The Outdoor Photoshoot

Whoa whoa whoa.

Looks like there are two Malaysian weddings to watch out for this coming 11.12.13!!! Especially excited for Jovian Mandagie and Nina Sabrina's wedding (read here, here and here) - I'm sure their baju pengantins will be so awesome lah kan?! And then there's the wedding of Zain Saidin and Rozita Che Wan, of course, which has attracted controversy and criticism for its whooping RM13 million price tag (read here and here and here)

Mesti ramai orang in Singapore pun kahwin on 11.12.13 eh.

BUT I am not here to blog about orang lain punya weddings lah kan, but to blog about mine! Heh heh heh. Since I've covered my nikah proceedings and my sanding reception, next up is our outdoor photoshoot session with Bliss Photocinema and vitraiture session (ala, video footage of pengantin cakap cakap pasal relationship dorang dengan feeling feeling tu) with CST Singapore.

And at where else but Temasek Poly! Because that's where we first met lah, I've mentioned this before here. Photos were taken by Bliss Photocinema, of course, and again, quality and resolution reduced to be uploaded on Blogger - quality and resolution of photos are much better in their original form.

This "cak" shot below is actually one of my favourite couple shots haha! We look so damn happy to be doing such a silly shot padahal dah start berpeluh, dah start melekit and tulang belakang macam nak patah segala tau.

And a few shots in front of our future home! :D I've blogged about this here.

We almost excluded our orang orang kuat from the outdoor photoshoot because of some rearrangements but now I am so so SO glad we didn't!!! :D

Bridal party <3

And these are my absolute favourites of the whole group! :D

Oh, Saliheen and I had the shock of our lives and almost pengsan from laughing so freaking hard at the last shot with Sham's bontot jack pose that came out secara tiba tiba lah ye hahahahahahahahahaha abang korporat tertukar menjadi abang kaberet for the weekend eh, Sham??? :P

And some more shots with the girls! :D

Very pleased with Bliss for taking the above candid back shot because the girls were very happy with their kain belah belakang so to have it captured in a picture is great for memories :) 

(We had to argue for this kain design with the meanie auntie at Manja who grumbled about it being "too sexy" okay, EH EH excuse me auntie, you pakai ke my bridesmaids yang pakai ni, auntie??? And do you know how difficult it will be for bridesmaids to run around in tight kains with no slits, auntie??? Darah go upstairs ah kalau berbual dengan orang bitter macam gini. Pfft.) 

 

And then the boys... will be boys.

Ah, yang ni bukak pencak silat ke, bukak pencak salah bawak sak hahahahahahahahahaha

The "pok pok pok bujang lapok" shot...

... and the feeling feeling Top Gun shot ah korang hahaha gua takbley angz

Love love love this last shot as well because it's very ada makna, you know??? Macam we are moving up from where we first found our jodoh with each other (Temasek Poly) towards our future home which is coming up in the horizon. 

Fuh, tak ke dalam maknanye tu????? :P

I know it doesn't show in the photos (oh thank God) but we were really freaking exhausted from the whole day of festivities and almost wanted to collapse and crash on the cold wet floor by the time the photoshoot was over (padahal we were at it for only an hour gitu???) But we couldn't take a break pun because CST Singapore had to record our vitraiture next *grumbles*

I have to admit, we actually dreaded the vitraiture portion because like I've mentioned before: Saliheen and I are not the romantic mushy touchy feely sort of couple and our fingers and toes always curl up in unison when we hear or watch something that is too cheesy for our liking haha

So when it came to our turn kena feeling feeling jawab questions like "What is love?" and "What makes the other person right for you?" for our wedding video, both of us kept groaning and whining and tried to protest with exclamations of "Kita tak boleh lah buat gini!" and "Kita kaku sebab kita tak biasa mushy mushy lah!" "Kita tak boleh lah cakap benda benda mushy gini, kita geli" Unfortunately, our videographers wouldn't hear of it!!!!! So in the end terpaksa lah kita cakap something. 

