I have a thing for drummer boys…

Ian and I started dating since November 2004. At that time I just broke up with my ex of almost 5 years and he just broke up with his ex a couple weeks before I did. So our friendship grew more out of our support for each other…

During the first few days of Hari Raya in 2004, I went to Penang with my family. Ian is also from Penang so he too, balik kampung for raya.

After few days there, I was bored, so Ian asked me out. I tot, no harm “friends” hanging out right? So he came over to the hotel, picked me up and went out. He took me to an open house, one of his friends. Which was fun. Anything is fun when there’s Penang food involved!!! Some more home cooked!!! Yummay…

The next night, we went out for dinner (food, food, Penang food). Not just the two of us, but with his friends. After shopping at Feringghi walk, I tot it would be nice to take a walk by the beach. U know… just to talk and stuff :P

A funny thing happened that night. As we got there, we walked past a group of people having fun, playing by the beach. Some children were laughing and I can see some adults fishing or something. Then suddenly…

“KAK NADIA!!!!”, said my lil sister.

Kantoi! Lol. I know. I know. What was I thinking right? Want to bercinta at a place where I knew my family was going be at. (For the record, I tot everyone would be asleep already by that time!)

Hmphh…So anyways… everyone was there. My mom, my stepdad, my sis, my uncle, his wife and their two daughters, my maksu… oh gosh. (But we still found a nice place to sit and talk).

I guess it was the moonlight, sea breeze, I dunno. But I fell HARD for him that night. The warm tingly, feeling you get when you fall in love. Sigh… We talked and talked, and I knew that there was no turning back. Fast forward a few months, drama here, drama there. We became an item on December 1, 2004.

Now comes the reason why I wrote this whole post. (Peeps, please prepare a bag or something coz I think you are gonna barf after reading this… or tissues.. :P)

I’m writing this post is because… after almost 5 years down the road (and a shitload of couple issues) I just recently started to feel the kinda love I felt the first time I fell in love with him…

Not that I didn’t love him throughout the years… but I’m starting to get that warm and tingly feeling again every time were together. I don’t know what he did, what I did. But I really feel like whatever shit that happened in the past, really meant nothing. And I’m really glad that he stayed by me through good, the bad times and the really REALLY bad times. I guess it just makes us stronger.

So to my dear Ian Johan Ariff, my drummer boy, my best friend, my husband… my life. I love you with all my heart and soul.

Addiction…

Right at this very moment, I’m happily sipping my second bungkus of Nescafe Ais. I just had a cup about 3 hours ago. The sweet and rich taste of sweetened condensed milk, mixed with coffee … oooohhhh…. it really gets me going. I try to limit it to once a day, but its Friday… might as well let loose and indulge?

HAPPY Birthday?

What a birthday. Before I start ranting about what a nightmare of a birthday I had, let’s talk about the positives shall we. I’d like to thank everyone who called, text, Facebook-ed… reminding me that I’m another year older. I still feel as if I just left uni, but in fact it’s been almost 3 years! And almost 10 years have passed since I left school. Its time for a reunion people!!!

Oh, and thanks to Ian, Hirda, Shaz, Aainaa and Yasir who came and celebrated with me that night. Thanks sayang for the beday pressie… I LOVE IT!!

Here is how it all started…

I woke up the next day, feeling dreadful and I know already that this is not going to be a good day. Today was the day I have to deliver some products to all the publications in town. And I know that it’s going to be tiring. So I decided to go to the office earlier to clear some emails, etc.

The moment I left my apartment, I was stuck in this really bad jam. Usually the jam would start a bit further down at Jelatek heading towards Jalan Ampang, but this time, on my birthday, the jam was soo bad that it took me like 20 minutes to just pass two traffic lights.

Then, things got worse. I was soo immersed in cursing and swearing about the jam that I didn’t notice that I had a flat tyre. Thank god this nice guy pointed it out, otherwise, habis koyak my rim. It was around 8ish so workshop belum open lagi. Had to wait for hubby to come and we switched cars.

Because I was late, I didn’t go to the office, so didn’t check emails. Whatever. Off I went for my delivery… after about 4 stops, then my shoe putus. So I had to wear this really uncomfortable kasut for my delivery. Then I noticed this other shoe pun macam nak putus. But I kept on wearing em coz I didn’t have a choice. The other shoe i had was a killer! Then, the other shoe pun gave up on me. Haih.

