permaisuri for a day (or two)

Super duper in love with sneak peaks of Norseha's siraman and solemnization pictures:
 

(Source: Aeqmal Huat Photography via Jentayu Gallery)

(Source: Kiera Roxanne)

 
Must have been a drop dead gorgeous reception bursting with traditional elements! Suka suka sukaaaaa.

(Kind of reminds me of my Indonesian cousin's wedding last year where they had the siraman exercise carried out, very proper, and very sarat with Javanese tradition - not sure if local brides-to-be still do this since I haven't seen or heard about it until now.)

I think sekarang most Melayu brides-to-be won't bersiram bermandi bunga berbadak berendam ni semua because most of us will go for bridal spa and massage sessions! Whiiiiiccchhh I'll be going for probably a few days before my wedding!!! I didn't really have any niat to book my bridal spa and massage anytime soon because it's something that can be easily done two to three months before the actual day since I already know which spa I want to go to. Buttttt as kahwin khronicles history (and all the histories in the world) has proven - kita hanya boleh merancang tetapi hanya Tuhan yang akan menentukan.

So this is how the whole thing happened - Went down to the Mega Xpress' Wedding & Lifestyle Exhibition last Friday evening with my mamat (he was the one who asked whether I wanted to go then suddenly wailed about how he has "turned into a BTB" LULZ) and found Spa Jelita at one of the booths! I've been asking around for reviews and Googling bridal spa and massage places in Singapore and the name that keeps coming up (in a good two-thumbs-up way) is Spa Jelita, so dalam hati jiwa dan raga memang dah tanam niat to book their bridal spa and massage services nearer to our wedding date. But lo and behold! Tengah jalan jalan aimlessly kat wedding exhibition boleh ternampak their booth right before my eyes, so that was such a lovely pleasant surprise.

Tapi yang buat lagi lovely pleasant surprise is their banner that showed a list of all their bridal spa and massage promos!!!!! SO APE LAGI...

Grabbed their 1-day bridal spa package called the Cleopatra Royal Ritual (Boleh feeling feeling macam Cleopatra, y'all! Tapi jangan sampai keluar spa raut muka and rambut semua macam Cleopatra y'all! Itu macam dah seram y'all! Hur hur.) - this package includes steam and sauna bath, body scrub, body massage, milk bath and ganggang for a period of three hours plus at $150, which is down 50% from its original price of $300++! There's another package which I thought was good but did not take because I didn't want to have to go there on three different occasions plus I'm not that much of a spa fanatic - 3-day bridal spa package with the whole beauty and pampering works segala at $399, down from its original price of $700++.

Fuh. Sungguh lumayan.

My mat even threw in a spa facial for me at the last minute - it was going for $48, instead of its usual price of $70++. Looks like I'll still have to add on an additional trip down to Spa Jelita, probably a week or two before the wedding - the staff (and a few of my girlfriends) told me that it's best to go for facials one or two weeks before the actual day. Which is ok lah, since Guthrie Building is located in the East. Kalau somewhere in the West ke, across the Causeway ke, it's ok it's alright kirim salam peluk cium and waffles A&W je, please.

(And since we're on the topic, here's my personal verdict of the exhibition: I don't know whether there were really lesser stalls and reduction in exhibition size or whether there is really a difference in atmosphere of a wedding exhibition on a Friday evening and a wedding exhibition on a Saturday afternoon, but I found this year's slightly disappointing than last year's. Might also be because I no longer have anything to really look out for so daya tarikannya not as strong as last year's hur hur hur)

Oh! I don't know if they will still have this package in their menu even after the exhibition is over, but when I was at their booth, I also saw bridal spa packages that include pampering treats for your bridesmaids! Something nice to reward your bridesmaids with if this is something up your alley (and theirs too, of course.)

I have something else that's entirely different prepared for my bridesmaids, though! It's not as awesome or as major as a spa and massage treat but I'm still pretty excited to meet all of them soon :D

Ok dah, that's all for tonight, be back to blog... soon-ish! (I have a few pending blog drafts screaming to be published. Yikes. Blog drafts pun dah pandai nak screaming screaming eh sekarang.)