Losing the track of time

Now that we're nearing the end of 2010... seriously mcm tak rasa dah nak masuk tahun baru... I think I've been like this for the past few years... I stop celebrating the 'new year' but instead trying more on celebrating the 'new day'... always works at making me feel good about small achievements.

And I've achieved A LOT in 2010.
Alhamdulillah.


The other day, somebody asked us,
"So, both of you were married this year?"

And there was a brief of sheer silence, before I blurted out,
"Yeah, March..."
*sedangkan baru a few days I posted the 9 months banner
in this blog.

It was later in the afternoon when A brought up the topic again... "Tadi org blur masa org tu tanya kita kawin tahun ni ke..."
and I was like, "Tu la, org almost nak tercakap last year... Haha..."
A: Bila dia ckp Mac, baru org tersedar awal tahun ni...
Q: Haah, apsal rasa macam dah lama kawin?


Is it a good sign or a bad one?
Haha.
Macam dah lama sgt je kawin, padahal setahun pon belom.
I just felt good about it...
About feeling that we've been married longer than it actually is... ;)

On the other note, later that evening when he was driving, tiba2 dia cakap, "Org ingat nak buat bisnes syarikat bas la..." Then he paused before continuing, "Org nak bagi nama..." Longer pause...

I just kept my silence until he continued, "Q&A!"
followed by a big smile to me.
Elleh, ambik ati! :P

Route : Kedah - Johor.
Haha..

The truth about : BUBBLES!

As I mentioned in my old entry, I wanted to give bubbles to kids as wedding favour. And I found the bubbles-in-a-bottle
(mcm kita main kecik2 dulu...) at super cheap price -
Kat Pekan Cina, Alor Setar.

I went to the same shop a few times to check out but the stock was hardly there. Until one day, a few weeks before my wedding,
I called up the apek to check...
Lo and hold ~~ ada 25 packs of 2 dozens!
That makes 600 bottles of 'em. I booked 'em all.
Sapu bersih!

Tak pernah2 apek tu dpt stok 25 packs dan habis kesemuanya sederap to one customer. Since I was back in here working,
I asked my mom to pick 'em up...
My mom was like, "Nak buat apa ni byk2...?" Hehehe, mmg betul tak habis pun masa majlis tu, extended to A's side of event.
Habisss... Seronokkkk... Main buihhh....


Since today is our 9-months of being married...
Let me share some of the bubbles moment...Actually agak susah nak bergambar dikelilingi bubbles ni...
Byk gambar yang spoil sbb bubbles were not at the right places.
Kat muka la, kat mata la... etc.


Pastu bubbles landing kat baju la... kat muka la...
habis cair la mekap!
This is the photo taken the moment kitorg dah rimas
sbb byk sgt bubbles coming to us...

A dah sgt rimas... I dah lari... Haha.
And these are the culprits.
Memaksimumkan penghasilan buih menggunakan kipas...
Tidak perlu bersusah payah untuk meniup.
Bijak tak? ;P

BALLOONS continued...

Ok, tak habis lagi ckp pasal belon. Haha :P

Anyway, I despise it when people stereotyping balloons with birthdays. Or balloons with children's birthdays, to be precise. Like cakes to birthdays. Padahal wedding cake pon ada.
Cake nak makan bila2 masa pon boleh... Pegi je la cake house beli.
Or bake your own. Asal ada kek je kau ingat hari jadi...

*Ok, sesuai tak metafora itu?
Haha :P
Ataupon sarkas, funfair. Asal ada belon je - sarkas, funfair.
Sarkastiknya aku hari ni. Haha. Hormon.

If they were of multitude of colours, then it's a different story.
Unless it's meant for Mexican wedding theme.
Still balloons are relevant, people. I'm just simply balloons lover.
So just bare with me.

Let's cut the jinx and move on with the story.And so we decided to have balloons on A's side as well. This time, we found a helium balloons supplier. I couldn't remember the quotation (as all was done through phone calls), but if it's more than 300, we can get it like RM 1 each. Less than that RM 1.30...

After going through such a hassle being my own balloon-man, I came to agree with the arrangement. BUT, I decided that we would be using:
1. our own balloons - since I had no idea what kind of balloons they were going to use and so I decided it's better that I buy myself. So glad I did - And so I went to kilang getah for yet another round of purchase...
2. our own ribbons - the thin satin ribbons leftovers
- thus I managed to get the balloon-man to reduce it to RM 0.70. After all, we were just using the helium gas & inflating service...

Come the day, all was inflated very much earlier in the morning as A's family was having majlis cukur jambul for his nephew, Aydin. Turned out it wasn't the balloon-man who showed up but his workers. And they went on tying the white & pink balloons with blue benang bulu kambing. I've told them to use the white & pink ribbons but I guess the info was lost somewhere in between the crowd.

I was not around the scene to act bridezilla. After all, I resigned the post early in the morning as it was majlis bertandang/ menyambut menantu... :P So, hands off ~~~

They somehow tied some of the balloons with the satin ribbons. And that's how I knew - be it benang bulu kambing, or satin ribbon - all will entangle. Again, sila guna riben plastik.

Inflating in-process.
Expectedly, the balloons were such a hit amongst children. Comel tau makcik2 pon nak belon as doorgift. Baru halfday, hampir semua belon dah hilang. Haha. And it was drizzling that afternoon, the raindrops yang kena kat belon tu cause it to be heavy and unable to float. So nak bagi dia float, kena lap air2 kat permukaan belon...

Balloons by the fence
Before the day ends, I tried to demonstrate the effect of helium on our voice - the chipmunk/donald duck effect. Turned out it didn't happen. I so doubt what kind of gas the vendor really used...

Lepas tu, masa nak clear the payment he said we used 500 balloons. Punya la penipu! I bought 600 of them and I had balance of 200 in my hand. Again I wasn't there. A paid extra RM 70.

So I wouldn't suggest this guy. Blue benang, doubtful gas and extra 100 pieces that we didn't get - I've deleted his number :P