Wedding prep 3

The flights

Tgl 17 Dec kita naik AirAsia ke SUB via KL. Based on a friend’s experience, kita coba go show utk earlier flight ke KL, cos we were worried that the flight would be delayed and we’d be in a rush to catch the flight to SUB. Akhirnya memang bisa terbang pagian, karena emang pesawatnya rada kosong. Trus kita belum bisa check in karena kepagian, “mbambung” deh di KLIA. Lalu sempat kaget waktu counter AirAsia dibuka, antriannya panjang minta ampun. Why are they so fond of this one-line-queue system there? Huh, jadinya orang kerasa sebel dulu ngliat antrian segitu panjang. Kita sempat ikutan ngantri disitu, trus baru diberi tahu ternyata kalo ke Indonesia, antrinya di counter lain, rada jauh dari situ, tapi untungnya ngga terlalu panjang antriannya.

Oh ya, bawaan kita juga diusahakan sesedikit mungkin lebih nya dari 15 kg yg diizinkan, si kangmas cuma sekitar 11 kg, aku yg banyak as always he3. Lalu kita makan paginya di Airport Don Muang (di Resto Thai Airways, mahal bok, abis 400 Baht berdua). Dan kita juga nekat bawa bekal sendiri he3, abis dulu pengalaman naik AirAsia awal th 2004, jualannya ngga enak. Ternyata sekarang sudah rada improved.

Tgl 28 Dec aku pulang sendiri *hiks*, ceritanya mo kerja, tapi sampe hari ini kerjanya jalan2 dan santai2 mulu, belum ada mood kerja he3.

Pesawat ke KL was delayed for 15 minutes, because the computer system at the KLIA had a problem so the check-in over there was delayed. Trus sampe di KLIA, ternyata bisa langsung check-in, and this one-line-queue system again! Alamak, kali ini, ke Bangkok ngga ada counter tersendiri spt kalo ke Indo, antrinya lamaaaa deh. Trus makan di Burger King di Arrival biar ngga sungkan pake internet gratis nya he3. Pesawat ke Bangkok was delayed 1.5 hours, jadi luntang lantung lagi, kali ini lebih terasa karena sendirian L Sampai ke AIT jam 23 an karena immigrasi BKK juga panjang antrinya, cuaca sudah ngga dingin *syukur* he3, tapi air masih sedingin air es. Walah di Smg terbiasa dng cuaca panas dan itupun mandi aku masih pake air hangat he3. Jadi ngga mandi deh malam itu.

The weight and the diet

Di Indonesia dipuas2in makan gado2, pecel, nasi campur, rujak cingur, pempek, ayam goreng, mie ayam plus camilan2nya, walhasil badan jadi melar. Apalagi sudah sebulan ini ga sempat fitness kan. Makanya mau coba detoksifikasi, 3 hari cuma minum jus, tapi ngga kuat godaannya. Tadi ke MBK, aduh kepengen segala macam, masih bisa tahan sih, tapi begitu sampe rumah udah ngga kuat, malah jadi kepengen segala yg ada. Udah deh, makan malam aja yg diganti juice. Moga2 masih bisa turun beratnya sampe Juni nanti.

The date

Kata “orang pinter” 24-06-2006, lumayan cantik juga ya tanggalnya. Utk maid of honour, bestman, flower girl/boy ada shio2 yg ngga boleh, utk ngatur ranjang pengantin juga shio tertentu dilarang. Yah nurut aja lah.

The church

Ternyata di TA juga ga susah prosedur gerejanya karena Romo kepalanya ganti (tadinya mo gereja di Kediri n pesta di TA). Tgl 18 Dec, kita langsung disuruh ikut misa dan menemui romo. Tapi berhubung Romo sibuk, balik lagi Senin untuk penyelidikan kanonik, ditanya data2 basic dan such questions as ”sadar ngga kalo pernikahan cuma sekali”, ”sadar ngga kalo pernikahan bertujuan mempunyai keturunan”. Romo nya baik kok. Kita ikut pelajaran agama 4 kali (dng 4 orang tutor yg berbeda), tapi bisa diambil dalam sehari, kalo memang tutor nya bisa. Trus surat2 yg harus dilengkapi juga sudah dikasih tahu, aduh ribet juga ya urusan surat menyurat ini. Harus ke Gereja tempat baptis dulu, ke RT, RW, Kelurahan, Catatan Sipil.

