Updated Checklist

Our wedding countdown shows 4 months 1 week 4 days until the Day.

and here's our checklist:

1. Booking Masjid Raya Pondok Indah untuk akad
2. Booking aula Masjid Raya Pondok Indah untuk resepsi
3. Booking Resti Catering
4. Booking Lightbrush Photography
5. Booking pelaminan
6. Deal undangan dengan Aneka Grafica – insyAllah minggu ini naik cetak
7. Bahan seragam buat keluarga dan teman dekat
8. Booking Dr. Anwar Sanusi sebagai penasihat perkawinan
9. Urus dokumen pernikahan dan penghulu
10. Foto buat buku nikah (harus tunggu sampai muka mulus dulu nih)
11. Souvenir Resepsi - 50% done!!!
12. Soevenir pengajian sajadah kain
13. Finalise list undangan
14. Hunting barang-barang seserahan
15. Fitting pertama baju akad nikah dan resepsi
16. Finalise rundown acara akad dan resepsi
17. Susun lagu buat resepsi
18. Prewed
19. Urus Honeymoon
20. Beli cincin kawin dan mahar

Happy that most of the things in our checklist has been completed.

The Pippy Longstocking Cheek in Style...

Setelah 3 tahun mengabdi pada suatu klinik kecantikan, akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk stop konsultasi...abis setiap gue ngaca kok ya ga nambah cantik hicks...

H-5 bulan muka gue tampak makin ga beraturan. Pipi kiri kanan isinya jerawat merah totol-totol. Belum lagi yang bersemayam di jidat.

Setiap orang yang ketemu pasti komentar pertamanya "Ya ampuuunnn...muka loe kenapa???".
Sungguh, gue lebih suka waktu dulu orang2 suka nanya kapan gue kawin daripada dikomentarin begini...

Akhirnya sama (calon) mama mertua disuruh ke dokter Made di klinik Sam Marie di Wijaya I. jam prakteknya memang kurang bersahabat sama jadwal orang kantoran, tapi demi kulit muka bak pantat bayi tancaaappp...

setelah pidato panjang lebar tentang penyebab jerawat dan lain-lain, begini hasil diagnosa sang dokter:
1. pola makan salah;
2. muka kotor;
3. hormon berlebihan;
4. kurang ditidurin...(kurang tidur. red)

Pengobatannya:
1. diet
perbanyak sayur dan minum jus wortel sekali sehari
2. cuci muka setiap ambil wudhu

obat yang dikasi juga cuma suplemen makanan yang isinya antioksidan, anti gatal (biar tangan gue ga garuk2 muka melulu), obat jerawat buat ditotol sama cream malam. Harganya pun jauh lebih murah daripada mantan klinik kecantikan gue itu.

kita lihat bagaimana hasilnya di hari H nanti...*optimis*

RAINBOW IN OUR WEDDING

Inspired by a wedding magazine, we decided to make our own wedding souvenir.
It’s a small transparent plastic jar and tied with a colorful ribbon.
The idea is to fill the jar with colorful candies and biscuits.

So far…

We successfully obtained 500 plastic jars in a chemistry supplies store at Mester, Jatinegara.

The ribbon can be found in many places, but we bought it at Pasar Mayestik.

Colorful traditional sour candies were bought at its origin in Makassar.

Colorful biscuits and candies will be bought at Pasar Modern BSD.

Here’s a sneak peak to our home made wedding souvenir (with no biscuits and candies yet)…

Dear Moms and Sistas

Since our wedding will be dominant with green and gold…and so me we decided that the Moms will wear green and my sisters in law will wear gold.

An aunt recommend us a store, named Megatex…located at Basement 2 Tanah Abang, not far from the escalator.

Just mention the name and they will show you the right way.

Without having to go through a long searching, I found the perfect fabric with the perfect green colour for the Mom. It looks really elegant and fancy, and I’m more than happy to say that it cost us way below than what its look like to worth.

So I bought two: one for Mr.D’s mom and one for my aunt substitute to my late mother

Then I found another perfect fabric with the perfect gold for the sisters in law.

It’s integrated with beautiful ‘payet’ so they won’t have to worry about putting more to the fabric. All they have to do is find the perfect design and tailor, of course.

Truth to be told, the fabric cost even cheaper than the Moms.


Notes:
This store has various fabrics and colours, cheap and expensive…and according to my review, its way cheaper than those in Pasar Mayestik.

