~Pre NuP LeG 4 PaRt 2~ :)

continuation of our last prenup. :) kuya Oliver wants to have a christmas theme shots be added to our prenup album so here.. i just love both photos. :) (as always)

December 20, 2010
One Marina Boulevard

~BriDaL CaR~

This is one of my surprises to Ian for our wedding :) We initially wanted to have a vintage car as our bridal car but because of the change of budget in venue, we decided to just use the bridal car that will be provided by our caterer. but now, I changed my mind and thought of surprising him so I contacted our wedding planner and asked them to find our dream bridal car. Luckily, the 1930 Cadillac is still available on our wedding date. yipee! :) sharing the photo below :)

~Pre Nup LeG 4~ :)

Yey! After ten years (again!) haha! we had the 4th leg of our prenup courtesy of course of my future bro-in-law, kuya Oliver. :) happy viewing :)

December 19,2010
The Helix / Marina Bay Sands Singapore

~TeaSeR~

Teaser! Teaser! :) STORY: I asked ian a favor to take photos of our ring bearer bowl so I could replace the ones that I put in my previous blog with better quality pictures. But instead of doing a simple snapshot of it, he asked me to get our wedding rings and my engagement ring and this is what he came up with. :)



such a beauty, isn't it? :)

~PaLomA'S NeST RiNG BeAReR BoWL~

Yay! Happiness! :)

I finally received our custom made ring bearer bowl. :) I ordered it online from Paloma's Nest. The production time for this beauty is 3 weeks, shipping time is one week (depends on the shipment method you choose) and after exactly 1 month, I finally have it. :) and i just love the heirloom packaging :)

Hi res photos to be posted soon cause i just used my iphone to take these pics. excited! :)

~Glitches - Happiness~

Last month we flew to Manila again to attend our friend’s daughter’s birthday party. Since the date falls on the third Saturday of the month, we decided to schedule our pre cana seminar on the same week Sunday which is our church’s regular monthly schedule of seminar. By the way, it’s just a weekend trip so we want to make sure that we maximize our time while we’re there. So here’s what I planned for.

November 26 – ETD Singapore 2055H
November 27 – ETA Manila 0020H
3:00am – sleep
8:00am – breakfast, fix things for appointments
10:00am – Don Bosco , collect revised Marriage Banns
11:00am – Megamall, exchange money, lunch
2:30pm – Trial Make-up (Parc Royale Ortigas)
3:30pm – Andi’s Birthday Party
8:00pm – Dinner with Ian’s mom

STORY:
Few days before we fly back, I received an e-mail from our wedding coordinator that our pre cana seminar was cancelled because the speaker won’t be available on that day and it was moved to the following week, December 5. Upon reading the e-mail, I called our church to ask for some possible arrangements that they can do for us because we might be coming to Manila only 2 weeks before the wedding. Result? Failed! Their line is always busy and I just couldn’t make bantay when it will be available because I’m also very busy at work. I decided to just call them when I reach Manila. We were already on our way to Don Bosco when I called them about the pre cana thing and to ask if our marriage banns are ready for collection. I was advised to come around 3pm because the marriage banns haven’t been signed yet. And about the seminar, Ms. Ging, asked me to call someone by the name of Bro. Bert ( I think he’s the speaker for that seminar) to confirm with him their arrangement, that he will do the seminar for us on the same day since we are based abroad, and we already booked our ticket. But some things just don’t happen as planned so the ending? it didn’t push through. BUT!! Bro, Bert is so nice that he made a special booking for us. :) We don’t need to look after sale airfare tickets on third Sunday of every month before March to attend their regular schedule, he arranged us for March 6, 2011. That is one week before our big day. That saved us from extra expenses again. Wohoo! Anyways, going back to marriage banns, since it’s not yet ready, we decided to exchange our money first then go to my trial make up. We’re kinda hungry so we decided to have Jollibee drive-thru on our way to ortigas. Then, change plan again. It was so traffic so I told Ian that we head to my trial make up first because I don’t want to be late and thought that while I’m doing my trial make up, he can go to megamall first to exchange our money since it’s just nearby parc royale. When we reached the MUA’s studio, she was not there. Oh my! I’m kinda feeling something again. :) Her secretary asked for my number and she said that Cherry (MUA) will call me. Few minutes after, she called. She said she was stucked in the wedding at Manila Pen because the bride requested for few more heads to be made up. She explained that she actually asked for my number from our coordinator so she can call me in advance but I guess everyone was just too busy. She kept on apologizing and asked me if I can wait for her for about 4o minutes. She’s heading back to the studio but thinking about the traffic jam is really terrible. I told her that I can’t wait any longer because I have another appointment to attend to. While talking to her, I wasn’t feeling so bad at all. I actually like her. I even want to book her right away even if she hasn’t done my trial. But I also told myself, I’ll decide until the next day. So, we tentatively arranged trial session the next day. It’s almost 3pm so we decided to just exchange our money at Glorietta, head to Don Bosco and then to the party. When we reached the church, the marriage banns are not ready yet and it’s 4:20pm already. One of the copies has no signature and we are late for the party. :) (The party is something special for us so we just can’t afford to be late) We were asked to wait for a while but around 5:00, I approached Ms. Ging and asked if we can just collect it the next day. Still lucky, she’s nice enough to say that she’ll just leave the banns to the guard on duty since they don’t hold office on Sundays. She assured me that but deep inside I’m still praying that she won’t forget it because I saw how busy she was while me and ian were sitting in front of her desk waiting for our signed marriage banns. So we’re done at the Church. We ran upon getting out of the office because we’re really late for the party. On our way, since I didn’t put any make up on (I prepared myself for the trial session) I did my own make up and fixed myself. Another traffic jam. Whew! Anyways, while stucked inside the car, I texted cherry that I’ll book her already as my official HMUA and we’ll just do the trial session next time. :) I thought of just spending my Sunday with my family and also for me and Ian to have longer rest since we really had a loooooooooooooooooooooong day! After the party we’re supposed to have dinner with his mom but it was another cancelled appointment because his mom is not feeling well. Since it’s in the same area as where the party was held, we paid her a visit and stayed for a while. We also got from her Ian’s baptismal certificate, baby photos, and we filled up our marriage license. :) it wasn’t the best day but we’re still happy that at least we’ve accomplished something.
If our November 27 is a sablay day, our November 28 is a happy day! :) Here’s what we’ve planned and the results.

10:00 – San Miguel Church, get revised confirmation certificate – check!
11:00 – Don Bosco, collect marriage banns – check!
12:00 – Lunch with family at Glorietta – check!
- Buy what’s in our checklist – check!
2:00pm – Starbuck Take Out from Trinoma – bonus! Check!
3:00pm – meryenda at home – check!
4:00 – nap/rest –check!
5:45 – Hear mass – check!
8:00 – Dinner - check!
11:00 - sleep

November 29 - ETD Manila 1640H ETA Singapore 2005H

Ian is so paranoid with the traffic jam so he really made sure we'll leave the house early. but we're at the airport too early that the check in counters aren't open yet. and for the record, we were there 3 1/2 hours before our schedule flight. talk about punctuality. hehe! well at least we're not late, we got the front seat of the plane (01A and 01B), near the lavatory, our flight was 15mins earlier the ETA, we're the first ones to alight the plane, no cue at the immigration, and no waiting at the baggage belts. weeee!!! :)

After all the glitches of my November 27, Happiness is my November 28 and 29. :) By the way, my mom also got my baptismal and confirmation certificate already. :) Tick! Tick! Tick! Few more checks on my checklist! :)