Friday, September 15, 2006
So, I managed to get to bed at 4am that night after the wedding!! Luckily!! I was kinda expecting no sleep at all!!Anyway, my family came at 8am as expected... and did start to push me around!! And everyone wanted breaky, wanted this, wanted that!! Can't they just bloody help themselves to it?!
And what's with the standing behind Liza, breathing on her neck waiting for lunch?! F**K!! At least have the bloody decency to help set the table or let the older folks have their food first before rushing in like a hungry apek lah!!! Stupid F**K!! And what's with the sitting down, pulling long faces & not helping out with the dishes - the freakin' crockery u've used to have lunch!! LUNCH!!! Something that the bride had to cook & serve to u!!! LAZY-ARSE F**K!!!
Oh yeah... we didn't get to Margaret River, only cos it was gloomy & rainy & down south was forecast with thunderstorms... So, we brought them to Carousel for shopping instead. At least everyone dispersed off!! Mom & Bak went off with Kris to get some coffee while Liza the Bridezilla headed off to get some groceries - cos we didn't do any on the eve of our wedding... YEP!! IT WAS OUR WEDDING, for heaven's sake!!!!
And then, for dinner, I had to prepare them again!!! I had to prepare the mudderf**king dinner... while people just sit around waiting again!!! ARGH!!! Nvm... it's over...
So, on Tuesday we finally got on to Waroona, Bunbury & on to Preston Beach... That was not too bad... Everyone was moody... I was very very moody... but luckily I had time to sleep that night at the beach house!! Not before I had to cook dinner & serve everyone & clean up after everyone again... Luckily mom was helping me... ~sigh~ Don't wanna say anything, but I didn't expect to be a slave when it was our holiday too... Already we drove them around, ordered food for them (& mom paid for everything too!!)... still had to be served!!! tsk tsk tsk... Seriously no shame watsoever to be served by your elders!! ~sigh~
Then, the next day was off to Mandurah, Freo & onwards to Canning Vale. Kris had had enough!! So, we waited while my family packed their luggage for us to take back to the house.
Yesterday (their final day here), the whole bunch came to our place & have a last packing before we loaded them up to the Tarago. While we brought them to Northbridge to get their nougat (WHAT ELSE?! So freakin' typical!!), my father-in-law & brother drove the van to the airport & unloaded the luggage there & went off when we got there. Of cos, he was not so happy cos we hadn't brought his lunch again, but that was understandable. A hungry man is an angry man!!
So, now that my family's back in Sgp - with my uncle vowing to come back with his wife & kids for a longer & more fulfilling stay, I can now rest... Or can I?! We'll see.... ~yawnz~ G'nite world...
Monday, September 11, 2006
THE HOUSE IS IN A FREAKIN' MESS!!! And where is everyone when u needed help?! ~sigh~ Well, yeah... I told them to go home... Cos... just cos...Sis wasn't doing much, people were commenting... it was kinda an eyesore when she's out in the carpark hurrying her hubby up, while everyone was cleaning up the place!!
Mom was rushing around like a headless chook, and she really needed rest!! Poor her, i didn't even have time to dye her hair... The white hair were showing on the crown!! I dare not look!! But she was ok with it... I'm sure the one in Sgp, she'll be all black-haired again. hehe...
Just as how people have helped cleaned up the place, yes literally CLEANED it up, they were nice enough to also help earlier with the decorations.
The bloody security guards only came like 45mins late!! And then, he brought the wrong key!! Cos the actual guard was attending to something else & didn't bother telling anyone else about it!! And to think that we'll have to pay them for their services!! The venue bond better come back full price or I'll make a formal complaint!! I'm not gonna be Liza Miss (or Mrs, rather) Nice Person anymore!! Enough of that!!!
I have to thank Aunty Jan & her 2 girls with setting up all the tables & food & decorations, etc... And Masita for her butterfly gifts all the way from Sgp - they were a hit with the guests, girlfriend!! Have to send her a note later!! Oh u dunno wat I'm talking about? Well, the butterflies, along with other stuff were a part of a personal guest favour. And there were so many colours to choose from... I bet Tash & Jess picked theirs out first!! hehe...
Anyhoos... I had to do my own hair & part of the makeup within the 15mins before the door was to be opened!! Seeing that the bloody guards only pushed our timing by 1hr, starting 15mins late was quite a good feat!!
While mom was poking all the fake hair & all those squiggly things on my hair, I was screaming & screaming for them to close the freakin' door... cos I didn't want all the waiting guests to peek thru!! I was literally NOT dressed!!! SERIOUSLY!!! And Kris was in the other room with my uncle (who went missing for 30mins!!) trying to get his sarong proper!!
