http://shaja.fotopages.com/ I'm wedding planner from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and if anyone need my assistance, please email me : shaja_ratul@yahoo.com Thank you Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:33:16 GMT Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:33:16 GMT http://www.fotopages.com/images/rss_logo.gif http://shw.fotopages.com/ 40 60 Salam Hi everyone....so this week I will write a bit about Bunga Pahar. What is the different from the term bunga telur ? In my personal opinion ( based from experience talking to clients' family...) bunga pahar and bunga telur is not the same thing.Apakah bezanyer...rupa mungkin sama tapi fungsinyer berbeza Namanya bunga pahar... jadi bunga pahar mesti ada paharnyer...:)..pahar adalah dulang yg boelh diletak brg diatas...sebagai hadiah. Selalunya org dulu2...akan bawa bunga pahar nie semasa dtg berarak ke rumah pasangan pengantin...selalunya bersama rombongan pengantin adalah sorang ditugaskan bawak pahar yg ada bunga pahar. :) sebagai hadiah dari keluarga pengantin... ok ke penerangan nie...hehehe...sorrylah kalau ayat akak nie cam pusing2 skit... And also...bunga pahar jugak diletakkan di depan pelamin...org dulu2 mana ada tempat cucuk bunga telur nie...pakai daun pisang jer...ehh silap ! batang pisang :-D ..so nak bagi cantik diorang letak le btg pisang tu atas pahar letak depan pelamin....so jadiklah bunga pahar... . Dari apa yg org tua2 citer kat akak... dari situlah dtgnyer term bunga pahar... bunga yg diletak atas pahar, dan di bagi kepada org2 yg merenjis pengantin nanti. Nowadays, kita masih ada letak bunga pahar di depan pelamin, cuma kadang2 tak letak lagi atas pahar mcm dulu2..sebab dah ada tempat cucuk bunga pahar yg cantik menggantikan batang2 pisang... :-D . Still... we keep the term as before...the beautiful 'bunga pahar' Bunga telur plak....bunga yg dihadiahkan kepada org ramai sebagai cenderahati...dan telur diberi sebagai mengambil berkat dan mendoakan semoga pasangan pengantin dimurahkan rezeki dn dikurniakan zuriat2 yg baik dan sempurna. aminnnnn... zaman kita skrg kita masih kekalkan adat dgn pemberian bunga telur.. cuma ada yg prefer gantikan telur dgn brg2 yg lain...normally choc / gula2.. mungkin sebagai simbolik ' kemanisan alam rumah-tangga . Insyallah.... :-> Jadi kadang2, some people still prefer telur sbg hadiah bunga telur ...coz the meaning behind it.......futher-more.. its affordable. ;-) ..cuma proses menyiapkan nye leceh skit...dulu2 semua buat gotong royong, mmg ramai yg sudi tolong ikatkan telur tu sehari sebelum majlis..zaman kita skrg, mmg susah skit. Sadly to say Amalan gotong royong dah kurang. I heard once ..dlm majlis persiapan, one the aunty said : " si tak dtg pun yer tolong-tolong hari ni. Masa majlis anak dia dulu dok bising kata takder org datang tolong dia...tapi masa majlis org lain tak tahu pulak nak tunjuk muka.Pastu nak harap org nak dtg tolong dia masa majlis dia plak.Mana boleh macam tu.... ermmmmmmmm...." Kesimpulannyer..marilah kita ramai2 tolong sedara mara kita atau kawan2 masa diorang perlukan bantuan siapkan majlis kenduri masing2..supaya nanti masa majlis kita ramai gak yg dtg tolong kita buat persiapan....bukannyer nak suruh berjaga mlm pun..tolong letak telur pun jadilah !! Till next article... take care ! http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1535441 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Salam n good day to all... Recently I came across one blog on wedding planning ( in US n UK ) . Best baca article2 tu...and thinking of doing the same also. Share with everyone my opinion on all the things related to wedding ...from the planning to the event itself...Insya Allah... :-> So.. today since ada gambar cake fondant yg nak di sharekan..... we talk about CAKE... Wedding Cake... Normally for a malay wedding, we normally have two cakes...one to be given as one of the hantaran during Nikah ( not necessarily ) and another one for Reception ( Cake cutting ceremony ). Why Fondant ? Fondant Cake is a hard icing cake and we like it because it looks the best.Fondant cake can also taste as nice as it looks or sometimes its only a plain butter cake inside.Up to you to decide.. Fruit cake or prune/walnut cake is better ..why ? reason being, it tasty..and fruit cake maintain the shape nicely....kalau guna cake yg tak ada bhn2 dlmnyer.. bila kita letak lapisan icing fondant yg quite heavy..nanti surface fondant tu tak smooth..berlopak2..hehehe..sebab cake dlmnyer too soft...( boleh makan tau fondant nie...rasa mcm chewing gum ..sticky dan manis giler..) still butter cake is good enough if you wish to minimz the cost... talking about the cost...normally they are charging more than RM150 for each( standand 1-2kg ). Depends on the type of cake n also the flowers.Why so expensive ????bcoz....the ingrediant is expensive and its NOT EASY to do...i've tried once and I dont think I'm willing to do it again.hehehhe...lecehhhh dari buat bunga dip ok ! LOL . So thats one good reason y it cost that much...because u need skills for it. A very good one ! 