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04.19.08 Santuario De San Antonio Captain's Bar, Mandarin Oriental *~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I never thought this day would come! After all the complications, sicknesses and assorted dramas that paved their path to coupledom, Steff and KG finally said their I Do's last saturday. It was a beautiful wedding and a very intimate reception. The guestlist was just below 120 and we all had a blast! Steff was absolutely radiant and was glowing that night and KG was just the happiest :)
The couple are off to India on Monday (Steff forgot to book their tickets for their Sunday flight! haha!) for their weeklong nuptial celebrations in Chennai.
To Steff and KG, Mabuhay ang Bagong Kasal! Live well, laugh often and Love Always! Mwah!
Ang saya!!! ang dami kong nakitang artista hahaha!!
to anyone who's still thinking about getting a photobooth....kumuha na kayo :D the memories and laughs are timeless (dan and i still get a kick out of looking at our own fotoloco guestbook)
Our gift for O is the Fotoloco Photobooth for her reception :) Everyone chipped in so that O would get the booth which really is a fun addition to any event. We turned over the collection by presenting O and Seanu with a big check a few days before their wedding :P We made an event of the afternoon by posing for group pics. I think we have yet to choose one for printing though :P Hoy mamili na tayo!
P.S. We also turned the day into a Threadless day! All of us wore our favorite Threadless shirt and had a group pic taken :) I have yet to send this to threadless.com though hehe
03.29.08 Shrine of Jesus The Orchidarium *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Osang's marriage to Seanu registered high on everyone's scale including PAG-ASA's which recorded it as one of the hottest days in Philippine history =D The bride wore a resplendent lace gown and was absolutely radiant! The gown had a removable hem and bolero which turned O's gown into a cute cocktail dress for their reception. It was very weather appropriate to say the least :D Seanu was dapper in his suit and we never saw him sweat!! Cool cat :D
O's colors were yellow,brown and silver, the overall theme was vintage. The colors were vibrant and perfect for summer :D Everyone enjoyed the day but it was bittersweet for all of us knowing that O will be moving to Singapore in a few months to be with Seanu :( We're all happy just the same to see Osang and Seanu so happy together. We knew the union was for forever when they both danced Flo-rida's Low in front of O's lola! With matching ass shaking and booty slapping pa! hahaha!
when dan and i booked santuario de san jose, we set out to look for reception areas nearby so that our guests wouldn't have to travel far (knowing how traffic can be terrible in ortigas on the weekends). we purposefully avoided hotels, knowing how stuffy hotel receptions can be. hotel food has always been a hit or miss with us as well. so one of the first places dan and i went to was the wack-wack golf and country club. however, wwgc only had 2 accredited caterers, which meant that we were stuck with their caterers both of whom were pricey (VS&F and the Plaza). so dan and i went around, even going to bramante (renaissance towers) which depressed us because that condo building is in a serious state of disrepair! we imagined our guests going up the flight of stairs (the elevators then were broken) and seeing the torn-off ceiling boards and water stained walls leading to the pool area, with plants that were barely alive :(. haay! i told dan that maybe we should check out crowne, it was a fairly new hotel and if it still didn't work out, we could always go to the nearby galleria to console ourselves with some cinnabon :)
when we went up to crowne, there was a reception being set-up and we saw the ballroom! it was the right size to accommodate our targeted numer of guests (220 max then, which went up to 300, then 320 on the wedding day itself!). it didn't have any dark wood, it had a foyer for cocktails, it was modern and new. dan liked it right away!
so, we went to cinnabon, did a cost-benefit analysis of renting a pavillion at wwgc and ballroom a at crowne and they both came out the same! the benefit of booking a hotel reception too is that there are a lot of inclusions like the cake, bridal car, rooms, etc. plus, annav, one of my maid of honors who used to work in the food industry assured us that the food would be wonderful. friends who attended events at crowne also told us that they really loved the food there. if there was one non-negotiable for our reception, it would be the food.we wanted our guests to enjoy the food, sayang naman ang bayad if the food would just be bland and unexciting.
crowne and our AE, sanna lopez met our expectations. but, it really really helps to have a coordinator to set things straight, especially during the day of the wedding. first, dindi found out that the tables were being set up for 10 people well in fact, we arranged it for 12. dindi got on top of it and so was able to fix this right away. second, we were supposed to have a confetti shower for our first dance as part of crowne's wedding package. it was a new inclusion and we found out about it a week before our wedding. we opted for the shower but on the day itself, susanna apparently forgot to inform the supplier. the supplier was still in wack-wack when dan and i were about to make our grand entrance (our first dance was after our grand entrance). but que cera cera, it was not part of the plan anyway. dindi made do with her large poppers na lang for our grand entrance hehe. thank god for dndc :)
we kept our program short. we hired missy ferrer-litao to emcee to keep the pace of the program. we originally thought of having friends host the program but we wanted them to enjoy our reception as guests. we had two AVPs, one by shierdan and one by mimi + karl. we didn't have other AVPs anymore. honestly, i thought that having two was already being self-indulgent :P speeches were given by our best man (with an interpretative dance), our maid of honor, my dad, dan's parents and my tito lito (representing the limbagas). we said our thank yous after mimi and karl's AVP was shown and it was party time right after :D
we left at 1 a.m. and bid our goodbyes to dan's manresa friends who were still finishing up a bottle of chivas regal :P we were really tired at the end of the day but we were in bliss. after one year of preps and worrying, we were finally married!
