It's His Birthday! (& Our 'Merisik' Day)

Today is THE DAY!

The day in which E's Family would come down to discuss on the upcoming engagement (otherwise known as merisik.)

Coincidentally, it is also E's Birthday!

Yes. It is E's Birthday and our Merisik Day. He planned it that way, 'cos the engagement would be early next year, so merisik has to be done asap. And, he said that our engagement is the best birthday present he could ever ask for! (So, I don't need to buy him any pressie! YAY! Perangai kedekut nak mampz. Heh! Anyways, his birthday present would still be given. Just not today. Heee!)

Preparations for today:

1.Clean the house from top to bottom

2. Prepare the items needed to serve to the guests

3. Get ready. Dress nicely.

4. Hyperventilate. (Okay, that one is just me being nervous. HEE!)

Hopefully the discussions would go smoothly, insha Allah ameen!

Anyways, what are the ladies and the gents supposed to do in such a situation?

I know that the gents are supposed to send their representative to the house while they wait somewhere, but for the ladies?

What are your opinions? Or what is your experience?

Please share!!

*twinklez

The Chosen Dulangs Are...

Like mentioned previously, I will update on the chosen dulangs..

So after considerable thinking, I chose these five items!
1. Watch
2. Chocolates
3. Fruit tart
4. Fruits
5. Bunga rampai

Seems pretty simple, right? But, now is the fun yet tedious part...

 The decorations!

So, where is the perfect place to get deco items?

I have one I reaaally wanna go..

It is at:
Sin Hin Chuan Kee Pte Ltd

Head Office
No. 796/798 North Bridge Rd S 198766
Tel: 62988000 Fax: 62965195
Or
Branch Office
No. 200 Jalan Sultan #01-08 Textile Centre S 199018
Tel: 62988622 Fax: 62986068
Or email them at: www.shck.com.sg

Opening Hours
0900 hrs to 1800 hrs on Weekdays & Saturday
Closed on Sunday & Public Holidays

This store is well-known (but only to those who are into handicrafts..) for the deco items that they have, from ribbons to buttons to fabric cloths to.... many, many more! I chanced upon this shop when I was blogsurfing and I could still remember how excited I was when I first stepped into the store.. Macam budak masuk candy shop! Heh! :P

But... the sad thing is just that the store opens from Monday - Saturday,
And with me working 5 1/2 days, it will only be on January 2014 when I can get a chance to visit the shop to get my deco supplies...

Ohh! And guess what? Merisik will be done in two days' time! Time really flies by when you are excited + nervous + stressed! Hee..

Will update more on this nerve-wrecking event!

Till then, have a good advanced weekend, peeps! ;)))

Preparation-Mania 1

Soo.. even before the dates of 'merisik' was finalised, my mind was going through 1001 things and I, sort of panic.
Hee.. i was panicking 'cos E insisted to get engaged within two months. And I was thinking of the expenditure.. isit enough?
Alhamdulillah, there is enough plus some, but still, I panic.
Until E had to firmly tell me to calm down and that all will be fine, if we rationalise, discuss, plan and tawakkal.
I panicked at first 'cos honestly I am afraid of what my mum would plan. She usually has the final say in everything and I was afraid that my mum would not agree to the plans I have in mind. (Lagi-lagi, it was because of my mum's insistence that we got engaged.. E and me did not want one, but as usual, mums would usually go, "What would others say, especially my friends and your relatives, when they see the both of you outside together?" Oh, and another thing, I am the eldest, so paham-paham je lah.. hee..)
Okayyy.. Being a Muslim, I know that it is essentially disallowed to go out as a couple alone due to modesty issues, so now, most of our 'dates' are out in the public and usually in a group. And also because of this, is one of the reasons why I accede to the request to get engaged..
Anyways, back to the engagement plans, E and me have finally decided on the number of dulangs - 5!
That is considered on the lower spectrum of extravagance but the headache is still there.. 'Cos I had initially planned 7 dulangs as I recently got to know that for the bride side, they have to give a higher number of dulangs than the groom side, (the reason why, please don't ask me why. The reasons I got just doesn't make sense.. heh.) so when he decided to cut down, I was wondering which dulang to cancel.
Originally, it was supposed to be:
1. A Watch
2. Wallet, Belt, Suspenders
3. Chocolates
4. Fruits
5. Cupcakes
6. Fruit tart
7. Bunga rampai
But now, it has to be changed. *sighs*
I will update in the next post on my final decision, but can someone enlighten me whether is bunga rampai considered as part of the dulang, or not?
Thank you much-much! *^▁^*

*twinklez