Win Some, Lose Some

Filipinos all over the world are filled with pride with the win of Manny Pacquiao yesterday. But hats off to David Diaz for being such a gracious loser. Watch his post-fight interview.

Magka-level Kami ni Juday

When the right moment came, Ryan went down on his knees before Judy Ann, uttering these exact words: "Will you marry me?"

Then, he remembered exactly how he felt at that exact moment. Ryan said, "Nakakatawa, e. Alam mo, ang daming nagsasalita, e. Noong nilabas ko na 'yong singsing, ang daming nagsasalita. Pero 'yong naririnig ko lang, parang, ‘Nyowowo' [mimicking the garbled sound from a tape recorder being played when the battery is low]."

What was Juday's reaction?

She answered, "Ang una kong sinabi actually, no'ng 'binigay niya 'yong singsing, ‘Seryoso ka ba?'"

Read more here.

Dahil pareho kami ng nasabi nung binigay yung singsing ahahaha. Pero ang sweet talaga ni Ryan. Wala kong masabi. Kaya love na love sya ni Juday e. Yack! Feeling close! I’m sure si SIL kiligers. Kilig yan sa Krystala dati e wahahaha. Laglagan na!

Putangina Honey

Joema's been bugging me to watch the videos of Russell Peters on Youtube. I finally gave in last night. This guy is hilarious!!! From what I've watched already, he makes fun of Asians mostly. He's parents are Indians but he's born in Canada. Watch these clips where he makes fun of us Pinoys.

I knew you guys are Filipinos right away coz you keep staring at the microphone like there’s gonna be karaoke after the show. I hope this Bumbay will hurry us up with the show please coz I wanna get up there and say “Putangina Honey”



Jun! Come here and show Tito Ray your song

At Sea

My cousin is a musician and he used to be a part of a band who entertains the guests of a cruise ship. Theirs isn’t one of those Christian Cruises but he got to travel to different parts of the world. He was able to go to North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. He said most of the people onboard the cruise ship are old people mostly pensioners who are living leisurely. When I grow old, I want to be one of those people. I want to get onboard a cruise ship and travel. I might even consider going on a Christian Cruise. Most Christian Cruises would ply the Mediterranean and have ports of call in different cities in the three continents surrounding it – Europe, Asia and Africa. I would love to go on a week-long cruise or even longer. Of course that is a different matter when you work in a cruise ship like my cousin. He only gets to go home once a year. For ten months he will be at sea and the times they are on land are far in between. He really gets homesick. Once he knows the date he will be coming back to the Philippines, he starts counting down the days. I guess it’s never really as much fun when you’re there for work.

Dream Bride

Since my last post about the mananahi, I was having a hard time sleeping at night. So anyway, after sulking about it I started asking people for referral. Rhoda referred her friend’s mananahi, EJ referred her officemate’s grandma and then I got the contact details of Deepa’s friend designer, Tria. I got the phone number of Rhoda’s contact. Then I emailed EJ the designs so she can ask for a quotation.

I also emailed Tria and sent her a text message last Friday. Yahoo and Globe are playing some kind of trick on us, it’s either I didn’t get her text or she didn’t receive my email or vice versa. But she was really patient with me and tried to resend her message via email or text. Anyway, it was already too late for her to send the quotation over the weekend so she promised to send it to me Monday.

Almost everyday last week, I met up with a different modista/designer. On Monday, I met up with the one referred by Rhoda. Her shop is in New Manila and we went there during lunch time. Jopen and Rhoda came with me. Let’s just say I was heartbroken after the meeting. Her prices were waaaaaaaaay over our budget. After that meeting, I got to chat with Jo Anne in YM and she told me Jayson’s mom also does wedding gowns and entourage dresses. So I sent her the pictures of the designs as well. That same afternoon, I received Tria’s quotation and we agreed to meet up Wednesday after office hours.

