Alhamdulillah, semuanya berjalan lancar semalam, on Sunday, 14th feb 2010. Khairul Adlan and family came to my opah’s house yesterday. The main agenda was supposed for both family to get to know each other, but somehow, it turned out lebih meriah dari jangkaan. The night before, mama, aunty yot & aunty dah mendera kitorang (me, kakteh and azrin-my BIL) mengemas rumah. I did make a statement, ini macam punya gaya, baik bat kenduri tunang terus. My dad jawab, panggil tok kadi, nikah terus… and I was… eerrr….not that soon father.

Come the day, Sunday morning, busy memanjang buat itu ini, especially in kitchen. Mom decided to ask all family members to come later that day for a family gathering. By 3pm, Khairul arrived with his family. As I greet them, I saw got 3 dulang- tepak sirih, buah, and kuih. I tengok2 gitu saja, takkan lah nak investigate time tu jugak kan? hehehehe.

As soon as everyone was seated in living room, I went straight to kitchen to help my aunts with the food preparation. Khairul came with his parents and siblings. Tengah-tengah I nak buat air, my mother came down as said : “kakngah, wash your hand, lap your face and come upstairs now” I was like…. eeerrr…. what is happening?

As soon as I naik, everyone was there (my aunties, uncles and cousins), and saw a chair arranged right next to Khairul’s mother. Rupanya nak sarung gelang lah pulak. I was like…. eerrr…eeerrr…. did not expect that. I did tell him, no cincin risik, tak payah, get a nice and big ring for our engagement & wedding nanti. Mamat cakap ok, with a strong note jangan ungkit in next 10 years that I didn’t get any cincin merisik, but instead, he came with a white gold bracelet. He knows how crazy I am with bracelets and that I have quite a number of collections of many types of bracelets, so, he got me one, instead of the ring. It was a simple one, but I loved it very much! Nasib baik my dad pesan suruh pakai baju kurung. I gave him the look “kenapa you tak cakap awal2 nak kasi bracelet, kalau I tahu, I pegi buat manicure pagi tu, dah lah telapak tangan ni kulit pecah2 due to allergy & eczema, sabar je lah” and he replied with a look “you cakap tak payah kasi cincin, tapi you tak cakap tak boleh nak kasi bracelet. I punya suka lah I nak kasi apa kat darling I for merisik and Valentine day”

After the sarung gelang ceremony, both parents fixed the dates, the hantaran, mas kawin and so forth. Engagement is fixed on 6th June, and wedding will be in October this year. Once everthing discussed, after so much negotiations by the parents for us to percepatkan the nikah, but somehow, we both manegd to convinced them that it should be October, hehehehe. Ikut diorang, Jun kira settle semua, hehehehe.

After that, of course, makan time, the best part. Khairul stayed a bit longer, meeting all cousins and uncles and aunties who arrived much later. Future family in-law of mine are ver sporting people, hehehehe.

I had a great Valentine day this year, with the surprise of bracelet and more meaningful event. That night, later, both of us went out for a midnight movie, ended the day to much of another surprise from him. Thank you dear, I will always remember it for the rest of my life.

And thank you to all my family members who made it happen yesterday. Now, need to focus on the upcoming events. I have like 4 months to diet, to look good i the pix, hehehehe.