I have been quiet for so long.. have i got nothing to tell, nothing to share or i just could not make time for my old fav thing to do.. write..
About 1.5 years ago I decided to finally tender my resignation. A plan that was K.I.V after we all met with the tragic car accident. I thought for as long as I can that, that accident was the worst thing could happened in my life. I really do.. after Sarah recover from her injury tremendously, with no side effect and a complete stop to her epilepsy medicine, I often think it is like a miracle.. she is such a magic.. She will once in a while for about 2-3 months after the recovery relate to us how she saw this person wearing all white taking her up to the sky.. she call tht 'person' - misterkejo.. who is this misterkejo? what does he do to Sarah? all remains a mystery only Allah knows.. wallahu alam..
Now sitting here in the living room with all the memories flashing in my head.. I have a blue wall to my right with Sarah's handwriting. She wrote -SARAH.. she scribble everywhere.. those days i used to grumble how my nice clean wall became all mural like with her drawings and handwriting.. now all i want to do now is to preserve this wall.. never never never ever going to repaint it as I will never have to chance to see that handwriting again if I do so...
So how is this Sarah Khadijah like? is she really such an angle? I can proudly say.. Yes, she is.. she was a chubby wubby little baby.. at the age of 6 years, 11 months, she weights 39kg. her last weight. But i still during the past few days before she left me, carry her and say she will forever be my baby.. something I love to do to all my girls including my eldest Yasmeen now age 10. Sarah will smile, I will kiss her forehead, rub her tummy and said.. Mama love arah... and she will say.. Arah love mama jugak..
After I was being discharged from the hospital (i was hospitalized 21 days) I came back home so glad i could hug my girls again and to see Sarah running and singing like normal again.. She helped me bathe, most of the time trying to hold me up, help me wipe my body and apply the gel on my scar. When I complained about my ugly scar she will say "Arah tengok cantik je mama ni.." sometimes she will cry if I said I look ugly.. and keep repeating and assuring me that i look good..
She loooooves being a princess.. She always told all of us how she love to be the princess, I will be the Queen and her father the King.. She has such sweet princess like smile.. I can truly say not one person ever say they hated her.. She capture your heart with just a simple smile..
Sarah is very sensitive, a heart full of love, If i am upset of something she easily cried and she will straight apologize with tears rolling down from her chubby cheeks.. how I miss those cheeks.. the smell! Mama miss arah very much.. Arah.. u really smell like heaven..
I intend to write down each and every memory I could remember with Arwah.. to those who is following, if i happen to repeat the same memory, please forgive me as I am just another mother missing her child who will not be able to hold her until a day where we finally meet at the heaven's door in shaa allah..
Liza Masrina Ibrahim
30 November 2012 - 9.37pm
Friday, November 30, 2012
Monday, October 3, 2011
Rias Chanteq Bridal Gallery - Should Buck up to survive.
1st October 2011 was the BIG event I organized since before Ramadhan. I orhanized almost everything including caterer selection, hall, decorations of the hall as well as hantaran and other tiny stuff except for the appointment of a so called 'Wedding Planner'.
I think as a sister to their customer, I have the right to at least give a sincere opinion to the team from Rias Chanteq Bridal Gallery on their job performance during the wedding especially on the 2 most critical days 30th September and 1st October 2011.
Before I elaborate further, I must say that their 'Pelamin' was impressive. Looks really romantic and sweet and it suits the color selection tht we have decided - Pink + Blue.
I am however, unhappy for the fact that the Bride (my sister in law) had to buy her own pair of shoes to suit the blue songket which was supposedly a new sewn pair of attire as per the package they have paid for. "New sewn attire comes with a standard size 6 shoes' is really not a good idea for an excuse. My brother (groom) had to buy his own shirt and tie to match with the white suit they are preparing and it was not CLEAN white.. there were smudged here and there! I have my good reasons to be cross and I shall give you my reasons for that later.
On 30th September 2011, we were at the hall cleaning, preparing and doing what's necessary. After the team finished putting up the 'pelamin' we were told that there will be someone coming tomorrow morning at 10am to decorate the main dining table for bride and groom and putting up the arch which both were also included in the package. Later in the afternoon, after calling the team we were told that WE will have to prepare the 'ingredients' for 'tepung tawar' ceremony ourselves.. I was like WHAT??!
