Thursday, August 31, 2006
surprise package from chris
what a way to end the winter season :)
after two unsuccessful delivery attempt, chris' surprise package finally arrived at my office this afternoon.
the package consisted of a 3D toy puzzle (according to the 3D puzzle, i'm supposed to make a burj al arab building hehehe), which he said natuwa daw sya sa puzzle so he thought i might like it too so he bought it...and inside the box was a card from chris which says:
"happy 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th & 48th monthsary!"
awww....isn't he sweet?
at eto pa, when i looked inside the box of the toy puzzle, i found a small gray box...
with trembling hands, i opened the box and alas! a CK watch!!!!
i love it, i love it, i love it!!!! it's so me!
and of course, sinuot ko na agad sya!!!
chris and i exchanged emails the whole afternoon...him checking if i liked the watch and me thanking him for his sweetness and thoughtfulness.
i'm really touched by his gesture, for getting me gifts for our monthsaries til december. such gifts were never needed. i have always been happy just to hear him greet me a happy monthsary--sometimes i think that alone is too much already because not all celebrate their monthsary anyway. but like i said in my previous entries, he insists on celebrating our monthsaries for the rest of our lives. i can only be thankful for that.
so elated am i that i called him after dinner just to thank him again and tell him how i appreciate the package he sent me (especially the watch hehehe).
so there...my news for today hehehe.
oh by the way, today's the last day of august, which means it's the last day of winter here in aussieland (thank god). spring na tomorrow!
good night!!!
after two unsuccessful delivery attempt, chris' surprise package finally arrived at my office this afternoon.
the package consisted of a 3D toy puzzle (according to the 3D puzzle, i'm supposed to make a burj al arab building hehehe), which he said natuwa daw sya sa puzzle so he thought i might like it too so he bought it...and inside the box was a card from chris which says:
"happy 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th & 48th monthsary!"
awww....isn't he sweet?
at eto pa, when i looked inside the box of the toy puzzle, i found a small gray box...
with trembling hands, i opened the box and alas! a CK watch!!!!
i love it, i love it, i love it!!!! it's so me!
and of course, sinuot ko na agad sya!!!
chris and i exchanged emails the whole afternoon...him checking if i liked the watch and me thanking him for his sweetness and thoughtfulness.
i'm really touched by his gesture, for getting me gifts for our monthsaries til december. such gifts were never needed. i have always been happy just to hear him greet me a happy monthsary--sometimes i think that alone is too much already because not all celebrate their monthsary anyway. but like i said in my previous entries, he insists on celebrating our monthsaries for the rest of our lives. i can only be thankful for that.
so elated am i that i called him after dinner just to thank him again and tell him how i appreciate the package he sent me (especially the watch hehehe).
so there...my news for today hehehe.
oh by the way, today's the last day of august, which means it's the last day of winter here in aussieland (thank god). spring na tomorrow!
good night!!!
Sunday, August 27, 2006
about relationships & EXes...
Longest relationship:
- 44 months and going
Shortest relationship:
- ewan
How many people have you broken up with?
- ewan
How many times have you truly been in love?
- thrice before i fell truly, madly, deeply for chris
How many boyfriends have told you that they love you?
- lahat sila, kasama yan sa mga pambobola nila syempre hehehe
Have you ever thought that you were going to marry the person you were with?
- nope, si chris lang talaga ang nakapag-palambot sa puso ko (corny but true)
Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt?
- oo naman, di naman ako bato o manhid
Have you ever made a boyfriend cry?
- kahit di ko naging boyfriend napaiyak ko (dunno if that's good or bad)
Have you ever cried over a boyfriend?
- oo, marunong akong masaktan (naks, emote!)
Are you happy being single or in relationships?
- yes, i was happy even if i was single and alone before chris came into my life...they say, in order to find happiness with a partner, you should be complete and happy as an individual and i think it's true...my relationship with chris would never have work had i not been complete when he found me
Have you ever cheated on a boyfriend ?
- once lang (o ayan, inamin ko din)
Have you ever been cheated on?
- oo (hah! karma ang tawag dun)
What is the most important PART of being in a relationship?
- having someone to love and cherish you, having someone to witness your every laughter and tears, having someone to laugh with and be silly with, having someone to just spend quiet times with.
