Speechless..

Bismillahir Rahman Nirrahim

Iblis berkata: Demi kekuasaan Engkau, aku akan menyesatkan mereka semuanya. Kecuali hamba-hambaMu yang mukhlis (berserah kepada Allah) di antara mereka.
(QS: Shaad 38:82-83)

Ya Allah yg Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Mengasihani. Ya Allah, Engkau permudahan kan lah urusan2 hambaMu ini dan jadikan lah hambaMu ini sabar dan redha atas setiap ketentuan dariMU. Aminnn

We just finalized our print out for the invitation cards yesterday. I know, we got 37 days (and that was yesterday) left til the big day, and i have not sorted the invitations yet - everyone was complaining about it. And everyone commented that invitation should be out and distributed already by now. The pressure has reached its limit and i have no choice but to finalized the printing yesterday, without the confirmation of the hall =( 

Discussed with the family and fiance yesterday and its agreed that we opt to go for Plan B. Maybe its not our rezeki this time to use the hall. Waiting for the confirmation of the hall is really painful. I've contacted the management again yesterday and to date they havent got any formal dates yet. Tawakkal to Allah. Decision was made and insyaAllah, mudahan semoga urusan berjalan dengan lancar. Allah has better plans for us =)

Hopefully by next week, the invitations is ready and distribution can start soon. Alhamdulillah, i've prepared the namelist udah few months ago. So once invitations is ready, all we need to do is to stick it to the cards, sort it into categories - extended families, colleagues, ex colleagues, zone areas & districts. By sorting it into categories, insyaAllah it will be easier to distribute nanti. Aminnn.

The room is now ready but the furniture is not in yet. Received a call 2 days ago from the vendor.

"Vendor: Hello mIss. 

Me: Hello.

Vendor: This is from xxx furniture. 

Me: Oh yes, u kah yg call dr tadi? Sorry i was in a meeting. kenapa tu? (saw the screen with 3 mc)

Vendor: Sorry ah miss, boleh saya punya org deliver your furniture on saturday? Our truck full sudah mau hantar byk barang today. Saya takut itu truck penuh, nanti saya kasi masuk kita punya barang nanti rosak. 

Me: Apa pasal penuh. Last week kita org kasi tau mau hantar hari ini bah. 

Vendor: Itulah kami orang ada 2 truck saja, itu pasal saya mau runding sama kita, saya punya org hantar on saturday pasal saya mau hantar itu barang utk urg cina for CNY. 

Me: bah ok lah, u kasi hantar on Monday saja. Saturday tidak ada org dirumah. 

Vendor: Ok. saya punya org kasi antar kita punya barang morning lah. Thannk you. 

Me: OK. 

Did u realized, everytime we speak to other people, we tend to ikut cara urg atu becakap. Klu chinese jadi slang chinese, klu india gerenti jadi slang india. Weird isnt it? Tapi mcm tebiasa sudah. mcm penyeluru ada jua. hehe.


At least i have one thing that im not worried about - the room.

Here's a picture taken last week before the doa selamat. Im happy with the outcome, although was quiet unhappy with the floor the other day, It turns out to be great. Alhamdulillah =)

and the first formal visit - our manja pregnant cat =)

 - Live. Love.Laugh xx

Countdown - Lapan puluh empat

Today mark 84 days left until the solemnization day. Bless!

Time flies when you're having fun! =D

Ohh hallooo bridezillas to be =)

Sorry for the lack of updates and neglecting this blog for almost 3 weeks now. Alot of things has been going on with the wedding preps etc, though it seems i've managed to settle only a few stuffs over the past 3 weeks T_T. I am not sure how u guys handle the stress level. Honestly, there are times when i just burst into tears without any reasons, any warnings, any purposes. is that even normal?? Mcm too many things is happening in your head and your brain can just handle 1/3 of it. the rest, mcm blowing a ballon to its limit, forcing the air into a tiny ballon and nda mau2 jua kan di tiup sampai telatup. =s

Lets ditch the -ve aura and get into business, yes? 

I had a little getaway before the xmas holidays. Yayyy! Plus, i managed to get some flowers for the tables arrangement and room deco. Not quite sure about the color combination though. But hantam sajalah, somehow the eyes agreed with the combination of baby pink, lavender and lilac white. Satu saja kurang, i didnt buy any green leaves and forgot the grabbed the ready made long beads for hantaran deco. Haiyo haiyo. we still got time, yes we do! say it with me people. 'we got time!!' thats the spirit. hehe.

Here;s the good part of the story. Alhamdulillah, my room is 'almost' ready. Got a call from the Mrs. Y that the floor just arrived y'day and they plan to install it tomorrow or latest by next Monday. Next, the wallpaper and curtains - the guys just came 2 days ago to measure the wall and windows. Once the floor +  curtains is completed, insyaAllah the family will have a small makan2 and doa kesyukuran. Mudahan semua urusan lepas ani berjalan dengan lancar. Aminnn.