Kata Orang Tua

Kata orang tua, orang bisa dapat pahala terus menerus selama barang yang diberikannya masih dipakai untuk kebaikan dan memberi manfaat bagi orang yang diberi….


Berhubung kita banyak dosa…


Berhubung masih suka bolong-bolong kalau shalat…


Berhubung masih suka alasan sakit buat batalin puasa…


Dan terutama berhubung tingkat keimanan kita belum sempurna…


Maka untuk acara pengajian nanti, kita akan memberikan souvenir berupa sajadah kain kepada para undangan ibu-ibu pengajian dan adik-adik yatim piatu…



Semoga apa yang dikatakan orang tua itu benar.

Catatan:
Sajadah dapat dibeli di toko Hambala (Tanah Abang) dalam hitungan kodi (1 kodi = 20 pcs) dengan harga yang lebih murah dibanding toko-toko sebelah…

WE'RE MOVING

1. Resepsi dengan konsep kombinasi indoor outdoor
2. Lilin-lilin sepanjang jalan masuk
3. Lampion cantik bergantungan antara pohon-pohon
4. Bangku taman buat duduk-duduk diluar
5. Penyanyi akustik di taman dengan lampu sorot
6. Lokasi yang strategis

BUBAR JALANNNNNNNN….

Karena kita BATAL KAWIN di Al Bina ;p ;p

Tepat di saat udah DP catering, DP foto, undangan siap naik cetak dan pelaminan udah ok…tiba-tiba pengelola Masjid Al Bina bilang mereka lagi renovasi. Jadi, sudah dipastikan akan ada kenaikan yang belum bisa ditentukan kapan dan berapa. Walaupun sudah DP harga saat ini tidak mengikat dan tetap akan dikenakan harga baru. Ampun deh, yang bener aja si bapaaakkk…gue kan udah sampai kebawa mimpi resepsi disitu dengan segala konsep ina itu huhuhuhu.

Berhubung kita pasangan yang suka play save, maka dengan berat hati kita mundur teratur. Bisa sakit jantung nanti kalau sampai harganya naik berkali-kali lipat hicks…
Jadi, dalam waktu seminggu kita harus cari tempat baru yang REKANAN sama catering, foto dan pelaminan…duh peer banget deh pokoknya!!! Bahkan ada suatu tempat yang nolak kita karena undangan kita cuma 250, sedangkan mereka kapasitasnya min 1000 huahuhuhuhuhuhuhu...cis kaya orang susah deh sempet emosi mau naikin jumlah undangan jadi 2000

Alhamdulillah kita dapat tempat yang tidak kalah bagus dengan harga yang jauh lebih murah, dan yang lebih penting lagi: rekanan sama kateringnya hehehe…

So dearest all, re-save the venue coz we’re moving to:

Masjid Raya Pondok Indah

“Not that big, not that far and most importantly NOT THAT EXPENSIVE…”

Bocah Ingusan

Kepada pacarku si bocah ingusan

Yang bagaikan anak kelas 4 SD suka meler-meler ga beraturan kaya angka 11 naik turun

Mata merah penyakitan dan muka beler ga berbentuk

Jangan lupa minum air putih yang banyak, minum vitamin dosis tinggi dan cepat tidur…

Kalo wiken ini kamu sembuh, aku beliin es krim yang buanyaaaakkkk hehehe

Trus kita jalan-jalan kemanapun dan makan apapun

No wedding stuff for us…just us…having great times ^.^

Kalopun belum, tenang ajaaaa….

Aku bakal berubah jadi tukang masak dan kamu boleh minta masakan apaaa ajaaaa (subject to materials availability di tukang sayur yah sayang hehehe)

Or I’ll just sit next to you and we’ll laugh out loud watching stupid movies from the dvd

Or I’ll just watch you sleeps like a baby…

And pray that you’ll get well soon

Ask me...!!!

Si anak congak berkata:

"Ask me please..."

Have you ever ride a bike? "Am good at it..."
Have you ever ride a car? "ride yes, drivin no!"
Have you ever ride a motorcycle? "my favourite ride in this hectic Jakarta is called Ojek"
Have you ever cruisin on a ship? "yes, and having sea sick...huekss"
Have you ever ride on truck? "Hell yeah, its the coolest thing to do when I was elementary school. Ngeteng di truk demi menghemat ongkos hehehe"
Have you ever fly with airplane? "me love flyingggg for free"
Have you ever been on a chopper? "*dengan congak* YES YES YES!!!"
Have you ever been on a sea plane? "*makin congak* Definitely yessss!!! hahaha"

Thanks to my job, I am able to experience a choppy and a sea plane on a very cool business trip.