At about 4ish, we still had a few more stops for the day. I was excited to finish off a bit more today so that we could finish everything by tomorrow earlier. Happily I walked back to my car. I sat down and then “Prrakkkk”… my seluar koyak!!!

Because of that, I had to cut my delivery short. Went back to the office and cleared some urgent work. Even that turned out bad. Last Saturday client realised I made a boo boo and selected the wrong copy for this brochure that I’m working on. This was the biggest boo boo to top off my unlucky streak. I mean it was only one word that was wrong, but still... no one noticed it. Not even client when they approved it! haih..

So there. Some birthday eh?

My Birthday Wish List!!!

My birthday is coming up on February 10. I will be 26 soon. Funny how time flies kan. I can't seem to remember what I did throughout my early 20s. Apart from getting married of course... ;)

here's a list of things I want or need. Although I doubt anyone would read this post… since the blog is soo new. All items are quite reasonably priced. I didn’t ask for a car or Rob Pattinson or anything… :P

Here goes:

1. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (Don't wan Eclipse anymore)
2. Any books from Jodi Picoult (I don’t have any of her books)
3. Beyonce’s New Album- I am Sasha Fierce
4. Britney Spears New Album- Circus
5. Lingerie (A girl could never have enough)
6. Another charm from Tiffany & Co for my bracelet (Ian .. hint… hint)
7. A wallet
8. Cute Pyjamas (I am a size 10UK)
9. A cover for my Ipod
10. Another gym partner? I can’t think of another one!

Here's to wishful thinking!! :)

I was a BRIDEZILLA!!!

Ian and I decided to get married quite suddenly. When he proposed I said "Yes... but not yet". "Let’s wait a couple of years..." I kept holding it off... for about a year or so. I know. Soo unromantic of me.

So when we finally decided that it was time, it all just happened soo fast. I was kinda conned into it actually. I was still buying time but I guess Ian didn't want to wait any longer or his mother did not want to wait any longer. Or whatever it is.

One fine day, my mom got a call from his mom they talked about our wedding or our engagement that time. I was there when it happened, and I was wondering why my mom kept giving me weird looks. After the call she said:

Mama: Why didn't you tell me you wanted to get married? Ian's mom just called me telling me about the news!

Me: Huh??? Oh.. That... But we didn't agree on a date or anything! That’s why I didn't tell you!

After that I called Ian to scold him. He said he asked me the day before or something like that and I said OK. It was probably one of those moments where I blanked out when he was talking and I just said yes to cover up for not paying attention.

Soo anyways, from that point onwards everything was on full swing. Ian's mom came over few weeks after and decided on an engagement date. The engagement date was... was... September 8, 2007. I kind of had to dig up my old emails to get the date. Yes, I forgot my engagement date :P moving on...

My theme was light blue. I made a mistake choosing my fave colour for the ENGAGEMENT and not THE WEDDING. Soo stupid. I liked my makeup and baju and hairdo for my engagement better than my wedding.

The engagement turned out to be a big deal. I think we had like 200 people? Haih, big family. If we invite this person, we have to invite the other person as well. Soo hectic I tell you. Mini pelamin la, hantaran la, makan la, crazy! And in just a few months! Heck, we didn't even want to have an engagement in the first place. But I'm glad we did, it was fun. Lotsa... photo opps!

After the hecticness of the engagement, we had around 6 months to plan a wedding. Yes, SIX months. No venue, no NOTHING. I took a month break some more because I was tired from the engagement planning, etc. So then finally I kelam kabut cari venue. Went to Kampung Pengantin and I fell in love with it immediately! The package is also very reasonable. Then I got VERY excited. IM GETTING MARRIED!! Yay! Then pilih kain and baju…. Soo much fun!

Fast forward, it was down to the last 3 months. I started to panic. After the baju and venue, I didn’t do anything. Lepak and soo relaxed. My mama was more nervous than I was. After much scolding from her, I finally moved my lazy butt and got down to work. Hired a wedding planner, and everything was a breeze then… NOT!

Turns out bunga telur soo expensive! Like the really nice ones will cost you around RM 10-15. Times 100 will come up to RM 1,500. And that’s just the bunga telur. Mati!! So I decided to make myself. Me. I’ve never been artsy. But I learned to make bunga telur and the results were not bad, thanks to the help of close friends and family. Thank you guys for helping.

The plan for the wedding was to have everything all in one day. Morning was Nikah. In the afternoon we had a reception for family, and another dinner reception for friends.

The reason why we broke it down to three parts is that we want to actually meet these people. I can’t meet all of 1500 people in one go. Even so, I still x sempat meet up with everyone. Wedding date, March 9, 2008. This one I remembered!

