...my best friend's wedding...

another happy episode of retentate's member...but, this time around it's about my everdearest Abie's glorious wedding...to Abie and Adip, wishing both of you love of a lifetime...Abie, so very happy for you...me now officially entrusted Adip to take extra good care of you, okay?!

Abie and me went back to Gemencheh last Thursday morning...Abie picked me up together with all hantarans...We drove cautiously at every curves and slowly as well as to not spoil the great deal of these exquisite arrangements...

the very first job on our to-do list is to settle on the 'remeh' part - preparing wedding doorgifts...

common guests will each receive a maroon paper bag inclusive of a cute egg gunny sack plus either a fish baulu (traditional egg cake) or a pair of cermai baulu or a pair of kuih sarang tebuan/kuih ros/kuih loyang/kuih goyang (all the same,only different in terms of names)...

kids will get a small, hard, gold paperbag with sweets, chocolates and a jelly inside...

close friends will receive a golden pear/apple 'bunga telur' together with a fish baulu and a small square orange/brown coconut leaves sticks box containing potpourri inside their allocated brown paper bag...

VIP guests get a big cermai baulu, a brown stocking cloth 'bunga telur' and the same coconut leaves stick box with their brown paper bag...

Abie's wedding doorgifts

on Friday, we've become a lot busier tidying up the entire house...We end the day by a coating henna ceremony...

Anor is putting the henna mixture around Abie's fingers

when Saturday arrives, we set up the bride's room and rearrange the hantarans accordingly...

A close-up picture of all the hantarans
1. kuih cakar ayam (in the form of bird's nest)
2. betel leaves bouquet
3. Quran with its recital case
4. cupcakes in a net-covered food tray
oohhh...yummy...yummy...
5. tropical fruit's ark
6. blue, satin cloth
7. Tommy Hilfiger's perfume set
8. Dockers's shirt, tie and slacks
9. Timberland's comfort shoe
10. Braun Buffel's belt and wallet set
11. Tissot's elegant watch

Kak Ain and her crew also worked very hard setting up the wedding dais...

Abie's glamour wedding dais
the bright yellow canopies
DJ corner

finally, the time has come - 17/08/2008...

Abie - before the solemnization (very cheerful)
inside the mosque - Mak Cik Leha (Abie's mak) and Kak Ain (mak andam)

the solemnization ceremony started exactly at 10am...Tok Imam started off with a khutbah in Arabic followed by its translation...then, he asked Adip some basic matrimonial knowledge...both bride and bridegroom later signed some form before proceeding with the solemnization process...Abie's ayah willingly chose to perform the task...Alhamdulillah, Adip managed to utter the magical lines in one stroke...yeay...

Abie surrounded by friends (after solemnization) From left:- Suzie, Mimi, Beebee, Abie, me, Azwa and Iza

Abie's fresh flowers hand bouquet
Abie and friends' gedik pose
Abie - before receiving event

Adip and family arrived for the receiving event at around 1230pm...me escorted Abie up to the triple junction where the couple was reunited...local kids then perform some silat moves whereby in the end of the show, out of a sudden Adip was forced to accept a slice of orange...Adip spontaneously fed Abie...hahaha...

then it was time for the 'bersanding' event...it took us about 20 minutes up on the dais...

the best part was 'makan beradab' time...thanks to Cik Ita (the chef) for the marvellous dishes...

my job as Abie's bridesmaid end at around 130pm...

i left Abie's house at 2pm following Suzie and the gang to Emy's house to visit her and her newborn 12-days old baby girl, Nabila Syazana...

later, in the evening, we stopped at Mimi's house to have our tea break as well as perform our prayers...Mimi treated us with curry mee, soup meehoon, rojak and iced cendol...thanks dear...

after sending Iza back to her house in Bangi, Suzie, Azwa and me arrived at Setapak at nearly 7pm...Azwa drove back home with 'Bujang'...

Suzie and me went out after Maghrib looking for burgers and cold drinks...we watched the awaiting Live badminton match and quite disappointed with Chong Wei's defeat...my instincts told me that Lin Dan will get the gold medal...i also supported Lin Dan...but, i don't expect that he will win so easily...there was quite a huge gap in the game points...Chong Wei's totally lifeless during the match...