What is the worst part of being in a relationship?
- ayoko ng away!
Worst relationship?
- as long as i was able to learn something from the relationship, i can never say it's a worse thing.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
- of course!
Have you ever broken someone's heart?
- oo din, di naman maiwasan yun eh
Do you talk to any of your exes?
- i'm still good friends with one of them...the others, wish ko lang friends ko sila...the past is past anyway...was able to say sorry to them and i was able to forgive as well.
If you could go back in time and change things to where you could still be with one of your exes,would you?
- no, chris is the best thing that ever happened to me...there's no one else for me but him.
Do you think any of your exes feel the same way?
i hope so...i want the people that i've loved to be happy, sana they've found their one true thing as well.
What is your ideal boyfriend?
- i think i'm too old for this question (haha!)
Do you believe that you are a good girlfriend?
- just ask chris or you can read my blogs
Have you dated people who were not good to you?
- of course not
Have you been in an abusive relationship?
- thank god, hindi naman
Name your most memorable ex if you have had 1:
- lahat sila natatandaan ko (i think! hehehe) but i can't say that there's one na memorable (sorry, no offense...tama na yung natatandaan ko diba?)
Have you dated someone older than you?
- oh yes
Younger?
- yup, yup
What is one thing that all of your exes had in common?
- suplado ang dating pero makulit din pala
Say, who are the top two most attractive ex's that you have?
- wag na!
When was the last time that you were in a relationship?
- i've been in a relationship for 44 months now...the last one before chris was a looong time ago
Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
- of course, especially when the love is true
Believe in love at first sight?
- never
Ever dated two people at once?
- yes (date lang naman di ba?)
Ever been given a promise ring?
- yes
Ever been given an Engagement ring?
- not yet...don't care if i have one or not, there are more important things than that
Do you want to get married?
- yup.
- 44 months and going
Shortest relationship:
- ewan
How many people have you broken up with?
- ewan
How many times have you truly been in love?
- thrice before i fell truly, madly, deeply for chris
How many boyfriends have told you that they love you?
- lahat sila, kasama yan sa mga pambobola nila syempre hehehe
Have you ever thought that you were going to marry the person you were with?
- nope, si chris lang talaga ang nakapag-palambot sa puso ko (corny but true)
Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt?
- oo naman, di naman ako bato o manhid
Have you ever made a boyfriend cry?
- kahit di ko naging boyfriend napaiyak ko (dunno if that's good or bad)
Have you ever cried over a boyfriend?
- oo, marunong akong masaktan (naks, emote!)
Are you happy being single or in relationships?
- yes, i was happy even if i was single and alone before chris came into my life...they say, in order to find happiness with a partner, you should be complete and happy as an individual and i think it's true...my relationship with chris would never have work had i not been complete when he found me
Have you ever cheated on a boyfriend ?
- once lang (o ayan, inamin ko din)
Have you ever been cheated on?
- oo (hah! karma ang tawag dun)
What is the most important PART of being in a relationship?
- having someone to love and cherish you, having someone to witness your every laughter and tears, having someone to laugh with and be silly with, having someone to just spend quiet times with.
What is the worst part of being in a relationship?
- ayoko ng away!
Worst relationship?
- as long as i was able to learn something from the relationship, i can never say it's a worse thing.
Have you ever had your heart broken?
- of course!
Have you ever broken someone's heart?
- oo din, di naman maiwasan yun eh
Do you talk to any of your exes?
- i'm still good friends with one of them...the others, wish ko lang friends ko sila...the past is past anyway...was able to say sorry to them and i was able to forgive as well.
If you could go back in time and change things to where you could still be with one of your exes,would you?
- no, chris is the best thing that ever happened to me...there's no one else for me but him.
Do you think any of your exes feel the same way?
i hope so...i want the people that i've loved to be happy, sana they've found their one true thing as well.
What is your ideal boyfriend?
- i think i'm too old for this question (haha!)
Do you believe that you are a good girlfriend?
- just ask chris or you can read my blogs
Have you dated people who were not good to you?
- of course not
Have you been in an abusive relationship?
- thank god, hindi naman
Name your most memorable ex if you have had 1:
- lahat sila natatandaan ko (i think! hehehe) but i can't say that there's one na memorable (sorry, no offense...tama na yung natatandaan ko diba?)