Then the pelamin and makeup, took package from one person. The theme was white for night and gold for day. F&B, overall deco by Kampung Pengantin. Hantaran, made ourselves. Wedding cake… sponsored by Kak Elain… Thank you! Wedding favours, cupcakes which in the end because of mass production didn’t look like the sample I agreed on. Some more they didn’t meet the dateline! How to not panic the day before the wedding?!?!!

Seems like everything boiled down to the day before the wedding. What’s worse is that I’ve been having trouble sleeping for the past 3 days. I couldn’t sleep at all. Kept thinking about things that still need to be done. I couldn’t let go. Even tho my mom told me to rest and not worry. I couldn’t! I was bridezilla! I was angry at everyone. Raised my voice at family members, Ian… and fussed about everything. Ribbon senget, hantaran not standardised, flower girls belum sampai KL, how Ian is not supportive and is just letting go... I fussed about EVERYTHING!

Then, the day of the wedding came. I just slept for about 3 hours. Have to wake up early for hair & makeup. Nikah was at 10am. Went to Kampung Pengantin. I started to relax a bit, but was suddenly getting kind of nervous. I’m about to get married in a few hours. Finally it hit me. For the past few months I’ve been fussing about the wedding but I didn’t give a thought about becoming a wife. And there I stood, suddenly realising that my life was going to change. Becoming a wife meant responsibilities, raising a family… I didn’t think of all that. All I thought about was having a perfect wedding. I suddenly became humbled.

Alhamdulillah… Nikah went smoothly. Just one lafaz. I cried after. My mom cried. My friends cried. Ian didn’t cry :P.

All the receptions went well. I’m so blessed to have family members and friends who took the time and effort, despite the heat and fatigue, helped out to make my wedding a success. There were flaws here and there, but I didn’t care anymore. I was just having soo much fun being the King and Queen of the day. Cameras flashing, families getting together, laughing and having a good time.

To those that I still haven’t thanked… THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SOO VERY MUCH! And I’m sorry I turned into a bridezilla and all on ya! Promise not to do it again??! Heheh.

More pics from the wedding...

It’s been 10 months since the wedding. I'm glad i got conned into it. Although it feels the same between Ian and I, nothing different between us, still argue over the same things, still did the same activities, still hang out with the same group of people but still... the experience is soo much... fun?

My Hubby... Wubby... Jubby...

Sorry. im in one of em moods. took me quite some time to come back with another post. Been super busy... and i just got back from my trip to Bangkok. Will blog about that later.

Okie.. back to the topic. This is Ian Johan Ariff...

We started dating back in 2004. Almost four years of dating then we got MAARIEEDDD...on March 9, 2008. Why that date?? Well... no reason. We just wanted the next possible school holiday available for the location we selected. I know soo unromantic kan.. :P

Ian is kerayzee about football. He's a KOP.


He also reads the news on Astro Awani (channel 501).

hmm... what else. He is/used to be a skateboarder. I think i have a thing for people who deliberately want to hurt themselves. Or prolly I just like crazy dudes. Dunno.

Ian is really simple when it comes to food. Just fry him an egg and he is a happy camper.

I love Ian because, he is very patient with me. And he layans my childish, manje, mengada attitude every once in a while.

Love you babybooooo....

Hey! (hey!) You! (You)

Ok this is scary...


Finally I’ve gathered enough courage (and effort) to start my own blog. I’ve always been hogging other people’s blogs, guess it’s about time I start my own. :)

So yea, about me. I’m married, been married for almost a year. Wow… time flies when ur having fun ya? And sayang, that means even after all we’ve been through I actually… secretly… enjoyed it! I mean what’s a marriage without some meaningless arguments… right? If not we’d have the same conversation about… “How’s Work” or “Where should we head for dinner” day in… day out (zzZZzzzZZzz).

Ok, what else. I love to eat but I’m not too adventurous about food. I’m crazy about cats. Current craze, going to supermarkets to buy just about everything for the house. We just moved in ya see, so yea… you always need that new… well... everything! :P

I have a love/hate relationship with my 12 going on 13 year old sister. Will talk about her later on. I’m in Public relations- been in the industry for almost three years.

For now I guess that’s it. I will reveal more of me as we go on. I’ll upload pics later on when I can actually figure out how. But for now, just want to remind everyone…

Please wear your rear seat belts people!!

Oh and Happy New Year. I think its not too late ;)