REVIEW:MUA(SOLEMNIZATION AND RECEPTION)

Assalamualaikum readers,

Happy 1st Day of 2014.Hope everything is well for all of you. 

Hari yang berbahagia nih,(mcm ucapan guru besar),ahkak nak review make up artist/mak andam ahkak time nikah and reception ahkak dulu.  Since ahkak memang tak berapa sempat nak cari MUA,so ahkak just guna MUA yang bridal di bagi oleh D'Nora Bridal. Ye la,kalau boleh ahkak nak Kak Nora sendiri makeupkan,tapi sebab ahkak bagitau lambat sangat tarikh kahwen ahkak pada Kak Nora(like 3 bulan sebelum kahwin) so dia dah penuh hari ahkak nikah and reception tu.  Sepatutnya dia tak ambik pun ahkak punya tarikh tu tapi sebab sebelum ni kakak ahkak guna dia and cousin ahkak guna dia,dia bagi muka jugak kat ahkak.

Dia cakap susah nak commit tp ahkak buat muka kesian so dia bagi jugakla.hahaha. Dia ambik pun sebab ahkak cakap ahkak nak nikah and reception simple-simple jer,tu yang dia setuju.Kalau tak meraung la ahkak as ahkak memang tak tau wedding bridal mana yang ahkak berkenan.hahha.mungkin nak jadi rezeki ahkak kot.  Tapi dia cakap siang-siang dia memang tak boleh makeupkan ahkak so dia panggil Kak Ochi .Ahkak mula-mula bimbang jugak takut Kak Ochin ni makeup tebal ke tak lawa ke tp Kak Nora assure kan ahkak yang Kak Ochin ni bagus.Katanya Kak Ochin belajar make up sendiri ngan Kak Nora.Sesapa yang duk Kuantan,Kemaman and sekitar Pahang tau yang Kak Nora makeup macamana.Memang pueh hati katanya.

So,sebab ahkak punya nikah and reception sama hari,maka lagi mudahlah kerja semua orang. hehehe. Malam sebelum nikah tu,Kak Ochin message tanya macamana nak datang umah ahkak. So,ahkak bagi je address. Dia. Cakap dia tau.Kak Nora dah citer ngan ahkak yang Kak Ochin memang duduk dekat ngan umah ahkak la.Lagi senang keje. N Kak Ochin ni memang somebody jugakla.Dia dulu bekas model bridal Kak Nora ni.hihihi

So,kita janji nak makeup dalam kul 8 am.Tapi Kak Ochin lewat sikit dalam 8.15 baru dia sampai sebab dia sesat sikit.Ahkak macam ok takpe.Yang pentingg dia datangkan?tapi time dia datang tu,terbeliak bijik mata tgk dia bawak kereta.Kereta Audi model apa tah tapi yang latest la.Memang smart abis. then,Kak Ochin bawak kawan dia tapi tak ingat apa nama dia.Tak bother sangat sebab sibuk tgk muka Kak Ochin yang comei.haha

So,ahkak cakap dengan Kak Ochin ahkak tak nak tebal-tebal.Nak nipis-nipis je.Dia kata ok sebab ni nikahkan.  Ahkak memang tak terfikir la nak ambik Saidatul Nisa ke,Tiar Zainal ke,Sue Cantik ke,Najeeb ke,Ayang Kamell ke,sebab satu 1)tak praktikal untuk ahkak ambik diorg sebab nanti kena bayar tol and minyak diorang 2)few of my friends ada pakai Saidatul Nisa and Tiar Zainal time kahwin,and their charge is RM1300 and above.Tak mampooo uollss.Lagipon kalau ahkak ada duit mesti tak boleh nak book diorg sebab ahkak bagitau lambat.

Pagi time makeup tu,Kak Nora datang bawak hand bouquet,fresh roses untuk letak atas katil and ada fresh flower in a vase utk perhiasan dekat pelamin nikah.

Sekejap je Kak Nora,tak lama pun then dia dah kene bergegas pergi tempat lain.

So,kak Ochin pun start keje and OP(MOM)pun buat kerja jugak.  Semua professional.Ahkak suka. Sebab tak de perangai bukan-bukan. So,nilah hasil Kak Ochin untuk nikah :

Yang gambar tu no filter.  Ahkak suka sangat sebab nampak muka kuruihhh.Miahahaha.Ni bergambar dengan mak kawan baik ahkak.hehe.Bagi ahkak,makeup Kak Ochin ni blend in well with my skin color.Wahhhh gituhh.

Pardon my round face.Bahaha.Untuk makeup reception ni Kak Ochin kuatkan sikit eyeshadow tu.Ahkak redho je lah walaupun kalau tengok dari dekat macam hantu.hahaha.Tapi ahkak ok la dengan makeup kak ochin ni. Cuma ahkak struggle dengan fake eye lashes tuh.Ya Allah tak tahulah macamana RoIta Che Wan boleh pakai siang malam.Ahkak rasa cam nak menangis pakai sebab rimas dan rasa tak leh bukak mata. Tapi Kak Ochin kata sabar la,sehari je.Kahwin sekali je.Pastu kena marah dengan kakaka ahkak and SIL katanya pakai je lah fake eye lashes tu.Ahkak tak leh nak buat apa.Ikut je la you allss. Feedback bercampur campur.Mak ahkak and SIL  of course cakap tebal,tapi kawan2 cakap ok jer.Hehehe.Watever lah kan,sebab ahkak tengok bila dalam gambar ok jugak.Not bad.