8-) . If u need 3 tiers fondant cake ( real cake ) for reception, u might spent more than RM1K for that (also depends on the design n sizes ). U can opt for dummy cake....ermmmm....DUMMY CAKE ? how dummy is it...ermmmm...they replace the cake with polysterin..thats all. Still using fondant icing but that fondant you cannot eat laaaa....sebab dah keraaaassss dan dah lama. hehehehe. For your information....most hotels only provide Dummy Fondant Cake in their wedding package. Some...ermmm..one or two hotels give 1 layer real cake..the rest dummy cake. Only 1 small portion is real cake , just enough for the couples to taste it during the cutting time ( acara suap menyuap .. :-> ) They used the same cake in all wedding reception...kira mcm recycled gitu..only change the deco on top hehehe...but as far as I concerned. ALL dummy cakes look very2 nice in the PICTURE !!! LOL . So dont worry if u are facing one soon.. more over its included in the package ..so its FOC. Even if its real cake....sometimes it is wasted after the event...by that time all guest too full already ....so i think dummy cake should be considered as a good option. Right ? But if u have the budget for a real cake...why not ! :-D .If you surf on the net, western wedding normally used fondant cake with fresh flowers. Actually fresh flowers cost cheaper and much easier to do compare to the hard icing flower.Still it need to be done to the last minute , since its FRESH ! LOL . This is hard icing flower..u can easily get this from the Bakery nowadays. If its a small function with 100 - 400 guests, and its buffet....a nice 3 tiers wedding cake will give extra credit. You can share it with everyone...let the caterer know about this earlier...so they can help u to distribute the cake to your guest. I've done that once..people seems to appreciate that. ;-) Ermmmm.....let me share with you guys some picture of fondant cake. This cake is for hantaran... This is Fresh flowers fondant cake ( Choffles ) This picture I found from the search engine...its using fresh flowers..the same flower I used for the previous entry in hantaran...sgt2 cantik ini Cake LOL ( let me know if u happens to know the source , i cant remember where i get the pic from $-) ) So I hope this info will help some of you to decide on your wedding cake...enjoy searching for the one that u like !....happy planning. And if you a topic that u wish me to write something about it...email me and I'll try my best to help. Any topic related to wedding should be ok. Just write to me : shaja_ratul@yahoo.com ok ya... till next article.....take care everyone ! Wassalam Shaja http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1525307 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT I'm sorry for not being here nearly 2 months...no news no updates n no pictures...but i'm still here.. doing the same thing still...bz with so many things...i've moved to a new place... our new home sweet home..and the streamyx still not connected after 1 month....so cant really shre many pics now...got to wait for a better connection... dial up nie slow amat....bleh tertido tunggu dia refresh. Tday mcm laju skit....so i think its long enough for everybody. Tq so much kepada semua yg email akak ....ada yg sms tanyer kabar , takut kak shaja give up....taklah ! now i already have my own showroom...cuma akak tak bukak all the time..with appmnts je dulu...coz tak amik pekerja lagi skrg. 1 step at a time...jemput2lah dtg ke showroom akak ye! :)...kecik jertapi cukuplah untuk client nak tgk sample2 brg yg ada. DAN...secara rasminya akak namakan my company : Shajaratul Design . the above hantran was for a very friendly gal....yana.. all fresh flowers ...cuba teka bunga apakah itu ? bunga yg sgt cantik..... ;-) till next entry Shaja shaja_ratul@yahoo.com http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1517747 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Someone called me few weeks back : She said : " Kak...update la gambar skit...lama dah akak tak update gambar event ngan hantaran dlm fp...update ek ! " ermmm... mmg lama gak tak update yek... kdang2 sebab tak sempat nak buat editing..kadang2 hantaran tak sempat nak snap picture...kadang2 mood pun takder nak edit n sharing. sorry lah sesgt... takpe2.....hari ni , atas permintaan ...i would like to share with everyone pictures of last year event. However.. atas permintaan client..Cant put all...just the deco part ya... It was during our 50th Merdeka Celebration...31.08.07.Akad nikah in Shah Alam n reception in Palace of the Golden Horses.. garden wedding ( alhamdulillah perfect wheather