My OB-Gyne

My first check-up with an OB was in late 2007. That's when I met Dra. Lyn Estrella-Sese.  She's the sister of papa's basketball teammate in our office league and she was recommended by my good friend, Abi, also papa's officemate in HR.  Napakabait na doktor at masayahin pa. She patiently answers all our questions and she explains medical conditions well. Papa feels comfortable asking her even the most embarrassing questions, hehehe.. Suwerte talaga kami at siya ang OB ko.  Alam kong maaalagaan niya kaming mabuti ni baby.

For those who are interested, her clinic is in Jesus Delgado Memorial Hospital, Kamuning, Quezon City, and her clinic hours is 5PM-7PM, every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. (hahahaha, magpromote daw ba!) Telephone number is 924-4051 tapos pa-connect na lang po sa clinic nya (nakalimutan ko kasi ang local number, hehe.. )

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wow, antagal na pala ng huling post ko.
Inabot pa ako ng 2009. hahahahaha!
Well, 2008 was a good year for me. And I ended it with a bang!
I got to visit places (Bohol and Cebu last March, and Singapore and Malaysia last September).  I got married to the special man in my life last September (yes, our honeymoon was spent in Singapore and Malaysia), and I just discovered last December 11 that I am going to be a mom soon!!! Thank you, Lord, for the blessing. 

It was a year of: love, new beginnings, new friends and acquaintances, adventure, a bit of worry because of our company's privatization (which will happen this month, I think), and realizations. All these experiences made me a better person and I am hoping that I may also become the best mom my child could ever have.

CHEERS TO 2009!!!

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.

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/

pagod na ako..

Hay.. Malapit na ang D-Day.. napapagod na ako.. 
Last Saturday, Al and I claimed my bride's permit and banns from San Isidro Labrador Parish in Tandang Sora then we brought the documents to OLCP. yehey! finished na kami sa mga church docs! After nun, punta muna kami sa UP Law to give the invites to my former law classmates who are invited shempre sa wedding ko (Mama Mia, June and Miguel). Saya nga eh.. na-miss ko yung lugar. hehehe.. Lunch din kami sa Roddic's (sarap talaga ng tapsilog! da best!) Then we went to Fersal Inn at Kalayaan Avenue to reserve a room for Al's preps (where we also intend to stay after the wedding para naman ayos ang unang gabi. charot!) then to Printed Matter to claim our invites reorder. Nakalimutan lang ang aming sticker so we waiter for about 20minutes or so kasi dadalhin from their production area. After that, we went to Al's home in Meycauayan to arrange the distribution of the invites.

Inabot na nga ako ng gabi sa kanila, kakaayos ng mga invitation. Mabubuang na ako kabibilang kasi nakakalito na minsan. hahahaha! :) We will also be preparing an avp for our suppliers, para pang-entertain sa guests habang kumakain or habang naghihintay sila na dumating kami from our post-wedding pictorial. :)

Yesterday we already started distributing the invites and i'm so happy that the people appreciated it and loved it! Even my boss realized kaagad that our wedding was themed after a "movie premier night". Galing! Pero s'yempre, may ilan din (yung mga may edad na, hehehe..) who reacted to the color of the invite (the entourage page being black with gold stars at the side). hay naku, ang mga tanders talaga!

countdown na.... please pray for a good weather. grabe ang lakas ng ulan kanina!!!!

another long weekend na walang pahinga, hehehe..

August 23-25 was another busy weekend for me. Blessing na rin na may mga long weekends na ganito before D-Day dahil nagkakaroon kami ng time ni Al to do some stuff. Heto ang ilan sa kanila:

*August 23:
 - I accompanied Mama to BenchFix Salon in ABS-CBN (with my dear friend Kat who's back from the Lion City) then we went to Ms. Adora for Kat's fitting. Mama will have another gown na lang and ayusin na lang daw yung 1st gown sa size ko para hindi masayang. I wanted her to have a more elegant gown kasi, shempre, mother of the bride di ba? :) Maganda yung gown kay Kat, bagay yung style. I'm really happy with how the dresses of the entourage turned out. :)
 - I finished wrapping the entourage gifts. Yehey!
*August 24:
 - Al, Jolo and I met with Mang Rey Casedo at Mcdo Quezon Ave.-MRT to pick-up the barongs. Ok na ok ang fit kina Al! I loved Jolo's barong, ganda pala talaga ng design nun. hehehe.. :) After that, Al and I finalized the design of our gift tags for the entourage and sponsors. Heavy rains today.
*August 25:
 - 2nd fitting of the entourage with Ms. Adora (we missed Bel, she had to do something important sa office). Mas magaganda na ang mga damit ngayon! It really improved compared to the 1st fitting. Magaganda ang mga abay ko, hehehe... I went with Al's family to Trinoma after the fitting 'coz they had to buy shoes for the wedding. I helped Faye and Tin choose their shoe/sandal design. We just had difficulty with Faye's size (size10) 'coz most of the designs I liked didn't have a size 10. hehe.. buti na lang may isa kaming nakita. :) Nakakahilo ring maghanap ha. :)
 - We had lunch at the supermarket foodcourt. Sarap ng sizzling! Starbucks din muna while waiting for Ninong Mike to come home from the airport. I even met Jolo pala at the MRT entrance to Trinoma 'coz I asked him to bring Ninong Mike's invitation since I didn't know that we were going to visit them. Buti na lang may lakad si Jolo sa Sucat at nasa haus pa sya when I called him. Around 330pm, we left Trinoma to visit Ninong Mike and Ninang Angie at their new home in Quezon City (near Times St.). I liked the new house, it's better than the old one. Ninong Mike just arrived from a flight abroad pero ok pa rin sya. Sya pa nga nag-drive ng kotse nila pauwi, hehehe.. May merienda pa nga uli kaya busog talaga kami. It was a great bonding experience with Al's family. Saya!

Hay, ilang tulog na lang, wedding day ko na.. :)