"Out of box" talks

Topik kali ini mendadak muncul when I was like lying on my bed and thinking of our preparation beginning. 

Sebelum semua hal fix sampai hari ini, ada banyak hal yang pernah masuk dalam pembicaraan ak, dengan Mr  A n even with our families.

First,  mengenai konsep pernikahan kita. Pd dasarnya yg membuat ak n Mr. A cucok itu krn qta berdua tipe pasangan yg ga ribetin details n asal yg lain oke ya hayuk.. tapiii, waktu bahas konsep ini, I disagreed with him. Ya iyalah, dy ngajakinnya kawin lari cb. (-_-' ) 

Dari awal emang kita sih ga pengen party. His sis sounding2 ke dy buat minta ke Eropa aja meritnya sekalian holiday with our parents and brothers, sister. Cicinya bilang dy bs cr agen buat urusin, gampang n ga usah pusing pesta jg gt. Annddd..Mr. A mupeng gt. Bbrp kali dy selalu ngomongin itu tapi his mom aka my fmil objected it. Karena msh byk famili, relasi, teman dll yang hrs dikasihtau. Kemudian soal pernikahan agama di Indonesia kan harus pake belajar dulu, urus detail gereja ini dan itu. Saat lg ribet2nya, Mr. A bilang kita ke Thailand aja yuk. Beres. (>.<).. judulnya sih cari ribut sama ortu klo gitu mah. I ignored him for that. Bahkan dy beberapa kali bilang mamanya n ak. My edan man.

Second, venue tempat wedding. H-2 months aja masih sempet mikir tu pindah gedung. (-_-' ) .Sejak awal sih dari pemilihan venue hotel, my fmil uda merasa ga sreg dgn warna karpet n pencahayaannya. Tapi karena deket juga dr rumahnya jd salah satu pertimbangan sih. Pada waktu deal venue memang marketingnya bilang ada rencana penggantian karpet sih pas lebaran 2015. Tapi sampai detik ini belum. Nah, wkt H-2 months, marketingnya ada cerita ke WO klo mereka ga bs ganti karena blm turun dana or instruksi dr Singapore. Jadi, marketingnya juga ga enak sih karena uda bilang my fmil untuk ganti, at that time, she said she will be okay even if my fmil decides to move from there and will return the down payment money. Saat si WO infoin kita, yang ada galau deh. Sempet kepikiran mo move to Sun City. Tp at our date uda ada bookingan. Harus dua minggu setelahnya. Uda niatin mikirin. Even soal undangan yg uda lg di cetak saat itu kan bakalan beda tanggalnya jg. >.< Me and Mr.A, berdiri aja cengar cengir bego gitu d. No comment. 

Untungnya ga dilaksanakan. *huff*

Anw, I had my sangjit yesterday.. Yes, selesai juga. Huff..

well, blame it on my phone camera. but I love her make up.
cuma ini too much for the brow and eyelashesnya dua lapis. I removed one layer.
And requested less natural again on the D Day. ^^

I love this jacquard. (salah satu hobi saat ini adalah beli kain2 trz jahit sendiri)

tuker cincin

Last update, I have choose the wedding cake model and............I have my wedding gown already. Uda lega deh. I choose Yumi Katsura aja. Karena searah pulang kerja mau fitting jg gampang. Best deal, nice gown.  

May all is well now and then.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Saadi

Balada H-1month

Well, setelah libur term break yg singkat, hari ini mulai back to school. Tapi ya cuma meeting sana sini. Jadi sebelum mulai meeting yok update.

List the updates down here:

1. Undangan n souvenir

  Yes, jadiiii! Akhirnyaaa.. sebenarnya sih ini agak molor dr target jadinya, harusnya end of September. Tapi stlh keep on asking for the past few weeks, akhirnya dpt konfirmasi uda jadi jg dr Ci Yurika Kebetulan ak jg diteror my fmil and jg org yang bikin pop up book ku. -P.S. ini pop up book tar di share klo da jadi ^^-

Nah, jadi Sabtu kmrn Mr. A and I menyediakan waktu ambil. Tapi sebelumnya mampir dulu ke gereja untuk submit data capil n pembayaran.  

Berhubung masih recovery jadi kita ajak papanya Mr. A buat nyetir. Kali ini gak pake acara nyasar lagi karena dikasih petunjuk yang super jelas ^^ . Sampe disana kita disambut sama si ii nya dengan ramah. Ak bertugas ngecek hasil dan isi, Mr. A bertugas bayar. Setelah itu dibantu the helpers there buat angkut berdus2 boxes ke mobil. Barely have no place to sit. Aku sih puas dengan hasilnya. Not my first choice design actually. Tapi ya..demi ortu jadi kita pilih design yang "seperti pada umumnya" dengan penyesuaian warna kertas, huruf poly timbul, tambah amplop dan pita sesuaiin tema (lime green) di amplopnya. Harga undanganku @12rb. 

ginilah hasilnya

Souvenirku cuma berupa memo. *classic huh* ..again..ini request dr my fmil jg sih. Tapi ak minta adjust size supaya ga spt biasanya kecil2. 

Kemudian ak jg request thank you card ga usah tapi diganti jadi pengganti buku undangan. Tapi ternyata yg jadi ada dua2nya. Thank you cardnya jd wasted sih sbnrnya krn dibalik note nya uda ada ucapan terima kasih. Lemme think what to do with that card later on. >.< 

Untuk memonya @8500 perak.

untuk mempermudah penerima angpau n wkt qta ngitung jd pake gini aja

Nah, kalau peginya ga nyasar, keluarnya pake salah jalan..tau dunk daerah sana sekarang jd one way. N kebetulan pas mo pulang ak sibuk dengan hp n ga perhatiin jalan, salah d. Eh Mr. A nya protes gitu. Keki juga sih..lah, pan qta sama2 baru kedua kali kesana. Pertama jg sama dy. Kedua jg sama2 jalannya. So, why he expected me to know better kan?

Tapi ak diem aja (ada papanya ^^) N not so have to discuss right away jg. trus pas sorean br ngomingin sama dy saat sedang relaks. As usual, Mr. A cm cengar cengir d setelah tau salah. Tapi stdknya maksud uda tersampaikan n ga pake emosi jg.

Anw, undangannya semua di drop di rmh Mr. A and ak cm bawa pulang yg I need. Krn Mr. A ga bs lift heavy stuffs, guess who?? Yeah, me. Ga semua sih. With his dad and cousin. Kebetulan pas sampe rmhnya lagi keluar semua pegawainya. Mr. A said, " Sorry ya ga bisa bantuin angkat." Dengan cute smilenya..Ya lupa d tdnya ada keki sedikit *semoga dy ga baca hehehe.

