Wedding Review - Harga Setem untuk Kad Kahwin

Sebelum ni mmg saye pernah dengar yang harga setem untuk pos kad kahwin dah naik harga sebanyak 100% daripada harga asal. Maknanye, dari 30 sen sudah jadi 60sen! Kalau tak percaye, bolehlah bace link di bawah ni..

 Source - www.highnessfiq.blogspot.com

Harga Setem Naik Mulai 1 Julai 2010

Agak membebankanlah pada pasangan yang nak berkahwin ni sebabnye, dahla kena menanggung belanje kahwin yang besar, ini pula kos setem. Bayangkan kos setem sahaja nak dekat sama harga dengan kad kahwin! Hawau betul!

Semalam, saya pergi ke pejabat pos utk menanyakan kos setem utk kad kahwin saye. Saya pun menjangkakan harganya 60sen. Sekali BUKAN! Harga setem utk kad saye ialah 80sen!!!!! Mulanya saye ingatkan sbb kad kahwin saye besar atau berat (tapi takdelah berat mane pun). Rupenye2, penambahan lagi 20sen kerana envelop saye bukan berwarna putih!! Apakah??!!!!

Alasan yg sgt tidak munasabah! Tapi apekan daye kerana itu syarat yg dikenakan oleh Pos Malaysia sendiri. Jadi bagi saye, Pos Malaysia telah mengambil tindakan yg tidak begitu bijak kerana apabile mereka menaikkan harga setem, lagi ramailah org akan menghantar kad kahwin mereka melalui e-mail. Mudah, jimat, senang dan tak perlukan setem pun. Tapi, sedikit kesusahan ialah para jemputan terpaksa print sendiri atau cek sendiri alamat tempat majlis berlangsung. Kalau dah tahu, takpelah. Kalau dah rumah dekat tempat ceruk kan ke payah?! Skali dlm Google Map pun takde. Camne? Hehehe.. Gurau je.

Jadi, saye telah pun menyenarai pendek kawan2 yg saye perlu menghantar kad kahwin saye melalui pos. Kemudian, saye pun dgn gembire pergi ke pejabat pos utk membeli setem 80sen.

Haku: Abg, saye nak beli setem 50sen utk 40 keping, 30sen pun 40 keping jgk..

Abg Pos: Kenape nak beli asing? Setem 80sen sekeping kan ade?

Haku: Eh, ade yeh? Oh, saye ingat tak de tu pasal saye nak beli asing2. Hehehe (*malu)

Perbualan di atas menunjukkan betape saye sgt ketinggalan zaman dan dah lame tak pakai pos. Sekarang zaman teknologi tinggi. E-mail, Twitter, Yahoo Messenger, MSN dan lain-lain juga menjadi pilihan hati. Tapi sebab pakai pos ni lebih kepada nilai sentimental dan rasa hormat, maka saye sanggup menghabiskan sedikit duit daripada bajet kahwin saye utk menjemput kawan2 saye ke majlis perkahwinan saye nanti.

Mungkin ade yg di luar sane pun jarang atau tak tau pun kewujudan setem 80sen ni. Macam ni lah rupenye.. hehehe..

^_^

Wedding Review - Kad Kahwin (Wedding Card)

Alhamdulillah.. 

Kad kahwin saye telah selamat disiapkan tepat pada masanya. Mula2 mmg agak panas punggung dan hati sbb menunggu berjam2 utk dilayan tapi berkat kesabaran, Alhamdulillah, saya dan tunang sgt berpuas hati dgn hasil kad kahwin kami..Tapi sebelum tu ade cerite di sebalik pembikinan kad kami ni. Semoga anda semua boleh jadikan ianya sebagai iktibar dan pengajaran.

1. Kad-Kadkahwin.com

Kami telah menempah kad kami pada syarikat di atas ni (boleh tekan pada link di atas utk melihat website mereka) semasa pameran pengantin di Mid Valley bulan Ogos lepas. Kami sgt tertarik dgn design kad mereka yg sangat sempoi dan unik. Walaupun tempatnya agak jauh di Melaka dan kami di KL, tapi kami sanggup mengambil risiko kerana terlampau berkenankan kad mereka tu. Setelah puas survey di website mereka, inilah design yg mjadi pilihan kami..