Have you dated someone older than you?
- oh yes
Younger?
- yup, yup
What is one thing that all of your exes had in common?
- suplado ang dating pero makulit din pala
Say, who are the top two most attractive ex's that you have?
- wag na!
When was the last time that you were in a relationship?
- i've been in a relationship for 44 months now...the last one before chris was a looong time ago
Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?
- of course, especially when the love is true
Believe in love at first sight?
- never
Ever dated two people at once?
- yes (date lang naman di ba?)
Ever been given a promise ring?
- yes
Ever been given an Engagement ring?
- not yet...don't care if i have one or not, there are more important things than that
Do you want to get married?
- yup.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Complete Line-up of Suppliers
i think we can somehow relax now coz we have finally (finally!) completed our line-up of suppliers. and i'm happy to say that we are right on schedule (whew!).
the last suppliers to be booked were:
April & Karen Yu - for bridal and entourage bouquets
Candid Printing - for our souvenir stickers
San Miguel Beer - for alcholic beverages during reception party
everything's on a roll now. most of suppliers are somehow doing the execution of tasks assigned to them:
Elegant Creation Boutique - doing the entourage gowns as of the moment, they promised to deliver by the end of november
Streetline Bridal Cars - to email a photo of the bridal car we'll be using
AMIS - to email a quote for the invites we want made; chris already emailed them the specs and he will do a mock-up this week (take note: pati si chris gagawa ng mock-up, sigurista diba?), before AMIS does a mock-up (so that means, we'll have 2 mock-ups, haha!)
Cecilio Abad - to email the design for chris' barong. he's currently doing my mom's gown...next would be my future mom-in-law's gown
Janis Concepcion - to email design for wedding cord
Pollo Negro - to email menu for rehearsal dinner
hay...details, details, details!!!! ang dami pala. we never thought that planning and organizing a wedding can be this tedious....oh well, i think it's just me and chris being OC-couples hehehe.
the last suppliers to be booked were:
April & Karen Yu - for bridal and entourage bouquets
Candid Printing - for our souvenir stickers
San Miguel Beer - for alcholic beverages during reception party
everything's on a roll now. most of suppliers are somehow doing the execution of tasks assigned to them:
Elegant Creation Boutique - doing the entourage gowns as of the moment, they promised to deliver by the end of november
Streetline Bridal Cars - to email a photo of the bridal car we'll be using
AMIS - to email a quote for the invites we want made; chris already emailed them the specs and he will do a mock-up this week (take note: pati si chris gagawa ng mock-up, sigurista diba?), before AMIS does a mock-up (so that means, we'll have 2 mock-ups, haha!)
Cecilio Abad - to email the design for chris' barong. he's currently doing my mom's gown...next would be my future mom-in-law's gown
Janis Concepcion - to email design for wedding cord
Pollo Negro - to email menu for rehearsal dinner
hay...details, details, details!!!! ang dami pala. we never thought that planning and organizing a wedding can be this tedious....oh well, i think it's just me and chris being OC-couples hehehe.
Monday, August 21, 2006
holiday
waahhhh...it's a holiday in the phils today in commemoration of ninoy's death....and just this morning, i got an email from chris saying that it's also a holiday in dubai in celebration of the prophet mohammad's ascension.
hmp! kainis! ba't kasi ang kuripot sa holiday dito eh.
on a happy note, my mom texted me yesterday to inform me that they already paid downpayment for our entourage gowns. yay! and that the gowns will be ready by the end of november. another yay! at least i don't have to worry about that when i get back. another task off our list.
hmp! kainis! ba't kasi ang kuripot sa holiday dito eh.
on a happy note, my mom texted me yesterday to inform me that they already paid downpayment for our entourage gowns. yay! and that the gowns will be ready by the end of november. another yay! at least i don't have to worry about that when i get back. another task off our list.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
productive
i believe i was very productive today.
woke up at 8am and had breakfast, then went back to my room to sort out my closet.
first things first, i started putting some of my winter stuff away...although winter isn't really over yet (it's still cold and they say it'll be cold til september/october), but i don't care, i'm excited to get rid of some of my winter clothes so i did. i only kept a few turtlenecks and knitted shirts that i wear to work and the rest, they were put in storage. really can't wait for spring to come.
