just got back from IS & IL's wedding reception (both sides-groom & bride, then counting last night's dinner, solemnisation...)... was a exhausting, tiring, STRESSFUL... few wks, wespecially so for the last... but ALHAMDULLILAH... syukur everything went about well enuff... i'm glad relieved... and so so happy on all counts... let's rewind...

met RS just now... after... err a few years...? last we met was when we kept bumping into each other while i was still in NUS and he was in informatics... how big has our adique grown! hehe... but like IZ and DN, still the same old boys from sec sch (or high-sch, as our dear bridesmaid SB referred to last nite *G*... kak oii u r no longer in Aussie, dah!)... still remembering silly nicknames, still as naughtee as always... but it's nice to know he's still as friendly as ever... an after so so many years, we even managed to grab a pic together! that's a very precious photo, since so many years will pass since we managed to take one! then best of all, balik mesti nak salam... that somehow brought very farnee memories... ;D

SB drove today... tq dearie for the ride... navigation skills aside (tu i can forgive lah since u have been away so so very long... dun go away again too soon yah though there's someone waiting, i know ;) so we became part of the "package"... LOL... aka transport the camera & vdo-man to IS place and help the mak andam carry the (VERY HEAVY!!) costumes for the bride & groom... was feeling a bit lost since no one else from the bride side came to accompany the entourage, so we enjoyed the breeze at the nearby park... until we were spotted by the bride, then the groom's family came swarming around to offer food and drinks... but had to decline food as we were still full from lunch at the bride's not too long ago... but gladly accepted the drinks... then at one point the wind was so so strong, the bridal archway fell down, right in front of us... we were agog in shock!

then we followed them up to the groom's bro's palce to wait as they had a costume change... lepak, man at sofa... IS was trying to get payback for all the times i teased him... was waiting for me to doze off... sorri brader i dun doze off that easily in daylight... hehe... lucky u it's ur big day, plus i'm REALLLY tired, otherwise u wld realli get it... ;D

but realli needed some rest & relax, and lotsa sleep!! pretty please..?? dinner yesterday was REALLY stressful... nikah got NR to help do vdo, cause i know IL's family wldnt be too happy with a girl menyibuk in front during the solemnisation... NR can sure do acrobatics with my camera! LOL! coz decided to use my T1 instead of NZ's vdo cam (THX SO SO MUCH for the vdocame, u r still a saviour!)... coz thot it'd be easier to edit in time for dinner... plus there were so many pple arnd armed with cameras & vdos! i dare say arnd 20! such that IS's bro commented it' like SG idol with so many lightbulbs flashing! LOL! then grabbed a bite a went back to do some serious wk... but trouble was a-brewing... apparently the projector didnt provide the RGB cable to link my laptop to his projector as promised... so had brief heart-attack that i was to burn all the videos (ok actually i MEANT to do this as backup... but i dint have time! and i'll definitely wun have the time in those few hrs!)... ding-dong all over the place, finally thought of asking NR if he happened to ahve the cable... he did... but at his office and graciously offered to go down to get it... luckily KA found an RGB cable from somewhere so i was left in peace to do my editing... not for long... some more probs... then my CD-burner decided NOT to cooperate...

L & NR came by to pick me up 1/2hr later than ETA we had briefing at IL's... reached there in the midst of a briefing... but gd news was, some things SH finally turned up... then KI's hubby's cuzzin AD is apparently a whizz with the sound system and he & fren wld assist me for evening... YAYS!!! set up me laptop with them to do a rehearsal of the dinner... then we discovered the RGB plug is dented... PANIC AGAIN! but AD thot of somehow denting it back into shape with a pair of pliers (THX for being the one person who was cool, calm & collected! KI and i were on high stress mode!) then i discovered i forgot my power cable for my laptop! of all the stupid things! lucky laptop was on full charge so managed to get thru the rehearsal (SH & DN was so worried 4 me... think the stress was well reflected on my face... they kept asking whther i was ok and SH helpfully looked over my shoulder 2 make sure i was doing ok) daddy dearest came down to send my power cable (LOVE U LOTS, BABA!) and there were glitches enuff to get me worred for the dinner..