Since makeup ahkak masuk dalam bridal package sekali dengan pelamin and decorations,ahkak tak pasti berapa harga makeup dari D Nora Bridal.Ahkak ingat ada dalam 350-600 kot per event.Ahkak rasa la.Kalau nak tau kena contact D Nora Bridal sendiri la yek. Tapi kalau nak no fon boleh leave comment ya?

Ok,toodle dle dle dle!

REVIEW :MY REAL WEDDING DRESS(RECEPTION)

Assalamualaikum,

Nampak tak kelapangan kat situ?Satu hari 2 kali update blog. tehehe. Almaklum saja lah.Dah hujung tahun ni ramai orang cuti, kerja pun tak banyak.hihi.  

Ok sambung pasal baju reception.  Okeh, ahkak kenal this designer ni through my sister, katanya her ex classmate time kat UIA matrix dulu.  Ahkak betul-betul tak tahu mana nak cari designer untuk reception since kebanyakan yang famous-famous mahal nok mapuh.hehe. So, nasib ada kakak ahkak yang tolong adjustkan untuk ahkak.hihi, tapi ada drama untuk baju reception nih.jeng jeng jeng jengggggggg.

Okeh nama dia ni Amir Rafique. Jenis yang patah-patah.hihi. Ok la fine la.Ahkak tak kesah pun dia patah ke keras.  So, kitorg start la jumpa untuk sketch baju reception tu.  Dia quote starting RM 600 tak termasuk kain. Its very affordable but yeah the workmanship I still don't know.  But a bit desperate and trust(because he is my sister's friend) so ahkak go on je lah.  Mula-mula tu ok, dia bawak drawing and all memang cantik.  Ahkak cakap ahkak nak style2 Bollywood sikit since ahkak punya husband ehem ehem orang India. So, ahkak nak la mix the cultures kan? :).  Time dia bagi drawing tu rasa macam talented giler Kiki ni(people call him Kiki).

The sketches

So, after dah finalize the design, we chose the color, since ahkak memang dah ada in my mind, make things easier. Ahkak nak color champagne+blood red.  Base color will be champagne and lace warna blood red.  And Kiki asked me, how much my budget to buy the material, ahkak cakap RM450 only, not more than that and he said 'ok, i think we can get that price' and ahkak macam excited gilos!hahaha.  Kiki asked me to go with him when buying the material so that we can get further discount as he knows the people in Jakel and also kita tak salah pilih color. Great!

So, ahkak dah janji ngan Kiki nak jumpa di Jakel KL kul 11 am, hari Ahad kalau tak silap untuk beli kain tu.  One thing about Kiki ni, kalau appointment mesti lambat tapi memandangkan ahkak ni orang yang bersabar ahkak ni senyapkan aje.  Lagipun si Kiki ni selalu mintak maaf kalau dia lambat so ahkak tak sampai hati pulak kalau tak maafkan.hahahah. Boleh gitu??haha

Tak lama sangat lah kat Jakel tu since datang dengan designer,so da ada orang attend.  We chose these beaded lace yang ahkak rasa memang cantik. Very heavy the details tapi ahkak suka since bukan lah  nak memenuhkan baju tu dengan all the details.  Untung pergi dengan designer, kalau kain yang tak de pun orang Jakel akan carikan.hihi

The material.  2 metres of lace, 6 metres of chiffon ,4 metres of lining and 3 metres of net.

As Kiki promised before, the bill cukup-cukup RM450. I'm a happy customer. :)  So, Kiki bawak balik kain tu and dia pun start jahit.Oh btw baju ni sekali ngan veil.

So, tiba lah masa untuk fitting.  And I was, like mmm ok, not bad lah, but I am not as ecstatic masa macam ahkak tengok baju nikah.  So, ahkak ok jer la.  And according to Kiki, ada banyak lagi dia kene buat and I trust him.  Sebab ada sikit beading yang dia kena buat. 

Then, the final fitting.  Ahkak gelabah jugak since Kiki cuma bagi ahkak the night before ahkak balik Kuantan for the wedding and it was like,3 days before?Crazy right.  Ahkak ingatkan dia dah siapkan awal since tak delah major alteration yang dia kena buat.  And he arrived late at my house, nak marah tak guna.  So, ahkak tunggu je lah.  So, bila ahkak tengok dress tu dia cuma potong jer and dia siapkan tudung halfmoon. Yang dia tambah beads tu sikit sangat-sangat. Ok malas nak besar-besarkan issue.

Ok now the payment. Since, ahkak fikir ahkak nak la bank in je tak nak bayar cash as ahkak tak suka pegang duit banyak-banyak, so after that ahkak cakap ahkak akan bank in kan.  Tapi husband ahkak yang transfer guna RHB online to his Maybank account.  Korang tau kan it will take 1 day kalau transfer before pukul 12 noon, and husband ahkak transfer the next day since dia busy sikit nak settlekan all his work before the wedding. Balance tu tak banyak pun around RM600 je.

Then, dalam kul 1 pagi macam tuh, yes 1 am, Kiki whatsapp ahkak cakap jangan lupa transfer dekat dia. Ahkak said ok, don't worry I'll definitely transfer and asked him to be patience a bit. So, the next day dia cakap still tak masuk lagi. So, ahkak mcam pelikla kenapa tak masuk lagi kan, Ahkak checked dengan husband and dia cakap dia da transfer siap bagi print screen lagi.  

