Tuesday 31 July 2012

Johor Premium Outlet : First Visit

tengok tajuknyaa very thee kann? apakah maksudnya? yess, maksudnya akan ada lah second, third, fourth dan seterusnya punya visit. Hahaha yayyy!! last week we went to Johor Premium Outlet (JPO). kononnya nak tengok-tengok handbags untuk hantaran, and seriously memang lah sangat meruntun iman hokayy. i love the surrounding and all boutiques!! kat sini jugak lah first time i masuk butik Coach, Burberry, Pedro, etc etc yang sangaaatlaaaahh tempting!

so dipendekkan cerita, i decide untuk amik satu handbag Coach yang sangatlah cantik. harga pun bole tahan 'cantiknya' tapi since Mr. A cakap nak belanja, perasaan 'guilty' tu pun beransur-ansur hilang hahaha..trust me, seumur hidup i tak pernah beli handbag berharga RM200 ke atas. so i must admit, i feel awkward. i feel wrong.

bila sampai kat cashier, Mr. A hulur kad. dua kali swipe, the salesgirl tu pulangkan kad minta maaf sebab all of sudden machine tu tak bole nak trace his card. ATM machine memang betul-betul sebelah Coach je so kitorang keluar. masa jalan keluar tu i sempat tengok next customer yang nak bayar pun terpaksa bayar cash so i macam lega sikit. bukan malu taw, seriously i kesian lah kat Mr. A kalau sampai kena reject card kann.

bila sampai ATM, i pegang tangan dia dan ajak balik. our friends pun sebelum tu memang da text bagitau diorang da setel shopping. Mr. A pulak yang pelik kenapa i nak terus balik. but yeah, akhirnya weols balik. tak beli pun handbag Coach tu. entahlah, i rasa macam satu 'sign' je bila tetiba kad Mr. A tu bermasalah. maybe memang belum masanya untuk i memiliki Coach. maybe Dia cakap, i kena beli Coach dengan duit i sendiri barulah rasa kepuasannya. i dont know. cumanya memang tak jadi beli. and i have no regret at all. more than five hours kat dalam JPO tu, we bought :

Levis Jeans for me,
Levis checkered shirt for him
and one Bobbi Brown's facial colour palette yang sangat cantik!

:)

tapi masa dalam kereta on the way back to KL, masing-masing layan perasaan. tetiba i tanya Mr. A pasal salesman handsome yang dari awal i masuk butik, pilih-pilih itu ini, tanya itu ini, akhirnya i tak beli. risau pulak i bila fikirkan kesian dia. dia kena marah ke tak eh? we hope not.

oh yeah, for those of you yang nak pergi JPO tapi takut harga mahal sangat, jangan risau. i rasa i dah masuk semua butik kat situ and the prices are very reasonable with the brand and quality. kalau uols ialah orang yang particular pasal trend dan keluaran-keluaran terkini, maybe korang kurang puas hati sebab handbags, shoes yang betul-betul discounted ialah bukan design baru. designs baru pun ada diskaun tapi tak sebanyak yang lama lah which is for me logic lahh.

satu lagi, the direction.

kalau uols dari KL, jangan exit highway kulai ok. memang JPO dekat kulai, tapi jangan exit kulai sebab takut korang sesat macam i haha. better ambik exit selepas KULAI iaitu exit 302A iaitu Lapangan Terbang Senai. lepas exit senai, uols akan nampak terus signboard ke JPO. dari exit highway nak ke JPO tak sampai pon 10 minit ok! parking fee sangat berpatutan, RM3 per entry jee. parking spaces nya sangatlaah luas!! walaupun jalan nak menghala ke JPO tu kiri kanan ladang sawit jee, tapi bila masuk je surrounding JPO tuu, terus teringat premium outlets kat overseas yang selama nie asyik dengar cerita kengkawan jee. very exclusive!

happy shopping girls, till then!!

