let me sing that song-ong-ong

Another list that we've started on besides our guestlist is our songlist!

We've enlisted the help of our siblings and Orang-Orang Kuat for song suggestions because we plan to have a mix of all the different genres in our songlist (because we're all-inclusive like that y'all) - kirakan nak kena activate our reinforcements lah because between my mat and I, we're mostly familiar with pop and R&B aje. So ada kawan music lovers buat ape?! Perhiasan pe?! Hahaha.

Ahmad our indie master suggested a few indie songs, which I greatly appreciate really, but sekarang akak nak tanya satu soalan cepuk emas cepuk kepala eh - kenape indie songs DEPRESSING NAK MAMPOS NI. Baru dengar halfway rasa macam dah takde lagi makna dalam dunia ni seh wtf even the love songs made me want to CUT MYSELF.

Two or three passable radio-friendly ones made the cut though (geddit??? geddit???) so sesiape yang suka indie music and coming for our dinner reception boleh keep a look out for it lah eh. Think we'll wait for Nad to submit her song recommendations next but ada chance she might boycott this songlist task because we told her what we really think of her preference in song choices...

LULZ SORRY NAD WE WURVE YOU, THUMPING SLUTFEST AND ALL!!!

Satu Hotel Room Service kasi sama dia ah! Hahahahahahaha

We've decided that my mat will do more of the song searching and overall compilation since he's more of a music person than I am - kalau depend on aku, wedding songlist kita chop confirm double seal plus guarantee certified true copy mesti copy paste from 98.7fm Top 40 Countdown ha ha ha ha ha. He surprised me the other day when he suggested Little Things by One Direction, though! Sejak bila pulak mamat aku pandai dengar lagu One Direction ni haha but but buttttt I have to admit the song is very nice and the lyrics made some reference to us as a couple (My mat is more particular about the song arrangement and melody all that whereas I'm a sucker for lyrics):

Your hand fits in mine like it's made just for me
but bear this mind it was meant to be
and I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks
and it all makes sense to me

I know you've never loved the crinkles by your eyes when you smile,
you've never loved your stomach or your thighs
the dimples in your back at the bottom of your spine
But I'll love them endlessly

I won't let this little things slip out of my mouth
But if I do, it's you, oh it's you, they add up to
I'm in love with you and all these little things

You can't go to bed without a cup of tea
maybe that's the reason that you talk in your sleep
and all those conversations are the secrets that I keep
though it makes no sense to me

I know you've never loved the sound of your voice on tape
you never want to know how much you weigh
you still have to squeeze into your jeans
but you're perfect to me

I won't let this little things slips out of my mouth
But if it's true, it's you, it's you, they add up to
I'm in love with you and all these little things

You never love yourself half as much as I love you
You'll never treat yourself right darling but I want you to
If I let you know, I'm here for you
Maybe you'll love yourself like I love you oh

I've just let these little things slips out of my mouth
Because it's you, oh it's you, it's you they add up to
And I'm in love with you (all these little things)
I won't let these little things slip out of my mouth
But if it's true, it's you, it's you they add up to
I'm in love with you, and all your little things.

Awww nak mampos, please.

But it seems like the person who has been really good and spot-on with song recommendations are my sisters! Especially my baby sister Fazlin (she's 21 this year but still a baby to me!) whose song choices are ~per~fect~ for us - also because she seems to get what kind of sounds I'm inclined towards (think Zee Avi, Yuna, Regina Spektor, Lisa Hannigan, Laura Marling)

We actually need one main song for our Save The Date video (if it does materialize - more on this another time), one main song for our walk-in and about 30 songs that our emcee can play during lull periods for our dinner reception. We have a rough list of about 30 songs (and growing) now but it's the choosing of the songs for the Save The Date and the dinner walk-in tu yang kena lagi in-depth thinking tu... although I'm seriously considering this super lovely one recommended by my baby sister to be one of the two main songs:

Everything you do it sends me 
Higher than the moon with every 
Twinkle in your eye  
You strike a match that lights my heart on fire
 
