Monday, October 20, 2008

birthday bash!

I turned 26 last October 15 and I celebrated my birthday twice. :)
The first one was with Al's family at Paeng's Bowl and Seafood Island, Eastwood City last October 11. Ang saya! As usual, eng-eng ako sa bowling. But Dady Andy was a revelation. Member pala sya ng bowling team sa NPC before. Shar! Sila ang nanalo. Teammates kami ni papa and his sister, Faye. Tapos magkakampi sina Dady and Mamy Beth, Ate Susie and Tin-tin. Si Kaz ay salingkit muna. :) Grabe, over a hundred points ang lamang nila! Promise, magpapraktis na talaga ako for the next tournament, hehehe...

The second one was with my family at Bellini's, Marikina Shoe Expo, Cubao last October 15. Since I love Italian food, ito ang napili kong place. It's our first time to eat here and ang sarap! We ordered antipasti for appetizer (risotto on bell pepper), pasta platter (5 different pastas, pesto lang ang kilala ko, teehee!), and the Bellini's Special Pizza (meat and veggies. with cucumber! sarap!). Busog na busog kami. For dessert, we ordered orange cake, walnut cake, and banana cake. Mr. Roberto Bellini, the owner, was there with his son. May acoustic performer rin (guitar), who I think was blind, and he was good. I like the ambiance of the restaurant and it's perfect for lomographers! Yahahaha! S'yempre nag-enjoy din ang aking mga lomo cams: Sweet (Holga 135BC) and Cyclops (Actionsampler Flash) and Yoshi (Yashica 35 GTN). Nun nga lang nabigyan ng pangalan ang actionsampler namin. Si papa ang nagbigay, hehe.. We even saw one customer who had a Diana camera with a ringflash. Cool! May mga mural kasi sa walls and ceiling and there were several pictures of celebrities since Mr. Bellini was a former paparazzi. :)

Thank you, Lord, for another year. Hoping for more blessings and birthdays to come.

Friday, October 03, 2008

Wedding Kuwento

Na-miss ko ang pag-blog! Hehe.. Our wedding was a success. We were blessed with a good weather, thank you talaga kay Lord at hindi umulan kahit na maulan that week. Maraming realizations, may occasional glitches pero masaya pa rin sya. Ang naging mahalaga sa akin, I felt the sincerity of the event. The mass was very solemn, the reception was fun. Sometimes, you want your wedding to be so grand and nice and everything, pero in the end, it's still a celebration of a couple's special union with the Lord. Masaya ako na tamang blend lang ng "must-haves" and "nice-to-haves" ang aming wedding. Minsan kasi, baka nakakalimot na rin ang mga brides, that we tend to include all the elements that we want in our wedding, nasasapawan na yung tunay na ipinagdiriwang sa araw na iyon. Just like Christmas, where people sometimes forget the reason for the occasion, hehehe.. :)

Ang hindi ko lang talaga makakalimutan, when Fr. Mon Bautista, SJ blessed our rings tapos isusuot na namin sa isa't isa, Al and I got our OWN wedding rings. Kaya naman nung isinusuot na ni Al sa akin yung ring, sabi ko, bakit maluwag? Naku baligtad! hahahahahaha! nagpalitan na lang kami kaagad. Buti nga hindi narinig sa mic yung sinabi ko, hehe.. I'm not sure if our priest and our parents/sponsors noticed it kasi when I asked them, wala naman daw silang napansin. hahahah! Tsaka si Fr. Mon, nakalimutan din yung "You may kiss the bride." Bakit nga ba nagiging common instance na yun? Wahehe.. I was always smiling during the wedding din pala. Hindi ako naiyak, si Al ang umiyak. Hehehe.. At narinig ko nang malinaw ang aking bridal march song kaya timing ang paglakad ko. Ewan ko ba, I felt so relaxed and happy. And napansin nga ni JR Sebastian (of Parkershot) during preps na hindi raw ako nagpapanic. He asked me tuloy kung bride ba talaga ako. Hehe.. Also, kahit nung wedding mass and reception, I was checking (making mental notes) kung nasusunod ba yung mga napagkasunduan with the suppliers, ganyan. Haha! Maganda talaga if you prepare early for the wedding.

We also had a one-of-a-kind adventure in our Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Honeymoon last week. We left last September 22, 2008 aboard Cebu-Pacific and yes, delayed ang flight to SG for an hour and 20minutes pero oks na rin. Importante sa akin nakaalis kami. Pero naghysterical ako sa cab going to NAIA 3 that time kasi si mamang driver na nasakyan namin eh hindi alam kung paano pumunta sa NAIA3!!! I was instructed by our office's driver to go to the Magallanes Lane papuntang SLEX kaso sa Pasay napunta ang driver. Eh almost 7pm na yun, 820pm ang flight. Thank God umabot pa rin kami! At delayed sya. hahahahha! We got back last September 29, 2008 aboard Malaysia Airlines naman. :) Successful din ang ginawa naming DIY itinerary. :)

Masaya ang buhay may-asawa.. :) But I know there will be bigger responsibilities ahead.. Hopefully the Lord will continually bless us and guide us on our journey.. :)

To view some of the "official" pictures, please visit: http://parkershotphotography.com/blog/