Monday 30 July 2012

Wedding Prep : My Wedding Dress

i think i have met a designer for my wedding dresses! OMG i love her boutique, i love the boutique decoration and her ready to wear collection, everything are beautiful!

paling best ialah, dia ialah available untuk buatkan baju-baju i semua tuu. sekarang i just tengah tunggu dia bagi quotation before i confirmkan. baju Mr. A for both majlis pun buat kat sini. i tahu ramai B2B yang suka buat baju kat designer / tailor lain-lain for each event so that bole merasa hasil tangan diorang kan, but being me yang pemalas tanak serabutkan kepala fikir macam-macam, lagipun i nak designs yang simple je so after discussion, we both agreed to leave our wedding outfit to her.

nothing more i can share about her since i just met her once at the boutique. lepas tu semua calling calling and email email. i ingat lagi masa jumpa, the boutique owner memang sangat helpful. walaupun masa tu i sangatlah blur lagi tak tahu design baju macamana yang i nak, dia sabaar je layankan i dengan tunjuk macam-macam designs yang mungkin i berkenan. Mr. A yang bole tahan dia punya fussy pon dia layankan and jotting every requirements yang Mr. A nak untuk baju dia. funny also, she is very adorable!

i remembered when we talked bout material for Mr.A's baju melayu. ada dua pilihan sama ada nak guna kain duchess satin ataupun shantung. both are suitable for Mr. A's nye design tu. so masing-masing share lah cerita pasal kain-kain semua, kain nie panas, kain ni cepat berpeluh, etc etc until one time i tanya dia

"So, sebenarnya baju melayu pakai kain mana yang lagi cepat berpeluh, kain shantung kaa duchess satin?"
pastu dia dengan nada selamba kodoknya jawab "ehh tak taulaaa,tak penah pakai baju melayu!!"

Hahahahaha..then three of us burst with laughter. well, i know this may sounds not so funny, or maybe  some people will say that this is harsh since i am her customer but this "lawak kasar" is only applicable among northern fellas like us kot. Hahaha..

and yeah, i will do a full review about her later, maybe after December. :) but for those of B2B yang tengah mencari butik pengantin yang eksklusif, design up to date, dan affordable some more, feel free to drop me an email then we can shareee. :D

till then! :)

Thursday 26 July 2012

Woman And Crime

i know i know, crime involves women and crime are more frightening each day. there's a day i dont want to read newspaper because i dont want the crime news of 16th years old girl was raped, snatch thief caused to death, raped + kill + burn cases spoil my mood, i just cant bear the grief.

however, thanks to Allah because we have a very good PDRM to help us fighting the crime. while there are some bad policemen in town, believe me i have met lots of good and noble policemen who really committed with their job to ensure civilian's safety.

tapi, walau camana cekap pun polis kita, diorang still tak mampu nak jaga everyone of us. mereka hanya polis, bukan power rangers atau suria baja hitam. yang bagusnya since Dato' Najib become a Prime Minister, Malaysia pun dah praktik Blue Ocean Strategy whereby PDRM bekerjasama dengan ATM, RELA and JPAM to fight against crime. more police are on the street observing us in Omnipresence strategy. i think this is a great idea and as a prove, more than 20% crime index in Malaysia has been decreased last year!

:) okaylah, actually i bukan laa nak cakap pasal abang-abang polis atau pakcik RELA. i nak kongsikan dengan uols semua pasal macamana kita nak elakkan diri kita jadi sasaran penjenayah jahat?or, the worst part is apa kita nak buat kalau kita tetiba kena ragut / approach oleh penjenayah?


benda nie penting tau uols sebab as a career woman, i jumpa ramaai girls yang sama macam i. maksudnya, nature of work kita kadang-kadang buatkan kita jadi lone ranger and independent. long distance drive sensorang, kadang-kadang kena pegi sana sini last minute, tetiba kena outstation baju banyak belum laundry so terpaksa shopping adhoc sorang-sorang, things like that. maybe selama ni kita baca news pasal orang lain je, tapi kita kena ingat yang KITA pun mungkin akan hadapi benda yang sama kalau kita tak bersedia dan hati-hati. 




1. BE AN OBSERVANT ALL THE TIME
bila uols berjalan pegi car park atau lorong ke kann, janganlaa uols menonong je jalan tengok depan. somehow bila kita tengah nak cepat or terlalu takut, we tend to do that. JANGAN ok. jalan dengan steady, tengok kiri dan kanan dan kalau uols perasan someone atau something yang suspicious, here comes the second tips.


2. THINK FAST
kalau ada security officer kat situ, minta dia temankan u pegi kat kereta. that is part of their job, tak payah malu. call your parents or friend nearest to the area and let them know where you are and how u feel. 


