Handling Holland.. (and now aidan too!)

We were humbled when our good friends Noreen and D invited us to witness their akad nikah two sundays ago. i had so many ideas and so many things that i wanted to do for their special day but much time were taken by my precious son. i had to settle for something realistic insted and left all the ideas, still in my head.

Inteded to bake my so called ‘popular after first attempt baked cheesecake’ but somehow, shamefully, it didnt turn out well (no point putting the picture here, memalukan!). quickly came up with some chocolate cupcakes and since noreen’s mum loves anything apple-ish, i baked some apple muffins as well.

Finished all the baking and cooking and cleaning at midnight. wrapped their wedding present, prepared some munchies for our 2 hour journey to den haag, got ready aidan’s bag, and an hour later, were off to bed, with me smelling like a confused cake of cocoa, cheese, apple and mee hoon sup! didnt want to arrange the flowers that night so i left it for the morning.

A day before, i managed to get some white ranunculus and green mums and added some soft touches with this tiny little ones which i dont know its name. put them in glasses, tied some green and yellow strings around the glasses, and there you have it, an instant flower deco to add to noreen’s grandma garden of roses in her apartment.

As people are celebrating Carnival here (refer to previous, last year’s post), dressed up in all sorts of costumes, we got ready, wearing our baju kurung and baju melayu instead! sadly aidan does not have his 1st baju melayu yet so i put on something comfy for him. Stuffed the back of the car with all the stuff, plus the ever so pupular and precious limburgese vlaai and off we were, to the rumah pengantin.

It was our first time meeting noreen’s family who flew all the way from kl. they are such warm people, very friendly, very welcoming, very funny too! funny how small the world is, almost scarry! i was scared that aidan might create a scene and so i told him the day before and before we left that he needed to behave himself. "kita nak gi rumah orang, tante noreen’s getting married, so you need to behave, kena pandai bawak diri tau!" just like my mum always say to us when we were young- "pergi rumah orang kena bawak diri!" i’m now passing it down to my son.

First min he cried. i then calmed him down. and before i knew it, he was swept away by noreen’s youngest sister, sese. there goes my boy! both were really comfortable with each other. sese’s great with kids. and later changed shifts with the reliable yaya, noreen’s other sister, noreen’s mum and later her dad!

Unfortunately, the bride was down with food poisoning! what luck! poor noreen. she was in bed most of the day trying to get as much rest as possible before the akad begins.

The akad started after maghrib. both bride and groom looked elegant. D wore a full baju melayu complete with songkok. he looked absolutely gorgeous! sajak dan segak! (D, figure what that means!). the ceremony was done with such simplicity, with such meaningful words shared by the amazing kadi (he trully is), an absolutely beautiful union witness by only a handful of people, such a private affair, extremely modest and yet beautiful and meaningful.

Food was excellent! lekker! heel lekker! pengantin lelaki even duduk bersila atas lantai to have his beryani! he looked really comfortable and at ease with his attire! where’s the pengantin perempuan? well, she had to settle for a couple of toasts… in bed! aww….

I’m glad everything went well, alhamdulillah. i’m glad my son was at his bestest behaviour. he surprised me and i’m so proud of him for not making a squeek during the ceremony (i wouldnt want his voice, or any gas coming out of him to be heard in the video, you see!)

We left for home at 9pm, before we reached the end of noreen’s street, aidan’s already fast asleep. mana taknya, he didnt sleep at all, from 2pm to 9! so i reckon he had a good day too, i’m sure. he too witness his tante noreen and om daniel kawin!

To our good friends, Noreen and Daniel, congratulations guys. i wish you both all the love, all the happiness in the world and may your marriage be blessed and berkekalan hingga ke anak cucu, insyaallah.

Hope you like the present.

With all our love!

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