4 full days at KL was such a memorable family affair that even my younger siblings are already missing the days and the people we left behind. honestly truly. we missed the laughters and endless conversations. we missed the two apples of everybody’s eyes – little Haris and Ikmal, we missed the togetherness and yes, we missed the food!! :))

we’re there to celebrate a cousin’s- Kak Mala’s wedding, my mother’s first brother, our pak ngah’s second daughter. ok to explain the family tree is quite a mouthful. but quite simply, my Mak Long and Pak Ngah and their family are Malaysians living @ KL.

we arrived KL thursday evening and bunked in Pak Ngah’s apartment, and just enough time for us to join in the malam berinai and apa lagi kita2 pun join la. and especially the *ehem* pengapit *ehem*. all preparations for the wedding set and ready, like the hantarans are ready, pelamin and so on so forth.

and already that night, the chatters started, mak long and my mother always, always have something, stories to talk about, kita yang mendengar pun penat~ haha.

the nikah/ solemnization took place friday noon, at Muadz bin Jabal Mosque and i got the honour of being the ‘ring bearer’ (feeling frodo LOTR pulak)~~

and the bride herself, kak Mala is so so so gorgeous! you know how people will say “pengantin muka lain” well yeah something like that.

~ the bride with her bridesmaids ~

well, i’ll skip the details la ek, because honestly there are hundreds of pictures. and the pics on the nikah alone are alot, taken from many angles~ i wish i had a nikon coolpix at that moment!!

Rosmila & Wan Haziezul, the latest addition to the family! Abg Zizul proved to be a friendly knowledgeable person and the perfect match for kak Mala. and yeah, mereka adalah pengantin paling sempoi!! siap lawak2 atas pelamin, abg zizul sempat tunggu furniture kat rumah baru lagik that sanding morning!

and saturday would be the sanding event. now this is the exciting part~ the sanding was held at a communal hall within the neighbourhood. though it looks near from the apartment, but walking would be quite a distance. while everyone else already at the hall, i stayed to wait for the bride, and amongst some kelam kabut and *kipas pengantin tertinggal at the hall, and no one else around, so the pengapit dr*ove to the hall to get the *kipas, accompanied by cousin halim, why, of course, the pengapit don’t know the way to the hall, also thinking oh Lord, oh Lord, please save me! but at that point of time, the knowledge and being able to dri*ve comes in really really handy.

and when everyone’s ready, the bride and groom ready to go, the pengapit had to again, dr/ove herself to the hall + cousin halim, his wife and little daughter. all the kanchiong ness dissolve and the automatic calmness came by itself when the bride and groom made their grand entrance to the hall, accompanied by the bridesmaid and the bestman.

as much as i hate pink and the fact that the very last time i wore this dress was during raya with the girls two years ago, this very dress had fulfilled it’s actual destiny that day, hehe. and for that, i loved this dress.

alhamdulillah, the whole event went well, although there were some glitches here and there but what we missed the most – the family in Singapore who couldn’t be there with us. Cik Jamal & Family, Cik Mail & family, Cik Amat and family and Cik Saad and family. Because we believed had all of us, the complete family were there, it would be more grand. and then it would really be a family affair. and i could just imagined the glow of pride in Mak Long and Pak Ngah.

All the same, i really looked up to kak Mala for her preparations for this wedding, they already have a house, kereta tak payah cakaplah, both have their own cars, and the wedding was well prepared to the bits and pieces. and the hantarans were beautiful.

to Kak Mala and Abg Zizul, SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU!!

i’ll leave you with some pictures~

Haris and Ikmal

even my brothers are smitten by them. this is what we say “like uncles like nephews”

and it’s Ikmal and Haris we miss the most!!!