Green & white was the theme of my cousin Nizam's wedding this wkend, so I'm addicted to green for now (that explains the font colour!).
Nizam & I, both born 1976...both have been the pillar of strength to our own Moms by getting things done...both shares the same personality/character...both have been evading marriage for like forever, pushing the buck at each other "U 1st...No no u 1st..." Alas, his "jodoh" came 1st...so it's time he settles dwn.
It feels like yesterday that his Mom told us Nizam's wedding will be in Dec...b4 I know it 9 Dec is already here. I didn't even take leave on 8 Dec till last minute I had to beg my boss for leave...didn't get 1 day leave, so I settled for just 1/2 day! If I didn't my aunt will probably kill me!! I mean, usually weddings r on Sun, so I have a Sat to "rewang"...but 1st time in our family history, the wedding is juz on Sat...which means rewang day is on Fri!!! Imagine, I leave office @ 7.30pm, reach home settle dwn & leave after Isya 4 my granny's place!! With the 1/2 day at least I've time to come home, settle dwn & head to granny's place after Asar (not too bad...at least I rewang till 11+pm! Nothing to do already, so decided to put the energy into btr things, like SLEEP! Had to wake up early on Sat morning coz gotta go granny's place. The marhaban's @ 10am & the groom's leaving @ 11am 4 the bride's venue for the nikah!
It's been a while since a close cousin (by close I mean those we grow up together with)got married. So it was fun to 2c every1 get together 2 make it happen. When I was younger, I had to do "kendarat" duties...we loved it coz we get money!! U know that flower with a $5 or $10 note for us to pin on our outfit so we can easily be identified as the helpers!! Now I've retired, coz the adults don't get the flower anymore, they give to the youngsters to motivate them to work!!! Just when I thot I wanna "cuci mata"...my aunt assigned me 2b Chief Kendarat! What?!? Supervisor?! Dowan...no incentive! So she promised me a big "flower", which she has yet to give btw!!
By 3pm, it got bz & I find that the teenage kendarats were slacking & mingling & having fun with each other & not doing their job properly that I had to step in & did kendarat duties (wash ppl's hands, serve drinks etc!). Bingit seh!!! That went on till 8-ish b4 we finally call it a day & excused ourselves. By then I was very irritable already coz I was too shagged! So Mom felt we btr go home since even she's tired & Amsyar's gotten cranky as it's his sleep time already.
The gd thing abt the wedding was mtg my former Sec sch mate Norazlina who's married to 1 of Nizam's college buddies. We really caught up with each other. Aherm...the 1st thing she said to me when she finally got my attn & I sat dwn with her was "U look soooo pretty"...to which I told her "Really? Yea, in sch I wasn't this pretty rite..." (hehe, that was just me & my sense of humour!). She remembered I was so into Madhuri & Salman back in sch. Madhuri's still v. much me..but Abhishek has taken Salman's place in my life!
The not-so-gd part of the wedding (apart from the few screw-ups which is inevitable in a function no matter how gd the planning is) was the disappointment of seeing how my teenage cousins have all turned into punksters - rebonding & colouring their hair, shaping their eyebrows, piercing their nose. Yea yea...I know it's fashion, but I don't condone such things while still in sch. Period. Anyways, it's over...at least I know I don't have to see their faces anymore...not until the nxt wedding...which is unlikely to happen till the next 2yrs I hope!!
Sooo...I was rite..."Nizam 1st"! But that also meant trouble 4 me...coz now I've nowhere to run from the pressure of marriage. As soon as Nizam's wedding was over, I got this from my fave aunt (Mak Ani) & my granny "Now I look forward to your wedding next!" Arrrggghhh! Expected, but still...have always hated that qn altho I always get away with my innovative answers all the time!!
That was my Saturday...thot of resting today, but didn't get much rest either today...awakened by the lil cartoon in my hse...making noise @ 10.30am! I got up, freshen up, had brunch, played with him till he got cranky, cradled him 2 sleep...then did some stuff on my PC while watching TV. After zuhur (abt 2pm) I got ready & went out with Mom, Sis & Amsyar, to visit my best fren Wirza who gave birth 3 wks ago. Spent some time (1hr @ her hse)playing with my god-daughter Shamim...cradled the newborn Muhd Syidaad 4 a while...then rushed off 4 my Sunday's beauty routine! Thank God Sis took over driving, since her car's parked @ my place, so she dropped me off.
Gonna be a loonnggg week...but looking forward to bonus on Tues & then nxt wkend (22 Dec) 4 my well-deserved vacation 2 Terengganu!! Yeehar!!
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