Tapi si Kiki ni tak faham-faham jugak, bila ahkak cerita dengan dia.  Dia cakap mana ada orang beli barang kat supermarket tapi tak bayar". Kurang ajar tak??Ingat ahkak ni miskin sangat tak de duit nak bayar? Ahkak cakapla 'eh, bukan I x bayar, duit tu x masuk lagi, its a technical problem.U sabar la sikit". Ahkak try lagi berlembut dengan dia.Dia boleh cakap 'u bayar la dulu the 600, then kalau betul account tu masuk account I, I pulang balik. Mmmm..ahkak bila orang cakap macam tu ahkak lagilah tak nak bayar, kalau kau boleh buat perangai macam ni ada can kau tak pulang duit aku.  Rupa-rupanya husband ahkak salah letak some kind of ID infomation so dia bounce back dalam masa 3 hari baru dia masuk account husband balik.  Itu pun tahu 3 hari lepas tu. So, ahkak buat keputusan tunggu sampai duit masuk account balik.  Kalau dia boleh protect himself, ahkak pun boleh. 

Kita sedar lah diri, siapa kita tak nak bayar duit orang kan?Benda ni kecik je tapi die buat hal ni besar mcam hapa je.  Dia cakap 'I nak guna duit tu beli kain customer lain'. And I was like, what??takkan lah kau berniaga tapi tak de modal nak pusing.  Time beli kain dengan dia haritu ahkak siap bagi dia cash terus after beli, then dia yang cakap 'takpe,takpe you bank in kan aje'. Ahkak memang tak nak lah buat cam tu since ahkak da keluar cash. Ahkak bagi je la terus.  So, apa lagi issue nye.  Yang sebelum ni boleh transfer, yang last payment tak pulak cakap ngan ahkak nak cash, so ahkak assumed dia ok la kalau ahkak transfer.  Deposit pun ahkak transfer jugak. Tak de pulak bagi by hand.  Dia pulak terus-terusan whatsapp suh masukkan duit.

Last-last husband ahkak check kata duit da masuk balik, since ahkak tak da cash masa tu, ahkak pinjam duit mak RM600 terus g cash deposit machine maybank, bank in, ambik gambar slip, hantar kat dia.  Pastu dia cakap tq and sorry as if like nothing happend. Huh! Ahkak memang sampai sudah memang tak reply message dia.  Ahkak bukan apa, bagi ahkak tak professional la macam tu.  Dah la ahkak nak kahwin kan.  Seriously, nak pakai baju kahwin dia pun da tak excited.  And ahkak tengok workmanship dia not as expected.  Veil dengan tak trimnya,tak lurusnya, kecewa tapi tak delah besar mana masalah cuma bila dah jadi gituh not up to standard la kan.

You see the difference between Amir Rafique's(left) veil and Oscar's Jepry(Lagenda Boutique)(right) veil?
Different ok.

Nasib ada kakak ipar yang best, ahkak dengan kakak ipar yang pergi petang tu cari tailor yang boleh trim tepi tu.  Alhamdulillah ada.  Thank you SIL!Love u lah!All and all except for this, everything went on smoothly. Alhamdulillah sangat-sangat.  Walaupun benda ni dah lama, tapi ahkak just nak share so that bride to be kat luar sana tak kisahlah nak ambik dengan designer mana, make sure kena jelas with all the terms and conditions k.  Maybe kena kat ahkak since dengan Oscar everything went smoothly so ahkak tak berapa cakna dengan Amir Rafique.  All in all apa yang Amir Rafique buat kena lah dengan price dia.  So, if you looking for quality, pergilah dengan designer yang dah establish or ada boutique, tp kalau still nak bajet-bajet, it's up to u k?  Btw ahkak dah maafkan pun Amir Rafique tu.

The dress in full.

As you can see, its not that neat. But hmmm..redho ajerk. 

With kak andam, kalau tak silap nama Kak Ochin, baik sangat dia nanti review pasal makeup dia k.

Ini semua poyohh!!!haha

Sampai sini dulu!

Nanti ahkak sambung review yang lain k? :)

Happy New Year 2014 everyone! Semoga kita menjadi orang yang lebih baik tahun hadapan dalam apa jua yang kita buat!Amin. InsyaAllah.

Check out 2 tone glitter shawl ahkak k?

Toodles!:)

  

REVIEW:MY REAL WEDDING DRESS(SOLEMNIZATION @ AKAD NIKAH)

Assalamualaikum semua,

WARNING : LONG ENTRY

Setelah memperdayakan aokme(bahasa Pahang) dengan title yang sebelum ni, tibalah masanya ahkak cerita yang sebenar-sebenarnya. Hahaha. Don't worry, kali ni memamg pasal baju kahwin ahkak keh.Hihihi.

By the way, ahkak ni bukanlah DIY bride keh, sumenye upah orang, eh eh tak jugak, macam hantaran, and goodie bag buat sendirik.hehehe

So, as per subject(wah, cam surat rasmi pulekkk haha), baju nikah ahkak.  Untuk pengetahuan korang, ahkak beli material kain nikah macam 3 bulan sebelum decide tarikh kahwin. Acana tu???hehe. Macam ni, time tu ahkak tau ahkak nak kahwin(walaupun pelbagai rintangan,cubaan yang mendatang yang MasyaAllah, Allah saja yang tau betapa kuatnya rintangan,hat ni cerita kemudian k?:) )walaupun ahkak tak pasti adakah ahkak akan berkahwin dengan husband-then-boyfriend, tp still nak kahwin(niat memang nak kahwin) so beli je la kain.hahaha

Time tu ahkak beli kat Jakel Shah Alam, dengan huband-then-boyfriend. Untuk pemilihan color, cadangnya nak warna putih la kan, tp husband tak suka, katanya tak naik, dia ni memang suka color-color yang terang dan la. So,pilih punya pilih, as ahkak suka color coral pink, so coral pink it is.  Ahkak tak discuss pun dengan parents, akibat itu, ada sedikit feud(sikit shaja, yang ni akak citer kat kat Part 2) pasal color tuh.hahahah.