Here's a sneak peek of my room (u can ignored that 2 meja, achair and handle penyiut dpn2 atu. huhu) Noticed we had tv and aircon already? We had a great deal on the TV and air-con last week. Never realized the fiance handal negotiate. We saved additional $300+ after the discount price!!! That is alot of money and ofcos saya sangat lah happy seperti seekor hippo =D. Biasa, i do the nego and ia tukang senyum saja. This time, its his turn, and i have to say, NOT BAD eh! 

Ps. remember  my red and blue dance pole in the previous entry?  berdinding udah supaya nampak sopan santun, hehe. To separate the bedroom and wardrobe area. love love love the outcome so far.

Plus we got good price on the down lights and chandelier too. I was smiling all the way back home. Cana tah jua, saya bisa pakai itu saving for my wallpaper. Alhamdulillah, itu namanya rezeki.

here's the pix of the chandelier, down lights nda payah lah ah. hehe

Til next time. Will update u guys on the wedding invitations =)

- Live. Love.Laugh xx

The room progress..

Im dying to write a post since last week but have'nt got the time to sit down, relax and post at proper entry. Im actually rushing for this entry as well, ada appointment in the next 1/2 hr. So, here it goes....


The room is still in progress, and the plastering work finally completed. I've make a re-appointment with the flooring vendor to measure my room today. Yikes! They supposed to come last wednesday or thurs, but it got delayed, pasal cuti raya qurban, so i gave them cuti. hehe.


Here's the latest picture of the room. It used to be the garage and was converted to my room, hence the ceiling is low. Im sooooo looking forward to complete the room, so i can start buying the bed, wardrobe etc2.hehe

See that red+blue pole, andang sengaja ku biarkan so that i can do a dance pole nanti. lol! i kid! 


The pole cant be remove since its the original tiang rumah. Removing it means, the house wont be stable. im not sure what u call it, tiang utama kah or kepala tiang rumah? i leave that to the expert to answer. 


The fiance and i had also survey for the wallpapers for our room. It took us 3 weeks to find the best price and for the wallpapers. We also have decided on the colour scheme to match the wallpaper. YAYYYY! double celebration to that! hehe.


Will con't the post on the flooring and wallpaper in the next entry =)

- Live. Love.Laugh xx

The room

The room contractor had just finished demolishing the old walls and almost complete plastering the other 3 walls. By now i can declare that my room is barely 20% complete *clap2*


Last Sunday, the fiance & i went to surveyed for tiles, laminated floors, carpets, curtains and wall decorations for our room. I had my room theme colour in mind, so it makes it easier to filter the colour scheme for the wall and floor. Since my room will only have one window, so we planned to get light-coloured furnitures - which includes light colour flooring, walls etc. We might choose a little darker feature wall though, so we surveyed dark coloured wall decorations and wallpaper just to give a contrast colour in our room, insyaAllah. 


So far, we went to the Fabrica, Yani's, AmHome, SGL and and the tile shops in tutong and sg.duhon (which i forgot the name). A friend of mine who is now busy with the construction of her new home in belait suggested us to go to one of the warehouse in Jangsak. They did her home at salambigar and offered cheaper tiles at wholesale price (attractive much!) and another colleague suggested to go to the tile textile shop nearby bangunan sumbangsih. We have yet to check it out since we only had weekend to do it.


Oh i did checked few carpets for the room, but it always ended with an endless sneeze. hehe. so probably, its no longer an option kot. And price wise for tiles and laminated floors, i was amazed that laminated floors are cheaper nowadays compared to few years back. So, my first and foremost priority will be the laminated flooring. Its worth the money, atleast for me =)


Below are the snapshots of the flooring that we were allowed to take. Other shops, reluctant dikit to let us take pictures =/

we love the designer's choice, 'picasso' - the one with the rare colour. otherwise we might go for the classic 'beach color' for a light furnish. Will see how it goes, once my room is ready. Cant wait!! =D

- Live. Love.Laugh xx

8 Step To Get Ready Your Room For Your Wedding

Thought i shared this for all the bridezilla-to-be =)


By Eric Leong 

Step 1: Determine An Interior Design Style
First things first, before you start buying any furniture or paint for your room, you should determine what kind of interior style you want for your bridal room.

There are many interior styles available such as a, Luxury Touch - English Style, A Simplicity Approach - Zen Style, An Exotic Living - Balinese Style etc.

