at last! nakapag-blog na ako!

oo nga, abie, nalulunod na ata ako! hahaha!

sigh! it's been ages since i last blogged. i AM starting to feel drowned with all the things i have to do. i wasn't able to meet my october deadline but it's okay since some things came up, good things, that i had to do those things first. anyway... i'll update you guys first about our preps since this is what this blog is all about (i can't wait for my wedding to be over and i can devote to time to just writing my thoughts).

for some reason, although i am way ahead of schedule than a regular bride (read: a less OC bride), i am panicking na. parang mas nagpapanic pa nga ata ako kay joey (hi joey!) na ikakasal na sa nov 20. hahaha! siguro kasi i know i have to finish na the preps as soon as possible. jojie and i are starting this new business (or rather he is starting a new business and i, as usual, is the ever-supporting wife which means i make pakialam everything! hahaha!). at the same time, i am also venturing into a new business with three friends. i have also talked to the ateneo psych department and ate susan, one of the super ever-reliable department staff, told me that i'm on the top of the list for the proposal defense so with luck, i'll be able to defend my proposal in two weeks or so.... hahaha! i realized hindi na naman preps itong sinusulat ko! anyway uli...

because of my panic, i was able to accomplish a lot of things over the past few weeks. and to make this update easier, enumerate ko na lang.

1. was able to fit my gown. love my gown and love mrs. bautista! will have my second fitting on nov 16.

2. church requirements: i was able to claim na our marriage license and submit it to OLCP. i was also able to claim the banns and the permission from my church and submit those, too.

3. was able to give the banns to jojie's church (kahapon lang ito!) tapos sa 27 ko daw makukuha

4. was able to finalize my misalette, had it rechecked na, proofed it (for the millionth time!), and printed it. i'll have it photocopied tomorrow para ma-bind ko na sa weekend.

5. am pesently printing half of my misalette covers while typing this. (was able to print the other half ages ago)

6. was able to have half of my invites calligraphed (hahaha! may term bang ganito?). since ang kulit ng boyfriend ko tungkol jan sa invites na yan, i gave candice half of the invitations tapos pinasulat ko na yung pangalan ng guests ni jojie kaya may invitations na lahat ng kaibigan niya. this way, hindi niya na ako makukulit! :)

7. was able to finalize my menu!!! ang bait-bait-bait ng batus asul! sobra! love ko sila talaga (but everytime i tell jun cruz that i love him, he tells me na si bernard daw dapat ang love ko! hahaha!). ganito kasi yun, yung menu namin is composed of cream of asparagus, beef stroganoff, chicken cordon bleu, seafood thermidor, lechon, pasta amatriaciana, four kinds of fruits, cream puffs,and sans rival. ang problema ko dito sa bawat isang guest, tag-isang cream puff lang at isang sans rival. eh di ba pag guest ka naman hindi lang naman tig-isa ang kukunin mo? so chances are, mauubusan yung ibang guests ng pastries at ayokong mangyari yun. eh since P14.00 each yung pastry (isang pirasong cream puff or isang maliit na sans rival), we couldn't afford to order more. isa pang prob was that i wanted to have a salad bar but since P38 naman per head yung salad bar, parang ayaw ko naman magpadagdag nun. so, in a nutshell, i wanted to have a salad bar and magpadagdag ng pastries ng hindi nagtatataas ng budget per head. so i thought and thought and thought until i finally came up with a solution. alisin ko na lang yung pastries (P28.00 yun per head na naalis), have the chicken cordon bleu (which i didn't like very much nung food tasting) change to tropical chicken (which abie says is really good, mas mura pa ng P6.00 per head), and have the salad bar added. ang prob dito, since P38 nga yung salad bar, hinid pa rin aabot kasi P34 pa lang yung nababawas ko. so i emailed jun and asked him for his suggestions. i presented to him my proposed solution. he emailed me back and he was okay with what i suggested! meron na akong salad bar nang hindi ako magdadagdag ng bayad! yehey!

re the pastries, one of my ninangs, upon hearing na gusto ko ng cream puffs, pledged to give me 400 pieces of cream puffs! hahaha! malulunod kami sa cream puffs! she'll order the cream puffs from tinapayan, a really good bakery along dapitan street na merong sobrang yummy na cream puffs! yey talaga!

8. was able to finish painting the condo! ang ganda na ng bahay namin!!!! excited na akong lumipat dun because of the paint! hahaha!

9. was able to finalize our reception program. i just need a few more songs, wala kasi ako maisip na background for some of the traditions but basically okay na talaga.

10. ito, this was a big accomplishment, was able to convince balay kalinaw to let us have candles!!!! hay! love ko rin si ronald talaga! he went with us to balay kalinaw and demonstrated to the OIC how safe his candles are. nung una ayaw pa nilang pumayag kasi nga naman it will set a precendent. actually, more than the OIC, it was the PRO (siya kasi talaga yung in-charge sa events) who was vehemently opposed to us having candles. naintindihan nga naman namin siya. policies nila yun eh. halos magmakaawa na ako kay ms. de guzman, the OIC, to let us use candles, kahit sa centerpieces lang. in the end, it was even ms. de guzman who convinced tina, the PRO, to let us use candles. sabi pa ni ms. de guzman may candles naman talaga yung weddings kasi the light of the candle symbolizes the love of the couple for each other. sabi pa nga nya baka daw they have to rethink na their policies. :) yehey! sobra talaga akong nakahinga! sobrang thankful to the staff of balay kalinaw. balik na lang kami to sign some a waiver. sabi namin since fire extinguisher yung business nila jojie at construction naman yung business namin, hindi sila dapat kabahan kasi we'll make sure na hindi masusunog yung balay kalinaw (made of wood kasi kaya delikado) at kung may ma-damage man, papagawa namin. hehe!

after our balay kalinaw meeting, ronald, jojie, and i went to eat kay manang isaw, dun sa may malapit sa balay. yummy!

11. was able to do an occular of balay kalinaw with jun of batis asul. he was able to talk na rin to tina re the rules. okay naman. wala naman daw prob sabi ni jun.

12. was able to talk to our officiating priest and pinakita ko na sa kanya yung aming kakaibang cord at pati yung unity coins. i did this to make sure na hindi kami magkakaprob pagdating ng wedding day. okay naman. pumayag siya. tinanong pa nya ako kugn totoong gold daW ba yung unity coins. sagot ko, "father, pintura lang po yan!" haha!

13. was able to finalize with abie (hi abie!) and she's singing in my wedding!!!! yehey! labyu, abie! :)

14. dowa, teenee, and diosa (friends from w@w) are coordinating my wedding. we'll be meeting on sunday to discuss the details.

15. was able to reserve linden suites for preparation and first night of honeymoon

16. was able to reserve 3 nights at hotel veniz for honeymoon

17. was able to go to Rustan's and look around kung ano ang gusto naming i-register for bridal registry.

hmmm.... ano pa ba? yun lang ata. tsaka pagod na akong mag-type eh.

:)