Come Wednesday, I met up with Tria. Rhoda and Terence were kind enough to go there with me. It’s a good thing it was near their house. Tria started sketching the designs for my entourage based on the styles I emailed her. They were all lovely. And then she sketched my gown. She asked me what I liked from the design I emailed her. The original design that I wanted would cost me so much so she designed a simpler gown, though still very beautiful. She totally got what I wanted. Her mom was a great help too. She was there while Tria’s sketching and voiced out some of her opinions which made the gown more beautiful. Then we started choosing the fabrics. I love the gown she sketched for me and I totally love the lace I chose, the design is not the conventional floral design. I didn’t even bother looking at their selection of laces. I love love love it. And Tria’s so nice, she was able to bring down the cost of my entourage’s gown by getting a different fabric and making the styles in a simpler cut. I already told her my budget when I first emailed her so she was very nice to accommodate my requests. I left their shop feeling happy and elated. And although when I woke up I changed my mind about the entourage’s gown, I was convinced I love the gown she will make for me. I can’t get my mind off the design she sketched and the lace and fabric (duchesse satin and charmeusse, I think) they will be using. It’s lacy and romantic just the way I like it. So I texted her and asked if it was okay to get only my bridal gown from her and she said YES! Last Saturday, I made the down payment and my measurement was taken (I took the picture while waiting for Tria). My first fitting will be on July 26. Yey!

Now I’m waiting for quotations for my entourage. Lorena’s mom’s on my list. And I’m waiting for the quotation from Jo Anne’s mother-in-law. Penny’s also canvassing for a modista, so I’m going with her to ask for a quotation. So, I’m back to being a happy bride-to-be, until the next wedding prep crisis, that is.

*blog title is the name of Tria's shop: Dream Bride located at 108 Congressional Ave., Quezon City

100 Naked Men

So apparently we missed the Oblation Run this year. Not that I’m watching it every year. No, scratch that – I used to watch it every year. I think in my four years in college I watched it 4 times haha! On my first year, my classmates and I cut class to be able to watch it. I remember it distinctly like it was yesterday. =P It was weird having to jostle with other people – students/media/old ladies – to get a view of their thingies. We were among the hundreds of people who waited in AS to see the runners. After the run, my friends and I were all silent, all thinking about what we’ve witnessed. Until somebody brave enough to start the conversation and we were all like “does it really look like that?” hahaha. I don’t remember much about the next years but I’m pretty sure I was there. Anyway, I said we missed it because my officemates and I are planning to go there this December to watch it. Maybe next year…

Manic Monday 121

If your personality had to be summed up as a sandwich, what kind of sandwich would you be?

Maybe a grilled cheese sandwich. Not that hard to make but will still be an effort to grill it.

If you knew that someone was dying, but they didn’t know, would you tell them the truth or deceive them about it?

I would probably tell the person the truth. He deserves to spend the remaining days of his life the way he wants to. If it were me, I would want to know.

Do you dress the same when you are depressed as you do when you are very happy?

Nope. When I'm depressed I usually get the first piece of clothing I get my hands on. Unlike when I'm happy I like to think about what I'll wear for the day.

Manic Monday Meme

Independence Day

Last June 12, Joema and I went around town to accomplish a few things for the wedding. The Bank doesn't follow PGMA's holiday economics so we don't have work on the actual day of the holiday. So June 12 was our holiday and not June 9. I met up him with after his work to have breakfast and then we went straight to Archbishop's Palace. The last time we went there Bro. Emman wasn't in so this time I called them Tuesday and asked if anyone will be around that Thursday. Apparently, Bro. Emman is not in charge anymore. When I called I've spoken with Ms. Raquel. I told her that I lost the receipt Bro Emman issued me when I paid the reservation fee. She told me that might be important because Bro Emman isn't incharge any more. Yikes! Although she confirmed that we have the slot for the morning of November 8. Whew! When we went there Bro. Alexis was the one who talked to us. Although, Ms. Raquel was there to assist him. As for the lost receipt, she told me I can write a note that tells them I lost the receipt but I already paid the reservation fee. They finally discussed what are the things we need to submit and we can actually start arranging everything.