with beutiful stars up above ) ...took me a whole year of 2007 for this 2 events . Tq to all who help me in making this event the most memorable event of the year. Pelamin ( nikah ) : Nas Great Idea ( published in Latest edition of Ratu Sehari ) Designer : Rizalman Photographer : Kid Chan Studio Makeup artist ( whole event ) : Sue Cantik Canopy : Istana Canopy Catering : SITI Catering Wedding Planner : shaja very thankful for the opportunity ... and to A & F...tq so much and keep in touch ya.. take good care of each other. Will upload reception pictures soon...Wassalam Enjoy Shaja shaja_ratul @yahoo.com p/s : psni kita update wedding my sis plak...just a simple event.. tunggu yer..:D http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1446682 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Received this email from a friend....just wanna share it with everyone...enjoy the story ! COFFEE AND LIFE A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee,the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." So, don't let the cups drive you... enjoy the coffee instead" :-> :-D :-> http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1410357 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Salam everyone.... Recently I caught up with a very huge situation when suddenly my client was so unpleased with me when I somehow forgot our appointment at her place. Of course I have no intention to do so..I still try my best to be there( its 45 minutes drive ) even its already late ) but I guess it all ended quite bad. Many apologies but I really wanna share with u something about me..myself....how forgetful I was and I am...:D ...so that later on...if u caught up in the same situation...u will forgive me.. From what I remember.....sejak zmn sekolah rendah lagi... mmg ada prob in keeping my things in place and remembering things ( thats y I hate subject History...hehehe ). Even my mom put my name on most of my things...somehow at the end of the day ..I lost it . $-) . My pencil, eraser, watch, purse.... and so on and so on....and I'm quite well known for this prob....because all my frens tend up finding my stuff all over the place... hehehe....when I have my IC....i'm facing too much pressure each time I lost my purse....tensen giler...tapi nak but cana kan...I am a very forgetful person indeed. Thats y i'm so thankful to Allah for giving me such a nice husband..who understand my prob n weeknesses...tq so much. And now....when it comes in dealing with client....there surely will be time when I forgot...of course I tried my best not to....I take note in my diary.....even remind my hubby to remind me...still i guess ..there will be a time it happens to be not ' reminded ' . My fault. However...I would like to make a statement here : I NEVER... NEVER !!!... FORGOT TO ATTEND MY CLIENTS EVENT TO SET UP THE PLACE AS I PROMISED. you may ask all my x-client... if there is some prob turn up...I'm always there to amend things...dgn apa jua keadaan dan situasi...shaja akan cuba betulkan keadaan dan jadikan majlis itu yg terbaik untuk semua. Kadang2 mmg tak tido ...tak makan... tinggalkan anak2....just to make sure I deliver my promise.... So dont worry ok....you have my word on this....UNLESS....keadaan betul2 tak mengizinkan...ketentuan Allah...we cant say anything about that...but...so far Alhamdulillah. thats one problem....... and now think I also have another new problem....with my punctuality.. If you have dealing with me before....you must know how seldom I give exact time when making an appointments...Normally i would say " betwen 2-3pm...or 11 to 11.30 am... Usually I'm on time and even earlier...cuma sometimes...if something urgent turn up, then I will have to reschedule. Then I will always asked my client to call/sms me the day before or few hours before the appmnt...just to make sure that I dont forget about it.And also to make sure that they also really2 coming for the appmnt... I'm sorry if its troubling any of you...but what can I do about it...ermmmmm....maybe i need full time secretary baru boleh selesai masalah nie kan... . LOL . yaaaa right ! hehehe..i wish. 8-) Cuma kan....its not just because I such a forgetful person.... but also because beside doing my own business, I'm also someone's daughter ( who always trying to be there when i'm needed the most ) ... someone's wife ( whom I love so much and always trying my best to be the best ) ....and also a mother of two ( who needs me to be there for them at their most important stage of life - growing up ) . I'm sorry again to all my client if I keep on changing my schedule and appmnts.....the truth is my family is always my 1st priority....if you have kids you will know how hard it is to entertain them and at the same time to be on time.....I'm still breastfeeding my little princess and intend to do the same