SG - I want!

I want to visit SG again. Because I want to be with my sister. Bow.

Please do it now.

Get ready to Bazooka

I suddenly miss my childhood days.
I used to buy Bazooka gums because I want to see the little comic strip wrap around them.

I want my Bazooka now. :(

I wish..

PFT.

Yes I am! =)

20php @ Powerplant

I was walking along the side of Powerplant mall when it hit me - I only had 20php in my purse. then i started thinking where else my 20php can go? Yes, it can buy a drumstick. a small pack of candies. a small pack of my favorite choco marshmallows. that's it. 

But then again, I realized that eventhough I was carrying a small amount in my purse while walking in one of the grandest place in the metro, nothing changes. I can still smile, I can still be happy. It didn't make me less of a person if I don't carry a thousand bill.

And one thing that made my heart skipped a bit was the thought that my Lord Jesus never leaves me. I felt Him whispered in my heart that He is with me at that very moment and always. I also felt that He walks by me, side by side as I stare at the grand buildings and luscious green leaves of the trees that surrounded me. <3

how can you bring heaven to a place that tastes like ***?

i always wanted to be good. to do good. to live a good life.
but living in a place full of people who live in misery, who loves to dwell in the past and who can't move on makes it very hard for me to live a life how i want it to be.

at this point, i'm tired. i'm exhausted.
..and i'm burdened.

Lord, what should I do now? :(

good thinking, huh?

Okay. Enough said.

Anxious.Worried.Down.

                                                
I was not feeling good since last night. I was worried. I was down. Anxiety's eating up my mind.
I don't know why but massive thinking about almost everything wears me down.

Lord, what am I supposed to do? Please help me.

My dog wants his bread

Look at how he reacts when I wiggled his bread in the air:

He looks excited right? I feel him saying: "Hahaha! Come on, give me my piece!" LOL

When I gave him his bread, he looked so happy eating it:

Mengmeng: "Yummy!! I want more!"

Me: Okay tomorrow :p

<3 u Menggi!

My handsome prince was injured

Due to a series of unfortunate situations, my handsome prince got injured.

This shots were taken two weeks ago at Makati Medical Center.

Good thing is that, two weeks from now, the cast will be removed! :) Yey! :)

....And although with his cast on, my handsome prince is still cool with it.

See?! He said: Make Peace, Not War! :D

<3 him much! :)

CavitEX - thank you!

Thank you Cavite Expressway or CavitEX for short. :)
You made our commuting lives so much easier!
Go Philippines! More infrastructure to come!

Can you connect Batanes to Taiwan as well? :D

How about Bicol to Los Angeles? That will be great!! :)

My youngest fan

If I were an artist, this kid will be my youngest fan :p

His name is Roselle (I hope I spelled it right) and he is 3-5 years of age. I first met him during our Easter Sunday celebration when her mom, who is my mom and aunt's friend, brought him with her to our house. Her mom introduced me to him as "Tita Chay". From then on, he never left my side. When I go outside to see on what's happening at our village's court where people and children are celebrating all night, he continuously calls me and runs after me. He even told me he injured his knee because he ran to much just to follow me. When I go inside the restroom, he looks after me. I even heard him ask his mom and my mom: "Asan si Tita Chay?" Then he went inside the house and never stopped to call: "Tita Chay! Tita Chay!"

He even sat beside me on the floor when I was too tired of all the noise in the house. He's such a young, sweet boy!

Look at our picture together:

I really adore this kid! :)

Chili's lanterns

When you get to eat at Chilis Powerplant Mall, you'll be happy to see their Hawaiian inspired lightings.

I know, I know, it's not a good shot. I just found it cute so I shared it with you.

And who can focus on what she does when a large plate of hot and crunchy nachos and their chili and ranch dips were all placed on her front?? Now tell me. :p

5 emotions in a kid's face

I played around with my cousin on the Easter Sunday night.  I told him that I'm gonna took his pictures in his different emotions. So here it goes the pictures!

Happy:

Yup, that's how he smiles. No showing of teeth.

Sad:

 Aaaaw.. you make me pout here baby.

Scared:

No mum, I don't wanna get circumsized yet... :s

Mad:

"I told you, I don't wanna get circumsized yet.. Don't you understand that?!"

Lady Gaga:

His version of Poker face. :)

I love you Rap! :D

Eeeeeew!

Okay, now this is what happened after I, my mom and my little cousin went home from the Easter Vigil.
The good girl I am, I controlled myself not to sing on our rented videoke. "Because it's still Black Saturday", i told myself.

Instead, I grabbed the bottle of Vodka and Pepsi inside our fridge, got two glasses for me and my aunt and poured some in it. As I sipped on the alcohol and carbonated drink, my throat burned, but I ignored it. I went inside my room, got 7 peso coins and went to the nearest store to buy junk foods. "My cheat day", i told myself again.

