Fawwaz Amsyar's Cukur Jambul

After a long hiatus of event planning (oh even planning gathering for reunions are not enuf to satisfy me!) finally got to do some d-i-y projects for my baby boy's Cukur Jambul event.

I chose for the theme colour to be BLUE, simply because mama had already bought a baby rocker for fawwaz (it was a surprise prezzie for us, she bought it while we were still at the hospital) that was blue and white, so we just went with that. And it was a very BIRU event.

Having a themed colour event is quite easy. U don't have to try that hard to make it happen. Its all in the details. My bestfriend pojan offered to design for me, so I asked her to make an A3 sized poster and lettering's for the backdrop garland. She made them & emailed to me so that I could print out and cut them (only sacrifice is of course have to be a bit more diligent & stay up the night before -_-)


We set up one arabian style tent infront of my parents house & of coz scallops & tablecloths were light blue :)

familiar centerpieces? yeah ulang idea masa wedding reception, just re-used stuff that was still in my d-i-y wedding box. As it was a small event, not many tables so I just printed out 5 pics of baby fawwaz and on the back printed out a larger version of the TQ tags (which I downloaded free online). Then I just edited & added on some text, wallah, customized :)

our event was on 12 May 2012, mama chose the date since fawwaz was already 42days & also my bro & hubby were flying from sabah. coincidently that date also marked the first year of the passing of my beloved grandmother, so on top of majlis kesyukuran, we also had a tahlil & yassin for my late grandparents. It started at 11am with mostly family members.

Mama specifically called male marhaban persons coz it was how her family always did it. Bacaan doa dari father-figures katanya. So hubby carried fawwaz and the guests & family members cut some of his hair off (memang aku xreti bercerita kan).

then it was family photo session in front of our d-i-y backdrop. mama & lil sis wna went to nagoya to buy the fabrics (i was in confinement remember) but of coz she had to send me dozens of mms's to get my approval hehe, they also went to Jalan TAR to buy the boxes for our door gifts, love them so much! balloons were a last minute buy that I grabbed from popular when we went out buying A3 boards & paper for the posters. My uncle sewed our fabrics together foc ;)

oh, didn't think I wanted to get an outside photgrapher since we were budget tight but after thinking about it so many (many many many!) times I thought 'but we'll never get this moment back again, first kenduri for our child, and I have so many diy stuff that took planning & time' . soooo googled up some photogs and found ummi's blog: theladiesphotographer.com , coz of our non-existant budget (merayu dgn hubby to squeeze it in) I took her shoot & burn package for 2 hours, just enuf time for the cukur jambul event.

jejaka yang diraikan

ummi also took our photo's outdoor's which was cool (outdoors pun seblah laman rumah je hehe). dapat jugak family shots of the 3 of us.

come 12noon our guests started arriving for our makan2 & meet the baby session. We appointed our trusted caterer again (he provided for our nikah & malam berinai) and everything was delish! (pantang? err dah 42 hari dah mase tu haha). He also made the drinks blue (sampai skrg xsure the flavour, but we had fun guessing it! either mixed fruits, laici or air mata kucing?). My aunts & uncles sponsored curry puffs, popiahs & kuih apam (which i pleaded for her to make it in blue & white hee).

ramainyaa orang bergambar dengan fawwaz, he was such a good boy the whole day plus the night before, nangis nak mintak susu je, probably knew people were celebrating him. By this time my photographer was one of wna's best friends Nadia :)

these are some of the group photos!! me & wna decorated the baby rocker using vines of white flowers and tied them together using floral wire (from my diy box), we used the white carpet from my wedding and used props like my 2 teddy bears & floral balls. All recycled!

