3 Cousins Kahwin Bulan Ogos!

I love weddings!

1. sebab aku suka makan nasik ngan lauk kenduri
2. sebab aku suka makan
3. sebab aku suka nak tengok diorg serve nasik tomato atau nasik minyak
4. sebab aku suka minum sirap
5. sebab dapat telur rebus tu balik nanti bole buat egg sandwich

hihi.

 

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this adorable bride is my cousin yaya. my cousin on mak’s side. marrying her longtime baby boo amir. cute couple, fun couple. may Allah bless them with so much love and happiness till jannah.

 

gorgeous yaya waiting for the nikah to start. her baju kurung for that nikah was ‘beauty in simplicity’!

 

that’s my uncle rosli menikahkan sendiri his 2nd daughter, entrusting her to this young gentleman name amir. alhamdulillah, done in 1 lafaz!

 

adorable cousins. hihi. our moms are sisters. me with the blushing bride yaya

 

the sharifuddin sisters with the adorable bride yaya

 

me with cik, the gorgeous mother of the bride. black and yellow black and yellow!

 

love the spread during yaya-amir nikah. delicious lauk kampung; especially my fav kerabu mangga, my fav ulam kacang botol with that zingy sambal. perfection!

 

me and my boys with the bride & groom during the wedding reception. may Allah bless your union with a lot of patience and endurance, trust and understanding, and lots of LOVE! have fun yaya & amir!

 

love!

 

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next here is my cousin on abah’s side – his mom is my abah’s younger sis; iskandar and his lovely bride. looking resplendent in my favorite color yellow – memang raja sehari betoi!

 

man, I’m getting old! this young chap aku still rasa macam budak-budak kecik je. tapi now dah berbini dah pon. moga Allah panjangkan jodoh hingga ke jannah, diberkati selalu dengan kasih sayang dan tolak ansur ok!

 

during the reception for iskandar & wifey : here’s me and my boys with abah’s younger bro; my uncle pak huri

 

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next is another one of my cousins on abah’s side. son of abah’s elder sis. I was already back in dubai at the time. congratulations to fairil or nama manjanya ‘eye’ and his beautiful bride, suria. tak sangka cousin aku yang nakal nk mampuih ni dapat bini lawa camni haha. tahniah eye!

 

eye ni memang nakal gile masa balik beraya kat kampung bahagia teluk intan. memang bersekongkol dengan abang dia si faisal dok kaco kami adik-beradik. haha. skang kamu udoh berbini, elok bebenor le dah ade org jagakan. be good!

 

ni keluarga belah abah aku. adik beradik abah 7 orang. 4 pompuan, 3 lelaki. abah anak ketiga, anak lelaki pertama. a picture of them with the bride & groom; eye & suria. moga Allah kurniakan zuriat yg comel secepat mungkin, dan memberi kebahagiaan yang berkekalan hingga ke jannah. amin!

10 Things I Love About Syawal 2013

at the time of writing, aidiladha is just over – and here I am writing about syawal that happened about 2 months back. never too late to share a little happiness!

 

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1) dino raya cards

thanks to technology, physical holiday cards are things of the past, almost extinct. but speaking of ‘extinct’, thanks to my bro-in-law asrar, my boys and their cousin wafa received raya cards – but not in the conventional sense with pelita and ketupat. this one was with dinosaurs on the cover. thanks uncle asrar!

 

 

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2) teh's final raya as a singleton

first raya morning in puchong, and my siblings-in-law had their usual wacky raya photo-shoots. this would be the final raya my sis-in-law teh celebrate as single girl. she’s the one in cream-colored baju kurung. yup, somebody has put a ring on her hihi she got married on the eve of merdeka with cairo sweetheart pawi (who is, btw a malaysian ye bukan egyptian kih kih).

 

the anwars

 

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3) ipoh raya

an ALMOST completely perfect picture. all my sisters and husbands were in ipoh on 1st syawal except ME huhu. miss the awesome group photo! the amusing thing here was probably seeing all abah’s sons-in-law in specs. including son-in-law yg kat dubai tu!