2. Groom' suit

    Kalau untuk ini sih on time bnr. Sesuai prediksinya. Wajar sih ya Harry's Palmer bukan vendor baru sih. CS ku adalah Bu Ivone. Pas hr Sabtu pagi ak di smsin untuk pengambilan jas Mr. A, my dan n my lil bro. Jadi sekalian deh abiz urus kartu, kita ke TA. Hasilnya.....*manyun* ga sesuai harapan. Well, blame it on his body.  Yg harusnya slim down itu the bride not the groom! Ini groom yak badannya terlalu bgs metabolismnya deh. Dari 8 thn lalu segitu2 aja, ak aja ud menggelembung 5-6 kg dr awal jadian. >.< 

Susah2 kemarin lebarn dicekokin kuliner here and there uda berhasil reach over 60 kg ( but me also gained weight ) n selama 4 minggu recovery dirumah dy bukannya gemukan malah kurusan lagi. Tu jas jadinya kegedean bgnt. Yak om2 *sorry hun* 

ini contoh model yg kita kasih..>.<

Untuk my dad n bro sih no big prob. Cm my dad pny kepanjangan. Tapi jas tetep qta bawa pulang dengan pikiran 1 bln Mr. A bakalan gendutan. Tapi setelah dipikir2, ak minta dy balik ke sana Sabtu besok buat alterin deh. Di kecilin n pendekin panjang jasnya. Biarin dah rempong org yg alter drpd jdnya ga enak diliat mata(ku) =p dan  kebetulan Bu Ivone lupa kasih bonus extra kemeja n dasinya. So, kita emang kudu balik lagi.

3. Keperluan sangjit

   Ini singkat aja, hr kedua term break kmrn ak ke glodok. Singkat aja sih kesana cuma bli keranjang2, angpao, pita beserta tempelan2nya n sirup package. Males bnr dah mikirin sangjitannya. Cepatlah berlaluuu..

4. My gown, bolero n veil

     For those yg ngikutin blogku, pasti tau kalau ak ga pake any bridal vendor for my wedding gown. My gown itu diminta cc nya Mr. A ambil aja dr Bali krn dy masih ada stocks new wedding gown. Well, karena ga enak jg n mikirnya bisa ngiritin sewa gaun yaudin ambil deh. Pas coba di Bali emang sih uda kesempitan. Tp mikirnya krn kegendutan >.< and cicinya blg bisa dialter lagi. Plus, ak suka modelnya. At that time, never know my wedding will turn into the "grand" wedding. (Mnrtku konsepnya uda jauh dr yg kupikirin sblmnya skrg). 

Wkt tu kn di bawa k Amaze bridal di pasbar. Boleronya niceeee!!! Kena harganya 1.2jt. Tar aja pic nya on the d day :D waktu ambil ak ga mau coba lagi, karena mikirnya uda beres.

Bad newsnyaaa.. krn ada sdkt pengecilan badan yg ada tu bolero lengannya kegedean, untungnya my mom bs fix it. As for the dress...*sigh* ternyata setelah alter, dress nya msh banyak flaws here n there. Yg ada jd kelebaran di bagian atas abis gedein tp di bagian ribsnya can't help. Sampe curiga pingsan klo pakai seharian. N msh byk lainnya dah.#keksim

Jadi I curhatlah sama Mr. A via kakao chat as usual.

Sort of like this:

Me   : Hun, sedih ni liat dressnya. Masa our big day kita malah ga keliatan yg pny hajat ---- mengingat jas nya yg over sized

Him : Knp

Me   : *cerita panjang kali lebar*

Him : jadi gimana?

Me   : Ya satu2nya cara ya *blablabla* p takutny pingsan aja sih.

Him : yud sewa lah.

Me   : rela ga rela sih mau sewa krn bolero uda jadi. Jd tetep hrs pake tu gaunnya. Bagus sih pake bolero.tp sesaknya can't help. Mau slim down lg sih ga ngefek krn tu tulang. Mo alter hrs bongkar payet. Ga ada yg mau..

Him  : sewa aja lah

Me    : ga sanggup bayarnya lagi 

Him  : gpp kubayarin

Me    : -sileeeentttttt-

Me:   : bs sih ak tar cr yg ga terlalu mahal

Him  : jgn. Jgn cr yg jelek. Sabtu kita cari bareng

-end of our chat krn ketdran-

Jadi...pr ku skrg adalah cari gaun deh this weekend.*pusingpalababi*

5. Mom's night gown

    Kemarin ak bawa si mama fitting ke Cynthia di serpong krn kebetulan msh libur n Cynthia maunya weekdays lebih enak. My fmil br bs fitting on Monday. OH..I LOVE IT! My mom looks fab!  Tapi klo compare ma tu gaunku sih superb kebanting. No swarovski at all n plain (krn tipe gaun yang cucok dipake di Bali wed sih). Jadi keputusan sewa gaun lagi uda bener dah. And tdnya kn Cynthia mo pinjemin pettycoat jg buatku krn gaunnya ga ngembang tanpa itu (nice yak!) Tp krn mo sewa jd gpp lah buat gereja n pagi ga usahlah. 

behind the cat, my mom smiles happily! worth it lah bayarrinnya. wkwkwk
and in every woman' heart, they dream to wear a beautiful gown

Nah, abz mama fitting, crt2 d ma Cynthia. N dy pas tau ada ksh saran2 jg n dy ga pelit info dah! Plus, dy yg malah bilang " uda mepet looh".  Trz trnyata dy ada bbrp ready stock gowns n dy kasih cobain.. sayangnya my size is M-L besar pny badan jd cuma ada 1 yg cocok.

that fat lady >.<

 Klo mau msh bisa di adjust sama dy. Tp terlalu lebar sih gaunnya. Kan ak ga pny bridesmaid. Mikirin gmn mo pipis ntar?? Lg tar kebanting bgnt tu Mr. A.  N hrgnya masih over budget prediksi ak ( ga enak kan ma Mr.A).. pas kasih liat Mr. A, dy tnya " ga suka?". Dy sih mau2nya tu byr klo I like it biar cpt beres. >.< 

dr majalah bride story kan uda ada tu vouchernya buat Cynthia Kusuma, mgkin klo kefefet melipir kesana.

