Sunday, March 6, 2011

Memoirs of Roy & Lin's Wedding

Years ago, I was not a big fan of weddings. I tried to avoid weddings as much as possible so that I could avoid being asked that big "mystery question" (or being lectured about the blissfulness and contentment of being married) by Good Samaritans and .... to be honest, seeing two souls being reunited as one in holy matrimony "was too much" for my then faint heart hahaha. That's why Emel, Jett and myself decided to give standard answer ... "December" (tiba-tiba si Taylor Swift polah lagu Back in December indah).

But as years gone by and maturity starts kicking in, I realised that weddings are indeed also stressful on the part of the brides and grooms (let alone parents) as much as the "unmarried" ladies attending it. They couldn't eat much, (nanti lipstick hilang), couldn't move much (nanti tiara jatuh) ... let alone "nak kentut" (nanti hilang glammmm). I remembered Nijah's wedding, even during "bersanding" she still gave instruction to her parents and aunties on the wedding cues.

Sate tulang ... one of Negeri Sembilan signature dishes.
So I started enjoying weddings ... on behalf of the brides and grooms. Tasting the food and wine (Tony's wedding was set in a very famous restaurant in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur), enjoying the ambience of the banquet hall (Kazen's wedding was set in the latest hotel in Kuching, the 4-points), enjoying the marriage  of culture (Niejah's wedding incorporated a mix of Malay and Bajau tradition) ... and taking a point or two  (taknak bohonglah ..) for "any" future weddings. 

Roy and Lin.
Anyway, I guess this special wedding of Roy and Lin (the beautiful princess of Norzah and Datin Zaitun) deserve to be featured in my humble blog. All I can say is simple, creative and timeless. The wedding  reception on the bride side was set at the bride's residence in Taman Melawati. 
Kompang group leading the bride and groom's procession.
Traditional musical group.
These are not bridesmaid but more like ladies of the chamber and knights.
The gift bearers from the groom side.
The bride and groom on the ceremonial couch. Gifts from the groom were adorned with white flowers whereas from the bride were with bright coloured flowers.
Look at this very sporting and loving couple!
Actually, I knew Datin first when she was in KPKT with me and she was also the person responsible for pulling me to MOTOUR. Myself and Norzah only met for the first time (and briefly) in Langkawi but we bonded through our blogs and Facebook. Then Norzah bonded with Yoyop through my blog and Facebook, which then extended to my mum. Wah ... very the social network gitew.

My mum never attended a traditional Malay wedding in Peninsular Malaysia before. She had attended Indian wedding (when my foster brother Puvan got married last year where she even wore saree) and Chinese weddings. So when Norzah requested Princess Director to fly Pehin Datin Seri all the way from Kuching to attend the wedding, of courselah akan ditunaikan oleh Princess Director. 

My mum would love so much to meet Norzah and Datin (and in fact she did mentioned about wanting to meet them zillion times months ago). So ... untuk mengelakkan dari disumpah jadi batu (hahaha), I siap flew her to KL guna the brand new Firefly Boeing 737-800 aircraft. And when disatukan pulak dengan Cik Tipah .... memang happening!!!!

Actually Norzah, Tipah and myself were actually eyeing this one tall yummylicious looking guy ... Masa tu we all on the way nak masuk rumah nak tengok bride. Suddenly Tipah exclaimed, "Handsomenyer mamat tu Mieeeee"...  I pun dengan kepantasan luar biasa terus menoleh dan .... zasssssss pertembungan mata berlaku dan (quoting ayat feveret Niejah) "dada berombak ganas". Tapi Norzah recommended pulak geng-geng "overtime" dia yang eligible dan available sampai I ngan Tipah tak tau nak kata apa tengok "uncle-uncle" semua tercengang. Hahahahahaha

Sekadar gambar hiasan. Actually I took this photo because it was so 1Malaysia.
I think the best part of Roy and Lin's wedding was the phototaking sessions at the photo booth corner. We all had a good laugh there. But hold on a second .... wah apa nie???? PANASSSSSSS
Alamakkkkkkk .... kantoiiiii

10 comments:

norzah said...