with all my children..and I wanna be there to make sure they eat what they suppose to....say no to things that ain't right..teach them to speak the right word n language and also witness the magic moment of their 1st step.. 1st clap... 1st day at school..and lots..and lots of other treasured moments. In order to do so....I cant work with other people. Because I need to have the freedom with my time...my schedule and my capabilities. Thats y I ended up in this line not in Engineering line ( even with good grades from good University ) How I wish I can buildup this company to be bigger with staffs n partners. How I wish I can have a proper website...open my own big gallery and sell more things. I cant do that now...not when I have other commitment ..... it got to wait...when you become a wife and a mother then you'll understand its not easy and there's a lot of thing you will have to sacrifice in life....as a wife u cant be the decision maker...its just wrong coz it will ruin the marriage....just got to hang in there and Allah knows. So please ...i'm asking a favor from all of you who have interest in my service.... do understand my situation here...and trust me...i luv my job very2 much and i will deliver what i promised you...with full comitments....yet do give me some space and accept my reasons...not because u have to.. but because you do understand. If you dont.....i think its better to find some other person who can. Coz....this is who I am...and I cant change the way I handle my life n my job even if you have the money to pay me to do so....I'm really2 sorry.... Even now..I realize some time , I dont even have time to open emails..read n reply. For that reason..I decided to have my schedule of event on this page so that you can refer to it 1st, to check my availability. Not to show off how bz I am...but to make it easier for everyone.If its ok then do email me for quotation. Insyallah I will reply to you sooner or later. If its urgent...so leave yr no...I'll call you. Or you may call me at this no 013-3405321. ermmmmmm.....feel much2 better now...and tq so much for all the support. tq........take care. Wassalam Shaja shaja_ratul@yahoo.com http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1400489 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi everyone..., Shaja nak jual alas dulang lama...corak bunga ros...harga RM30/pc..11pcs. beads nyer still ok.....not as perfect as brand new...kepada yg nak beli yg brand new pun ada... RM45/pc ( limited stock ). Free delivery within KL/Selangor. Email if interested ya . tq Shaja shaja_ratul@yahoo.com http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1395769 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Salam, Dear all... Since the 1st week of school holiday, time goes by so quickly....and I cant really find the time to sit infront of the pc, to update pic or even replying client's email. This year really different from the previous year....kelam kabut jap jadik nye...but we survive. Alhamdulillah. So..last week I took a break ( just nice for Hari Raya Korban, holidays with family and also some year-end shopping.. :-D ..and this week already started working as usual. Have to work Work Hard for 2008, more comitment coming next year !... LOL Unoffically, I Have 2 photographers with me now....which I think have the same dream n energy..:D . will update pictures from them soon... And for future bride n groom... if you interested with my service , for 2008 event..please email me for quotation ya or call me directly at this no 013-3405321. Shaja hanya menerima tempahan selagi ada kekosongan dan ada kemampuan...jadi at the moment hanya mampu terima satu tempahan pd satu2 masa... Event Calender for 2008 are as below : JANUARY 2008 ( FULL ) FEBRUARY 2008 1-17 Feb : Event - masih menerima tempahan bunga dulang / souvenir MARCH 2008 7- 9 March : Hantaran 13-16 March : Event 27-29 March : Event APRIL 2008 Available MAY 10-18 May : Event 22-25 May : Event JUNE 27 June : Hantaran JULY 18 –20 July : Event AUGUST FULL - masih menerima tempahan bunga dulang / souvenir.. updated ( 3 Jan 08 ) . Tq so much for the support ya. Tq again and Happy New Year everyone !!!! Shaja shaja_ratul@yahoo.com [img] http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1390004 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT If u pick the right color scheme...anything will turn out just nice...hope many of you also luv this combination ..as much as i do..enjoy the pic ! p/s : Masyithah....please email me dear...akak lost all client's no..including yours...and sorry for this delay...hope u luv the pic..:)..and another set of hantaran ..will upload soon. . tq again.sampaikan salam pd family yer... Wassalam Shaja shaja_ratul@yahoo.com http://shaja.fotopages.com/?entry=1338867 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT