The PROPOSAL PRANK

Sebenarnya gw lupa untuk ceritain tentang proposal ini, dan malah cerita tentang bridal duluan. Maaf yah.

I just can't wait to tell it. Selama ini gw hanya sering melihat dari TV, internet, ataupun foto teman gw yang di propose dari facebook/ sosmed lainnya. Enggak pernah kebayang bakal jadi kayak apa kisah proposal gw. Oke, jadi gini. First of all, my boyfriend is really a master mind. He can manipulate my way of thinking the way he wants. Ini adalah beberapa tipuannya:

1. Dia jadi sering banget nanya gw "mau dilamar kayak ap?"
2. Tebak-tebakkan. Dia sering bilang bahwa dia udah punya rencana khusus untuk propose. Dan dia sering nanya yang bikin orang penasaran, misal "kira-kira, nanti aku propose nya di dokumentasiin atau ga ya? tapi kalau di dokumentasiin, diliat temen-temen donk? Tapi kalau enggak didokumentasiin, sayang juga"
3. Kasih clue enggak jelas dan susah dimengerti. Misal: butuh cuaca yang bagus. Which makes me think that the proposal will be placed outdoor. Dan mungkin itu akan dilakukan pas Anniversary? Mungkinkah?


dan sebagai cewek normal, wajar dong kalau gw mikir proposal itu bakal terjadi di hari Anniversary?

Spt biasa, kita selalu ada tradisi tukeran kado. Dia keluarin kotak kayak gini:

Spontan gw langsung mikir "is it the time?"

Ternyata TIDAK, saudara-saudara. Isinya jam tangan. Bukan cincin, gelang, ataupun kalung. Beberapa hari setelah anniv, dy nanya "kamu pasti mikir kado kemarin proposal ya?" Wew, He knew what  I was thinking. 

Suatu hari, kita lagi berada di suatu tempat, dia megang tangan gw, tiba-tiba berlutut. Asli, jantung gw dag dig dug. Perasaan campur aduk, gw lirik sana sini untuk lihat apakah ada temennya yang rekam adegan proposal ini? Nyesel kenapa enggak pakai baju bagusan, kenapa enggak dandan yang rapihan sedikit. Karena basically gw bukan tipe orang yang suka dandan banget. Tapi gw nyesel. Pas gw liat dia berlutut, ada rasa terharu seperti yang di film2. 

Lanjutannya? Next post.

The Selected Bridal: Cucu Bridal

It was not on purpose. We went to Wedding Exhibition held at JIEXPO Kemayoran just to check the price for each vendor so we can count our budget first. We looked around the exhibition, visited some booths, asked about the packaged they have, and of course tested many foods from many caterings. I'm just a usual woman, so it's not uncommon if I wanted to spend more time on bridal booth. We were looking for Kelapa Gading located vendor.

First vendor that we came was JJ Bride. The dresses were pretty, the price was not too expensive also. And if you paid the booking fee, you can hold the price until 2 years. But, our first intention of coming to the exhibition was just looking around. So, we decided not to take it and continued our journey.

The second vendor was Caca Bridal. My friend used that bridal too for her wedding on the next year (it was 2013 at that time. and we haven't decided the date, day, or year for our wedding to be held). We interested on the price she offered. From their portfolio, the make up is soft (I like soft make up), the dresses were pretty, and the package price was on budget. I hadn't get the chance to try on the dress.

The 3rd bridal was Cucu Bridal. I am the loyal customer of Cucu Bridal (my family actually is). We always get Cucu Bridal to take my Sweet 17th Birthday, graduation, and even just a casual picture of our family moment. I've experienced the make up, hair do, and their photography team. The package price was on budget. If you paid the booking fee, you can hold the price until 2 or even 3 years. WOW. We also loved the offering package. We are so tempted to pay the booking fee, but still unsure. PLUS, they gave us more discount cause I am a loyal customer of them. And we decided to take it. We chose Eternity 2 Package which includes:

          Diamond Gown new design
          Bridesmaid gown (1 for adult/ 2 for kids)
          Bridesmaid make up& hair do
          Prewedding photo (indoor in studio and outdoor in Bidadari Island)
          Pre wedding photo (35 pics) printed in Seamless Album
          The Day Photo
          The Day Video (Cucu's partner)
          Groom's suit (Voucher: Rp 1.000.000,- )
          Wedding Cake (Voucher: Rp 1.000.000,-)
          Wedding Car
          Wedding invitation (voucher: Rp 1.000.000,-)
          Mom's make up and hair do
          Wedding ceremony's gown
          1 hand bouquet
          4 corsage
          Pre wedding dress, suit, make up, and hair do
          Facial treatment
          2 canvases

The package price at that time was Rp 23.500.000,- (it was supposes to be Rp 26.000.000,-). Thanks for the special discount. Another review of Cucu Bridal will be posted next.
         

         

Introduction of Crown Diaries

Please let me introduce my self. I make this to capture the moment of my and my soon-to-be husband relationship. I want to write all the process, from the moment when he proposed to me, our wedding preparation, and the moment when we will live together as husband and wife, etc.

Why do I name this blog as"Crown Diaries"? Here is the explanation.

My name is Stephani. It means "Crown". And my soon-to-be husband is Harold, which means "Army Ruler" or "Great Leader". It seems like our names are so perfect each other and meant to be together.

                    The Crown fits to the Great Leader


While I'll be the crown that will be put on an army ruler's head. It shows dignity. Like what Bible says, a woman should be a helper for her husband. I, too,want to bring him to the next level, the leader, a strong and gentle man.

And that also is our mission. We've been lovers for 7 years now, and will get married soon on August. This is the story of  how 2 of us met. We went to the same church every Sunday, and joined in the same Youth community. We studied at the same school (but he already had the previous girlfriend at that time). Our parents know each other for a long time, since we were a baby. ooohhh..and my mom even often brought me to his house back then.  Ahahaha it really feels like faith and magic. I never expected us to fall in love to each other though.

I remember when we came to Junior Church, we were at Junior High School too. I really didn't like his attitude towards our mentor. I took everything seriously, didn't laugh too much, didn't have many friends. While he was a very extrovert boy. When Junior Church Service was about to start, he just disappeared and went to play online game at the place that we call "Warnet" here in Indonesia.

Who can guess that it will turn out we are a lovely couple now?

okay, can't wait to write about the day he confessed to me for the next post.

C u