Shopping Spree...

Ishk.. lama sungguh tak update blog ni.. so, I'm taking this opportunity to citer the shopping spree we had sebelum bulan Ramadan bermula.. The shopping spree was meant mainly for Yone yang akan berkahwin tahun depan tapi ala2 nak raya kan, so we all pun tumpang la sekaki.

Masa cuti sekolah in August, the whole family including Rina and Adi pun turun ke KL - ada 2 sebab, pertamanya nak shopping untuk Yone and secondly untuk visit Meor Hamzah yang masa tu dah abt a month tak jumpa anak bini hehehe.. so Yone drove from Penang with Mama, Abah and Cha. Stop by in Jelapang to pick up Rina and Adi..

The first night tu, we all decided to have dinner in F*g & Ol*ve kat S*nway P*ram*d to celebrate Abahnya belated birthday. The journey was so long, kedai dah nak tutup baru we all sampai.. We all enjoyed the food tapi the portion was quite big.. Meor lagi la enjoy-- favouritela katakan..

Amongst the activity we did were pegi ke Jalan T*R to look for Yone nye kain kahwin.. adoi penatla mencari, lenguh kaki2.. Abah ngan mama lagi la lenguh.. Abah asyik cari kerusi/sofa je nak duduk kalau sampai satu2 kedai tu.. Finally we found the kain yang Yone nak.. Alhamdullillah...

Lepas dah shopping we went to Shah Alam, to have dinner kat rumah Ayah Chu/Mak Su.. sedap -- ada lauk gulai tempoyak-- pergh.. mengancam..After dinner, I terlelap kejap-- agaknya terlalu kekenyangan kot.. Sedar2 dah nak balik.. Had to drive again sebab Yone letih..

Esoknya tu, we went to Aunty Jan's house just for short visit -- sebab Rina and Cha tak pernah buat tour lagi kat the new house. (Actually Meor and Yone pun tak pernah pegi gak -- tapi Meor kerja, Yone plak dating-- tak dapek la nak nolong).. Btw, I was on leave. It was a breeze sebab Aunty Jan ada lunch appointment with her cousins (which was more to belanja Sarah yang balik kejap for summer holidays from US).. Excited betoi tengok Cha and Rina yang oohh..and aahhh.. everytime sampai kat a new room..

Right after that, we had lunch kat rumah Aunty Nie (adik Aunty Jan) -- also had kampung style dishes -- sedap!! After dah lunch and solat, we went to PKNS in Shah Alam to shop for baju raya.. Lega dapat shop around that time and don't have to berebut2 masa ramadan kat PKNS tu.. selamat.. We then head home and the day after that, everyone left...

Here are some of the pictures taken during the visit..

P/S: FYI -- Adi is only 2 yrs 9 months old. He might not look like it but he is still a baby/toddler.

Pre-preparation & Pertunangan Yone..

Well.. Akhirnya Yone dah selamat bertunang dengan Azri last 24th May 2008...

For me, the preparation had started about 2 months before..Compared to Mama, my tugas is just the hantaran.. Whereas Mama had to think about the whole house and the whole kenduri..I think during my trip back to Penang in April ke March, mama ajak pegi ATUZ (pronounce as A to Z) to find ideas nak buat hantaran Yone..Lama jugak la we all melilau dalam kedai tu nak cari idea.. But finally mama nye idea took shape.. Mama sebenarnya dah lama teringin nak buat style ni.. especially lepas tengok "Pak Abu"nye idea kat Ratu Sehari a few years back.. All the hantaran are in pastel colours -- purple, pink, turqoise and green..

Sebenarnya mama dah check dengan Yone dulu, but Yone being Yone, tak kisah apa2 pun boleh.. Tu yang lama nak cari idea tu..

