dah collect kad kawen.yeay.

my wedding is in 2 months (more or less) and i dah collect kad kawen..yeay!
lega gile tauu..rase cam satu beban dah hilang..

actually, last week..i dah start call LH, asking news psl our card
they promised to call me back..but sampai sabtu still takde berita
so before pegi training badminton tu, i called them again
and as usual they said they will call me back..

10 mins later, my phone nyanyi lagi lagu lenka "trouble is a friend" tak sampai 2 secs and it stopped..
uikss..LH main miss call dgn saye??helloooo..tak patut ok
memandangkan PR diorang mmg K.O, so i just ignored about it
and i call them back to get the news psl card sy
they said i boleh collect my card at 3 pm

i was excited..ingat nak terus pegi amik after training dgn mon prince charmant
then teringat yg my invoice ade kat umah
ngeeeeeeee..

so the next day, kami berdua pegi ke jalan pudu
waited for about 10 mins..then dtg pekerja diorang keluarkan kotak2 kad sy dr kereta
excited ok.

verdict:

• our card is perfect! exactly seperti yg kami inginkan..alhamdulillahhh
• harga pon berpatutan, ade hot stamping dan jugak embos
• dpt extra 40 keping free
• cume sampulnye sedikit kelakar, because, my card is almost in square shape, tp sampul tu size rectangle..so besar la sket..pelik jugak..tp maybe salah saye jugak..sbb sample sampul yg sy kasi tu mmg size tu, tp sy kasi sample utk dia copy design je..haruslah sy nak sampul yg size same ngan card sy..but ianya sgt remeh..rectangle pon rectangle la..janji kad sy chantekk =)

sorry psl quality pic ni..sy amik pkai hp..sy mmg takde camera =)

p/s: cik belle, yg hijau tu "bantal" saye..hihihi :D

well..im not sure if i shud recommend LH or not, so i just list down kebaikan n keburukan ek:

kebaikan:

• murah ok. as i said before, i dpt harga mase expo..so dpt rm 1 utk 1000 keping, with HS + emboss, and kualiti kertas pon baek
• takde extra charge utk env. letak corak or tulisan pon buleh
  
• design yg ade banyak gile, so just pegi showroom sane n pilih mane yg berkenan.
• service mmg bole kata pantas jugak..2 minggu utk draft..10 days utk print

keburukan:

• PR diorang mmg teruk. so kne sabar sket la bile deal ngan diorang..and be extra careful when u place ur order..make sure everything is noted in ur invoice

conclusion: u may go to LH, tp berhati2 ya =)

wedding card: final draft approved

right after doing the hiv test, we headed to jalan pudu, lh creative.
there are two showrooms, our first visit to lh creative was at their showroom, jalan brunei.
but org yg design card kitorang is at showroom kat jalan pudu.
when we were there, the designer wasnt there yet. so salesgurl tu soh i checked draft dulu. this was our second draft..yg first draft tu kitorang dah betulkan and anta thru email.

ok there was price issue:

mula2 kitorang nak order 700, then macam tak cukup, so nak order 1000. lagipon mengikut kiraan, the different was rm160 je..so alang2 tempah je 1000. as for the price, we got "the exhibition kat midvalley" price..and luckily, mase exhibition tu, i mmg gile amik manyak sample yg berkenan, and asked the salegurl to put the exhibition price at each card. So it's clearly stated utk each card, price utk 700 keping and 1000 keping. why i asked that, sbb i takut salegurls ni lupe harga yg dia pnah ckp kat i, then nanti nak tempah jadi isu plak pasal harga, which did really occured.

bile i ckp nak order 1000 instead of 700, and ask for the price, dia ckp harga rm1.20 and without emboss!! i said it cudnt be, as harga utk 700 pon with hotstamping and emboss pon dah rm1.20. that salesgurl macam terkejut. dia ckp i can get rm1.20 utk 700 tp without emboss, otherwise it's rm1.50.

hellloooooo..i already paid the deposit, and on my invoice, it is clearly stated HS+emboss gold. lagi mau gaduh. tp yg lagi kelakar..dia btol2 tak percaye i got rm1.20 utk 700 keping..walaupun dah terang2 kat invoice i tu ade word emboss. geram jugak nak tanye if dia reti membace ke idak...

finally i said, sample card yg i picked kat exhib ari tu ade HS and emboss as well, and kat belakang mmg ade tulis harga utk 700 keping and 1000 keping. and the sample card is with the designer, because i mmg nak exactly macam sample card tu.

so dgn lajunye salegurl tu pegi carik designer utk tgk sample card tu n seb baek designer tu dah sampai opis. and yes, it's stated

