Event details as below:
The Love birds: Khasnor Kamdi & Amir Helmi
Age of the love birds: ????? shhh.....
Occupation: Primary school teacher & Engineer??? not sure.
Exchanged gifts(hantaran): 9 Vs 7
Which one of my 2 sista: the 2nd one(# 2 of of 6 siblings)
Venue: My family home in JB
Theme: Modern but yet in keeping with traditions(with pastel color)
Family color theme: Lavanderish+ blue(Why blue?? cause i don't have any purple stuff to wear)
Date: 10th January 2010(Sunday)
Planner: My 1st Sista@ Kak Dian @ Mamma Mea @ Martha Stewardess.
Food: Main course by Faridah Restaurant & dessert by Kak Dian
Cameraman: a lot... including me.
Wedding date: in 6 months
Event Sequence:
Preparation for the bride: sit down in her room and make herself beautiful with the help of Pak Andam. Hiding all the flaws for the big day!
Pak andam try to vanquish all the pores with his magic wand...cukur kening tu lg..iskh! Preparation for the Family: Set up the venue...changing the house into a engagement friendly place. Clean the house, move the furniture, set up the dining area etc. All planned by our father and also Kak Dian. Our weeding planner/ sista also is the one who makes all the flower arrangement,cakes and the gifts( hantaran). Superwomen!
The alter???over kakak aku ni, tunang pun nak pelamin. 
The guest dining area...actually the house car porch.Event starts around 2.30pm with Marhaban and Quran recital. Continue with the some speeches from my family side and the guy side and also the discussion on the wedding date which have been decided in 6 months time.About the date, i wanted to remind my sister that don't you ever think doing it in Mei until mid June cause I'm having my final Med exam. I will be absent on your big day if on that crucial period of time:) After the discussion, its time to put the ring on the single lady....it is done by the guy's mother to symbolized the engagement.
presenting the engagement ring by Helmi's mother.
presenting the engagement ring by Helmi's mother. 
"Cuz if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it" Beyonce..haha
Gifts(hantaran) were exchanged after the ring ceremony. Hantaran is gifts which is exchanged between the guy and the girls during engagement or weeding day. Below is the Hantaran from both sides. The Hantaran from my family side is made by our own Martha Stewardess :) Beautiful with all the flowers arrangements.
9 hantaran from the girl Vs 7 hantaran from the guys 
3 of the 9 hantaran...a cake, sirih junjung and songket.Basically the engagement ceremony is at the end after the exchanges of gifts. Next is to dine and take photos. Oh...Mr. Helmi aka the future groom only come into the event after the ceremony is done and straight away to the alter to take picture with his future wife. They looks so sweet together in pink! Congratulations for both of you! hope everything will be fine until the big day!
The couple in pink!
photo with my family
my nephew, Idlan with is on and off girlfriend
Sirih memadah pinang di belah,Adat diturut tersusun rapi,
Merisik sudah bertunang pun sudah,
Tiba kini majlis dinanti.
4 comments:
oh tq lil bro...i'm touched *wink*
so sweet post..khasnor u r such a lucky sister to have a big bro who express his feeling through his blog..congratulation nizam, in six months time u will get another abg ipar
nk puji skit..deko sume lawabaju, dgn choice of colour mmg cantik.nati wedding mst lg grandious
alamak...martha "stewardess" sudah stress already. correction on theme color, its lavender and green (not blue)
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