6 days n counting!

help!!! i have only six days n counting left!!!

there are a million n one things to do n not enough time to do it. i realised i lost track of time when i sat in front of the computer just now and realised....hey, what's the date today?

its been a hazy blur of work, cleaning, packing, unpacking, spending money, running errands and trying to keep track of everything...sigh...i lost track of myself.

we "installed" our wedding bed on an auspicious date and auspicious time last friday... with blessings and anticipations of a wonderful marriage... its a customary tradition done by the groom and some oranges, longans, dried "pak hak", dried dates and pomegranate leaves are placed on the bed...may the couple be blessed with abundant children and happiness....

we also "moved" into our rented house on friday...auspicious date and all and had our very first dinner there. there was plentiful of food, family and laughter...what can i say, the money on the large dining table was money well spent...especially in my family with a love for gastronomic pursuits...

the sofa is there, the kitchen is stocked, the fridge has some obligatory 100plus, milk n beer forthcoming...yup, i guess i'm ready for the guests :)

the guests have confirmed...well, almost all..it is malaysia after all...., the hotel booked, the dinner menu checked, the house in the midst of super spring-cleaning...all the important stuff done...except for some small stuff...

the bride to be has yet to do her obligatory 100 sit-ups a nite, have yet to polish her face to fairness (there are more zits popping out now than in my entire life so far!!! must be the stress!!!), have yet to pluck and scrub and pamper n perfume to sublimeness., have yet to get rid of the panda eye bags...i only i hope i do justice to the legions of brides around the world n not mess up their good name.

well, my friend asked if i was nervous about the impending wedding...me..not at all, stressed more like it...i'll bet i'll make a good chaos center controller....since good looks are not a criteria but good organisation skills are...

i hope that all will go well, and i won't fare too badly in looks on that day...

fingers crossed, wish me luck!!! n happiness n everafter!!!

2007

today is the 2/1/2007!!! happy new year everyone.

this will be the year i accept a different surname and family, the year i become someone's wife, daughter-in-law...i will have to learn and accept new customs and traditions, and a new way of life. my yearly celebrations will be different than the one i have grown up with, and there will be new ties to forge with people i have yet to meet.

i will miss celebrating traditions being surrounded by customs i have grown comfortable with. it will be strange that the first people i greet will not be those that have greeted me in the years that have passed. for my mom have always told me that when i marry someone, i will have to marry his family, and everything that comes along with it.

but i will always remain my mummy and daddy's little girl, and being the second "diamond" of the family. for the blood that runs through me is stronger than anything that binds me.

in another 25 days, i will be joining a new family...