Must Have Item

Walau katanya pamer itu adalah riya dan riya itu adalah tidak baik, tapi saya tak tahan mau pamer hihihihihi
 
Ini dia mainan baruku...tadaaaaaa:

Stroller Belanja 

Ini baru dibeli Sabtu kemaren gara-gara terdampar sendirian di Pasar Modern Bintaro.  Jadi ceritanya, kita berbagi tugas.  Gue belanja ke Pasar Modern dan Didi sama Malik belanja bulanan ke G**nt.  Kita janjian harus selesai jam setengah 10 soalnya jam 10 ada rapat ibu-ibu RT 005 *teremak-emak*.
Jam 10 kurang masih ngiter-ngiter walau tangan kanan kiri udah tidak available.

BB mulai sibuk di PING sama ibu-ibu.  iyaaa...im coming! mulai panik telepon Didi.  10 kali percobaan gada yang diangkat, macam manaaaa???

Karena udah mati gaya di Pasar Modern akhirnya memutuskan untuk nyebrang nyari taksi di depan Ace Hardware. Tarik nafas panjang lihat plastik belanjaan, tiba-tiba depan muka ada ibu-ibu melenggang kangkung bawa stroller belanja yang penuh diisi hasil buruan.  I want one!!!

Ternyata si stroller dijual di Warung Organik, langganan belanja sayur-sayur organik si Unyil.  Harganya: 200 ribu saja *uhuk uhuk*.  Untung tukang jualan baju ala FO lagi tutup, terpaksa dana berubah tujuan.  Si Stroller Belanja dilengkap dengan 4 roda, dua ukuran sedang di belakang dan dua ukuran kecil di depan.  Tersedia dalam warna Merah dan Hitam.  Ada yang bahannya dari Stainless Steel dan harganya 400 ribu mak!  Kalau udah ga dipake, layaknya stroller Malik, dia bisa dilipat jadi ramping dan diselipkan di balik pintu. praktis dan hemat tempat ibu-ibu! :)

Dengan si stroller belanja, melenggang cantik dari Pasar Modern nyebrang ke Ace Hardware diiringi tatapan orang-orang di dalam mobil yang lagi antri buat muter.  Sampai Ace Hardware mampir bentar, ngaso beli Chatime *teteeeeppp*. 

Terpaksalah datang ke rapat ibu-ibu RT lengkap dengan si stroller.  Dasar ga modal, malah pada mau pinjem kalau ke pasar dan ga tertarik beli sendiri.  karena aku si anak bawang, tidak kuasa menolak deh huhu..boleh ditarikin uang sewa ga yah? lumayan biar balik modal hehe.

Anyhoo, 2 jam kemudian barulah Bapak Didi telepon.  alasannya ga angkat karena getaran Iphone ga berasa *gubrak* dan dia sibuk nemenin Malik naik kuda -_-"

Postingan ini bukan iklan dan saya bukan sales marketing, tapi beneran deh...hidup jadi lebih ringan dan tanpa beban kalau belanja ke pasar modern pake si stroller belanja ini.  ayo tunggu apalagi, dapatkan segera di pasar-pasar modern terdekat :)

Our Wedding: "And the Thank You Goes To..."

6 months already and we haven’t had the chance to write about the wedding. So here it goes…

The special THANK YOU definitely goes to our family and friends. Our facebook status would stay single if it wasn’t for you all.

1. Venue

Make sure it fits your invitees. Remember, too big or too small is never a good thing.

Some points you have to take into consideration before choosing the perfect venue:

a. outdoor venue is not a perfect choice for a wedding during the rainy season;

b. sufficient parking lot for your guests;c. have several make up rooms; and

d. strategic location and your guest wont be stuck in traffic jam for hours just to get there.

Our choice was Masjid Pondok Indah…highly recommended! Good price, well organize management, complete facilities, lots of parking lot and strategic (since we both stays in Bintaro)…perfect for a 300 guests wedding reception.

Guess what, it also has a good landscape and lighting so your photos would look great!!!

2. Caterer

The caterer would be the number 2 high priority after the venue. Book a caterer way before your wedding, if necessary a year before…their price will increase every end of year. By booking early, the new price may not apply to your wedding.You really have to underline bold and italic your budget to the caterer and be persistent in requesting compliments.Our choice was Resti Catering.

The main reason was the owner is a good friend of Mr.D’s family, so we got a really good price and lots of compliment.

