah. I need those surprise elements for my wedding kan. 

Kad Kahwin & Envelope bercetak

For this particular package, you can choose from 7 designs. Ada banyak design lain kalau taknak ikut pakej ni. I thought this package on that day je. Rupanya, kalau pergi kedai, mungkin juga akan di promote pakej ini. 

Place / Lokasi kedai: Wangsa Walk Mall, depan FOS sebelum Food Court.

Oh. Tips Bakal Pengantin & parents.

Kalau nak post kad, better guna sampul surat kosong instead of sampul bercetak ni. It will cost more on the postage stamp. 

That's that for kad kahwin. Next I might be sharing about MUA. Since her FB page keeps popping up on my News Feed. Petanda suruh share la tu.

Till next time.

Disini bermulanya sebuah cinta

#ainaalif

The Making of #ainaalif : Introduction to the Wedding

InsyaAllah, kami akan bernikah pada 19 September 2015 dan majlis untuk kedua pihak lelaki dan perempuan akan diadakan pada 20 September 2015 di Dewan Carsem.

Let's talk about our journey to get there.

1. My guide

Macam Pandu Puteri pula. Nope, saya team St John waktu sekolah dulu. So, nak kahwin ni langkah yang besar. Saya pun antara orang awal yang kahwin di kalangan kawan rapat. So, macam blur. Kakak pun takde nak tolong. Tiba-tiba cari semua kawan yang dah kahwin. 

One of them, dear Totty. Terus WhatsApp tanya kursus kahwin and nasihat-nasihat yang perlu. Totty pulak creative orangnya, so, apa-apa panduan warna tak tahu, tanya dia, and I follow je.

Kedua Ekin Ecane nama Facebook dia. Dia invite kita ke wedding dia and her wedding day seems magical, so, macam tertarik and terus bertanya-tanya apa yang patut. Like, her wedding planner, her make-ups and stuff.

Next, Moon. Yang ni macam pelik, I've been telling the whole world I'm getting married, tiba-tiba dia message me on Facebook and bagi tahu what to do. Tiba-tiba she's getting married before I am. Alhamdulillah majlis dia baru selesai 8 Ogos 2015 yang lepas.

Turut membantu, Chico. Ni power, bulan November 2014 kata, "I nak kahwin" the next thing, "Datang lah wedding I Februari nanti". His wedding cake is amazing and I pun bertanya-tanya juga pada dia.

2. Kursus Pra-Perkahwinan

Cik Anis teman saya dan Encik Tunang ke kursus kahwin.
Untung hang takyah pergi lagi nanti.

Kursus ini wajib bagi pasangan Muslim yang akan mendirikan rumah tangga. Kami pilih Hasani Kursus Kahwin. Siapa orang Ipoh, memang ini lah tempat pertama dalam otak bila cakap pasal kursus kahwin. It may sounds weird, tapi memang dari sekolah rendah bincang dengan kawan akan ke sini.

Step 1 : Daftar online di http://www.hasanikursuskahwin.com/
Step 2 : Bayar yuran RM80 je. Yang daftar online, akan dapat email and proceed to online banking lah.
Step 3 : Hadiri kursus 2 hari (Sabtu dan Ahad).

Minum pagi disediakan. Makan tengah hari sendiri. Kursus habis pukul 4 petang.
Yang perempuan sila pakai baju kurung kalau taknak kena perli dalam kelas.
Macam yang semua tahu, kursus kahwin mestilah 18SX kan. So, prepare lah mental anda. Prepare fizikal juga bagi siapa yang dah lama tak pergi kelas, kena duduk dalam kelas 2 hari.

Sijil kursus simpan baik-baik. I almost lost mine. Alhamdulillah tidak.

3. The bible

The Guide to be Bride Bible.

No no no. I am still a good Muslim. This is just a phrase I use to describe my book - Guide to being Bride. I have this habits of collecting note books particularly ones with bright colors, sekarang baru tahu gunanya. So, berguna juga la.