Actually antara banyak2 preparation of kenduri that I had done (for siblings and also cousins) - I think Yone punye preparation paling relax sekali.. Tak tau la whether this is because dah biasa ke, or sebab memang tak banyak preparation -- ye la Mama keep on saying, kalau boleh recycle apa yang ada -- recycle.. jangan nak membazir.. So, suprisingly cost nak buat hantaran Yone was less than RM 200..

Anyway during that particular weekend.. I took half day on 22nd tu sebab nak pegi servis keta, nak pegi Jalan TAR for last minute shopping for butang baju melayu as hantaran and cari baju nak pakai masa kenduri..

Sampai rumah maghrib la jugak.. Nasir kata, we might as well bertolak balik Penang early tomorrow morning so that sempat la nak kemas rumah and barang2 sebelum bertolak. He was also tired nak driving midnight tu.. Call Meor and changed plans.. Oh lupa plaks.. We were supposed to pick Meor and Adi up kat Jelapang on the way back.. While Rina will follow suit naik bas lepas abis activity kat college dia..Something about Teacher's Day celebration..

Around 7.30 baru we all bertolak..Dalam 9.30 pagi sampai la kat rumah parents Rina..Had breakfast and bertolak dalam pukul 10..Rina finally decide to follow us back at the same time so we had great fun balik sekali..

Dalam pukul 12.30 we all pun sampai Penang.. Khemah pun dah siap pasang..Tanya Yone how she felt??? She said macam tak percaya aja dah nak bertunang..

After lunch, I started with the hantaran..disebabkan ramai yang menolong-- Rina, Ayu and Yone.. kejap je dah siap.. Cuma nak susun barang2 kat dalam tu je yg lama -- sampai malam jugak la baru habis..

Side views of the hantaran -- courtesy Cha..

Sembilan dulang hantaran Yone..

Esok pagi2 before 8am I had to accompany Yone pegi makeup - awalnya, tapi Lisa yang empunya Romantis Boutique tu ada banyak kenduri nak pegi makeup so Yone terpaksa la pegi awal.. By 9.30 we all dah balik dan Yone terus la duduk kat dalam bilik Pengantin 'menunggu'.. Sebelum tu buat demonstration dulu macam mana nak duduk atas tikar sila yang Chu bawak dari Pengkalan..Yone was so funny..Tak tentu hala betul la budak sorang ni..

Yone menunggu kat dalam bilik

Another post in the room..

The sisters amik peluang bergambar sekali..nanti belum tentu dapat 'can' lagi..

Adi pun kan main seronok lagi 'michik' nak bertunang.. yela tu..bukannya paham pun.. siap happy lagi tangkap gambar dengan Mami Ayu (yang lost more than 20 kg last year -- u go gurl!!).

Mak Azri sarungkan cincin merisik kat Yone..

Kakak sulung Azri menyarungkan cincin tunang di jari Yone..

The kids having a field day kat atas sebab tak de orang nak larang they all main.. habis satu bilik penuh dengan 'playdoh'. From left - Haifa Amni, anak my cousin Anis, Nur Farhana - my youngest cousin sebelah mama and Meor Adi Fimiyun -- the only anak sedara..

Kelakarnya lepas dah habis majlis pertunangan Adi merajuk dengan semua orang.. especially Michik dia.. the reason being -- masa the whole majlis berjalan tak ade sapa yang melayan dia.. semua orang tengah sibuk takde masa nak tengok dia.. it was funny.. tapi kejap je la lepas tu okay balik..

Mama was really happy but can see that she's really tired..sampai tak sempat nak tangkap gambar sefamili..nasib baik sempat tangkap dengan Yone..Mama siap cakap kat Cha.. "Cha nanti Cha punya bertunang buat terus kahwin la Cha, mama dah tak larat ni"

So to Yone & Azri selamat bertunang and semoga cepat la naik pelamin.. To Abang A, Zaili, Leen and whoever else interested --majlisnya insyallah March next year..

Something happen to me later that evening tapi lets put that in another entry..