One of my favorites was the old school bicycle accessorised with flowers and fruits (free fruits!! Yeaaayyy…).

Most of our guest’s testimony : THE FOODS WERE DELICIOUS…so we need to say no more.

And oh…the service was satisfying and their decoration was nice.

3. Decoration

With reference from several wedding magazines, I we decided to design the decoration ourselves. Luckily, we found a perfect man to do the job with a very very veryyyy low budget, namely Pak Parmin. He handled our flower decoration and added torches for the entrance doors (he also gave me a free hand bouquet with my favorite flower: Stargaze).

For the traditional decoration, we got a generous donation from a close friend of Mr.D’s family who owns a Makassar wedding pelaminan and she’s quite famous for that. Her name is Tante Aseng (her name is all over certain wedding magazines).

4. Souvenir

Our ‘do-it-yourself’ souvenir was complimented by most of our family and friends. We bought the candies and biscuits at the traditional market, bottles from chemical store at Pasar Mester and colorful ribb

ons at Pasar Majestik.

Its colorful and perfect most importantly: CHEAP, just the way we want it…

5. Make Up

Here’s my favorite, the make up stylist…her name is Chocky (don’t mind the name, she’s great), owner of a small beauty salon in Bintaro.
She managed to change my look from Sunda-look-a-like for akad to a Makassar bride for the reception. The make up was not too much but it still look great for the camera.

6. Photographer
Me and Mr.D loves candid pictures since we’re so not good for the ‘1..2..3..click’ pictures. That’s our basis to find our photographer. However, we would not highly recommend ours. You see, the owner is a great photographer. He captures the moment perfectly. His business is growing and now he doesn’t do wedding photography himself. He sent his assistant instead and his assistant obviously had no idea what we wanted. We didn’t like almost all the pictures…regrets..regrets ooohhhh…

Fortunately, my brother took the initiative to take our pictures and he did great!!! Good news is, he is now doing business in photography, including wedding photography. For any pictures reference, please visit his facebook page or here.

7. Invitation
With a very close negotiation, we successfully got a hard copy and self-design invitation with a price below Rp5,000. How bout that?Please do not hesitate to contact Mba Asri from Aneka Grafika, Pasar Tebet…

We also got a compliment of Thank You card and Souvenir card. In addition to that, we also got a Guest Card as a substitute of Guest Book for a very low price. Very happy!!!

8. The Bride’s Dress

For some reason, I made my bride’s kebaya 2 weeks before the big day. I only have a short list of tailors and I have no idea what the kebaya would look like with the time constraint. I have an issue with tailor, I don’t trust them…they always ruin my imagination on what kind of kebaya that I want.

tampak depan dan belakang

Based on a quick reference, I found Mba Teeas. She agreed to finish the kebaya 2 days before the big day and she did!!! *standing ovation*

It was a very pretty kebaya with lots of white beads and fits me perfectly.
Her boutique is located in Pondok Indah, her neighbor is Ahmad Dhani and Mulan lives across *info ga penting hehe*

9. Pre Wedding Pics

We're not a fan of pre wedding picture, but we surely are a fan of Gratisaaaannnn...^.^

Jadi wajar dong waktu ada temen nawarin foto buat portofolionya kita ga bakal mikir dua kali.

Untungnya teman kita si Ficky Reinanto ini, sangat memahami kelakuan kita yang ga suka diatur buat foto, gatau malu dan ga suka make up hehe...

Hasilnya: memuaskaaaannn...

So that’s our short review on the vendors, we could not mention all since we forgot the details already hehe…so, for query or contact no of the vendors, feel free to ask.
The forever newlyweds,

Me and Mr.D

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!!!!

Important things to consider for an outdoor wedding venue (me and Mr.D version):

1. The location must be strategic;
2. Easily accessed;
3. Fits your invitees perfectly, you need a large area for 1000 invitations…but a large area for only 250 invitations like ours would look…empty.
   Better have an intimate wedding (but not too crowded) rather than a spacious wedding.
4. Lots of tree and plant so you’ll save a lot on the florist;
5. Includes an indoor so if it's raining on the day, you don’t have to rent tents which will definitely cost you a lot!;
6. Have a sufficient parking space for your designated invitees;
7. Most importantly, it must be at a reasonable price and within your budget.

Cheers...

Me and Mr.D