I went home with 7 pieces of junks on my hand and drank my vodka straight to my tummy. It tasted akward but I didn't care. It was not a good night for me after all. :( After around 30 minutes of chit chatting with my aunt and little cousins (who were there but not drinking, mind you), I went inside to freshen up as I was already feeling a bit tipsy.

The following day, my tummy and lower back were burning itchy! When I held up my shirt, this what I got:



It was really really hot and itchy!!! That was my skin! It was so hot burnin' red and there were white patches around too. It was really icky and itchy to look at! I went to the drugstore to get myself some antihistamines (Celestamine) afer hearing the Easter Sunday Mass. I felt dumb and sorry. *sigh*

Karma moves faster than I thought. :D

Holy Week 2011

The reason why I wanted to post some snapshots of what I and these kids below did during the last Holy Week is to treasure the "last" Holy Week I'll spend with them as a single lady. *insert a sentimental song here*

Since I have to work on Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday, we only spent Maundy Thursday - Easter Sunday together. We did Visita Iglesia on the night of Maundy Thursday after the Mass of Washing of the Feet. We visited 7 Churches around Noveleta-Cavite City area. Unfortunately, I only thought of posting it here in my blog when we were already on our last stop: San Sebastian College - Recoletos de Cavite.

Of course, you can't help but to feel nostalgic. :p

I looked around my Alma Mater and nothing seemed to change alot.

After saying a little prayer to Papa Lord Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, we went out and had ice cream. :)

The next day, which I think was the holiest day of 2011, I and Moi went to the Church just before 3PM. We attended the Ceremony of kissing of the Holy Cross and Anointing of the Holy Oil for healing.  We also received the Holy Communion except for Moi who haven't had his First Communion yet.

People line up to kiss the Holy Cross of our Lord on this Holy Hour of Good Friday afternoon.

We also joined the Procession after.

Black Saturday was just a quiet day in our house though I, my aunt and my mom were busy preparing for the next day's feast (Easter Sunday).  On the night of this Black Satutday, I and Moi went to Church to attend the Easter Vigil since mom was there to serve as an usherette. Moi was delighted to see how the the bonfire was lit.

                                    

 It was still dark when we went to the place. Then our priest read some Bible readings. Then he signaled the people hidden at the top of the Church's facade through his flashlight to light up the small piece of cloth or wood (I guess). They did it and they slid it through a thin rope that will fall directly on the bonfire's woods. Right then and there, the fire started and grew fast, enough to light up the Church's ground.

After some more readings and lighting and praying of/with the Paschal Candle, all headed inside the Church.

...However, we needed to go home even before the Easter Vigil was not yet finished. Mom's head ached too much that she needed to take her pills and rest.

I'll tell you what I did next before I called it a night.. on my next entry. :D

A prayer

This should be a part of our daily prayer.

I saw it posted at the bus driver's rear mirror one morning.
I smiled as I took its picture to remind me to pray it especially on times when I feel like bursting out of irritability. :p

Lord, please give me patience. Right Now. And Always.
Amen.

My one-week desperate plan

I got the article below in one site and I am re-posting it so that I will never forget.

Your flat stomach in one week plan:

1. An hour of cardio every day. 20-30 minutes, it should be a high-intensity interval training.
2. Your workout on an empty stomach – that is, no food 4-6 hours before each meeting.
3. Do not eat more than 800-1000 calories each day of the week
4. All types of sugars and fats should be avoided
5. Consumes about 100-150 grams of protein a day
6. Drink plenty of water – more than 4 liters per day
7. Drink lots of green tea and black coffee as you need
8. Take a quality multivitamin every day during the week

Seems hard, right? But with a very willing heart... I am sure I can do that. :)

Come on May!

May's going to be a busy month for 'us'. :)

Of course all workdays will be spent at the office. But the most exciting days will be May's weekends!
Here's the list:

May 1 - Labor Day!
May 7-8 - Swimming with team mates
May 14 - Family day at the office
May 21 - Free Pre-Nuptial Pictorial! <3 it much!
May 22 - Fun Run
May 28 - Final Food tasting <3

Then comes June! yeah!
come on, come on, mr. Time, fast forward 4x please! <3

bridgestand.. it is!

While chilling outside the gymnasium of the majestic Claridges Hotel, yours truly felt like doing some of her so-called exhibitions during her highschool years.

She got also inspired by the flexible yoga position of this statue:

So here you go. The back-stretching bridgestand!

Don't be scared about that thing springing forth from her tummy. LOL!
It's just the leg of the statue. ^^

Will post another picture (or video) of me doing cartwheels and and eggrolls.
Soon. :)

noodles anyone?

I ordered this noodles in Kaiya Restaurant for my lunch.

I am not really a fan of thick noodles but the broth tasted good.
The addition of breaded shrimp, veggies and fishcake (?) made it better.
The meal was delicious but not really..extraordinary.