Source - Kad-kadkahwin.com

Bertambah pula konon harganya murah iaitu 70sen utk sekeping kad. Tetapi, JANGAN TERPEDAYA kerana ada "hidden charge" di situ. "Hidden charge" yang saya maksudkan ialah caj artwork sebyk RM50. Bila kami tanyekan harga kad, mereka hanye memberitahu harga kad SAHAJA tidak termasuk caj artwork. Kemudian, jika mahukan printing di atas envelop juga perlu ditambah 10sen lagi utk setiap keping. Haaa.. kami hanya tahu selepas kami membayar deposit RM50 dan mendapat invois mereka. Bukannye kami tak tanye berapa keseluruhan harga kad sblm kami bersetuju utk menempah kad dgn mereka ni, cuma kami agak terkejut kerana tidak diberitahu dgn lebih awal yg ade caj tambahan utk artwork.

Maka, keseluruhan kad kami rupenye berharga 90sen/keping dgn 1 banner dan 1 banting serta printing di envelop. Itu pun printing utk SATU warna SAHAJA! Kami agak berang juga, tapi kami tabahkan jua hati yg sdg panasss! Kemudian, kami sangka proses utk edit mengambil mase yg sekejap dan mudah tapi sebaliknya terjadi. Sbbnye saye seorg yang sgt cerewet dan bertambah malang pabile designer mereka asyik membuat kesalahan yang same. Dahle begitu, nak membalas email kami pun tersanggggaaatla lembab sehingga kami terpakse membuat 3-4 kali panggilan utk mengingatkan mereka ttg kad kami.

Kami akhirnya tewas dan jemu dgn sikap mereka yg sgt tidak profesional dan lembab itu, maka kami mengambil langkah drastik utk menukar tempat dan akhirnye kad kami dihasilkan oleh kedai no. 2 bwh ni. =)

2. LH Creative Concept Sdn. Bhd.

Kedai ni agak popular di kalangan rakan2 saye yg baru berkahwin tahun ni. Jadi kami pun mencuba nasib di kedai yg terletak berhampiran Pudu Plaza ni kerana kata kawan2 saye, kad boleh diproses dlm mase yg sgt pantas iaitu seminggu. Kami pun dtg dan hati sgt berbunga2 pabila mereka bersetuju utk menyambung design kad kami dgn harga 70sen/sekeping serta berwarna-warni! Kami jimat 10sen/keping di situ dgn tambahan banner berharga RM50 dan percuma 1 banting dgn tempahan 1000 keping ke atas.

Mula2, sambutannya juga dingin dan sikap mereka sama sahaja spt kedai di atas. Saye perhatikan hampir kesemua designer mereka bekerja dlm keadaan tertekan dan apabila ada pelanggan yg dtg/telefon dgn suara yang keras/marah, mereka bertambah memberontak. Jadi, saye cuba mengubah cara saye utk berhadapan dgn golongan org yg sebegini. 

Hampir selama 3 hari berturut2, saya dtg ke kedai ni selepas waktu kerja saya hanya utk memastikan yg designer saye benar2 menyiapkan kad saye. Saye duduk di sebelahnye dan cuba utk bercakap/berbincang dgn care yg baik/lembut walaupun pada mase itu mood saye kurang baik (tertekan sbb kerja dan lain2). Malah, saye dan tunang terpaksa menunggu 2jam lebih di dlm kedai tu sbb pelanggan terlampau ramai dan designer mereka tak smp 10 org. Merekalah yang design, merekalah yang menjawab call, merekalah yang menguruskan tempahan kad. Saye perasan satu designer akan mengambil ~15pelanggan dlm satu2 mase. Oleh sebab itu, saye cube memahami keadaan mereka dan bersikap sabar atas kecuaian/kesalahan yg mereka buat pada kad kami.

Alhamdulillah, berkat kesabaran, kad kami siap diproses dlm mase 3 minggu. Seminggu kami gunakan utk designer kami melukiskan semula design kad yg telah kami tempah pade kedai no.1 tadi dan 2 minggu utk proses design banner/banting dan printing. Kami sgt berpuas hati dgn hasil kerja designer kami bernama Nurul kerana disebabkan kreativiti beliau, kad kami jadi lebih cantik dpd design asal.

Cuba tgk.. tada!!

Kami tidak dikenakan charge utk printing envelop. =)

Kad kami agak murah dari segi material kad, tp yg pasti kami suke dgn design dan warna kad kami. =D

Jadi sekarang, selesai sudah satu bahagian. Nantikan review saye yg seterusnye di episod akan dtg! =)

TAGGED by Pieka

A few weeks ago, I had nothing to do during weekend so I did some blog hopping. Then suddenly I found this..

 This is totaly cute as I loveeee to see all the cats behind this award! Hehehe!

I'm supposed to put this on my left column of my blog but I'm still having a problem on how to edit the HTML script for this blog template. Am not really good in fixing this coding thingy..

Anyway, this girl tagged me in one of her post. You can see that she posted something on my chit chat thread and requested me to do her tag post. Fine, in order to respect and fulfill her wish so here goes the list.. Hope you enjoy it.

Penatlah asyik cakap benda serius je kan, so why don't I chill out a bit and have some fun!

1- Name one person who made u laugh last night?

Wan Ahmad Hamdi

2- What were u doing 1 hour ago?

Non-stop chewing, eating and blogging

3- What was da last thing you said out loud?

When I pissed off I used to say - MACAM HARAM!!

4- Where's da next place you're going to?

The boring place on earth - Office

5- What was da last thing u paid for?

Vanilla Walls Ice-cream

6- Where were u last nite?

In my home sweet home

7- What's da best ice-cream flavour?

Vanilla always on my top fave

8- Do u wanna cut your hair?

Yes, I want it so badly.

9- Do u love to 'melatah'?

Not at all.

10- If that so(melatah), what will u said out loud?

Oh Mak kau - ala2 OMG versi Usher. Hehehe

11- What does da last text-msg received say?

Contact no. for "Kakak"

12- Will u get married in da future?

In another I month plus..

13- Do u chew on your straw?

If I'm nervous or losing control of my bad habit!

14- Do u make-up your own words?

Sometimes - just to save my ass

15- Is there anyone u like/love right now?

Yes, there is.

16- Tag to other 5 bloggers/more

Jaga2 nnt aku tembak korang secara rawak

Sharmi,

Mimi,

Athie,

Julia&
Yani..

Sekian, Terima Kasih.

^_^

Malaysian weddings dilemma - How to avoid arguments

Hi all,

I'm back with some of the tips/info to share with you guys about Malaysian Wedding Dilemma - Part 1.

I read a post written by this blogger - Nina Nurziana about "Nape lelaki kawin lambat?". It is a summary that tells you the reason and the actual scenario of our wedding trends nowadays. I agreed all the points in her post and just wanted to share some more points from my side.

As you all aware or just started to read my blog, I'm going to get married in another 2 more months. As far as I'm doing all these preparations, the most critical part is when I have to choose who should I hire/pay the people to make the best wedding for me. I wanted to list down all my 'responsible team' i.e. caterer, make-up artist, photographer and etc before this in this blog but I changed my plan. I think it is better to give them a review once I used their services and would make some recommendations if they can really satisfy my needs and my wedding.

I had gone through hard times in arguing with my mother for most of the preparations. I prefer simple yet meaningful but her taste is more to glamorous, branded and pricey! I didn't mean to talk bad about her but I blame her society and environment. I tried my best to please her despite all my choices not just because I hate fighting but it's good to have the blessings from a mother for your wedding. It's priceless and "Syurga kan di bawah tapak kaki ibu sebelum berpindah ke suami?" Maybe some of you are having the same situation like me, so I would suggest you to do this way to fulfill your mom/dad's demand:

1. Tell them your wedding budget and what kind of expenses you would want to cover. If they are willing to help you, you are just lucky. If not, then you just have to REPEAT and EMPHASIS to them again and again and again about your budget limit until they stop demanding.

2. Don't ever loud your voice or start a fight with them once you want a start an argument. This would make them more exasperate. First thing is, save them by keeping your distance with them for a while. This would give you time to feel calm and back to rational. Then confront them again and tell them your reason of your choice. If they still cannot accept your choice, what you can do is to suggest "give and take". As an example, they want you to decorate the bridal room but it is beyond of your budget. So, try to suggest them to bear the cost or you will reduce some other budgets e.g. no fresh flowers dais, cut down the no. of guest, cut videographer and etc.

3. Practice yourself to be patience every time you want to discuss the wedding with your parent. Sometimes, they just don't get that time passed by and their approach of handling things is no longer valid in this new millennium. Always remember this and nail it into your heart. Even though, their suggestions/sayings are painful but they will always be our only parent. Don't blame them of being fussy and choosy because they are just trying to get the best for us. Take the good ones and leave the bad ones far behind. 

