neva's posts with tag: sunday cabagay
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Shrine of Jesus
The Orchidarium
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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!
To Seanu and O! Congrats!! MWAH! |
| | These detail pics are actually for the w@wies. I joined the forum last year and suffice to say, 70% of our suppliers were booked because of this forum. It's an unwritten tradition that a w@wie (w@w stands for weddings at work) after finally being married would submit ratings for the couple's suppliers. It's essentially a feedback form that rates how suppliers did during that w@wies' wedding, the caveat being that the experience is of course purely relative and what may be ok to one bride may be unacceptable to another :) |
| | 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! |
| | i think i only slept for 5 hours and i woke up as soon as my alarm went off. i was trying to figure out whether i was feeling nervous but i wasn't. i remember feeling very anxious though. i was nervous that things may not go as planned but i had to let go as i wanted to enjoy the day. so i took a deep breath and exhaled all my worries away.
michelle, anna, kyra and ira were there with me (they spent the night with me at the hotel) and they made me laugh and kept me sane. anna, having been married a month before me knew what was needed to be done and thank god for her help and advice.
the first text that i got was from ej litiatco, our 2nd make-up artist, she set-up shop in ate sheila's room and everyone who needed to be done either went to her or to chichi. chichi was the 2nd to arrive, then dindi, then shierdan then mimi and karl. it was all just a blur, but i remember feeling absolutely happy. i was surrounded by family and great friends (whom i also consider family) and i knew at the end of the day i'd be marrying dan wally, the yin to my yang :)
these are pics taken by mimi and karl during our preparations. we were all squeezed in at room 1113 of Crowne Plaza's executive suite. we were all laughing and singing "panakip-butas" and chatting away like excited little chipmunks. chichi said this was one of her most fun preps ever. dindi's team couldn't believe how noisy we were also haha :D but once in a while i'd look around the room thinking how lucky dan and i were to have all these people working with us to bring our union to fruition. and then i snap out of it. the day was turning to be overwhelming and i was trying not to cry hehehe. i didn't want to ruin chichi's make-up haha! |
8 September 2007 - Saturday started early for me. I went to the Makati Campus of De La Salle to pay my residency fee . I paid 1k, for the school to allow me to go on leave and be considered a returning student come next term, whattascam!! Anyhoo, Dan picked me up after, we went straight home to eat lunch when our florist Sunday texted me that he was already in our subdivision. He arrived a few minutes after the text bearing our centerpieces :D He was with his brother, Thursday (I kid you not) who was apparently his assistant. Dan and I were really happy with the floral arrangements. We requested for low colorful centerpieces that would pop out at pictures and that guests can take home. These Sunday did and he did well. I really loved Dan's reaction as he was looking at the arrangements. He was really vocal about his appreciation, even telling Sunday that the flowers were "sakto'. Next up is a meeting with him and our AE at Crowne about the layout and set-up timeline, but we could do this by November. the centerpieces with the big @$$ leaf as their placemat harhar 
top view 
sakto! After this, we went to Mia who was booked at the Pearl Hotel for the 2nd round of Bar Exams. Kuentos, pics and videos (!) will be posted next... Cha! post the pics na! Jules tama na casino hehehe :p MIA!!! GOOD LUCK!!! SEE YOU AGAIN!!!
Our florist sent me a text message earlier which said “hi neva. san kta pwede tawagan? nid 2 tel u somthng”. My heart sank at that message because I kinda knew that he would most likely be telling me that there was another couple who’d want to book him on our date. I gave him a number to call and he did within a minute. True enough, a couple wanted to book him for a Tagaytay wedding for a 4pm ceremony and dinner reception. Same time as with ours but in a different location, swak na swak. He told me it was his own fault that he forgot to advise the couple that we’ve already booked him on our date. To his credit, if it were another supplier, they would’ve probably said yes to the 2nd couple without notifying the 1st couple. Our florist explained to me the logistics of the whole thing and I made him promise to send me a timeline and the contact details of his right hand person who will do the deliveries of the bouquets for our wedding. I was upfront with him and told him that we are not one to demand that we be the only couple he attends to on our big day but we are disappointed with the mix-up. I also told him that because we were first, we shouldn’t be the one to adjust to the whole snafu and that the least he could do is to be present during our reception preparations. Even though a timeline was not included in the contract, I made him do one so that Dan and I would know our expectations and our florist would be aware of his deliverables. It’s really more for his benefit than ours. If it was any consolation, even if he will be at Tagaytay on the morning of our wedding, he will be in Ortigas in the afternoon to supervise the set-up of the reception area. His Team B will be left at Tagaytay to go over the couple’s details. It also helps that Crowne requires our reception set-up to be done at 12 a.m. which leaves our florist’s team with enough time for the swags and backdrop. It’s just a matter of the centerpieces being arranged on the tables on the day itself as they’re pre-made anyway. Surprisingly though, I felt calm and assured throughout the whole ordeal. I’m not sure why but I wasn’t flustered about the whole thing. If he caught me on a bad day I would’ve canceled the contract right then and there. Also, at this point Dan and I are almost done with booking all our suppliers and we simply just don’t have the time and the willpower to scout for others. Is this a major cause of concern though? Honestly no. All suppliers promise that you'd have the best day on your wedding day but in reality, it's simply a matter of them delivering on the day itself. So, even if Dan and I booked another florist based on what happened, it’s not an assurance that Dan and I would be worry-free. We just have to see on Feb. 2, 2008 if all our decisions have been for the best though. Wish us luck!  p.s. our couturier called and told me that my gown is ready for fitting and the embroidery's finished. i'd be going to her shop on Aug. 18 for this. effective talaga ang bad news first, good news last :)
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