One thing for certain, ahkak memang nak tempah baju nikah ahkak nih.  FYI, solemnization and reception dress ahkak tempah and ahkak simpan sendiri. Ramai jugak cakap buat apa simpan, bukannya nak guna dah, tapi ahkak nak ada kenangan untuk anak-anak cucu nanti, tu yang tempah both. Tehehe. Tapi still dengan kadar mampu milik.

So, after rintangan dan cubaan tersebut :(, alhamdulillah, semuanya dipermudahkan, kami(ahkak dan husband) ambil keputusan nak kahwin, tapi secara sederhana sahajalah.  

So, ahkak pun beli kain chiffon 4 meter setengah walaupun bidang dia 60" sebab ahkak nak buat kain flowy-flowy. Tapi lining ahkak beli 4 meter itu pun lebih dari cukup and ahkak beli lace 2 metres kot(warna gold).  So, after dah decide tarikh and discuss ngan parents bila tarikh kahwin(btw ahkak tak bertunang because of the rintangan and my parents think it is not that necessary(yup my parents leddat one, very chill, x ikut adat sangat hehe)so ahkak pun startlah men'google' who is the designer yang mampu milik. hahaha. banyak memang banyak mcm Hatta Dolmat, Rizman Ruzaini, Rizalman, Jovian, Nurita Harith, Qudyn, Lynda Rahim, Michael Ong, Man Kajang and yang setaraf dengannya tuh, tapi harga dia buat rasa nak tercekik, tapi kalau ada yang mampu, tak salah pun, tapi untuk orang marhaen macam ahkak memamg taklah.hihi

So, bile baca blog-blog bride to be yang lain ada yang mention Oscar Jepri from Lagenda Boutique dekat Maju Junction.  Tried to find more info on him tapi tak jumpa.  Tapi yang pasti all the reviews cakap workmanship, design and price sangat bagus.  So, ahkak pun decide nak pergi jumpa dia on weekend, ahkak terjah je butik Lagenda tu, no appointment pun as ahkak rasa first meeting tu just nak tanya about price range ajeww.  So, time ahkak masuk butik tu tak da orang, so, Oscar terus je entertained ahkak and husband.Hehehe

Oscar ni sangat bagus PR dia, tak de pun nak mengata-ngata akan perihal badan ahkak ke apa sebab badan ahkak macam-macam gebu sikit.kehkehkeh.ok, so ahkak pun cakap ahkak nak temphah tapi tak ahkak tak bawak kain lagi masa tu.  So, Oscar quote ahkak untuk baju nikah perempuan starting RM700/RM800 if i'm not mistaken and lelaki starting RM350.  Dia cakap kena bawak kain dulu then baru tau berapa.

So, next weeknya ahkak bawak kain, since ahkak da beli kain chiffon and lace, so ahkak cuma bayar untuk workmanship and design la. Boleh tahan jugak la Oscar ni punya harga. Hehehe. Tapi still ok, sebab still under my budget.  So, bila dah bawak kain and lace, Oscar pun start sketching, banyak giler dia design. Dia tanya ahkak nak design macamane? Ahkak ni memang la tak berapa nak prepare kan, ahkak ingat nak buat kurung moden tapi ahkak nak jugak yang berdesign-design. muahahaha.Nampak tak perempuannya perangai kat situh? Ahkak lupa nak snap gambar design dia as ahkak fikir at that time, tak yah lah ambik, buat apa kan? Now, I regret it.hahaha

For baju melayu lelaki, ahkak ingat tak nak la buat kat Oscar ni sebab maybe nak buat kat Den Wahab or tailor yang murah sikit, tapi En. Husband insist buat kat Oscar sebab senang. And I was like, ok lah sebab kitorg pun tak banyak masa sangat.So hari tu jugak ambik measurement untuk lelaki.  Kain ahkak bagi kemudian. Kitorg pun malas nak survey kat kedai lain dah since husband pun dah suka kedai dia.

Ahkak rasa ada dalam 6 ke 7 design si Oscar Jepri tu buat.  Pening jugak kepala ahkak nak pilih masa tuh. Yang pasti, ahkak tak nak baju yang terlampau ketat or nampak ketat, nak loosy goosy je, termasuk dekat lengan since lengan ahkak ni tough sikit, hehehe.

So, after dah pilih design and all baru ahkak perasan yang ahkak tak beli kain sekali untuk veil, so ahkak pun pergi Jakel beli kain chiffon dalam semeter setengah(sepatutnya semeter je tapi saje beli lebih) and lace.  Lace tu lace yang sama design dengan lace yang ahkak beli untuk baju.  So, akan ada pertambahan kos sebab tambah veil. Miahaha.

Oscar ni agak cepat jugak dia punya kerja. On time. Ahkak suka. Sebab ahkak fikir ahkak buat preparation untuk kahwin ni dalam 3-4 bulan je.

So, bila ahkak pergi fitting, oh my Allah! I love it! The workmanship memang sangat bagus! Itu lah agaknya beza kita bayar murah and mahal. Like seriously, jahitan dia sangat sangat kemas and the flowyness of the kain that I want, it happened. Tapi ye la ada la kurang sini, lebih sana, biasa la kan, yang tu adjust kendian lah kan.

Ni masa pergi first fitting :

Pardon the not so good quality picture. Biasala camera phone jerkk. Hehe
Masa ni Oscar Jepry tak tambah beading lagi.