was trying to meditate upstairs b4 changing... then one of the best-man's fren suddenly asked...
"Siapa N? Is there an N here? Ada orang cari N...?"
i was like huh... what? didnt realise he was holding a hp... so asked where... and he replied kat bawah... was so confused! thinking someone calle dup kapa bcoz i didnt hear teh phone ring! LOL! then thought of AD coz when I went up, i offered my number in case there's any prob with my laptop which was already playing the video... but he said it's ok they'd manage... then the fella (one of the ilah's colleagues, i wasnt alert enuff to notice who was actually talking LOL... i was THAT zonked) said there's an IZ looking for N... ok... double, triple huh, then took the hp from him and the caller-ID confirmed it... dun need to do a transcript, needless to say teh irritating conversation got me awake n alert n very irritated the idiot! waste my energy arguing why he shld go up netherless of whether he's in uniform and supposed 2b on duty as he can't get leave... i shld know why he made me engage in such stoopid converstaion refusing to hang up! coz juz as he seems willing to hang up, presto he appeared at the door in civilian-wear! if only he had an idea of how i wish 2 strangle him at the moment... actually i know he knew... just being his irritating self!

SH & DN was elated at his appearance thinking they were off the hook for emceeing... but IZ keep edging... but he was studying the script i did very closely (yah yah i did it... and he expected/suspected it was me, cause it was so serious n formal rites? LOL sor-rie! i'm not a corn-on-d-crap person like other pple i know)... he intimated that he manage 2 somehow get leave coz he heard abt the MIA emcee... awww so sweet...

finally egged SB on to change when we saw L & NR emerging in their baby-blues... when i finally emerged again, the guys were still praying... and was quite puzzled when i saw IZ (or so i thot) in red... i mean... i thot he came melenggang, when did he bring change of clothes, and why red... then discovered it was IF!!! another adique all grown up... and omg... if IZ is irritating, a combination of them is much worst!! told them they are like tweedledee & tweedledum! they kep finishing off each otehr lines in some joke! LOL

went down... checked on AD & fren, everything fine... did a run-thru of how my vdo's and their music will merge... double-ok! went to find the rest and walked in on DN just realising IZ REALLY (DN kept looking at me, i kept looking away as i SERIOUSLY had no idea whether he was serious or kidding! i looked at IF in return, he just looked innocent!) wasnt doing the emceeing... then DN asked me for thescript which i only have one copy and i needed it... and IZ (helpfully) said that there's another copy upstairs and (helpfully) offered to get it... when he walked back to DN, SH and me, he winke dat me and smiled his fishy smile... but i still dono what he was up to, and frankly was getting realli irritatied... poor KI for the last-min stress!

but... everything started off (with DN & SH as emcee) smoothly... my slides & video turned out ok (PHEW!) and sound was great! SB was shaky in her speech, HN as best man was funny, and the bride teary... aww as the most-stressed-out of the wkg committee, KA and i got special mention in the speech... awww... LOL... IZ jumped in to be the kecoh-man part interviewing... and of course kicking up a ruckus is his specialty... but a kecoh event is such a nice atmosphere 4 a wedding dinner... Sh sweetly brought me fruits & fruit-cocktail (aww... so sweet... but u tink i fruity izzit? LOL) IZ & IF found a comrade in SH and the 3 started to be even more irritating in numbers! LOL! but was fun... esp with NR joining in! at one part, imagine like drunken sailors singing "Allah Selamatkan Kamu... Ismeth Bin Ulam Raja" then rounding it off with that freaking *tada dadadada* supposedly suspenseful sound effect from P.Ramlee movies! OMG! just had the pecah perut affliction from raya... was nice to have it again so soon actually! Love u guys n gals lots, femme15 & 16 + 123! LOL... 11 years is not enuff yah, we must keep up this special relationship! *G*

to round off the evening, L and NR, in true kakak-kakak abg-abg style, sent me home in a cab... was a bit stupefied, actually... but was too tired to argue with anyone anymore! NR even carried my laptop, which, given was realli heavy actually! thanks u guys... a really sweet couple whom i love loads of lots!

i may not have liked getting into HSS... or exactly loved the time i spent there, but Lin, Ila, Sab, Zwan, Acit, Din and even esp Ms Linda... you all mysteriously wound yourselves life and I am blessed n humbled by your friendship, treasure it much, and wish loads that we'll be as chummy in lots of time to come. INSYALLAH!

Selamat Pengantin Baru IL & IS! Selamat Melayari Alam Pertunangan AF... your tunang is one sweet girl... take good care of her, yah!