tick tock tick tock.

The sister tells me I'm curvacious.

Mr Sunshine wants me to gain a little more weight because he does not like thin girls.
Gila ke hape.

Two weeks to go and I am still fat.
Say hello to the fat bride-to-be.
*nangis*
I guess I'd have to learn to live with my body being like this since there's not enough to do anything about it anymore eh ? :(

Things left to do:
1. Get myself some nice lingerie. Haha.
2. Print signage.
3. Find a way to get the big pillows for our akad nikah two days before the day from Kajang.
4. Buy 100 eggs for the bunga telur/pahar. And boil them !
5. Stick thank you stickers on door gifts when they arrive the night before the date.
6. Buy henna.
7. Collect bersanding outfit.
8. TRY TO RELAX.

xoxo,
Melissa R.

my body's too bootylicious for you baby.

I took last Sunday off and was home last weekend as one of my close friends, Diana, got married !
She got married in such a beautiful and lavish ceremony. Akad on Saturday after Asar.

Berinai that same night (I did not go for this session). And the reception on Sunday afternoon.

How cantik is that pelamin ?

It was so touching to see the girl I used to sit next to in class the whole of Form 4 and 5 all made up, gorgeous, and MARRIED !
Mr Sunshine tagged along to both the akad and the reception. :)

I also had to be home last weekend to get a few things done.
The sister, my two best friends and Mr Sunshine headed to Jalan TAR to do some hantaran deco shopping. I had initially thought of going to Nilai, but time (and distance) was not on our side. :(
We spent half a day there, and we managed to get most of the important things such as trays, lovely (and pricey !) wooden containers and cloth from a shop in Semua House. Sal told me she will get the rest when she gets an idea of how she is gonna decorate my hantaran. :)

The wedding shopping entourage.

The highlight of the day was definitely when I tried on my reception dress !
As we walked into the store, I saw my red dress on the mannequin and to tell you the truth I was a bit dissapointed. I think both my sister and I had the same thoughts, we loved how the bottom of the dress and the trail looked like but the top, hmmm, could have been better ? I reluctantly tried it on, afraid that it would get stuck somewhere in between my hips and butt. But it did not, thank God. It actually looked pretty decent on me. :)

I would not want to puji my own dress, but I love it ! Everyone who were with me at that time loved how it looked on me too. :)

I did feel like my hips were huge but I was told not to slim down, if not the dress would not look as nice anymore. Hmmmmmmmmm. Tapi, hips saya besar mengalahkan Beyonce dan JLo. :'(

Here's my blurred dress on my hips. :p

After lunch, Mr Sunshine drove the sister, Akey and me to Kajang where we discussed how my pelamin would look like. :)

That night after dinner, the whole family plus Linn and Mr Sunshine had dinner at One Utama and I got a hold of my perfume for his hantaran for me. :)
On Saturday morning before Diana's akad, Mr Sunshine and I were at One Utama (again) to get a comforter set, and some new curtains for Mummy's room.
Oh, we have come to a mutual decision that there will be NO bilik pengantin in Gombak. Tak wajib kan ? :)
It's better for us to spend that money to get ourselves a new bed set for our pad here in Terengganu. :)
We'll be using the sister's single bed in Mummy's room and decorate the place a bit just untuk cukup syarat. :p
I bought a pair of heels for my akad nikah that Saturday night ! It's simple and sweet. Just like what I have been looking for. Not to mention, it was on sale ! Hehe.

Mr Sunshine and I had our pre-wedding photo shoot done early Sunday morning at Taman Metropolitan, Kepong. Here's a sneak peek of the outcome. :)

Credits to Fadza. Can't wait for the whole set !

It was a very very exhausting weekend. But I'm somewhat relieved that a lot of things had been settled.
Argh, it's so tough planning a wedding when you're 8 hours away.
:(

xoxo,
Melissa R.

i need to lose weight.

