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.

trashin' good times (part ll)

Hola! Just came back from my awesome bachelorette weekend in KL!!!!!

But I'll need more time before I can properly jot those memories down, just like how I'll need time to reply emails and comments - promise I'll reply them within the next few days, guys! :/

There was one particular email that I couldn't resist reading though, and it was the one from our photographer Zak! Guess what - he emailed me the low-resolution images for me to browse through while waiting for the DVD of high-resolution images to reach me!!! (He estimated that the DVD will reach me by today by the way, woop woop)

Sharing some of the images that have coloured my Monday :D

[Credits: Zakaria Zainal Wedding & Potrait Photography]

Love love LOVE how everything turned out!!!!! I still wish I'd lost more weight and did my hair properly but other than that, everything else is exactly how we want it to be. I will not say anything more since the pictures can say it all + I've already updated on how the photoshoot went, but I'd just like to reiterate how glad we are to have made the decision to switch to Zak for our outdoor photoshoot :D

Oh! Some shots of our power couple orang kuat Sham and Aisyah, who sacrificed their Sunday afternoon and braved the merciless sun to help us carry our stuff, fix our faces and hairs, fetch stuff from one spot to another, help us with the powder throwing, etc... Korang memang the best lah ♥ ♥ ♥

Sempat ah korang, buat mini photoshoot jugak HAHA

bulan madu di awan biru

Less than a week to the outdoor photoshoot now and I am starting to feel...

... ridiculously nervous.

Amacam cakap?! Baru photoshoot dah nervous! Ni belum actual wedding day tau :/

A few days ago, our photographer gave me the link to his Sessions Stylebook for pointers on what to wear, what to do and what to expect from the photoshoot but as useful as it is, I am seriously a big bundle of nerves right now lah kan. 

No thanks to all these annoying little thoughts running through my mind!!! Stuff like - I haven't lost much weight! What if I look like a ikan paus darat??? What if I can't take instructions properly??? Will Zak hate me??? What if I cannot pose for nuts or for freaking balls??? What if Saliheen and I look awkward sebelah each other?!!! Will I get an anxiety attack?! What if I look super stupid in my dress!!!

Oh, and talking about the dress.

Received my package last week and I was obviously super excited to rip off the package! But I tried the dress on and was quite disappointed when I tried it on because the bodice is a tad too thick for my liking (adding more bulk to my already bulky frame haiz) + sleeves were not as fitting as I'd like :(

My supermummy is working on the dress now, I haven't tried it on since she's not yet done tinkering with it but hopefully it'll work out fine by this weekend.

That's my supermommy and her trusty old sewing machine to the rescue.

Anyway, in happier news, I am psyched to report that I recently won a complimentary 1-night stay at Orchard Parksuites' 1-Bedroom Loft!!!!!

Thank you, Nuffnang SG! :D

 

We initially thought of using this as our staycation after the wedding but pikir pikir balek macam wasted gitu kan so we'll most probably use this to throw a nice little get together for our orang orang kuat after the wedding instead. Yay yay!

And as with most other couples who are getting married and hoping to go for their honeymoons with the next few months, we headed to NATAS Fair 2013 over the weekend to recce deals for our honeymoon!!!!! We went pretty late on Saturday because he needed to sleep after reaching home from camp at noon + I was out for jalan raya with my primary school friends so we were pretty tight on time.

I've mentioned in my previous entries (here, here and here) that we've been planning between Maldives and Eastern Europe for our honeymoon trip... and can you believe it? Even after months and months and months of discussing and asking for opinions from our friends via social media (thanks for the input, guys!), we still couldn't reach to a decision on our honeymoon destination bila dah ada kat sana.

Okay fine, I couldn't reach to a decision on our honeymoon destination.

My mat was already inclined towards Maldives after we spoke to a few agencies but I was still stuck between the two. At last macam bodoh sak diri kat tengah tengah dunia - Maldives brochures in one hand and Eastern Europe brochures in another - oblivious to the throngs of people milling around me because all I wanted to do was stop myself from being so wishy-washy, stand still so I can let my thoughts process freely and make a goddamn decision.

Took me 10 minutes to finally declare my final decision before we rushed back to the counter of the agency who gave us a reasonable quote for that particular trip and was told... "Sorry ah, just now I give you the quote actually cannot because the accommodation you want is we don't have one"

Mak dia peh datuk.......................................

Dah penat penat weigh pros and cons, sampai dah discuss beribu kali macam dalam parliament, dah shortlist maha shortlist then you come tell me this?!?!?! Apek, you cut my heart deep deep, you know?! You dah lama hidup eh apek?!

We left his counter to reconsider our options - my mamat didn't want to tergopoh gapah letak deposit for anything else in our frustrated state. He said we shouldn't rush it that night and suggested coming back the next day so we can make a well-informed decision. I agreed with him, of course - ni decision bukan pakai duit berpuluh puluhan aje oi, ini decision makan duit beribu okay. Must chop confirm guarantee maha maha punya!

So we went back home, did more research (while on the phone with each other) and went back to the NATAS fair the following day with the intention of asking for quotes from three other agencies that we didn't visit the day before "just to puaskan hati". 

Our first stop was Chan Brothers - mainly because they were the nearest to the directory. After about half an hour of waiting in line, we were attended to by a very nice young woman who spoke very well, knew what she was talking about and was extremely patient with us.

We gave her our list of short-listed accommodation and she gave us the relevant brochures to look at + a few others that weren't on our list for our consideration. Discussed prices, details, dates and terms and conditions and we ended up confirming the trip... with accommodation that was suggested by the Chan Brother's staff instead haha! This kind of proactiveness, I like. Thumbs up, toes up.

Anyway, kita pun dah malas nak gi tanya other agencies lagi ah hahaha.

Omgahhhhh can't believe our honeymoon is finally settled!!!!!

Okay, our honeymoon comfirmation is making me even more excited than before for November to come roll around!!!!! I'm also very happy that we don't have to push the honeymoon back for whatever reason so we'll get to enjoy our honeymoon a few days after our wedding :D 

And yay yay, ada countdown baruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

Hahahahaha. That's his extremely pleased face after successfully annoying me. 

Kadang kadang macam masih tak boleh percaya I'm marrying this silly bugger in... less than two and a half months' time. Waktu oh waktu, kenapa engkau laju?