Kursus Kahwin

This weekend D and I together with our future husbands will be attending the kursus kahwin at Mont Kiara. I'm looking forward to a fulfilling and fruitful religious discourse. I truly hope it will be academic and dynamic with a focus on ensuring correct implementation and understanding the spirit of the religious requirements of marriage, instead of an emphasis on the procedural requirements.


Did you know that Christians too, have something akin to a kursus kahwin? My friend A, got married last month and while she is not a practicing Christian, and neither is her husband for that matter, she and her husband were required to attend pre-marital counselling. All members of a church (cell?)will undergo this counselling.

What is offered is actually Christian pre-marital counselling and non-Christian pre-marital counselling. I wonder if many non-Christians know about this and whether any actually do consult a church for pre-marital counselling. What I personally think is a very good thing about counselling that the church offers is that it counsels you for a period of TWO years preceding your marriage, apparently. A, who is such a anti-religion person, be it Christianity, Islam or whatever, even told me that she found it helpful.

But what i found very strange is that A and her husband could not get married in a church because they have not attended mass for continously for the past 3 months, which is apparently a requirement if you wish to marry in the church itself. So what happened was that the religious ceremony took place in a room at the hotel where the reception was, with the pastor from her church presiding. Damn, I'd love to have gone to a pretty church wedding!!

Anyway A's wedding was just fantastic, fun and filled with happiness. Congrats Ash, I am so happy for you - and you couldn't have looked prettier on that day!

a zanotti-swarovski partnership

Guess what I got...!!




super pretty silver leather Giuseppe Zanotti stilletos with HOOOGE swarovski crystals. Am definitely saving these gems for the nikah..will match the swarovskis on my baju! OMG!! Shoes make me oh-so-excited. Oh god they are so luxurious and pretty.

a hydrangea pelamin inspired by mulberry

I want a hydrangea garden pelamin for my nikah. The mulberry ad campaign (pic above) is so inspiring and I think it would fit the nikah venue perfectly, seeing as the facade of the Ledang Room is pretty similar.Since Flora Etc has very kindly decided to play cruel unnecessary games with me, I was wondering if any one else has any suggestions as to who could do my pelamin? I'm thinking the Poetry of Flowers, who did my engagement ceremony, check out pictures below:



the pretty simple pelamin, but when you look up close, the level of detail and care that Safia from the Poetry of Flowers put in is obvious and her very elegant style manifests:



Some pics of the hantaran tunang - chocolates, sampin, fruits !

Don't you think the tassles and pearls were so cute, and what's better, so highly appropriate for an engagement..*we heart it*

And the beautiful sireh junjung...my mother loved it to bits..