Probably i shouldn't be the first to comment on this entry, J, but I can't wait to thank you on the the write up and congratulate you on the way you handle the subject. If you didn't like to attend weddings before I also didn't like reading about it. But you made it very scrumptious and hilarious, capturing the highlights in words and pictures. I wish I know who the tall handsome guy you met. Those I introduced were to make the occasion memorable to them - they were very happy and some came back to ask me who the beautiful young ladies were. But i haven't checked their Bk,Acct. yet, hehehe. The last pic u uploaded is of course my pride. But if Nelly and Tipah complained - tuduh tak fair - I tak tau ya? That itself is an exsample of your creative ( even of sometimes wild) ideas. I love them all.

misshahila said...

J...aku asyik gelak je okayyy pas balik dari wedding lin..mau org ingat aku ni sasau..hahhaha..biasalah menjadi yang 'bongsu'..hahaha...
i like ur statement 'untuk mengelakkan dari disumpah jadi batu'...hahhaha..really love ur mum...sangat sporting...n also the entry about the handsome tall guy..ohhh dadaku berdegup kenchang okayyyyy...so handsomeee...nyum nyum..ops..hahahha...

NorZah: don b notty...hahaha...send my salam to that tall,young n handsome guy...hehehhehe...

rambomadonna said...

Norzah: Well, laughters, good time and great companies can do wonders to ones blogging skills and styles hehehe

Lin's wedding reception captures the most important essence of the wedding - great and fond memories. Sometimes, weddings are not always about the BRIDE and GROOM (we leave the best dress and looking good part to them), it is also about the guests. That's why I had always wanted my wedding to be an intimate affair hehehe

OMG ... really Norzah! Come to think of it memang yang "overtime" lebih berduit dan berharta sebab selalu buat "overtime" pun hahaha. Sayang lah I tak sempat nak tanya nama that cute guy sebab KAGET donggggg!!!!

Alaaa Tipah memang selalu kacau time I nak "manja2" ngan u. Nak caras lah tu hahahahahahahahahahah

rambomadonna said...

Missshahila: Woowwwww ... I don't know that you bloggggg! Hai takkan lah criter pasal kena maki penunggang jer kot. Critalah fakta lain sekali hehehe

Me and my mum pun dok crita pasal that wedding, our naughty moments ... pasal u. Tipah, my mum said kalau u duduk antara Datin and Norzah, memang nampak macam anak depa .... cuba ko check DNA. Manalah tau kat mana2 ada bau2 bacang. Aku siap tag tau gambar Datin that looks like u.

BTW, thank u yer jadi follower blog I hehehee

Si Yoyop Bah... said...

Hahaha...aku takde kat sana pun tp dapat rasa keHANGATan dan keMERIAHannya. Psl Photo corner tu, I LIKE!. Mcm takde majlis org kahwin yg i hadiri ada photo corner. Wah, ada idea baru ni..Hihi.
Mcm ada juga mataku melihat kelibat jejaka hensem berbaju melayu warna kuning cair...Hmmm, ntahla betapa hensemnya jejaka yg korg katakan tu tp kalau DADA JAIME BEROMBAK GANAS...Wahh...Mmg hensemlah tu. Haha. Tp DADA mu sering memberi respon kan J?. Lebih cepat terangsang berbanding anggota badan yg lain. Haha.

norzah said...

Jaime n Tipah, ingat i dapat gambar org hensem yg u berdua so excited about - kalau dia betul-betul berbaju Melayu kuning air macam kata Yoyop. Kalau warna bajunya lain tak taulah. Kenalah u org tengok semua gambar2 yg sudah ada dan yg akan timbul, dan tunjukkan orangnya. Mungkin i boleh tolong cari kalau kena PI feenya, hehehe.
Tentang org-org overtime yg available tu, mereka tak kemana2. Boleh jumpa saya kalau berminat. Intermediary fee lebih murah dari PI fee, BTW don't underrate performance level of the overtime people, They maybe slow but sustained, huhuhu.
Tentang Tipah macam anak I dan Tun, "anak" I mungkin tapi cuma "adik bongsu" Tun, hehehe. Macam Nelly jadi "kakak sulung" you, wakakaka.

