engagement party

my dearest sister was engaged on her 23rd birthday last 19th January 2008.. I'd kind of expected this would coming.. and moi being older by 8 years still yet single and available.. ehm ehm.. so what my family say about this? well, for your information, it's not just me she'd skipped.. she skipped her 2 brothers as well.. since I'm the eldest and also the big sister, the pressure of course was heavier on me.. but you know, I never felt that pressure though.. so full and proud of myself heh? well, it's just I never wanted to over-think and over-burden myself.. I have this tendency of over-thinking and over-doing things.. just ask my close friends.. and they know that I am.. I couldn't sleep if I started thinking on heavy stuff like this i.e. marriage.. my mind won't stop working until I find the solution.. I used to be like that.. always edgy and worry what other people might think of me.. but over the time, I think I've become less paranoid, less perfectionist.. I try to control my mind.. I try to stop myself from over-thinking when i.e. the bed time comes.. or when I feel so restless.. which means I needed a break desperately.. I think if I keep that up, I would have OCD-obsessive compulsive disorder... seriously, I might.. for this marriage thing, I know in my heart, it is just a matter of time.. I have faith and believe in that.. what I need is your prayers for me to meet a good and descend person.. that's all I'm asking.. thank you for all your concerns..

mom's plan of the food was actually suppose to be a tea-break kind.. i.e. 'meehoon, 'mee' or 'laksa'.. instead we had this sort of late-lunch 'nasi beriyani' with complement of beef curry, 'dalca' and 'acar'.. on top of the original plan tea-break kind of serving.. 'roti jala' with complement of 'serawa durian' and chicken curry.. and 'kuih bakar'.. the 'nasi' was my auntie's idea.. since she's the family chef.. so we just follow whatever chef said.. the drink were consist of 2 kinds as well.. cold syrup and tea (as my 'nenek sedara' called it 'teh nipis').. it was really a grandeur feast for us.. according to the plan, the other party would be arrived around 2pm.. after zohor.. but then, we'd waited until 4pm.. still no sign of them.. and as I expected enough they'd arrived around 'asar'.. what a plan heh?.. I would say it was a family affairs for the other side.. because they brought along quite an entourage.. there wasn't enough space in our hall.. despite earlier I thought it would be enough since we'd cleared most of the furniture outside of the house.. the only one left was dining table.. some of their's family members had to sit outside.. but it wasn't really outside outside.. it just outside of the sliding door, where a place for us to sit around leisurely and have our tea after get home from work in the evening.. what an ironic, I would say..

speaking of grandeur.. the 'hantaran' were all grand.. it's not easy to find simple 'hantaran' nowadays.. everything were all grand.. compare back in the days.. from what I had witnessed during my older cousins's engagement 'kenduri'.. it were really simple, as I recalled.. maybe because it were long time ago.. and already became ancient stories, heh.. our side was suppose to give 7 'dulang'.. but instead we gave 9.. the additional 2 were from my beloved brother and his girlfriend.. lepas geram kot sbb tak dapat kawin dulu.. hahaha.. as for how long is the engagement period.. the guy's family asking for this june.. but mom said after 'raya'.. let's she catch her breath first.. that were her exact words.. since she has prior plans to attend to i.e. several office's trips.. as for moi, so agreed with mom.. I'm so swamp right now.. plus me and mom won't be around on April.. where we will be? you just have to wait to find the answer.. tungguuu...