kahwin khronicles goes a-fleaing!

What do you do when you're a poor little bride-to-be saving for a wedding and every extra dollar and every extra cent earned means something and everything to you? 

You sell off stuff that you no longer want or need at a flea market for a quick buck, because you know what they say - another (wo)man's junk is another (wo)man's treasure! And guess whooooo is organizing a flea market this weekend???

Teater Ekamatra! They're organizing a nice little festival called PASAR BYE (Goodbye Market) this weekend to bid farewell to their 'home' of 25 years - Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) - and my sisters and I will be participating in their flea market portion! We'll be selling our clothes, accessories and books at superrrrr cheap prices (most of them ranging from $3 to $10, with a few good pieces at max $15 each)

Details as follows:-

Date: 23 March 2013, Saturday

Time: 1.00pm to 10.00pm

Venue: Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC), 182 Cecil Street #01-10 SG 069547

Directions: The nearest MRT station is Tanjong Pagar, Exit G. Parking is available near Amoy Street Food Centre.

For more information, click here. 

Oh, and jangan risau dan jangan confused about any conflicting timings that you see - kindly note that the festival time has been changed from its previous timing from 3pm to 9pm to 1pm to 10pm, yo.

Come down to the festival this weekend kalau you all takde plans ok! Besides cheap cheap good good shopping, there will be other great stuff like open mic performances, screening of Teater Ekamatra’s past productions, art exhibitions and installations as well as interactive chalk mural and music room yang your children (untuk you all yang dah ada anak pinak!) can participate in and have fun! Or you can come and find me lurking around at one of the flea market booths (look for pink signboards!) and we can always sembang sembang pasal hal kahwin kahwing... how about that? :P

P.S. If you want a booth, they're going at $25 per pop! CHEAP CHEAP.

mencari berkat

Starting to slow down on wedding preparations and research because there's nothing much to do now until early next year. In the meantime, cuma kena work hard and grow grow grow our savings!

(After my mat received his permanent full-time position offer, I received news of my promotion! Syukur Alhamdullilah, boleh tokok tambah lebih sikit for our wedding savings :-D)

Still casually trawling through wedding sites for inspiration but since nothing much has been happening on the preparation front, there's nothing much to share now.

Well, except maybe the list of berkat service providers that I've come across in my research after I listed down ideas for wedding favours in an earlier entry!

• Berkat Inc
• Divine Favorz
• Hadya Gifts
• Gubahan Klassique
• Kahwin Kawin
• Nuraz Favors
• Ola Lola
• Our Midas Touch
• Sri Gubahan
• Xquizyte Favors

(Note: Some providers have a more extensive range of products than others.)

Alternatively, if you want to beli sendiri food products in bulk pastu DIY the hiasan sendiri (ikat ribbon ke, masuk dalam paper bag ke, tampal sticker ke) then you can order directly from Walson!

(Tried looking for other local distributors but yang ada pun, distribute brand yang niche or merepek, orang dari Mars pun tak pernah dengar the brand agaknya).

Sooooo many favours and providers sampai I pun dah malas want to think about it anymore! At least for now lah. Will pick up momentum again early next year when we start to recce for / book / attend / design / prepare / decide:

- kompang groups
- wedding favours
- wedding bands
- barang barang for dulang
- kursus rumahtangga
- register online at ROMM and book tok kadi
- guestlist
- guestbook
- invitation cards
- outfits for our orang-orang kuat
- entertainment for wedding dinner
- song list

All that to be settled early part of 2013 because by the time we reach middle of 2013, we will start going for fittings and appointments with vendors. Senang cakap this time next year, our schedules will be packed with wedding-related appointments or tasks! In a way I'm quite glad we didn't choose a date that's too near Hari Raya next year so at least there'll be some breathing space between Hari Raya and our wedding... I hope.

You know, I still don't get why some couples choose to get married right after Hari Raya. I don't mean those held on the 3rd or 4th week of Hari Raya tau - in a way, itu tak counted because festivities would have died down by last two weeks of Hari Raya.

But now I hear of people getting married one week after Hari Raya starts! Ape maksud??? Is there some kind of discounted rates for services kalau kahwin time Hari Raya that I don't know about??? Or some kind of religious stand that I'm not aware about??? Lagi berkat if kalau kahwin one week lepas Hari Raya or something??? Is it supposed to be more convenient sebab family family semua boleh jumpa at one event??? Is it done so that guests can pakai baju kurung baju melayu all, attend a wedding and then conveniently go off to jalan raya and visit relatives??? Will it be more meriah because got tempias Hari Raya festivities???

Hahaha sorry jadi fanatic sekejap, my parents recently received wedding invitation for a wedding which will be held one week after Hari Raya so it kind of got me wondering. I know perkara yang baik tak sepatutnya ditunda tunda but I don't know lah, wouldn't hurt to wait out until the last two weeks of Hari Raya if you insist on holding your wedding during Hari Raya period, right.

Or maybe I'm just being kuno, I don't know. Aiya! To each his own lah hor.

Suka hati lah eh bila nak kahwin. Aku nanti pun kahwin time raya, ape. Cuma bukan hari raya aidilfitri ah, tapi hari raya deevapali hahaha