We were crazy awkward and had so much trouble articulating for the video footage lah seriously but I guess the videographers should have seen that coming because when they wanted to record me saying something to Saliheen before our nikah, I was really reluctant and saying stuff like "Ah, tak nak lah!" "Tak nak record tak boleh eh???" "Tak tau lah ape nak cakap, I'm not used to saying mushy things!" and then, when they wanted to record Saliheen - separately - HE SAID THE SAME THINGS TO THEM ALSO LOR.

I've said this before, and I will say. it. again. - Saliheen and I, we love having fun. We like cracking jokes and making each other laugh, we like goofing around and being super lame, but if you ask us to tell you why we are in love with other, WE. FREEZE. UP. We freak out and then we freeze up and what you get is a ridiculous merepek hesitant piece about how "love is about trust and commitment" WTF love is about trust and commitment, what did you do, read off a motivational poster, Farna??? *bangs head on wall*

What I wanted to say after I finished saying my piece for the camera lol:

And nowww we're really really really scared at how our wedding video will turn out like seh. Confirm merepek and awkward gila. Good luck lah eh to the person editting our wedding video! Tapi jangan sampai use that as an excuse to deliver our wedding video lambat lah yer.

The Pre-Wedding Preparations (Part 2)

After part 1 of the pre-wedding preparations, here comes part 2!

Yang ini will cover some of the stuff that happened on the last weekend before the wedding.

25 October 2013 (Friday)

Final Fitting at SY Boutique (Tailor) with Ishq By Nora Zee

We had our final fitting at the tailor itself (which is SY Boutique) lepas kerja because Kak Nora wanted our outfits to fit really well and it's better when the tailors measure the baju against us directly instead of referring to pre-taken measurements aje... and I think I quite like the auntie tailors at this boutique! 

Yang buat bonus: their workmanship pun good good jugak so I might consider sending kain to tailor to them besides Manja. No pictures from this trip to SY Boutique because we looked really masai lepas kerja hahahahaha

26 October 2013 (Saturday)

Purchase of Norethisterone

First order of the day was to visit my regular doctor to purchase Norethisterone! (You can read up about this pill here, here, here, here and here... or you know, you could always Google it up yourself.) Serious adult stuff going on there, y'all.

I actually forgot all about wanting to do this until about 2 weeks before the wedding, and the only reason I remembered was because an angry pimple popped out on my forehead... so gua panic ah geng, sebab dah dapat tanda.

So I re-read Ili of Eleventh October's entry which mentioned the topic (here) because I remembered ex-BTBs commenting on that entry about the existence of a "pill that helps to stop menstrual period temporarily". Asked around after re-reading that entry before taking the plunge because I really didn't want to risk getting my monthly friend during the wedding and honeymoon. 

Disclaimer di sini! As with most medications and approved drugs in the market, this may cause different effects and reactions for different people, so it is always always always best to consult your own GP as to whether you can take this in the first place and how, if you plan to do so!

For my personal experience, I didn't experience any other side effects except for bouts of giddiness, I didn't get any allergic reactions and the pill worked its magic perfectly. And my monthly friend really did make its appearance about 2 days after I stopped the dosage eh.

But I really must stress on this point - as with most medications and approved drugs in the market, it is not healthy to take such pills on a regular basis, unless otherwise prescribed. I only wanted to take this for my wedding and honeymoon (imagine the discomfort throughout the day kalau period tengah heavy duty during the wedding and honeymoon yikes). Might take this again when I plan to go on a long holiday trip in the future, but other than that I'll let my cycle run naturally, which is really the best thing to do for my body and its system.

26 October 2013 (Saturday)

Charity Bake Sale at Penny University

So yes, anyway! After getting that little adult business out of the way, I hopped down to Penny University! And why??? Remember me blogging about the charity bake sale which was to happen one week before my wedding???

Decided to spend my last weekend as a single girl grabbing and gobbling down some omnomnom bakes by Minah Crocker and Dimpled Chicks at the bake sale which was also co-planned/organized with The Tudung Traveller!

Me with the three lovely ladies behind the charity bake sale :D

You can read more about what happened at The Alternative Food Blog - which, by the way, is the blog to read if you're constantly looking for halal as well vegetarian cafes and F&B establishments all around Singapore! You can also follow their latest finds on Instagram here. Had the privilege to meet the dynamic duo behind the blog as well but totes forgot to take a picture together after the kekecohan! Apadah.