the second phase of my sorting out was putting all my pasalubong for my phils trip in a box. i've been accumulating clothes and toys in preparation for my trip back home so i decided to make an inventory to know what i had brought (and for whom it'll be) already. and one of the things i found are the wedding bears i bought a month ago:
aren't they cute? i love them! we're gonna use them for pictorials during our on the day wedding preps at the hotel.
third phase was getting some of my stuff ready for my phils trip (oh ha? di naman ako excited nyan diba? hehehe) other than pasalubongs, i've also accumulated a couple of clothes for my vaycay in the phils. looking through my stuff, i got a dress for our rehearsal dinner, bathing suits for my bora and bohol honeymoon, and a couple of shirts i got during sale season here.
it's really good that i got to do this today so as not to make stupid buys later especially when there are alot of stuff on sale in malls. it's really tempting. i have to remember that i shouldn't bring too much stuff from here and that it's better to go shopping in manila...at least, manila's more fashionable (although there are good ones here too--but they are sooo expensive) and clothes and shoes are cheaper.
after my sorting out galore (whatta a gay phrase! hehehe), i scanned my photos for our wedding AVP. yay! finally i was able to do it! it took me three hours to finish all the photos that i want scanned. looking at old photos was like a trip down to memory lane. have tons of photos and in almost all of them, i was smiling (o talagang mahilig lang akong mag-pose kahit bata pa?). it made me realized that i had a very happy childhood and i have my parents to thank for that. ayan, na-miss ko tuloy sila :(
anyway, here's one of my favorite photos during my childhood:
that's me on my 3rd birthday...i have tons of photos of me blowing the candles on my cake---from 1 - 13 years old, i have a photo of me with my birthday cake. that's why my birthday will never be complete without a birthday cake. i remember when i turned 28 last year, no one bothered to buy me a cake on my birthday, i was so sad the following day and i even told my workmates about it. so a week after, my workmates surprised me with a big birthday cake. oh well, better late than never.
next year, it's gonna be different. two days before my birthday, i'll be cutting a five-layer cake with my chris as a celebration of us being husband and wife...and on my birthday, i'll be mrs. avigail/ivy/ibyang sanchez!
okay, stop it...i'm rambling now.
going back to my productive day...after scanning, i cooked sinigang for our dinner which turned out alright. by the way, last night, i cooked spaghetti for dinner which turned out okay too.
and now that dinner is over, i'm just here blogging. after this, i'm gonna read "cana is forever", a book on counsels before and after marriage. it's really a good read for people who are engaged and for those already married. it talks about marriage being a career and all other stuff really insightful about marriage. if you want a copy, you may download here.
so there, an account of my productive day. hope you had a productive day too.
nighty-night!
woke up at 8am and had breakfast, then went back to my room to sort out my closet.
first things first, i started putting some of my winter stuff away...although winter isn't really over yet (it's still cold and they say it'll be cold til september/october), but i don't care, i'm excited to get rid of some of my winter clothes so i did. i only kept a few turtlenecks and knitted shirts that i wear to work and the rest, they were put in storage. really can't wait for spring to come.
the second phase of my sorting out was putting all my pasalubong for my phils trip in a box. i've been accumulating clothes and toys in preparation for my trip back home so i decided to make an inventory to know what i had brought (and for whom it'll be) already. and one of the things i found are the wedding bears i bought a month ago:
aren't they cute? i love them! we're gonna use them for pictorials during our on the day wedding preps at the hotel.
third phase was getting some of my stuff ready for my phils trip (oh ha? di naman ako excited nyan diba? hehehe) other than pasalubongs, i've also accumulated a couple of clothes for my vaycay in the phils. looking through my stuff, i got a dress for our rehearsal dinner, bathing suits for my bora and bohol honeymoon, and a couple of shirts i got during sale season here.
it's really good that i got to do this today so as not to make stupid buys later especially when there are alot of stuff on sale in malls. it's really tempting. i have to remember that i shouldn't bring too much stuff from here and that it's better to go shopping in manila...at least, manila's more fashionable (although there are good ones here too--but they are sooo expensive) and clothes and shoes are cheaper.