dan and i had several non-negotiables when we were planning our wedding. one was that our church and reception be in the middle of quezon city (i live in tandang sora) and paranaque (dan lives in tahanan). the ortigas area was a pretty good compromise and i knew of several churches there that we could look into. exactly a week after dan proposed, we went to santuario de san jose in east greenhills. i knew this church as i attended masses with my family here when i was a kid. i still remember their old and kind irish parish priest who has since passed on. i love this church for its altar and its stained glass windows. it was also just the right size.
the agenda for the day was to visit this church and mary the queen. when dan saw santuario though he made the decision to book the church then and there. we paid 5k for the deposit and a church for our union was thus booked :)
on the day itself, the wedding before us took forever to finish and ate into some of our time. i actually dozed off inside the limo as i was waiting for them to finish. while waiting, i saw dennis, ayoy, jsan and philip. i saw our ninongs, family and friends who made the effort to set aside their saturday to be with me and dan.
then the driver moved the limo to the front of the church. i saw the entourage lined up and saw dan milling around with all our other friends. mackie, ina, joanne, bles, anna and taps came up to me to wish me well and it was wonderful to see them! mimi went inside the limo to take some shots and we chatted about the movie, 27 dresses hehe.
then arlene from dindi's team came up to the car to tell me that "it was time". i screamed! i literally screamed AAAAAH! hahaha! it was an unbelievable feeling. i went outside the car and saw kitty, ton, karla and jeff outside. they were taking pics and were telling me not to cry! so of course on cue, hot tears started to well up in my eyes! i had to stomp my feet and tell myself "don't cry don't cry don't cry!", which actually worked! hahaha!
i went up to the door and i heard hangad's rendition of pananatili. another non-negotiable for me was to have a choir for the wedding. i grew up in katipunan and singing jesuit-penned liturgical songs were the norm for me and ej. so hangad was THE choice for me and my brother. ej gladly gifted us with them (ej! you're the best!). ironically though, i didn't hear much of hangad's pananatili when the doors opened, all i could hear was the beating of my own heart. it was sooo loud! i kept thinking to myself to not cry so i wouldn't do that ugly half-smile and half-cry that would look horrible in pictures.i was looking at everyone and i was looking for dan at the same time. then i walked up to my parents. it was surreal! dad told me "o sige dahan dahan, dahan dahan" aaargh, it was unbelievable that i didn't cry at that point. i felt i was walking on air though! i felt i was floating! it was all unbelievable! and then i saw dan...i walked up to him and he asked me, "ready?!" i said, "yep, this is it!"
My husband has allergies! he is allergic to 22 out of 24 allergens, including shellfish *boo!*
24 droppers each containing an allergen were swiped onto Dan's skin and we waited for 20 minutes for any redness or swelling on the test areas. Out of the 24, he got 22! Binggo! His most severe reaction was to dust mites. The area really swelled up and got really itchy according to him.
the test
The black lines are pentel pen marks which guided Dra. Ong when she was applying the allergens. She then scratched each area with a mini-blade to agitate the skin.
waiting for the results
That's Christie the secretary. She was scaring me and Dan with the results, galing diba? When she found out that Dan loved seafood she pointed to one really angry red mark and told us "yan seafood yan!". Chika ka ate ha!
No worries though, Dan will be fine. He's taking his meds and is feeling less itchy. We will be going back to Dra. Ong of St. Luke's on Saturday for Dan's follow-up.
Random Report #2
Si Jsan nanlibre sa Cafe Breton at Greenbelt!
hmmm...I'm not sure if I'm at liberty to tell why he treated us to dessert. In any case, if you do see Jsan around pls. congratulate him on snagging Maan, a very lovely girl from L.A.
Random Report # 3:
Brad Pitt is my boss
look closely...
Random Report #4
Only 25 days to go before Osang ang Seanu say their I Do's!! I love her colors which are yellow and silver. It's one of my fave color combos. When I was planning our wedding I was also leaning towards purple and brown and marigold and pewter. Layo diba? haha!
invites by printed matter
yeaaaaaah!!
Random Report #5
Just wanted to show you what I scribbed on my desk calendar for Feb. 2.
yeba yeba indeed :)
And that ends my random reports. Hope your day was blessed with random niceties as well
P.S.
Pls. send your good vibes over to Paul De Leon who had a bike accident last weekend. He's doing fine now and is recovering at home. Karma boy strikes again!
i'm doing this on the sly and in between writing down analyses....the last 2 weeks of my stay here would be unbelievably busy, as in kaloka :( i have to revise my intended itinerary for my last few weeks (i.e. my shopping itinerary). i got my card reader na thanks to jeff and karla but i have yet to upload my pics since everytime i open my laptop it's to do another analyses haay sana matapos na to...
no crazy posts too since all i write about are remuneration reports and incentive plans, ergo i live and breathe options and termination payments. i want to get this over and done with, i miss not being busy, sobra!
haay, i leave you with this...
Although a TSR hurdle is used, full vesting may occur if the company outperforms the average growth of the index by 20%. Some shareholders may see that this is as not sufficiently challenging. Major Australian companies who employ a TSR hurdle measure the performance based on their companies’ ranking within an appropriate ASX Index based peer group. Full vesting in this case only occurs if the company’s TSR is within the top 25% of the peer group. On the other hand, the company disclosed that its TSR has been volatile over the past three years with the 2007 financial year registering a TSR growth of (-XX%) thereby requiring the company to change its activities from producer to explorer. The conditions set under the LTIP may possibly lead to vesting of performance rights on materially improved performance by the company relative to its peers.
haay sana matapos na to...
