my future wedding

my future wedding. hurm. never thought of it. i mean i have thought about it, just that i think of the marriage more than the wedding itself. i'd be satisfied with a simple akad nikah in a masjid witnessed by my nearest and dearest but that would mean my parents would kill me and my late grandma would rise from her grave to strangle me. hahaha... we're one big clan and that usually means a big wedding is in order. well here's my kinda-instant mental image of my future wedding put in words.

a lot of grooms worry about being fat for their wedding but i guess i'd be fine, what with my tendency to be healthy (hehe). the first outfit should be, of course, the baju melayu. i want it to be royal purple, or even burgundy. i'd like to wear the tall songkok and put a brooch on it. i want to have a samping with a keris on it. my i'm of mixed parentage, but that doesn't mean i'd go for the full Maharaja China regalia to represent my chinese side. i'm particularly fond of the mandarin collar suit, and that shall be my dinner outfit. make it purple. i think two outfits should be fine, but i don't know about the women in my family - they'd want more out of me. hohohoho... oh yea, my fave color is orange but you may ask "why not wear orange?" well friends, orange is a bright color. i don't wanna become a traffic cone on my wedding day, do i? and i don't want "peach" or any other washed-out tones. orange should be accents, for example, maybe the dinner reception shall be accentuated with orange highlights? :)

the bride. hurm, the bride. i don't know if she'll be wearing the tudung for the reception (i'm okay both ways) but i want her in a dress or a kaftan-esque gown. lace is always in order for weddings so that should be fine. cream colored (yeah i am old fashioned about this) but other colors are nice too. it should match my deep purple mandarin coat, of course.

the dinner reception? the rest of the things? i don't know. i'll let the women of my family decide. this is their forte. they take care of the wedding, i'll take care of the bride.*wink*

like this but in purple, and NO prints whatsoever :)

an art piece

as you may or may not know, i am creative director of (soon to be rebranded) Kamireka Art, a creative project of mine with two other besties. we do designing projects like creating t shirts, shoes and also frames (the final two primarily carried out by my partner Ejat) and also take commision work designing pamphlets, t shirts and posters for events and organizations. an art piece that i include here would be one of my designs for shoes. this design has no takers, btw - anybody interested? ;)

song(s) that made me cry

whenever i have a surge of emotion, i always find a song that is able to convey it. it is a way it allows me to communicate my feelings. a song selection at a particular time reflects what i'm feeling at the moment.

Adam Ahmad - Kau Pergi Jua when my paternal grandmother passed away

Hijau Daun - Suara (Ku Berharap) when my ex broke up with me

Maher Zain - InsyaAllah I must hold back the tears whenever I listen to this song

Lulu - To Sir With Love no apparent reason.

my dream house

i am but a single guy, so excuse me for the single guy's dream house... hehehe

my dream house is a simple apartment in the city, not the grungy ones but more of a middle-class/high-end apartment, almost a condo, actually. i want it to be on the higher if not the highest floor. it will be decorated and furnished at least 80% by IKEA. it will have a cozy living room with the sunlight streaming in from a wall height window every morning. the kitchen, of course will be fully-equipped. it's not a proper home without a fully-equipped kitchen and should be quite big. oh, and it HAS to have an island :)


the bedroom? of course i'd like to have a walk in closet, and a bathroom decked with products and a rainfall-type power shower (i heard they're quite nice). it will also have an office made from the extra room. the entertainment will also be in this room because i only want to have books and rugs n cushions in the living room, just a place to chill.


while skimming through the Chrome Web Store, i chanced upon this awesome app called the AutoDesk HomeStyler. go get it, it's fun. i had fun designing an apartment from it. it even allows us to view it in 3D! it isn't a true depiction of my dream house, as the resources were quite limited. hehehehe... here it is...

a non-fictional book

my favorite.

'nuff sed.