Jakarta-Bandung trip

As promised, JKT-BDO report.

Tickets booked during MAS promo with overall rm200++ each. 2 nights spent in Panghegar (BDO) while remaining in Grand Cempaka Jakarta. Ground package hired by auntie was the biggest mistake and since abah was paying, I’d rather not to curse my uncle whose from day 1 insisting for luxury hotel. gile annoying ..

Conversion used rm1 = 3000 rupiah. I must admit, some stuffs were bought without any idea of pricing in malaysia ehhe .. pasrah je ..

Regarding french lace, you can try Tanah Abang where i got mine with more than 50% cheaper than Mayestik. The good thing, you can buy per meter rather per potong (2.5m). Unlike Mayestik, TA retailers took smaller quantity of french laces (usually less than 6m) for sale. Once the first customer bought the first few metres, the so-called leftovers will be sold at super discounted price...cool kan? but sometimes, you might not get full 4m lah..depends on your luck. Choices quite limited compared to Mayestik. The one i went was Victory Textile Shop, Lantai B2, Los D 75-75A Pasar Tanah Abang.

French laces are typically plain, so i bought some tiffany Swarovski & other decorative stones from Charisma (thanks Diah!) at Lantai 7 T.Abang. Faza, whose mother doing the beadwork agreed the stuffs were cheap... roughly rm33 and rm18(smaller) for pack of 144pcs. some are iron on, while some stones kene jahit.

At Median, Lantai 2 Pasar Baru, bought my friend 2.5m japanese lace for 300k rupiah. a little expensive than my last purchase (275k) as they claimed it came with french lace design, layan je hehe. Bargained for Valentino shantung 130k/meter for his bertandang outfit.. cheaper pun ade, 15k rp, but the material mcm kurang solid :\ For those going to Bandung, you can find french laces here and another is Angel, Lantai 2 too ..

Faza had her reception dress made by Endar @Rumah Mode in Pasar Baru, with sample from one of Rizman Ruzaini's made for Siti Nurhaliza. The price inclusive kain, tailoring, patching, beadwork, veil, shoes and delivery to penang. The dress will take about one month to complete. Endar's previous works including nikah dress for one of our actress & dress for this well-known muslimah bridal boutique. Faza also bought ready made Indon bridal kebaya for her majis bertandang at 1.6 juta rp.

Since we'll be wearing white, our family got the green light to wear the tiffany. Abah & brothers' tiffany kain were all bought at Silk Route, Mayestik, ranging from 15k/m to 120k/m ... ibu had her discounted lacey here .. we usik her baju dah kalah pengantin ok! 4meters plak tu isk.. jgn nnt photographer salah snap sudah :P netting for veil sold at 10k/meter.

i didn't manage to get kain for my bridesmaid. those stock of deep fuschia chiffon (25k/m) was not enough for my girls. other shops selling mostly cheapest chiffon at 10k and chiffon silk 60-75k. so for those seeking bridesmaid kain there, cari as early possible, if no enuff stock available at least they have ample time to get you the new stock, normally by next day...siap delivery to your hotel pun boleh :)

Abah & ibu seems ok with card prices in Pasar Tebet but yet, still early for any order. We took one of contact no. - TWO IN CARD (Hendro 0878 81046225)and perhaps, everything will be done online je later. unless ade yg nak sponsor ke jakarta lagi hehe. not sure whether to opt for delivery or get fiance's sis studying in jakarta to bring them home ehehehe..

For doorgift, i dont have any idea than the one recommended by diah, Kikie Bridal Fashion @ Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua. She quoted me roughly rm0.60 for my dying paper pouch to fit the eggs and the price inclusive bow deco, couple name printing and delivery to kl :D via email juga bisa! personalized box pun interesting (about rm2 together with name printing), but when add up with delivery charge tu unit cost suddenly became overbudget, cos it requires more cartons to transport... or i need his sis again hihihi ...need another thinking, susah sgt order from Aisram je bley..? hehe.

we also had our pampering @ Spa Rogers Bandung. abah punya package paling lame :P for similar package (massage+lulur+milkbath = 225k) mmg mahal compared to previous Elegantz Spa (145k), but the massages are better .. except, room not that privacy..tak feeling je dengar ibu & aunties busily chatting with their masseuse haha ..

last but not least ....presenting... part of borong stuffs to kill time in plane :P

2 of em are Indon mags, and i only enjoy reading that yellow mag je ...the rest banyak iklan :P

leaving on a jet plane

i'm leaving for 2nd trip to jakarta & bandung this evening, with parents & auntiesss :P

i don't think i'll do wedding shopping spree since auntiess are all excited about cheap telekung over those cheap laces :P plus there's a kid joining the trip, so, expect more sightseeing this time .. cucuk my mum just now 5D4N is shortttt trip ye ibu, maka sila buat pilihan yang tepat..sightseeing ke shopping lalalala...

or else, i'll get our pak supir to drop me to shopping places and let them proceed with their sightseeing! jgn lupa ambik saya balik sudah :P

p/s : banyak betul list to-buy kau ye, fira :P

wedding stuffs - Jakarta & Bandung

I’m back and just finished unpacking my stuffs before I could write this :P

Overall it was a great trip, especially having gile2 buddies as travel companion & good supir as Pak Rahmat. We took 5D4N package JKT-BDO including airport transfer + hotel + meal + transport with supir. Since we had supir, we didn’t mind staying somewhere downtown like Alia Cikini. It’s a 2-star hotel, so we requested the bucks to be spent more on good food! *Conversion 1juta rupiah = rm318 @ rm1 = 3180 rupiah*

For bridal laces, I prefer Pasar Mayestik (JKT) over Pasar Baru Bandung. Place was something like Jln TAR with plenty of textile shops around. We went nuts, and we sooo didn’t realize that overall we spent were just at 2 shops – Silk Route & Mega, haha! Pak Rahmat pun panic as we didn’t ring him for lunch, ya ampunnn....excited shopping la pak :P

French lace available @ ground floor of Silk Route, other laces (Japanese, Korean, brokat etc) at upper level. No such thing French lace could be bought below rm100/meter over there, but still the price cheaper than Malaysia. Unlike our Euro Moda/Jakel, they had mostly only one plain tone & you can only buy in “potong”(1 potong = 2.5m) Difficult to bargain with SA as already “harga pas”, but try with the boss (Mr. Gobin) finally at counter…he discounted overall for mine about 300k rupiah hehehe.

Silk Route - notice the single tone?

Bought 5m white French lace for KL reception @ rm800, and best part, it was last piece and extra 1m left, so I got 6 meters overall for the price :D And the most yippppieee part, I saw the same at Euro Moda (EM) KLCC selling at rm258 p/meter, except EM’s is Solstiss while mine tadak brand haha, but I can ensure material & jumbai2 by the border tu pun same….EM also had cheaper French lace (rm138 & rm198/m) but the material a bit kasar, and this type mostly you can find in Pasar Baru, but I personally don’t recommend this as it is as good as you buy other cheaper lace.

Tips about buying wedding kain is try to think how good it is when it turns into baju rather than simply choose because you like the design. Even better if you could bring sample dress pic so they could roughly advise which kain type look best for such design, lining color & how many meters required etc. For nikah outfit, I managed to grab 1 “potong” of Japanese lace as patchwork for total about rm86 (EM's price rm98/m). White based, with dusty pink flower line and bits of silver. Lace for my bridesmaid about rm44 (2m lace + 4m satin).

At Mega (beside Silk Route), I bought 5m silver lace (not French lace) to match with tiffany lining for rm78/m – just cheaper by few ringgit from Jakel. Considering I might not find the exact lace & color again, I agreed to pay – after the unsuccessful bargain attempt hish! Friends bought some kain here too but all of us agreed not to recommend the shop as the taukey is sooo pushy :P

Since we’ve slashed Tanah Abang from itinerary, all telekung & corset were bought at Pasar Baru instead. For Pasar Baru, just head to Toko Laris (Level 1 A1 7273) and just mention “kawan Kak Lina” for special price hehe. Based on my last year’s visit to T.Abg, I could say both were about same prices but a lot cheaper than Jln TAR. For telekung sulam penuh (cotton Paris), I just paid rm60++ while Jln TAR selling at rm250 for exact design. Bought both black & white Thai Silk corsets (Suci Jaya, Ground F) for rm30 each, which my friend said in KL cheapest selling at rm80 :P

For wedding cards, Pasar Tebet is the place. Go downstairs and you’ll find many shops next to each other. Dusty and quite panas, but I didn’t mind hehe. Most shops selling same design & price, what matter is your bargaining skill & luck. I prefer dealing with shops yang takde2 aircond, tak sombong. Bear in mind NOT all shops can be contacted through email for “proof-reading” and also some don’t provide courier to Malaysia. Earliest they could complete is within a week.

4000rp/pc. Modern type *can change to tiffany flower hehe*

Aneka Grafika, P.Tebet (Dewi : 021-94854374) – proofread only at premise

Bandung is a big NO for wedding card – more expensive & design are so outdated (i.e. Etnik Card, Pasar Baru). Roughly the comparison for min 1000 pcs hardcover is somewhat below :

- Pasar Tebet : cheapest 4000 rp for all-in with envelope
- Bandung : cheapest 5000 rp all in. for 4000 rupiah mostly blank material (polos)

4000rp/pc, but this design is so 'typical' hardcover, kan..? ehhe.
TIARA Printing, Pasar Tebet (021) 83701124 or email here

Mind their shipping cost too, no idea as they had hard time to quot me the courier :P But if you still want the hardcover, I have contact in KL selling at rm2..no extra charge for custom design (will share in later entry..). I didn’t book any as it's toooo early.

Doorgift in Indonesia is nothing prettier than custom made (e.g. box). Ready made mostly same as available in Malaysia e.g. kipas tgn, mini candle etc which you can find in Mangga Dua. Err, sorry I didn’t ask for quotation as I’m not interested plus the place was so packed with people on weekend. I was just scouting for cheap mini box & paper pouch to fit the eggs but the one I found in Bandung was way higher than my anticipated Indon-price haha.

white box : 3000 rp – I can get less than this in Msia huh!

tiffany wooden box : 12000 rp.

Found something like kugeeku.com's tetris glass @ Mangga Dua Ground floor…size of balang kuih raya pun ade haha, selling at about 7000rp each.

Aneka Grafika, Pasar Tebet

However, I kinda like this for VIP doorgift at Pasar Tebet– doa selawat in hardcovered box, with couple name printed on it. 25000 rp each for min 100pcs. Quite pricey eh. To cut the cost, perhaps we can minus the hardcovered box – just tie with ribbons for the guests hehehe.

270,000 rp @ Sweet Girl, Mangga Dua

My friend grabbed gown for her flower girls for rm40 each (headband & other accessories sold separately)..but we didn’t recommend the shop as the owner is hell sombong & price was soooo difficult to bargain :P

Elegantz Spa & Body Countour Bandung, closed by 8pm

We didn’t do much shopping in Bandung, more on self pampering instead. We had our hair treatment & creambath at Evergreen salon for about rm15, murah gile. And we had our spa on final night at Elegantz Spa (cheaper than famous Spa Rogers) with Balinese interior for about rm50 (massage + lulur + milkbath) for 1.5hrs. But the massage wasn’t as good as my last time in phuket.

Anyway in Bandung, we stayed at Wisma Dago (2-star hotel twin sharing), accessible to popular FOs of Jln Dago. Bring your own travel iron as these 2-star hotels type in Indon only provide pressing service (e.g. blouse 3000rp) – chargeable & only available at certain time only. For staying in Jakarta, no such hotel that close to T.Abg, Mayestik, Pasar Tebet & Mangga Dua as they situated at diff part of Jakarta – Pusat, Utara, Selatan. Just choose one of this part & you’ll win some & loose some, ok? I would recommend Ibis Arcadia for Jakarta Pusat – affordable (online booking about rm130++ w/out bfast) and easily accessible to T.Abg, food stalls, Gambir train station etc. If you choose to stay close to Mangga Dua , Ibis Mangga Dua is walking distance but the rate a little expensive than Arcadia. Personally, you can slash the supir esp in Jakarta which quite costly (rm220++, while Bandung rm140++/day) as you can opt for cab & the rate is cheaper than what we used to pay in KL for such distance. Consider only Bluebird taxi as they use meter.

For bridal tailoring, a friend of mine tempah both her nikah & reception dress in bandung. reception dress turn out sucks & Lynda Rahim altered hers for rm1k, gosh. but her nikah outfit pulak gorgeous gile. reason being, nikah outfit tu mmg buat pattern Indon..so it turned out nice. so her tips, you can go ahead with their tailoring if only you're looking for Indon-bridal design (read Cosry/Anne Avante). If nak custom to Malaysian dress (ala Man Kajang whatnots), tempah sini je to avoid any risk.

In the end, I could conclude that Jakarta is more preferable for wedding stuffs – cheaper, more choices and up-to-date design, be it bridal laces or card. Hopefully coming May trip, mom could settle kain for family and i planned to get some beads too...aritu tak sempat hihi!

lazy entry

our trip to jakarta & bandung is about one day left.
our itinerary was quite final, we finally end up with a supir for the whole trip.

task for tonight is all about listing out the to-dos for tomorrow.
and packing, malasnye.

lace patches - how much required?

as suggested by fellow future brides, i've added up pasar mayestik in our coming trip. our travel agent, Kak Lina & my previous supir suggested us to visit Jatinegara too, for cheap wedding stuffs. not sure what "stuffs", so anyone been there before? is it worth a visit?

bridal laces i'm looking for, particularly for reception dress & some patchwork for akad nikah outfit.

i'm thinking of akad nikah outfit something like below, chiffon & patched with laces. and later add up with pastel beading.

but i'm not good at estimating how much/metre of laces i would need for patches hehe, tailor/designer would interpret it differently from my hentam estimation, kan. *to-do list : print sample & check with dressmaker*

but basically, my heavy patches would only be for neck/chest part and the rest can keep to minimum for hujung lengan, border baju & border kain. (and for selendang too perhaps?) design would just be typical kurung moden.

butik citra selling @ rm5k. gulp.

one layer skirting just enough, kan.

minus that tooo blossom lengan.

lace patches shud be by kain border, not heavy one as above. save cost :P

LyndaRahim's

for patches, i might go for normal lace and save my french lace for reception dress.

4 days to go *grin*

Jakarta & Bandung - what to expect?

me & girlfriends will be leaving for Jakarta & Bandung next week (28/3 - 1/4), all about wedding stuffs hunting. except my married Shazana :P

we'll be spending 3 nights in BDO & arrangement nye pun sudah settle. Jakarta je belum, walk-in on weekend agak2 boleh dapat hotel room tak?

basically, we'll be hunting for below :

- hantaran stuffs (telekung)
- bridal lace
- kain for family
- doorgift
- invitation card

i'm not sure how much to expect from this trip as the places we could list out for now were tanah abang, mangga dua, pasar baru and repeating..my visit to weddingku.com (Indon wedding webbie), macam takde pulak vendor yg reside at those places... *blurrrrr*

last time i sempat pegi Tanah Abg je, but those lace yang i jumpe just netting & lace indon yg keras sikit tu..bkn french lace or anything softer. appreciate your opinion & recommendation, if any. especially from those yang dah pegi...

it can be anything...jkt or bdo better, where conveniently to stay, to eat, Indon bridal tailor, cheap & nice doorgift/card etc. and the what nots toooo...thanks!

KL-Jakarta-Bandung April 2009

hooray we finally booked our ticket to Bandung!!! 5D4N, with one night in Jakarta.
somehow i dont really tempted to the shopping part, the whole thing started with the idea of pre-wedding survey. heard so much stuffs can be bought cheap over there.

by that time, i'm already a fiancee to dotty, insyaAllah. if everything is ok then i'll start buying those wedding stuffs in bandung & jakarta, otherwise it will be left just another surrrveyyy :P

things im looking forward? cheap & nice stuffs like wedding card, wedding dress, doorgifts, telekung, hantaran if possible?!

really cant wait for our first girlsss-only trip to Jakarta-Bandung! *checking out MATTA fair for best deal on Bandung groud package...sightseeing pun nak la jugak hehe...