i miss blogging.

i hope to be back next week.

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FabFindsThursdays 01: Commitment

*photo credit to Atty Raymond Fortun

I'm not a shoes person and I didn't want to spend that much on my wedding shoes which i was pretty sure I might not be able to wear again. Luckily, I came across Abylyn's that could make customized wedding shoes. I just gave them the fabric that was to be used for my gown. Got the shoes after a week and gave it to my gown designer so he could do the beading.

*photo credit to Lito Genilo of Smartshot Studio

By reception, I got rid of my shoes and asked the coordinator to give me flipflop's. Good thing I gave my female entourage flipflops and I have 2 extra pairs, one in my size. My mom was shocked when she saw me wearing flipflops but she could not do anything anymore. teehee.

More FabFinds Thursday's here.

FoodieWednesday 01: Commitment

Hands down my favorite dish served during our reception. When I went for food tasting and had a taste of the dish, I immediately told our caterer I wanted it as part of the Menu.

Dish is Honey Nut Prawn. This was realllly good and until now (4 months after the wedding), I have been receiving good feedbacks from guests of how good this dish is and all the other food we had for our wedding. Credit goes to K by Cunanan catering.

Chika Tuesday #1: Commitment

We have only been together for 4 months when hubby proposed. Even before the proposal, I knew I met the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We have known each other for 3 years but due to circumstances, we only got to be a couple in early 2008. Middle of 2008 he came back to the Philippines for a vacation and over dinner in Cebu, that's when he asked me to marry him. Below is my narration of the story as posted on my multiply account and on our personal blog....(twee is the boyfriend then now the husband)...long read, i hope not to bore you.

Even before twee's visit to manila, he had already asked me if i would go out with him on a dinner date. syempre, oo sagot ko diba. The "dinner date" was set on july 3,2008, a thursday. We were in cebu at that time and he told me we will just hang out sa Shangri-la Mactan. that was fine with me as I wanted to see Shangri-La Mactan. We originally planned on leaving our hotel at 6pm but the taxi driver who was suppose to drive us to Mactan was stuck in traffic. He looked super asar ako naman wala lang as always, teehee. We were waiting for the cab at the lobby of marriot hotel when I told him "yung mga shorts mo lagi madami bulsa" sabay hawak sa mga bulsa nya (as what my cousin said, merong frisking na naganap!). at that time natakot pala sya kasi yung box ng engagement ring nasa bulsa nya. ako naman isip ko camera lang. We got to leave marriot mga 6:30pm na and he was really disappointed na pala because we missed the sunset already. When we got to mactan madilim na!

When we got to the restaurant, wala nag welcome sa amin. i just sat by the couch and twee looked for who could help us get a table kuno. He came back tapos after a few minutes a girl approached us telling us that we will be led to our table in a while but was asking on how we wanted our steaks. Feeling ko naman...wala pa nga ako na order tinatanong na ako how i wanted my steak. Anyway, isip ko na lang na set menu doon. another girl then approached us and brought us to our table. that table pala ang tinatawag nila na "Table 54". First reaction ko "ang layo ng table namin from the main restaurant, what if i had to use the toilet", teehee. After being seated we took pictures tapos i casually asked ld if he made reservations. he said he did that afternoon. lusot sya dun diba?

having dinner at Table 54

And then in a few minutes we were served our wine and food na by dennis our private dancer este butler pala. Every time he'ld serve us food, we would always ask him to take our picture. he was super cool naman and nice. I told twee at one time after he served us our food na pag dating ng bill pwede na namin wag bayaran and just reason we never really ordered for the food and dennis just kept on bringing us food. teehee. puro kalokohan talaga.

Eto na, dessert na. super sarap ng dessert namin, teehee. pero parang di na makakain si twee (maybe because he was going to be paying for it!). i even finished his ice cream. tapos i saw him drink ng straight the wine in his glass tapos he went over to my side and gave me a card. kung ano nakasulat sa card....sa amin na lang yun. teehee! anyways, it was just his list of 10 promises...it was written on the left side of the card and on the right side of the card may nakasulat na (sorry twee)....macy dear...i really want to spend the rest of my life with YOU, so.....sabay lumuhod at nag dialogue ng will you make me the happiest man in the world and be my wife...all together now--AWWWWW.....

I guess alam nyo na what my answer was. YES syempre. after mga 10 mins of being in a tulala state he told me to call or text my parents kasi they are probably waiting. doon ko lang nalaman na everyone knew about it except me. it was only recently that i discovered that he has planned for everything as early as april and that before we went out of town, he already had breakfast with my parents (secret from me) and asked for their permission to marry me. As we were in Cebu, my relatives in manila were already waiting!

picture taken in January, we stayed at shangri-la as part of our honeymoon. table 54 is at our back

We married early this year and it sucks that we are miles apart right now but we are both looking forward to the day we could be together everyday. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and still can't believe i am married. What's so nice about it is i know that i married my prince charming. It took years for us to be together but I know that God has prepared us in those years that we were apart. As what one of my good friends said "twee is someone who is to take care of you". I believe her when she said that because I know and I feel that I am well taken cared off. I know that I'm not just to spend the rest of my life with my prince charming but I get to spend the rest of my life with my bestfriend, my confidant, my friend, my laughing pal and my partner.

Read more wonderful proposal stories here.

WS Memoir Monday #1: Commitment

The theme for this week is commitment and the task is to post a photo that would remind us of our commitment. Here is my entry for this week.

*taken the day after we got engaged

*taken by Atty Raymond Fortun

And im posting below the lyrics of the song we used for our first dance which sums up what commitment is for us.

Time Stood Still
Betty Yoon & Derek Mateo

I came here alone without a clue
Yet still I always knew
This winding path would lead me straight to you
Now I know fairy tales are hidden deep within
A princess I have been
Waiting for my prince to come again

There were times when I couldn’t believe
That we were meant to be
I never thought I’d love so openly
You have been my happiness, my joy, my light and the stars
Our journey’s come so far
Now I finally know just who you are

In my dreams your love never dies
In my heart your love never lies
Then I looked into your eyes and time stood still
I love you and I always will

When did we become more than best friends
(You’re my best friend)
I hope it never ends
A love like ours will never come again

Here with you, in my arms I won’t ever let go
How do you always know
What I need to laugh and make me grow

I looked but couldn’t fine
Love was right before my eyes

I came here alone without a clue
Yet still I always knew
Here and now I pledge myself to you

Job Well Done

The PacBride

Congratulates the PacMan

You make us proud. You have earned my respect and that of millions of Filipinos. Please don't lose that by running for Congress next year.

Look!

To grey's anatomy fans....Meredith Grey & Derick Shepherd has a wedding website! The site is being maintained by Izzie Stevens. Soooo cute!

here is it - http://tinyurl.com/d4tygk

have fun reading and I wish they put in more wedding details soon.