I have just been reminded of the biggest event of my life as a mother - the day my daughter Munira got married this day seven years ago. As I sit back and recall the events that led to the day I wonder how we managed to do it. We all have so many friends and I have only one daughter so I did not want to miss out anybody. The names came from the obvious- family members,close friends - mine and my kids, neighbours, old neighbours and office friends , the people who knew her personally while she was receptionist at my office, and in the course of work I made many friends too so I went through about 10 registration books at the office. All in all we came up with about 2000 guests! Can we fit them all in? The minute I mentioned it to my brother, he went around the house and suggested possible places for the guests, the cooking etc etc..yes we were going to do it at home.

That does not sound so glamorous in this day and age but it is something I like very much - it just seems so personal to me and we'd save the hassle of travelling between home and whatever place it was. Plus all the money can go to food!

Thank God for family members and friends everything went smoothly ( even if there were hitches I wasn't told about them until after it was all over) ..with my dear niece Shikin taking charge I was free just to entertain people who visited.

I was anxious if all guests turned up and if they did would the food be sufficient for everyone. We had a great cook who monitored the situation well and despite the hectic few weeks it all ended with lots of memories - we even had it covered in a Berita Harian supplement and Pak Kadir's blog.Now seven years on I can only hope Munira and Nazuri are happy together and will continue to live happily together till, like the wedding vows go, 'till death do us part'.