4. My mom loves to buy magazines - Pengantin, Ratu Sehari, Nona and etc. Whenever she finds something that she likes regardless the price, she would tell me and expecting me to agree with her choice. In order to avoid arguments, I let her choose and listen to her story and dreams whatsoever. After a few weeks, I will hide all the magazines so that she won't remember about what she had told me in previously. When she asks about all the magazines I would say, I still remember the design that she wants but give me some time to try it out. I'm afraid it cannot suit my cutting and some other relevant reason (that suit to your situation). If she keeps buying new magazines, just tell her that you have already found your wedding gown and the design that she likes didn't suit you so well. Always tell her WITH A REASON. She will be mad at first but she had no choice. But remember, don't shout but talk nicely even though she might raise her voice and make you lose your patience.

5.One more way in fulfilling your mom's demand is to find the same expensive design that she likes with an affordable price. Let me put it this way. I saw a fully fresh flowers dais which cost about more than RM5k and for me it is way too expensive. Somehow, me and my mom like it so much (which is seldom happen because me and my mom used to have a different taste of style). So, what I do is I combine the fresh flowers with the artificial flowers (exactly the same type of flower) to reduce the cost and I also change the dais panel into something almost similar but a bit low quality of material. That saves me almost RM2k. How's that sound?

 

Above is only my 2cents and it depends on you and how to apply it for your wedding preparations. I do have an excel file that I made myself to put all my wedding budget inside and also to track down my cash flow so that I know how much shall I have to spend before and after the wedding. If you are interested, just tell me by leaving your comments here and I'm more than happy to help couples out there to be their own wedding planner. =D

Good luck!

Selamat Berpuasa dan Meraikan Syawal penuh berkat!

Salam,

I believe it is not too late to wish you all Eid Mubarak and Happy Fasting (Puasa Enam) during Syawal.

How's the Hari Raya celebrations? Hope you all are having a good time with your family and relatives during the hari raya. The most blessing month to forgive each other and the right time to pay our relatives and friends a visit after a long lost contact.

This year is going to be the last Hari Raya for me before I end up my bachelor time end of this year. I really hope it will be a meaningful hari raya (yet it was) but unfortunately I have ruined the first day of it. I almost passed out on that day because I can't get my rest at all and I was awake the whole night. I felt so scary when it was the first time I can't really hold my body to myself. I felt like I was floating... gegegegge...

Well, forget about that. I was just extremely exhausted for helping my mom and my dad to clean up the house and cooked for the hari raya. I did enjoy my raya after recovered from the 'zombie' mode. My siblings were all back to our hometown in Malacca on the 3rd day of raya.

On the next day, Ayah was too excited to bring his four grand"babymonsters" to Melaka River Cruise. So, we went there and had a pretty good time on the boat. I looked at Ayah & Mama were sharing their old sweet memories together back in 1970s while enjoying the scenery along the journey. I was touched and proud of having such a loving parent after about 35 years of marriage.=,)

 Oh.. Perkataan 'Cruise' sudah hilang... haisshh!

Other than stuffed ourselves with kuih raye, rendang, lemang and etc in open houses, we were also visited Kg. Morten - the cultural home village sponsored by the Malacca state government. *Tiba2 raya rumah orang yang tak dikenali.. pelik2.. Hehehehe.

  Sorry, the photo quality is bad.. I edited with Adobe Photoshop Express to make it brighter and more sharp. iPhone's camera is so not reliable in capturing photos at night.. =(

We went inside the house and found out a lot of ancient stuff, furniture, paintings and decorations everywhere. The interior was unique and rare to find nowadays in rural Malacca. We didn't pay any cents to get into the house and the owner was too kind for letting us in and entertained all the visitors until 10pm. Supposed they were not open the house for visitors on that time, but they have been requested by one of the visitors who came from far. So, they benevolently opened it for the sake of hari raya. Then, all of us tumpang sekaki la.. Hehehe..

This pelita reminds me of my childhood when my late grandpa used to stick the pelita along the gate in front of my kampung in Jasin. I missed those time where my mind free from anything and lived happily without worries!

Hahaha zaman bile punye typewriter daaa... so classic and old school.

Antique wardrobe. Cool!

I'd spent so much quality time with my family during this hari raya and I left behind all my "unfinished business' in the office. Working is an endless task so no matter I like it or not, it will keep on piling up on my desk. So, I didn't bother to look at my report at all because I was just too busy savouring every moment in this hari raya. Hehehe..

 

And ultimately as to close the chapter for hari raya for this year, I found out that the happiest family member during the hari raya was...


 

 

The fluffy puffy Anet-chan scomel!

 p/s: I need a catsitter for almost 2 weeks in this December starting on 16th till 24th.Pls drop me a message if you are interested. =)