Review:
Chopper : excited for the first 15 minutes and then it made me sleepy zzz...zzz...zzz
Sea Plane : very excited for the first 10 minutes and then it made me panic and trembling not long after the pilot put on auto pilot mode and start to read guide book on how to fly the plane. Even when he decided to put on the manual mode, I got air sick and dizzy when he turned the plane sharp left or right...yaiks!!!!

In summary, i prefer the bike, the car and the Ojek...

Canggih....

Siapa bilang kosan gue ga canggih?

Bayaran tetap paling murah di lingkungan Setiabudi Tengah, hanya ratusan ribu

Dapat compliment teras sendiri dan sinar matahari pagi

Air panas? gampanglahhh...tinggal masak pake termos listrik dan tunggu 15 menit

Mau makan tinggal angkat telpon buat delivery

Dan malam ini...baru tau, kalau ada orang yang berbaik hati buka akses wifi nya sehingga si anak kosan yang suka susah tidur nyenyak di malam hari bisa download video di youtube, update blog dan FB serta browsing tempat2 honeymoon....

Hampir aja mengorbankan dana kawinan buat beli modem hehehe...

Semoga si empunya Wifi diberikan pahala yang berlimpah, Amiiinnn...

*malah makin ga bisa tidur*

Friends in Need, Friends Indeed…

On our wedding entertainment outstanding list:

1. MC
Suatu hari yang indah di kantor
Me : rumours have it, Mas Dery sering jadi MC di kawinan?
Mas Dery : hmmm….yaaaa *menjawab dengan tampang curiga mau dimanfaatkan*
Me : mau jadi MC di kawinan aku gaaaa???? Hehehehe *wicked smile*
Mas Dery : hmm…boleh *sial, ternyata dugaannya bener*
Me : eehhh…FOR FREEEE???
Mas Dery : mmm…yaaaaa *I knew it!!!*

CV:
Dery A Boesly
Memiliki jam terbang tinggi di bidang MC kawinan, seminar, workshop, acara kantor de el el.

2. Wedding Singer 1
Di suatu hari indah lainnya
Me : eh eh eh…waktu itu loe pernah bilang mau nyanyi kalau gue kawin kan???
Mario : huh…kapan??? *pura-pura lupa*
Me : waktu ituuuuuuuuuu…gue inget kok, soalnya loe bilang GRATIS!!!
Mario : sungguh ga inget *mulai amnesia*
Me : ya udah…tapi loe mau kan jadi wedding singer di kawinan gueeee??? *puss in the boots look*
Mario : *merasa ga ngaruh pura-pura lupa* okayyyyy….
Tapi sama adek gue yah???
Me : EVEN BETTER!!!

CV
Mario A. Amrillah
Lead Vocal Music for Sale
Sering nyanyi di acara kantor dan selalu mendapat standing applause dari para penonton.
Karakter suara mirip banget sama John Mayer, pokoknya the best deh!!!

3. Wedding Singer 2
Di hari lainnya
Dian : Gue mau nyanyi dong di kawinan loeeeee???
Me : *menimbang-nimbang* OKAY
Dian : Assiikkk…*mulai bernyanyi-nyanyi riang*
Me : wow thats's fast

CV
Dian Lestari
Lead Vocal untuk band kantor yang dulu suka exist di kawinan-kawinan orang.
Obsesi: join 3 diva…biar jadi 4 diva…

4. Wedding Singer 3
Di suatu hari Jumat menjelang jam 5 sore
Me : hmmm…suara loe kan bagus tuuuhhh
Agah : truss??? *pasti ada maunya*
Me : mau nyumbang suara di kawinan gue dooonnnggg???
Agah : *sigh*
Me : TENKYUUUUUUUU ;p ;p
Agah : *pasrah*

CV
Agah Sujiwa Nugraha
Singer, writer, lawyer and a dedicated father.

Disclaimer:
Ada beberapa yang tentunya diberikan bumbu tambahan hehehe

A Princess's Dream and Reality...

Me in 10 years old

“I am going to have a wedding, held in the afternoon just before sunset and at a beautiful park filled with flowers and butterflies. I will be wearing this beautiful white princess dress with tiara and a pink hand bouquet. My groom will be the cutest prince charming in the whole world!!!”