6. Flash mob dancers

   Ini berhubungan ma prosesi sih. Karena ak ga mau acaranya dimulai spt biasanya (dengan sambutan MC), ak maunya pake flash mob dance aja. Ini krn Mr. A and I can't agree with the song buat prosesi masuk. Jadinya we decided to use both songs. Jd yg pilihan Mr. A buat flash mob, yg pilihanku buat slow dance. N MC ku blg okay bgnt tu krn dy blm pernah kepikiran liat pasangan yg combine gt. Nah, jd qta minta dy cari group of dancers deh. He came up with 10 mio/10 dancers. #doeeenggg  mahal pake bingits tu buat less than 5 min dance. Putus asa deh. Dalam kegalauan, ak curhat ma salah satu tmn n *triinng* dy kasih pencerahan yg bagus. Dy saranin cb aja cr anak2 kuliahan or sma aja. *bener juga* 

Nah, dimulai lah survey sana sini, tnya sana sini melalui mutual friends daaaan.. dapet deh. Ex murid dr temenku trnyata willing to help, without hesitate she said yes and for free!!  -ya akan kasih angpao sih tapi better than 10 mio kan?? 

So, one problem solve. N tinggal latihan slow dance deh ma Mr. A.. hehehe

 Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do. 

(Maggie Gallagher, The Case for Marriage)

Rumah dan baby(?)

Waktu mulai urus soal merit, pertanyaan yang lumayan sering ditanya adalah "tar lo tinggal dimana?"

Di post sebelumnya uda pernah mentioned sih. Jawabannya "Rumah Mr. A" aka.with mertua.

And...mostly setelah temen-temen pd tau, langsung d dimulai kalimat2 warning and nakut2innya.

So, what do I feel? ~biasa aja sih sekarang~

Well, jauh sebelum Mr. A ngajak merit, disaat2 kita ngebahas ttg future sih soal tmpt tinggal abiz merit adalah yang pertama kita sepakatin. Awalnya ak sempet bilang ya tinggal bareng ortunya juga it's okay karena takut ga ada yang jagain karena cici nya juga tinggal di Bali dan rumahnya cukup besar untuk cuma tinggal berdua nantinya. Tapi gak lama ak sempet propose idea untuk cr rumah sendiri karena dua alasan dibawah ini:

1. Mnrtku Mr. A itu cuek dan tidak peduli dengan segala hal yang berhubungan dengan biaya2 household aka.depending on his parents only. I know why actually, so I wanna him to be more responsible. Sebagai ank sulung di rmh, ak sudah terbiasa diberikan banyak tanggung jawab bahkan juga ikut menanggung biaya rumah bbrp tahun belakangan ini. While, Mr. A adalah anak bungsu yang hampir seperti anak tunggal hampir separuh hidupnya. Jadi ya, wajar lah kalau dy serba tidak peduli. N I worried about it before. 

2. Supaya kita berdua bisa adapt kehidupan suami istri dulu berdua, supaya bisa lbh solid dulu dan tanpa ada intefere orang ketiga aka family. After a year or two ya br move in balik krmh mamanya. 

Awalnya, Mr. A sempet considered about this until one day his mom got very sick and then he changed his mind. Mr. A jadi worry kalau kedua ortunya sakit siapa yang akan tahu or jagain. Tapi, dia sempat khawatir juga will I get along well with his mom. Tapi ak berusaha menenangkan dy bahwa hal itu tidak perlu dikhawatirkan sekarang juga and I will try my best to be a good daughter in law. So, waktu Mr. A ditanya akan tinggal dimana nantinya sama mamanya, dy sudah bertanya bolehkah stay dirmhnya sekarang. His mom agreed. As for me, ya klo takut or khawatir sih mungkin ada tapi gimanapun orangtua itu adalah orang yang harus kita jaga, no matter itu mertua ataupun orangtua sendiri. Me myself mikirnya ga mau tinggal terlalu jauh dari rumah nyokap n karena masih ada lil bro yang stay dirumah ma bonyok, rasanya agak tenang. Dan yang penting harus bisa bawa diri. Pekerjaan ak yang sebagai guru membawakan pencerahan dalam pola pikirku beberapa tahun belakangan ini. I can relate the way my parents think or thought now. Jadi guru tu mirip2 lah jadi orangtua sementara buat anak-anak. Tujuannya adalah demi kebaikan mereka. Bedanya hanya dikata  teknik dan cara pada saat "dulu' dan "sekarang".  Keep positive and pray supaya berjodoh karma yang baik ^^

Next, after married biasanya yang akan sering ditanya uda pasti "uda hamil??"

Untuk soal anak, Mr. A sih bilangnya "Terserah kamu." Rencananya sih ga mau langsung isi dalam waktu dekat karena mau adapt dulu dgn pace hidup di rumah mertua n jadi istri orang dl *grin* Kira-kira beberapa bulan uda okay baru mau program untuk hamil. Lagipula selama ini kalau ngomongin soal jumlah anak, Mr. A selalu bilang "coba dulu d anak 1 gmn". Kalau ak sih agak maruk, maunya 3 anak. Syukur2 bisa kembar 2. hahahha..tujuannya biar cepet beres ga usah lagi hamil2. 

Dua tahun ini acara favoritku adalah "The Return of Superman" di KBS World. Acara itu mengenai anak yang ditinggal dengan papanya saja for 3 days 2 nights. Acara itu bagus juga untuk parenting, so karena ak suka nonton, Mr. A pun jadi suka nonton. Dia jadi sedikit lebih positif sih kalau mikirin soal anak. Baguslah bisa belajar2 dulu ^^ 

I love Daehan!

Tapi gimanapun manusia hanya bisa berencana kan? Ya kalau kita dipercaya jadi parents, ya berapapun kita terima. Pertanyaannya adalah "SIAP atau TIDAK?"  

Ini juga pertanyaanku selama ini ke diri sendiri dan melihat sikap Mr. A. I can say we might not that ready, uda mulai merasa siap tapi sebisa mungkin harus lebih siap lagi mentally. Buat kita jadi parents itu ud kontrak seumur hidup dah. Seperti halnya soal post yang ini, soal anak juga jadi pertimbangan banget karena belajar dari teman2ku. Dengan kesulitan ekonomi sekarang, ya sebaiknya sebelum hamil benar2 harus planning jangka panjang. Planning untuk keuangan, tabungan, dll. Jangan sampai harus ninggalin anak diurus kakek neneknya karena si mama dan papanya harus bekerja. Sebagai seorang guru, ak juga sering melihat anak-anak korban ortu yang sibuk bekerja or ortu yang mikir anak itu hanya sebuah "paket" dalam sebuah pernikahan. Kalau memang tidak siap jangan memaksakan diri. 

Ada juga temanku yang memaksakan hamil karena.....tidak bisa menikmati hubungan seksual dengan suaminya >.<  Jujur saja sih, masalah ranjang gimanapun pastinya adalah satu paket bagi suami istri. Banyak teman-temanku yang menasihati untuk hal ini. Komunikasikan dengan baik. Jangan mikir karena hamil, jadi bisa ada alasan. It's just so ridiculous reason to get pregnant, right? 

“Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.” 

Dr. Haim Ginott

Yey! Punya vendor dekor juga akhirnya *grin*

Setelah mengalami kesibukan melelahkan beberapa minggu di sekolah menjelang ujian akhir, akhirnya tiba juga hari ini! Anak-anak sudah ujian, artinya ak cm perlu koreksi, isi rapot kemudian libur term deh seminggu. 2 weeks to go! ^^ 

Jadi hari ini bisa sedikit update blog lg and kepoin blog-blog lain jg. hehehe. 

Oke, seperti judul postnya, jadi ak mau bicarain soal dekor. Puas banget dah uda dapat yang oke kali ini. Mentally satisfied! Buat yang ga tau or baru baca post ini, fyi aja ini adalah vendor dekor ketiga ak  >.<  Vendor-vendor awal ada kubahas di post2 sebelumnya sih. Tapi pertanyaannya adalah kenapa sampe sebanyak itu gantinya???*sigh* 

Bukan bermaksud ngerempongin diri sih tapi penggantian dekor vendorku dibutuhkan. Let me explain it from the beginning. Bakalan agak panjang nih. Begini nih kira-kira timelinenya:

Januari 2015

Kita deal dengan pihak hotel beserta beberapa vendor rekanannya untuk memudahkan saja. Kemudian kita dibuatkan schedule untuk bertemu beberapa vendor dari dekor, entertainment dan WO. Nah, pada waktu itu Vendor dekor 1 (selanjutnya disebut VD1) yang datang memberikan presentasi yang menarik, karena Mr. A dan ak tipenya males ribet2 jadi kita langsung okay dengan VD1 itu. Beberapa minggu kemudian VD1 mengirimakan layout dekor untuk hari H kita dan hasilnya bagus! Ak sih suka sekali karena warnanya sangat menarik. Tapi yang menjadi kekhawatiran ak wkt tu adalah perbedaan warna yg direquest dengan hasil designnya, takut ga nyambung gt. 

Maret 2015

Bulan ini kita mendatangi wedding expo yang diadakan oleh pihak hotel dan sekalian kita mau mengkonfirmasi vendor entetatinment dan WO juga berbicara dengan pihak VD1 ini. Setelah deal dengan entertainment and WO, kita melakukan meeting pertama dengan WO. Saat WO ku tahu perihal vendor dekor yang kita pilih, dia sudah kasih first warning mengenani taste owner dr VD1 ini. Owner VD1 adalah orang konstruksi bukan design, biasanya dia failed merealisasikan hasil gambarnya tapi diakui untuk konstruksi yang terbuat dr styrofoamnya dia bagus. Pada waktu itu Mr. A dan ak sih sedikit "errrr". Jadinya stlh itu aku made appointment ke VD 1 n minta ketemu buat bahas detail-detail, make sure dll. 

April-Agustus 2015

Dalam periode ini, kita uda ketemu 2 kali dengan pihak VD1 untuk benar-benar memastikan soal hasil dekor dia. Bahkan ak blak-blakan bilang soal gosip-gosip yang ak dengar. Pada saat itu, VD1 terus berusaha meyakinkan bahkan kita minta apa dikasih, contoh ak pengen beda hand bouquet siang dan malam pun dikasih free komplen dari dia. Bahkan VD1 langsung minta ak kontek Mbak Atrina untuk bahas soal bunga. Dalam periode inipun Mr. A uda transfer DP sebesar 10jt ke pihak VD1. Dan Mr. A dan ak juga sempet melihat hasil dekorasinya untuk pengantin lain pada bulan Juli itu waktu kita sedang menyempatkan urus detail dengan hotel dan WO.  Kita pun dapat info dari WO bahwa bbrp klien dy yang pakai jasa VD1 banyak yang mendadak pindah. Alasannya simple, karena ga meyakinkan. Kliennya itu bingung kenapa tidak ada penambahan biaya sama sekali. FYI, budget dekor dr hotel itu 45jt dan pihak VD1 tidak memberikan penambahan sedikitpun untuk setiap requestku, termsk penambahan bunga, fruit fountain, fresh flower, flower crown dan juga warna kain untuk tiffany blue (which is dia ga punya pada wkt itu). 

Tapi....kita msh positif nih walau sudah melihat hasilnya dan memang kurang puas. Kita mikirnya ini emang beda dari paketnya kita. Bahkan rencana kita waktu itu habis lebaran akhir bulan akan melunasi pembayaran dekornya.

September 2015

The drama begin...>.<  My fmil mendapat ajakan kepesta wedding temannya punya saudara di Hotel Menara Peninsula di minggu dan kebetulan vendor dekor yang dipilih pengantinnya adalah VD1 dan WO nya juga sama. Sepulang dari sana, my fmil a lil freak out about the decor yang menurutnya parah! Terlalu looks cheap (tapi again saat itu juga emang dekornya beda paket nya dr harga kita). Tapi my fmil merasa too risky to trust. Bahkan WO ku juga menyampaikan keluhannya my fmil ke ak via WA. So, dengan cepat ak merespon dan berdiskusi dengan Mr. A soal hal ini. Mr. A minta ak menghubungi pihak hotel dan berdiskusi untuk pembatalan. Akhirnya setelah sungkan sana sini, ga enak juga ma VD1 tapi kita harus membatalkan daripada kecewa hari H. Kitapun masih harus membayar charge untuk cancelation fee. Ak lupa berapa persen tapi waktu itu Mr. A masih harus mentransfer sebesar 1 jt sekian. 

Nah, dengan kondisi h-2 months n no vendor dekor, ak lumayan kelabakan. WO ku menyarakan vendor kedua (selanjutnya disebut VD2). VD2 jg ada kusebut di post sebelumnya. 

