Updates on my BIG day! -The chaos.

I remembered seeing one video in Youtube from NadrahTheDreamer, The Joys of Wedding Planning. And, there's a caption saying..

"Wedding planning: The living HELL which consumes the peace and sanity of the unsuspecting couple, even haunting them in sleep. If a couple can withstand the stress of planning (without eloping), then they are sure to have a long and happy marriage"

I laughed when I read this. A week before the wedding, I got almost everything ready and I thought, hey.. this is not as bad as they said!

My aqad was in Saturday, reception on Sunday. That same week on Wednesday, I received a phone call from my closest Aunt, sobbing on the phone..

Me: Are you ok? Why are you crying?
Aunt: Kak, Danial (his first son) was admitted to the hospital today. (Pause). H1N1.
Me: OMG!!! Quarantined?
Aunt: Yup, not only Danial. Syabil, Danish and Pak Cik pun (All his sons and hubby). I'm clean.
Me: Whaaattttt? Mak (Grandma, cuz my Aunt stayed with my grandparents) and Atuk?
Aunt: They don't know yet. Waiting for the result.

Then, the whole chaos started. Mum did nothing on Thursday, she cried the whole day. Phone kept on ringing. Grandparents eventually clean. Me? Thank God, I have my bridesmaid, she kept me sane and stayed with me Wednesday and Thursday, helping out with the room.

Thursday.. As the pressure worsen, Mum and Dad caught in an argument. Well, that was not the worse part. In the evening, suddenly there was an overvoltage due to the lightning. Failure with my autogate and some electrical appliances... and the light in my room.. in my bilik pengantin for God's sake!

Friday.. Lampu bilik pengantin still tak ok although we changed the bulb. Called the technician, he said he'll come first thing in the morning tomorrow, and tomorrow is my aqad. The drama continued..

Saturday (The Aqad)..

1) Dad tried to get his car out of the porch, and suddenly we could not start the car. :( Tried jump start, failed. Tried everything else, failed. At last we gave up, so throughout the aqad, the car stucked inside the porch, guest nak masuk rumah pun susah.

2) Before aqad, I should have had my khatam Al-Quran at 9am. I messaged the Ustazah the day before to remind her. But at 9.15am, she had not yet arrived. I gave her a call, she was surprised she thought it was at 10am and told me she did not received my sms. I checked the delivery report, yes i wondered why, "failed". So she came at 10am, and we had to cut it short cuz I was scheduled to have my make up at 12noon.

3) Photographers should arrive at 11am, but until I almost finished doing my make up, they were still not there! Aqad was at 2pm, they came around 1.30pm, acting all innocent. If you followed my previous blog, you would know my photographer.

4) Deco called, they said, "Miss jalan semua tutup, hari ni Hari 1 Malaysia. We cannot do your pelamin in hall tonight. Esok first thing in the morning kita datang." Panicked, but nothing I can do seriously.

5) Later that night, during rehersal (12 midnight), I called my Dad..
Me: Alat merenjis semua I passed to my friend tau, he'll come first thing in the morning tomorrow.
Dad: Ops! I forgot to do the bunga rampai and all the merenjis thingy. How?
Me: What?! You can't ask me how, Dad!! I reminded you hundredth times already!!! I don't know how!
Dad: We don't have daun pandan here!!
Me: Takpela i cari, nanti i ketuk2 la rumah orang cari daun pandan. (dengan sangat frustrated)
Dad: K.. K.. takpe, i tried ask around.

Sunday (The Reception)

1) 8am, my cousin should be in the hall, to monitor the deco and pelamin (also to give them the remaining balance). I woke up at 8 and asked, "Mum, Iwan dah pegi hall?" Mum said, "he just woke up and refused to go". OMG!!!! You're 23 and so irresponsible. Just because you're lazy to wake, you don't want to go! Stups!!

2) Guests should arrived around 11 am, so our cathering should be there latest by 10 am. 11am, our phone continued ringing, "Cathering is still not here! Meja beradap still tak siap. Chair cover pun belum pasang habis" I tried call the catherer, he off his hp! How dare!!! They came at 11.30am, guests were already waiting and my family did not have the time to eat before the guests. Again, you know who my catherer is.

And a lot more chaos.. but as we got to the hall, there's nothing but excitement! Allah is fair, enough said. Alhamdulillah.. :) Aunt and family were released the night before my reception, and they were there in the hall smiling brightly. And for the first time ever, that uncle of mine sang.. and he said "just for this wedding, just for you, I sang this song.."

Moral of the story: You're wise enough to choose what's good and what's not from my entry this time. Don't do the same mistake as I did, please. But whatever it is, kita hanya merancang.

Enjoy these pics!!

During, khatam.

During aqad, sekali lafaz! :)

Our hantaran

During reception, yes, we asked for a white and dark silver pelamin. Not dark blue.

Our hanbok, Korean traditional gown, arrived from Korea two days before the BIG day, and they suited us perfectly!

The two things I love; my make up and my live band!