Me in the next 15 years

I am going to have a wedding:

Not held in my dream venue…
Not held with the afternoon sunset backdrop…
Not wearing the princess dress, but ‘adat’ dress…
Not wearing shiny tiara, but so-called ‘sunting’…
Maybe I can still have the hand bouquet, but maybe not in pink…
But definitely with the cutest prince charming in the whole world (according to my point of view that is)…

Moral of the story:

Forget about the whole pictures of an ideal wedding, there is no such thing…
As long as you have great friends, wonderful families and best partner-in-life-to-be, then it’s a perfect wedding…*cheers*

Wedding Tips I

#1 Miss organize
On my wed-prep, I‘ve transformed into a ‘Miss organise-freak’.
But really…at the end that’s what it takes to prepare a wedding without the helpful yet costly wedding organizer. If you really can’t afford one, then be one.
Here’s a simple idea, what I did was preparing the two most important things:
a. A complete table of myour wedding schedule which contain the things-to-do-list for our wedding (i.e. January doing this, February doing that…etc); and
b. A list of vendor and their fees and do not forget…their details of address and phone number and name of person that you can feel free to terrorized every time panic decided to drop by.

#2 Less bossy least firm
No one likes a bossy bride and groom to be…not even the vendors! so careful there...
True, its your money and your big day…but still, people would feel more happy to offer you their open hands if you’re less bossy. Being bossy and being a bridezilla is waaaayyyy different
Buuutttt…you also have to be firm at the same time. If you already have this so-called-a-perfect-wedding-plan in your head , well don’t be too soft and nice…if you know what I mean…

#3 Don’t listen to people too much
Keep in mind that you want this to be YOUR once-in-a-life-time-perfect-wedding.
You have to welcome suggestion(s) and shared experience(s), especially from the elders. You really don’t wanna hurt their feelings (and its really a big NO)
However, you must know when and what to listen and when to ignore.

#4 Keep it together
Wedding preparation is the best moment for a family and friends gathering. You will feel a lot closer to them more than ever and at the end you might even feel really thankful for having them as a part of your life.

#5 Flirt with your vendors
Hihihi this is a skill that I just learnt and it worked perfectly with my caterer and photographer.
Speak highly of your vendors and don’t forget to say that you only have limited budget and that you can’t turn away to other vendors because you’re madly in love with their products (yerr rite!!!).
Either out of pity or they’re desperately competing for customer, they will eventually give you a good price hehehe…In summary, Lick some ass!!!!

Belanja (dan) Kompor

Happy Sunday...

Menggerayangi PIM 1 hingga PIM 2 buat hunting kompor sebagai kado ulang tahun untuk calon mertua tersayang...

Ups...malah nyasar beli kebaya jadi buat kawinan ntah siapa dan ntah kapan.

Dalih Belanja 1:
biaya beli bahan dan ongkos jahit kalau dihitung jauh lebih mahal dari si kebaya jadi. Belum diitung korban perasaan dan makan hati kalo gambaran di kepala tak sesuai dengan aslinya..

Pantang menyerah, bergerak menuju pusat...tepatnya di Grand Indonesia.
sejenak lupa akan tujuan utama, malah nyasar ke lantai 5 East Mall. Sekedar menyicipi brighspot market eh malah mentok di booth Petite Cupcakes dan menghabiskan pundi-pundi uang disana.

Dalih Belanja 2 :
ini gue bangeettt (always works!) baju berukuran kecil dengan motif cerah ceria dan heyyyyy...tampaknya sepatu flat yang biasa dipakai sudah waktunya diwariskan ke yang lebih membutuhkan.

dan di sebelah kiri ada booth handmade bag yang men-display tas laptop dengan motif yang tidak biasa dan siapa seh yang bisa tahan godaan disc 50%??? (not me for sure!!!)

Dalih Belanja 3:
anything with 50% or more discount is always worth to buy.

Alhasil...keluar dengan menenteng tas belanjaan berisi dress vintage yang cantik, tas laptop diskonan dan a cute flat shoe *grin*

(its true, im a bad financial advisor!!!)

Sudah hampir pulang ketika sadar kompor belum dapaaattt...urrrgghhhh bad daughter-in-law-to-be!!!