I should have ordered Talangkanin instead.
..well, there's always a next time!

Talk to the hand!

who is he??

Refusing to have a picture taken, my fiance poses his hand infront of my phone camera while we are waiting for our dinner to be served at Zaifu Jap Resto.

hun.. you really have to overcome your shyness :p
you know why.. :p
<3 u so much! :)

How do you say "Will you?" in such a different way? =)

this is one of the coolest marriage proposals I've ever watched! So Sweet! =)

sky lanterns :-\

okay. let me be a bridezilla for once. :p i really want to see skylanterns after our evening reception. :-\

i inquired at Design Manila on how much they sell their sky lanterns.
It's only 250php for a minimum of 10 pcs! quite affordable, isn't it?
if i'll let 50 pieces of sky lantern to light up the dark-26th of November-sky, it will surely be a sight to behold. 
and it will only cost 1,250php!

i really want those. i do. i'm serious.
but i'm thinking about our budget. *sigh*
*mom, ate, friends? haha! can somebody buy this for us, please?*

look!

 They are lovely, aren't they? :)

Girlfriend mo na ba ako? =)

I would guess that this is the newest McDonald's ad being aired in Philippine TV.
Uber cute!!! :D

Twitter?

i never thought that i would create my own twitter account one day.
Well, i did it now. And it's so surprising that i am actually enjoying it?!

Wear this..

..ring as a sign of my undying love and commitment..

I and fiance booked our wedding band supplier last February.
We are actually looking for a pair of ring that fits our set budget.
We tried different pairs but I was looking for the one that will make me say "this is it!."
I was about to give up when I saw one pair in the next glass cabinet where I and fiance were standing.  It was a pair of simple white gold ring, which middle part is matted and the sides were yellow gold.  I asked fiance to try it and when he did, it looked so good on his hand! It was a more masculine ring, I thought. I tried it on my right ring finger and it complemented my engagement ring. I was surprised! I looked at it more closely and I said to my fiance that it was the one I was looking for. My fiance liked it too! And although it excessed our set budget by around 5k, we still booked it.. simply because we both loved it. 

We just asked the attendant to customize it. We always wanted to have a simple and white gold bands, so we asked if the yellow gold sides be converted to white gold. She agreed and we were happy!

Here's a picture of a pair of wedding band that looks similar to ours - less the diamond and the names, of course.

Lifetime warranty.
Thank you Goldenhills! :)

1.2.3..Look at the camera..project!

In months time, fiance and I will be doing our pre-nuptial pictorial.
I wanted it to be done in a "forest-like" place.  I wanted to make use of the grass, of the soil, the trees and its branches.
I also wanted a scene in a rice field or in a place where the sun will be almost setting down beautifully (i know, somewhere in the west =D).

I wanted to make use of mother earth. :)

I wanted a playful and childish mood, but will project love and romance in every shot.
Let's see how it will go.

________________________________________________________
PS: We will surely have something like this shot of Kristen and Rob:



How I love them both!!!! :)
Oh, I need to find a short black ruffled dress just like Kristen's too! :D

Tropical Blooms and Printed Matter

Sounds familiar? LOL. You are right. They are our latest suppliers for our big day. 

Tropical blooms will create my bouquet, our moms' small bouquets, primary sponsors' bouquets and secondary sponsors' wrist corsages. 

They will also do our venue's drapings and stylings.
I would like to see white drapings, turquoise lanterns and crystals on our venue's ceiling. I hope Tropical Blooms will deliver us the style that we visioned our venue to have.

We booked Printed Matter for our invitations.

Among the invitation suppliers we saw, they are the one who have the most affordable price. But of course, we don't want to sacrifice the quality of the invitation papers. So I and fiance evaluated the papers first. When we were both satisfied on the design and texture, we booked them right away.

Next supplier hunt: Live band, OTD coordinator and hotel for preparation. :)

98!

..lbs! Yes, that's my weight. And I'm trying to lose more.
My goal: 90lbs.
By when? I don't know! I wanted it sooner!
Needs more time in the gym. Needs more cardio.
Needs more strict diet. No more sweets, please, blushy?! ...My conscience nods :D
More veggies, veggies..veggies.
More fruits. More water.

Come on fats, i don't need you. Leave my body now, please?!!!

Taho for you

Okay. I promise to make a delicious taho for you!

So.. the hunt for the best soybeans in town starts now! Where can I find those in Cavite's wet markets, anyone?

You better wait for your taho-ala-hun! =)

Yes.Yes.Yes.

I am thinking about you at this very moment.
Your face, your smile, your eyes.. they never fail to melt my heart.
And by just hearing your name can already put a smile on my face.

I always wanted to be at your side.
That's why I can't wait for that DAY to come.
The day that i'll submit myself to you.
And the day that shall mark our journey to forever.