Hello.
I do realize that I pretty much suck at blogging about my wedding preparations.
It's not that I do not have the time at all, it's just that most of the time I'm just not in the mood. And documenting the thousands of things that are undone will just get me all worked up. :(

Oh well, as mentioned in previous post, my wedding cards have been picked up. Thanks to Kanda Dinda.
It took me
quite awhile to get over the fact that there is a (stupid) flaw in every one of them. *nangis*
Thank you to the sister who kind heartedly helped me edit her phone number. :(

She also helped with the folding and is responsible for the writing the names in the card. What would I do without her ? :)
I have gathered quite a number of addresses and will be posting them all out within this week. I will be needing my guests to RSVP, so that I can do a head count or an estimation on how many people will be attending.
Then I can know whether I will need to add more food.
A few have not replied, and I have quite a number of cards that I have planned to pass by hand. Now I'm having second thoughts as I do not know when I will have the chance to do so !

Hantaran items for him have all been bought.
I have not gotten my perfume, cloth and hijab though.
I need to find time to go get them and pass them to Mr Sunshine !

Mr Sunshine will be going back this week for Aidiladha, and is planning to get his Baju Melayu for nikah tailored. Hope that goes well.

I am looking for shoes to go with my nikah Baju Kurung. A simple one would do, because I'd be wearing it on the way to the mosque and back only.
It should be something that I can still use after the wedding.

Something like this maybe ? From here.

I am depending the sister to get the house and rooms to look a bit decent.
Mr Sunshine and I have yet to go scouting for a bed set.
I have been contemplating, since we're both in Terengganu, and will be staying here for quite some time after we get married, it would be a waste of money to get two bed sets.
It's sort of confirmed that we're a getting a complete bed set for the quarters here.
And I might get only a bed for Gombak as Mummy's room already has a cupboard, dressing table and a bedside table.
The only problem is that it would be difficult to find a bed that would match the current furniture in Mummy's room.
Hmmmmmm.

ONE AND A HALF MONTH to go. InshaAllah.
I have been gaining weight like nobody's business. Some of my baju kurung are ill-fitting for me already.
It's a bit depressing to see how I have let myself go. :(
But I have started exercising like I used to, and hopefully I'll manage tone up in time before my dress fitting session. And my best friend, Diana's wedding.
Which is about two weeks away. Fat hopes eh ?
At least tone up a bit lah, please. :(
I HAVE ABOUT 10 LBS TO LOSE ! But I'm thinking that's impossible (and unhealthy) to achieve in such a short span of time.
Oh this is so depressing.

xoxo,
Melissa R.

of dress sketches and a card draft.

And so Monday has arrived. *vomits*
But the weekend did not leave me in vain, hehe.
Good news people, Mr Sunshine and I finally attended our marriage course a.k.a kursus perkahwinan ! Alhamdulillah.

Our certificates will be ready by next week, I'm probably not going to be able to get them at that time as I'd be working. The week after that, maybe ?

He arrived here on Thursday night, we used Friday to go to the tailor for her to measure us for our reception outfit. Here's a blurred sketch of my dress !

I blurred it on purpose, did not want to spoil the surprise. Hehe baik tak payah upload kan ?  I hope it turns out nice ! Risaunya !

We also went to order our wedding cards here. Their cards are simple and cheap. Hehe.
They've already sent me the draft of the card (they emailed it on Friday night itself !) but there are still some amendments to be done and Mr Sunshine wants to show it to his family first before we proceed with the printing. :)

OMG.
I am so nervous !

xoxo,
Melissa R.

raya 2009.

Hello, I hope it's not too late to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
How was your Raya ?
You can read about mine here and here.

I know I am guilty of not updating often enough over here.
But truth is, there is nothing much to update all of you with.
Mr Sunshine and I have registered to attend our marriage course next weekend, InshaAllah hopefully we'd be able to make it.
I am planning to take next Friday off (I have been working two nights straight this weekend) to go to the tailor for our reception outfits, order our wedding invitation cards and hopefully go for our HIV test.
Which reminds me, I've been wanting to call the clinic to check on the duration of validity of the test.
Oh, I would also like to spend a bit of quality time with him, hopefully.I miss him. :(

Happy Raya everyone ! :)


xoxo,
Melissa R.

what do i wear ??

Ok so I have yet to decide on how I want my sanding dress to look like.
All the dresses I am checking out just look so lovely, but I do not know how they would look if they were in red because they're mostly in white/off-white.
What I do know is that I want something modest, simple, yet elegant. Is that even possible ?
I want something that will accentuate my relatively normal-sized waist and hide my larger than life hips. Heee.

I love mermaid silhouette dresses !

Modern kebaya top and gown like bottom, cantik kan ?

I am not sure whether I can pull off such a dress.

By Rizalman Ibrahim. This is absolutely gorgeous. Simple, but gorgeous !

Ahh, RED. :)

I gave a shot at designing my own wedding dress at Wedding Dress Creator.

Classic A Line silhouette. :)


Maybe going strapless would not be such a good idea. I need all the support I can get on that night. :p

I want my hair made up like that. *dreams*

Oooohh, pening kepala.

For Mr Sunshine, he has four options of designs to choose from. I can't remember all of them but we both have agreed that he's gonna wear the traditional baju melayu. :)
There's just something about men in baju melayu which turns me on.
Seriously, I think baju melayu makes a guy look soo sexy.

Four months to go !

xoxo,
Melissa R.

red, black and silver ?

Mr Sunshine came down last Friday for a one night's (sobs) visit.
We went to Jalan TAR with the initial thought of getting some, if not all, of our hantaran stuff, but after seeing and walking through the massive crowd there, we went back after only getting one item.

But we managed to book the cloth for our reception (my side) !
It's from the same place I sent my baju kurung for nikah which will be ready by the end of October, InshaAllah.
I know I have not revealed the details of the boutique I am hiring, but I do not plan to until I see how my baju kurung looks like. I do not want to end up recommending something I do not like. But it's in Jalan TAR lah. :)
As I have mentioned in my previous post, it has been tough looking for dress of my dreams (cewah) so we've decided to rent a newly tailored one.
It's red satin and black coloured lace with silver details.
I was really hoping to find silver or grey coloured lace to go with the red satin, but they all did not appeal to me. Terpaksa tukar theme yang ada di dalam kepala selama ini.
But I really like how the lace we picked out brings out the red ! I have no regrets so far, except for not taking snapshots of the cloth. :(
Ooohh I'm starting to get so excited (and nervous) even though I have not decided on how I want the dress to be designed.
Will only be going to get our measurements after Aidilfitri, so I guess I have ample time to decide and browse through the numerous wedding magazines I have with me. Hehe. I would be happy if anyone else would chip in with some ideas, hehe.
I would also have ample time to lose some inches from this ever expanding hips of mine, I hope.

The official caterer for my reception will be Mutiara Catering.
Confirmed this last Tuesday after a lengthy discussion between Sal and I and Hakimin from Mutiara Catering.
He was really good, as in he was so honest in explaining why I should not get ribbons for plastic chairs etc etc. He seemed genuinely interested to help me, not just out there to suck all the money out of me.

And today, I booked my pelamin !
I opted for the pelamin package I could afford, minus their bersanding outfit.
Went to see them once to discuss colors etc, but it looks like I'm gonna have to talk to them again since I have changed the colour of my dress.
I hope they won't disappoint !

xoxo,
Melissa R.

the last.

Hi.
I can say that last weekend was fruitful.

On the first day of Ramadhan (Saturday), I managed to send my nikah cloth for tailoring, and even though it would be made into just a simple modern baju kurung, I am pretty anxious about how it will look like !
I hope it turns out as nice as how I have imagined it to be. *daydreams*

Sal and I went asking around about wedding packages at some of the boutiques that were at Jalan TAR.
Tried on some wedding dresses which got me a bit excited.
Went around again yesterday, this time we went as far as Kajang.
It's sooo difficult to find THE red dress !
Some of them offer gorgeous pelamins, but so so dresses.
Of course I can opt for a newly tailored dress (best kan) to go along with the packages which would come with an extra charge, but that remains an option until I have really given up looking.

This is not easy.


xoxo,
Melissa R.

panic attack at work.

I am at work.
I am freaking out about the catering for my reception which has not been booked.
Also anxious about the outfit I am gonna wear for my reception which I have not started scouting for.
Mr Sunshine came down this weekend but instead of settling the two mentioned above, we went searching for our hantaran items and rings. In the end we did not get anything done, except for reassess (and readjust) our wedding budget together.
Can I panic now ?

xoxo,
Melissa R.