Post-trip

Salam everyone,

Many apologies for the lack of updates. This bride-to-be has been very busy. :)

Unfortunately that hasn't been due to wedding preparations, hehe. Work has been taking its toll on me lately and it's just taking a bit of time getting adjusted to. :)

Anyhows, as the title suggests, yes, we have finally made our trip to Singapore! Weeheeee! The aim was to get our hantaran stuff there and syukur Alhamdulillah, things have gone according to plan. :) For the other half, we've managed to get the following things:

- Wallet

- Watch

- Ties

- Shoes

- Work shirts, and

- Camera

Which is basically half of his hantaran already, so I can't be more pleased! His ipad2 is still pending though, and until that is bought, I doubt I'm ever gonna hear the end of it, lol. ;)

As for myself, I've managed to get a few bags, tudungs, makeup as well as toiletries (skincare). The hantaran is still missing a few pieces but the rest are available in Brunei so I don't really have much to worry.

As for progress updates, I'm still waiting for my invitation cards to be delivered. Word is she'll be sending them today and it will arrive within the next couple of days so that's exciting news! I also had the chance to go to Masamichi earlier today to settle the remaining payments for the video coverage and that has been done. Feels like such a productive day :D

Till next time bride-to-bes!

Checklist!

Salam everyone~!

The man found an adorable iphone app for me this afternoon while we were out for lunch and I just had to share! It's a wedding countdown application that basically counts down the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes and even seconds! to the wedding date and looks something like this:

I actually have the exact same background as the photo above but the times lain lah. According to mine though, I am about 3 months left to go before the big day, eeks!! :O

Alhamdulillah, preparations have been going smoothly so far. My kain nikah has been sent for tailoring and although I was ridiculously worried about the outcome - will it be too extravagant? will it be too modern and breach the conservative norms? will it be too expensive?! - I eventually came to the realization that there's nothing much I could do now and the tailoring needs to be done anyway. Klau nda, nada baju nikah by July and I wouldn't want that! Lol. Plus I've sent it to a trusted tailor, whom I've heard many good reviews of, so what's left is to tawakal and pray for the very best outcome. Yes. Tawakal. *breathes in breathes out* Hehe.

Besides that, MUA has been confirmed! :D I'm also looking to another MUA who apparently does a clean and flawless job as well. Been trying to get a hold of him for the past two weeks but arrangements had to be rescheduled a number of times because of his very hectic schedule. That's just how popular he is! It kinda worries me actually, really want to book him for the other ceremonies. The good news is: I've managed to secure an appointment with him on the 1st May so here's to hoping that won't be postponed! Yes yes?

Photography and videography will be confirmed soon as well! I've done a lot of scouting for this but finallyyyy, we're meeting up with my planned photographer tomorrow and then the videographer on Friday so it's a pretty full schedule this week. I've been in touch by email with the photographer for quite some time now so it's very exciting that I'm actually meeting up with him tomorrow - his work, too, is absolutely gorgeous! :))

As for invitations, they will be sorted out soon. I've finally decided to do the nikah ones at home and the sanding ones in Indonesia, only because of the time-constraint and of course, budgeting wise. Hehehe. Catering and kems are still being scouted for but the parentals are in charge of that. As for campur, we're still waiting approval for a number of things but otherwise, we've still got a backup plan just in case that doesn't work out. The campur for the family gathering night has been decided tho! It'll be delicious delicious cupcakes from a local cupcake service here. I've heard amazing reviews from people so I've decided to give it a shot. Excitiingggg!! :D

Hmm... have I left out anything else? Oh yes, the pra-nikah courses have been set as well! So so happy for this :D The man and I have both been put into the May slots, well ahead of our actual nikah ceremony so it was very much a blessing, syukur Alhamdulillah :) I've joked around that we got into those slots because of his background :p But I suppose we just got lucky - good luck to the rest who are applying too! :)

Till then!