Deciding on The Date

Definitely one of the hardest decisions for us was choosing The Date. We could never decide on one and when we do pick a date, it still wouldn’t sound right. And most of the time when I say ‘We’, I meant ‘ME’. :p

Because we got together on 18 July 09, we initially wanted 18 July 15 to be our solemnisation day. But unfortunately for us, itulah first day of Syawal. So that was definitely out of the question. After going back and forth on what other date to pick, we decided to push it forward to 2016 just because the date lawa. 16 Jan 16 was our chosen date for awhile.. but of course, we didn’t feel like it was for us. Tak guna kalau date lawa if we don’t feel like it was right.

Two or three weeks before our engagement, Mr and I discussed this issue again. Time ni dah penat la beat around the bush and around again when org lain semua dah start book vendors for 2016(!!!!!). So we decided to give each other some suggestions.

That’s when he said, ‘18.09.15? 18 is the date we wanted and 09 is the year we got together. It’s about 3 weeks after your birthday, when previously 18 July was almost 3 weeks before mine’. I remember running to my parents’ room announcing, ‘MUMMY I’VE FOUND THE DATE!’. In which she replied, ‘GATAL.’ Thanks la mummy haha. Of course the problem now was that it was on a Friday. We originally wanted it to be on a Saturday(Sat morn – nikah, Sat afternoon – my side’s event, Sun afternoon – his side’s event) but because I was dead set on the 18th, we were willing to compromise and have both our events on the same day; 19th Sept 2015. It’s gonna be rushing, but if our parents’ gen can do it, I’m pretty sure we will survive.

So finally, we chose a date. 18th Sept 2015 will be Majlis Ijab & Qabul kita, Insya’allah.