Had to reschedule my facial appointment with Spa Jelita to the following day just so I could have the time to drop by the bake sale but it was no biggie - what's a rescheduled facial appointment if I get to contribute to a good cause and get a box of sweet treats while I'm at it, right?! I mean, what bridal diet?

Plus I wanted to bring some sweet treats to our inaugural visit to #shamsyah's new home anyway (more on this later) so it was ala ala kill two birds with one stone lah gitu (Asal kill birds with stones eh??? As far as I know birds kalau kena campak dengan batu dorang terus terbang away seh hur hur)

26 October 2013 (Saturday)

Waxing Appointment at Fabulous Aesthetics 

But there was one appointment that I didn't have to reschedule because it was to happen after I left the bake sale - which was my waxing appointment!

It was my 1st experience of such nature and naturally I was apprehensive and uncertain jugak! Must really thank Bride Barista for layaning my Whatsapp messages, because she is, like, the BTB guru of waxing, y'all! Hur hur hur. In fact, the reason why I booked my waxing appointment with Fabulous Aesthetics instead of other established shops like Strip or Pink Parlour (which I initially considered) is because she recommended it hehe. Thank you sayang!

Moments before my first experience!

Tubs of hot, hot wax! I actually thought the shade for the red coloured one looked very pretty glistening in the light and reminded me of raspberry sauce whereas the golden coloured one looks like honey wtf

I feel that the only downside about Fabulous Aesthetics is the fact that they only have 3 outlets in Singapore. Meh. But the service turned out pretty okay and truthfully kan, I'd rather go to an established name recommended by someone who dah lau chao with these things (hehe) rather than anyhow chop a promotion deal off Groupon or Deal.com with a salon whose reputation and credentials are questionable, just because it's cheap seh.

Sure, you can Google for reviews before purchasing off deal sites but I don't know lah, I'd rather hear from someone that I can put a face, a name and some form of credibility to, and not just random reviews on the world wide web yang tak tau mana asalnye and tak pasti kesahihannye when it comes to such... sensitive things. Heh. But that's just me lah, you know.

Anyway. I won't blog publicly in detail about my experience but I can tell you right now - without having to set my entry to 'private with password' and then shamelessly haggle for 'likes' or 'shares' on social media before I share the experience with you lol - that the experience is really not as bad as it sounds!

In fact, I loved the experience so much that... I actually signed up for a package with Fabulous Aesthetics in the end hahahahaha. If you want to know more because you're planning to do for it yourself then feel free to email me directly so I can share my experience privately and comfortably okay! (Although my reply might come a liiiiittle late than usual, because I still have a backlog of emails to reply to wtf, maybe I should employ someone to be an admin person EH ILI can pay you to be my admin not hehehehehe)

It wasn't as intimidating or torturous as I thought it'd be lor - but that might be because I'm ~pretty~ comfortable with me, myself and my body, I can be quite confident when put in such a... errrrr, "precarious" situation haha AND I have a high threshold for pain.

(I have many weaknesses of course, which includes anything to do with DIY and mathematics (urgh mathematics) but if I had to list my strengths, it'd be everything I just listed hur hur hur. Unfortunately ini macam punya strengths tak boleh pakai eh during job interviews hahahahaha)

In fact, when my bridesmaids and akak Bride Barista asked me whether I found the process painful and how I fared during and after the waxing session, my reply is basically encapsulated in this fabulous GIF:

HAHAHAHAHAHA GOT SEE ANYONE MORE EKSYEN NOT?! 

Hahaha okay lah okay lah maybe I was lucky to get a nice consultant who did the job well - ask for Eunice to do the waxing for you if you're going to the Bugis outlet! In fact, if anyone wants to bump one session off my package ($41 per session, I think, usual price is about $60+) and want to ajak me as teman, I'd gladly do so if you can align with my next appointment :D

26 October 2013 (Saturday)

Bridal Room Setup By Bonito By Bob

So after the waxing appointment, I rushed home because the team from Bonito By Bob was coming over my place to store their barang barang and do the necessary drilling works! Process took about an hour or so, if I remember correctly, and they didn't need me to duduk macam bongok tengok dorang buat kerja so I left them to do their work while I temankan my mother tengok Hindustan hahaha (Not a fan of hindustan because they are too auta for me but I can take their autaness in small doses once in a blue moon ah hahaha)