When you’re near, I hide my blushing face  
And trip on my shoelaces  
Grace just isn’t my forté  
But it brings me to my knees when you say
 
Hello, how are you, my darling today? 
I fall into a pile on the floor  
Puppy love is hard to ignore  
When every little thing you do, I do adore
 
We’re as different as can be  
I’ve noticed you’re remarkably relaxed 
And I’m overly uptight  
We balance out each other nicely
 
You wear sandals in the snow 
In mid-July I still feel cold  
We’re opposites in every way  
But I can’t resist it when say 
 
Hello, how are you, my darling today?  
I fall into a pile on the floor  
Puppy love is hard to ignore  
When every little thing you do, I do adore
 
Finding words, I mutter  
Tongue-tied, twisted  
Foot in mouth, 
I start to stutter Ha, ha, 
Heaven help me 
 
Hello, how are you, my darling today?  
I fall into a pile on the floor 
Puppy love is hard to ignore  
When every little thing you do, I do adore

It's perfect! Brings me back to when I used to see him around in school and kita baru start interacting *blushes*

I still fall into a pile on the floor when he asks me how I am sometimes though, and I still adore every little thing that he does, no matter how child-like or annoying he becomes he he heeeee

(AND YES, he's still a polar bear jadi-jadian who sleeps with the aircon and the fan switched on full blast. Seriously nasib baik cuma ada BTO / DBSS flats je lah kat Singapore ni, kalau tak aku rasa dia dah suggest kita beli igloo as our rumah seh.)

Aaaaannnddddd the lyrics! Like it's meant for us! Suka :D

There are a few other awesome songs which she recommended and made me immediately want to shower her with sloppy kisses (she's always rejecting my advances though - haiz, all these unappreciative baby siblings, thinking they're too cool and all that for kisses from their kakaks) and terus text my mat to key it into our songlist database! But I think I'd like to keep those under wraps until after the wedding lah hee hee must keep some things special for our guests first ma

I have to say I'm still quite miffed we can't use some of "our songs" (Oh, don't all couples have "their song(s)" hahahahaha) because they're not... suitable for a wedding reception. Like Kekasih Gelapku unsuitable. Haiz. That damn song has significance (and an inside joke!) for our relationship but it really is too unfortunate that it doesn't fit the mood of a wedding reception :(  

Thought of sneaking it in into the songlist somewhere but nanti ada orang cakap tak appropriate pulak! Just the other day one of my friends posted on Facebook about orang nyanyi lagu 'Tenda Biru' (and the deejay allowing it) kat majlis orang kahwin!!! Ok fine, that one is lagi maha inappropriate much???

The lyrics, for the uninitated:

Tak sengaja lewat depan rumahmu
Ku melihat ada tenda biru
Dihiasi indahnya janur kuning
Hati bertanya pernikahan siapa

Tak percaya tapi ini terjadi
Kau bersanding duduk di pelaminan
Airmata jatuh tak tertahankan
Kau khianati cinta suci ini

Tanpa undangan , Diriku kau lupakan
Tanpa utusan . . . Diriku kau tinggalkan
Tanpa bicara . . . Kau buat ku kecewa
Tanpa berdosa . . . Kau buatku merana
Ku tak percaya . . . Dirimu tega
Nodai cinta . . . Khianati cinta

GILA.

We were not planning on giving a songlist for the afternoon reception to our emcee (nak mampos, siape mau layan research and korek for five hours worth of lagu for majlis kahwin, pikir senang macam korek hidung pe?!) but on hindsight, we figured no harm lah in letting him know the kind of songs that should never make it to our afternoon reception and a short list of the songs we've very much like to hear during the afternoon reception - yang the rest of time, he can pandai pandai and do his magic. I really do trust our emcee 100% though! He comes across as someone very capable and sensitive to such things so I feel very assured having him as our wedding emcee. Yayness!

So with that, the search for songs to beef up our songlist continues! I have to say our discussion on song selection a few nights ago took a pretty scary turn because it steered towards possibly playing techno beats when our guests start streaming in for the dinner reception hahahahaha MAU PASANG LASER BEAM LIGHTS SEKALI KA PA