Vainpot...and countdown to Malaysian Night

Здравствуй!

Only a few days left until the big day! Malaysian Night is finally gonna be here, and it's B.I.G.

I am working under the fashion show department, with my lovely girls Natasha and Sarah.  So guess what my job is?

Test drive.  I'll probably reserve this look for the bride. :)

That's right.  Yours truly has the honour of being the mak andam.

Meaning that I will be handling the hair and make-up.  It has been so long since I've done any makeup on anyone, and I have been honing my long-forgotten skills for these past few days (*liar* - this is just another legit excuse to play makeup when I have nothing to do in my room).  There will be five couples on the runway, each displaying a matching pair of traditional clothes worn by the different ethnic groups in Malaysia.

Of course, the crowning jewel would be the pelamin (dais used in Malay weddings) on stage.  We are going to stage a Malay wedding as part of our effort to introduce Malaysian culture to foreigners.  I can't wait for the sounds of kompang to pierce through the night when Busuk and Wahida would step in as our lovely couple. And yes, we'll even have menepung tawar (which is like a blessing ceremony done to the couple on the dais *explaining foreign terminologies is not my forte!*).

And oh, the hair. THE HAIR! I have no clue how to manage hairdos. I am at a complete loss when it comes to hair, since I have always let mine flow freely.  I think I'm just going to stick a fake bun on the bride's hair. :P

Look #2.  Aquamarine-inspired.

I cannot imagine the backstage mayhem.  It will definitely be a rush trying to prepare everything on time and get the show going. The venue will be at Wycliffe Hall, which is close to Trinity College at Hoskin Avenue.  The University does not permit access to the hall until the day itself, and only from 3p.m.. Which leaves us precisely three hours to arrange the stage, the food stalls and the decorations until the event kicks off at around 6-ish.  And I need to get my models going as well. Oh the drama.

In the meantime, we have one last huge meeting tomorrow to finalize the agenda and stuff before Winter term starts.  Hurray for school.  And we still have flowers to decorate, drapes to measure, costumes to finish etc etc...

Till then, до свидания!