1. Baptismal Certificate (For Marriage Purpose) [B&G]
2. Confirmation Certificate (For Marriage Purpose) [B&G]
3. (3) Sunday Publication of Marriage Banns [B&G]
4. Permission from the Parish Priest [B&G]
5. Marriage License (valid on the wedding date) [B&G]
6. License to Solemnize Marriage (Officiating Priest)
7. Delegation from the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
8. Fully accomplished Cannical Investigation Form (Interview by Officiating Priest) [B&G]
9. Pre-Cana Seminar [B&G]

We signed the contract (note to self: next time we go there, get a copy of that contract) and was able to go to Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish to accomplish the delegation. We paid P500 for it. Since ours will be a mixed marriage, we have to sign another contract (with signature of witnesses so we have to ask some of our friends to take a leave and go with us to the church for that) that will be signed by Fr. Jun who is the priest in charge in Archbishop's Palace. And then we have to take that contract to the Archdiocesan Chancery Office at the Arzobispado de Manila, 121 Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila near Manila Cathedral (I just googled the exact address of the place). I think they will interview us there and then maybe give us something hehe. When I asked if the pre-cana seminar is the same as the Discovery Weekend Ms. Raquel told us it was different so I guess they don't recognize DW in lieu of the seminar. But they weren't clear where we'll take the seminar. I don't think they hold it there. When we went to the Sacred Heart parish office, we forgot to ask about it because the man in charge was a bit of a snob haha. I was a bit scared of him actually. He would answer our questions with one word sentences and he didn't even smile at us. Oh well, we can always call and ask about it again. Atleast we have one thing off our list for the church requirement.

It was almost lunch time when we finished so we headed off to Gateway and wandered around a bit. We're to meet with Marj Dizon of A Magical Event to book her On-The-Day coordination services. I actually met Marj with Penny a few Sundays ago to discuss the inclusions of her OTD coordination. Some of the things she mentioned, I didn't even thought about. So I was convinced we really needed a coordinator. I was immediately at ease with her and the best part is she was within our budget. Joema and I met up with her at Oasis around 2pm. She had a wedding there at 3 that afternoon. I was able to meet her team - her mom, Lyn and Tita A. By the way, special thanks to Dins who gave me a shortlist of OTD coordinators. :)

After that we watched The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Those boys - Prince Caspian, King Peter and King Edmond - are so cute. But I like King Peter best haha. Like the first movie, which I forgot everything about it as in it's like I have amnesia I don't even remember most of the scenes that Joema is telling me about, I'm not so thrilled about this movie. By the time the next installment is out (if there will be), I might have forgotten all about it again. I'm thinking of buying the book and reading it. I might appreciate the movies more.

Road Block

This is the first road block I've encountered in our wedding preparations. Shit shit shit! I called up my mananahi to make an appointment because another friend of mine is getting married and I refered my mananahi to her. My mananahi told me that she's leaving for the States, she already has her visa and ticket! She said she was supposed to tell my officemate, who referred her to me, tomorrow about her plans so that I can be informed. I guess I was a day early. :( So there I don't have a mananahi with less than 5 months to go before the wedding. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!

Young Love, Sweet Love

Nakanampotah! Ang landi! Pwede na ba, Kuya Germs?

I will be posting more of our prenup pics soon (my internet connection sucks!). Mostly those that will probably not be included in our guestbook.

