Fasa Sebelum Bertunang : Chapter Two - Persiapan Majlis Pertunangan

Assalamualaikum.

Baiklah. Chapter Two adalah berkenaan dengan persiapan. Niat di hati kalau boleh taknak bertunang langsung sebab dah lama sangat kenal dan nak berjimat cermat. Tapi Daddy kata biarla ada majlis pertunangan. Sekurang-kurangnya ada titik permulaan ke arah persiapan pernikahan nanti. I agreed but I made it a point di mana I dont want the ceremony seperti mini pernikahan di mana ada pelamin tunang dan sebagainya. Nope-nopety No.

Persiapan sebenarnya bermula agak lewat. Majlis dicadangkan berlangsung pada 24 Oktober. Persiapan betul-betul bermula sekitar 18 - 19hb. Initially, we planned not to exchange hantaran and all. Dah katanya nak buat simple kan? Both Fazli & I agreed. Tiba-tiba bila Fazli balik ke kampung, maknya pula teruja. Jadi, kami kat Ipoh ni mula la kalut nak cari hadiah hantaran in exchange to his hantaran. Peracangan asal adalah 5 berbalas 5 tetapi setelah kawan-kawan dapat tahu, ada pula yang nak sponser hadiah hantaran. Alhamdullillah. Maka, nanti akan jadilah 5 berbalas 7 dulang hantaran. Semua serba sederhana.

Now, Everything nampak macam easy peasy, 3 hari dah cukup dah untuk merancang ni.. Oh boy, was I completely wrong about it.

Ada pelbagai perkara yang perlu diberi penekanan. Antaranya :-

HOMESTAY

Keluarga Fazli datang dari Kuala Terengganu. If it was Melaka or Seremban, I would not worry much. Travelling back and forth from Kuala Terengganu to Ipoh ambil masa dan sudah tentunya memenatkan. So, I need to find a homestay in Ipoh, biarpun tak sukar tapi memerlukan masa.

KATERING

Yes, biarpun ini majlis intimate dan tertutup. Katering servis is a requirement particularly sebab I have a very small family and most of my relatives is in Penang. Mom is going to be busy melayan tetamu. To have her to cook for 12 people or may be more sebab my relatives would be coming in our small kitchen adalah sangat mengerikan for her. So, we book a catering service. And this is untuk majlis beramah mesra with my mother the morning after the ceremony which is to be held at my Dad's place.

TEMA HANTARAN

Up until the final minutes, we weren't sure of the theme colors. Semua warna seolah-oleh berkicauan dalam kepala tapi excutionnya amatlah sukar sebab mencari sesuatu yang kena dengan warna yang kita nak tu agak susah dan leceh. Mujur I have a savior. I asked a friend di mana dia shopping barang-barang kahwin. She said, "Mun, ko pinjam aku punya dulang dan bunga sudah. Nanti ko tambah-tambah la sendiri ikut citarasa ko supaya tak sama sangat macam aku punya". Alhamdullillah. Jadi ikut je tema my generous friend tu, Dark Purple dan pink with a hint of whites. Memang my favourite. We improvise from there with ribbons and beads.

HADIAH HANTARAN

Finding items untuk buat hadiah hantaran juga agak mencabar bagi aku. Because I have 7 dulang to fill and I dont have the slightest idea nak letak ape. People say untuk hantaran tunang ni letak la makanan. So, since family yang datang is from KT. Kami plan untuk hadiahnya perkara2 yang berkenaan dengan Ipoh. Starnya adalah Kacang Putih. Ipoh terkenal dengan kacang putih. We went to the "dapur" kat Buntong to get the best dan freshest kacang putih dan muruku. 

Hadiah hantaran from me to Fazli includes:-

- Kacang Putih & Muruku 

- Sehelai T-shirt 

- Chocolate Hand Made - sponsered by Aini

- Blueberry Cheese tart - Ordered from Ummi Ainul

- 3 different cups of chocolates

- Biskut - Mak sponserd

- Sebakul buah-buahan

BAJU TUNANG

Daddy said, biarlah baju yang baru dan manis. He prefers pastel colors plain baju kurung. I do not have plain pastel baju kurung. I hate pastel colors on my body sebab it makes me look thick. It also makes me look pretty girlish. I am more of a solid color punya person. I bought one "Muneera" dress from the Poplook Wedding and Celebration II collection. I was not sure about the size. Sekali terbesar la pulak. Wearable tp tak kemas kat badan. Plus it is in purple. Mak pun tak setuju sebab warna agak gelap. So we went for baju hunting. Mak kata, xpe la dia sponser baju tunang. Setelah diskusi dibuat, we agreed to purchase a lightly beaded baju kurung moden di Angsana Ipoh (previously known as Green Town Mall) dengan harga RM150.00. It is in Salmon Pink.

SELENDANG / TUDUNG

At time of this entry is written, selendang atau tudung masih dalam proses pencarian. Finding a salmon pink shawl is not easy.. T__T

I dont know if I missed anything. Rasanya takde dah kot. Photographer memang takde plan nak hired. Dais tunang pun takde nak photographer mende?? Harap belas ehsan kamera sendiri dan monopod sendiri je la nanti. Bahahaha

Nak dijadikan cerita, I received an email from SPA memanggil untuk interview jawatan Pegawai Kastam yang dijadualkan pada 24th October di PUTRAJAYA. Mak aiii.. Hari bertunang tu. I really want to go. Some say, mungkin kali ni macam akan sangkut interview kali ni sebab saje je Tuhan fatekan jatuh hari tunang kan. Wallahualam. Daddy, biarpun opposing to idea of her daughter joining the government sector memberi idea, perhaps I should write in asking for a postponement. I shall do that. Mak, stok.. no cakap banyak-banyak. You must go katanya. We will arrange everything. Be sure to go to the interview and return to Ipoh safely for your majlis. Amboi..

I am pretty happy how my mother finally actively participate in marrying me off someone else. I thought I had to do it all alone. It turns our mak pulak yang terlebih excited. She bought ribbons and flowers untuk hiaskan dulang and all. Sister got on board jugak biarpun she appears macam taknak kisah sangat tentang hiasan dulang. Overall, I am pretty happy with how everything turns out. I think this preparation gives me and my mother an idea what should we expect dalam persiapan pernikahan nanti. And planning thing last minit memang sangat la tidak digalakkan. I showed my dulang progress to one of my friends yang memang tahu how hard it is to get my parents agreeing to marry me off. She said, berdasarkan hiasan dulang tu, majlis ni bukan la jenis yang simple sangat2. Hiasan cantik dan meriah. I hope Fazli likes my hantaran. As I put it to him, dulang dihiaskan sendiri dengan penuh kaseh sayang.. 

In all seriousness, I thought I would hate rearranging flowers, gluing everything, you know being hand crafty ni. Rupanya bila kita buat untuk diri sendiri, otometik feeling nak yang terbaik tu muncul biarpun kita bukan spesis romantik mak ayam ni. 

Well, itu je la nak bercerita kali ni. No photos this time.

Next entry on majlis mungkin ada. Mungkin je la. Ahaks.

Gosh, lagi 4 hari. Berdebo weh.. Ate citenya macam taknak kecoh-kecoh sebab nak kasi seprais kat rakan-rakan yang kurang rapat tapi perasaan tu macam tak boleh dibendung. Also, I want to document my feeling towards the preparation kan so kalau x share rasa macam kentut tak lawas gitu. I keep instagram, twitter and facebook away from any updates on my preparation though. Harapkan blogger je la sebab my blog basically tak de reader. T__T.

Blessing in disguise, kot ni.