Posts by Mrs Imran

Nilam Boutique updates

Posted by Mrs Imran on Aug 18, 2011
Filed Under Feature Post, Fitness, Nilam, Photography | 3 comments

You know what….having 3 blogs to be update and maintain ain’t easy and that’s what happening to me now. Huhuh. Sakai betul ok. My other websites still belum siap sepenuhnya, there are still a lots of things need to be done, dah boleh guna, but ada few areas I belum letak infos and etc. As I said earlier on, it ain’t easy and part nk mengarang2 info tu buat I lemas. Tapi lemas tk lemas kene buat jugak.

Dah lama tk update pasal Lonia and Nilam. Ok tkper, kali ni I update utk Nilam dulu lah. Last weekend I did a photoshoot session with Isma and her fren name Ainul (nk tersama dah dgn nama I heee, rasa pelik nk panggil dia Ainul). She ordered a pair of tailored made Kurung Pahang together with fabric sekali lah. Then she requested for a photoshoot, and since it has been quite a while I didn’t do any shoot, so I pon riang gembira jerlah nk shoot kan. Nak nak plak for raya shoot, I pon suka jer lah. She didn’t specify that she wanted a raya/ramadhan theme shoot, but I came out with the idea since she’s gonna wear the kurung pahang and we are now in holy Ramadhan month, so why not kan?

Here are some photos that I could share with you guys utk kasi Raya feel sket. Huhu. Lighting was a major problem sbb shoot malam and since am lack of photography gadget, jadinya this is the best that I could capture. There are few more, but haven’t got time to browse through and select the good pictures. To all Nilam customers, yang pernah order or nak order/tempah anything, you are automatically entitle for free photoshoot. Make up pon ada, but make up ada charge sikit lah yer. Dulu we do make up for free , but promo tu dah habis Dah alang-alang buat baju lawa, amik lah gambar sekali kan? Berbaloi buat baju mcm tu, and since it’s free you must be kidding me if you say no to it. Huhu.

Ok next story is about a very classic and vintage kurung moden that I made for my friend. She appointed me few months back to commission this piece for her. Well I was kinda suspen jugak masa tu, because she wanted the baju for raya and I need to scout for fabrics too. She gave me a list of few colors that she likes and the best thing about my friend ni, she’s not that fussy at all and she trusted me to get the fabrics for her.

I love customers yang kasi I ruang utk berkarya (cewah), ok let me elaborate a bit, bila customer tak cerewet and dia percaya kepada designer utk bermain dengan design yg bersesuaian it’s really mean a lot u know…Sbb kalau terlalu cerewet and terlalu banyak restriction this and that, ended up we might not be able to come out with a good design or any element of surprise sbb designer sebenar baju tu adalah customer tu sendiri. Huhu. So dah tkder surprise kan? Where’s the fun then? So, kalau I buat baju utk my customer I prefer to have “my” element or trademark lah, tk kisah la if the baju was inspired from other baju yg similar design, but fabric chosen and cara aplikasi fabric ke atas baju tu sedikit lain dari baju contoh asal pon dah cukup utk beri kelainan dan kejutan.

So enjoy some of the pics of the royal green polkadot kurung moden with lace patches. If nk tengok more pictures of this kurung moden, boleh tengok dan baca dekat blog Nilam Boutique. Jangan lupa bookmark and follow that blog too ok RSS link, facebook blog network link and segala jadah link pon ada. Hehe.

Ok membebel panjang tk guna. Sbb haku dh ngantuk and dh nk masuk subuh ni. Lepas pray nk tido lah. Oh ada satu lagi cerita, I dah start gym dah 3 hari. Utk 3 hari ni I just do mild exercise , just to get myself familiar with the equipment and facilities. Start esok I buat work out betul lah. I need to at least burn about 600kg/hr in a day to lose weight. Lebih kurang mcm nk kene lari atas threadmill dgn sgt laju for about 1hr. Wahahahaha. Pengsannn. And satu lagi cerita, finally I managed to cut my hair and rebonding! Yippie, now kepala sgt ringan and rambut sangat sihat! Loving my rambut raya. Yabedabedu.