Test kesehatan

Di TA, diminta surat keterangan sehat dari Puskesmas, bayar 3500 Rp/ orang utk tiket masuk dan 5000 Rp/ orang utk surat dokter nya. Tapi aku ngga imunisasi lagi karena sudah diimunisasi MMR dan TT di AIT bulan Okt lalu dlm rangka annual check-up gratis.

The theme

Maunya putih – emas gitu (kenapa ya? Lupa :P, kayaknya kita emang mau itu, tapi ada yg bilang jelek, tapi fotografer di Kediri juga menyarankan putih-emas)

The wedding cake

Pesan di Kediri, eh ternyata teman sendiri, anak TI Petra dulu. More or less, modelnya kita sudah pilih (tapi aku lupa juga tuh yg kayak apa he3, moga2 kangmas ingat). Mama temanku itu menyarankan kasih something Thai, tapi ogah ah, masak dikasih gajah ato boneka berbaju Thai?

The make-up

Pesan di Kediri juga, belakangan ada yg bilang jelek, tapi ya udah lah, udah DP juga. Lagian lihat foto nya kayaknya bagus kok, netral, ngga menor.

The venue

Di restoran di TA, teman ortu kangmas. Untuk urusan venue, menu, hiburan kita pasrahkan ke ortu kangmas saja.

The decoration

Wah, cuma di gedung. Di gereja ngga termasuk paket nya. Kamar pengantin juga cuma dikasih buket aja, terpaksa cari bedcovernya sendiri. Trus kan harusnya kamarku di ”rumah” (in my case, hotel di TA) dan kamar kangmas di rumahnya nantinya juga di video, jadi kudu dihias juga. Buketnya mau yg bulet, mawar putih kuning dng tambahan sedikit pink ato merah.

The photo studio

Teman kangmas, ternyata istrinya si Mega, yg pernah dikenalin ama Lia J dunia emang kecil ya. Si kangmas mau outdoor lagi di situ tapi dng baju casual. Dia pengen foto di Gereja Pohsarang, belakangan baru tahu ternyata ada cerita special nya di situ *jadi terharu*.

The invitation

Udah liat2 tapi belum milih nih, tulisan nama China ku dan papa ku juga ngga tahu gimana. Abis di keluargaku (mama, aku dan adik) ngga ada yg ngeh bhs Mandarin. Biar kangmas aja yg milih and minta bantuan ortu dia utk tulisannya.

Sepatu dan baju utk foto casual

Tadi siang dapat di MBK, setelah puter sana sini di Smg, Sby, Future Park, MBK, akhirnya sepatu nya aku pilih yg sederhana, pokoknya 7.5 cm dan nyaman dipake, gampang dilepas he3.

Yang kurang

Mobil pengantin, hotel utk tamu, petugas dan flower girl/boy, bestman, trus isi koper (itu, keperluanku yg serba baru).

Perayaan di Semarang

Tgl 2 Juli karena 1 Juli (seminggu after 24 June) gedungya sudah dipake orang. Itu pun siangnya ada yg pake, jadi dekor kita terpaksa ngikut dia (untung sih kita bisa dapet diskon, tapi moga2 selera orang itu ngga norak ya, belum tahu juga mereka pakai dekor mana). Gaun pesta saya (udah ngga boleh pake wedding gown) plus make up, undangan, foto video sudah pesan. MC dan hiburan dari gedung yg disewa. Tinggal souvenir dan dekor nya.

Wedding prep 2

Ortu kangmas dan 3 tante nya datang dari tgl 3-13 Dec kemaren

4 Dec Chatuchak
5 Dec Bumrungrad hospital, MBK, WTC
6-8 Dec Chiangmai
9 Dec Pattaya (Nongnooch Garden bagus, Alangkarn jelek! jangan lihat deh)
10 Dec Sunflower farm dng kereta api tourist yg ada nya cuma tiap weekend during Sep-Dec, cukup oke
11 Dec Chatuchak dan Jim Thompson sale
12 Dec Grand palace, Wat Pho, Wat arun

The souvenir

Pas kita jalan tgl 4 Dec itu, ortu bilang bagusan souvenirnya gantungan kunci aja.... sigh, rada kecewa sih pas itu... tapi ya udah gpp.... kan emang nanti yg diundang juga teman2 mereka juga, their cohort gitu... jadi seleranya kan kurang lebih sama dng mereka... kalo kita kasih yg menurut kita bagus dan unik, malah mungkin mereka ngga appreciate....