700 : rm1.20
1000 : rm1.00

so terpakselah akak salesgurl tu mengalah..yeayyy!!.. harga kat sample card tu really saved my life..dan jugak sample card as well, sbb mmg ade HS and emboss..ade kad lain, tp design exactly same, cume ade HS sahaja..huhuhu

sgt sgt sgt lucky..fuhhhhhh (klu tak, sure perang la kot..menangis nanti klu kne bayar lagi mahall)

bile harga dah setel, we all checked draft dgn designer. we reread our card thoroughly again and again. tried to find errors yg bole mencacatkan kad kitorang..seb baek designer tu sgt baik n soft spoken. her name is Sara (fully recommended).almost sejam jugak la kitorang verified our card, betulkan itu ini, sempat tuka kaler kad lagi..hihihihihi. then Sara siapkan 2 bunting for both of us. tenang je rase bile berurusan dgn sara ni..takde lorat, takde nak panik, nak risau ke ape..kitorang check draft tu sampai nak muntah..hahahhha

finally, we gave our approval..dan sekarang berserah sahaja.we did out best to have our nice wedding card.

still cross our fingers tho...

"turut mengundang"

ok..i mmg slalu tertanya..dari zaman skolah till sekarang (before i pegi tempah wedding card tu), kenapa mesti ade ayat "turut mengundang: seisi keluarga"..



my first assumption was:" owh..it means, semua keluarga di jemput hadir la kot..so bleh bawak the whole fam dtg makan..because utk certain majlis esppecially yg kat dewam..seats are allocated..so if dia ckp anda dan pasangan..then mmg dua org je yg kne dtg..owhh i seeee" this was my first innocent thought :D

tp..kat dlm sesetengah kad tu, ade plak tulis, "turut mengundang: a list of adik beradik pengantin" ..uiks..kenape pulak..sah2 le adik beradik diundang dan akan hadir ke majlis kite..
then here was my second innocent thought: maybe bakal pengantin nak show his/her appreciation kat his/her siblings..that's why he/she wants to list down all the names of adik beradik..special undangan gituu..owhhh i sunggguh seeeeee =D

then when the day came for me to have my own wedding invitation card..i called my mom first in order to confirm the wording with her..and i still can remember that i asked her this specific question:

me: mama, org letak "turut mengundang: seisi keluarga" la ek..sbb ari tu mama ckp nak jemput "nama jemputan" dan keluarga ke kenduri. kire seisi keluarga la kan?

mama: kalau bole, mama nak listkan nama semua anak2 mama dlm tu..even nama amalina skali..dan jugak menantu2 mama

i was like HAAA? awat plak nak jemput myself to my wedding..sah2 le i hadir okay ::grin::

but as a loyal daughter..i just said yes, without trying to understand why my mom requested that.

so i put all my siblings name, under "turut mengundang", except for my name, because i still felt it is ridiculous to invite myself to my wedding..

then my hp sang "aku dan dirimu" song, my mom called me back.

mama: klu boleh..mama nak letak name nenek skali dlm turut mengundang..kire nenek wakil family kite utk mengundang org jemputan..

seriously, i masih blur2 tak paham, but as usual, i just said "ok mom"..

after a few days..this "turut mengundang" still bothered me..lagipon i ade 6 adik beradik..tolak my name..kire ade 5..dan menantu plak dua..it is a long list..
dlm card sy tu pon cukup2 muat je..dah le nak letak contact number lagi kan..

after berfikir panjang and try utk memahami maksud tersurat dan tersirat di sebalik "turut mengundang" , AT LAST..baru i paham..ya Allah..sungguh slow..this thing had haunted me for agess..each time i saw a wedding card, i always asked my self..kenape kne ade "turut mengundang"..rupanya2, it means, names that are listed under "turut mengundang" invite the people who receive the card too. So basically, not only my parents invite them, but the whole family as well. Owhhh Myyy God!! ( sile sebut dgn slang Janice dlm cite friends)

source

the end. =D

p/s 1: now, shud i put my name or not under the "turut mengundang"??

p/s 2: i dah dpt draft from LH creative..well not bad at all..there are some mistakes here and there..biggest mistake is they put "turut mengundang" instead of "aturcara majlis" erkkk..yg tu sgt obvious ok..and there are wrong spelling for names and maps as well..as for the design..everything is ok except for the color of hot stamping..it's clearly stated on the invoice that we want to have gold hotstamping..lagi dia letak kaler hitam..hihi..will give them our feedback this tuesday.

quick update on lh creative

as i said in my previous post, mon prince charmant and i ordered our wedding card fr lh creative, despite of having uncomfortable experience with them (refer to previous2 post).
they promised us that the draft will be out within a week
so today, i decided to give a call, asking for news..(walaupon sy bz banget dgn my circuits)
well, after a long waiting, they still cudnt find my invoice, so they told me that they will call me back :(

i was dissappointed, and expected for the worst. i texted my fiance, updated him about the call, and u guys know what he replied to me: if they cudnt find our invoice, or if there is any prob at all, we r going to ask our deposit back, and order our card at somewhere else.
wuhuuuuuu..he has never been this serious before..normally, i am the person who always freaks out in every single thing by turning my self into a godzilla, and he is the person who will calm me down and change me into human form..but not this time. he will become the godzilla, or shud i say, groomzilla?nice

that's me, when im not in a human form

that must be him :D

a couple of mins passed by, and the person from lh creative called, asking me if i already send the map or not. of course i did, i even drew it in A3 paper, in order to give u guys larger view of the map. and she said, she will call me back.