Yes I will marry you, man of my dreams.
I will marry you today and everyday.
I will always say yes to you~
Yes to your love.. yes to our life.
Yes to forever.. to forever with you.

...i love you...

everybody's getting married!

i'm a bit surprised today when i opened my facebook acount.
whoah! almost everybody's getting engaged!
some of my friends received sweet and grand proposals, others answered 'yes' to a simple yet life-changing question.

it's nice to think that we are not getting any younger. that we are getting more serious in our lives to think about marriage and raising our own families. the thoughts of cooking meals for my husband and kids, taking care of them, hearing Mass and going out together on Sundays - really gets me excited. :)

Hi Mr. Time, can you move faster please?! :)

What's in your bouquet?

I've never given much thought on how my bouquet would look like. But I swore to myself not to have a rose bouquet. I'm not against roses, in fact i love each one of them, but I cannot see myself having them as my bouquet.

My first choice actually was a sunflower bouquet. But fiance didn't like it. He said sunflowers here in the Philippines were not as good as the ones in abroad. He thought they were too big for me (huh?).

Anyway, I surrendered my sunflower bouquet and opt to search for new ones.  Gerbera daisies - my friend thought would be lovely for brides. I looked at the pictures and she was right. Those flowers are lovely! ...But looking on the bouquet of gerbera flowers didn't make my heart say "This is it!"

The search for my flowers continued until I thought of Lilies.  White lilies will be my Church flowers as our Church already has their own florist.  Since I wanted to have yellow flowers as my bouquet, i asked myself why not go for Yellow Lilies? They can be found in the Philippines, thus, it is more affordable than other flowers to be bought from abroad.  I searched the web about yellow lily bouquets and they really wowed me.

 Now, aren't they lovely? =)

Themes and Motiffs

Is it really necessary to have wedding themes? It depends on the couple but not for me. I think just having a wedding motiff is enough to liven up your big day. The couple just have to think of unique gimmicks on how to mix up their wedding colors to avoid the monotony.

There are three color combinations that I an fiance thought about for our motiff.

1. Turquoise Blue and Apple Green
2. Maroon and Champagne
3. Brown, Red and Orange

Fiance wanted to have a fresh and cool atmosphere during the reception. He thought of Maroon-Champagne to be very formal so we excluded it from the list. Then he thought of Brown, Red and Orange to be very hot from the sight so we also removed it. We were down with the choice of Turquoise Blue and Apple Green combination.  I googled some pictures trying to see how it looks like when the two color jives and I found this:

Looks cool, right?

Then I found another color combination. Navy blue and apple green:

Fiance liked it but I am quite hesitant as I felt that it's also "formal" to combine navy blue with apple green, though it looks good too.

After much thought, fiance and I chose Turquoise Blue and Apple Green as our wedding motiff.

More suppliers booked!

Thank God! more suppliers booked from the last Bridal Fair. I hope that I and fiance will not regret getting them. But i'm pretty confident we will not, as I prayed to God before heading to the fair that He may give us the suppliers He want us for our big day.

We roam around the megatrade hall until we stopped at the last Photo/Video supplier located at the last row - almost at the corner of the hall. We were strucked how articulate the person in the booth and his wit got I and fiance's attention. In less than 30 minutes, I and fiance found ourselves signing the contract with them. LOL! I hope EROS PORTRAITS will not let us down. :)

After booking our Photo/Video, I and fiance looked for our wedding car. We went to Don Robert's booth and got a discount. Fiance opted for a Benz and asked me what i liked. i chose to have Mercedes Benz 260E AMG:

Next supplier that was booked was GoldenHills Jewelry.  We opted for a simpler design, since I and fiance don't want to have "rocks" on our bands. I fell inlove on their white gold plain band.  The sides are yellow gold but we asked the saleslady if we can have it changed to white gold instead.  I and fiance love it - simple yet elegant.

And our latest booked supplier was the creator of my wedding gown and the entourage's - Dore Bridal Couture.
Mine will be an ivory-off the shoulder-almost mermaid cut gown with no beadings (since I don't like it), only plits on the front and ruffles on the skirt. I'll still think if I'll agree to have it adorned with Swarovski crystals. Let's see.

The inspiration gown of my MoH will be this:

My secondary sponsors' gown inspiration is the blue-gray dress below:

My bridesmaids' gowns were copied from a bridal mag.  It's a simple sleeveless dress - falling just above the knee - with a coin hole in the middle of the neckline.

My mom and mom-in-law's gown designs are to follow. They are still thinking of designs which they will be comfortable, yet, will look good on them (and flaunt their assets :D).

My charming flower girls who will fly from LA will be wearing gowns inspired by this:

Next suppliers to look for: Florist/Event Stylist, Invitations and Giveaways for our Primary Sponsors.

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM!