its all about the dress

heyyy! so did you watch the royal wedding? i did! glued in front of the TV from 1230pm till 9pm. and i did skipped class too. hehe it is a rare occasion right? so i did what i have to do :p its just a crit session in my class today, anyways, and i did my crit on Monday, so i think i'm good *confidence!*

some may not give a damn on the event, some may think its a waste of time watching it. but not me. coz, again, it is rare right???!!! how many times in your life could you watch a wedding procession like that? like how you ask? hah! sapa suroh sik tangga! sik mok cita! your loss :p lemme just say, Catherine's dress was G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S! it has the look of a traditional wedding dress, but at the same time it still has the elements of present-day flair. just see for yourself:

the train. not as long as Diana's, which i think is good. this one is already looking heavy, i wonder how Diana managed to walk pulling that long train behind her. sik sakit ka bahu or is it palak, or kaki??

(see more photos of the dress here!)

the maid-of-honour is Pippa, Kate's sister. and her dress is stunning as well!! ohh love!
(read bout the dress being almost similar to Grace Kelly's here!) 

oh so beautiful laces and neckline.. and cute little flower girl covering her ears cause of the aircrafts that were flying over their heads :D *correction: the girl was disturbed by the roaring sound of the crowd cheering for the newlywed couple to kiss! (edited)*

(more beautiful shots here!)

look at the detailing at the bottom of the dress! and the silhouette is just perfect for her :)

(just click ok!)

Pippa looks ravishing in this dress :D

(i think Harry kinda flirt with her..?)

lets not forget the adorable bridesmaids and handsome pageboys!

(more of their faces here!)

oh and the bride did her own makeup too. now do we need to start talking bout the hats?

*edited - 2/5/2010 0013hrs*

daddy's hero

how cute is she wanting to get dress for the paramedics. and her father must be REALLY proud of her :) :)

art museum

i got the chance to go to national Islamic Arts Museum recently. they are having special exhibition on jewelled arts of India in the Moghuls Dynasty. i guess we all know that India is famous with the production colourful accessories with colourful stones, gems and beads embeded on gold or silver, and they wear them too. but, the knowledge is not the same until you see the original piece with your own eyeballs. the masterpieces dated back in 16th & 17th century and surprisingly, they look so new that i have to ask someone else in the gallery if those are original or just miniatures. and once i found out that they are the original pieces, i started playing with my imagination. like the pendants and the rings are once worn by the emperors. and how the dagger was used to stabbed someone, and they used to have blood on it, but they cleaned it up and polished the stones until they are shiny. they are just too many jewelleries with so so so many beautiful design and colours on display. they even have gems like diamonds and jades embebeded on swords and shields, and they go killing people with it. it looks heavy though. i bet one small ring must value like 100million Ringgit Malaysia today, or more. but its funny that those jewelleries are mainly worn by men according to the paintings that somehow described the items. towards the end of the exhibition, there are these small stones with inscription on them. there is one which is very tiny, less than 3cmx3cm, and it has 12 inscriptions on it, in arabic calligraphy! my favourite was the red stone, if i'm not mistaken its a ruby, sized more or less 2x2cm and it has the Ayatul Kursi on it. imagined fitting the whole ayat on a stone that small. and the stones with inscriptions are all handcraft. that just blew me away!!

and then i moved on to the main gallery which is also the permanent gallery of the museum. this gallery allows you to take photos of the items but without flash. but i knew that fact too late so i missed the first half part of the gallery. but i did shot some photos on my favourites findings. so here goes:

 this is the Qur'an, originated from China, written in chinese calligraphy.

 

also from China, dated back in 12th-14th century. and for these original piece which dated back in the year 8 Hijrah, thinking that our prophet Rasulullah SAW was still alive then, really means something.

 5 juzuk of the Qur'an, also from China. my Chinese friend said, the cover reads 'The Faith Book'.

also from China, the juzuk of the Qur'an.

 these really caught me in awe. the cover is actually made from leather.

 the clothing during the Ottoman age.

 i instantly love this chest once i laid my eyes on it. its like a musical box with side's opening with many drawers, dont you think?

another many-drawer-chest.

 

and another one..

and this is one of the many domes in the museum. magnificent architecture! you must be standing under the dome to know the feeling it gives you.

 after this one i decided to have my own dome in my house. hehehe

i missed the Qur'an Manuscript and Architecture galleries though because we were rushing to go home :( maybe i'll visit it again one day. you people who wants to experience the glorious feeling of looking at the artifacts of the Islamic world, please do come to the museum too. and you people who want to see the Qur'an from other parts of the world, please do come too. they also have the Qur'an which is found in the Tanah Melayu, but i didnt get the chance to take the photo of it. just make sure you have one whole day dedicated to explore the galleries, and you wont regret it :)

classically nostalgic

the lyrics may sound ridiculous, it may sound kindergarten-ish, but ironically it was smart, classic and famous! is there any of 'today's' songs that can be as catchy as this one:

i was lucky i took a round at Kampung Boyan last weekend. there was this exhibition on old photos of the villages around that area including Kampung Sourabaya, Gersik and Boyan itself. looking at those photos, really brought a sentimental feeling within me. and you probably would know how it feels if the veteran villagers themselves see those photos of their old kampung, and hometown. they lived the time, they felt the air, they very much feel proud about it i'm sure. i took a number of the old photos, but of course my quality of photo won't match the experience of viewing the photos during the exhibition itself. with the glaring sun of late evening and my reflection on the photos and what not, but just enjoy it aight!

(this man here, i think maybe he might be one the men in this oldies photo, coz i found him looking so intensely into the photos as if trying to remember the exact feeling oh that day once upon a time ago. i could cry by looking at him looking at the photos alone :))

(fell in love with the almost similar bicycles parked so closely together! i wouldn't recognised which one's mine if i were to do so)

my personal favourite of the bunch would be this one. try beat this if you dare.

edited (23 March 2010):

i just knew, Nek Aki was on of the first few teachers who taught in SRK Gersik. he could be in one of the photos, but i never really looked at the handsome faces of the gentlemen. my bad.

super cool feeling!

Apiz shared with me this video just 10 minutes ago. and i friggin like it! thank you beby!

enjoy~