Si Yoyop, you suka photo korner tu ya? Kalau u ada entah prop apa pulak yang akan u gunakan. Yang pasti prop paraglider tak ada. Misai tebal dan hidung panjang adalah, hehehe. Agaknya yoiu juga kan terpukau dgn lelaki hensem yg menyergah Jaime dan Tipah. Mereka berdegup-degap di dada saja, you entahkan terbang melawayng di angkasa igauan.

Anyway you all made the occasion sooooo memorable, Thanks so much J, Nelly, Tipah and you too, Yoyop, walaupun absen.

rambomadonna said...

YY: Aku dok cari lah dari mana ko dapat ilham lelaki pakai baju kuning cair .... rupa2nya dalam gambar "can't take my eyes of you". nooooo ... bukan yang itew. Yang itew ... dia yang mengalami simptom "dada terasa berombak ganas" dengan i hahahaha ...

Heiiiii ko jangan ... pasal "dada" aku lah kita hampir memenangi pertandingan kawad semasa pentauliahan Palapes kat UKM tau ... tapi apakan daya, harapan itew hancur kerana (sila sambungkan sbbnya cik YY).

Tipah ... dia pakai baju putih kan??? Aku pun tak ingat lah ... sebab selepas bersabung pandang ... terus tindakan refleks memandang ke tempat lain. Tapi aku rasa dia tau lah kita "heart fall" dengan dia. Hahahaha

Norzah ... YY tu sekarang nie kalau bercakap kan ibarat "mengintai dari tirai kamar" hehehe
Adalah tuuuuuuu ....opssss. Tapi pasal member overtime you tu takut pulak jika depa "dada berombak ganas" ngan weols and terus "gone to heaven" (oppsssssss)

Suka sangat tau dengan entri ni and baca komen-komen uols ... really make my day yang sepertinya perlu di spice up sikit.

Si Yoyop Bah... said...

Hahaha...
Aku rasa kelakar btllah dgn "ELIGIBLE BACHELORS" 2 org tu...Mcm tgh berbisik, mgkin tgh memilih yg mana 1 pilihan kalbu, adakah cik Tipah ataupun Cik Milah?...Haha, yg sorg pulak sibuk mengkenen, siap sebut berapa baki kat bank, brapa byk kete, slow but sustained la...Haha.
Aku ngintai dr tirai kamar???. Cuba ko jelaskan sikit. Aku slowlah, tp sustain...Haha

misshahila said...

J: dat guy pakai baju warna silver if i not mistaken. Dadaku berdegup kencang bila terigt die. WOw!!..Sungguh anak ikan okay. J, ur mom also tell me dat my face same with Dzaitun. Actually mak aku pon cakap yang sama sebab penah tengok gamba aku dan datin. hahahha..Kan manusia ade 7 rupa yang sama, atau mungkin "adik bongsu" yang diberikan kepada keluarga angkat ka??..ohhh nooooo..hahahha...Doctor plis..cek my DNA..hahaha

Norzah: bukan lelaki berbaju melayu kuning. Tu pemain instrument yang berbaju sama dengan saya. Saling tak tumpah. Malah seperti dah sepakat dengan diorang nak pakai baju sama (kuning ke bukan oren ke?)..hahahha

YY: dat Eligible Bachelors tu aku pas kat J dlu sebab die kan "kakak sulong"..hahahaha..Selepas cek bank balance baru kena semayang istikarah..hahahahha

rambomadonna said...

Tipah ... pandai jer ko nak tolak kat aku atas dasar "kakak sulong" those eligible bachelors.

Aku dah siap warning awal kat Norzah ... eligible bachelors jangan pandang kitaorang lama2, takut "dada berombak terlalu ganas" and go straight to heaven" (palis palis)

YY, aiiii sudah terang lagi bersuluh ...nak kena sebut dengan terang-terang kan maksud di sebalik "mengintai dari tirai kamar" .... kalau nak tau cuba ko cari lirik lagu jeslina hashim...

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