1st October 2011 - The Big day.. this was what happened..
1. The team who came to the hall supposedly to decorate the main table only put 2 'bird cage' on the dining table and left with nothing else done to decorate the table. We did most of it.. I was puzzled!
2. The team who were up to makeup the bride did not bring enough hair pins for the hairdo
3. The hand bouquet for the Bride looks horrible! I have never came across hand bouquet with 'chrysanthemum'! So not my taste! and to make the matter worse, red roses paired with blue chrysanthemum + PURPLE tiny flower.. wonder where they get those hand bouquet??
4. The arch was not put up. We requested it 3 times. 1st time, I called, my brother told them and and ask us to PUT IT UP OURSELVES! Who are the clients here??! We reach home to change, again, asked them to put up the arch, they kept quiet. 3rd time being the last time, the bride asked them to do it they just easily said, not to worry its easy anyone can do it.. I think they are missing out the point here.. how easy it was it was suppose to be THEIR JOB!
5. Remember I said one of the team member of the so called 'Wedding Planner' came to the hall later to just leave 2 bird cage. She did not even check if there was any ingredient in the container for the 'Tepung Tawar' ceremony.. we only realize it when the family members went up to the stage for the ceremony. Lucky enough, we put some spare 'bunga rampai' the day before if not all of the container would have been EMPTY and our family would have been wondering what to do!
I am not saying this to make them look bad but I think as a client, We have the right. As a so called wedding planner, YOU should Buck-up Man! Big time! coz u know what.. U are not talking to a person who have not been married.. These are my points!
My Wedding Planner was a MALE and he work ALONE but my wedding was tip top.
It was 10 years ago, I paid 3k but u know what I get?
1. 6 pairs of numerous kind of traditional attire
2. A NEWLY SEWN TO FIT SONGKET (I choose the fabric) WITH MATCHING SHOES MY SIZE 9!
3. A wedding gown and a matching suit for my husband (no need to even buy his own shirt nor tie!)
4. Fully FRESH FLOWER Pelamin with a hand bouquet white ROSES nicely done.
I think if the price were to go up they can still get goos service and the same fresh flowers pelamin why not? The bride n groom paid RM4300.00 for this package
1. Artificial flowers Pelamin
2. Songket (Store bought coz it was not their size) with NO shoes
3. A pair of Pink n White lace attire. was told this was tailor made.
4. A wedding gown with matching suit BUT need to buy the shirt n tie
5.Decoration for main dining table consist of 2 bird cage and later I saw some white artificial roses on some pink satin fabric.
6. An arch they never bothered to put up at all!
Ya, I think that about it.
To make the matter worse, the service was not up to our expectation and it certainly not worth the price we paid for.
My Male wedding planner, not only did my makeup, upon finishing that went to the pelamin to check all the containers, went up to my mother's place, 4th floor on a walk-up apartment, to prepare the ingredients i.e some rice with turmeric powder and water mix with talcum to substitute rose water.
I wonder how this wedding planner of my brother, who worked in a team of at least 2 person or more at one time could not even ensure that all are in order?!
At the end of the event, one of our guests broke thier spotlight and I was told by my brother that the wedding planner is charging them RM15.00 for the broken spotlight.
Dear Rias Chanteq Bridal Gallery, do you know that if we were to FACTOR IN the price we paid for the pair of shoes which was supposed to be provided by you + the Shirt and the Tie for the white suit, It is only JUST that we BREAK ALL OF YOUR SPOTLIGHT..
My sincere 2 cents worth, If you guys plan to be in this biz long enough and to prosper, You should BUCK UP BIG TIME!
And if you asked me am I gonna recommend them to my friends, the sincere answer is 'NO'
I think as a sister to their customer, I have the right to at least give a sincere opinion to the team from Rias Chanteq Bridal Gallery on their job performance during the wedding especially on the 2 most critical days 30th September and 1st October 2011.
Before I elaborate further, I must say that their 'Pelamin' was impressive. Looks really romantic and sweet and it suits the color selection tht we have decided - Pink + Blue.
I am however, unhappy for the fact that the Bride (my sister in law) had to buy her own pair of shoes to suit the blue songket which was supposedly a new sewn pair of attire as per the package they have paid for. "New sewn attire comes with a standard size 6 shoes' is really not a good idea for an excuse. My brother (groom) had to buy his own shirt and tie to match with the white suit they are preparing and it was not CLEAN white.. there were smudged here and there! I have my good reasons to be cross and I shall give you my reasons for that later.
