Spa in Ipoh : My Pre-Wedding Preparation : A retrospective entry!

Okay skip to the pre-wedding part yang sepatutnya kita mention hujung-hujung sebab I feel like writing about it!

DISCLAIMER : Gambar semuanya I ambik from facebook Ombak Day Spa sebab camera ku tak berkualiti... Amik gambo nampak gelap jer bilik treatment nya.. Post ini bukan sponsored yer, ikhlas dari hati.. Ikutkan hati nak simpan sorang je spa ni...tapi tak baik kedekut kannnnn,

I went for my Seri Pengantin pakej in Ombak Day Spa (Opposite Kinta City Jaya Jusco). The reason is basically because I memang always go there for my monthly massage. So I am very comfortable with the masseuse-cum-owner Kak Was - She always give me good advice, she's a friend and also a caring sister. Not to mention, lepas massage kat ombak day spa ni I never feel like going for massage dekat spa hotel on vacation dah.. Sekali massage kat hotel tu boleh 4 kali massage lagi kat Ombak ni.. and my personal preference sebab dah selesa dengan Kak Was ni.. On and off rindu jugak balinese and thai massage lipat2 kaki kan.. kahkahkah...

Anywhoooooo, I love the ambience, it's no lavish but cozy.. Since you have to have an appointment for your treatment, you wont be facing a crowd ke... takde waiting time... memang datang, get things done and balik.. (oh how I wish kalau balik dari massage tak payah drive...boleh terus zzzzzz). Nak set appointment ? can contact Kak Was 0185744914 okay!

The Seri Pengantin Package comprises steam bath, facial, full body scrub, full body massage and mandi bunga naik seri. But since I do my facial somewhere else, I only did scrub, massage and mandi bunga here. I don't know how it is with other place, but at Ombak Day Spa the mandi bunga is very straight forward... Flowers and limau.. No jampi-jampi. Yet only GOD knows how amazing it feels. Wedding preparation can be very stressful and tiring.. Nak pulak kita houseman ni semedangggg aje oncall berjaga malam... (nak jugak mention walaupun kita oncall kat hbuk boleh tidur malam). The moment I stepped into the bath all I could feel was regret - THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY END OF POSTING RITUAL!. The feeling is just.... heavenly!

Ulang lagi sekali, perhatian : best gila mandi bunga okay... tak payah tunggu nak kahwin baru mandi bunga.. agak-agak stress tu boleh dah datang berendam kat sini.. 

If there is one thing I did not survey prior to my wedding - this is it lah. And if you're a lazy bride, malas nak survey-survey, I can guarantee you, you won't regret going to Ombak Day Spa for your big day. 

Bila nak kena pergi spa serta facial?

I went for the seri pengantin package 2 days before my solemnization. Reason being - too near to the wedding most likely orang tak bagi dah you keluar rumah kan... And also by this time usually most of the things dah settle and peak stress pun dah berlalu... Gitu... Barula retreat namanya kan! As for facial I did mine 2 weeks earlier sebab, you never know what might go wrong after the facial. So  kononnya pergi 2 minggu sebelum, and do another one the week of my wedding, but what happened to me was that my skin got a bit dry after the facial (gatal pergi try new treatment) so, the whole two weeks I focus on hydrating my skin kat rumah je using various caudalie mask. lol! Lucky la I went 2 weeks earlier ... if 3 days earlier, merah2 macam ikan bakar je la muka time kawen... 

Okay ladies... That's about it.. I wish you a stress-free weekenend

Ombak Day Spa

tel no : 05-5426 811

buss hour : 11 am to 7 pm ( or at the arranged time )

no 35, jalan tempua, ipoh garden south 31400 ipoh perak.

My Wedding : A Retrospective Entry Part 1 : The Essential : Free Wedding Checklist

Hello beloved friends and family!

It has been soooooo long since I last updated my blog - I honestly think no one reads blog post anymore nowadays and if people do, I thought no one would read mine, anyway! But eventually I guess there's no harm putting up some notes here to help my fellow bride to be! 

My wedding preparation started as early as I could remember - before I even met my husband - I've been daydreaming and also pinning on Pinterest - and looking back and my boards - ewwwwww what was I thinking!!! 