Secepat kilat berlari menuju Best Denki dan....dapat kompornya!!! si hitam Sanken dengan 2 tungku dan dengan teknologi "Blue Whirljet" Si Api Mutar.

Moral of the story:
Berdasarkan survey perkomporan, ternyata kompor itu mahal...next time ada orang tanya mau kado apa buat kawinan, I'll definitely reply: Kompor 4 tungku yang terintegrasi dengan oven dan penghisap udara seharga min Rp6,000,000 ajah...

So...ada yang mau nanya??? ^.~

The Getaway Trip (2009 Edition)

Pre-wed pic made by ourself ^.^

Last July, me and Mr.D were off to Yogya for our annual getaway from the office trip.

Tadinya seh kita mau ke Belitung, melakukan perjalanan napak tilas Laskar Pelangi. Cuma dasar kita cupu, terlalu percaya dengan gosip yang disebar by email. Emailnya kurang lebih bilang kalau sekitar bulan Juli dan Agustus hindarilah daerah pantai karena akan ada gempa dan tsunami kecil. Batal sudah rencana berlari-lari diantara bebatuan di pantai Belitung sambil nyanyi seroja ala Laskar Pelangi ^.^

20.07.09

Kita berangkat tanggal 20 July 2009, naik Air Asia pastinya. Delay aja lhooo....Jadwal yang mestinya jam 5an baru berangkat jam 6-7 malam gitu. Tapi lumayanlah dapat Hoka Hoka Bento dan seminggu kemudian dikirimin voucher Air Asia Rp500,000 masing-masing hehe.

Sampai di Bandara Adi Sutjipto kita beli voucher taksi seharga Rp45,000 untuk Ring 1 dalam kota. Tujuannya adalah Condong Catur, dimana kita akan menginap di suatu boutique hotel berjudul Roemah Jawa. Hotelnya seru seh, murah meriah pula. Dekat dari airport tapi tentunya tidak dekat dari pusat keramaian.

21.07.09

Dengan berbekal semangat 45, jam 4 pagi kita udah bangun dan bersiap-siap untuk melihat sunrise di Candi Prambanan. Nah ceritanya sebelum berangkat udah browsing sunrise di candi. Untuk Candi Borobudur harus bayar paket seharga kurang lebih Rp200,000/orang, mahal dooonnnggg??? Nah ada seorang teman backpacker dalam blognya menulis kalau dia sunrise di Candi Prambanan, GRATIS. Jadilah kita kesana di pagi buta.

Sampai disana, ternyata semua akses untuk ke Candi Prambanan ditutup dan baru buka di jam resmi untuk pengunjung, yaitu jam 7 pagi huhuhuhu...info dari si temen backpacker sungguh menyesatkan. Jadilah kita menikmati sunrise dari pinggir jalan, seputaran komplek Candi Prambanan...sedihnyaaa

Pulang dari Candi Prambanan kita main-main di Hutan Kaliurang. Ketemu banyak monyet dan saudara-saudaranya. Emang dasar orang kota yah, pas kita naik tangga menuju si puncak hutan Kaliurang buat ngeliat gardu pandang, gada setengah jalan udah ngos-ngosan kehabisan nafas. Either kita udah tua atau memang kurang olahraga hicks...kalah sama si ibu2 tukang jualan minum yang naik tangga sambil bawa keranjang jualan.

Dari Kaliurang kita kelaparan setengah mati. Akhirnya memutuskan untuk makan di Amanjiwo. Tadinya planning candle light dinner disitu besoknya, sayang mendadak aku dapat panggilan tugas untuk sidang di Balikpapan (Yup, im on my annual leave and I still had to attend this court session on another island). Amanjiwo keren bangeeetttt...makanannya enak (yah sesuai seh sama harganya). Abis makan kita sempet diajak keliling liat2 ke kamar dan komplek Amanjiwonya, baguuuusssss...so puuurrrfect for honeymoon. Kita sampai mimpi mau honeymoon disitu hehehe (benar-benar mimpi soalnya semalamnya dikenai US400 blehhh).

Kita ga bisa lama-lama di Amanjiwo soalnya Candi Borobudur tutup jam 5 sore. Kan sayang kita udah ke daerah situ tapi nggak sempet ke Candi Borobudur. Timingnya pas banget deh, waktu kita kesana udah jam 4 kurang dan mataharinya udah friendly trus angin juga bertiup sepoi-sepoi, jadi kalau mau foto-foto ga BT kepanasan dengan kilau minyak di muka ^.^

Setelah puas foto-foto, kita makan malam di daerah Kota Gede namanya Omah Dhuwur. Sekilas info, restoran ini tempatnya enak banget, outdoor gitu (agak bikin masuk angin seh) dan makanannya juga enak dan banyak trus muraaahhhh (ini yang penting ;p).