me & my little angel. i bought my baju a day before the event coz i had totally nothing in blue. So while mum babysitted fawwaz, me & hubby went hunting for baju & stuff for d event. I actually wanted to get a jubah or something that was not fitting but didn't have time to go looking & ended up buying baju kurung modern & was supposed to take out the darts on the back (so it wudnt hug my fat body so much) but in the end forgot coz was too bz wif deco & door gifts. hehe, honestly i looked like a log wif my tummy wrapped in my abdominal binder (xleh pakai bengkung). But all shots without my body were nice :)

these are the door gifts we gave out. the paper bags were for the marhaban'ers. inside were a mini sejadah & chocs. Inside the normal doorgifts were hand-knitted cases (from my aunt) that were filled wif chocs. The cupcakes were sponsored by my lil'bros girlfriend & her mum! baik gila kot! they were adorable choc cuppies wif fawwaz's name on them. She got them from Kupkek Amira.

Alhamdulillah it was a smooth event & our utmost prayers are that little fawwaz amsyar grows up to be a good muslim, happy, successful & healthy, anak yang soleh & cucu yang manja & penyayang :) Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

AWEEN'S BACHELORETTE PARTAY!

Thursday late nite, 30.09.10 . . .

Di bawah khemah NSJ . . .

Semua kekasih baru berkumpul di rumah Aween . . .

aku yang keletihan sket & kemengantukan berpusing dr tempat duduk &

(muka serious terkejut, bukan berlakun ye)

tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

i got my bachelorette party rite in from of my house

on the midnite before i got married!!!!!

sumpah happy giler! i wouldn't replace it for anywhere else!! :)

i love it!!!! (made with love yg my pengapit haida)

my gift/goodies bag :), dalam ni ada my gorjes

 jet-setter handbag + telekung sulam +

buku 'hadiah utk pengantin' + surat2 cinta from my kekasihs :)

haida, ain, tasha

tasha, aween, izat

fahmi melihat dari belakang dgn penuh kekaguman :D

pengantin gelojoh nk pegang sume hadiah

 skali dgn mkn cupcake sodap giler

(perisa orange & strawberry)

me & my wna bucuk

membace isi kandungan buku 'hadiah utk pengantin'

penuh dgn koleksi doa daripada Quran & Hadis

thank you my sygs!!!! :)

(sambil diperhatikan my two bodyguards

-hehe, yes bachelorette partay aku ada dua jejaka,

 jgn risau dorg bukan male-strippers.HAHA) 

dan seterusnya, sesi pembacaan surat dari kekasih2 ku,

kena bace kuat2 depan semua org

sesi mendengar, memerli sesama sendiri, sebak, gelak ketawa..

sambil menahan mengantuk (looong nite ahead!)

ada statement yg lawak gile tak menahan aku baca!

hahahah, ain ko tido ke hape?

then ain tumpahkan coke atas meja! AHAHAHHA

tak sempat buat majlis lagi, klaka gila k

ni mesti time sebak nye ayat ni..huuuu

(sori sume muka slekeh nak mampus,

hari tu aku x mandi seharian psl nak jaga inai,

 haha, rahsia tuk nmpk berseri di hari kahwin

edisi-tak-betul from me)

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to my kekasih's/bridesmaids/soul-sisters forever (Pure):-

AIN

IZZATI

HAIDA

POJAN

C-NAH

MAG

MAF (jauh di mata tetap di hati)

i love korg so much!!

from the deepest place in my heart,

thank you for everything,

for being there for me thru my tough times,

for standing strong behind me when i was weak,

for always being there thru all our crazy & fun times,

 for accepting my psycho-emo-ego attitude without judging me,

for being more to me than family can be..

i am utterly speechless (type sambil nangis ni!)

i know how much you love & pray for me

and i love you all back with every doa for you too

each words you had to say in the love-letters, i will treasure,

even those that are un-typed,

i will take ur words as my comfort & advice

thank you for helping me 'stalk' panjang dlu ;D

thank you for making me feel better when i felt like giving up

thank yous for you girls are too small for me to say

how each one of you have changed my life,

i can't even begin to describe

THANK YOU FOR THE MOST MEMORABLE BACHELORETTE PARTAY EVER!