Nampak tak kain yang meleret-leret tuh???sangat puas hati okeh.  Pardon the black inner, nasib pakai inner kalau tak??hehe .  Husband punya baju one tone lighter.  Oh yang pakai baju hitam tu lah Oscar Jepry.Hihihi.  Sampin and veil Oscar punya, pinjam kejap.  Time pakai baju tu, memang sengih sampai telinga.  Dekat belakang baju and dekat pergelangan tangan ada dummy button.

Baju lelaki tak de apa sangat nak alter, baju perempuan banyak sikit, tapi bukan major la.

Ok nih gambar second fitting :

Ni dah tambah beading keh.  Memang cantik sangat. Tak delah beading yang over-over.
Pakai pearl and manik-manik je.Just like I want.

Ni close up :

Tak berapa nak close lah. Ini je yang mampu dek non. Hahaha

So, adalah sikit drama dalam nak buat baju nikah ni, after dah hantar kat Oscar baju ni, barulah parents ahkak tanya, warna apa kain nikah nanti? Ahkak pun cakap lah, warna coral pink and ahkak tunjuk gambar kain.  Mak ahkak tanya, kenapa tak buat warna putih?Abah pun tanya jugak. Ahkak jawab la tak nak putih sebab dah biasa orang pakai, nak pakai warna yang lain dari yang lain. Hihihi.  Pastu abah dengan tegasnya cakap 'Pergi beli kain baru, buat lain!' Ahkak macam alamak, 'Tapi dah tempah, dah nak siap pun'. Pastu siap tambah 'Nabi tak cakap pun kena buat warna putih kalau kahwin'. Ye, ahkak ni memang suka amat menjawab. Derhaka tak ahkak?hahaha. Pastu mak jawab 'hmmm..yelah, tapi kan putih tu suci bersih'. Ahkak jawab 'memang la, tp apa salahnya tukar color sekal sekala'. Heheh. Last-last parents ahkak pasrah jerkk.Tehehe.

Nah, ni time ahkak nikah, layan gamboss : 

Masa ni duk senget-senget sebab pakai korset kat dalam and peha yang besar. Miahahaha

Signing the agreement!

Cecececee

Dan lagi gambar :

Ahkak memang nak simple-simple jerkk.Hehehe.  Tudung tu pakai bawal rm5 je beli kat central market. Siap bawak baju sebab takut salah pilih color. Alhamdulillah. 

Btw, OP ialah Ministry Of Moment. Hat ni post lain k. :P

Siapa nak no telefon Oscar Jepri from Lagenda Boutique leave comment ya! :)

Till next post! Bye!

Check out my 2-tone glitter shawl yang cantik!

WEDDING RECEPTION DRESS

Assalamualaikum lovely readers,

Oh rilek rilek,jangan terkujat dengan title di atas. Bukan reception ahkak, tapi reception adik ahkak yang InsyaAllah berlangsung 12th April 2014. So, tarikh dah decided sekarang ni baju pulak.  Ahkak ni still lagi ada sipi-sipi tak puas pakai baju kahwin aritu(hihi..boleh gituh?). Teruk betei(loghat pahang) perangai ahkak kan?Ahkak bila baca blog-blog bride-to-be yang pergi buat dress dengan designer yang glamourous tu, macam teringin jugak walaupon dah kahwin. Nafsu wanita dik. Hahaha. Bukan ahkak tak puas hati time kahwin ahkak hari tu(20th April 2013), baju ahkak ok tapi biasalah perempuan, dah ada peluang macam ni, mulalah mengada-ngada.haha(husband tak tau lagik ni..miahaha)

So, ahkak telah menjalankan kajian secara menyeluruh di Google(wah gitu) macam mana akak nak baju ahkak time wedding reception adik tu.  Temanya beach wedding gitew. Tempat nanti bagitahu bila kad dah siap ohkeh? :P

Apa yang ahkak perasan kat blog-blog dalam google ni, tak banyak orang tulis untuk baju family or bridemaids, so tu yang ahkak start tulis pasal nih.hihi. Ahkak time kahwin dulu blog bride-to-be memang tak de, so ni jelah yang ahkak mampu untuk kongsikan.hihi. tp boleh je nak review vendor-vendor dulu.hihihihi. Hat tu nanti-nantilah. :P

Ahkak bila tengok bridesmaids Jovian+Nina Ismail Sabri pakai kaftan, terus ahkak berkenan. Memang cantik sangat. Meh ahkak tunjukkan :

Credit to beautifulnara, photog : prettypeektures

Cantikkan dia punya baju? I believe the design was made by Jovian himself(just my own assumption k).  Tapi ahkak perasan, yang design ni was meant for orang yang kurus. Ahkak ni tak gemuk tak kurus,boleh kata ada isi tapi ada la tayar-tayar lebihan tu. So, kalau nak ikut this design 100% memang taklah.hehe

So, ahkak google punya google punya google, I do have few choices that I really like :

Yang pertama :

Kalau tak silap ahkak, yang ni dari Elie Saab. Phewww Cantik!
Credit Mr. Google

Yang ni ahkak tak ingat siapa designer dia, maybe local kot. Anyways, cantik jugak!
Credit Mr. Google

Ni pon tak ingat siapa designer dia.  Ahkak paling berkenan tang lengan dia. Suka sangat
Credit Mr. Google

Kalau tak silap ni dari Elie Saab jugak. Elie Saab memang genius. Sebenanrnya ahkak peminat Elie Saab sebab baju-baju dia semua cantik. Glamour tapi dalam masa yang sama understated. Just my kinda o theng. hehe
Credit Alibaba.com

Ahkak tak nak letak banyak sangat, nanti ahkak confuse, so better ahkak just letak yang mana ahkak betul-betul berkenan je, ye dok?hihihi

Ahkak bincang dengan kakak ahkak, dia tak nak buat kaftan, dia nak kimono cardigan,katanya kaftan tu dah lapok. Ciss betul. Ahkak rasa kaftan ni timeless. Betul tak?hehe. So, we just go our separate ways. Cewahhh.