Pulang dari makan malam kita mampir ke Ambarukmo Plaza buat nyari kostum sidang besoknya. Yah secara yaaa lagi liburan, yang ada di tas isinya celana pendek sama kaos dan sendal. Mana ada tu yang namanya baju kantoran apalagi sepatu hak hicks...Untung bisa direimburse hehehe...lumayanlah dapat baju kantoran satu set dan sepatu baru gratis ^.^

22.07.09

Pagi harinya tidak menarik, hanya perjalanan ke Balikpapan buat sidang lalu siangnya kembali lagi ke Yogya.

Begitu sampai Yogya, langsung menodong Didi untuk ke Malioboro. Di Malioboro kita belanja batik buat keluarga di rumah dan dari situ kita naik BECAK....iyaaaaa akhirnya aku naik becakkkk. Trus kita keliling ke keraton, alun-alun dan sekitarnya. trus makan di sate apaa gituuu, lupa namanya. Pokoknya tempatnya di alun-alun selatan deh.

23.07.09

Dengan malas dan berat hati kita pulang ke Jakarta, tentunya dengan Air Asia. Untungnya kali ini nggak delay. Males juga yah nyampe malam-malam di Airport. Huhuhu...I wish we had more days to spend, or maybe weeks..or...months??? ;p ;p

Cant wait for our next annual getaway in 2010, and at that time we can finally be room mates ^.^

From A to Z...The Checklist!!!

Every other married-to-be-couple that we know have their very own wedding checklist.

So we proudly present: ours, tadaaaaaaa....

Venue

Akad : Masjid Al Bina Senayan (booked)

Resepsi: Aula Masjid Al Bina Senayan (bookeed)

Pelaminan dan Dekor

Pelaminan : Cut Marlyn Wood (booked and its free ^.~)

Dekor (still a homework to be accomplished next month)

Wedding Costume and Make Up

Akad : Mr. D (done) and me (penjahit + model done, tapi masih harus hunting bahan, semangaatttt!!!!)

Resepsi : Cut Marlyn Wood (done for me and Mr.D, dan lagi-lagi IT'S FREE!!! hehehe)

Make Up : Tante Aseng dan Tante Nani

Catering

Masih diantara dua pilihan, Resti atau Alfabet. Any idea???

Undangan

Design : specially designed by a sweet friend of ours

Percetakan : masih harus menunggu design undangan

Daftar : whuaaaa...ini apa lagiiiiiiii, tar aja dehhhh...

Souvenir

we know what we want! tapi jadwal hunting ke Pasar Mester dan Mangga Dua sepertinya

harus menunggu bulan puasa berakhir...

Photographer

Wedding Day : Ligthbrush Photography (BOOKED with a very good deal!!!)

Pre-Wedding : We are not really a fan for this, but since a dear friend of ours would do it FOR FREE..well, why not??? ^.^

Seragam Keluarga dan Tata Rias

Akad : Hunting bahan setelah puasa

Resepsi : Beskap Laki-laki by Cut Marlyn Wood (lagi-lagi for FREE!!!)

Wanita by Pasar Mayestik

Bestfriend : Definitely by Pasar Mayestik hehehe

Tata Rias : masih mencariiii....

Cincin Kawin

Tempat beli : Kaliem

Jenis : Emas putih for me and Palladium for Mr.D

Kita belum beli karena sedang mengawasi perkembangan harga emas...tapi kata Didi nanti2 aja, soalnya dia takut nyimpennya hihihi

Mahar

Tadinya hanya berupa pundi-pundi emas dan seperangkat alat shalat.

One day, my friend that I could ask ANYTHING for the mahar...*matre mode on*

Lalu mulailah saya menjadi calon pengantin tak tau diri yang meminta kalung dengan customized design (design by me lhooo hehehe)

Lagi-lagi Didi takut nyimpennya...trus aku di kosan hehehe hopeless deh...jadinya baru akan dibeli H-sebulan.

Honeymoon

We've been to Bali, Lombok and Yogya...Now we're running out of ideas!!! helppp...

Seserahan

The idea is to buy an item for each person every month.