On 30th September 2011, we were at the hall cleaning, preparing and doing what's necessary. After the team finished putting up the 'pelamin' we were told that there will be someone coming tomorrow morning at 10am to decorate the main dining table for bride and groom and putting up the arch which both were also included in the package. Later in the afternoon, after calling the team we were told that WE will have to prepare the 'ingredients' for 'tepung tawar' ceremony ourselves.. I was like WHAT??!
1st October 2011 - The Big day.. this was what happened..
1. The team who came to the hall supposedly to decorate the main table only put 2 'bird cage' on the dining table and left with nothing else done to decorate the table. We did most of it.. I was puzzled!
2. The team who were up to makeup the bride did not bring enough hair pins for the hairdo
3. The hand bouquet for the Bride looks horrible! I have never came across hand bouquet with 'chrysanthemum'! So not my taste! and to make the matter worse, red roses paired with blue chrysanthemum + PURPLE tiny flower.. wonder where they get those hand bouquet??
4. The arch was not put up. We requested it 3 times. 1st time, I called, my brother told them and and ask us to PUT IT UP OURSELVES! Who are the clients here??! We reach home to change, again, asked them to put up the arch, they kept quiet. 3rd time being the last time, the bride asked them to do it they just easily said, not to worry its easy anyone can do it.. I think they are missing out the point here.. how easy it was it was suppose to be THEIR JOB!
5. Remember I said one of the team member of the so called 'Wedding Planner' came to the hall later to just leave 2 bird cage. She did not even check if there was any ingredient in the container for the 'Tepung Tawar' ceremony.. we only realize it when the family members went up to the stage for the ceremony. Lucky enough, we put some spare 'bunga rampai' the day before if not all of the container would have been EMPTY and our family would have been wondering what to do!
I am not saying this to make them look bad but I think as a client, We have the right. As a so called wedding planner, YOU should Buck-up Man! Big time! coz u know what.. U are not talking to a person who have not been married.. These are my points!
My Wedding Planner was a MALE and he work ALONE but my wedding was tip top.
It was 10 years ago, I paid 3k but u know what I get?
1. 6 pairs of numerous kind of traditional attire
2. A NEWLY SEWN TO FIT SONGKET (I choose the fabric) WITH MATCHING SHOES MY SIZE 9!
3. A wedding gown and a matching suit for my husband (no need to even buy his own shirt nor tie!)
4. Fully FRESH FLOWER Pelamin with a hand bouquet white ROSES nicely done.
I think if the price were to go up they can still get goos service and the same fresh flowers pelamin why not? The bride n groom paid RM4300.00 for this package
1. Artificial flowers Pelamin
2. Songket (Store bought coz it was not their size) with NO shoes
3. A pair of Pink n White lace attire. was told this was tailor made.
4. A wedding gown with matching suit BUT need to buy the shirt n tie
5.Decoration for main dining table consist of 2 bird cage and later I saw some white artificial roses on some pink satin fabric.
6. An arch they never bothered to put up at all!
Ya, I think that about it.
To make the matter worse, the service was not up to our expectation and it certainly not worth the price we paid for.
My Male wedding planner, not only did my makeup, upon finishing that went to the pelamin to check all the containers, went up to my mother's place, 4th floor on a walk-up apartment, to prepare the ingredients i.e some rice with turmeric powder and water mix with talcum to substitute rose water.
I wonder how this wedding planner of my brother, who worked in a team of at least 2 person or more at one time could not even ensure that all are in order?!
At the end of the event, one of our guests broke thier spotlight and I was told by my brother that the wedding planner is charging them RM15.00 for the broken spotlight.
Dear Rias Chanteq Bridal Gallery, do you know that if we were to FACTOR IN the price we paid for the pair of shoes which was supposed to be provided by you + the Shirt and the Tie for the white suit, It is only JUST that we BREAK ALL OF YOUR SPOTLIGHT..
My sincere 2 cents worth, If you guys plan to be in this biz long enough and to prosper, You should BUCK UP BIG TIME!
And if you asked me am I gonna recommend them to my friends, the sincere answer is 'NO'
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