Wedding photos

During Ramadhan the other day, I received my wedding album from our official photographer. A month plus late, and the service myt not be that satisfying, but the best thing is that I super love the photos! The editing is exactly like I wanted it to be, bright and natural :)

Let me share some of my fav. shots with my dear readers..

AQAD @ MY HOUSE

After aqad, Love did it 1 shot ok!!

He tried to kiss my forehead, but awning tudung kacau a bit, so kiss my cheek instead.

In my room, with a custom made door gift Love gave me as Valentine's present when we were in form 5, and the gift was handmade by one of my BFF, Fai!

RECEPTION @ PANDAN LAKE CLUB

Make up nicely done by my fav make up artist :)

Inside nenek's car, arriving at the hall.

Entering the hall with Metallica's Ecstacy of gold as our theme.

Our pelamin, which supposed to be grey and white by the way.

Makan beradab

Cake cutting ceremony in Korean outfit custom made from Korea.

Singing Kau Ilhamku arahan nenek, tak suke!


OUTDOOR PHOTOSHOOT @ TUGU NEGARA (Told ya i'm patriotic)

With one of our hantaran, Gibson SG!

More photos at my facebook :)

Hydrated skin

Went to do my facial in Dermalogica 2 days before Raya and gosh, the beautician scared me to death.

I know my skin has not been in the most excellent condition these past few weeks. I can blame it on fasting (not drinking enough water) or on the full blast air-cond in my office room, but in the end, we know that it is all my fault.

A couple of days after the facial, my skin looked great, but after that, the problem started all over again.

My face, my skin, my hair.. really really scary.

I started to buy the humidifier. Started to make sure I eat fruits every single day. Started to drink 1 litre of water again. But, still, it takes time. So i asked Uncle Google.

And most of the tips suggest you to take fish oil as supplement. I ate a lot of fish ok! A LOT, you can't beleive how much. Because in my house, we only have chicken once a month. So, fish all the wayy.. In fact for breakfast today, I had nasi goreng with 1 ekor ikan kembung and so I wondered, what's the difference between fish and fish oil? Fish oil = minyak ikan goreng? (Haha!)

Hmmpphhh... I really can't answer that. But it's worth a try, I guess.

There are only two supplement brands that i trust. Previously, I took Vitamin C from Safwa, of course on and off depending on my skin condition. Biasalah, rajin kan. And the other one is HPA. This time I decided to go for HPA.

Bought this at HPA caw. Bangi. Phone num: 0389251142

Just so I write this, might as well share with you on tips to hydrate your face.. I mean, the tips other than the norms you know like minum air la, makan sayur la, that one is common sense kan..

♥ Having humidifier in air-conditioned room. If one is not available, leave a glass of water to increase the humidity of the room.
♥ Do not let your cleanser stay on your face too long (duration: 30-60 mins)
♥ Use lukewarm water when washing your face.
♥ Always put on your hydrating care immediately after face wash, preferable within 10 minutes.
♥ Don't let your makeup remover stay on your face too long. (Max 3 mins)
♥ Dry brush skin before a shower with a body brush to remove flaky skin (it's more effective than brushing wet skin).
♥ Spritz Evian Mineral Spray
♥ Get plenty of fiber

From here, here and here

It's official.. I'm in love with Summer

Seriously, ain't she gorgeous?

The hair..

The eyes..

The dress..

The hair again, cuz it's so freaking cute..

Even, in bed she looks this good.


So comel ok!! No wonder I keep seeing her everywhere.

And i'm straight, by the way. Thank you for asking.

Wow!

Alhamdulillah, I received one of the most awaited news last Friday, dapat bonus before Raya this month!! :)

The first thing I was thinking about is 'Love'. So pity, he did not buy anything for Raya this year. And i decided to surprise him with this..


A handmade Raya card and some 18sx gift ;p

Anyway, I have an exciting news to share in the car yesterday night on the way to see Baby Amir, suddenly Love asked me this question, "Sayang, u think u're ready to have a baby?"

Pause for quite some times because Love was not that psyched on that idea before. I was the one who constantly instilled the thought of getting a baby latest by next year to him because, well.. you now how much i love babies, ryte. But to ask me if I was ready kinda freaked me out.

So i answered truthfully, "To say that I'm ready now, I'm not so sure but Allah knows best kan. So, when the time comes, insya Allah automatically ready la kan. But if you ask me whether i'm excited or not, it's not that I really REALLY want to work for it in the moment, but if ada rezeki, well i'm more than glad to have one." Pause. Not a bad speech. "Why?" I asked.

He smiled.

"Why?" I asked again.

"Ntah.. You know, before this I wasn't really psyched with that idea. But suddenly yesterday, just yesterday I realized that it was rather fun, you know to have one."

Wow!! That's major. And got me freaked out a bit. But wow!! We need a second honeymoon, please!

Bandung? Urm..

In two months time, we are going for our second honeymoon in Bandung. Paid for the flight ticket and hotel already.

Am i psyched?

Currently, considering the situation now, NO!

Love and I are doing great. Bandung is still a fun place to visit. The hot spring, the Tangkuban Perahu, the candi, the cheap spas and the shopping were still exciting.

But this, made it soooo not appealing.

Pics from here.

Not that I'm scared.

But rather furious!

Seriously, not funny!

Why are they constantly looking at our slightest mistake (if it is even a mistake at the first place)? Can they just let go? They're definitely not perfect by the way. But we let it go for the sake of "serumpun" and "sebangsa". And now, they wanted to talk about "bangsa".

I know it doesn't apply to all Indonesian. I truly understand.

But, subconciously, I stopped giving stuff to Indonesian cleaner in the office. And stopped buying stuff from an Indonesian booth near my house and stopped wanting an Indonesian maid. I'm looking for a Malay maid now, though the pay is higher since she won't stay with us.

As for now, it's worth it.

And if I have to burn that RM900 I paid for my flight ticket and hotel to Bandung, and save the thousands Ringgit Malaysia I am going to spend from shopping in that country,

well.. it's all worth it.

The least I could do for my country..

Death by chocolate

Had dinner at Lala Chong the other day. Would rather not explain the food in details. You can check Nadrah's blog to read more about it.

Then we went to Tutti Frutti, TTDI. Been itching to go there for ages.

We had Strawberry Banana and..



Death by Chocolate.



Honestly, I really don't fancy dessert! They're too sweet for my liking. And i don't like anything cold especially ice blended. Gosh, just thinking about it made me having a brain freeze already.

So, Strawberry Banana + Frozen yogurt + Love's idea of putting lots of gummy bears were definitely not a perfect combo for me.

But Death by Chocolate + Milo cereal made it bearable.

If you love dessert, I think you should just ignore what I wrote about Tutti Frutti here. It's nice actually, but like I said, I'm not a big fan of dessert.

Generousity

The best thing about my job is the people surrounding it.

Academicians are a group of very very generous people!! And the generousity varies. From the knowledge they share, the money, the time, and the list goes on.

It's perfectly normal in my office to receive phone calls and so suddenly people wanting to treat you for lunch. Especially from my supervisor.

Or foreigners bringing home-cooked meal in the pantry. Or some fresh rambutan or manggis from those who just got back from their kampung.

And the other day, a colleague invited me to be a committee of one simple event. Of course I agreed, good for my KPI, good for my experience, in fact I was honored to be invited. But today, I received this..



As a thank you gift for joining the committee. How sweet is that? Even more, it's her own money she's using not the club's money.

Also this morning, I received a shocking news.

The person who partly resposible to bring me this far has decided to leave all of us. Sigh.. I need to finish my PhD fast, before everyone walks away.