4. The discussion
So, pada suatu hari ni, Encik Tunang cakap, "Jom minum-minum. Bawa buku kahwin juga, boleh bincang". I remembered clearly it was almost 6pm that day. We went to #rowcome Cafe. Masakan panas pun belum ada lagi. We talked, and talked, and talked, and sorted out everything sampai bateri phone masing-masing dah nak mati. Sampai parking kereta tukar 2 kali (sebab keluar solat). Sampai pukul 12 tengah malam.

Alhamdulillah, that talk. We almost settled out everything. Dah nampak jalannya. Dah nampak majlis nya sipi-sipi. Dan juga, dah nampak lebih lagi, Encik Bakal Suami ni, macam mana orangnya.

And I fell in love with him again.

So, that's that for The Making of #ainaalif : Introduction to the Wedding. InsyaAllah I will share the details and where I got what in future posts. Since dalam gambar ade pasal kad kahwin. Maybe I'll share that next.

Until next time. Assalamualaikum.

Disini bermulanya sebuah cinta #ainaalif

The Making of #ainaalif : The Engagement

So, among all those hatred posts I've posted, I did tell that I'm engaged. Subtlely. I guess? In the blog titled Duka vs Suka.

Alhamdulillah, pada tanggal 27 Disember 2014, saya telah menjadi Cik Tunang kepada Encik Tunang. 

I don't know about anyone else, for us, we decided the date we planned to get engaged and married  first and then tell our parents. The parents meet up, and the ceremony is to make things official.

*FYI: Non-Malay reader; in Malay culture, we planned to get engaged. It's a ceremony on it's own. In Islam, (correct me if I'm wrong, when a couple agrees to marries each other, then they are engaged. Like in the movies, guys goes on one knees and proposed*

So, pada 27 Disember 2014 tu, hari Sabtu, we held a simple engagement ceremony. I will disclose what we did make that day a beautiful day. We call it perfect and we wouldn't want otherwise.

1. The hantaran

Kami berbalas hantaran pada hari pertunangan. Cadangan nya, pada hari perkahwinan nanti, either tak ada hantaran or letak balik hantaran tunang. So, hantaran di tekankan lebih pada hari pertunangan ini. Cadangan hantaran 7 balas 9 dulang. 7 dulang barangan perempuan, 9 dulang barangan lelaki.

*FYI: Hantaran biasanya nombor ganjil yang bermula dari 5vs7, 7vs9 and so on. Kebiasaannya angka besar tu barangan lelaki.

Hantaran Lelaki vs Perempuan.
Budak tak termasuk. :p

L1 : Tepak Sirih

L2 : Beg

L3 : Kasut + Tali Pinggang

L4 : Sepersalinan baju Melayu

L5 : Perfume

L6 : Buah - buahan

L7 : Buku Ilmiah

L8 : Jam + Wallet

L9 : Sejadah + Songkok

P1 : Tepak Sirih

P2 : Cincin

P3 : Kasut + Jam

P4 : Kain Ela

P5 : Perfume

P6 : Telekung + Sejadah

P7 : Coklat + Buah

Hantaran kami siapkan sendiri. Cumanya, Encik Tunang ni, anak terakhir yang kahwin, tenaga kerja dia hebat dan berpengalaman, hantaran dia sangat meriah and I love it! Saya pula anak pertama yang akan berkahwin, so, kami guna konsep simple - and it really is. And, walaupun katanya nak bagi kepada pihak lelaki 9, end up bagi 11 dulang. Sumbangan dari tetamu.

2. The jamuan

Seperti yang saya katakan, saya anak pertama mak ayah yang akan berkahwin. Anak perempuan pula tu. So, ayah macam excited dan adakan jamuan for 100 pax. Makanan kenduri biasa, I was full with butterflies, I did not eat during the cermony lah. I ate after. Mihmihmih. And if anyone knows ayah better, yes, there.is.satay! Yey! How can you not love the majlis with satay??