So, ahkak pon google-google who is the in designer kat malaysia skarang ni.  Tapi bila tengok their price tag, rasa tak berbaloi. Ahkak kalau boleh tak nak mahal melampau-lampau sangat. Ahkak ada try tanya a few contohnya Arma Wedding Couture(ahkak pm through fb), diorang ni sangatlah bagus, tak pernah lagi tak reply apa yang ahkak pm, banyak kali jugak ahkak pm sebelum ni walau tak beli tp diorang still reply. Ok, so diorang quote ahkak untuk kaftan(kain ahkak sendiri k)starting price RM1,000.  Telan liur ahkak. Tak jadi.

So ahkak moved on. Ahkak tengok pulak kat Instagram and google mana-mana designer or tailor yang boleh jahit kaftan. Tapi sangatlah limited. Nak email rizman ruzaini, jovian, rizalman, michael ong tu semua ahkak tak berani.Macam dah tau harga dia.hehe Ada la designer yang muda,murah dan baru nak naik, tp ahkak takut workmanship tak memuaskan hati.  So, ahkak memberanikan email seorang designer yang ahkak rasa ramai orang tahu hasil kerja dia macam mana.  Dia ni memang cantik-cantik baju dia, semua color lembut.  So, ahkak email dia tanya berapa dia quote untuk starting price untuk kaftan tp kain sendiri.  So, dia reply. Ahkak excited giler. Dia quote RM400.Ouhhh bagi ahkak itu sudah bagus tp tak termasuk detailing la.  Dan dia perempuan. Yang tu paling ahkak suka sebab time kahwen ahkak dulu dua-dua buat baju nikah and reception adalah lelaki.

Sangat excited, dia cakap dia only available 9th Jan 2014 onwards, ahkak terus set 11th Jan untuk design and jenis material yang seswai. So, tunggu jelah update ahkak nanti keh.

K nah baju kahwin ahkak dulu, ehehe..nanti kita citer vendor-vendor ahkak k..ahkak kawen simple-simple jewww..tak dela vendor yang meleps-meleps tuh..hihi

Ni gambar dari iphone kawan..terpaksa lah crop muka dia and husband...sorry babeee!!ampunn!!hihi
Nanti ahkak bagitau siapa designer dia.. ;)

Selamat membaca bebelanku! ;)

RESIPI MELAYU : SAMBAL SOTONG, SAMBAL IKAN BILIS CILI HIJAU, IKAN TENGGIRI GORENG DAN BAYAM GORENG DENGAN BAWANG PUTIH

Assalamualaikum,

Hari ni saya nak share recipe melayu pulak. Asyik-asyik makanan omputih je, boring le jugakkan.
Lauk-lauk ni saya masak malam sebelum Christmas.  Hari tu pergi pasar malam borong macam-macam, lama tak borong macam tu.hihi.Saya tau ramai dah orang share kat blog diorang makanan macam ni, tapi tak kesahlah, nak share jugak... lauk simple-simple je..tapi bila makan, menjilat jari I tell you.hihihi.

Since only I and my husband ate, portion nya tak banyak la..tp meriah la lauk atas meja tuh..hihi  My husband suka sangat lauk-lauk tu..hihi

So, for lauk pertama :

SAMBAL SOTONG

Ok, untuk sambal sotong ni saya buat berkuah sikit sebab dah tak buat kuah lain dah. Resipi ni saya buat yang simple-simple jer.

Bahan-bahan :
2-3 ekor sotong yang besar(depends la berapa ramai nak makan)
1 ulas bawang india sederhana besar
4 ulas bawang putih(saya suka bawang putih lebih sikit, bau dia sedap)
2 cm halia
Cili kering
1 sudu besar honey(boleh kurang kalau nak kurang manis, boleh banyak kalau nak manis)saya suka yang sedang-sedang saja(nada Iwan nyanyi)hehe
Salt to taste
Half squeeze lemon

Note : Blend bawang besar, bawang putih, halia dan juga cili kering.

Cara-cara masak :
1) Panaskan minyak atas kuali, bila dah panas, masukkan bahan-bahan yang dah blend tadi sampai masak.(dia akan nampak macam naik minyak sikit)Jaga api, jangan kuat sangat, sederhana sahaja.
2) Kalau kering sangat, letak dalam 2-3 sudu besar air.
3) Ok then letak honey, lemon dan garam.(saya guna honey as sugar substitute, more healthy katanya :P and saya tak guna asam jawa sebab kat rumah banyak sangat lemon. Beza lemon dengan asam jawa ni, rasa lemon bila kita letak dalam sambal dia agak subtle, tak terlalu kuat.)
4) Last sekali baru letak sotong(ada setengah orang letak awal sbb nak masak cepat,tapi saya letak last sekali sebab tak nak dia over cook)

SAMBAL IKAN BILIS CILI HIJAU

Bahan-bahan

Segenggam Ikan Bilis(rendam dan ditumbuk)
1 sudu kecil honey
5-8 ulas cili kampung/cili padi(nak lagi pedas letak lagi)
3 ulas bawang merah dihiris halus
2 ulas bawang putih dihiris halus
Garam untuk perasa
1 sudu besar extra virgin olive oil
Sedikit belacan(bak kata orang putih belancan..hehe<---tgk kat australia masterchef dia sebut camtu)

Note : Tumbuk cili dan belacan sekali sampai lumat.