3. CARRY YOUR HANDBAG SAFELY.
carry your handbag / clutch innerside and walk against traffic so that you can see people who are coming towards you. if possible, put your mobile phone, IC and credit card with you and not in that bag. a handbag with a release clasp is better to avoid carried along if you got snatched.

4. IN A CAR PARK
please have your car key and alarm in your hand while walking to your car. jangan bila da sampai depan kereta baru you nak selongkar handbag, bahaya ok! and yes, before entering the car please do a fast check the whole car (tengok backseat, tyres). ada banyak kes penjenayah standby duduk kat seat belakang n lepas kita masuk kereta, dia serang dari belakang. ada jugak kes they put something kat tayar . just be careful ok girls!

and i recommend you girls to have a pepper spray with you all the time. while walking in a car park, keep the pepper spray and car remote in one hand, and handbag in the other hand. if you need to use the pepper spray, then drop your car remote.

5. ENTERING THE CAR
 enter the car, lock the car and put your head down for five seconds, pretending you do something. to 'them', it is as if you are securing your handbag to your car.

6. TRAVELLING ALONE
if you need to drive or travelling alone, especially on night, inform of the family the route you're taking and duration of the journey. create a SMS / BBM / Whatsapp / missed call code between you and them to be used if there's an emergency so that they can call police. maybe satu miskol maknanya "i think i'm in dangerous. please call police", tapi jangan memain pulaak!

7. SO-CALLED POLICE
if you feel suspicious of the policeman who stopped you on the road, avoid communication and ask them to go to the nearest police station.

8. THE WEAPON
if you're confronted by a knife during a robbery, throw your handbag far enough and when the criminal reaches to the bag, RUN AWAY. ini memang scary tahap drama hantu Waris, but we have to try. believe in yourself and recite lots of doas.

9. SCREAM
in the midst of being robbed / running for help, scream your throat out for help and grab the person closest to you. people are afraid and not sure if they have to make the first move.

it's like "alamak alamak budak ni jerit-jerit mintak tolong,nak kena buat apa ekk?"
so when you grab her / his hand and asking for help, they will automatically aware that they have to help you.

10. CUBIT
ahaaa..selalu weols memang terer bab-bab cubit ni kann. dulu i memang selalu cubit Mr. A bila i sakit hati. sampai lebam and berdarah jugak kekadang tu. sobbss jahat kan i. tapi dululaa, sekarang i tumbuk je ehh ahahaha. okay, so when you're struggling with the criminal, target the underarms, squeeze and pinch the area. the criminal definitely will feel the pain and release the choke hold. OMG i da bole rasa kegeraman mencubit dan kesakitannya ituu!

itu jelah yang i dapat share dengan uols. banyak lagi i rasa tips untuk elakkan dari jenayah nie. but i think this is important. i dapat semua ni pun from my own observation and reading PDRM's source. we should read crime news taw, so weols bole tauhu apekah modus operandi jenayah yang terbaru. haaa keluar terus istilah gerak khas.

last but not least girls, let us be extra careful all the time ok!

till then! :)





Wednesday 25 July 2012

Hijab And I

dalam kesibukan i dan Mr. A buat preparation untuk wedding disember nie, i terima satu mesej panjang lebar dari kakak i. mesej facebook. a very long and deep one. i have to read it twice to understand the whole points.

pertamanya, jujur i tak terkejut dengan kandungan mesej tu since mak dan ayah memang pernah pun bercakap pasal itu. cuma, when it comes from kakngah, i doubted it was 100% of what my parents told her. it's not that i accused her as a liar but heyy we know our sisters well ritee! :D

so yeah, the message hurts me in someway, but my brain asks me to clarify everything with mak and ayah before another deep talk about the topic.

first thing i did after read the message was istighfar. i know i did lots of mistakes, most of them are stupid, but past is past. there's nothing i could do about it except asking for a forgiveness and bertaubat.

talking about hijab, i have nothing to argue. ye, berhijab dan bertudung itu wajib. full stop. noktah. but what irritates me is why many people that i love cant understand that i never deny the fact? why everyone cant understand the IKHLAS word? i dont want to wear hijab and at the same time i keep on nagging on twitter or with friends about how messy and unease feeling i have.

