i'm now engaged!

it's finally happened!
i'm now officially engaged to my sayang.
i was so excited to tell the story and post about it yesterday but i was busy with facebook.
i got a lot of wishes from friends after i changed my relationship status from in a relationship to engaged and put up some pictures which i feel very pleased.
it's the same feeling like when i was getting birthday wishes from friends through facebook.

alhamdulillah, i can say that everything run smoothly as planned.
except for the horror cendol (plus the fat me), the rest was okay.

the most thing that i like was to have so many photographers during my engagement.
i think there were like 10 of them.
if you ever read my blog post on "where to splurge?", you can understand why there were so many photographers on my engagement.
easily said, i don't want to miss any moment of it.
i want everything to be captured and recorded.
i just realized that i forgot to ask them to take pictures of my shoes, ohh and my book rack which was decorated into a flower rack!
yes, when i said everything it means EVERY thing.
now, let's just pray that the photographers did well with their job *pray*.
ohh can't wait to have the pictures with me.

for now, let's have a look at some pictures captured by my lovely sister.

thanks God for making it real.
plus for those who helped in make it happen and also for all who came, thank you so much.

e-invitation cards

i really think that it's not necessary to have invitation cards for my e-day.
me myself, i invited my friends through facebook by creating private event and also through sms-es.
plus last two weeks, when me and my ayah was making a guests list for my e-day, he said that he will do the invitation by phone.
so, that's the deal.
but last friday, he said that he needs some invitation notes to be distributed to the neighbours, a very simple one.

akan tetapi, selain cerewet...
...saya juga adalah agak kreatif (perahsan).
so at last, that 'very simple invitation notes' came out to be not very simple for my ayah, but simple and sweet for me i think.

the invitation is made up of a plain 210grams white paper, with a picture of a stalk of rose and is complemented with a purple ribbon at the very left side of it.
and it took only an hour for me to finish it up, from scratch.

saya berpegang kepada prinsip buat sehabis baik ala-ala pengakap juga.
atau secara tepatnya, do my best or don't do at all.

be grateful!

life maybe has not turned out the way you expected or planned.
but no matter how difficult or bad things are or may be, there are still many reasons to be grateful for.

what is there to be grateful for?
as for me..
- i am grateful to have such a wonderful family.
- i am grateful for my health and vitality.
- i am grateful to wake each day, and know that i am still alive for another day of life.
- i am grateful of having amazing friends around me.
- i am grateful that i live a colorful life.
- i am grateful for a nice living environment.
- i am grateful for everything i have, will have and have had.

and there are still loads of reasons to be grateful for.

you have those people in your life who care about you, you have your loved ones, you have chance to do what you've done and to see what you've seen, you have things that others don't have or might not have, you have opportunities to grow, you have chance to learn, you have many kids, you have a good look, you are good in your studies, you are cancer-free, you will be married soon, you live in a harmony environment, you don't have skin problems, you have a car, you can drive, you sing well, you are a good cook.. bla bla bla.

there are many things, maybe little things, that you should be grateful for but you've been taking for granted.

you are very selfish to accept what life dishes out for you and what God had planned for you.

being grateful can make you feel happier.
trust me, it works.

so be grateful for what you have.
because somewhere in the world, someone is praying for it.

e-theme color

do you remember my entry on pink + gold, sophisticated feminity?
dated 26th of october 2009, i wrote that we've decided pink + gold as our engagement theme.

at that time we were still waiting for the "green light".
but now after more than a year, many things have changed.
which include our e-theme color (other than weighing scale reading)!

so the new color palette for our engagement day is going to be pink + purple.
or to be specific, blush pink + family of purples (magenta, mauve, violet, grape, lavender).

blush pink: romance, love, friendship, femininity, truth, passivity, good will, emotional healing, peace, calming, affection, emotional maturity, caring, nurturing, sweet tasting, sweet smelling, ethereal, delicacy, sweetness of youth, fragility.

family of purples: influence, dignity, high aspirations, royalty, mystery, enlightenment, sophistication, dreams, wealth, extravagance, independence, fame, luxury, richness, sensuality, elegance, malleability, romance, nostalgia, feminity, beauty, enchantment, love at first sight, quietness, inspiration, artistry, ethereal, sensuality.

so what does the combination of blush pink & family of purples mean actually?

haishh..
tak dapat nak jadi sophisticated feminine..

e-scarf

dilema memilih tudung yang sesuai dengan bentuk muka.
with-awning or awning-less?

yesterday was my scarf hunting day.
i went to fareeda boutique at seksyen 8, bdr baru bangi and bought the v-shape plain scarf as in pic below but without the swarovski.
you just have to add rm20 for the swarovski anyway but i opted for the plain one as i still don't know whether to wear this type of scarf or to stick with my current hijab style for the engagement day.

i don't know why but i have to admit that i feel so much uncomfortable in any with-awning type of scarf.
i've tried couple of times before but i have this strange awkward feeling.
i guess the feeling is the same like when you have a bad hair day for the freehairs, if you got what i mean.

so i bought a plain chiffon humaira scarf as a back up.
the one that i bought originally comes with swarovski, so i don't have options on that.
i've tried the scarf and yes, i think i look way better without awning.
and he said the same thing too.

i actually thought of purposely wear with-awning type of scarf to make me look different from my normal days.
but i think i look so weird and so round.. and so buruk.

so now i cannot decide on which type of scarf to be worn.
i already emailed my picture in both type of scarves to my makeup artist.
and i'm still waiting for her to respond and give opinion.

actually i have three options:
- to wear the with-awning type of scarf
- to wear the awning-less type of scarf
- to wear and layer both scarves

zila, cepat respond!