Cara-cara masak :
1) Panaskan minyak, goreng bawang merah dan bawang putih
2) Then masukkan cili dan belacan yang ditumbuk td
3) Lepas tu, goreng sampai naik bau
4) Keluarkan dr kuali gaul dengan ikan bilis yang dah ditumbuk, masukkan olive oil.Sebab dia akan kering         sikit
5) Masuk balik dalam kuali(tak payah minyak dah) then masukkan honey dan garam secukup rasa(garam         tak payah bayak sebab belancan dan ikan bilis da masin). Gaul sampai masak. Siap. :)

IKAN TENGGIRI GORENG

Eh yang ni pon nak resipi jugak ke??
Overrrr...haha

BAYAM GORENG DENGAN BAWANG PUTIH

Potong seikat bayam(guna bayam hijau eh)
Potong/cincang kasar garlic dalam 3 ulas

Cara-cara masak :
1) Panaskan minyak
2) Tumis bawang putih sampai dia garing sikit(bau diaaaa memamg la menusuk jiwaaa..hihi..makesure uols          bukak segala tingkap and pintu kehh)
3) Then masukkan terus bayam and sedikit garam to taste.
4) Tunggu sampai bayam masak.

Tadaaaaa!

Memang sedap iolss cakap.

Gerenti husband, mak mertua, pak mertua, adik beradik, anak-anak menambah-nambah nasik.

Oh by the way, saya juga mengamalkan makan beras perang kerana lebih sihat.
One thing saya notice pasal beras perang nih, bila kita makan kita cepat kenyang dan kita tak rasa cepat mengantuk.  Apa tunggu lagi, cepat la g masak tuh!hehe

Daaa...see u next post k! :)

WHAT I DID ON CHRISTMAS DAY

Assalamualaikum readers,

It was Christmas day yesterday, didn't do much  except, I went for my ex housemate's wedding in Pusat Komuniti Bukit Bandaraya, Bangsar.   Lovely wedding I must say.  I am quite shocked to see my friend in hijab as the last time I met her, she still didn't wear it.  I am so happy for her, feels really touched to see her married and at the same time wearing the hijab.  She looked so pretty in her baby blue wedding dress.

 

                          There she is with her husband.(pardon the picture quality). Lovely, isn't she? :)

     Congrats Anom!

Well, the food and souvenir at the wedding were also very nice.  It's not the typical nasi minyak. They have beef cooked with black pepper which the beef is so tender and the black pepper sauce is just too nice. The roasted chicken and Dalca was superb.  And the most interesting, they didn't serve with the normal acar, but they have salad!Which I think it's really healthy option for the guess.  But the desert a bit at the downside, but still can eat laaa.. ;P

Oh and the cookies as the wedding gift, was really-really nice. (I can't remember who was the vendor)I ate the whole cookies just after I reached home.  Because it's nice leddat.haha(gelojoh uools tp sedap sangat cannot tahan lah)

                                                                         The cute jar!

Ok, as promised, I will give the recipe for beef grilled ribs with mashed potato served with boiled carrot and broccoli.  Its actually quite simple to cook, but it will take 2 hours to prep.

Ingredients A :
500 gm - 800 gm beef ribs
2 table spoon of mustad
1 table spoon of lemon juice
1 table spoon of honey(or less)
Salt and pepper to taste

Steps :
1) Boil the ribs until it becomes soft and tender(I  boiled it for almost 2 1/2 hours) but if you have pressure         cooker, 30 minutes is enough.  Don't forget to put salt in, as you can use the stock for other things also.
2) Mix all Ingredients(A) in a bowl then prep it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes - 1 hour.

Ingredients B :
3 medium to big size american potato
100 gm of butter
Salt
100ml of fresh milk(depends on how you want your mash to be; creamy or not)

1) Peel the potato's skin
2) Boil the potato until soft
3) Mash the potato and mix with other Ingredients B(do it while it hot)

For the gravy/sauce, you can use the beef stock mix with the leftover of beef marination.  Put it on hot pan, if you want it to be thick you can use flour, probably around 1-2 table spoon.

As for the vege's, I used the beef stock to boil the brocolli and carrot.

Done!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy kan? :)

Siapa ada soalan, angkat tangan!
Leave kat comment ye!

PASSION FOR FOOD

Assalamualaikum readers,

I always have the passion for food, always dreaming to eat in a fine dining restaurant and  have the options to buy all the expensive foods in the world!Haha.But somehow, in my entire 28 years of life, I never step my foot in the fine dining restaurant but yeah, I managed to buy some ingredients that are not expensive but quality ingredients.

Because I don't have much options to eat expensive foods out there, I looked into other option, which is cook my own food. For me, to cook my own food is way more healthier as I can control the salt, sugar and carb intake.(you all know that right?) Since I was a teenager, I always want to eat healthy food, but at that time and place, I still don't have the option to cook and eat healthily.(I was a student btw ;))

So, when I started working, I start to buy groceries (I rented a house) and cook for myself. At that time, I just think to fulfill my stomach, but gradually I changed to be more cautious of what I cook and eat.  Just to add on, my first encounter to the kitchen was when I was 12 years old. My mom will ask me to help her in the kitchen, initially she asked me to cook rice for the family.  The rice that I cooked sometimes
perfect and sometimes uncooked.  After a while, my mum taught me to cook other dishes like chicken curry, fried fish(terengganu style), stir fried veges, soups, sambal belacan, rendang and even tomyam.
My cooking skill at that time is not that great, but I have the basic how to do the dishes.  But I only exposed to Malay kind of dishes only.