The rings

Sudah jadi lhoo, keren deh, sesuai dng yg kita mau... ngga terlalu lebar, we're so happy to see those rings....

The gown

Sebetulnya diminta datang minggu lalu utk ngepas pattern, tapi ngga sempat, dimundurin tgl 7 or 14 jan th depan aja. Jas si kangmas juga dipinjemin dari situ.... ngirit deh, kalo sewa bridal gown di indo, jas groom nya ngga dapat, mesti beli sendiri....

The shoes

Wah aku disuruh cari sepatu yg tingginya 7.5 cm sebelum ngepas pattern... belum sempat juga nih... ntar aja... cari di MBK aja hehehe, abis ngga keliatan juga nantinya.....

The ceremony

Gereja nya nanti di Kediri, kita mo nanya2 selama kita di Indo 17-28 Dec ini
Sedang Chinese tradition ceremony nya nanti tanya2 ama pihak si kangmas, pihakku kagak ngerti sama sekali.... nantinya nyiapin koper yg isinya barang2 keperluanku sehari2 yg harus serba baru (asyiiikkk hehehe).. trus pihak cowok nyiapin perhiasan juga buat aku (asyik lagi hehehehe).,.. ngga tau ah... nanti aja tanya si kangmas lagi....

Wedding prep 1

The Ring

We know one jewellery shop which, as far as we know, is honest and gives reasonable price. So we have them in mind when we designed the ring. I already have ideas of how it should look like and*he* looked for the picture on the internet. It has three layers, with wide sandpaper-finishing (matte) layer in the middle and two very-narrow outer layers, and rectangular (emerald-cut) diamond in the middle. It has homogeneous thickness and width all throughout, no protruding part.

We decided to order it so we can get what we want. But *he* warned me already that by ordering, actually we dont know how the thing will come out. Unlike buying the ready made rings, we can already see the thing.

First visit, our right ring-fingers were measured. But the shop owner told us that for Thais, normally the wedding band is worn on the left ring-finger (also for the Filipinos, I observed). But we were sure that for us it should be on the right hand. But after going home, we were not so sure, so I searched on the pictures of my Indonesian Friendster friends and other pictures of our families and friends, and we got different results! Some couples wear it on the right hand, some on the left hand, some wear it in different hands for the husband and the wife. So finally, we decided to wear it on our right hand (cause left hand is used for *bleep* hehehehe).

Second visit, oh my God, my ring is 1 cm wide (with 2 outer layers each on top and bottom!). I dont want this. Even *he* doesnt want something this thick, so we asked them to cut one outer layer each and tried to make the inner layer a bit narrower. We havent see it again ever since.

The Checklist

We tried to prepare the checklist to make sure nothing is forgotten. But many things cannot be ensured yet. Such as the distribution of responsibilities, the bridesmaid, the flowergirl, etc. But I hope when we go back this Dec to Surabaya we can already settle many things.

The Souvenir

We went to Phahurat (Indian town) to look for the souvenirs, it's cheap there. We fell for the salt and pepper containers in the shape of two people hugging each other, but I dont know whether we will buy, cos it's so fragile. But looks like we will.

The Pre-wed Picture

It is difficult for us if I have to rent the gown in Indonesia and take the pre-wed there, because we are not living in Indonesia. So, with the advise of Nova and Benny (Thank God we met them when they distributed their invitation, because we were about to go out at that time), we tried to look for studio here. So we went to a wedding fair at the Impact Arena. It was a scary experience, because every sales person tried to pull us to sit and listen to them for "five minutes" which in fact became 20-30 minutes. Then after selecting the best three, we went to Thong Lor, where those bridal studios are located. We visited all three and decided to select Image Bride. This shop is a bit "jual mahal", unlike other shops which tried to give us lower and lower price or more and more benefits. But I like the styles of their picture.

The Gown

I dont have any picture how it should look like. The most important thing is that it will not make me look fat! hehehe, mission impossible? :D But I tried to searched through the internet for some pictures anyway, but still I have to try it on before I know, right?

So in the three bridal studios, I also observed the gowns. And after we decided to select Image Bride, I tried the gowns there. Then the designer showed me a gown ordered by another customer, which I like so much, the style is like the yellow gown of Beauty in the "Beauty and the Beast". So we ordered one too (a bit different) and we can bring to Indonesia for the ceremony.

Others

Decorations, venue, legality aspects, church, etc. are still unknown at this stage.