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November 28, 2011

Cold Feet

i don't know whether these are wedding jitters or what..

But i have these thoughts..

Like.. Is he REALLY the one for me?

Like are we doing the right thing, getting married?

God, what if after getting married we loathe each other?

Why didn't i date loads of guys before i settle down?

What if we never have children?

Should i stop the wedding??

All these stupid thoughts and we're 25 days away from the wedding..

If you are ex-brides-to-be, tell me, did you have all these stupid thoughts before getting married?

Ya Allah, please help us!

p/s: i did solat Istikharah before we decided to get married. After that, all signs showed that we should. But what if i misinterpret the signs? What if?????
November 22, 2011

The One That Got Away

i know this is last week's news..

But i really LOVE Katy Perry's latest single, The One That Got Away.. The music video is really sad too..




Somehow it makes me think of high school..

November 21, 2011

33 Days To Go

Wahhh..

Sekarang blogpost title adalah countdown gitew..

33 days to go!

Tatau nak happy ke nak nervous. At this point, dapat lah saya menyimpulkan bahawa perasaan nervous adalah mengatasi perasaan lain.

Kenapa nervous?

1) Baju saya yang hentah hapa-hapa iteww..
-Ntah la dier betulkan ke idok ye. Tapi dapat disimpulkan saya MESTI tempah kainnya di tempat lain. Sebab kain yang telah dijahit itew tidak menepati citarasa saya. The top is still okay i guess.. Kalo ikotkan diri yang sudah mula memasuki fasa bridezilla ini, nak je tempah baju baru. Memandangkan tak berbaloi je tempah baru (nak beli lace, chiffon dah berapa ribu, upah jahit lagi..), saya tenangkan hati dan fikir rasional; tempah kain je la dik non..

2) Renovation di rumah masih belum start..
-i did tell you that the family mengarahkan saya cari kontraktor untuk tukar parquet kepada tiles kan? So bende alah tu belum lagi berlangsung ye. Cat rumah pon belum. Aku dah sesak nafas ni memikirkan sempat ke tak nak renovate bagai ni..

Dalam halangan berganda ini, there is still one ray of sunlight..

Kad jemputan kahwen dah siap! Pheww..

Sekarang saya kene gigih menguruskan badan. i dunno how la since i'm the type who will pengsan if i skip a meal and gastric kalo tak makan nasik. Usaha je la. Kalo i tak kurus dan tak cantek masa wedding nanti jangan kutuk pleaseee!

Ok bye.

p/s: My girls from office threw As, Pijot and i a Bachelorette Party last week! It was MARVELLOUS AND SO FABULOUS. Will update about that when i have more photos ;)
November 14, 2011

Wedding Dress Drama

My wedding preparation has been going on smoothly without any hitch or drama.

i was so happy and relieved. Until i finally see my wedding dress!

My wedding dress is not ready made. Kebetulan kami jumpa pakej yang buat promotion buat baju baru yang kemudian diorang amek untuk disewakan. Disebabkan Mr. Chenta berkenan baju kawen kaler emerald green yang susah nak cari ready made, kitorang amek la pakej tu.

Last week baju saya siap. It was not okay.

Bila try, memang okay fitting baju dia. Muat-muat. Cuma kain tak memuaskan hati.

Tapi bila snap gambar and tengok balik gambar tu, i look like Princess Fiona in Shrek! Linda and Mariah yang tengok gambar tu tak puas hati. i'm a bit slimmer but the baju makes me look all blown up! Ntah la sebab design baju ke, the ill-fitting kain ke or angle. But i don't look okay.

i'm freaking out now.

*nanges*

November 7, 2011

Wedding Update!

i'm getting married in 47 days, ya'll!!

Seriously, where have all the months and days flew off to? 

Dalam kesibukan prepare for annual assessment and Raya Aidiladha, sempat jugak kitorang siapkan a few wedding thingy..

Bunga Pahar is Ready Yeayyy! Hampa masa gi Nilai tak jumpa bunga telur yang diidamkan. Setelah meng-google blogs wedding vendor, terjumpa blog Wawa. i like the simplicity of her bunga telur so i emailed her straight away. Reply was prompt. Puas hati dengan harga, i placed a deposit and the deal was sealed. Janji nak deliver bunga telur at end of November. i was so pleased when she emailed me last week saying the bunga telur is ready. That's one month ahead of schedule! Bunga telur pon cantik and seperti dalam gambar. Thanks Wawa!

Borang Kebenaran Nikah Settled! Disebabkan Mr. Chenta and i live in the same mukim/kawasan, proses dapatkan kebenaran nikah adalah smooth. He went to see the Qadi first. Sebab sama kawasan, Qadi suruh datang balik bawak saya dan wali. So last Friday we went along with Wan and my brothers pastu terus ke JAWI. Alhamdulillah mudah urusan :)

Change of Nikah Venue.. Initially nak buat kat rumah. After careful consideration, rasanya senang buat kat masjid. So dah tukar, kami akan bernikah di Masjid Uzamah bin Zaid, Wangsa Maju :)

Doorgift Settled Yeay! If you remember in my Jakarta post, i have bought doorgifts for female guest. Yang lelaki punya tak beli di sana. Setelah puas memikir dan mencari, kami dah settlekan gift untuk lelaki. Phewwww...