after my sorting out galore (whatta a gay phrase! hehehe), i scanned my photos for our wedding AVP. yay! finally i was able to do it! it took me three hours to finish all the photos that i want scanned. looking at old photos was like a trip down to memory lane. have tons of photos and in almost all of them, i was smiling (o talagang mahilig lang akong mag-pose kahit bata pa?). it made me realized that i had a very happy childhood and i have my parents to thank for that. ayan, na-miss ko tuloy sila :(
anyway, here's one of my favorite photos during my childhood:
that's me on my 3rd birthday...i have tons of photos of me blowing the candles on my cake---from 1 - 13 years old, i have a photo of me with my birthday cake. that's why my birthday will never be complete without a birthday cake. i remember when i turned 28 last year, no one bothered to buy me a cake on my birthday, i was so sad the following day and i even told my workmates about it. so a week after, my workmates surprised me with a big birthday cake. oh well, better late than never.
next year, it's gonna be different. two days before my birthday, i'll be cutting a five-layer cake with my chris as a celebration of us being husband and wife...and on my birthday, i'll be mrs. avigail/ivy/ibyang sanchez!
okay, stop it...i'm rambling now.
going back to my productive day...after scanning, i cooked sinigang for our dinner which turned out alright. by the way, last night, i cooked spaghetti for dinner which turned out okay too.
and now that dinner is over, i'm just here blogging. after this, i'm gonna read "cana is forever", a book on counsels before and after marriage. it's really a good read for people who are engaged and for those already married. it talks about marriage being a career and all other stuff really insightful about marriage. if you want a copy, you may download here.
so there, an account of my productive day. hope you had a productive day too.
nighty-night!
Saturday, August 19, 2006
natural highs today
first email that i read this morning is an email from makati shangri-la confirming my accommodation for jan 2007. yipee!!!! we're gonna stay at the shang!!!! we're gonna stay at the shang!!!! (lakas ng trip ah).
and becoz of that, i suddenly found this urge to update our wedsite's wedding diary. see wedding updates here. just go to WEDDING DIARY tab.
my next natural high was when i found a red sweat shirt for chris at giordano...and it was on sale!
my other natural high was when i got out of the mall...the sun was shining!!!! yay!!! the weather was just right so i took off my jacket and i only wore this:
when i got home, i played with my camera and played "pictorial" and i was able to shoot these:
and becoz of that, i suddenly found this urge to update our wedsite's wedding diary. see wedding updates here. just go to WEDDING DIARY tab.
my next natural high was when i found a red sweat shirt for chris at giordano...and it was on sale!
my other natural high was when i got out of the mall...the sun was shining!!!! yay!!! the weather was just right so i took off my jacket and i only wore this:
when i got home, i played with my camera and played "pictorial" and i was able to shoot these:
wedding updates
felt like years ago since i've updated our wedsite. chris and i have been so busy with our side of preparations. not to mention that our respective careers are getting demanding by the day. istorbo talaga ang trabaho sa preps no?
so, wazzup wazzup?
first: i've met wonderful people---who are also pinay brides like me, here in sydney!!! i've met friends online via an e-group in the phils. i've met friends here in sydney too. dumadami na ang friends ko dito. this is good. at least when chris and i settles here next year, we'd have great friends to hang out with.
second: i experiened my first ever hen's night party (a.k.a. bridal shower) last August 5. it was a shared hen's night party with four other brides. it was a four-hour cruise, with dinner, drinks and dancing...plus, of course, the main event--the male strippers. see my blog for details.
third: chris and i have finalized the design of our invites! i'm so excited to see the end product of this. chris as always, made me felt very loved when i saw the design of the invites...as in, it shows on his work (OA ba? sorry, i'm the bride so what can i do?) the moment i saw the final design, all i said was, "wow, seeing this design made me feel the love that you have for me". corny diba? hehehe. chris will now send the design to AMIS for printing of the mock-up invites.
fourth: on the wedding preps, here's our accomplishments as of today:
a. String Minstrels - they will provide music during church and reception, paid DP and have exchanged emails with ed and tina pasamba. i plan to submit the songs we want played and sung by october. we have also agreed to meet when i'm back in the phils.
