04 December 2015
I shall forget about what happened the day before this which I think I might have lost substantial amount of weight due to stress! Something happened to my wedding cake which puts me to emotional overdrive and made the most biggest mistake in my entire baking life, which was to throw it away. I already felt like a failure, I didn't want to showcase my piece that was just on par which didn't showed my talent, maybe I'm just a perfectionist and that's how it lead to making the most regretful decision of all time.
So, moving on.
Woke up as early as 9 am and literally tried to stay as calm as possible. The stress didn't go away during my sleep. I still felt so much tension and pain(yes, from that aunty who gave me a body massage which got me dreading up till my wedding day!).
My dearest MOH, Amirah came over to my house. I still had errands to run, so we met with my Bridesmaid, Diyana over at the shop we were at. We did a last minute grocery shopping. My girls have been a great help. They helped me prepared all the food for the evening and etc. Mom and Dad came back from Pasar Geylang and bought flowers for my #mandibunga and also bunga rampai for the day after. The plan was to have the flower bath over at the hotel but Mom insisted on me doing it at home because it was still so fresh. At first I wasn't keen then I thought, isn't it better to get my Mom doing it for me?
Did I mentioned that after 13-14 days of not meeting Bubs, he'd finally came over to break our "Pantang"? Okay lah, he actually came over to collect his stuffs and envelopes for the wedding while on the way to the airport for last minute meeting and such. You have no idea how elated I was seeing him. I felt a little calm inside but I could still feel butterflies in my stomach. Weird right? Both of us were grinning and smirking at each other(konon nye malu-malu kucing la tu!) Bubs told me that I have lost weight from the last time he saw me(Well, the wedding diet was deliberate. Shall blog about it soon). So he went off right after and I had my mandi bunga session!
"The mandi bunga is performed to dispel bad luck (bad vibes) - "buang sui" or "buang sial". The rationale is that once a person is void of bad luck, he's able to attract good fortune. " - Extracted from The Malaysian Life.
Well, at first I was intending to have a 3-days flower bath cleanse but obviously time doesn't permit which left me with only a day of cleansing. Why I chose to flower bath? Basically, I've never tried it before and also, Indonesians are strong believer of the flower bath ritual before their wedding day. If it gives me the additional "glow" on my big day, why not right?
While Mom was "bathing" me, I felt a little emotional. I mean, my mom has always been a good support up till today. Reality just gave me a slap on my face that I'm moving on to the next phase of my life of which saddens me of course. Eversince Mom started working at the airport again, I'll always listen to her complaints regarding work since I understand her field better as compared to my sisters but now since I'm about to get married( Well, already married now) means lesser time spend with her. *sigh*
Diyana recorded the entire process of the ritual. I was expecting to feel a little different but nope, still the same just more "fresher" and "Wangi"(SERIOUS). Right after the cleanse, I left my girls at home to continue prepping before we make our way to the hotel while I on the other hand needed to get my nails fixed.
Had a gelish nail extensions with bridal nail art and also buff and shine for my feet. The bill came in at $235!!! OMG SO PRETTY BUT SO EX!
Took about 2 hours over there then head back home. My aunt swing by our place cos' she couldn't make it for my wedding day. So sweet right? Sad that I couldn't entertained her cos I was literally running around the house, doing a last minute packing. Abah drove us over to Sentosa!
Checked-in and hell yes I was amazed by the view! Both of my girls loved it so much!
So we lounged around till 6 plus and decide to check out the vicinity.
Went back to the room and had a bubble bath together. Yes, in the same tub! lol.
We rushed a little to get ready for henna night. My henna artist came on time, I was only half ready but had to start as soon as I could. The whole process took about close to 2hrs. I was upset a little cos' I mentioned before that I wanted a white henna. The person said it was possible but my henna artist wasn't informed at all. I didn't want her to waste her effort in coming to Sentosa from Whampoa so I just brushed my disappointment away. My henna cost me additional $140 on top of the $30 deposit. Amirah got a henna too so overall it's a good $170 + tips.
Right after she left, we had mini party of blasting bollywood songs and even danced to it. Took a lot of pictures and videos together too!
We were famished but mcdelivery received an overwhelming orders, we had to wait a little longer. We finally get to order and eat our only meal of the day at about 12 midnight. Terrible or what? Amirah and I sat out at the "porch" facing the view and night sky. It was brilliant, stars were literally scattered around and shining above our heads. I had an emotional breakdown, suddenly. I felt so afraid like "This is it, I'm becoming someone's wife in a few hours."
Suddenly, I thought of the what if(s). I mean, it's normal to be feeling like this right? These are just jitters and a little cold feet.
Once we completed dinner, I had to ironed my nikah outfit and veil. God knows how frustrating it was for me cos' the crease just didn't want to even out, I think I took about close to an hour. We only managed to sleep at 3 in the morning when we had to be up by 6! Omg. I was hoping that I don't get cranky in the morning.
Of which... I did.
See you guys on Part II!
xoxo.
