Happy Times

Last Saturday was Zara's (my boyfriend's little niece) first birthday. And as usual if there's a party, i would be the most excited person. Its like tasting creme brulee for the first time. Ahhh ... Because i love planning events. So i offered to order cupcakes for her as a gift. Tapi dugaan demi dugaan yang datang. Because supposedly the mother nak buat the birthday this coming Saturday, on the 6th of March because Zara's actually birth date is on the 2nd of March. But because one of my boyfriend's sister couldn't attend next week so the birthday was fast-forwarded to last Saturday and i was given a 4-3 days notice. Hell i was panic. Because which baker would want to take a last minute order right?

So i started my search for cupcakes bakers in Penang. Found a few, tapi most of wasn't available on that date. Then a friend suggested me to try out this baker from mainland. I was happy because she accepted my order eventhough it was very last minute. But thankfully i also ordered a box from another baker as a back-up. And boy, i was glad i did that because the lady baker from mainland only informed me on Thursday night that she had to 'balik kampung' on Saturday morning! So i continued with my order with Alvin, from Cupcakes Passion. Totally recommended all of my readers to order from them because their cupcakes bukan saja sedap (mine was choc moist cupcakes), tak muak eventhough you eat a lot and the fresh cream icing aren't sweet like some other cupcakes. I was very satisfied and thankful to Alvin for taking up my last minute order and for entertaining my endless questions.

So here's the photos:

So pretty, tasty and colourful! Happy birthday baby Zara!

Okay, enough about the little girl's birthday. On to four more celebrations. Recently, three of my friends got married and another one got engaged. They all looked bride-licious and so gorgeous in their wedding attire.

This is the girl who got engaged. Without makeup she is already beautiful because her face always has this certain glow. And im jealous of that. Ye lah i kena tempek Benefit Dandelion baru nak nampak macam tu. But not her, cause hers memang natural. Mak jealous you!

And here's is three of my friends who got married.

This is Wani. Her solemnization was on Valentine's Day and her reception will be on the 1st of May. Tried finding her photo with her mother during this but there's none. Her mother is a beautiful lady and you won't believe thats her mother because they look more like sisters. Well as they say, like mother like daughter. If the mother is pretty, of course daughter also pretty.

And this is Ita. Her wedding was on 20th of Feb. She's of Pakistani heritage. The interesting thing about her wedding is, because she's of Pakistani heritage, their culture does not accept 'wang hantaran' or known as dowry money but they acceot gold as replacement. And so this lucky bride got RM21,000 worth of gold from her husband! Phewww ...

She wears Pakistani/Punjabi attire for most of her reception as you can see on the photo above. Feels as if im looking at Abishek Bachan and Aishawarya Rai pulak. 

And last but not least, one of my old friend, Sal. Her wedding reception was on Valentine's Day too, same as Wani. Kenangan yang tak dapat dilupakan is when me and my friends semua sibuk naik ke atas stage untuk bergambar di pelamin with the newlyweds. Dan sebab spotlight yang sangat terang, her husband decided untuk tutup the spotlight for awhile with the small pillow yang digunakan untuk meletak tangan sewaktu merenjis. Lebih kurang 10 minutes jugak lah kami mengedik snap pics atas tu. Then suddenly one of my friends terbau asap as if ada benda yang terbakar. Tengok tengok pillow tu dah half hancur on one side. Nasib baik we were fast. If not mungkin satu pelamin tu terbakar. Thank God that didn't happen. Ha ha.

Congratulations to Aja, Wani, Ita and Sal. I wish you girls all the best in this new chapter of life. May you love and hold each other in the worst of times with trust, faith and belief. May God grant you girls a happy married life! Amin.

* Photos credit to Aja, Wani, Man Bai and Haliz's FB.