Seminggu sekali

Posted by Mrs Imran on Aug 15, 2011
Filed Under Nilam, Oh So Random, wedding | 7 comments

Dah macam rutin plak, update blog seminggu sekali jer. Huhu. I think I macam dah tk berapa nk hog all pcs in the house and internet like I used to. Well, when one gets older…one start to slow down. It’s true coz now sehari tak on laptop pon I don’t mind or perhaps because I have an iphone? That could be true also, since iphone is good enough for me to check my emails, facebook, twitter and blog. That’s all I need. So maybe because of that, that made me kinda slowing down? Hmmm…

Lets try hide my iphone and laptop, lets see whether not I survive (huhu I don’t think so..)

Ok since update blog seminggu sekali, ladiesss..please take a deep breath this gonna be a bit long lah coz am trying to squeeze a week worth of stories in one entry . Hehe. Not to worry am not so generous with words, coz time is luxury to me, so am gonna skip all the merapu merepek be straight to the point lah. Lagi pon puasa-puasa ni tk larat nk baca banyak-banyak kan? So enjoy the pictures and caption ala kadar. Hehe. Esok I’ll start exercise at the gym , wish me luck ok. Hope can shed about 5kg before raya. Boleh tak agak-agaknya? Adakah mission impossible?

Here are photos taken during iftar with my uni/dorm mate. We kinda meet up once a year only during iftar. Huhu. Beautiful Ramadhan isn’t it? Kami semua yg sangat susah nk jumpa utk lepak-lepak , but sehari dalam bulan Ramadhan we make it happen Actually tk berapa cukup korum, Ida yg selalu join kiterorg baru bersalin, so I insisted to drag another good fren to join, if not mcm tk ramai tk best. So, tahun ni ada Kartini! Yayyy. Kartini yg pakai tudung bawal purple Kiterorg break fast at Fullhouse Sunway Pyramid tahun ni, last year Thai-Thai dekat Sunway jugak. Pictures credit to Mimi and Tj.

I was wearing Nilam satin wide pants in Fuchsia and Roman Toga blouse. Am kinda a sucker of color block, hence the fuchsia pants and black blouse. Kalau matching color sangat mcm bosan dah. Huhu.

Cute cab and cute ladies. Especially yg berkoordinat row sebelah kanan tengah. Hihi. (statement nk kene makan kasut huhu)

Nice royal purple couch, how I wish I can bring it home. Ichiro just don’t care. Dia sibuk dengan botol dia.

Ok habis cerita iftar, ni cerita I made a suppose-to-be-a-hamper/gift for my mother in law, she wants to give it to her boss. Notice I mentioned “suppose to be”? Welllll…mmg sepatutnya I buat ramadhan hamper, but since my mom insisted on using pewter tray yg macam org selalu guna utk dulang hantaran so automatic the whole thing doesn’t look like a hamper/gift basket anymore. Huhu. But, am cool, I don’t mind as long as I can do something to satisfy my hunger for crafting, am fine. If my mother in law want a hamper that look like a hantaran…so be it. Heheh. Ok here comes…picturessssss.

Initially I thought to put in some flowers in this cute little bottle for decoration, but then my MIL who seemed to love this bottle so much suggested to fill it with zam-zam water since we have a lot of zam-zam water at home. Dan lagipon ini hadiah sempena Ramadhan, so zam-zam water just nice. My mother wants to buy more bottle utk isi sos cili. Haha. Excuse my jawi handwriting on the bottle. Heeee. Tk lawa kan?

I love daisy! I think my favourite flower is daisy. But too bad dekat rumah kampung takder daisy. My mom tried to plant so many daisy but none of it survived. Poor daisy. But now ada banyak artificial flower yang look like a real flower like the one that I used for this Ramadhan hamper/hantaran. Of course it quite expensive but I’d fallen in love with it, I just can’t tolerate with fake flowers that looks like a real fake flower anymore (but sometimes I have to for low budget hantaran) Even if they are lot cheaper. I bought daisy in purple shade plus 1 stalk of other type of flower.

