The Proposal

Una sa lahat pasalamat tayo sa mga pumunta, makiki-kain at mga dumalo.
Ang ngiti naming dalawa halata mula pisngi hanggang puso.
Siguro nagtataka kayo bakit dito sa McDo Katipunan, ang layo-layo.
Sa hindi nakakaalam, dyan kami unang nag-eyeball, dyan sa Ateneo.

Dati pag may nagtatanong, paano ba tayo nagkakilala?
Ang lagi kong sagot… secret muna sa kasal na or para mas kilig, siguro nga tadhana.
Alam niyo ba yung ICQ? Parang YM yun, dun ako unang PM ni Lea.

Aminin mo, malamang na cute-an ka sa name ko dba?
Nung una tayong nagkita, napa-buntong hininga ka.
Sabi mo pa nga buti na lang cute ka rin pala.

We’ve come a long way, 12 years in fact.
Naalala ko nun high school pa tayo para ka lang IHI (crowd asks "Bakit?")
Kasi pag-nilalabas kita or pag lumalabas tayo kinikilig ako.
Pero ngayon ibang-iba na, pag may gusto ka, para na akong NATATAE ("Bakit?")
Kasi hinding-hindi na talaga kita natitiis.

Kidding aside, alam mo di ko kaya ibigay ang lahat sayo.
Kasi di ako mayaman, maliit ang sweldo at sobrang kuripot ko…
So goodbye mamahaling singsing, mamahaling proposal at goodbye engrandeng kasal.
Kasi di naman ‘to palakihan ng BATO… ang mahalaga malaki ang (tingin sa baba)… PUSO.

Gaya nga ng motto ko "Mas baduy… Mas may effect"
Pag-post natin ito sa FB or sa Twitter malamang maraming likes… maraming comments.
Nakikita ko na si Brad Joel ang unang-unang comment…
"AH AH GANDA NIRE… WALASTEK!!"

Tatlong bagay lang talaga ang maibibagay ko sayo…
Una, maraming maraming memories (hands photobook)
Pangalawa, time (hands watch) dahil pahahalagahan ko ang oras nating dalawa.
At ang huli… ang aking pagmamahal (kneels down on one knee, hands the ring) and with that…
Ms. Rosa Lea Vogt, will you spend your lifetime with me?

5 Months To Go!

Our countdown ticker says its only 5 months, 1 week & 1 day before our big day. I'm happy with what we have accomplished so far. Although it may seem that we still need a lot to do/book. We're still looking for an affordable way to dress up our male entourage. I'm torn between having it made by a tailor, renting it or just to buy off the rack. All have their pros & cons so I'm really having a hard time to decide. :|

As for our PS souvenirs, we already met with Ms. Maribeth of Chocolate Confections. We just need to finalize the name of our principal sponsors so we could finally place our orders. We still don't know what to give for the guests but it'll most likely be food since this is the only thing we have in common. Haha!

We had our measurements taken already by our gown supplier. We had to move it earlier because I might be leaving for France on June 28. Our original appointment was still set on July 7 and I won't be back until the 21st of July. So we decided to have it done earlier than later :) This is really happening! There's no turning back :P

Just Sharing: A Daddy’s Letter to His Little Girl (About Her Future Husband)

Just sharing this post I saw from Tumblr =)

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Dear Cutie-Pie,

Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. Perched at the top of the list was “How to keep him interested.”

It startled me. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.

And I got angry.

Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to “keep him interested.”

Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul—in that unshakeable place that isn’t rattled by rejection and loss and ego—that you are worthy of interest. (If you can remember that everyone else is worthy of interest also, the battle of your life will be mostly won. But that is a letter for another day.)

If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the word: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.

Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be keptinterested, because he knows you are interesting:

I don’t care if he puts his elbows on the dinner table—as long as he puts his eyes on the way your nose scrunches when you smile. And then can’t stop looking.

I don’t care if he can’t play a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you.

I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet—as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you.

I don’t care if he is strong—as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart.

I couldn’t care less how he votes—as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of reverence in his heart.

I don’t care about the color of his skin—as long as he paints the canvas of your lives with brushstrokes of patience, and sacrifice, and vulnerability, and tenderness.

I don’t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion—as long as he was raised to value the sacred and to know every moment of life, and every moment of life with you, is deeply sacred.

In the end, Little One, if you stumble across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we will have the most important thing in common:

You.

Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you.

