My first job as an interior decorator

 hi Assalamualaikum everyone! 

Alhamdulillah as the title above, i am finally trusted by someone to decor for my customer house, with payment. Haha, I have been decorating other houses that are owns by mom and alhamdulillah with that experiences, i was able to deco my first customer house with a little bit of braveness. 

?? Jokes. Extremely nervous but alhamdulillah all went well.

Sebenarnya tak pernah terlintas pun nak jadi interior decorator sebab tahu dan faham tak layak..

How did the offer went through? This kakak (my customer) initially wanted to book for nur qamarun homestay but suddenly she asked me whether i can decorate for her house. She said the Qamarun interior was so nice that she asked me whether i deco the place and i said “aaaaa” And then she was like “boleh ke deko rumah akak, akak tak reti nak buat cantik cantik, susun susun ni” and I was like 

“whaatttttt”

“seriouslyyyyy???????”

‘aaaaaaaa” hahaha

Tapi jawab dalam hati je la.. 

Alhamdulillah, kak shafi was extremely kind and very not fussy, she was okay with everything i suggested but also giving out her opinions also so that we can work into this together. Of course lahhh rumah sendiri kan!

I dont know how to give quotation at first. Because i dont really know the standard price for interior design, but then i tried to google and saw it all started with puluhan ribu ringgit and i was like “nahhhhhhh, that is too professional” im just amateur with very little knowledge and standard taste. Hahaha.

But then i calculated based on 

- how many times do i have to go to ikea to settle this overall orders

- assembly of the products

- my knowledge ( TT, basically nothing )

- also basic 3d planning

-times to find the right products according to the budget given 

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I will tell you at the end of this post of how much is my starting quotation. Or if i did not maybe you can personally ask me err. haha

For the products , i have been given rm3000 to make over the house. Of course the more budget allocated the more easier for id to make the house pretty. rm3000 is at-least for me considered very little but i sahuttt the cabaran and think thorough-fully of what to buy and focus on the products that will help with kak shafi problem. That is

Weak storage system.

After i finalised the products that will enhance the storage system of the living room, then i proceed of the other products and theme for other areas.

I know, macam tengah tulis assignment pulak serioussss je cara tulis hahahahaha aaaa neves lagi ke kak oiii!!

Since the budget is limited, i cannot changed the main thing of every living hall ; The sofas. 

IS A CHALLENGEEEEE!

Below are the before and after pictures. 

BEFORE

as you can see, masalahnya disini adalah kurang tempat letak barang yang sesuai

also the bench tv is a very old one, got to change that, and the main problem is the sofas but alhamdulillah kak shafi said she wanted to throw away one, so that i cn change it with other furnitures

Some of the products needed to be declutter. Also, please if you have this kind of problem, which is hard to declutter even it takes up spaces in your area, and you haven’t t touch the things for more than 1 year please, buang. Believe me, lepas dah buang tu you takkan even remember the unnecessary things u need, dan bila dah tengok kawasan tu lapang dengan barang barang penting dan berguna sahaja maka hati mu akan selapang lapangnya... let it goooooo let it goooooo! I have done this so so many times and believe in me. You can!!

I also help with the cleaning and mopping and vacuum the living and dining area. Hahaha. Just to make sure everything is done clean and perfect.

And also upah someone to pasang lampu because our team is not yet pakar to pasang. 

AFTER

noted that the kerusi Poang armchair tu different in color sebab nya, ikea takda stok, dan ku terpaksa ambik je huaaaa, i hope it doesnt blind your eyes, lol 

since kak shafi is a teacher, dan ada anak anak yang masih bersekolah, i bought two bookstorages for them to organize all the files and books, billy ni memang veryy affordable and also cantik di pandangan mata.

for thr dining table, beli alas kerusi dan alas meja baharu sahaja. taraaa and is a new look!

the initial purpose is for the two main poster at the centre, but kak shafi request to put the Allah and Muhammad, the old ones and okay kak boleh kakaakkk walaupun the frame tak kena tema, but give and take la..

also i changed the lights, to make the home more brighter and giving out tje illusion of spaceeeee

i noted that kak shafi have these lots of ayat al quran di dinding, so i bought a new one yang aesthetics sikit bagi cantik to change old ones.

this is my super basic 3d drawing using free room planner.....

I think that is all, i really hope kak shafi is satisfied with my team services, she of course said “ cantikk qilaaa, aka puas hati , akak suka” tapi you know lah, belakang belakang who knows? hahahaha

Do tell me what do you think about this make over ya? Any criticsm with good intentions i mengalu alu kannya. Kritikan secara kasaran akan membuatku menangis... hahaha.

Oh, this all done by aqila.ps.bangi team ( instagram ), we are a personal shopper for ikea cheras and damansara, mostly our customers are from hulu langat. And i ve been working as a personal shopper ikea since 2017. Anything can just dm me there ya. 

budget varanf rm3100+

budget services including pemasangan rm****

Thankyou :) bye!

5th year

 Assalamualaikum,

Alhamdulillah... Perkahwinan kami kini berumur lima tahun. Masih panjang dan selamanya jikalau hendak diukur. Bagaimana untuk mengukur jarak masa yang selamanya? Wah tiber kau berpuitis..

Tahun ni punya sambutan a lot more better than the last year. Tak sangka tahun ni masih ada covid. Sobsss. Tapi okaylah boleh lagi nak staycation dan jalan jalan. Tak perlu beria masak steak, last last kejung.... Hahahaha (talking about the last year memories)

Masya ALLAH SHOPPING...

family portrait

Thankyou hubby belanja staycation di hotel The Majestic. Tahun ni gigih dia cari nak hotel mana, tapi last last ku jua yang pilih kakaka. Masa tengah layari apps Marriot Bonvoy , survey survey dalam lima minit , tanya suami lepas tu terus booked. Sehari sebelum pergi baru tahu, harga booked hari tu harga promosi, patutlah ku pelik kenapa murah sebab well known hotel jugak.. #vivyyusofsukapergi haha.

a very huge room

Walaubagaimanapun, alhamdulillah bestttt! Bilik besar sangat, mencapati lah piawaian anak anak tengah aktif. Boleh berlari lari etc. Habislah lepas ni kalau nak book hotel kena pilih yang suite je ke? Tapi St Regis masih menang dari segi servis dan kemegahan. Huaaaa nak pergi lagi, tapi tunggulah dah hotel hopping semua tempat baru repeat lagi.

Dari segi servis pun alhamdulillah, very polite towards customers. Breakfast spread quite good. Mencapai lah piawaian hotel lima bintang.

the breakfast

Tahun ni dah siap siap cakap dengan husband jangan buat diriku merajuk lagi. KAHKAHKAH. Dia tu berpotensi betul buat orang taching masa hari special tau. Masa harijadi lagilah sedihhhhh (benda kecik je gaiss tapi biasalah aku), sedih terok!! Tapi lepastu dapat iwatch so okaylah imbal balik yang sedih tu. Lah.. kena mention ke? haha 

and also must bring them la to see ur proud national building, klcc..

also went out to try all the influencers must go restaurant “two sons bistro” haha

Hahahaha. Tapi bercuti dengan anak anak yang masih kecil ni.. Allahuuu, tantrum aja kerjanya. Tak dapat itu nangis, tak dapat ini menangis, asyik nak dengar cakap dia aje. Gerammmmmmmmm! Sampai i break down ye masa dalam kereta sebab tak tahulah althaf tu nak apa, merengek nangis je pastu mak dia break down menangis jerit sekali....

I salute to all moms who stayed calm during this era of turbulences, like how did u do it? Tiba tiba berdoa supaya diri ini takde perasaan sangat kalau anak nangis ke apa, so i can keep calm no matter what.. Haha

The second day, their father got meeting pulak, so we have to spent all evening at his work place, we waited for 3 hours for him to finish the meeting, i was furiously annoyed haha. But okayla, be understanding la sisss your husband is working hard lol. Then I said to him, i want to taste Paul Coffee sebab kawan selalu minum situ. The thing is, that place is located @Pavillion. We never went there, and when we went there for the sake of minum at that kedai, that kedai said tutup already, last orders at 7.30pm. LIKE WADEHEL????????? HAHAHAHA. Last last beli Lush je la yang bath bomb tu untuk gembirakan hati anak anak main bath tub kat bilik..

masa ni dah pewai tunggu papa...we were just strolling around the mall

During the last day of our anniversary, not knowing where to go,  last google je nak pergi mana, and we decided to go to the rimba eco forest. Tak tahu pun tempat tu dalam kawasan KL Tower, jadi bila dah sampai tu, oh dalam ni je ke, so alang alang tu naik je la Kl Tower sekali, merasalah naik sky box deck tu! Besttt haha sebab boleh nampak bawah, dengan ketinggian yang tinggi. I mean, that is not like normal daily experience kita boleh hadapi.

Anak anak takut la, mereka be like what is this place mummy papa?!! hahahaa Tapi Althaf enjoyed browsing through the telescope looking out the city. So okaylaa...

Next we went to the rimba eco forest tu. Another tempat yang biasa je tapi sebab ada mini rimba dekat tengah tengah kl so okayla to go. Bergambar gambar di bridge. Maryam was afraid all the way. Althaf was okay. 

Then we went to get our lunch at Jibby by the Park. A very nice restaurant with overpriced foods lol. Foods was okayla... But the deco is pretty hence maybe the price? Masa tu tak larat dah nak bergambar, with the kids usual tantrum.. we KENOOOTTTTTT! hahaha.

Then we went back home.

I was so happy because i got flowerssss from my husband. And it was a Baby Breath flowers , so so pretyyyyyyyyy. HEHE. 

I really wanted to gift something to my husband, but my financial is not enough, in sha Allah one day kita belikan ye sayang ku suami ku.. I love you so much our dearly companion, the best partner to me, who knows the hell out of me but still loving me so dearly.

Thankyou, thankyou so much sayang. Semoga Allah mekarkan kasih sayang kita hingga ke syurga, dan perhubungan kita sentiasa dirahmati oleh Nya, dan dapat membimbing kita menuju jalan yang diredhai oleh Nya... amin ya rabbal alamin. 

Alhamdulillah ya ALLAH, I LOVE Allah too for every rezeki dan kesenangan.. sesungguhnya, all of these are yours..

Althaf Muhammad is now 4

 Hi Assalamualaikum, 

I have been wanting to blog as much as i can, but there are lots of things to do, and when im done with it, there is always another things to do, or i was just busy, scrolling the tik tok, until 3am. TEHEHEEEE. So addicted. haha

Anyway , alhamdulillah, my first son is now four years old. He was so happy that he is getting older, meanwhile us in late 20-an are so murung we gonna enter to the third series next year. HUAAAAAA

WHY ARE WE OLDER??!!!

Since this is the era of covid, and we live in the new norms, no party yet for the boy. I dont really want one until he is 7? Where he would probably remember later on when he is older. But i am so glad, his birthday was exactly before pkp 2.0 where no one is allowed to eat out, and kind of strict, but not so. We still went outside at Pokok.Kl to eat fancy a bit, walaupun masa tu tengah beribu cases.

confirmed : fat without getting pregnant

with my birthday boy

What happened to us? HAHAHAHA. During the first pkp, everybody was freaked out, balik dari groceries terus mandi and tukar baju etc, we restrict our movement so bad. Sekarang people watlek watpis je. Haha

And later at the night, as usual, we celebrated together with our big family, my brothers were there together with althaf’s cousins walaupun they just got back from Terengganu, my bestest friends also there, the ones yang rapat dengan althaf. Alhamdulillah althaf was happy with all the peoples coming. Ahh, and also asfia’s mil and fil also there. Thankyou everybody :)

I decorated a bit with paw patrol theme since he likes paw patrol too much nowadays, walaupun i bagi tengok setengah jam sehari ( 2/3 kali seminggu je) haha. I bought everything at shoppee, they’ve got like everythingggggg there. For example kedai helium and decoration party yang famous kat bangi pun dont have everything. So point number one to take, buy at shopee. Cheaper. Tapi kena plan awal la, if you are late to plan, then kedai it is. 

I love you my son, although mummy a bit garang, please forgive me. Ill try to be better okay for you? Thankyou for being the best son that i could have (nanti dah ada adik lelaki, semua terbaik okay?) haha. Thankyou selalu dengar cakap mummy, thankyou for being my best helper, thankyou althaf.. senang dengar kata, hati lembut just like your name, yang baik, yang lembut.

We love you so much! and may Allah showers you with happiness, dunya and akhirah. 

will update more later when the photos are uploaded to my one drive. 

Bye Assalamualaikum!

Catalina Maryam Turns 2

 On last August, and i just have the opportunity to update. So sorry baby, hopefully Maryam tak merajuk mummy update lambat bila dah besar dan dah boleh baca ye.

As usual, no big party yet for the kids birthday as they just reached of takkisahpun age. Maybe bila dah besar sikit dan dah pandai hargai, we do birthday party okay. 

Seperti biasa, we had makan makan kat tempat cantik sikit and mummy clueless sikit nak cari tempat best untuk birthday maryam sebab is still covid, taknak ambik risiko pergi tempat mainan, jadi pergi je celebrate dekat Tamarind Square.

maryam is now twoooo, alhamdulillah

Makan dekat the Glaze, then jalan ambil gambar sekitar Tamrind square sebab tempat tu memang lawa untuk bergambar. Main reason nak makan sana. 

Mummy suka maryam outfit sebab nampak princesses sikit. Haha sendiri beli, sendiri puji. Head to toes baru ye sempena birthday. Mestilaahhh, birthday girl kan!? 

Selepas itu bergegas pulak nak sambut birthday dengan family, disebabkan ada tiga orang lahir pada tarikh yang sama, makanya more merrier sambut sama sama. Alhamdulillah, family makin berkembang, cucu makin bertambah, so happening kalau berkumpul tu. Also means, we are all getting older, so do our parent.... semoga senantiasa dikurniakan kesihatan, rezeki yang baik untuk jaga mama nanti.. huhu amin ya rabbal alamin.

Catalina Maryam also weaned off few days after dia dah dua tahun. It was like a very easy kind of break up. Haha, sebab dia tak seketagih abang dia. Bila dah totally wean off tu memang takda dah cakap nak lagi. HEY THIS GIRL, so independent eh! Mummy so proud of you.

But then, she is also a very hard girl. hahahahahhahaha, kalau tantrum tu masya Allah, tak kuasa mummy nak layan. Dasyat sangat sangat sangat. hahahahaha. Sebab dia jenis yang tak kisah kita marah pr suruh buat apa apa, nanti dia buat tak tau je bila kita marah or tegur. Perwatakn so rigid gitu. Kahkah. 

Dan lepas dua tahun dah wean off tu, memang ketara sangat sangat dia kuat makan. Mungkin sebab dia dah takde susu untuk bagi dia tenaga, jadi dia makannn je memanjang, celik mata makan, lepas tubreakfst, lepastu lunch, lepastu after nap makan, petang makan and malam pun makan,.. Alhamdulillah.

Susu formula pun takda kami bagi, we just give them real foods, jadi perkembangan tinggi tu ketara la dengan anak anak lain, but everything is fine. Semoga besar nanti tinggi tinggi eh. Haha

That is for now, till the next post.