Photography: Jayson Arquiza of Redefine Weddings

*photo compressed for easier loading

DFA Passport Renewal

My mother and I renewed our passport this morning. Our passports will expire this November. For those not in the know, you're supposed to renew your passport 6 months before the expiry date written in your passport or you won't be able to travel. Although, we've encountered this already when we traveled to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Allan didn't know this little but important fact so we were held up at the check-in counter at the Clark airport. Fortunately, the airport personnel allowed him to travel by just signing a waiver. I'm not sure what exactly he was waiving. Anyway, just a little guide on what to do when you're renewing your passport. Ours was issued after May 1995. They have a different set of requirements for those issued before this date. By the way, they are now issuing machine-readable passports so everyone is required to make a personal appearance at DFA. Remember before, if you're just renewing your passport you can just take it to a travel agency and then they will give you your new passport. Now because of the machine-readable passport, which is an international requirement that will be strictly enforced in all airports by 2010, you have to go to DFA whether you like it or not.

1. Ready the documents that you need.
a. Fill-in the passport application form. The downloadable form from the DFA site is different from the one we accomplished and submitted. I asked my officemate who went to DFA earlier to get us a form.
b. Have your picture taken. Don't forget that they follow these guidelines. The color of the background that they require now is royal blue and not white. Just go to a reputable photo studio.
c. Photocopy the inside and back cover of your passport and the pages of the latest immigration departure and arrival.
d. Old passport
2. Use DFA's online appointment. You will skip a lot of the unnecessry steps by using their online appointment. My officemate who didn't know about this went to DFA without an appointment. Her time was wasted going there because they just gave her a schedule two days after. A few months ago when you make an appointment online, they will also give you a schedule two days after. But when we registered, the schedule they gave us was 4 days after the day I made the appointment online. I guess a lot of people are getting their passports nowadays compared to before. By the way, when you register online they will send you an email confirmation, print that and bring it to your scheduled appointment. And then head straight to Gate 2 of DFA.
3. Go to DFA on your scheduled day and time. We were given the time 1am-12nn. If you get the same sched, arrive before 11:30am because I heard one of the personnel there telling the guard that they will close the gates at that time. When you enter Gate 2, the processing area is right there after the gate (photo shows windows for the processing). They just check if you accomplished the form correctly and then they'll ask you if you want your passport in 7 working days (P750 charge) or 14 working days (P500 charge). And then you have to proceed to the auditorium for the payment and encoding. Remember to pay first before lining up for the encoding. The payment is located way at the back of the auditorium. Then line up for the encoding. They have actually set up rows of chairs for people to sit down while waiting for their turn. And please wag sumingit like that bitch when we were there. Stupid din nung siningitan nya who didn't even confronted her. Kainis! Pero buti nga sa kanila dahil pinabalik pa rin sila although I don't know why but I think they were asked to have their pictures taken again. The process is actually a bit quick kaso inabot na kami ng lunch time (and may sumingit kasi!). All the personnel went out for lunch. Although they have relievers there were only a few about 6 0r 7 as compared to more than 25 people who were encoding before lunch break.
4. Wait for your passport and return to DFA to get it. Or you can do what we did. We went out to the basketball court and paid for our passports to be delivered to us. We availed 2Go's courier services. They deliver anywhere in the Philippines for P99. Although they will deliver your passport the next day after the date that your passport will be ready.

So now we're all done. Hassle lang coz I still need to go back again for my next passport renewal. By that time, I will be married and I need my passport to show my new name. Earlier, I was next to a girl who was there renewing her passport because she recently got married. Take note, she already has the machine-readable passport and they only started releasing that last year. Parang sayang lang coz you can still use that. Unless you're using your passport as a valid ID with your married name. Oh, and I overheard her talking to her husband mukhang foreigner coz she was talking in English. She doesn't look like a colegiala or yuppy ha kinda looks like the girls from Hooters haha. Eeep sorry! I'm just glad we're done with that. So where are we going next?

Hoot Hoot Hooters

As per our tradition, we met up for dinner to celebrate Charline’s and Steve’s birthdays. We went to Hooters per Steve’s request (hahaha not really true but I can say anything here and Steve won’t even have the opportunity to deny it). Actually I was the one who suggested the place. Anyways, Joema and I met up first before going to Mall of Asia. We went to Jayson’s place to pick up the CD of our prenup. I can’t post the pics from the office because I don’t have a DVD-ROM. Kaasar! I need to borrow my father’s laptop to be able to upload pics but his internet connection is waaaay too slow so I’m not sure when I can post some pics here.