b. Cecilio Abad - submitted my photos and mesurements. and last week, we have agreed that he will also design and create chris' barong. my bad, I almost forgot about the groom's attire...I was so caught up in coordination of entourage gowns, i forgot that the groom also needs to look good on his wedding day (ha!). thank god for cecil.
c. Makati Shangri-la - i got them, i got them!!!! i got them for our accommodation during wedding preps and after wedding party. thanks to mia, my heaven-sent online friend from w@w, she referred me to makati shang's director of business development and voila! i'm now exchanging emails with him (sorry, can't disclose his name). and as of this morning, I received an email from him saying that we're are now booked at the shangri-la. i'm having a beautiful and happy morning because of this. being booked at makati shang is such a natural high.
d. Elegant Creation Boutique - my mom has finalized prices of entourage gowns and as of tomorrow, my parents will be going back to their shop to pay downpayment and submit measurements of female entourage members.
e. Documents - have acquired "freedom to marry" from my parish here in sydney. chris is awaiting his "freedom to marry" as of the moment.
f. Misalette - submitted soft copy to jamie of bridal network. she will submit a copy to national shrine of the sacred heart for approval.
e. Wedding Entourage Dinner on Jan 12, 2007 - reserved pollo negro restaurant and emailed delia krolman (owner of resto) of what we need for the event.
our goals for the coming days:
1. supplier for bridal and entourage bouquets - might get april and karen yu
2. scan my photos for AVP
3. mock-up invite to be sent to us and map for the invites
4. list of songs for church and reception ceremonies
5. start working on our wedding give-aways
6. submit freedom to marry to parish
*sigh*...five months to go...we already have a lot of accomplishments to-date and we can never do all these without the help of my parents and chris' mom, my wedding coordinator and my friends back home, in w@w, and the ones here in sydney. as early as now, maraming-maraming salamat sa inyo!
let me also say thanks to my chris...as each day passes, i'm more convinced that i made the right decision in saying "yes, i'll marry you". every task, every goal we have in this wedding preparation, you are always there. never really thought that you could be this hands-on of a groom, but you never stop to amaze me with your patience with details. i can really get crazy and bitchy sometimes when something goes wrong but you always say the right things to calm me down and sometimes you just let me vent out. thanks so much bandido!
so, wazzup wazzup?
first: i've met wonderful people---who are also pinay brides like me, here in sydney!!! i've met friends online via an e-group in the phils. i've met friends here in sydney too. dumadami na ang friends ko dito. this is good. at least when chris and i settles here next year, we'd have great friends to hang out with.
second: i experiened my first ever hen's night party (a.k.a. bridal shower) last August 5. it was a shared hen's night party with four other brides. it was a four-hour cruise, with dinner, drinks and dancing...plus, of course, the main event--the male strippers. see my blog for details.
third: chris and i have finalized the design of our invites! i'm so excited to see the end product of this. chris as always, made me felt very loved when i saw the design of the invites...as in, it shows on his work (OA ba? sorry, i'm the bride so what can i do?) the moment i saw the final design, all i said was, "wow, seeing this design made me feel the love that you have for me". corny diba? hehehe. chris will now send the design to AMIS for printing of the mock-up invites.
fourth: on the wedding preps, here's our accomplishments as of today:
a. String Minstrels - they will provide music during church and reception, paid DP and have exchanged emails with ed and tina pasamba. i plan to submit the songs we want played and sung by october. we have also agreed to meet when i'm back in the phils.
b. Cecilio Abad - submitted my photos and mesurements. and last week, we have agreed that he will also design and create chris' barong. my bad, I almost forgot about the groom's attire...I was so caught up in coordination of entourage gowns, i forgot that the groom also needs to look good on his wedding day (ha!). thank god for cecil.
c. Makati Shangri-la - i got them, i got them!!!! i got them for our accommodation during wedding preps and after wedding party. thanks to mia, my heaven-sent online friend from w@w, she referred me to makati shang's director of business development and voila! i'm now exchanging emails with him (sorry, can't disclose his name). and as of this morning, I received an email from him saying that we're are now booked at the shangri-la. i'm having a beautiful and happy morning because of this. being booked at makati shang is such a natural high.
d. Elegant Creation Boutique - my mom has finalized prices of entourage gowns and as of tomorrow, my parents will be going back to their shop to pay downpayment and submit measurements of female entourage members.