How my bedroom looked like after the necessary drilling and props are stored:

Had small tingles up my spine when I saw my room all tidied and packed up like this, because I then knew that the special day was coming faster than I can say "Selamat Pengantin Baru! Semoga kekal ke an-" EH EH CIK BEDAH the day dah sampai pun?! *auta*

After Bonito By Bob left (proper review will come in a separate entry!), I had a quick nap before washing up to go to #shamsyah's new home for our final meeting with our orang orang kuat!

26 October 2013 (Saturday)

Final Run-Through with Orang Orang Kuat

This one is another kill two birds with one stone sort of situation - kitaorang memang nak meet our orang orang kuat to discuss and finalize the wedding details and at the same time, memang nak sebok sebok tengok Sham and Aisyah's new home. So ape lagi, sambil menyelam minum air lah kan. 

(Although I can never quite understand why anyone would want to selam dalam laut or sungei and then minum the air.......... unless you tengah selam dalam air bandung or iced milo ah, which then begs the question as to why you tengah selam dalam air bandung or iced milo in the first place..........)

Copies of the wedding itinerary for our bridal party to refer to!

I've had quite a number of people asking me for sample itinerary for their own weddings but I'll only upload mine for reference in a later entry. Sorry gaize! Still need time to edit and delete the crucial names and contact numbers away from my actual one. (But seems like sample wedding itinerary for Malay weddings is really hot in demand eh?!)

Okay dah, back to our last meeting with our orang orang kuat before the wedding! Kita telah ambik chance to turn it into a homemade steamboat dinner gathering heh heh heh NOM NOM NOM

The girls fussing around in the kitchen! (Gender stereotype much?!) Tapi orang rumah feeling malu that night so she kept her face away in all of the pictures taken that night lolololol

We ambik kesempatan to get some tips for home renovation and interior design from Pak Sham and Puan Aisyah that night as well! Super in love with their white and tiffany-coloured guestroom and they can haz a walk-in wardrobe!!! 

Would love to share picturesss but since it's not my rumah sendiri takkan aku nak pandai pandai ye. You all pun tau kan, sepandai pandai tupai melompat, akhirnya tak masuk Olympics jugak kan. (Takde link ah actually hahahahaha)

If it was about my own house, tadi pagi dah announce pun kat front page of Berita Harian, nyah! Hahahahaha. Oh oh oh, I also have a picture of Nadai collapsed on the floor of their walk-in wardrobe which is sungguh buruk lolololol but not sharing that as well because... well, it is buruk, you know. LOL.

Our speech givers Ahmad and Nadai comparing their speeches after dinner. 

Suruh hantar drafts for vetting kat aku, tak nak.

Discussion was long and intense, and thank God for technology because kita sampai hook up laptop to TV and flash the itinerary on the TV monitor for everyone's easy reference lah eh hehehe.

And remember I mentioned about our orang orang kuat groaning about our initial snoozefest of a march-in song and we had to change to another kind? I really wanted to see if a regular march-in is possible with a fast tempo song so I made everyone practise walking down a few times to our eventual march-in song, which is Mozella's Love Is Endless. So yes, we had 10 adults walking down over and over again. In front of #shamsyah's toilet. At 2 freaking am. 

Hahahahaha eh, eh, but seriously, puas hati ah geng, at least bila kita practise I could see that the song could work for the march-in and I was more than happy to make the change. Hurray! 

And yes this is the TV which we used to flash the... ummmmm, wedding itinerary presentation haha. And that wall at the back, ladies and gentlemen, is the feature wall which pasangan suami isteri Sham and Aisyah painstakingly built up themselves okay!!!!!!! :O Very semangat, and very cool eh korang.

Don't think Saliheen and I will do anything like that for our own feature wall for our new home though since kita laki bini are such lazy asses when it comes to DIY stuff.......... 

(Sorry for the sudden turn to home decor topic, you must understand that my mind is now tuned to home renovations and interior decor since the wedding is over and done, and the next major project we have as a married couple is our first home together! Hehe mega excitez)

Okay sampai di sini aje kali ini, part 3 akan datang shortly!

bring out the bridal party!