Your eternally interested guy,

Daddy

Source: http://drkellyflanagan.com/2013/04/17/a-daddys-letter-to-his-little-girl-about-her-future-husband/

Fridate

We (me, h2b, his parents & their family friend) were supposed to visit Dangwa last Friday. But their family friend (who had a flower business) cancelled at the last minute. Well... they informed us the night before but I still think it was a late notice. Anyways, we ended up just visiting the church (luckily there was a mass so we got to see the inside of the church once again). H2B's parents accompanied us as well to our reception venue but unfortunately the hotel was booked so they weren't able to see some of their rooms. There was also a function on-going at the ballroom so they also did not get to see the ballroom. Hehe!

Since it was almost lunch time, we decided to eat at McDonald's which was just walking distance to the hotel. As we were walking we saw another restaurant. H2B thought it was a cafeteria for employees of the hotel. It turns out it was a cafeteria-styled restaurant run by Josiah's Catering. So we went in and gave it a try. I think the prices were reasonable. They had meal deals which costs 80pesos for one viand, unlimited rice and dessert. The food taste isn't so bad either. But a major no-no for me is serving food that isn't warm. I assumed since the food are in chaffing dishes that they would be warm enough. Its just weird that I get to eat Kare-Kare that isn't warm. Hehe! But nonetheless, this makes another option for suppliers meal and also our lunch during wedding preps. Instead of ordering from nearby McDonald's we might just order here at Kitchen Basic.

More Fun In The Philippines

Its officially summer! I miss having summer breaks :(

Anyways, I just wanted to share this video from Bob Nicolas. Its a different take from the Philippines' tourism campaign - MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Enjoy!

Weddings... it's more fun in the Philippines from Bob Nicolas on Vimeo.

22nd Wedding Expo by Themes & Motifs

This wasn't our first bridal fair experience. We've already went to quite a few bridal fairs prior to this but this was our first time to book suppliers. What I really liked about this bridal fair is that they have placed all same category suppliers in one area. However, it would have been better if the map they provided us also listed where a specific supplier is located. I remembered that this was the case in the previous bridal fair we attended at SM Megamall last February.

It feels good to finally cross out some items from our list. We've booked our invitations & bridal (+ entourage) gown suppliers. ♥

OTD Search - Side Story

Initially, my mom has recommended a coordinator for our wedding. The coordinator was also the same coordinator whom helped us with my sister's debut 9 years ago. I actually couldn't remember how he was as a coordinator or I guess I just didn't mind at all since I was just 19 back then. All I could remember was he choreographed our dance number/cotillion. I also had this impression that he invited someone (like a date) on my sister's debut. This was the reason why I was a bit hesitant in meeting him.

After months of my mom persuading me, I finally agreed to meet him. So I set a meeting with him last month. The meeting went well, he actually had taught of a theme for our wedding. And I got a little bit excited for our wedding because of the ideas he shared :) After the meeting ended he told me that he'll draft a proposal and that we'll be meeting again after 2 weeks. The 2 weeks had passed but I haven't received any updates from him. So I sent him an SMS last week (Wednesday) to ask if he has made the proposal. He replied that he has one already and will be able to present it to me the following Monday since he has some events that weekend. We both agreed to meet on Monday evening. The night before I sent him a text message as a reminder. He then replied that he can't make it because he forgot that he has a previous out-of-town engagement and that he'll be out-of-town for 3 days. He added that he will just leave the proposal at their shop and that he'll call me today to set another meeting.

On Monday, I asked my Mom if she can drop by the coordinators shop to get the proposal. That afternoon I got a text message from my Mom that the coordinator did not leave any proposal and even the people at the shop did not know that he was supposed to leave a proposal. :( I already sensed that he did not have the proposal yet because he just asked for the name of my fiancé the night before. My mom was a bit disappointed about this and told me to find a different coordinator. She even told me not to contact or reply to the coordinator anymore. This stressed me out! I’m not the type of person who leaves people hanging. I mean I wouldn't want people to do that to me so why do it to others, right? I just told my Mom that I’ll just wait for the coordinators text/call on Thursday (today!) as he promised. But if I don’t hear anything from him then I’ll apologize to him for not getting his service anymore.

Come to think of it I just remembered that when we had our first (and probably last) meeting he told me that he doesn't do event (wedding/debut) coordination full-time anymore but do agree for previous clients. I know that I'm only getting an OTD service but if it would take him awhile to send/prepare the proposal because of other activities then what would I expect from him a month before the wedding?

And so the search begins... ♥