Anyway, everything went on well... the Imam/Qadhi/Celebrant was a tad too long & did mention some things I felt was a bit out of place, and I had received comments from guests about watever he said, but they still said it was nothing they had ever heard & did learn something from the sermon.
On the whole people wasn't expecting for it to go so smoothly... but it did... and I thank Allah for making everything possible. People always say there's a lot of challenges leading up to the wedding, but I never ever thought the challenges were heartbreakingly, backbreakingly, miserably taxing on both Kris & I.
So, let me tell u... It IS possible to get a wedding going really nicely at a really low budget, but wherever possible, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO IT YOURSELF!! ALWAYS ENLIST A FEW RELLIES, FRIENDS, WHOEVER CAN HELP YOU BEFORE, DURING & AFTERWARDS!!!
I've got Claire to do some of the desserts & some of the other foods... and becos she so nicely agreed & not charging me, she did all that at my place... and you can't imagine how much gunk there are in my kitchen & lounge right now!! So, I stress again, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO IT YOURSELF!!! Nor get someone to do it in your own kitchen!!
You may not believe it, but I had only 1hr sleep the night of the eve of my wedding... and only 30mins sleep on the eve of my wedding!!! And now that everyone's gone back at it's way past midnight, do u know I still can't sleep!! While everyone's home & snuggled up in their beds... the Bridezilla have to clean up after everyone!! And it ain't a joke!!!
And to think my parents, sis & uncle will be here at 8am to get Kris & I to drive them to Margaret River!! And everyone had nicely HELPED dump stuff everywhere!!! ARGH!!!!
ok ok... calm yourself!! You have a long night ahead!! Nobody better push me around when they get up!! Or they'll get a nasty bite!!
Saturday, September 09, 2006
These past few days have been a madhouse with my parents around!! But at least Kris & I managed to get the drinks sorted out, and managed to get his suit picked up!! Oh, we were told to come by on Thursday night to collect them, OMG there were so many people getting fitted!!! It's like a wedding frenzy is about to take place all of a sudden in Perth!!! Then again, it IS spring!!We managed to get the sisters' gifts sorted, the jewellery for the mothers... mom didn't want any... so, we told her not to insist on paying for staying at our place... After all, she did chip in with the groceries & she bought everything else that Bak (and her) wants to nibble on.
I finally did all the printing for the programmes/ceremony booklets, etc etc... The ink seems to be stretching it out for us... and I'm truly grateful... Oh, and truly grateful for Les to be lending his printer out to us for the past month & again for another month to be used for the wedding's printing. We've already got an extra pair of cartridges, but I think we'll need to get another set soon. Well, after all, he DID give it to us with a new ink placed in there.
Thursday we got Claire home to start out with all the cakes & stuff. We've also sent my parents back to Aunty Ros' place - well, cos my in-laws are staying with us now. Yeah, they came like at 2am on Friday morning.
Anyway, we had a lot of running around right after that!! We picked Claire up to get all the cake & grocery bits for her cooking... And when we got back home late, Kris' dad was pissed off cos we got them lunch at 4pm!! PFFFTT!!! We only had a tonne of things to do, dad!! At least we got them dinner... And we had to pick my parents for a meeting-dinner. And at least my parents were helping out in the kitchen!!
Oh, and in all the frenzy of plans changing (Claire needed to pick up her keys from her new job & so we detoured to Vic Park - and it only took us an extra 1.5hrs), we couldn't make it in time to get the keys from the council!! I had to call the after-hours council hotline to get the security guy to remember to open up our venue on time!! F**K!!! Nothing's going right!!
And then now, it's already midnight... and I can't sleep cos there's so much to do & Claire is pulling an all-nighter for these next 3 nights!!! And we still have to go pick my sis & hubby up from the airport!! Kris & I are like living in the airport!! We've been there 3x in less than 1mth!!
And there's so much to do after we drop my sis, etc at Canning Vale to unpack!! ~sigh~ better go rest for 15mins before I go on with my work... oh God GIVE ME STRENGTH!!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Soooo... everything's almost all done... The guest favour... check! Called the Council for the keys... check! Confirmed all with florist... check! Ordered the petite four... check! Confirmed catering... check! Confirmed all the party hire stuff... check! Confirmed guest list... check!!!OMI-freakin'-GOD!!! So much to do.... and still heaps to get done from here on!!! I'm freakin' out!!!! Breathe... Breathe... heeee heeee hoooooo... heeeee heeee hoooooo..... heeeee heeee hooooo..... I'm still in a mess!!!
I still have to print out all the guest names & their table numbers & do all the programmes, the letter to my mother-in-law!!! ARGH!!!!! I better get offline!!
