Wedding Trilogy: The wedding party

Bandung, October 1st 2011

The day when I married my hero

Love,

Soraya

Wedding Trilogy : A day before the big day

1. The Prayer, it started in the morning in my house. The house is decorated with Aceh traditional background. It had a bold color, dominated by red, gold (supposed to be gold), and green, the signature color of typical Sumatra ethnic. I was sitting on the top of a short stage since I was the "star" for that day. Family came to give their blessing and prayer for me and my husband to be to make a simple step as a family.

2. Pasijeuk/Tepung Tawar, since my father has a thick Acehnese culture, I had to do the pasijeuk thingy. The older family who had an honor would throw a rice and water to my whole body to give their prayer to the bride (I did some little research here).

3. Tarub Ceremony, My family installed a woven palm leaves in front of the house. It was a sign that there would be a wedding party in the family as well as to refuse the bad thing come to the house. My dad and mom together built and installed it as a sign that family is always together no matter what. After that it was my turn to ask for forgiveness and blessing to my parents for what I have done and what I will be. I promised you, that you only one to do it once in a lifetime, it was very sentimental moment in my life.

4. Siraman and Pecah Kendi, We had to collect 7 different springs for these ceremony. The elders usually who had in law already would splash the water to the bride to be. After all the elder wishing the bride a happiness, the bride parents would the jug (pecah kendi) to let the bride shine in her wedding day.

5. Dodol Dawet, while the bride to be change her clothes, her parents sold dodol dawet to family using the coin that they have shared before. The more they got the coin the better. It teach the bride to be how to make a living in the family.

6/7. Midodareni, finally after long process the groom to be come to the house. He couldnot enter the house since he was not yet a family. The bride was waiting in her room patiently and only could be visited by bride family and women. So I would say see you tomorrow husband (oops).

Ps: I know, its not fair that he only got one picture in these whole ceremony :p sorry husband

Wedding Trilogy : The prewed photo session

It was fun doing those session. We did like one week before the wedding. It was simply because no time, I worked in Balikpapan and he worked in Jakarta. It was hard for me to get a vacation, since my job is very dynamic (they said). It took whole day to take those picture(I wonder now why modelling is difficult). I enjoyed it very much but I think it is only one in a life time experience unless you are really one to be a model. Well, thanks to glamphotoloft for taking these amazing picture.

After a while

Sudah 3 bulan sejak kelahiran Rauf (alhamdulillah), saya masih saja kewalahan sama yang namanya "mengasuh anak". Mungkin memang tidak biasa ya dari kecil. Dulu saya dibesarkan di Pekanbaru yang jauh dari keluarga besar. Punya adik satu bedanya 6 tahun plus-plus tapi karena dulu adik ikut mama belajar ke Bandung, jadi saya ga ngasuh dia juga :). Suami udah berangkat mencari segenggam berlian di negri jauh sono. Kemarin-kemarin sih masih ada mama yang nemenin, tapi sekarang mama udah harus balik lagi ke Duri. Jadilah kemampuan saya sebagai "super mom" diuji hihihi.

Its been a bittersweet kalau orang-orang bilang. You will have less sleep after the baby has arrived. Nursing when he is still a baby, toddling when he gets older, worrying when he turns teenager. Pantesan aja dulu bapakku cerewetnya minta ampun. Pulang paling malem jam 9 (maklum di desa Rumbai kemana-mana deket jadi ga ada alasan macet), kalau telat dikit dimarahin (cape deh, namanya juga remaja). Sweetnya pastinya banyak dong, terlepas dari dipipisin dan dimuntahin. Bahagia rasanya melihat rauf yang terus berkembang, berguling walau pantatnya keberatan, hingga tertawa di pagi hari.

Oops baby is calling. See!! I just wrote 2 paragraphs. Talk to you later bloggie :)

Rauf cilik 2 weeks old