Everything is changed after I met my husband.  He has type1(T1) diabetes.  Person who has T1 diabetes, their pancreas can't produce sugar thus they have to take insulin in daily basis(min 3x a day) to make sure that their sugar level is stable throughout the day.  The cause of this T1 (usually) is genetic or their pancreas is not working since they were born. It is extremely difficult(especially in Malaysia) for T1 person to choose their food.  Usually their foods are expensive and really hard to find(I still can find it at Tesco and Cold Storage but quite limited.)  But as a wife, I understand his situation and try to opt for more healthy food and cooking. He also helps me in how to choose good food and read the nutrition information at the back of the packaging. LOL.

So now come the Australia Masterchef season 5 this year. I did watch the season 1-4 but not religiously. But not for season 5.  All the contestants in season 5 are really good cook! I am really impressed how they can create a dish that is 5 stars!Not only that, I am very impressed with the production team and how they teach the contestants to cook first class cuisines. At first, I watched it through LIFE channel in Astro, but I really can't wait for the next episode so I decided to download(don't judge me, hahaha!) all the episodes and finished watching it in 10 days(there's a lot lot of episodes). I watched it everyday without fail. ;)

So, with a bit of experience in cooking, the drive to cook tasty yet healthy dish for my husband and the feel to prepare first class cuisines made me decided to write this blog.

                             

                          My first ever beef grilled ribs(from eid adha) with mashed potato served with

                                      boiled carrot and broccoli.(recipe in later post ya) 

I hope you'll  enjoy this blog!

SIMPLE CURRYPUFF FILL WITH MINCED MEAT, BOILED POTATO,DRIED CHILLI PASTE AND CURRY POWDER RECIPE

Assalamualaikum readers,

First of all, this is my first time to write a blog.  I do have the intention 10 years ago to start a blog when Friendster(yes Friendster!so old!) introduced it. I tried to type but I really-really don't have any idea what to write, finally I just decided oh well maybe I don't have that flare to write.(still young at that time, don't know the direction of life, pity me!haha)

But now, I want to start again, yes I know it is quite late to start as everybody has their own blog,(its 2013 going to be 2014 yallss) but still I want to share with people the little knowledge that I have because who knows somebody out there might get the benefit from reading this blog.  InsyaAllah.

For me, cooking is all about creativity. To tell you, my big influences coming from my mom and ..... Australia Masterchef. Haha. I will eloborate more on this in the next post ya.

The recipe above is the very first attempt for me to make currypuff.  I can't believe that I managed to prepare around 40 pieces of currypuff but it took me around 4 hours to do it as I did it manually.  Manually meaning I have to roll it with the typical wood roller not the machine.  Crazzzzyyyyyyyyyy! Haha. It's quite tough and challenging when you do it alone as there is no one to help you to do it.  But overall, I'm quite satisfied with the outcome. The taste also was not bad.Hihi.  Actually, I did not plan to do the currypuff, but at that time I'm quite hungry but I don't know what to eat, I don't want to eat rice, but I want to eat some pastry with salty flavor.  So, I checked my ref and see what can I cook.  Then, I realized I have almost all the ingredients to make currypuff, so immediately, took my iPad and start Googling the recipe for currypuff.

I do found a few blogs that really has good recipe, but I just took the simplest recipe that I can find and try the recipe. The recipe that I tried is from Kak Jee.

The recipe from Kak Jee is quite simple and easy to follow. I follow mostly on her dough but for the filling I do it myself as I don't have the complete ingredients.  

For the dough(A) :

500 gm of all purpose flour

1 cup of cooking oil(I used canola oil)
150 gm of margarine(I used buttercup)
400ml cold water 
2 tea spoon of salt

5 table spoon of corn flour(this is my twist on the dough!)

Steps :

1) Put flour, corn flour and salt in a big bowl

2) Heat up oil on a stove and put margarine into the hot oil.  

3) After oil and margarine is hot, slowly pour the ingredients into the flour mixing and mix with fork.

4) Slowly pour cold water to the flour and knead the dough until it did not stick to the bowl.

5) Let it rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

For the filling(B)

300 gm of minced meat

3-4 american potato(peel and dice)

1-2 whole medium to big size onion(thinly chop)

5 cloves of garlic(thinly chop)

3 cm of ginger(thinly chop)

1 stick of curry leaves

4 table spoons of curry powder

2 table spoon of honey(this is my twist on the filling!)

2 table spoon of oil

1 table spoon of dried chilli paste

Steps :

1) Heat oil, put onion, garlic and ginger to stir.

2) After all the ingredients are cook, put the minced meat.

3) Cook until there is no more water from the meat.

4) Mix curry powder and dried chilli paste in a bowl  with water(approx. 2 tablespoon).  Pour the mix to the minced meat and stir

5) You can boiled the potato first or you can just put it straight into the minced meat mixture.

6) After the potato is cooked, put the honey and salt to taste.

7) And lastly, put the curry leaves for more fragrance.

Wait until the filling to be at least warm, then only you can put the filling into the pastry.

To hem the currypuff, some people do manually and some people use hemmer to hem currypuff.(you can find this in bakery store)  As I don't have the hemmer, I do it manually. Again! LOL

Just a heads up, if you want to fry the currypuff, make sure you use slow to medium fire so your pastry won't get burn.

                                                
                                                     This is how the dough looks like!haha

                         This are the rejected batch.  Haha, it is not that smooth as I want it to be, 
                          but the taste is still ok as the fillings is quite ok(matilah tak sedar diri). 

These are the only photos that I have for the currypuff.  My husband said the currypuff is so niceeeee!!!(because it is crispy)(haha who else want to complement my cooking right?)hahah

I will write stories about me(just a lil of background..hihi) in the next post ya!

:)