3. The make-up

Al-kisah, Anis, my dear sister pernah belajar mekap di satu spa di Ipoh Jaya ni. So, we went there to 'survey'. My budget was RM150. Baru nak bincang, ada MUA tu buat freelance. So, got her number and she did my makeup for RM100 only. Memang grab it lah kan. But, I did not like it. My eyes were too heavy, macam night make-up and dia nak buat sanggul I tinggi. I tak suka. I will not recommend her. Just in case orang terambil or terconsider dia. Her name, Sharifah Mashitah.

4. The photographers

Encik Tunang yang cari ni. Kawan dia. Alus. Facebook Fairus Sofian. Orangnya baik, mudah mesra dengan crowd, so, tak janggal nak bergambar. Seronok ada. Unofficial aka friend photographer, Totty. I just love her pictures and nak buat majlis meriah, got her. Datang, sorok handbag, terus bersilat, "Ok siap siap, act natural, nak amek gambar"

5. The cake

Cake dari The Coffee Beans and Tea Leaf - gitcew nama panjang. Suka kek ni! Cantik and tasty! What more can I ask from a cake?

6. The door gift

I rasa ni macam tak perlu. Tapi, anak-pertama-perempuan, so, perlu. So, we got a bahulu for the tetamu. Got from Kak Ju in Bangi. Design of the box boleh pilih and please confirmkan awal. You know how things happened. We got a little hiccup along the way but it turns out alright. Her number 013-227 1416 Kak Ju. Hope she didn't mind little feedback. Encik Tunang juga telah menambah sepaket coffee from Oldtown White Coffee and pocket calender. Juga disertakan a little sticker to emphasize the day.

7. The guests

Disini nak memohon maaf ada kawan-kawan yang marah sebab tak ajak. Truthfully, we are under quota. Lagipun, tunang je. So, I just invited closed friends and closed-by friends. Just a few yang baik hati datang dari jauh. For that, I love you lah.

Nebby, Nana, Jue, Nena, Jem, Tira, Totty
Not in picture: Sedan, Ayu, Hisyam & Ekin

8. The hand bouquet

I love Q's graduation bouquet and I want that. Thing is, hers is in purple, I got mine in yellow and white. Ok la. Got mine in Pasar Besar Ipoh. There's few kedai bunga and they can make a bouquet for you then and there. Kalau nak tunggu la. Tiba-tiba jadi minah bunga, suka semuaaa bunga.

9. The baju
Can't believe this appears not in the earlier number. Anyway, baju dibeli di Angsana Mall or Greentown Mall or Rainbow. Ada satu butik corner lot before Nagoya. Banyak choices and murah! Banding dengan gerai-gerai lain, same pattern, mine is RM170 yang lain jual RM400. Choose wisely people.

10. The mini pelamin
Pelamin mini, yeah - none. So I'm not fond of that. Motonya, show less now and wow them on the wedding day. Kalau semua nak tunjuk sekarang, jenuh nak keep up on the wedding. :p

So, I think that's that. Right after the ceremony, Encik Tunang bagi WhatsApp, "Wasn't it perfect?"
Indeed it is.

Apart from sharing my life event, post ni juga nak promote stuff and guide brides to be. And for my memories and my children's. InsyaAllah.

Disini bermulanya sebuah cinta. #ainaalif

Sorry.. We are not looking for you

Job Interview
Dear Miss X,
Thank you for coming for the job interview. Regret to tell you that you did not make it. We are looking for a male for the position. Good luck!

Modelling
Miss X, you have exotic feature and everything we're looking for but I'm afraid you are too small for this industry. Good luck!

If you know what you're looking for, why give hopes and break it in the end?

Is it fun to play with people's hope?
Is it fun to play with people's feeling?

People got nervous and prepped everything for the interview.
People studied and practice to be a model.