macamni lah. i pernah pakai tudung dulu. tapi i pakai sebab mak ayah suruh pakai. sebab tengok kawan-kawan pakai. i tak faham kenapa sebenarnya kena pakai tudung selain dari "wajib". i pakai tudung tapi hati i struggle. mungkin ada yang akan kata inilah godaan syaitan. i jawab mungkin, tapi disebabkan i tak ada ilmu dan keikhlasan di situ, i tak mampu melawan godaan tu.

masa zaman kampus, struggle tu bertambah-tambah kuat. dan i tambah rasa berdosa sebab i nie nama je pakai tudung tapi perangai i time tu, nauzubillah memang nakal sangat. that time i baru kenal Mr. A pulak, lagilah setan mengeletis. dan itulah akhirnya, i tanggalkan tudung and i jadi macamana diri i sekarang.

honestly, masa mula-mula perubahan tu..memang banyak sangat cemuhan yang i terima. dan i tak marah. i pun pernah jugak kutuk-kutuk orang macamtu. cuma sekarang i faham perasaannya bagaimana. sedih sebab ke mana orang-orang yang mencemuh tu masa i sedang struggle?? mana kawan-kawan saya masa tu? and yes, i am not blaming anyone, this is my own choice.

time teaches me a lot. i banyak sangat belajar during this years. i made mistakes, i bangun balik, i jatuh lagi and alhamdulillah i think Allah loves me. i also believe Allah knows me, Allah knows how i think about hijab, and only He knows what is the best for me and us.

there are more things i want to write about my kakngah's message, but that will be in another post perhaps.

till then! :)




Tuesday 24 July 2012

Wedding Prep : Dilema Wedding Dress

satu perkara PENTING yang sampai sekarang idea on paper pun belum finalise ialah all my dresses for solemnization (majlis akad nikah), and both reception (majlis bersanding dan majlis bertandang). sebelum ni i asyik baca blog B2B je tentang betapa susahnya nak decide design baju kawen, sekarang i berada dalam kasut mereka. ohh perasaannya sangatlah overwhelming dan kusut at the same time!

tambah kusut sebab my Mr. A mula-mula misi design hunting je dia bagi kerjasama contohnya komen "ini design lama", "tak cantiklah simple sangat", which is good laa for me sebab i believe his eyes and taste. tapi langit tidak selalunya cerah. begitu jualah Mr. A i yang obviously not so cerah one. bila i asyik browse for more inspiration for wedding dresses, semua gambar baju-baju designer yang i tunjuk dia cakap "cantik", "haaa..okay!" dengan nada sarcastic. Urghhhh!

dalam planner MS OneNote i, ada banyak gila gambar wedding dresses yang i ambil dari internet for reference kononnya. reference hek mu, lagi rambang mata adalaaa!! konon-konon i punya taktik bijak ialah nak mix and match designs yang i suka untuk jadi dresses i for all events. contohnya nak leher dress macam design Rizalman A, beading details macam design Syomir C, kain yang flowy macam design Rizman Ruzaini B, veil macam design Unaisah D, maka jadilaa dress i yang simple tapi malatop itu. malangnya, ia tidaklah semudah itu ye B2B sekalian. especially kalau kamu ada nafsu serakah seperti SK. kalau dah semua design pun kau nampak cantik, macamana nak decide which one will be yours???

and i just have less than five months before the actual day, bhai! i'm dead man, seriously.

Brrrrr...untuk meredakan hati sendiri di samping menyerikan blog syok sendiri ini, i akan selitkan beberapa gambar dari folder i dalam entry nie. actually, tanpa i sedar baru i perasan designer yang paling banyak designs nya dalam folder i ialah dari Rizalman. kemain kan kau SK, perasan gila nak pakai baju Rizalman. beli lembu sekor pun murah sikit dari baju Rizalman yang seriously gorgeous itu tauhu tak? whatever it is, i tetap bangga sebab at least i ada jugak his special collection 20 by Rizalman yang jual kat Tesco tuuu. even maybe materialnya tak semahal designs kebiasaannya, feeling bila pakai kebaya lace nya itu tetaaap elegan hokayy! and btw, i dah nekad baju tu nanti buat jadi hantaran jee since memang Mr. A yang belanja i that baju. hantaran kebaya dari Rizalman okaayyyy, kau adaa? LOL

ok ok, cukuplah. sementara i berdoa satu hari nanti i akan mampu hire Rizalman untuk buatkan baju raya i or maybe baju wedding anak i (berangan itu free,tahu?), i akan tengok jelaa gambar-gambar ini sambil berharap ada tailor mur mur yang pandai buat dress kekonsep macam designs beliau dan lain-lain seperti di bawah.







till then! :)

Monday 23 July 2012

Wedding Prep : Official Photographer

daripada semua benda dalam checklist wedding i, tauhu tak apekah perkara pertama yang dengan bahagianya dipotong tanda siap / booked? potong acaner?? iskk, macam nie haaa ---> BERAK  hahahaha okay da paham?

ok sekarang cuba teka apekah ia? baju akad nikah kah? katering kah? baju reception kah? make up kah?

tidak ye adek-adek. semua tu harammm akak mu tak prepare bebetul lagi. semuanya touch sini sikit, touch sana sikit. Gulpp!! tetiba nervous..

baiklah, i tauhu takde sape pon sebenarnya yang main teka teki ni wahahaha so i kasi je jawapannya supaya i boleh terus syok sendiri. actually, out of all the list, i betul-betul dah book Official Photographer (OP) untuk akad nikah dan majlis bersanding. selepas lama sungguh i survey dan membelek-belek, calculate itu dan ini, akhirnya i buat keputusan untuk pilih beliau sebagai OP for both event.

untuk majlis bertandang, Mr. A cakap dia tak nak professional photographer sebab nak jimatkan kos. Grrr currently i tengah dalam proses untuk yakinkan dia yang WE NEED PROFESSIONAL. even dia asyik yakinkan i yang his brother and sister in law BOLEH ambil gambar and just went to photography course, honestly i still cuak. i dont mind kalau nak shoot and burn je, album bole buat kemudian but i do think only professional can do the job! and professional means at least years of experience sedangkan adik2 Mr. A TAK PERNAH pun jadi wedding photographer before. ** sweat**

takpe takpe, i pujuk dia lagi nanti. untuk OP akad nikah dan bersanding, alhamdulilah kami dah bayar deposit pertama, jadi sekarang i cuma berdoa semuanya berjalan lancar dan hopefully beliau boleh buat kami tampak lebih hensem dan bergaya d hari kejadian. LOL.

eh, siapa beliau? insyaallah lepas majlis selesai i akan buat special review. so far alhamdulillah, i puas hati dengan PR dan service beliau. respon cepat, PR okay, email pun reply cepat, testimonials pun okay, so doa je lahh yang terbaik! :)

OK, cukuplah seronok. there are moreee things to do! =_______=

till then!

Saturday 14 July 2012

Wedding Prep : our wedding planner

i must confess here that i LOVE to read a bride to be blogs. there's a point i feel relieved when somehow what she wrote, is similar with how i felt at the moment. or when she did face the same problem with mine while preparing for the big day. and yes, i do love to write my experiences too. here. but since i dont have much to share, i think i better keep the stories to myself.

however, i would like to start a writing of my journey to our big day with "How do i organise everything?", "How do i plan everything on our wedding day?" and "How do i gather, keep and update all the inspirations, websites link, B2B blogs as reference?"

alrite. actually  i write, draw, scribble, and sketch everything. hahaha yes i am an old fashioned girl. but now i also have one favourite software in my lappy which currently i use it to organise everything for our wedding day. as far as i'm concern, none of all B2B bloggers that i read use this software. most of them use MS Excel and MS Word - which i think as a very helpful tool too. but for me this software is better to a forgetful and messy people like me because it can combined every files (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, etc etc) in various ways into its single page! that's means you just have to open this software, then you will automatically have an access to every other softwares that you put in it!

so what is THIS software?
it is MS OneNote. frankly speaking, i never heard of MS OneNote until i updated my MS Office to MS Office 2010. so, this is more or less how my wedding planner in MS OneNote looked.

bole conteng-conteng, tools for fonts/colours/drawing semua ada!
okayy there's goes my wedding dates to the world! (-__-")

you can even drag all inspiration photos or videos here!
err pls ignore how perasan this non-curvy yours truly to wear fazura's gorgeous dress :P 

haaa...nampak takk?? :) if our manual book planner has lots of page separators, which are differentiate by colours or alphabetical order, MS OneNote also has the same function with more interesting features and things to explore!