Dalam waktu 1 minggu dari pembatalan, kita meeting pertama dengan pihak VD2. Kesannya: serem ownernya! Mgkn krn dy uda berumur aka om2. Kesannya tuh orangnya sulit diapporach dan yang ada kita sungkan mo ngomong ma dy. Kita mau request sesuatu tapi yang ada mental or dy menyarankan yang lain. Tapi WO ku meyakinkan kalau taste dan hasil dekor orang ini bagus. Memang kalau lihat foto IG nya sih bagus dan VD2 ini juga merupakan favorit dari pihak hotel karena hasilnya yang bagus. Kemudian yang lucu adalah ownernya hanya memberikan sketsa gambar tangan. bener-bener hanya coretan. Dy mendesign dan menuliskan semua request kita. Waktu itu dengan extra HB malam, dekor pelaminan dengan two maple trees, fruit fountain (hanya org yang mendekor buah saja), karpet rumput kita mendapat penambahan biaya sekitar 20 jt. Doeng.. I shocked. Tu pohon mahal ajeeee. Trz my fmil stlh trauma dengan hasil yang VD1, dy mau melihat hasil dekor VD2 di hotel dulu sebelum confirm. Tapi memang hasil dekor memuaskan banget! Tapi, my fmil merasa karpet rumput dan maple tree nya sudah tidak diperlukan dengan gaya dekor VD2 ini, karena VD2 menggunakan fresh flower disetiap sudutnya. Nah, ak akhirnya menghubungi owner VD2 (always deg2an dah mo contact si om) untuk confirm. Tapi ternyata dy WA ak dan bilang harus ke Aussie buat bantu dekor ponakannya so he couldn't help us here. *haiyaaaaa*

Dengan insiden Mr. A dan juga kesulitan dia keluar rumah, kali ini ak pasrahin ke pihak hotel n WO dah buat ksh saran vendor baru. uda give up buat cari-cari lagi. WO sebenarnya mo menyarankan vendor dr luar tapi ternyataaaa vendor yang Wo ku mau nyaranin, masuk dalam rekanan hotel dan kebetulaaaan di recommend sama pihak hotel. Nama vendor ketiga kali ini adalah Fleur De Lis dekor. Namanya bagus yak. Kebetulan ownernya ex client WO ku dan di suggest jg sama WO ku ke pihak hotel. So, kita adalah klien pertama dy dari pihak hotel ini ^^.

Kamis minggu lalu, kita ketemu di rumah Mr. A. Ownernya masih muda, ga beda lah dari WO jadi enak kita ngobrolnya. Setelah discuss detail this and that penambahannya sama dengan yang diberikan oleh VD2 tapiiiiii yang kita dapat much MORE dari VD2. Kira-kira yang kita dapat:

• Temanya elegant garden (lime green and tiffany blue)
• Warna bunganya pastel
• Dekor VIP dengan kursi putih touch tiffany blue, dekor meja bulat
• Dekor pelaminan dengan backdrop ukiran, daun2 asli, bunga menjulur
• Dekor teapai room dirumah dan hotel
• HB malam, pagi
• Center stage (pengganti photobooth)/ floor dance dgn 2 pohon dan lantai yang diberi print inisial
• Mini garden
• White rose petal carpet
• Dekorasi gallery, foyer, dll. 

Soooo, ak puas sekali dan memang hasilnya bagus. Ini contoh dekor yang ak suka. Tema rustic untuk klien dia seblmnya. 

ak suka dgn touch succulentnya! IG: fleurdelisdekor

Ada juga yang ak nambahin sendiri untuk hashtag board yang akan ditaro di dekat foto galeri. Suka banget dengan hasilnya. ^^

IG: themagichappens_id

Adapun ak cari box set untuk alkitab, rosario, salib yang biasa diberikan saat pemberkaan. Ak mencari box yang kupikir masih bisa dipakai nantinya. Ini masih dalam proses pemesanan. Ak mesen warna offwhite dan masih 12 hari lagi baru jadi. 

Ini contoh box untuk holy matrimony. IG :fold.packaging

Setelah sebagian besar urusan dekor beres, sekarang sisa fokus keperihal prosesi masuk. Masih galau dengan sewa dancer or ga. Tapi....glad I have reduced a lot from my lists! 

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Aristotle

Throwback from boyfriend to future husband -- was, now and then

September is arrived already! 2 months, 1 week to go. I find out that Mr. A might feel it too. The excitement and et cetera about our wedding. I can tell this because recently he has been very patience to accompany me to go here and there, help reminding me with things that I have forgotten. And yesterday, though he had a long busy day at work, he still managed to list down the wedding songs and thinking about the vows that I asked him to write to be put in our customized ring bearer. Despite we always have a different taste of songs genre, I like the choice of songs he did ^^

some of the list he made last night

I found that it's very sweet of him -- hope he will not read this. hehehe. This year will be our 8 years of dating by this October. I have ever shared about our love journey in here . We have been seperated by distance for our first 4 years of dating but we managed until this time. And for the past 8 years I can see him as a grown adult. We met at our not so early 20s and each of us was a different person back there. I know he makes me better person. As for him, I know he is not that "young adult" anymore. I hope we can learn to communicate more each day and learn from each other to be a better partner, best friend, soulmate and one day we can be good parents also for our children.

This November, we will start another journey of love once again. Let us fall in love with each other once again.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Mother Teresa

P.S. May our good karma bless us 

One step after another - In detail.

"You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but seeing the imperfect person perfectly." Sam Keen

I find myself getting excited recently since my wedding day is getting closer. In the past two weeks, the list that I haven't done yet is getting lesser and lesser. It really ease me down already. I will list out my "helping hands" here :) :

1. Amaze Bridal in Pasar Baru.

    The owner is Ci Lia. She is a nice and warm person. I asked her help to alter my gown, make the veil and bolero. I met her few months ago when I went to Pasar Baru with my friends when we  did some research about fabrics and sellers for our small bussiness later. We just happened ended in her shop. Well, it wasn't really eye catching inside there however, I have the feeling of trusting her and I always count on my gut when I met someone. So, after few months, I went back there and discussed about what I need. I just need to wait two more weeks for my gown and at the end of the month for my veil and bolero. The most important thing is.... it didn't cost arm and leg! ^^

2. Signature Wedding Detail

     I talked with Johaness since June about ring bearer that I want. He said he wanted to do some research about the nice cover and book sample first. He asked for a month and another month until he came up with the dummy. Oh, I love it! It is more than I imagined. Here is the spoiler. ^^

my dummy

       I request the color to suit my wedding theme and also customized vows. So, I just need to ask Mr. A to write his vow. And the most important thing again is... that the cost is just as my budget. *grin*

3. Pretty Fit

    I choose to use this brand for my wedding shoes. I just love the simplicity of the shoes here. I had tried to look for others but I just like this brand more. 

spoiler

4. Eclat and Garnet

    One thing in my list that I forgot to mention in my previous post is about the accesories. Since I am not using bridal for my wedding, it means I don't have accesories to wear. I don't like the idea of having my usual jewelleries or buy another sets just for the wedding. But I just like this shop collections. So, I ended up buying one set of it..

can't wait to wear this

5. Hendra Irawan Decorations

    I have mentioned that we changed our decor vendor in last post. So, here we are ...Mr. A and I have met the owner, Om Hendra, last two weeks. He sent the draft and detail payment and price last Saturday. I like the way he do his works. Unfortunately, the additional cost is not small amount also. Mr. A and I are discussing this at the moment. But we have to make the decision soon by the end of this week. So that we can focus on the food testing in the hotel and from stall outside hotel vendor. If only I am a good negotiator, I might can get the additional costs lesser than now. But too bad, I am not.

6. House of Windsor

    I have been so interested with the duvet and bed cover from this brand since last two years. I keep coming back to this brand whenever I looked for bed cover. So, I love the aloe fabric and that the one I bought for our room. I am so happy that I can choose the color I want also. ^^ 

The bed room thing that we just bought was the clock also. Mr. A finally let me buy this and we found the cute one last Saturday at Central Park. It costs cheaper than my budget. 

Anw, one thing for sure. Budgeting is important.  In preparing the details, some things are just cheaper than my budget and I am just happy about it.. I hope I can control myself more in this remaining months so that I won't purchased additional items that I might not really need it at the moment.  

Dua hal....

Hari ini mau coba menulis dengan bahasa Indonesia. Biasanya klo menulis dgn bahasa Indonesia suka amburadul gitu karena pake bahasa sehari2. *ngenges* Ups.. bukaaaan.. tapi karena dirumah bahasa daerah, di tempat kerja cap cusnya bahasa Inggris tapi kalau percakapan dengan temen bahasa Indonesia sih cuma bahasa tak berstruktur. Biasanya ak sk baca berkali-kali kalau menulis dalam bahasa Indonesia. *cihpadahalgurusekolah* Okelah uda gagal fokus nih. 

Kali ini lagi-lagi akan bahas tentang persiapan weddingku (sebenarnya pengen juga nulis topik liburanku tapi yang lagi keinget yang ini). Mumpung sedang niat langsung deh duduk anteng,

Sesuai judulnya ada 2 hal yang mau ak bahas kali ini yaitu hand bouquet dan bimbingan pra-nikah.

Pertama ak mo cerita tentang pemilihan hand bouquets dulu deh. Berawal dari pertemuan dengan WO yang ngebahas detail isi buku wedding preparation kita dan ditanya tentang hand bouquets yang akan dipakai. Nah, ak langsung cek deh tu surat kontrak dari vendor dekor dan emang tertulis ak akan dapat hand bouquet rose dipagi dan compliment bunga lain (import) untuk malam hari (setelah nego-nego diksh juga )^^. Tapi sempet berpikir untuk mencari-cari vendor florist lain. Jadilah selama beberapa hari tuh niat cari-cari florist dan nanya-nanya serta cari referensi bunga tangan yang ak mau. Akhirnya ak memutuskan lebih baik tetep ambil dari vendor dekor aja karena dia ambil dari @atrinasoendoro . Setelah lihat-lihat IG nya, ak sreg jg dengan hasilnya. Tinggal memasukkan referensi bunga yang ak pengen aja deh. Yang pasti ak mau sesuaiin tema. Temaku adalah garden, simply because I love greeeeeeenn so much! Ak maunya kombinsi warna green, yellow, white tapi camer ku tidak suka warna kuning. Ya disesuaikan deh. Still fine for me. 

kira-kira ini dah warna dekorku nanti

Nah, awalnya menurut kontrak aku hanya dapat rose putih untuk hand bouquet pagi. Tapi aku minta sesuaiin. Ak ga mau semua putih, ak minta masukin detail hijau atau kuning. Kemudian ak jg ga suka bunga mawar putih jadi ak minta diganti either cala lily atau tulip. Ak pecinta baby's breath (buanget) jadi ak pastinya mau bunga tu harus ada,  Kira-kira bunga pagiku mau seperti ini..

yang pasti bukan tulip pink ^^

Will be just perfect with a lil green touch for matrimony 

Kalau pagi-siang ak mau bunga dengan touch hijau dan putih, untuk malam ak mau bunga dengan touch biru karena dekorku ada biru jadi bunga biru masih oke. ^^ Ak pengennya bunga untuk malam lebih terkesan 'liar', free dan casual but still elegant. *apacoba* 

Let's get wild!

pretty right?

Biru tua? YEP!! has to be this blue supaya tidak tabrak warna dengan warna dekor yang blue tiffany. Rencananya dasi groom and family juga akan berwarna ini. Bener-bener niatin tabrak warna. 

Karena Mr. A dan ak tu maunya saat party nanti bisa enjoy and nyantai, kita berencana sneaker or flat shoes an jadi bunga yang dpilih harus melambangkan "anti mainstream" jg ^^ 

Ak pengennya model posy. Kesulitannya adalah mencari bunga biru ini.. Ak ga mau nigella karena warnanya terlalu muda, ga mau hydrangea jg karena bunganya kecil dan birunya jg muda. Ak suka cymbidum. Nah, salah satu alasan ak milih stick on the florist dari vendor karena dy pernah buat hand bouquet cymbidum dan I love it! He he he.. 

Oke.. karena bahasan pertama uda cukup panjang, yang kedua ak persingkat saja ^^

Bimbingan pra nikah penting ga sih? Yes. Karena mempersiapkan kita untuk hidup berdua dan lebih menyadari bahwa pernikahan itu ga seindah masa pacaran, pernikahan ga akan ada masa "pause" atau "break" nya kalau sedang berantem.  Pernikahan adalah dua ego menjadi satu. Itulah yang sulit dipersatukan biasanya. 

Jadi. Mr. A dan ak mengikuti bimbingan di Gereja St.Kristoforus pada tanggal 12-14 Juni lalu. Ada sekitar 50 pasangan juga yang bimbingan saat itu. Agak shock karena kirain akan dalam skala kecil, Tapi ternyata buanyaaak dan dari paroki2 berbeda. Bimbingan itu hanya 3 hari dengan wkt setiap harinya 4jam an kecuali hari Minggu dua kali lipat. Awalnya berasa males bo.. tapi ternyata topik-topik yang dibahas berguna sekali. Dari semuanya yang sangat berkesan adalah topik mengenai komunikasi antar pasangan. Pembicaranya adalah sepasang suami istri yang sudah menikah 12 thn dan mereka mengakui bahwa komunikasi yang berhasil mereka jalin dengan baik baru setelah 10 tahun pernikahan.*wow* Kebetulan lagi pembicaranya itu satu introvert (suami), satunya extrovert (istri). Persis dah! 