Apa lagi ya? Hopefully this weekend or next week kami ada masa nak gi fitting baju sanding. Berdebar nak tengok outcome!

Planning and preparing for a wedding is fun, but it's tiring!  Don't get me wrong, like any other bride, i'm excited to dream about my wedding, i'm having fun preparing.. But i always find myself wanting to get this over and done with, so we can be husband and wife and live as a happy married couple.

Sometimes people ask, what's the wedding theme? i found i can't really answer this. Wedding saya takde lah theme macam garden ke, Hollywood wedding ke, Moroccan wedding ke.. For me, as long as wedding kami organized and ada benda-benda perlu (like pelamin cantik, baju cantik, makanan sedap, deco ala kadar, doorgift as a thank you for our guests, etc) it's good enough. Tipu lah kalau tak teringin baju designer (i adore Rizman Ruzaini and Hatta Dolmat) but saya kedekut nak spend duit. Hehe. Maybe people expects a grand wedding from me just because i work for a Multinational company, i don't know.. Wedding mak biase je nokkk..

Even my friends are surprised kenapa saya belom jadi bridezilla and tak kecoh-kecoh kat FB pasal wedding. Even this blog pon takde listkan vendor or brides-to-be blog list. Takda jugak elaboration melampau pasal dream wedding/hantaran/decoration, etc.. i don't know how to answer that either. Maybe the appropriate answer is "Because i don't feel like it.."

Haihhh asalnya nak share pasal wedding update je, last-last jadi sesi luahan perasaan pulak. Okay, signing off for now.

p/s: tak sabar nak gi wedding my UMS girlfriend, Mawai this weekend. i always refer to her blog for wedding vendors. Informative tau! Can't wait to see the dress, and the DIY stuff she made. She's gonna look GORGEOUS!

Easy Peasy Pizza by Teefa

i have not been blogging for a while. Halah tak guna nak bagi alasan busy dengan assessment dan hal kahwin. Kalo nak ber-blog tuh akan ber-blog jugak kan?

Anyway, dalam ke-busy-an, sempat jugak luang masa buat pizza. Hehe. My first ever homemade pizza.

It all started when Adeq, Mr. Chenta's 12-year-old brother found this website online. We were drooling at the Crispy Onion video recipe and browsed through and decided to make pizza as our weekend project. But really, apalah ko boleh harap kat budak lelaki 12 tahun nak buat pizza ngan ko.. He helped me measure the ingredients, wowed at the process and pegi depan sambung main game (-_-)

There are three stages in making the pizza; the dough, the sauce, and the toppings. Honestly, they're all easy processes. Cuma leceh sikittttttt je.

The Dough

i prepared this on Friday night as it needs around 12-18 hours to let the dough rise dan menggebu. Easy peasy when you follow the instruction in this No-knead Pizza Dough video:


Note: It was hard finding all-purpose flour at Carrefour (ke aku je tak nampak?). i bought a brand called Pillsbury at Cold Storage.

The dough after it has risen. i only waited for 13 hours. Tak sabar dah. Then i divided it into 4 doughs pastu uli sampai jadi camni (as per video).


The Sauce

Bila agak-agak dah nampak dough tu dah naik dan gebu, boleh la start buat sos pizza ni.. Again, sila follow video ini:


Note: Canned peeled whole tomato can be bought at Cold Storage. 

 My pizza sauce.

The Toppings

Now this is the FUN FUN FUN part! Kita boleh sesedap rasa letak topping apa kita nak sebab pizza kita, sukahati kita lah. i decided to have minced chicken, beef salami (konon-konon ganti beef pepperoni lah, cari pepperoni tak jumpa), Portobello mushrooms, bell peppers and Mozzarella cheese.

Minced chicken tu kene masak dulu sebelum dijadikan topping. Senang jah. Ini resipi saya yang saya hentam main campak dalam kuali on the spot..

Ingredients:
600g minced chicken
3 shallots
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper

Instruction:
Tumis bawang dalam minyak zaitun. Masukkan minced chicken. Bila ayam tu separa masak, masukkan garam and lada hitam secukup rasa. Siap!

The minced chicken.
Veggies and meat salami!

Okay, bila dough, sauce and toppings ni dah siap, sapukan sauce atas dough yang dah dilenyek, letak toppings pilihan hati, top it off with Mozzarella cheese sesedapnya. Bakar dalam oven lebih kurang 15 minit. Haa.. Dah jadi pizza. Kalau meletops dah boleh ko bawak jual Jahhh!

 Sebelom masuk oven.

Bahan-bahan di atas ni boleh buat 4 bijik 9-inch pizza. Memang dari tengah hari smpai malam kitorang makan pizza je hari tu..

Dannnnn... Ini hasilnya!

 My very first pizza. Sekarang dah bercita-cita nak bukak little pizzeria. Gila semangat dan ambitious kan?
Back to reality.


Selamat mencoba!

p/s: i soooo love Foodwishes! Banyak gila resipi and senang ikot..