and being a very IT bimbo here, trust me MS OneNote is very user-friendly. the functions are similar as other MS Office. it is very handy and easy when you just have to bring a laptop/tablet/telephone (yes, MS OneNote is compatible to most mobile phones too!) and go meet your dress maker, potential photographer, wedding planner, or even to discuss with your parents about your wedding day!

ehh, da tersasar dahh entry niee! alrite, thats the story of how i plan our wedding day. if any of you has anthing to ask me about my MS OneNote planner, i am more than happy to share with you. leave me your comments or emails and insyaallah i will try to share everything that i know.

till then! :)


Thursday 12 July 2012

20 by Rizalman

ahh menjadi gadis tipikal yang suka shopping pakaian yang cantik-cantik, buat saya terus semangat update blog nie. okey, mula-mula SK nak tanya dulu. dah beli baju raya ke uols??? Hee..masyaallah sebenarnya SK tak sabar tunggu Ramadhan nie. seriously i miss Ramadhan. hopefully Ramadhan tahun ni i lebih produktif buat tarawikh and tadarus and etc. last year i pemalas sangat, haihh.

okay back to the topic, i dah beli sepasang kebaya pendek lace warna hitam for raya tahun nie!! and i love it to the maximum! beli kat mana? well, it's from Rizalman's Raya Collection. teeeheee...kerlas tak mak uols?? Baju raya Rizalman! :P


20 by Rizalman :)


well, alhamdulillah. finally adaaa jugaak merasa pakai baju designer kann! first time in my life nie taw. and yes, i beli baju Rizalman tu kat Tesco jeee. Haaaa seriously i am still grinning while writing this entry. i am so happy that finally i got a chance to wear Rizalman's creative workmanship. 

untuk readers yang maybe terlepas cerita, let me tell you. actually sempena dengan anniversary ke 20 tahun pembabitan Rizalman dalam fashion world nie, beliau dengan bermurah hati nya telah buat 12 gorgeous designs yang tersangatlahh murahh berbanding harga sebenar beliau. dan semua 12 designs tu dia bagi kat Tesco jee untuk supply kan kat kita yang tak mampuu nak beli baju-baju dia yang mahaal tuuu. you can browse the designs here : Fabulousity by Rizalman

uols semua memang patut pegi tengok dan try baju-baju Rizalman kat Tesco tu. designs dia memang lain daripada yang lain dan sangat designer-look. classy. tapi janganlaa korang expect material dan kualiti dia sama dengan collection dia yang sebenar-benarnya. of course tak sama sebab harga pun tak sama uolss. i bought mine at Tesco Ampang on 9th July. balik je dari ofis, terus off to Ampang. masa tu i da bebel-bebel kat my partner pasal kecuaian i terlepas tarikh first day launching 20 by Rizalman nie on 7th July. huhuuu macam-macam i fikir takut da abes kee, saiz takde kee, nervouss.

but alhamdulillah, i cuba pakai dua baju dan dua-dua pun i sukaa sangat. tapi tak mau la tamak since i know, i will definitely buy more baju raya later especially dekat-dekat raya nanti kannn. uwaaaaa so i bought one of them. lepas beli terus balik hahaha like seriously, from Putrajaya to Ampang with deliciousss congested road, just to buy a kebaya. but yeaa, 100% it is worth!

untuk korang yang masih belum beli n teringin nak tengok and beli, CEPAT okayy. i heard from friends yang pegi terpaksa balik dengan keciwa sebab sold out or saiz takdee. senarai Tesco yang ada?

#Ampang  #Mutiara Damansara  #Kota Bharu  #Paradigm Mall  #Seremban 2, #Desa Tebrau  #Tanjung Pinang  #Melaka  #Shah Alam  #Station 18  #Taiping  #Seri Alam  #Kepong  #Penang  #Kajang  #Setia Alam  #Sungai Petani Selatan  #Mergong  #Nilai


one more thing i think i have to remind you girls before you go to Tesco, be prepared to be seen in the same baju raya this year! teeheeee...thats what my partner told me before i paid for the dress i bought. i told him "i dont care, this is Rizalman!" LOL.


till then!