So far, we have a pretty cocktail dress for me, a cool shoe for Mr. D, a big multifunction bag for me, one cute navy T-Shirt for Mr. D and we bought this cute yellow towels package for he and she only for Rp199,900 (consist of 2 large towels, 2 gym towels and 2 face towels).

We have soooo many more items to go for, crossing our finger for another discount festive during Ramadhan, Christmas and New Year (and Valentine???).

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Daftar yang pendek dengan banyak perintilan and we still have 8 long months to go *sigh*

C'mon Mr.D, semangattt menuju honeymoon kitaaa...ups, kawinan kitaaaa ^.^

You and Me, We're Two!!!

2 years of us:

,,,Same stories,,,

,,,Same me,,,

,,,Same you,,,

,,,Only better,,,

Friday, 8 August 2009

My table-calendar was marked with a big thick circle written in red ink. It’s our 2 Anniversary!!! Yeaaaayyyyy…

Me and Mr.D very happy!!!

Our agenda:

1. All you can eat (and all you can pay) lunch-versary at Garuda, Arteri Pondok Indah

We ate a lot (well, I did)!!! Ini the best anniversary ever, prinsipnya perut kenyang hati senang pacarpun girang hehehe…

2. Nostalgia

Yang ini memang ga nyambung sama anniversary kita. Iseng-iseng kita berdua survey harga cincin ke Melawai, udah nemu tokonya, tau harganya, cocok modelnya…kita puass!!! Hehehe

Lalu…laluuuu…the best part was kita nemu kue cubit! ;p ;p
Kue cubitnya sih biasa, yang istimewa adalah kita nemu tukang kue cubit yang mau bikinin kue cubit setengah mateng hehehe…Hari gini agak jarang nemu yang beginian, mungkin para pedagang kue cubit takut dituduh bikin sakit perut kali yaahhh…

Jadi inget masa-masa SD, jajan kue cubit setengah mateng depan sekolahan. Padahal Cuma adonan tepung setengah jadi…tapi kok enak banget yah???

3. Foto Mobil ala Kita

Biasanya Didi terobsesi dengan foto kaki (God knows why), nah kemaren ini…dia terobsesi punya foto di tengah mobil yang sedang melaju hanya karena orang-orang pacaran lainnya pada punya..
Untuk menyenangkan hati pacar tersayang, jadilah kita mengikuti trend foto di mobil layaknya pasangan-pasangan lain dan beginilah hasilnya:

4. Burger-versary
Our favourite weekend food is Burger Kampung!!! Located at Sektor 2 Bintaro.

Ga perduli deh ada B****r K**g atau M*D atau M**s B****r. We love burger kampung better. Roti murahannyaa…dagingnya yang digoreng garinggg…yuuummm!!!

Sebenernya ada satu lagi makanan yang kita selalu absen di waktu wiken, namanya Bakmi Ndeso. Jenisnya mie ayam kampung gitu deh…
Burger kampung…mie ayam kampung…apapun yang kampung pokoknya lebih enak!!! *dasar selera kampung*

5. Dinner-versary at a Japanese restaurant at Ambhara Hotel which I cant remember the name

Rekomendasinya Mr.D.Alkisah dia tau resto Jepang ini gara-gara ‘nyasar’ di hotel Ambhara. Jadi ceritanya dia abis ngerokok di tangga darurat dan terkuncilah dia disana, dalam rangka mencari jalan keluar eh dia malah muncul di dapur restoran ini. Dengan casual dia berjalan keluar sambil (tentunya) diiringi oleh pandangan heran para penghuni dapur hihihihi...

Makanannya enak, harganya…??? Gatau deh, soalnya bonnya diumpetin sama Didi (huh!!!), trus WCnya seruuuu…banyak maenannya. Gara-gara kelamaan nongkrong di wc, mpe digedor orang hehehe.

6. Watching GI Joe for our midnight-versary at Pondok Indah XXI
Sedikit sinopsis: cerita keren, tampang Duke yang sok ganteng tanpa ekspresi, kebanyakan flash back, effectnya membuat kita berasa nonton orang lagi maen game…ya bolehlah buat iseng-iseng, tapi ga recommended buat ditonton pada jam midnight huhuhu.

And the night was ended with a sweet goodnight-versary kiss ^.^

We laughed…we fought…we cried and still…we stays next to each other.

Single Yet Not Available

Overall, me and Mr.D wedding package consists of 4 major phases, namely 

(i) the proposal, (ii) the ‘pengajian, siraman and malam boh gaca’ (Aceh cultures all in one day), (iii) the ‘akad nikah’ and (iv) the ‘sukuran’ alias resepsi.

Alhamdulillah..we accomplished the first one, the Proposal.  It was held on Saturday, 25 July 2009…together with my 25^th birthday celebration (huhuhu starting to feel old).

07.00 am

I didn’t need an alarm to woke up that morning, I felt excited all night and butterflies in my tummy.  Kept alert every hour or two, sitting on my bed, starring at my pretty blue dress that I’m going to wear for the Proposal, took a deep breath, smiling and then back to bed again. I feel like a 7 years old kid who’s going to have her first day to school moment or a teenage girl who’s going to have her high school prom night…

After bath, I went straight to Kat Salon around McD neighborhood.  Already booked it a month before…but apparently they FORGOT!!! So they kinda panicky when they saw me, hurried waking the other staffs who were still sleeping in the second floor and started to make 911 phone calls to any available make up staff they could reach.  I said nothing…the ‘jutek’ face of mine said enough…

Luckily, the make over part went perfectly.  Not too ‘menor’, not too heavy on my face, all acne scar gone invisible, not too ‘bibir merah’ and my hair only had a little but not too high ‘sasakan’.  Overall, the make up and hairstyle was perfect, all performed by Mba Ria (highly recommended) with a price below 300 thou!

10.00 am

All sets!

The food was ready, the decoration looked perfect, my bride’s maid already in her position (next to me)…and Mr.D’s family will come in the next half an hour. 

Suddenly my brother ran at my direction and said that one of my ‘rombongan keluarga nyasar mpe BSD’.

My brother : Uncle A is nyasar to BSD. He said you were pointing directions to him. What exactly did you tell him???

Me : I asked him where he was, and he said he’s 5 minutes to the toll exit.  So I said turn left when he sees a ‘bunderan’ and go straight until McD.

My brother : Well, did you mentioned that he have to go straight first then turn left on the second one?

Me : ups…ummm…well..yeah…I forgot about that one *grin*

My brother : uuurrrggghh $&%^#^%@#*

Well, it’s not my fault…it’s a common knowledge that you don’t ask me for direction since Im a little bit disoriented hehehe…and the GPS in my brain is not working well.

So yeah…they finally arrive half an hour later… ^.^

11.00 am

Mr.D’s family finally came in a very big group hehehe…

I was waiting in the ‘refleksi’ room with Yenny, killing our time with gossips, as usual.

and then my sister in law came in with my niece and said that Nasha was sweating so she needs an air conditioner room, and then she left me with Nasha…so me and Yenny played with her until she make that ‘I want my mom face’ and it took less then a minute until she finally cried and scream “I WANT MY MOMMY…..”.

me and Yenny looked at each other and then went panic.

  So Yenny finally took crying little Nasha to her mom that was sitting in the room where my uncle delivering his speech of acceptance to Mr.D’s family…

11.45 am

I was summoned (halah)…

It has been a week since I practiced the ‘catwalk’ move…so now Im ready!  I walked elegantly with a big smile on my face and then when I enter the room and heading for the chair next to my auntie, my uncle called me at told me to stand next to him…

This is way out of the scenario!!! My family was supposed to accept the proposal, and I was supposed to be called in after that, and all I did was supposed to be sitting and smiling ‘malu-malu’. Instead, I was standing in front of everyone for more than 10 minutes while my uncle was talking poetically and singing “love is foreveeerrrr….love is foreveeeerrrrrr….”.

12.00 pm

After my uncle FINALLY a

sked me to sit, next was the granting of ‘tanda ikat’.

Mr.D’s mom put a beautiful little ring to my finger and kisses me on the forehead.

After that, we were put together, me and Mr.D and people started to congratulate us before they finally enjoy the food (FYI: the catering was Rabia'h, very good price and great food!!!).

The rest of the event was taking pictures, chatting, and suddenly…a big birthday cake came out…and everyone was singing happy birthday.  I blew out the candles and gave the first the cake to none other than Mr. D hihihihi…

To this second, I still can’t believe im engaged to Mr.D…the ring successfully convince me every time I feel like hallucinating.

And with this ring on my finger, Mr.D made it clear that I am single yet not available ^.^

 Me and Mr.D

happy!!!