When we arrived at MOA, Jose was already at Hooters. Excited? Haha. I didn’t know that the place was far from the mall itself. We got lost finding the restaurant. It's actually located in a strip of restaurants along the bay area, aptly called San Mig by the Bay. But it was okay since we had to wait for our table, we were number 2 in the waitlist and that was around 7pm. After a few minutes Al arrived and then Steve. I don’t know exactly what time we were seated but we must have waited for a long time. When we were finally had our table, Mands arrived with Weng. We started to order for our food. We ordered their chicken wings, nachos, mini-burgers, grilled chicken ceasar salad and cheese sticks. Then the rest of our party arrived – Pao, Penny, Janice and then Charline followed by Allan. We were complete for the first time – ever! It was actually only that time that Joema met Jose and Steve. Jose and Steve have never gone on our trips, that’s why.


While we were eating there, there was a bunch of expats who were a bit tipsy and kept on dancing with the Hooters girls. They’re so fun to watch. We imagined our dining experience there wouldn’t be that fun if they weren’t there to “entertain” us. I recorded them while they were dancing. You can watch them here and here.

Mands and Weng left early but the rest of us stayed at the bay area and talked some more. We actually talked about scary stuff like haunted libraries and offices. Creepy! At the end of the night, we arranged for a Binondo outing next and our official tour guide will be Steve. No, the ghost stories and Binondo are not related. Although…I might be mistaken?

Photographer's POV

Jayson has blogged about our prenup shoot. Check it out! I can't hide my excitement! I just want to get over to their place and get our CD. But I can't...not yet. I'm still feeling under the weather so I might be waiting until Friday to get it (hahaha kala mo naman ilang highway ang kailangan kong tawirin para makarating sa kanila) Chaka gusto ko kasama ko na si Joema pagkuha nung CD. Weeee! Pero in fernez, parang nawala lahat ng sama sa katawan na nararamdaman ko nung nakita ko yung photos. Haaay..sulit ang pagod! I will probably make a separate post when I get the CD hahaha. Tatadtarin ko ng prenup pics 'tong blog ko. Ha! Joke lang.

Sex and the City

So yeah, I'm feeling much better today. Although my brother is the one who's sick since this morning. Must be the weather..one minute it's raining and then the next it's so hot.

SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

Anyway, I was able to watch Sex and the City last Friday with Reyna. She arrived late so we weren't able to see the first few seconds of the film. We were seated in the cinema by the time Carrie met up with Big at the entrance of their would-be apartment building. Here are some of the things I want to say about Sex and the City:

I love the scene were Carrie wore the different couture wedding dresses. Those were just to die for dresses!

• Since there were a lot of wedding preparations in the movie, I can totally relate. I love their choice of wedding venue. Carrie said something like where else to get married but in the one place that houses the best love stories.
• I almost cried when when they were waking up Carrie in their hotel room in Mexico. It was just so depressing when Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha were waking up Carrie to let her know she slept without eating dinner or that she slept the whole day or that she needs to eat something. You can really feel how much they love Carrie.
• I cried when Miranda and Steve met up at the Brooklyn bridge. The scene was so touching. And if I were in Miranda's case I would have felt the same way with regards to forgiving Steve. It would have been so hard to forgive someone who cheated you. At that particular scene I can almost feel Miranda letting go of her logic and just letting her emotions get hold of her. Although I have to give props to Steve for being honest with Miranda. I think you can count the men with the fingers in one hand, who would be honest enough to admit that to their spouses.
• Charlotte deserved her happily ever after. :) She was hilarious when she saw Big in that restaurant. "I curse the day you were born" hahaha
• It was surprising that Samantha was that faithful to Smith. That scene with all the sushi was so funny!
• I need to watch the movie in DVD because there were a lot of cuts in the movie version. Thanks to MTRCB for that.