(oh and mintak maaf psl rite after berpesta trus kna

 bekerja keras smpai tak tido sume, hehe)

p/s: ini baru small punye thank you, tunggu part

 'wedding committee, jemu korg bace aku nye penghargaan nanti,

hahah, sukati akula..)

Silver Jubilee: Birthday Entry!

twenty-five..suku-abad..vingt-cinq..dua puluh lima tahun ahh?

yep aween, believe it! tua suda..

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i have had great birthday surprises over the years..most of them, no.., i mean ALL of them are becoz of my beautiful friends (& also fiance' ~ syg aku bukan lupa tau.hahah) !! my family ain't the "celebrating b'day" type :D wat pe celebrate umur yang makin pendek kan?..heheh..but i love them all the same nway..

so this is the entry where i talk about my birthday, about a few past celebrations, surprises & cakes (of coz kna ada cake!), but pics are only from what i have stored, yang before2 that, i seriously only have the pics in my mind (pics kat org lain, i didn't take a copy), or my old thumbdrive (kna curi) heee..

i guess i'll start from some highlights during my uni years.. ok, honestly aku tak brape ingat dah time high skool or before :D, probably bcoz the pics xde so i can't recall all that well but aku ingat mesti dapat hadiah or bday card nye lah! time primary skool, my small 5 people gila nye budak2 kecik! (ingat tak rory?) heheh..

okeh, moving on...there was one bday surprise by 3G kesayangan suraya & kaye. they brought me to OU, & gave me a nice hair cut treat, siap kembang2 rambut aku segala, then aku pkai balik tudung jugak :D hahah, so of coz penyek balik, then dorg bawak aku gi Delicious & blanje & surprised me with the hot choc cake with vanilla ice cream on top..mantap, melt-in our mouth sodap! :)

then there are the countless time my 'PuRe celebrated my birthday, dari matrix kot..from pizza stuffing, surprise bday cakes (even when we were all struggling with out deadlines for thesis/final portfolio) SUMPAH, aku syg gila korg & every single thing that u do for me :) hahah
 

mmg ni je ke gmbar kte lengkap 8 org? susah btul la amek lengkap!

haaaa..2007! this year we were at Pangkor on the date of my birthday, time ni dah couple dgn syg, but dia x follow coz nak siapkan his thesis...but we had so much fun siot!

first big surprise..2 of my best-friends yang originally didn't follow us to Pangkor..SUDDENLY showed up on my Birthday!!! mcm gler aku menjerit & happy & suka & etc2..hahah, FAHMI & KAYE! korg ni mmg gila! gile!

THEN, they all pakat2..& made me a freaking huge sand cake..sumpah time tu rasa nak nangis terharuuuuuu (T_T)

cantik kan? Fahmi yang hias dgn kerang tu..besela, budak Applied Art :D

us with my birthday cake :D

then we watched the sunset together2, sambil bercerita tentang masa depan (time ni baru habis practical, sedang berangan la ni)

2008 i got a small comel cake, mkn time tngah berpeluh menaip thesis :D hahah..sanggup dorg kuar dari campus cari cake gak tuk aku, eventho they didn't get enuf sleep from staying up at the studio (they is my 'PuRe), malam tu i think i went out with soedaydah & the gang (hee, ok seriously x ingat)

now last year was a real 'back-to -basics' birthday..nak tau apa aku buat the nite before my birthday?

i was silently crying

alone

dalam khemah

at pantai syawal, Lumut/Pangkor

thinking of how old i am

and how i missed my bestfrens & bf & mum 

LOSER kan?

well last year, my birthday fell when we had to go to the OBS course, a'ah..yang buat aku hitam legam tu..haa, yang ni la---> entry obs yang tak habis :D

lets see what i was doing, on 13th April, last year!!