Long story short, we planned to take it further and got engaged in December 2015.. Nothing fancy, I basically bought white baskets and flowers from Kaison with some ribbons and net clothing, and tadaaaa.. Settle our hantaran for bertunang which consist of food, food and more food. Pelamin pun takde... susun-susun bantal tekat perak je... Baju pun recycle baju konvo tahun 2014 je.. Very the jimat kan !!

 

exclusive ni uolz... kat fb takde sebab masa tu kan baru bertunang..

Ultimately it all starts with picking a date for the wedding - so that during engagement boleh la kita bagi anggaran tempoh pertunangan - we chose 16 September 2016 because I'm a houseman tak ada kemewahan nak bercuti kahwin, it's a long weekend and I cannot wait until after I finish housemanship sebab I need to submit my MO-ship placement form in August and I don't want to be thrown to Sabah Sarawak for being single.. :')

Then comes my wedding planner - or  actually my wedding checklist. I divide them into 4 sections, event details, checklist by item, timeline checklist - to make sure I'm on track, and list of vendors and expenditures to keep track of the payment and budgeting.

Boleh klik sini untuk download.

Tapi dalam dok pakai checklist tu, sampai sehari sebelum majlis checklist pun tak sempat nak tengok lagi dah.. Jadi I suggest better pengantin passover checklist masing-masing dalam sehari dua sebelum majlis.

The legal stuff fun fact :

• Your sijil kursus kahwin is valid forever - lepas SPM terus nak pergi kursus pun takpe diknon.
• HIV test - may be done as early as 6 months prior to your wedding.
• Mesti buat di Klinik Kesihatan 
• Bawa sendiri borang - print dari website SPPIM bagi bakal penganting dari negeri-negeri yang terlibat dengan SPPIM.
• Jangan pergi Klinik Kesihatan berlenggang kangkung lepas tu mengamuk kenapa tak tahu kena bawak borang sendiri
• Negeri yang terlibat dengan SPPIM : Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Perlis, Perak & Melaka.
• Meanwhile Selangor pulak permohonan online dibuat menerusi JAIS NCR
• Pengantin lelaki mesti selesaikan dulu urusan permohonan kebenaran kahwin, lepas tu pengantin perempuan. Siapkan semua borang, bagi pada naib kadi untuk proses seterusnya.
• sekarang ni saksi kena cari siap-siap orang yang confirm hadir, then bagi terus salinan IC pada naib kadi, sebab sijil nikah terus dapat lepas akad nikah.

Okay.. sampai sini dulu lah kot... to be continued...

My ReLEx SMILE story - Part One

It all started on a saturday afternoon.. I was oncall, and after my zuhr prayer, I accidentally stepped on my glasses and my lenses popped out of its frame. Luckily i managed to pop it back in and bertahan for the next two weeks with my out of shape glasses. I know this is a calling for me to get my eyes corrected, I can barely see anything without my glasses - I will not be able to function if this ever happen again - new glasses will take at least 3-4 days, and macam mana nak kerja or drive kalau tak ada cermin mata kan?

So, after massive research, I finally decided to go for it. On my last post call day, I went to Chew Eye Specialist in Ipoh, to get my eyes checked. The thing is, after I finish med school, I actually had my eyes screened and I was told conventional lasik is not for me - but I cannot recall for sure what was the reason and what was the alternative the ophtalmologist was going to offer me (looking back, I'm guessing he's offering relex smile as well). So, the staff from Prof Muhaya Eye & Lasik Centre told me, "Kalau kornea nipis, memang tak boleh buat Lasik or ReLEx smile, kalau you datang pun membazir je" as their thorough examination will cost RM600, not-refundable if you're not a suitable candidate. So, I got my eyes checked, and Dr. Chew told me, my pupil is large 7.1 mm, my cornea is thin, and I barely made the minimum requirement for Lasik. I may or may not get the outcome I desired from Lasik.

So, I got my readings, the cornea thickness, pupil size and my power and send them to PMELC, and she said, I can do ReLEx SMILE.

10.08.2015

My appointment was supposed to be at 9 am... tapi sesat pulak 10 minit, and bertolak lambat dari IJN, so by 9.40 baru la sampai dekat PMELC. Tempatnya not so busy, parking space banyak dan very accessible. Sampai situ, kita pun register dan tunggu giliran untuk buat pemeriksaan mata. Untuk ReLEx SMILE ni boleh buat pada hari yang sama, kalau Lasik pulak mungkin kena buat temujanji selanjutnya untuk buat pembedahan. Macam ni lah algorithm di PMELC.