Almost about Sex and the City

I wanted to blog about Sex and the City but I don't feel well. I have colds and my nose is killing me and I feel a bit hot. :( I hope I won't get sick because I have an appointment tomorrow with a wedding supplier. I can easily cancel but I will be going with Penny. And I so want to see her to talk about wedding preparations hehe. So yeah, I will probably just sleep early and drink a lot of fluids and pray that I feel better tomorrow. Okay, I will go back to watching the marathon of American Idol now. Bye! Have a nice weekend.

Bohol 2005

It’s been raining for a few days now. Where did summer go? I wasn’t even able to go to the beach. Boo! Anyway, I just want to reminisce the time when I went to Bohol. We went there for our division outing in 2005. The trip coincided with the Labor Day holiday so we didn’t need to file for leave.

The start of our trip was a sign that this was going to be an interesting one. At the airport, we saw a lot of local celebrities. It was I think the same time that the biggest TV networks were having their summer caravan (they send out their artists to different provinces to have their shows there).

L-R (Row1): with Angelica Panganiban, with Roxanne Guinoo, with Anne Crutis, another one with Anne; (Row2) : with Mare and Pare (Winnie Monsod and Oscar Orbos), with Jericho Rosales, with Jomari Yllana, that’s just me hehe

We arrived at Tagbilaran City, Bohol almost lunch time. So our first stop for the tour is the Loboc River where we had the river cruise.

After the river cruise, we went to see the tarsiers.


We also went inside the Baclayon Church but I don’t have pictures there. Okay, I really don’t remember the sequence of the places we visited but we also went to the blood compact monument.


Of course a trip to Bohol won’t be complete without visiting the Chocolate Hills. On the way to Chocolate Hills, you will pass by their manmade forest. We didn’t really stop there but the tourist guide mentioned it as we passed by. What I remember most about Bohol was it was sweltering hot when we were there. We didn’t have the energy to go up to the viewing deck so our photos of Chocolate Hills are not that great. So that one will go down to my to-do list on my next visit to Bohol.


The next day we spent the full day at Panglao Island Nature Resort. We enjoyed the beach…


And the pool..



Picture taking at every nook and cranny of the resort. We also went to a nearby Cambagat cave.


Our day was capped off by a nice dinner by the pool and more picture taking.




Our last day was a free-for-all day. We can do whatever we want to do. We passed by Bohol Beach Club.


Tita Julie then brought us to the vacation house of her friend in Panglao.


Then it was time to say goodbye to Bohol. Last picture taking of the group at the hotel.


I love Cebu Pacific’s colorful planes.

Prenup 2: Avilon Zoo

After lunch, we made a pit stop at Shell gas station along Commonwealth for an outfit change and retouch of my makeup. Nakigamit lang kami ng CR nila haha. Anyway, while in the CR kakatakot na yung kulog and super dilim na. Ella was telling me to stay calm and that it wouldn't rain. At kahit umulan pa ay maganda pa rin ako haha. I so love that girl! Kaya lang we had to say goodbye to her there, she didn't come along with us na sa Avilon zoo. Even before we left the gas station, trickles of rain were starting to drop. And then it started raining hard as in HARD! It felt like someone was playing tricks on us. Sabi ni Jo Anne para daw may nagbubuhos sa min ng timba ng tubig galing langit haha which is true! That's how it felt like. I was praying so hard na sana sa biyahe lang malakas ang ulan and sana pagdating namin sa Avilon the rain will stop. We used the route from Commonwealth going to Litex to Avilon zoo. Katakot ang daan. We passed by this area na parang gilid ng bundok and then the road near Avilon zoo naman super putik dahil sa ulan. Dami-dami pang dumadaan na mga truck. We thought we were lost already. We passed by this area where there were rows and rows of similar houses, sabi ni Jayson kung hindi kami makarating sa Avilon pwede na kami magshoot don.