yep, yang berbungkus mcm micheal jackson to is me, hehe, i really took no chances in making myself tanned..the dumb thing is i forgot i was wearing the cloth so i was smiling the widest smile..& tak nampak :D hahaha, dah puas dah kna gelak dgn budak2 hitam lain..tngok btul2, u can see me smiling kan?? heeee..my lovely kayak-partner yang nmpk senyuman lebar nye :) kamal, life-saver ku kat sana..he really looked out for me (utk info, ktorg kayak keliling pangkor ok! it was such a big OUCH!) hahaha

well, on my birthday i felt better at once becoz everyone was wishing me happy bday & calling me the birthday girl, and kebetulan pulak, i was leader of the group that day (go go JERAI!), so i got to be in charge :) <which i love!, if u didn't already know> hahaha, so semua org kna ikut cakap aku that day..BEST BDAY GIFT EVER! :D

on our last nite at OBS Lumut, after our BBQ dinner & wacky (plus sexay) performances..the instructors & everyone else surprised me, boy & naren (all April babies) with 2 chocolate birthday cakes :)

hamek ko gelap gler! sori naren x nmpk your face ok! :D

again, abaikan muka hitam aku tu..

sedap..after 25 days plus x rasa cake kan, sume sedap!

relieved to just go back home...

curik one cake for myself!

oh yeahh, lupa..we also had a specially sent card from warga office that we left behind in KL, (rindu ktorg la tu!)

 comellllllll..it was filled with 'rindu' wishes, good luck for survival in the hutan wishes as well as one other note, just for me :)

heheheheh..ILOVE U GUYS..dari jauh hantar wish baling tepung, ohh so sweet :p

After coming back from Lumut, Perak..the first social gathering was Nik & Nurul's wedding reception..it was in Putrajaya & so beautiful, both nik & nurul (sebab nik pkai make-up!!) HAHAHA...

after the reception, next lepak stop was to Kaye's residence..rupa2nye..my kekasih's sume ni dah set up a surprise bday celebration for me (belated bday) & jnal (belated gak but still in May), kaye made us his new creation--> velvet cake..SEDAP GILA!

our cake

 muka terkejut! (kot)

 me & jnal the belated bday baby's (baby's ke? hahah)

 yeah we get it jnal, the cake is just THAT good! :D

 our one big happy family pose

(kaye muka ketat, ash nakal, ain ayu! omg..me loves u guys!)

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so this year...how did they surprise me? hmmmm..first of all, ada 3 org LUPA wish bday aku..

kaye

 

suraya

c-nah (takde link) hahah

so then c-nah replied & wished me happy belated, tapi yang lagi dua org ni, buat dek je my sms, FINE! dalam hati majuk la sket, org dh remind pon x wish! (ahaha..only the important ppl count ok)

for lunch, my lovely's blanje me dim sum @ PNB Darby :) suke sangat2 :)

back at ofis, i got my special delivery :) from Sabah (eventho i know for a fact that its from a flower shop in KL) ! saje nak berangan lebih..hahah

sayang! THANK YOU :)

comel sgt2..one cerah (aku kan?) & one gelap (syg kot? hehe)

 they got matching kaki...alalalalalala...suka nyeeeeeeeee

my favourite! chocs!

 (gambar, again from kak shaz :))

i also got a special delivery thru the office post :D love it maj! highlighters & all! :*

ok this came thru office post as well! a day after my birthday :) but the bday mood still going strong :)

haaaa....nak tahu apa isi kandungan dalam pakej itu? tungguuuu

(hahaha, bukan niat nak buat saspens pon, 

tngah tunggu gambar from kak shaz nye camera cantik :D)

THANKS AZIZ :D ko mmg marvelous! hebat & cool!!!

then comes the gler hebat scheming project..hasil daripada dua org kesayangan ku:-

majidah (we all know, apa2 je maj plan mesti menjadi!)

and this is the other culprit..org yg x wish my bday tuuu..kaye :)

maj buat a great storyline, asking me to teman her to klcc, nak usha barang rumah, dan aku pulak, dengan semangatnya bertanya 'why klcc?, why not ikea?'...maj was like, 'jom jela aween, i really need your opinion for the cadar for my bedroom'..okay cadar girl! ko mmg hebat kan? and aku mmg senang percaya kan? ha ha hah

so off we went, me aziz and maj :) from surveying household ornaments, a weird black feather lamp (yang macam one of the mad hatters hat in Alice in Wonderland, kan aziz?), we were down to shoe hunting, and sempat makan ice cream new zealand lagi , while waiting for the rest of the other 'cadar opinion givers' which i thought tak perlu sangat pon since we had already gone to every store that was in klcc :S

after a bit, our tummy's were already rumbling, & i had to rush off to the hospital by 9, so maj said 'aween, jomla kte makan kat Dome', hmmm..i was, ok..mana2 je..

dah duduk2 kat Dome tu, warga PNB yang workaholic tu sampai la segerombolan..hehe, hoi korg tu btulke wat kerja sampai Maghrib? gler hebat..so in comes Faisal, Alin, Dira, Fiona (pics will be uploaded once i get the softcopies from kaye/adam)..the usual lepak2 gang, THEN..

aku tetibe sakit perut..hahah, tak taula masuk angin ke hape..but i really needed to go to the toilet badly! nak terkucil segala lah..so aku lari la pegi toilet, the nearest toilet tu yang kna bayar RM2 :p..me being the kedekut me, sanggup naik escalator to the normal FREE toilets one level higher, even though perut dah sakit gilaaaaaa...

setelah kelegaan, off i was back to Dome, maj dah callings 'hoi ko pegi kencing ke berak ke hape?' hehehehe..'coming2', dorg dah pindah tempat..duk kat a longer line of tables..i saw maj standing & smiling selebar2 nye..i was like 'ok, what happened?' pastu aku nampak muka muk2 yang familiar :)

muka2 ini yang aku nampak 

(sori bukan gambar time kat Dome, itu still pending from 

Kaye & the other yang amek gmbar :D, ini just gmbr lama nak 

tunjuk muka org2 gila yang aku syg)

kaye & suraya (original 3G~plus me of coz)

si Fahmi yang ada kat KL for his & Intan's Anniversary pon dtg (CONGRATS KORG!!!), masih kurus jugak, oi makan byk sikit boleh? (xpuas hati)

and of coz si jenal, driving from his site office in klia :D (yang ni je actual pic at Dome, haha, i didn't take much pics..excaited borak wif suraya (da, aku x jumpa su since i got engaged haritu, gila kan? :D)

then tambahan orang lagi..ada Adam,& Juya (fresh from the showers of Fitness First) ~ok gmbr lama jugak

juyaaa..jgn rindu2 kitrg time we go to Kuching next week okeh :) nanti ktorg belikan ko ikan terubuk istimewa, penuh satu beg MSAM..haha ok x?

 encek adam pon join gak..makan wedges bowl besar sampai x habis (ini gmbr lama jugak lagi)

they gave me this...the comel & sedap birthday cookie :)

and pojan (salah sorg PuRe juga bakal bridesmaid ku) gave me these, hand-made, high quality & kecomelan gila babs!..

a handphone pouch!!

 detailing cun gler! & ada butang siap! oh i love sgt2!

haaa, yang ni..tempat letak business card :)

poyo kan? kasi demo sket (cube straight on the spot tu!)

and last of all, lengkap dgn keychain LOVE. tq jan aku syg gila barang hasil kerja tangan ko nih :)

 from left: kak chik, POJAN, hamad
(sori jan aku curi gambar fb ko.haha)

THANX KORG SEMUA!!!

those that wished me thru sms
the nice & lovely wishes on fb (aku berusaha tuk reply every single wish)
the heartfelt cards, gifts & foods (so many food!!)
kak huda blanje me donuts,
eija bought me a slice of blueberry cheesecake,
oh, gemuknyaaa aween seminggu ni!!!!

I LOVE U ALL SO MUCH, seriously.
thanx for a great silver jubilee memory
(and my final one as a singleton ;>)