 

from left my younger sis syima with hubby din holding baby miqail. my youngest sis azi with newly-wedded hubby faiz. my younger sis syida with hubby nash. my eldest bro-in-law abg mat with yong syimee. abah & umi in the middle. my nieces and nephews cuya, ica, nuna, haiqal holding adam, and haqeem. miss everyone!

 

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mr. khairul with his grandma & mom

 

4) the meeting of 3 generations at hulu langat

son, mother and grandmother. or mother, daughter and grandson. any way you look at it, it’s a priceless moment to be treasured. it’s amazing how strong the squinty cat-like EYE gene is in the family right? to me, it’s the day when I was forced to eat, eat and eat the lemang rendang and never leave the table until grandma is done borak-ing!

bangun nak basuh tangan pun opah umi bising, “nak kemana tu? makan lagi!” got no problem with that!

 

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5) raya photosession at ipoh with photographer faiz

my youngest bro-in-law faiz is a professional photographer. so it’s just ridonkulous not to ask him to take a few professional snaps of us as a family. hihi. this short photo session was at abah’s house in ipoh on 2nd syawal. I’ll share the shots in another posting yah! beautiful shots! thanks so much faiz!

 

this is us~

 

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khairy with anong khaleef

 

6) eldest & youngest cucu atok anwar

this is the first raya for their youngest cousin on bapak’s side – chubby wubby khir khairy. my boys absolutely adore and obsessed over him. picture below is evidence, thank you very much.

 

this is what poor khairy has to endure each day with his abang-abang cousins. sigh. sape suruh comel sangat!

 

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7) compulsory raya shot at kg lalang

syawal would be incomplete without a shot in front of this classic kampung house in my in-laws’ place at kampung lalang. eventhough we spent our first raya at puchong and langat, we made it a point to visit some relatives over here the next day.

 

 

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8) my in-laws beraya at abah’s house

after kampung lalang, my in-laws shot off to ipoh and spend a few hours beraya at my abah’s house. nasi lemak sikit, rendang semangkuk, kopok lekor, kuih-muih and kacang – simple tidbits to welcome the besan.

 

besan : abah & mr. khairul’s bapak

 

 

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9) beraya with laksa at mak keh’s house

thanks to my 2nd cousin kak tiny, I requested laksa and her mom made some delicious pot for raya fun time at mak keh’s house. mak keh is my mom’s very close cousin, dah macam adik beradik. it was such wonderful time hanging out with my 2nd cousins and family – it really reminded me of the time when mak was still around, and these are the group of people we would hang out with at mak keh’s place.

 

spent one awesome syawal with my 2nd cousins on my mak’s side. the yummy makan-makan was held at mak keh’s house and we just lepak borak and makan.

 

the laksa was so good, even a hardcore laksa-fan penang boy agreed and had 3 helpings! thanks so much kak tiny for making my laksa wish a reality! hihi

 

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10) classic shot at a wooden bridge

thanks to my sis-in-law tina (who has a good eye for interesting shots) for this awesome shot of us as a family crossing this old wooden bridge near their grandma’s house in langat. looks so classic when I turned it black and white.

one of my favorite shots of us!

 

 

 

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10 things I love about syawal 2013, but most of all, alhamdulillah I get to spend syawal in malaysia! here’s hoping for another blessful raya in 2014. amin!

Cousins Welcome Their 1st Babies

my cousins rini and wani are close cousins – so close that they gave birth just few weeks apart, both in october, and both are baby boys! alhamdulillah! welcome babies! these adorable babies also make my aunts aunty na and cik first-time-grandma! congrats to the proud grandmothers!

CONGRATULATIONS!

both baby boys and mommies are in excellent condition, alhamdulillah. to khairul and rini, and ijan and wani, may Allah grant both parents patience, wisdom and most of all endless love to care and nurture these precious newborns. good luck and have fun!

*kiss kiss pinch pinch*!