Thankfully, we finally arrived at Avilon. The travel time from QC was actually pretty fast. It only took us about an hour to get to the zoo. Siguro without the heavy rains and muddy roads, it would have been faster. Ambon-ambon na lang ang ulan when we got there. We paid for the entrance fees (P208/head) and the tour guide (P350) and then we're good to go. They weren't really strict with the photoshoot (mas strict pa si manong guard sa Math bldg) but they asked Jayson to fill up a form that indicated the equipments that he will be using. I don't know it's some kind of a waiver kasi si Jayson na ang nag-fill up ng form.

Our tour guide, Irene, started us with the arapaima. They were these big fishes who are fed with 5 kilos of bangus every two weeks. And then she showed us the ducks that they breed in the zoo and then they fed the poor birds to the crocodiles. Ach! So from the ducks, she led us to the crocodiles. When we got out of there (alive haha), we were led to these huge cages for the birds. She told us that peacock is a male term while the female is called peahen and the baby are called peachick. We're like "Ooowwwss..joke yan e" hahaha. Apparently, they're collectively known as peafowl. Then we saw this really lovable white dog - think Angel Locsin in Lobo. Of course, we have to take a picture with Oskee (the dog). Irene also showed us to the maina birds and man, they can talk. Talk like people - as in not just "hi" and "hello" meron pang "kumain ka na ba?". It's really amazing kasi boses tao talaga. Meron don boses ng babae, meron din lalaki. Kaaliw! After that we were led to the area where you can have your picture taken with the python. Guess who did that? :) They also have this area for the baby araipamas and you can feed them with chicken head. That was pretty exciting and kakatakot ng onti because the fish were jumping out of the water jus to get to their food. We also have pictures with the orangutans. They're hairy little b*tches haha. They were a bit cranky because they were supposed to go home na pala to eat. Eto naman kaming gusto pa magpapicture. Kapagod din going around the zoo. Zach was ready to give up na before the tour ended. He was tired of having to walk around the 7.5 heactare zoo. But he was a really nice boy and didn't throw a tantrum. We were still able to finish all the exhibits. After the tour Jayson still did some shots around the area. Our sunset shots were like posters for Seiko Films haha. Landian sa Talahiban ang pwedeng title.

The ride going back to QC was pretty quick. We had dinner at McDonald's Katipunan. We ate and then talked about what happened during the day. I'm so glad they enjoyed our little adventure because we did too. The trip to Avilon was worth it. I can't wait to show you our photos. I'm sure they will be great!

Prenup 1: UP Diliman

Yesterday was our prenup shoot. My day started early because I have to have my makeup done. Ella came by our house a few minutes before 7am. She was very nice and we clicked right away. We talked about so many things while she did my makeup kaya nga ata medyo nalate kami umalis. I thought we'll be finished after an hour pero she probably did my makeup for almost two hours. Admitted naman sya na she's a bit OC when doing makeup. She started by applying primer on my face, some moisturizer I think para sa skin care. Tapos yun foundation na and then eye makeup. Medyo dun pala matagal kasi talagang yun ang importante to open up my eyes daw. After that blush and lipstick and then we're done. We we're running a bit behind our sched kasi ang sinabi ko kina Jayson was 9am sa UP. So I texted Jo Anne na just to let them know and buti na lang late din pala sila. Whew! Ella was kind enough to let me hitch with her going to UP. So we talked some more and I found out that aside from being a cool make-up artist, she’s also a product manager who works atleast once a week from home, she was a swimmer and part of the varsity team of UP and the Philippine team, she's the daughter of one of the 60+ fellows of ASP and she loves dogs. I'm giving her one of our puppies. Super naaliw sya dahil ang dami naming tuta sa bahay. So so many things to talk about and so little time. We arrived at the oblation a few minutes after 9am, and Joema was there already. Hehe sya pa talaga ang nauna sa amin. Niloloko namin sya ni Ella na dapat magpa-makeup din sya, na lalagyan sya ni Ella ng blush. Ayaw daw nya. Sabi ni Ella on our wedding day di na daw sya makakatakas, itatali na namin sya sa upuan and then Ella will do his makeup. Joke lang naman kasi Ella told me na she's just going to put some powder, medyo contour siguro sa face and lipgloss lang dahil lalaki naman yun. Di kailangan ng anything else.