another couple of mins passed by, she called, informing me that it has been sent to the designer, and the designer will call me once it is done. she gave me the name and the number of the designer. nicee..now im going to hassle the designer (just kidding!, of course i wont do it :p )

but i did call the designer tho (politely), just to make sure she got the information, the sample card and the map. we didnt design our own card, we just picked one of the sample in the showroom, and asked them to do exactly the same, but of course, there are certain things that are need to be changed, but we already jotted down everything on the sample card. such as "Majlis Kesyukuran" instead of "Walimatul Urus". She told me the draft will be done this Saturday, but i will be in Kuantan for my cousin's engagement, so i told her i will come next week.I told this to mon prince charmant, he said he will go there and spy this saturday..hihihi..he's cute!

Hoping they wont make any mistake on our card, as they already have everything, and it's their own design. Otherwise, I will really get mad, with a groomzilla right behind me.

p/s: why i call it as a quick update?because currently im waiting for my colleague to debug my layout..i cant understand why i have those errors.

im worried...

ari ahad lepas..mon prince charmant et moi, went to jalan pudu
utk tempah our wedding invitation card
well..few months back..we all actually berkenan kad kat jentayu design
they do really have sweet cards
and it is not too far from my place..neighbour next door ok..hihihi
and the owner is so nice

but then, when we went to wedding expo (i cant remember which one)
kat mid valley, we all tertarik plak dgn card LH Creative
well..some looks banal..but ade la yg kitorang rase cam berkenan
and the price is not dat expensive..within our budget
so kitorang pon put rm50 deposit to get that day price

and since then..we all kinda terlupe terus about jentayu, decided to order our card from LH creative
nak jadikan cerita..rite before i went out
i saje2 gatal2 google about LH creative
and i found one forum telling bad things about LH
apparently, some customers of LH are not happy with the services
and those stories really made me scared
but i told myself, well it may happen everywhere
no matter which company that u pick

so i just went on with the plan
the place is a bit far from us..frankly, i've never been to jalan pudu before
tersesat sampai situ pon tak pnah..hihiihi
we arrived there during lunch hour
there were a few customers
and the salesgurls (indonesians) were very nice
they treated us well..which made us comfortable in the beginning

as we already knew which card we wud like to pick,
so we all isi the information form first, then baru nak discuss with the salesgurl on the customization..
and then suddenly, we heard one customer quarreled with LH staff
wat i mean from "staff" here is, this woman (malay) was seated in front of computer
and i think, she is the person who is in charge of keying in the data and the design of the card to the computer..
apparently, the customer was waiting for her bunting, but the bunting was missing in action..
the LH staff said, they already printed it out, but they cudnt find it..so they will print it again..so they asked the women to come back again or perhaps check at another LH office (situated not too far from where we were)
the customer was outraged, asking if LH did really print the bunting or not
the salesgirls tried to calm her down, but it didnt work as she busted out from the office

i tot the not-so-nice scene wud stop there
but this LH staff (yg dok buat kije ngan computer ni) kept saying bad things about the customer!!
some that i cud remember.."dia ni nak kawin ke tidak??kalau muke cantik tu takpe la jugak nak marah2..ni tak lawa pon" and she kept membebel2 for about half an hour
but one of the staff there started to print again the bunting
u know what that rude LH staff said " tak payah buat cantik2..marah2 aku macam tu..buruk pon takpe..biar padan muke"
when i heard that..i was shocked..OMG..she got no rite to say that..no matter whose fault it is, she cant do that!!!
because of her, the environment became so tense
at least for both of us
till nak isi form tu pon asik tersalah je..
and dlm kepale sy, i kept asking..did i make a mistake by choosing this company??
uwaaaaaaaaa

luckily, the salesgurls were so calm..they still can control their nevres despite of what had occured in the office
still smilling to us, and patiently listen to what we explained about our card
the changes that have to be done on the sample card that they showed to us
she promised us that the draft will be out within a week
and if everything is ok, then we can collect our card by the end of this month

on the way back home, mon prince charmant said he really didnt like the way that rude woman treated the customer
eventho the customer was wrong, but she shudnt get too emo and said bad things about the customer..it was so wrongggggg!!!at least show some respect to other customers who were on that place.
and i agreed with him
lebey2 lg dia yg buat design kat computer..klu dgn marah2 cemtu..sure ade manyakk salah
erkk..takottt nye makkkkkk...
pls dont do that to my cards..plssssss

skang sy sgtt2 la berharap our card will turn out to be seperti yg kami harapkan
tp still risau sgt sgt sgt..adoiii
does anybody pnah deal with this company?
perhaps u cud share ur nice story so that i can put end to this uneasiness

p/s: we ordered 700 pcs for both of us..tetibe rase cam tak cukup..gulp