Selamat Pengantin Baru 2011

A few days ago I went out for dinner with two good friends of mine, a husband and wife couple. The wife was in the same boarding school as I was in Kg Kongo and and the husband and I (and the wife as well) studied in the same town in France during our university years.

We were happily enjoying our Arab dishes and chatting away when the topic of ehem-ehem, marriage, cropped up. I always say ehem-ehem because nearly every day someone will have a remark or crack a joke or ask me about this. Ti kenapa ko tak kahwin lagi? Ti aku rasa ko ni memilih sangat la. Ti ko nak tak aku kenalkan ko dengan mamat ni? Ti tak kisah la tinggi ke rendah ke. Ti susah-susah ko kahwin dengan aku je la. Ya. Banyak juga terjadi babak-babak promosi diri sendiri. But for me that is all harmless flirting since ramai yang mengusik tetapi jika tiada yang betul-betul bertanya ia hanyalah sekadar kata-kata di angin lalu.

Anyway back to my dinner story. When this hot topic came up they asked me the same question too. When am I finally going to find myself a good decent guy and settle down and have tall children who can speak fluent French? OK so maybe ada sedikit tokok tambah but that was the gist lah. But they didn't stop there. The husband came up with an offer yang telah membuat saya terpegun dan termenung sebentar. He offered to pay for my wedding party for 1000 people and his wife will do all the floral arrangements for the ceremony and dais (should I have the courage to go through the bersanding thingy....kenapa perlu ada adat bersanding itu? Kalau saya jemput saudara-mara dan rakan-taulan datang makan-makan dan horey-horey sahaja pun boleh kan?)

And the deadline is his next birthday, which is on the 30th of May 2011. But since that day is a week day, so the three of us have marked Sunday 29th of May 2011 on our handphone calendar to be the expiry date for this offer. So basically I have a wedding day set on this day.

The venue will be at the Laman Budaya Shah Alam. The concept will then have to be a garden wedding since it is going to be outdoors. Cuma temanya sahaja yang masih belum ditentukan lagi. Mungkin tema Hawaii. Mungkin juga tema Baywatch (since there's the lake). There's a small island on the lake that can be used as a tempat pelamin (or so they tell me as they took me to the place to show me around and I was like OMG my crazy friends are dead serious!). I asked them why do they want to go to such lengths? Their answer was simple: I am the last penghuni of the Berek Bujang among our circle of friends.

So while we're at it I was wondering if there are other generous donors who might want to contribute as well. Come on guys, what say you? Peti sejuk tiga pintu? Pakej Bulan Madu dan Spa? Pengambilan khidmat jurugambar berbakat? Set bilik tidur IKEA beserta lantai kayu dan wall trimmings?

Jika tiada aral melintang, 29 Mei 2011 akan menjadi hari yang amat bermakna dalam hidup saya. Ada makan-makan, ada gelak ketawa, ada live band SMSS?/kumpulan gamelan?/kumpulan keroncong?, ada stunt saya dibawa ke pulau kecil di tengah tasik Shah Alam itu dengan menaiki bot untuk duduk di atas pelamin dan sesi foto bersama para jemputan (kalau tak pun salam-salam dengan semua orang pun OK kan?)

So do keep that day free guys. You might have a wedding to attend.

And now I need to find myself someone who's hubby potential.