Selesai check topograpy, corneal thickness, etc(stage II), baru lah jumpa dengan optometrist. Suzanne namanya. Very friendly and explains a lot of things to me tentang ReLEx SMILE and what are my chances. Initially she's quite worried about my right eye as my prescription was 1000, tapi what I really need was only 850 (my glasses is over correcting my shortsightedness). My left eye was very promising, and my right eye... not really... Tapi lepas dah check she found out, my eyes can function well with the lower power pun.. I will not need to wear glasses after ReLEx SMILE inshaAllah...

Last sekali baru kita jumpa Prof Muhaya. So cute my mom was star-struck, she was so quiet despite prof being so friendly. My eyes are suitable for ReLEx SMILE, alhamdulillah.
"Okay, now I will show you your eyes... Let's test your ophtalmology, see if you studied well..." Dalam hati kita ni, I was going to spurt, "Err...Ophtal ni saya minor rotation je, belajar pun 2 minggu je..." hehe... But I did not. Luckily the question was just for me to identify my eyes' fundosopic image. "Macam mana you tahu that's your right eye?" Because optic disc is on the medial side! Thank you Dr. Rashid Joumard for teaching me this, I will never forget!

Lepas tu, masuk waktu Zuhur, semua patient dan keluarga dijemput solat berjemaah ...

Selesai solat, barulah uruskan payment dan masa untuk my surgery... Kata prof, yang paling sakit ialah masa letak speculum kat mata tu - which was, tak sakit pun, but for me, masa nak remove lenticule tu was a bit more uncomfortable.. Yang paling mencabar sekali untuk prosedur ni ialah nak maintain pandang lampu hijau dan make sure the light is centralized. You have to control your own eyes, and even though you've been briefed, bila lampu hijau tu menjauh just ignore it and make sure your eye doesn't move... Once lampu hijau tu menjauh, all you see is darkness and you pun tak tahu dah anak mata you bergerak ke tak... But Prof Muhaya was very helpful as she keeps talking to you, doakan you and says inshaAllah perfect vision, perfect correction for you...  I was so nervous!!!! Mata ni kalau ada kaki dah bertempiaran dah agaknya!

Alhamdulillah after 23 seconds for each eye, she removed the lenticule and told me to look at my parents behind the glass door... SubhanallTI can see it's them walaupun tak clear sangat lagi. I was so silly I asked"Err...tapi memang normal kan saya nampak blur-blur lagi ni". Nasib baik Prof tak cubit je kite atas ketaksabaran ini...  then she told me to look at my hands, and yes I can see my hands!

Lepas dah selesai, kita pun keluar, and I noticed I can read the writing on the mat, exit sign - which used to be a blob of colour je before this without my glasses.. Alhamdulillah.. After a while baru mata rasa pedih-pedih macam baru lepas potong bawang tu..

Selesai ambil ubat, jumpa prof balik.. This time abah pun masuk and Prof showed both my parents how my sight used to be and how well I can see now alhamdulillah.. "Sebelum ni, dunia dia dua kaki je..lain semua dia tak nampak...sekarang... semua ni dia boleh baca..Alhamdulillah.."

Lepas tu kita pun balik...on the way I was so excited about things i can now see, mashaAllah.. As for now, I'm still seeing some glowing effects, my vision is at least 75% of what I used to see with my glasses on... Masa ni memang very uncomfortable sebab kita rasa tak selesa tak sharp, tapi kalau pakai glassess lagi la kabur.. The night vision, mmg silau, but bear-able, macam pandangan bila lens dah berminyak kita malas nak lap je..

Ok macam tu lah kiranya cerita ReLEx smile kita ni...

Kesimpulannya : I would recommnd ReLEx smile ni kalau : power you tinggi, kornea nipis dan pupil you besar.. Also if you're pressed for time, sebab kita dari Ipoh macam mana nak ulang alik kan.. Cuti pulak begitu berharga... go for ReLEx smile.. Kalau so-so je, you can always do the Premium Lasik... no problem...

Okay untuk soalan-soalan cepumas.. nanti tengok dekat entry ni pulak...
ReLEx SMILE FAQ