I guess this is it. A few months ago, I wrote this blog as a simple tracklist mainly for me to keep track of things on my journey in getting married.
Hari Ahad ni, genaplah 2 minggu sudah aku bergelar suami. Alhamdulillah, segala perancangan yang di-layoutkan sejak awal dapat dilaksanakan dengan jaya dan lancar. Of course, memang ada times yang pening kepala dan sakit hati. But in the end - it's the journey that counts. Pengalaman yang cukup berharga. Lega rasanya dah manage to get it all over with.
Before I leave though, here's my last piece of advice for those husband wannabes - silalah spend your first night kat rumah mertua, jangan kasi dorang kecik ati plaks (a lesson I learned first hand..hahaha.)
Selamat berkahwin!
At last, we're finally tied the knot.
Currently we're busy preparing for a lot of stuff. Cleaning the house and all that.
For now though, here are some pics from our photographer Shasmanizam.
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| Perkahwinan Hafidz dan Amatullah |
It's approximately one week until our nikah ceremony.
Just imagine..just one week from now, we'll be known as husband and wife. No longer living alone, with our family and friends - just us the two of us, for life, for better, for worse.
Hard to imagine isn't it? I mean it's not like moving into a new place or anything, it's basically changing your life. I mean how huge is that?
Hahahaha...mind boggling indeed.
So far the preparation has been okay. Tiring, but okay. I'm not sure what's going on her side, but on our side I would say things has been going on as planned - or at least we do not seem to be doing things in a hasty manner. The last week I was able to help mom with the door gifts and such - before that I was practically drowning in the DiGi projects. I guess these couple of days I have been able to ease up a bit on the late nights. Earlier this morning me and mom was up and about cleaning my room so that it could be dust-free. Got the new curtains up, put on a new carpet for the room. It does look nicer now I would say. :)
7 days and counting...
These few days I was busy letting other people know that I'm getting married.
Luckily there's facebook. And mailing lists. And SMS. Surely without the technological advances of today I would have to plan like a year in advance just to get all of those addresses.
So basically I was spamming the mailing lists all week long. Heck I've even made a blog about me getting married. Listed down my wishlist, and posted up a scanned version of my invitation card so that other people can get to see the needed info should they did not receive any card from me (in case your wondering, it's hafidzgetsmarried.blogspot.com)
Tomorrow I'll be moving my earlier bought IKEA furnitures from my sister's house in Kepong to my mom's house (where I'll be staying) in Sepang.
Baby steps all the way...taking it one at a time.
After the day with the tok kadi - today I went to JAIS (PAID) with my fiancee to submit the whole filled-out forms and certs.
They sure took their time with that. Had to wait like an hour or so for them to process it. In any case, later they gave me a new form which I had to fill in and give to the tok kadi, to be used later in the nikah ceremony later in the 8th of March.
The last form. Wow..finally.
Later that day I went to the tok kadi's place. Had a chat with him too. A lengthy sort of chat. Talked about his days back when he was in the workforce, his son, tajwid, his current day job... I guess the guy is a friendly bloke when/if you want to get to know him.
I can feel the countdown now~
Semalam went to the jurunikah (aka tok kadi) place to attain his signature (and complete the Borang Kebenaran Berkahwin).
Went there with two of my close friends, Ady and Symofz.
My fiancee also went there. With her dad. And two of his friends.
So anyway I thought at first it's just gonna be a "I'll just take your signature and leave" kinda jig. Turned out I was wrong. The tok kadi went and asked me some religious-related questions and suffice to say I was slaughtered then and there.
Terkial-kial nak jawab soalan simple. When I think back about it, the answer is quite simple and straightforward. Maybe it's the moment, the pressure you put on yourself.
Kelakar gile, budak2 (Symofz and Ady) pun cuak gaks. Hehe. Nasib ade geng, bley distribute ke-cuakan. Thanks for coming guys.
Anyway, after it's all signed and done, all that's left is for us (me and Amat) to give the forms to JAIS, and return some other form (provided later by JAIS) to the tok kadi.
Banyak gile borangkan?
Updates.
The Checklist
1. Book Dewan (my side)
Sent a letter to the Director of Politeknik Shah Alam. I think we'll be having it there (my side). For her's, I think we'll have it at Dewan Bukit Subang.
2. Book tok kadi
Responsibility of her family.
3. Book masjid
Responsibility of her family.
4. Medical check-up
Done the HIV check up last week. Had to spend like 2 hours for it. The procedure itself is actually quite short, and the result should be instantaneous. But apparently they don't value time as much as I do. Friendly people though, the staff.
5. Hantaran
Done.
6. The ring
Done.
7. Pakaian pengantin
Done.
8. Mak Andam
Done. Found one near TTDIJ, the shoplot beside Geylang Kopitiam. Go Kak Ayu!
9. Kad kahwin
Printing period.
10. Wedding photographer
Done. All that's left is for him to come here on the agreed date and shoot away.
11. Door gifts
I think my mom and sis are handling right now. Sometimes I feel quite left out of my own wedding. Hahaha~
12. After-wedding Get-Away.
Booked tickets to Padang, Indonesia. Costs us around RM800++. We're planning to stay at Bukit Tinggi for a couple of nights and later at Padang for the rest of the trip (of 5 days/night). Total cash spent should be around RM2000.