 

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khaer muzafhar bin khairul anuar

3am ~ 4th oct 2012 ~ 2.69kg

 

proud dad khairul & beautiful mommy rini

 

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adam miqhael bin shahrizan

9.30pm ~ 17th oct 2012 ~ 3.5kg

 

rockin dad ijan & bombshell mommy wani

 

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aunty gim can’t wait to see you babies! nanti anong khaleef, abang kahfi and abang kazim balik dari dubai nak playtime dengan khaer ngan adam ok!

MoKa & Marini : Purple Royal Wedding

sigh. here is the frustrating thing about living so far away from family – i’m missing all the fun stuff!

last weekend my cousin marini got married to her sweet-mocha ‘moka’ also known as khairul (yah same name as my husband haha) in a royally resplendent purple wedding. it looked like such a beautiful affair from the pictures i’ve seen on their facebook pages.

marini is the 2nd daughter of my mom’s sister, and this was one of the 2 weddings of the year for my family on my mom’s side – few months back, another cousin my mom’s youngest sis got married (here’s the post), and now this other cousin.

i missed both weddings, but i wish both couples a lifetime of happiness, love and passion!

 

a picture of happiness! the newlyweds with my aunt and family : from left – their first son-in-law firdaus, eldest daughter shina, the groom khairul, the bride rini, aunty na & uncle mi. sitting down from left – only son amin (super cute in bow tie!), and youngest daughter nayah

 

the solemnization : i gasped in awe – so lovely!

 

looking good! my newly wedded cousins – wani, rini, khairul & ijan

 

their pre-wedding photoshots – cuteness!

 

as usual when weddings come, i always thought of my own; and how far we’ve come together. alhamdulillah! may Allah grant rini and khairul many wonderful years together till they’re old and wrinkly, still holding hands. amin.

remember, the wedding is over – the marriage is the one that we look forward to, that we have to work for, that we have to cherish and uphold, that will last a lifetime…

Happy Wedding Day : Congrats Wani & Ijan

i am missing from two important weddings this year : i missed one already, and going to miss another one in december. sob sob. on a happier note, my gorgeous cousin wani became mrs. ijan last weekend in a glorious ‘garden’ wedding with pink and green as its theme.

wani is the eldest daughter of my mom’s youngest sister whom we call ‘cik’. i wish you both a lifetime of happiness. through the good and bad, for better or worse. have a lot of respect for each other, and most of all patience. listen well, and share often. above all, Allah knows best!

have a blessed marriage!

 

beautiful family of the bride : sitting from left : uncle rosli, groom ijan, bride my cousin wani, my aunt-my mom’s youngest sister- cik

sitting from left : siti, abu, yaya and youngest boy umar

 

wani on her malam berinai. beautiful!

LOVE the color, but i can never *wear* that color! i remember wearing grey on my malam berinai and while the ladies laugh and hang out in front of the pelamin, the men were playing kompang outside

 

my sisters after the solemnization at masjid negara : from left : my youngest sis azi, ijan, wani, syima holding her eldest daughter cuya, and my eldest sis yong

 

my sisters during the pink-apple green reception : from left : my eldest sis yong holding her only daughter nuna, syima holding her eldest daughter cuya, my youngest sis azi, and syida

 

ya Allah grant these two hearts an everlasting love for each other, and fiery passion that never fades, amin! (also few sons and daughters! ASAP!) hihi

 

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these are some of the lovely shots of the wedding by my cousin amirul. great job, dude.

 

what’s so special about this couple? well, they’re next in line! my other cousin who is getting married this december? ini lah dia! rini will wed her fiancee khairul real soon. congrats, and savor your final months of being a bachelor and bachelorette!

 

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these are some of the pre-wed shots and from the akad nikah day that i really like by ‘tepak bridal’. took it from my cousin wani’s facebook page. credit to tepak bridal for making their love look even more meaningful than it already is.

 

 

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sigh. time to look at *my* old wedding photos… weddings just stir up the hopelessly romantic inside of me…