Just to hear you say,
"Sorry, you did not make it, we're looking for people like you but not you. Good luck"

Pffftttt..

xoxo,
Nenas

Of Organizational Structure and Selfie

Pada pandangan saya, yes, Malaysia and UiTM specifically too strict. Pakai baju biasa tak boleh masuk dewan, selfie kena gantung setahun.

Waktu belajar subject International Management dulu ade cakap pasal Organizational Sturucture, and UiTM & Malays tergolong dalam Tall Organizational Structure. (Kau carut ape Aena?). 

Well, dalam organisasi Melayu, orang ada pangkat tu gah sangat dibanding orang biasa. Tu yang nampak kita dimarah bila panggil seorang yang berpangkat Doktor, Encik/Sir. Protokol sangat ketat, itu tak boleh ini tak boleh. This may not be a good thing but it is a thing. 

Ok hal selfie tu, kalau kau kat tempat Pro-Censellor (correct me if I'm wrong) tu, tiba-tiba ada budak selfie, dengan kau tak ready-nya, ada 20juta budak beratur nak ambil scroll, aku dah penat berdiri and majlis ni boring. Tanpa minta kebenaran (I assume so sebab muka budak tu sorang yang eksited), kau bergambar dengan dia. Kau selfie bersama dia dalam gambar.

Kau pikir?

Yes, then to justify your dah-tau-salah-tapi-ego thinking, kau attached gambar orang luar negara boleh, Obama pun wat lek wat pis je. Kembali kepada Organizational Structure which they are of Flat Organizational Structure - semua orang sama, kau panggil Obama pun guna nama. And, permission, they were smiling broadly in the pictures attached. I assume they asked permission before the selfie took place.

p/s: Walaupun aku tak pernah grad kat UiTM Shah Alam tu, aku ada dengar cerita yang graduates buat hal, SELEPAS dapat scroll. Menari what-so-ever.

BTW, Najib pun selfie dengan Obama.

Hectic Week

Pameran Pengantin Malaysia 2015
Tempat : SACC Convention Centre
Tarikh: 27 Feb - 1 Mac 2015
Tarikh pergi: 28 Feb 2015
Tarikan: Pakej perkahwinan menarik (Wedding Planner, Katering, Door Gift, Kad Kahwin)
Misi: Pakej Kad Kahwin
Status: Kawtim. Dah book harga. Tunggu proceed.

Finalize Dewan Kahwin
Tempat: Ipoh
Masa pergi: 1 Mac 2015, 8.30 pagi
Misi: Look around, finalizes arrangement in the hall, table cloth, etc.
Status: Booked! Next Wedding Planner buat. Supervise je.

Kenduri Hery & Zety
Tempat: Teluk Intan, Perak
Masa: 1 Mac 2015, 1 tengah hari
Misi: Mingle around in others' wedding so that they come to my wedding. Miahahaha
Status: Complete with flying colors! The day was darn hot! I got headache. Thanks Nebby for driving till Sg Buloh.

Tira admitted to hospital
Tempat: HKL
Masa melawat: 1 Mac 2015, 5.30 petang
Misi: Melawat Tira dan bebel what she should do. Ehem. Been there done that.
Status: Tira still sakit. Thanks Nana teman Tira sepanjang di hospital. Mana nak dapat kawan baik macam ni?

Dinner with Kyotocol
Tempat: NYSS, Mid Valley
Masa: 1 Mac 2015, 8.30malam. Sampai pukul 9.00 malam. Sorry!
Misi: Catch up with Jamirul. Lama betul tak loqlaq dengan dia nih!
Status: Jimmy masih sama. Alhamdulillah. And I got Jamie Oliver knives from UK! Thank Jimmy!

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What happened next was so stressful just thinking out it make me stressed out. So, I'm just going to pretend that did not happened and continue my hectic week as it is. Hope I can calm down and sort everything out by this week. Amin!

Ok makan!

CNY 2015

Alhamdulillah, Chinese New Year tahun ini diberkati.

