Kautsar Abd Rahman

The three sisters – minutes before the ceremony began.

For someone who has been through lots of ordeal in life, my sister is one soul who deserves the happy blessings on her engagement day!

The simply beautiful dais for my sister.

She has also, non-chalantly, managed to bulldoze a lot of family tradition along the way. Which had caused a stir in the household but of course, my sister cheekily smile through it and aunts could only shake their heads. Hehe.

Demure.

She called for a dais for her to sit right in front of all the guest during the engagement proceeding instead of waiting daintily in her room (Aunt : “You’re going to parade yourself in front of the man’s family?” *terror-stricken horror at the shame of it*) , made arrangements with her friends (and me!) to throw pot-pouri to the man’s family when they enter walk towards the house (Aunt : “But it’s not a wedding! Why the elaborate welcome?”), wear bright clothes with awesome make-up by a make-up artist (Aunt : *shakes head* “Over!”)

Awesomeness.

And of course, take pictures with her fiance at the dais (which caused a tiny bit of frenzy but dealt with an arrangement not to have their photos taken as a couple, always with parents or people around them – seriously! as if they have never taken a couple photos outside the ceremony! Hehe!!)

Family sans Shen. And the new (tall) one – Ijat.

It was all very amusing, of course. My sister just smiled her way through it. Plus, our awesome cousins, her friends and I were there to support her through and through.

Cheerful faces with colorful potpourri made the welcome.

And I think all her younger cousins envied her bright, cheerful and happy ceremony. She got what she wanted, the way she wants it and it shows through her eyes, smiles and skipping footsteps (she literally skipped happily from her room to the dais, and shocked the entire room with her gaiety and lack of daintiness). And she sat in the dais with the first half-an hour demurely smiling and then the rest of the time smiling ultra-wide! Fuh!

The real deal
Kakniim, you rock my world.

Kakniim and me.

Congratulations to Kakniim and Abang Ijat !