The hamper/hantaran (i hate to type the slash so many time) consists of kekacang and dried stuff like peach, berries, dates and few more which I don’t really register the name. But ada sunflower seed yg sangat sedap. Huhu. Makan cepat jer habis sbb dah siap kopek punya. Then ada telekung juga. Initially my mom just nk kasi kacang2 tu jer, but then I suggested letak tasbih or buku agama ker I didn’t suggest the telekung since telekung kan mahal, but my mom beli telekung sbb the person is so dear to her, so money is not an issue. More pictures here http://www.nilamboutique.com/wedding/30-ramadhan-hantaran.html

Hmmm ok at first I thought nk squeeze a week of stories in 1 entry, but at this point I think better don’t. Haha. Banyak sangat gambar nnt lambat u guys nk load this entry. And secondly tadi I tulis “caption ala kadar” , sorry I think I get too carried away masa tulis caption, jadinya dah terjadi macam entry. Hehe. Oklah, it’s raining heavily outside, kalau tidur sedap, but I am not sleepy and in about an hour time I need to prepare food for sahur. So I guess I’ll just do my work dulu. To those yang nk kahwin and looking for hantaran maker, contact me ok, insyallah I can do the hantaran for you

Ramadhan 6-7 tale

Posted by Mrs Imran on Aug 7, 2011
Filed Under Uncategorized | 0 comments

Mak oiii lamannya tk update blog hihi. Actually last week, I was in a panic mode because I did something that I don’t know whether am ready or not for it, but yet I’ve went through it and pending for outcome. This is not about making baby ok We’ll see lah nnt, what’s gonna happen coz me lazy to think further and deeper regarding this.

How’s puasa so far? I manage to terawih at home this year. Selalu kalau terawih sorang2 mcm tk best, but this year I manage to do it. Walaupon tak sebest di masjid, tp in the spirit of ramadhan, I feel happy juga even pray alone, but sadly ni dah masuk hari ketiga raya for me. Wahahaha. Baru nk merajin2 terawih bagai, tiba-tiba raya sudahhhh. Huhuh. Hadoiiii frust siot.

I’m at my kampung, baru first time nk buka puasa dgn my family pula utk tahun ni. Semalam on the way back from Melaka, we singgah beli food for berbuka at Kesang and ada jual puyuh percikkkk. Ahhhh heaven. Sebaik tk puasa so tkderlah terliur gila2. Haha. I mmg suka puyuh and bila buat jadi puyuh percik lagi laaaa sukaaaaaaaaaaa. Jadi, kiteorg beli 2 ekor. Pergggghhh memang terbaek la, sorry tkder gambar sbb I terlalu menikmati melebih2 dari org lain yg puasa. Huhu. Daging puyuh lagi manis and lembut dari daging ayam tau, and ada plak kuah percik yg sedap alahaiiii melelehhhh. Yum yummmmmm.

Me and husband pergi Kesang to hantar snood Nilam yang my customer order, suppose I post it, tapi adalah kisah disebaliknya, so I decided to hantar by hand, since I tgk address my customer tu dekat Melaka so should be no problem lah I nk hantar by hand, sbb mmg ada plan nk gi Melaka weekend ni. Then lepas Kesang, kami pergi Ayer Keroh semalam to visit my best friend yang baru jer gave birth to cute baby girl name Hannah. Congrats cukkk! Ichiro bukan main suka dengan baby girl, siap nk dukung and ajak main. Nk dukung baby kunun, dia sendiri pon kene dukung lagi. Huhu.

Lepas visit baby, we went to Jusco mall utk beli baby court for our cousin plak, tapi at the end of the day baby court tk beli, tapi beli benda lain. Hehe. Beli baju raya for Ichiro. Baju melayu and samping, tp tk best sbb kain dia buruk. I suka mcm satin baju melayu yg we bought for Ichiro 2 years back. Sangat cantik tapi tu beli kt kedai jual baju melayu betul, so banyak lah choices kan. But since takut tkder masa nk gi mencari, I just beli jer lah yg less buruk. Next raya, I think better tempah lah.