Yang dipresentasikan adalah bentuk komunikasi yang benar dan diberikan banyak contoh-contoh real life so we can relate it, Yang paling menarik adalah kita diberikan kertas berisi pertanyaan2 mengenai alasan kita memilih pasangan kita untuk dijadikan pasangan hidup saat ini, kelebihan pasangan dan kekurangan kita. Kertas tu disarankan disimpan dan seandainya suatu saat nanti saat kita (let's say) bertengkar, bosan, dll kita bs melhat kembali kertas itu dan mengingat kembali alasan kita saat ini untuk menikah dengan dia. Ak pribadi belajar banyak dalam wkt 2 jam itu, sepertinya Mr.A juga karena dy tertarik untuk mengikuti jenis seminar komunikasi antar pasangan seperti itu lagi suatu saat nanti. Sayangnya kertas itu terbawa Mr. A jadi tidak bisa kufoto untuk dishare sekarang. Mungkin nanti ak akan update lagi, supaya siapa tau ada pasangan lain yang mau mencobanya ^^ 

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

-Mignon McLaughlin

P.S.: source pictures: Pinterest

Slow pace moment

Yeah..this is my slow pace moment in preparing my wedding. I am not sure that this happens to other bride-to-be but this is happening to me. Honestly, last month was like an upside down month for me (us), every time I (we) talked about the preparation, things just upset me and I came to the moment that it was boring moment. But I can't run away from it so I have to deal with my boredom and still going on. so, here I am..slowing down for a moment, and take my time enjoying my long holiday first (yes, I am in a very long holiday!) ^^

However, the reality is still there. My checklists done just way too short compare to the undone lists.

Here the done lists:

1. Pre wedding photo sessions - DONE

2. The albums and canvasses -DONE they came early this month from Bali, safe and sound.

3. Marriage counselling sessions and certificate - DONE and RECEIVED 

4. Our room after wedding. -DONE -- I, super, love it =]

despite the color, I still love it :p

And...that's all!  *geezzz*

The undone lists:

1. Finding the angpao receiver, dealing with details for matrimony in church. --this I can't do too much since my "fmil" that decided for us.

2. Final revision for wedding invitation and souvenirs. --it irrates me a lot the past month because it's like more than five times already.

3. Altering my wedding gown. -- It arrived together with the albums from Bali. Actually, I knew it already that it won't fit but I just fall in love with it. So I decided to have it. Luckily, I have found the place to alter my dress @kimoeraboutique.

4. Choose and do food testing. -- I have to let my 'fmil' choose them and .....it's complicated. 

5. Decide the entrance song, entrance scene -- We want to be anti-mainstream one but so far we haven't agree with anything. Guess our entertainment vendor needs to really think hard to please us >.<

6. Test Make Up for D Day -- will be in July after my eyebrow embroidery done

7. Decide using Dessert Table or not --my dilemma only

8. Ring bearer! --I still have to wait for the maker finding the perfect material for my request. I have to wait until end of July *again*

9. Filling in things in our room, such as, bed cover, hanger, TV, etc. -- Well, bed cover suppose to be easy but I am just too confuse to choose one (our first one ^^).. 

9. Pre Marital check up. -- We haven't decide when the right time, but from our marriage councelling we were told that 1 month before the D day is okay.

10. The suits for Mr. A, my dad, my bro -- The maker suggested just on August. It takes 2 mo for them to finish (worry)..

See... that much! *sigh* 

Like I said, marriage was never about the party for me, But, it is quite important for our parents, so, I am kinda in burden right now to make it well. On the other hand, this is also will be (yes it wil) my first and last marriage and my own wedding party, so I want it to be run as smooth as I want to be also. 

Just like this then I remember the book that I read from Ajahn Brahm and that's why I am taking down this slow pace of mine ^^. 

" The real thief of time is “worrying”. It takes away your time in enjoying life. The future is made right at this moment, thus worrying about the future is the same as neglecting your future."- Ajahn Brahm

PreWedding- It's a wrap!

Yes, it's a wrap! Glad we've come out to this already.

It was on April 29,2015 night that we flew to Bali. We had to take off days from our work place for this moment. The next morning, I have to choose the wedding gowns there. But I decided that I dun want to wear a wedding gown for our prewed pictures. The reason is only one I want to be a one day bride only. ^^ That day, we had to choose which album that we want and the size for the canvas later on. The PhotoFactoryBali has several types of albums. You can see it here. We chose white  E-Series Albums type. However, we just knew that we will get 2 albums (grey and white) when we got to choose the photos. However, we can't decide the canvas size yet because we are still confuse what to do with that after the wedding day *grin*

The fun fact is we get this all for free because it is belong to Mr. A sis and bro in law' We are grateful for this. Really are........

Okay, the following day was our photo shoot time. Our venue is Pura Ulun Danu, Kebun Raya Bedugul and Pantai Batu Bolong. It was my request to have a greenery view, a Pura and beach view. Our concept is just casual and natural. So our pictures mostly look away from camera. 

From Pura Ulun Danu, we almost changed direction to Tanah Lot because of the weather. We were chased by the dark cloud. Luckily, we still able to shoot as the schedule, thanks to the photographer instinct and our good karma still bless us ^^.  It was a wonderful day! Both of us hardly get a good pictures usually and for Mr. A takes picture always needs permission. But that day, we took 500+ pictures and all smiles. We got to get bored looking at each other all day n running out of topic to discuss to get the natural pose. *LOL* Here are some of the pictures.

We got the raw files the next day and be able to choose 50 pictures for the albums in the evening. Because photofactorybali is an international based photography, they are used to finish everything fast. Actually, our albums can finish in two days however, we had to get back to Jakarta by Monday. We request to send our albums together with my wedding gown from there on August. So, I just can't wait! 

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

Aaron Siskind

Pre Wedding Teaser

I can't wait!!!! *lol* Like I have ever mentioned when I started to write about my preparation that cute pre-wedding is in my list about marriage. So, here we are.. Mr. A and me will have our pre-wedding next week! 

In here I wrote that we didn't choose any vendor for photography from the hotel because we choose from Bali. Our photography is Photo Factory Bali The reason we use this photography simply because the owner has related to Mr. A aka. his sister and brother in law's. So, we are really thankful for this. 

However, we have to go to Bali to have our pre-wedding shoots. The problem is time. Both of us are working and in very different field. I am working in education field which means I don't have what we call annual leave permissions but my holidays are the same with the students terms break schedule. So, we have to match it our free time to mostly my free time. Previously, we chose to have in on mid March. However, at that time, I have a recollection session before my baptism and I had to go to Puncak. Mr. A didn't want to fly to Bali on weekdays. So, we postpone until the next long weekend. We can't do it on June on my next break also because we will have our lessons at church and I might have to go to Solo. So, we decided that May will be perfect time. 

Last week, we got the information about the places and what we will need for our photo shoots next week and last weekend we went to shop what we need to wear. Well, mostly it was Mr. A who shops because I have prepared mine little by little since previous weeks. Luckily, I also have lots of great friends who help me with the dresses. There are stuffs that I ordered also months before for the details I wanna have in our shoots. Here they are. 

I love greens so I request @fun_ocraft to make this for me. lovely!

our toottle from @toottle and save our date pillow from @owlbox

We got our plane tickets already and things we need. We just have to wait..and as for me.. DIET! hehehe. I did my mayo diet on February coz I thought will have the photo shoot on March and for the past few weeks, I ate a lot!. So, I do a light diet since early this week. 

Oh, one more thing, aside from the excitement for a short gate away, I also feel worry about the shoots itself. Both of us are not the type that lovable on camera. *ups* especially Mr. A. Take pictures with him were always a struggle.This pre-wedding pictures also will only outdoors since he doesn't like the formal style. So, I hope, I wish, I pray for that both of us will enjoy it and all is well. :) 

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“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” –Nora Ephron

Wedding ring? hmmmmmmmmm.......

"A wedding ring is the first link in the chain of family life"_ family quotes

illustration only

A wedding ring is one part of a marriage.  If I recall, Mr. A and I got our wedding ring first far before we knew our wedding date. Yes, it is. I just remembered. And...until today, I haven't seen our wedding ring................... ( >.<) 

How come?

Because we didn't buy it by ourselves. *grin*  It was last year when Mr. A sent me a kakao message to ask my ring size. Well, turned out that his parents aka. my fpiL (read: future parents in law) wanted to try to look for our wedding ring while they were travelling abroad. Just right before they went to airport, his mother asked him the detail. As I remembered, Mr. A asked for his mother ring to measure using his fingers and also asked me about the precise size. Last year Mr. A gave me a ring as my birthday gift, he never asked my size before..he just took the ring that I have wear for years and put it on his fingers to measure and I never measured it ever also until that day. 

So, to cut the story short, his parents bought the rings. According to Mr. A, the ring made of platinum and if the two rings put together, it will form the heart shape. he also mentioned the price and that's all I know. Nothing else. 

Wedding ring actually is a symbol of the marriage for us and not something that I know Mr. A will put on his finger all the time. We might put in on a necklace and wear it with us. I don't mind that we did not choose it by ourselves but I'm really curious with what it looks like!!!

The Vendors

My last post was about in searching of the venue and the difficulties with the vendors. We only choose 4 vendors from the hotel; decoration, entertainment, wedding organizer and the wedding car.

What were your difficulties?

*Sigh* After we got to meet all the chosen vendors from the list given by Bu Santi, we decided just to choose them without trying to meet others vendors anymore because me n Mr.A quite fond with most of them. However, the only one that contacted me was the decoration vendors. I even had made another meeting outside to discuss about the decoration with the owner but the other two were not in touch with me at all. I tried to contact Bu Santi also about that but still no response. I was kinda annoyed already with them. 

What did you do with the difficulties?

So, last Saturday, me, Mr. A and fmiL went to the wedding expo which held by the hotel. Most of all the vendors joined in that expo. We took that opportunity to find all the vendors needed and also tested some food there.

Did you get what you need?

Yes! Finally! The first vendor we approached was the decoration. We chose De Luxe  Design and got the deal with Mr. Ekmal. On my first met with him, he said he will send the sample of the decorations cloth n colors to me so that I can use it as colors idea for my invitation card. However, I have waited for 2 weeks and he didn't send it at all. I was a bit upset at first. But when we met, he gave it to me. I still didn't satisfy with the color given. Since I love green, I would like to have garden theme on my party with summer colors touch. But, the green he gave was to dark. I asked him to change n find me another green. Next, we went to find the entertainment vendor. We chose William and Friends for this. The owner is Mr. William. We choose this vendor just because we have found who suits us for the MC and the singers. At the time, I confirmed to Bu Santi, she said that William was out of country. Then, I guess he just forgot to contact me. We settled there and he sent the confirmation letter at that day also to me. The main problem is the wedding organizer. *grumpy*

this decoration was from the vendor we chose during the wedding expo

What about it??

When I discussed about my preparation with my friend, Dewi, she kept forcing me to make sure this vendor to be chosen first above all aside the invitations. She said WO will be a big helper to the groom and bride to be before and on the D-day. At first we chose De Coktail Organizer and dealt with Ci Lala. On our first meeting aka.the vendors presentation moment, she helped out a lot and suggested some stuffs, she also said will send the email about that day meeting and bla bla bla. A week from that I chatted her via Kakao Talk and she replied that I have to confirm to Bu Santi first so she can make the confirmation letter and stuffs like that to proceed. So, I contacted Bu Santi and confirmed all the vendors and waited. According to my friends, the vendors that supposed to contact the clients and discussed it. I got nothing in few weeks. I chatted her again in Kakao Talk but she never replied. So, I thought will be able to meet her on the wedding expo but she didn't join also. Bu Santi has tried to reach her also but can't get through her. So, she asked Mr. William to talk about the organizer to me and Mr. A. We just figured out that the company name is William and Friends Entertainment and Organizer. So, to cut it short, we chose the same vendor as the entertainment as well. We think it will be easier to deal with and have meeting also. We also got to choose our wedding car that day. I can say, it's a wrap! ^^

What about the souvenirs and invitations? bridal? photography? Wedding cake?

Well, for bridal and photography we will get from Bali and about the souvenir and invitations, I was thinking to ask my friend who owns @little_secret_hampers to make it at first. However, at the end we changed the decision for the souvenirs and invitations since my friend is quite busy with her orders. We chose Adel's Card for it. We went to the Wedding Expo in PRJ last month. For wedding cake also, I was thinking to ask my friend to make it. But it will be difficult for her I guess, So on the same expo last month, we got out wedding cake from Kopaka. Since, the wedding cake might only be a display, we prefer the taste to the design. My fmiL suggested this cake since the first wedding expo, but we postpone to choose it. 

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. 
Martin Luther

Wedding Teaser

As i told one the other post that I'm 'finally' will get married this year, I am thinking to write about my preparations moments here. ^^
Let's start with the moment we finally talked about it. Actually, we have talked about it two years ago, but apparently, Mr. A wasn't really ready yet at that time and every time we discussed about it, we got into a fight. At first, I thought I was ready also, but then I got a cold feet as well. After that, I decided to not discuse it at all until he is ready to do it.
The time has come. But when he finally talked to his mom, we still have to wait some time to finally got to choose the date. Some time means months. Why we have to wait? well, it is because we need to count our birth dates to get a good day to be married.  

so, we just have less than a year since we got the date now. 

"Two souls but one single thought. Two hearts that beat as one." -John Keats

Got the date