 Jeng jeng jeng. 

Diberkati guane? 

Well, diberkati dengan kasih sayang seisi keluarga. Bila mana semua adik- beradik pulang ke Ipoh.

Aena dari Shah Alam.
Baeh dari Melaka.
Anis dari Tapah
Awe dari Perlis.

Jauh anak mak-ayah semua, semua balik CNY ni.

Aku tak tahu family lain bonding time macam mana; but ours, melalui kuaci.

Cerita dia, ade kuaci tersepah. Haruslah aku menjerit suruh kemas kan. Then sorang-sorang datang. "Kemas" dengan memakan kuaci yang sepah dan tidak.

Hehehehehe.

Masa tu jugak la segala topik mak nenek keluar dan bincang. Tidak lupa juga topik mengutuk sesama sendiri dan belagak dengan kelebihan masing masing. Apa ada hal. We brothers and sisters maa.

So, wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year. May your year filled with joy and blessings.

Gong Xi Fa Cai.
Xinnian Kuaile.

Ni kuaci sengaja disepahkan sebab nak makan

Battle of Two Sisters

Aku yang melahirkan dia. Aku yang berusaha untuk dia. Aku ibu dia.

Selepas dia dilahirkan, aku terpaksa serahkan dia kepada mereka yang lebih bertanggungjawab keatasnya.

Aku, hanya melihat kejayaan dia. Aku, hanya memerhati dia dari jauh. Aku, hanya mendengar khabar mengenainya. Bila dia jatuh, aku hanya mampu menjadi pendengar setia. Aku tidak mampu membela dia.

Aku tahu, jangka hayatnya tidak lama. Aku tahu, dia tidak boleh pergi jauh, sejauh kakaknya. Aku tahu, dia di lahirkan untuk menggantikan tempat kosong yang ditinggalkan.

Jika jangka hayatnya lama, aku berharap dia bertahan. Aku berharap dia berjaya.

Mummy loves you babies. 

Mummy loves your sisters too, especially Rose.

Mummy wishes you well.

My babies - Color Junkie Lip Polish

Go Matte Lipcolor

My favourite girl, your sister - Go Matte Lipcolor 04 Mystic Rose

Amanda

In school, I have a friend named Amanda. Amanda Ong.
She's Chinese, she's tall, she's VERY perky.
Her name came after mine in the class name list. Ainaa, Amanda.

Since she's very perky especially with her gang, Madam Lam (our class teacher) finds it very hard to 'control' her, so, she place Amanda to sit beside me. I was supposed to be 'quiet' and able to 'tame' Amanda. Well I failed.

When Madam Lam sits Amanda besides me, the other girls was going,
"Ainaa, nanti jangan awak yang bising duduk dengan Amanda"
"Ainaa, habislah, awak duduk sebelah Amanda, nanti awak jadi nakal juga"
"Ainaa, nanti Amanda nak sembang dengan awak, nanti awak kena marah dengan cikgu sekali"
You know, that 'foreseen' situation that most probably will happen when you were sat with Amanda.

But, we're teenage girls, we work around the rules. Madam Lam says that Amanda supposed to sit beside be. Well, Madam Lam is our English teacher too, and English is only thrice or twice a week. Madam Lam come in the class only in the morning and during English. So, Amanda go wild and sit everywhere, so do I.

Then, in Kemahiran Hidup class. I was again partnered with Amanda. We were going to cook Ayam Masak Lemak. A very intelligent and thoughtful Amanda says, "Ainaa, awak bawa ayam ye. Kalau saya bawa, saya takut tak halal". And since this is mainly a Malay dish, I kinda remember I did most of the cooking but Amanda, she did most of the cleaning. And persuading others to give us some turmeric, we forgot to bring some.

That's Amanda. Why so random? Just cause.

I got a friend, his daughter named Amanda. Then I remembered my Amanda.

Hello Amanda!

Expert Advice

Last time, when I'm stressed, I will go shopping. Since money become very important, very valuable to me. Whenever I'm stressed out and I don't feel like talking about it, I've been searching for ways to mend the broken heart.

Gittew.

So, yesterday. I found a way. Sort of.

During lunch, I just get on the car and merayau. Since I only got 1-hour break, I just drove nearby. Getting familiar with the road. Fortunately I'm in a place where traffic jam is not a problem. Hardly get traffic here.

That's a way.

You should try it too.

Be alone. Be with yourself. Talk to yourself. Cry your heart out (if you wanted to). But don't cry too much, pull over if you feel like so. Tears will blur your vision and I don't want to be the reason you got accident.

Drive safe.

Thinking Out Loud

Addicted to the song

Loving the dance

Crazy to the lyrics

Current Addiction : Ed Sheeran

Don't

Thinking Out Loud

When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?

And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70
And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Well, me—I fall in love with you every single day
And I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
And the crowds don't remember my name
When my hands don't play the strings the same way
I know you will still love me the same

'Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen
And, baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory
I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand

But, baby, now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
Thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

So, baby, now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are
Oh, baby, we found love right where we are
And we found love right where we are

Dilemma

Haih~ Scroll Facebook timeline, tengok baaaaanyak nya orang pergi bercuti, pergi diving, pergi beach-ing.*if you know what I mean*

Cemburu dengan Totty, tiap tahun berjalan. Bukan setahun sekali, setahun berkali-kali.
Cemburu dengan Su Yin, ate, kawan stewardess, dah dapat job, alang-alang berjalan la kan.
Cemburu dengan Kapten Amri, dah la diving, cantik pulak gambar yang ditangkap tu.

Tapi, aku ni, cemburu saja. Nak suruh plan pergi bercuti? Nak pergi mana eh?

I tak suka hutan, takde toilet proper.
I tak suka pantai, nanti hitam, melekit, panas.
I suka city, tapi takde ape menarik pun? Malls malls malls. And nightlife - macam boleh pergi kan.

So, in the end, I pun jadi malas and demotivated.

Then money issue, haih.. Money money money.

Bila nak kaya?

Karang ada yang baca, budget travel lah. Backpacking lah.
Cakap senang lah.
I have my own reason (the one you call excuses) why I don't do what you so-call proposed.

I think I'm gonna cry.
It's the time of the month.
Damn fragile.

Anyhow, I enjoy watching 'Why Being Girls Sucks' in Facebook, Youtube, Blogs.
I love being a girl, but it does sucks.

Enjoy below video.

Of Tesco and Kind People

Situasi di Tesco Kayangan, Shah Alam.

You know Tesco got this 'rules' where no one will Q behind some line?

Ok. The other day, there's one lady, with a trolley half full of groceries, carrying her baby with another 2 toddlers playing with each other. She was standing behind the line. 

So, a kind Tesco staff pointing out to her to an empty cashier and she raised her voice, "Tadi suruh datang sini, ni suruh pergi sana. Dah la, biar je. Sana-sini-sana-sini." The guy was just nodding and walks away.

If I was the guy, I would be very ashamed to be scolded in public like that. But I think, there are many eyes watching and these eyes understands. Nobody was 'looking' at the scene, everyone was 'playing cool'.

Then I reflected this to myself:

• I hope I will not be that lady, groceries shopping with 3 kids without any other adult. 
• I hope I will be kind to people even when I'm tired or stressed - people just working maa. 
• I hope I can stay being kind to people when they're tired or stressed - I wouldn't know what happened few minutes earlier in their life.

Anyhow, I'm truly blessed living in a caring community which donates stuff to East Coast flood victims. They've been hurt bad. What I'm going to say next does not justify at all and is just a joke.

Korang derma semua makanan kat East Coast, ni kat sini dah habis makanan. There's like nothing in Tesco. I also need food to live one. Later all donate there, I eat what? Who wants to donate to me?

*please laugh so that I don't look like a total b**ch*