Oh btw, ni baru pertama kali this year kami berkesempatan berbuka bersama my family di kampung ni. Seronok di kampung lain sket compare dari di bandar. Dekat sini, budak2 kampung mmg meriah bermain meriam buluh dan meriah dgn terawih juga My house located opposite of the surau, but jemaah tak ramai sbb kampung kecik jer. Normally lepas habis terawih 8 di surau, rumah Pak Mat akan pasang speaker kuat2 satu kampung dengar utk extended terawih and I’m very fast to feel so asyik with a serenade of terawih. Duduk lepak2 depan rumah, borak2 sambil dengar terawih berkumandang mmg seronok, wait till the third week or Ramadhan nnt ada pelita pula. Ohh lagi bestest. Mmg raya ni I plan to balik kampung on third week Ramadhan, tolong mak buat kuih bagai. Tapi my gym plak baru start end of second week Ramadhan, aiseyyy I nk la exercise dulu dapat slim sket before raya pon ok la kan. So jadinya mcm akan balik lewat sket juga. Bikin kacau plan jer!

Ok lah selamat berbuka untuk petang ni ok. Makan sedap2 ok!

Salam Ramadhan

Posted by Mrs Imran on Aug 1, 2011
Filed Under Oh So Random | 4 comments

I’m actually in a sleepy mode, but I cannot sleep now as I need to cook some rice because sahur nnt nk buat nasi goreng. So, hoping that by blogging I can stay awake a little longer lah. I got 100 pieces of small chocolate wrapper waiting to be cut also. Ahhhh, terribly sleep dunno why, too tired perhaps? I was busy cleaning up my room since past few weeks. Mula-mula my room dekat kampung, I kasi sental, change new bedspread and new curtain. All the garbage things yang sejak dari zaman kahwin dulu dok simpan, I dah remove from my room. I prefer my room to be basic and simple since it’s easier to tidy up. Hiasan pon I prefer to be minimal to avoid habuk berkepuk2.

And yesterday and today, I was busy cleaning up my room dekat PJ ni. The room is very small so bila our stuff getting more and more especially shopping bags and clothes, I started to feel lemas. Selalu bila shopping barang dah keluar dari plastic tapi plastic bag remain untouched. Dan habuknya ya allah tuhan saja yg tahu betapa kotor nya udara dekat luar tu berdasarkan habuk dlm bilik I tu. My house even covered with trees and wall and window wire mesh, at least itu kira dah mengurangkan lah sikit kan the habuk, I cannot imagine kalau my house takder pokok2, dinding tinggi dan jaring. Sure berbulu macam karpet habuk2 tu.

Sekarang I feel relief coz all my things has been sorted out and being arranged nicely in a transparent box. My sewing/Nilam stuff, decorations, props, books and etc. We bought quite a lot of transparent container since I can’t stand the dust, so all the barang-barang I susun elok-elok in a close/seal container. I won’t keep any plastic bag anymore, sbb from now on, even on weekdays pon I dh try to make it a habit to bring my own shopping bag. No more plastic bag. Buat penuh bilik haku jer!

Oh goshhhh mengantuknyaaaa. Tadi siang pergi shopping sports items, husband belanja sbb soon I akan start exercise dekat gym. Huhu. Beria-beria he belanja me beli baju adidas 3 helai, sports bra, running shoes and walking shoes. I guess he really wants me to kurus mcm duluuuuu kot. Huhu. Okayla me try my best lah dear. Huhu.

Okeh, better stop now before I tertido, cannot tahan already, got to masak nasi dulu. This year maybe tk dpt terawih di masjid juga mcm tahun lepas sbb nk kene jaga ichiro, so tadi just terawih di rumah and masa first rakaat selepas niat, I ternagis sket sbb seronoknya bertemu ramadhan kembali Salam ramadhan dari saya sekeluarga kepada semua, enjoy la berpuasa dan beribadah banyak-banyak ok. Selamatttt..