Tunang Ideas

alhamdulillah..

after months of thinking, ive finally decided on the theme for tunang..

considering that my family have the Malacca's Baba&Nyonya's blood in us, ive decided to use "Baba Nyonya" as the theme for my engagement..woot!hehe

so when my siblings and i went out to mamak for dinner just now, all was cleared and settled (at last!alhamdulillah)

no doubt i had few options before this on the theme. first was the Batik theme, then the Arab, then Moroccan then polka dots..huhu..the latter was hilarious come to think of it. imagine my khemah to be decorated in polka dots. eh, tapi mcm comel juge..hehe :)

anyways, in view that engagement is usually considered as the female side punya majlis, i thought, what the heck. this is the time and opportunity to introduce to my partner's family about our family's heritage, no? for me, engagement is like perempuan punya majlis and nikah is a joint occasion. takkan i nak terhegeh2 buat theme baba masa nikah and my partner takde theme since his whole family are purely 'Kay Ellllss' people..*ee boringnya..huhu*

so, this whole thing has made me giddy and excited.ive started on identifying who will be gadis dulang aka "The Girls".of course ive list out all the comel2 and eliminated all the tak comel girls.hehe.jahat..so ive came up with the list of The Girls :-

1-Erin

2-Adik

3-Ana 

(1,2,3 are my sisters)

4-Iza - my close friend

5-Nadia - Erin's close friend

6-Aby - Adik's close firend

7-wawa -cousin

Attire for The Girls

The Girls will wear baju kebaya pendek nyonya with make up and hair-do will be done Baba&Nyonya style..

 

something like this :) 

And i wana buy them these kipas tangan too...

and paired it with this very the Baba&Nyonya beaded shoes...but i know it would cost me a bomb. so, just another wish hehe 

Hantaran

My hantaran to him (7 nos):-

I have this crazy idea to go to Malacca and get this Bakul Sia as the base for the hantarans...but this  bakul doesnt come cheap i tell ya. the cheapest you can get is around rm50 for one, and that is in small size. when i was younger, ive spotted one or two of these lying around in my rumah kampung but now there are gone. either kena songlap by cousins or was misplaced somewhere. if i knew that this bakul would cost me a fortune, i myself will songlap the bakul and simpan it for my engagement day..hehe

bakul sia

maybe i can get imitations like these bakuls so that it'll be cheaper..and i dont think much deco is needed on these bakuls.maybe few flowers here and there would be enuff :)


His hantarans to me (5 nos):-

I am not sure if his aunties would want to decorate it themselves or just leave it to me to decide. but that wont be appropriate, i think? hmm..anyways, just in case if his family leave it to me to do for his hantarans as well, i would have to find something to symbolize Baba&Nyonya to go along with the theme as his hantaran's base..TBC

Pelamin

Not sure on how i want my dais to be like. but i want some Baba&Nyonya theme to be injected on the dais a bit. Maybe add in one or two of these?

and this looks nice and authentic..deco for the pelamin maybe ? :)

Khemah

I really have no clue on what my khemah would be like but i know that it would be transparent with fairy lights and chandelier as requested by yours truly to the vendor. however, i am  undecided on whether i should do it at night or siang2 like norm. initially i wana do it at night coz it'll be cooler and mainly because of  the transparent tent.huhu teruja. but now, i was thinking to do it maybe after zuhur? so that i can go somewhere with The Girls and take more photos with them..hmmm...TBC

Food

this is this not decided yet but all i know i want white rice and lauk2 kampung. the lauk still need to be discussed with my family, what with Papa wants to masak lauk itik (malaccan tradition) beramai-ramai...TBC

MUA

ive verbally booked akak laila rohani TV3 (refer this post). but deep down i am a bit skeptical if she remembers me and jotted down the date and the details. reason being is that she didnt ask for the booking like most MUA. guess i need to call her and keep reminding her on the date once in a while. but i kinda feel that rm500 is a bit expensive for makeup and hairdo just for tunang?or am i being a cheapskate here coz its not everyday that u will get dolled up right?might as well DO IT RIGHT..huhu..tak kisahla..this one, TBC

MY BAJU

uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...i havent decide on it yet.seriously need to think abt it now that JAKEL is doing crazy sale (but bila je jakel tak buat sale kan?hehe)..i need to start thinking on the style, the material and most importantly the TAILOR..ive sketched up on the styles (refer this post) but still havent decide yet..need my kakak to think for me pls..hehe

phew.quite a long entry i got here..okla, wana sleep. toodless :)

p/s :currently waiting for the approval of our housing loan application. Ya Allah, mudah-mudahan loan diluluskan. amin :)