e. Documents - have acquired "freedom to marry" from my parish here in sydney. chris is awaiting his "freedom to marry" as of the moment.
f. Misalette - submitted soft copy to jamie of bridal network. she will submit a copy to national shrine of the sacred heart for approval.
e. Wedding Entourage Dinner on Jan 12, 2007 - reserved pollo negro restaurant and emailed delia krolman (owner of resto) of what we need for the event.
our goals for the coming days:
1. supplier for bridal and entourage bouquets - might get april and karen yu
2. scan my photos for AVP
3. mock-up invite to be sent to us and map for the invites
4. list of songs for church and reception ceremonies
5. start working on our wedding give-aways
6. submit freedom to marry to parish
*sigh*...five months to go...we already have a lot of accomplishments to-date and we can never do all these without the help of my parents and chris' mom, my wedding coordinator and my friends back home, in w@w, and the ones here in sydney. as early as now, maraming-maraming salamat sa inyo!
let me also say thanks to my chris...as each day passes, i'm more convinced that i made the right decision in saying "yes, i'll marry you". every task, every goal we have in this wedding preparation, you are always there. never really thought that you could be this hands-on of a groom, but you never stop to amaze me with your patience with details. i can really get crazy and bitchy sometimes when something goes wrong but you always say the right things to calm me down and sometimes you just let me vent out. thanks so much bandido!
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
umuulan ng yelo!
namputsa! paglabas ko ng opisina, biglang umulan ng yelo!!!
i stayed at the porch of the heritage house infront of our office and freeze my ass off waiting for the hailstorm to stop. goodness, it felt like forever standing there, i was a bit frightened by the little ice coming from above...tumitilamsik sya! at masakit ha? buti na lang at maliit sila ng konti but still, ang impact ng pagtama ay hindi biro. and because it's ice, it makes you wet...kaya mukha akong basang sisiw na giniginaw.
can winter get any worse than these????
but then after the hailstorm, i got off the porch and started walking ON ice! and even if i was so cold and so scared that i might actually slipped and get hurt (ang dulas! kasi nga basa at nagyeyelo ang daan), i laughed! i actually laughed . i felt exhilarated for being able to experience walking on ice...something i was experiencing for the first time. it was the child in me, i guess...i felt like playing in the street...make snowballs---be able to hold ice that directly came from the sky.
while waiting for my bus, i saw some kids making snowballs...and i envied them...i was wishing i could do that too (kung di ko lang kasama ang mga trainees ko, ginawa ko na talaga, nakakahiya naman diba? baka di na ako respetuhin ng mga trainees ko kung makikita nila akong naglalaro ng yelo)...i know it would've been fun.
oh well, here's wishing that next time a hailstorm would happen, i'd be at home so i could play with ice and make snowballs and be a child again.
the street covered in ice
i stayed at the porch of the heritage house infront of our office and freeze my ass off waiting for the hailstorm to stop. goodness, it felt like forever standing there, i was a bit frightened by the little ice coming from above...tumitilamsik sya! at masakit ha? buti na lang at maliit sila ng konti but still, ang impact ng pagtama ay hindi biro. and because it's ice, it makes you wet...kaya mukha akong basang sisiw na giniginaw.
can winter get any worse than these????
but then after the hailstorm, i got off the porch and started walking ON ice! and even if i was so cold and so scared that i might actually slipped and get hurt (ang dulas! kasi nga basa at nagyeyelo ang daan), i laughed! i actually laughed . i felt exhilarated for being able to experience walking on ice...something i was experiencing for the first time. it was the child in me, i guess...i felt like playing in the street...make snowballs---be able to hold ice that directly came from the sky.
while waiting for my bus, i saw some kids making snowballs...and i envied them...i was wishing i could do that too (kung di ko lang kasama ang mga trainees ko, ginawa ko na talaga, nakakahiya naman diba? baka di na ako respetuhin ng mga trainees ko kung makikita nila akong naglalaro ng yelo)...i know it would've been fun.
oh well, here's wishing that next time a hailstorm would happen, i'd be at home so i could play with ice and make snowballs and be a child again.
the street covered in ice
Friday, August 11, 2006
remembrance
i read this in an email today:
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
very true.
PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY
WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
very true.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
longing for my true friends
it's not normal that i'm still awake at this hour. believe it or not, i'm usually in bed by 8:30-9:00pm during weekdays. but tonight's different. as soon as i logged on, armi was online and we exchanged messages for about 45 minutes.
i was so happy to hear from her. talking to her was like food to my soul. eventhough we only talked for a bit, conversing with her felt like i was finally
relieved of longing. i ached for the kind of friendship that we have: safe, comfortable, at peace. although, we still have the same kind of friendship, it just sucks that we are too far away that we can't do anything about it but just wish that we're in one place at one time.
after talking to her, i just surfed for new songs to download to kill time and at 9:00pm, i called my two girlfriends, nessy and shane. nessy told me this afternoon via email that she and shane will meet up for dinner to do some catching up, so we agreed that i would call them so i can somehow hear their voices and chika.
and chika we did. was another happy moment. hearing their voices, knowing that they are still there for me really counts a lot. i sounded a bit corny to ask them if they miss me...and they said yes---i needed to hear that. i felt somehow my heart healed.
for sometime now, i've been feeling that my life is so far away from the people i love back home. i sometimes wonder how can i feel so alone in this big, big city? i am surrounded by relatives, friends, workmates, and acquaintances, but a part of me is lonely for my true friends.
don't get me wrong. i'm happy with the blessing and opportunity that was given to me, that being here is something i will always be thankful for. but what i have gone thru for the past ten months was one of the hardest things i've done in my life--that's (figuratively) packing my life in a luggage and leaving people i love behind.
you see, i'm not the kind of person that make friends that easy. it takes a while for me to say that a person is a friend, it takes awhile before i let go of all my inhibitions so to speak. that's why when i become really really good friends with someone, i give my all, i treat them like a brother or sister. so when i left, i felt so empty being away from my friends.
as of now, all i'm looking forward to is my vacation in the phils. a time when i will see them all again and be able to re-connect with them (it really makes me happy whenever they ask "kelan ka uwi, ibyang? kahit paulit-ulit nilang tanungin sasagutin ko). and like i said in my previous email to nessy two days ago: when i see them, i'm gonna hug them oh-so-tight to make up for the times i wasn't able to hug them. and i really will do that.
i was so happy to hear from her. talking to her was like food to my soul. eventhough we only talked for a bit, conversing with her felt like i was finally
relieved of longing. i ached for the kind of friendship that we have: safe, comfortable, at peace. although, we still have the same kind of friendship, it just sucks that we are too far away that we can't do anything about it but just wish that we're in one place at one time.
after talking to her, i just surfed for new songs to download to kill time and at 9:00pm, i called my two girlfriends, nessy and shane. nessy told me this afternoon via email that she and shane will meet up for dinner to do some catching up, so we agreed that i would call them so i can somehow hear their voices and chika.
and chika we did. was another happy moment. hearing their voices, knowing that they are still there for me really counts a lot. i sounded a bit corny to ask them if they miss me...and they said yes---i needed to hear that. i felt somehow my heart healed.
for sometime now, i've been feeling that my life is so far away from the people i love back home. i sometimes wonder how can i feel so alone in this big, big city? i am surrounded by relatives, friends, workmates, and acquaintances, but a part of me is lonely for my true friends.
don't get me wrong. i'm happy with the blessing and opportunity that was given to me, that being here is something i will always be thankful for. but what i have gone thru for the past ten months was one of the hardest things i've done in my life--that's (figuratively) packing my life in a luggage and leaving people i love behind.
you see, i'm not the kind of person that make friends that easy. it takes a while for me to say that a person is a friend, it takes awhile before i let go of all my inhibitions so to speak. that's why when i become really really good friends with someone, i give my all, i treat them like a brother or sister. so when i left, i felt so empty being away from my friends.
as of now, all i'm looking forward to is my vacation in the phils. a time when i will see them all again and be able to re-connect with them (it really makes me happy whenever they ask "kelan ka uwi, ibyang? kahit paulit-ulit nilang tanungin sasagutin ko). and like i said in my previous email to nessy two days ago: when i see them, i'm gonna hug them oh-so-tight to make up for the times i wasn't able to hug them. and i really will do that.
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