Just a sneak preview of what I have been doing lately.





10th March 2007

Fida & Sham

Went to Baling, Kedah to witness and be the 'official' photographer for her solemnization ceremony as well as the reception. She has been my colleague for about 5 years now and has been one of my closest friend. She tied the knot with the man of her dreams introduced by another colleague. And then, the relationship bloomed. She said that she never planned to settle down so quick but that's fate.

Selamat pengantin baru Fida & Sham. Moga kekal bahagia ke anak cucu.

17th March 2007

All the hantaran

The dowry in the form of a rose bouquet and the wedding ring.

Other things that kept me busy for the past few weeks were the preparation for my younger brother's solemnization ceremony. I took care of all the hantarans and all the decoration of the dowry and other gifts for my sister-in-law-to-be. I am not that creative but everything turned out quite okay. Simple and sweet (ni perasan ni). The best part was that my youngest brother, who was in charge of putting all the dulang (trays) and the alas dulang (cover of the trays) in the car, forgot to put the alas dulang in the car and our hantaran kind of missed something. I felt really disappointed since I was the one making sure that everything was pretty and we missed that particular thing. But, I had to accept it. My mom was making a fuss about it at the bride's house and blamed me. In the end, she admitted of placing the alas dulang in the bedroom - which I placed in front of the hantarans so we would not forget.

Anyway, everything went well. My brother has moved on in a different phase with only one lafaz of the akad. I didn't take any pictures since we were the family members of the groom and it seemed inappropriate. Not to worry since there was a photographer present at the bride's house. I will just have to wait the pictures from their side.

Selamat pengantin baru Abang & Inn. And Inn, welcome to the family.

p/s: Yesterday was only the solemnization ceremony. The reception at the bride's side will be in the end of April and the following week will be the groom's side. That's why I said in my previous entry that I'll be busy till May. :-)

It's been a hectic week and month for me. I have something coming up which is important and takes up a lot of my time. I mean a lot has to be sorted out and with the work pressure and all, I am quite thankful that I can still breathe!

Anyway, I still managed to watch the finale of What Women Want and felt happy as Hafiz won the contest. He really deserves the title.