Korang tengok ah this irritating conversation between Sham and my mat:

Bromance tak perlu sampai gitu sekali eh. Freaks!!!!!

But these freaks memang macam gini ah! All of us have no idea why but whenever this dua ekor meet mesti adaaaaaaaaaa je silly childish things that they want to say or do together tau, padahal dua dua turning 30 and dah boleh jadi bapak orang eh.

But because both of them are kaki buat benda tak perlu #1 dengan each other, it is probably a no-brainer why Sham is part of our orang orang kuat!

Aaaaanyway. Thought it'd be nice to list down why we chose the people we chose for our bridal party - you all already know who they are from the Orang Kuat tab and I've mentioned here before why we chose 4 groomsmen and 4 bridesmaids for our bridal party. But I haven't really posted anything on why these are the people we're keeping close to us for our wedding preparations and of course the wedding itself.

I actually told my mamat to list down the reasons why he chose Sham, Ahmad, Fadzly and Poji as his groomsmen for the purposes of our wedding website, but I guess I can cari chance to reproduce them here lah eh:

After being the best man for some of my buddies and attending countless wedding receptions, the moment finally arrived for me to handpick my own band of jolly men for my wedding. You see, the task of selecting your groomsmen is akin to an emperor handpicking his finest soldiers for battle. [Farhana: *cough* drama mama *cough*]

Groomsmen never help, groomsmen catch handsome, groomsmen can’t be relied upon and groomsmen no show are just some of the complaints I frequently hear after a wedding reception. Often friends question me so what makes you think your band of jolly men won’t screw up? Well, here’s why:

Why Sham?

Sham was picked because of his exceptional ability to plan and execute. Sham is also what you call a “shameless haggler”; a very important figure for those intense hadang moments.

Why Fadzly?

Fadzly was chosen because in the words of my momma “Ibu suka kawan E’en yg Fadzly tu, tengok muka dia tenang tak menyusahkan orang tua”. Simply put, Fadzly is like Valium. The person you can always rely upon to keep you calm. Expect to see more of him during the akad nikah.

Why Ahmad?

Ahmad was drafted into the team for a very simple reason. BITCHY. Blessed with a sharp tongue, Ahmad is the voice of reason. He’ll give you a straightforward answer if you can’t decide whether to hold the keris with your right hand or left hand.

Why Poji?

Finally, Poji, the man who aspires to open a Ramly burger joint in Korea.  Poji was selected as a groomsmen because he doesn’t mind having to sweat to get shit done. Probably because he sweat also still handsome (Nani can attest to that).  

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Hahaha amacam?????

Sounds very good and very steady and very capable capable belaka kan our groomsmen? Our bridesmaids pun very good, very steady and very capable okay! So I pun nak cari chance tulis about them jugak lah hehe:

Why Nad?

Nad is my fellow diplomat who knows how to exercise tact when dealing with different characters and I've seen her in action when we were bridesmaids at Nani's wedding! She was extremely helpful and reliable as my fellow bridesmaid, and I'm sure she'll be just as fantastic as one of my bridesmaids. (Don't you just abhor bridesmaids who stand around and tangkap jambu only? Unless your purpose for having bridesmaids is for show only ah then that one no hal)

Plus, have you met Nad? Damn woman will get you laughing in stitches with her witty comebacks and hilarious tales of her latest misadventures within the first five minutes. I know Nad will be able to distract me from any possible hiccups and soothe my nerves with her wicked humour... and I look forward to hearing all the funny anecdotes that Nad will take away from the wedding! :P

Why Nani?

I trust and respect Nani's thoughts and I'm largely influenced by her opinions on some of my wedding-related items! Nani is like the big sister I never had - dependable, decisive and always gives me good solid advice, not just for the wedding but for everything else as well.

Unfortunately, she's exactly like my mat when she feels like being an annoying immature ass - we don't call them twins for nothing! I always throw my hands up in despair whenever they start goofing around but truth be told, I really do find their synchronized giggling and mischief-seeking ways ridiculously endearing. This is one woman who I know will get things done and still be able to entertain me with her colourful comments during the wedding. Haha.

Why Aisyah?

Aisyah is the sweet young(est) thing in the group! Always cheerful, always supportive and has sparkles and sunshine radiating out of her every being. I know Aisyah will be the one who will help me see positivity in every person, every situation and every incident because she is just that sort of wonderful person.

With her grace and composure (zappppp), Aisyah is and will be the wingwoman who brings me the calm I need before and during the wedding. Plus, Aisyah is so easily pleased and easily impressed with almost everything, we'll get a kick out of laughing out loud at her overt positivity and enthusiasm. Hahahahaha.

Why Nina?

You know that one friend everyone has that puts the itch in bitch? Now, Nina - she's my itch in bitch. Fierce, capable and comes with an icy sharp tongue, Nina is THE person to unleash on recalcitrant vendors or guests. The best part of all is she's a fellow earlycomer!!!!! I love earlycomers okay, everytime I meet one I just want to stamp a "Good Job!" across their foreheads.

I also know I can depend on Nina to get things done in the quickest and most painless way possible - in a way I see a fair bit of myself in her when it comes to planning and organizing, and it's comforting to know that there is someone who will do things the way I would should critical decision-making moments arise during the wedding.

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But above everything else, there is actually one very important reason why we chose this particular band of orang orang kuat - it's because we know that they are our true friends who are and will be truly, madly, deeply happy for us, our union and our happiness. Penting tau ni!

We've seen and heard of horror stories where the orang orang kuat are petty, argumentative, unreliable, overly assertive without considering the pengantin's feelings and constantly gives the pengantins nothing but trouble and stress - and we know we won't get that sort of nonsense from Sham, Ahmad, Fadzly, Poji, Nadiah, Nani, Aisyah and Nina. Three and a half months left to the wedding and they've been helpful sweethearts so far so it's not too early to say kan? :D

Okay, cakap cakap pasal bridal party ni, I'm #nowthinking of possible poses for our bridal party!!! They're definitely joining us for the complimentary 2-hour outdoor photoshoot that comes with our Bliss Photocinema package so should be quite fun to posing posing ramai ramai. Hehe.

Here's the standard 'huddle close' or 'stand at the back' pose most bridal parties do!

 (Source: 100 Layer Cake)

And portraits of each bridesmaid and groomsmen (below)...



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(Source: The Simple Things)

... which is one of my faaaaavourites so we're most definitely doing this!!!

Or we can do variations like these:

(Source: Apple Brides)

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There's also the 'tengok bawah' pose...

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(Source: Wedding Photography)

(Source: Exposeure) 

... which I do not like that much lah actually hahaha.

Don't think my mat and I photograph well when shot is taken from the bottom lah!

An alternative to this would be a shot taken from high vantage point? So instead of taking dari bawah, the shot is taken from a very high point then semua orang donggak ke atas ah, macam gini.

And then there's the classic 'V' pose!

(Source: Blue Dandelion)

(Source: Jessica Feltz)

Slightly boring imho, but still looks nice lah when everyone arranged so properly like that. Can't go wrong with classics like this, I guess.

Ooh, there's also the "duduk diri duduk diri" pose!

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 (Source: The Ruffle House)

Ala ala Mad Men! Seen a few local Malay bridal parties do this kind of posing for photoshoots. Very cool arrangement but not really a die-die-must-do for me...

And here's another classic alternate male female male female arrangement:

(Source: Style Me Pretty)

(Source: Clary Photoblog)

(Source: Green Wedding Shoes)

Will most likely do this classic arrangement - I think we'll look really nice with our orang orang kuat by our sides, plus I'm a sucker for this kind of nice-looking arrangement things. (Sorry, I don't have enough energy to think of a proper word for it haha) Cantik kan kalau ambik gambar lat lat!!!

Ooooh there's also the very fun jump or "throw" shots!

 (Source: Snippet & Ink)

(Source: Rock N Roll Bride)

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(Source: Aphrodite's Wedding Blog)

I'm really hoping we can do something like this!!!!! I really really like jump shots because they're so fun and can potentially be very kekek because of semangat expressions on people's faces and all the tonggang terbalekness that happens when a big group of people try to do jump shots haha.