The important factor is to choose an interior style to fit the size of the room, as not every interior style is suitable for every room. A small room should adapt Zen style rather than English style, as the English style needs a lot of big and bulky furniture whereas Zen Style only requires straight and simple line furnitures.

Step 2: Select A Colour Scheme For Your Entire Room
Selecting a colour scheme for a bedroom is different from choosing colour schemes for other rooms such as living rooms.

Colour scheme for bedroom must not be too strong such as vibrant colour scheme as this area is your rest zone and usually soothing colour schemes as earth tone is suitable for this area. This colour scheme will not only cover you wall area but also the soft furnishing such curtains, bedsheets, comforter etc.

Step 3: Select The Feature Wall
Feature wall concept is to increase the visual depth for a particular room. As we know that most of the room size are not to big thus we need to create “visual depth” to make the room look big. Feature concept is all about choosing a wall to be the focal wall or feature wall and make the rest of the walls as the non-feature wall.

Usually we will choose the first wall we see as we enter a room as the feature wall and paint the particular wall into a darker tone (usually this colour will be the dominant colour of the room and it will determine the rest of the colour scheme) and paint the rest of the 3 walls into off-white or cream.

Please take note that to choose the feature wall for bedroom is different from the other room, the feature wall need to be at the bed headboard rather than the first wall you see when u enter the room.

Step 4: Select A Suitable Furniture
Selecting a suitable furniture for the interior style is not an easy task. Don’t just walk into the furniture showroom and buy any of the bedroom sets (usually a full bedroom set comes with a bed, bed side table, dressing table and wardrobe), consider your room size, your interior style and the most important is do you need bigger storage area?

Usually I suggest not to buy the full bedroom set even though most of the furniture retail shop offer good price for the bedroom set, as some of the furniture may not suit your room’s size and the other important factor is that you may need bigger storage area. Thus I usually suggest to custom build your wardrobe as the custom built wardrobe usually provide bigger storage area and what’s more you can custom-make your internal storage compartments for individual needs.

Please don’t ignore the bed side table, most of the rooms I have visited are without bed side table and many of them told me that they do not have enough space for them. Bed side table is a very important element for the bedroom. It can be used to store small items, first-aid kit for the room, etc. And for those who have to read before you go to bed, u need the bed side table for your book and the bed side table light.

Step 5: Select The Light
As I always mention, please use warm light for your interior to create ambience especially in the bedroom as it is the intimate place for the couple.

The lighting design for the bedroom is different from the other area of the house too; usually I suggest the up-lighting type of design as with this type of design, the light source will shoot up to the ceiling rather than shine above your eyes.

The voltage for the light in the bedroom should not be too high as you don’t need it to be too bright in the bedroom, remember that this is the place for you to rest. Suggested light bulb voltage is minimum 25Watt, maximum 40Watt and strongly recommended frosted bulb instead of clear bulb.

Step 6: Select The Soft Furnishing
Soft-furnishing refers to curtain, bed sheet, comforter, rug, throw cushion, etc. Soft-furnishing is the soft-touch for the bedroom. It plays a very important role, we usually use the soft-furnishing to connect or to link the furniture with the walls.

The colour for the soft-furnishing always refers to the feature wall’s colour, use feature wall’s colour as main colour to co-ordinate soft-furnishing’s colour scheme.

As mentioned, bedroom is the place to relax, thus don’t use too strong colour for soft-furnishing especially the bed sheet and comforter as it will cause discomfort to our eyes. Same goes to the prints or the designs on the material we use for the soft-furnishing, geometric designs will make our eyes discomfort too, especially in the morning.

Step 7: Selecting The Suitable Accessories
Please take note that in interior design, we always want to create an impact-the visual impact. The most economical way to create impact is to use decorative accessories.

When buying the home décor accessories, don’t buy too many small or tidy size items, buy big and over-sized items instead. Use these big or over-sized items to create the visual impact.

Finding the right place to place the decorative items is important too. Try to walk around the entire room before placing any of them, check which angle or direction will give a maximum impact. Please take note that the décor accessory need to be matched to the interior style (refer to Step 1).

Step 8: Final Touch
The final touch will be the candles and the fresh flowers. Candles are the most economical warm light source. As I always mention, it is good to use warm as the main light source for an interior but this would not apply to every house especially those that already have day light installed, thus the candle is the easiest warm light source to create ambience. Don’t forget to switch off the day light when u light up the candles!

I always use flowers, especially fresh flowers to enhance the interior too. Fresh flowers can add energy to the room and also to make the particular interior lively. Please take note that not every type of flower is suitable for any kind of interior style. For example, big bloomed roses are suitable for English style, small flowers and leaves suitable for Country style, etc.

And if you are creative enough, you can always use the fresh flowers and the candles to create a nice flower arrangement for the table top.

Happy Decorating!!