Aku sucker for this kind of merepek gonjol things okay.

Oh, but the throw throw shots most likely tak boleh ah walaupun fun sebab... patah pinggang bridal party kitaorang, nyah! Actually jangan cakap patah pinggang ah, mesti diaorang patah semangat nak hidup lagi ah sebenarnye hahahahaha

Okay, next is the heart-shaped arrangement!

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(Source: Wedding Chicks)

Standing in the form of a heart shape, y'allz.

I actually find this pretty cute... but macam very the cheesy kan??? Haha.

Okay next one is another one of my favourites... bridal party pyramid!!!!!

(Source: The Wedding Community)

(Source: True Photography)

Love this one the most, y'all!!! The last one's a perfect example since we're having 4 groomsmen and 4 bridesmaids for our bridal party! :D

Now this, I reaaaaaaaally want to do this but most likely... tak akan menjadi ah geng. Sebab satu satu confirm tak boleh angkat ah geng hahahahaha.

Plus can you imagine us with our baju pengantin and our orang orang kuat with their baju melayu and baju kurung segala... mau rabak pe dah pakai tertib tertib tutup tutup sopan santun segala and kena do this?!?!?! Sampai mengucap panjang nanti mak andam and photographer kitaorang.

Oh, there's also the super cute "in the mirror" pose!

(Source: Bridal Guide)

Super cute hor???!!!!! Got different variations for this as well lah, of course.

Will need a nice long/big mirror to pull this off so we'll see how it goes on event day.

There's also the shot that has close-up of the bridal party's outfits...

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 (Source: Green Wedding Shoes)


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... which is SO cute but memandangkan we've already decided on matchy matchy uniformed outfits for our orang orang kuat (since my last post briefly considering on how to dress my bridesmaids), the effect might not be as ketara... this kind of shot will nampak lagi lawa if we dress them in different prints or styles instead, I think.

Ok next - shots of bridal party holding up boards or letters! 

Something like this:

 (Source: Bridal Guide)

I already have a few in mind.......... okay lah not just in mind aje lah, sebab I dah suruh my sister design the boards pun ah actually hahahahaha. Tinggal nak print! So we might have a few shots macam gini :D

Oh here's a super awesome one where your bridal party can angkat something to show to the camera - get your bridesmaids and/or groomsmen to indicate where they met you on chalkboards and then hold them up for a shot!

(Source: Storyboard Wedding)

Maaaaaddd love this idea, please. 

But I'm not sure if this is something that we'd want to do... ours won't really have much variety, I think? Balek balek CJC, balek balek Twitter. Hur hur.

Never seen this in a Malay bridal party picture but this one incorporates tug-of-war!

 (Source: Rock The Aisle Bridal)

 (Source: We Heart It)

(Source: We Heart It)

Yang last bukan tug-of-war lah but still looks fun! Haha. 50/50 about this, though.

But one thing is for sure ah - we definitely won't do any kissy kissy shots because my mamat and I are just... not that sort. Part ni, kita ada conservative sikit. Kirakan part part lain tak conservative sangat ahhhhhhh ape maksud cakap macam tu.

There's also the "bayang bayang" pose:

(Source: Scoop It)

Kalau ada enough sunlight, nak buat jugak!!! Maybe boleh buat bayang bayang heart-shaped macam my mat and I try buat when we went for our outdoor photoshoot recce last month:

Hahahahaha yes aku tak habes habes dengan aku punya cheesy heart shape ideas.

Oooh, there's also the "from the back" pose!

(Source: Unknown)

(Source: Unknown)

Ada different variations for this kind of 'back' pose - pengantin and bridal party with their backs to the camera or pengantin face front but bridal party face their backs to the camera, etc. Whichever floats your boat lah kirakan.

Okay, okay, I know we can trust our photographers to do a good job with this since we're paying them for their professional services kan??? Tau lah dorang nanti macam mana nak posingkan semua orang. As long as it's not this or this or this, kitaorang actually no hal punya.

Oh, but we definitely do not want to do anything like this ah:

(Source: House Goes Home)

 (Source: Sterling Image Works)

Buang tebiat ke ape nak letak dinosaurs or robots dalam gambar photoshoot. Haha!