We waited for Jayson to arrive to start the shoot. He arrived with Jo Anne and Zach since gusto daw sumama ni Zach sa zoo and with his assistant Jun. When they arrived, he started shooting us at the back of Quezon Hall near the Lagoon. Syempre at first medyo ilang pa kami ni Joema. But eventually I think we got the hang of it (I'd like to think that we did!). Jayson would joke para matawa kami. Chaka easy poses lang yung pinapagawa nya like hug each other or holding hands lang. After don punta kami sa bike lane na napagalitan pa si Jayson nung isang "traffic enforcer" at bawal daw don. Then pinaupo kami ni Jayson sa isang bench and tambay-tambay lang konting chika. Then we proceeded sa gilid ng Film Center sa mga bricks. All this pala kasama din namin sila Ella, Jo Anne, Zach and Jun. Ella wanted to be there para makita nya yung test shots and she'll be do a touchup of my makeup after lunch. Si Zach naman was also taking our pictures - budding photographer din. Buti na lang talaga at maaraw nung umaga kahit na super init okay na rin. It was almost lunch time when we finished shooting there pero I told Jayson I'd want some shots taken at Math building. Jo Anne, Zach and Ella stayed behind na, kami na lang yung nagpunta sa Math building.

When we arrived at the building kami muna ni Joema yung pumasok. Di naman kami sinita ng guard kaya I told him to get Jayson and Jun. But when the guard saw them with their cameras, pinigilan silang pumasok. I later learned na the guard wanted them to go to CS ata, bring their IDs there and get a permit. E nung lumabas ako at nakita kong ayaw sila papasukin sabi ko sa guard sandali lang naman kami kahit 5 minutes lang (syempre that's not true). And then the guard suggested I talk to the director at magpaalam. Sabi ko "Sige. Sino po ba anjan? Si Sir Joey po ba?" Oo daw kaya ayun di ako nawalan ng pag-asa. Pagkakita namin kay Sir Joey I told him that Joema and I we're getting married and we wanted to take some photos inside the building. Sir Joey just waved off the guard and told him that we were former students there. Hurray! Syempre konting kamustahan with Sir. He told us that Institute na pala ang Math (hindi na department) and apparently sya na nga ang director. I told him he didn't aged a bit which is true. He looked younger pa nga. Si Joema asked kung andon pa tambayan ng SUMS. Kasi pala sinabi nya sa guard na member sya ng SUMS, yung guard ang kilala lang MMC at Math Club. Pahiya tuloy sya hahaha. Sir Joey told us na kahit nga yung tambayan ng MMC at Math club kung saan-saan na nadidisplace dahil kulang ata sa rooms. And yung SUMS is not a CS-based org so they are not in the building anymore (or pwede ring naglaho na talaga ang org na binuo namin haha). So anyway, we said goodbye to Sir Joey and proceeded with the shoot. We went to one of the classrooms, it's actually the classroom of Joema's block for their Math 17. Our block naman was just the room beside it. Jayson had a blast shooting at the classroom. Special request ko naman to shoot with the UP Toki jeep hehe. Basta our shoot at the Math building was really memorable for me. It was sort of a documentation of our love story, where it all began. Our "sandali lang" shoot there turned into an hour-long shoot kaya we were all really hungry after. We went back to Quezon Hall to get the three we left behind and proceeded to Mang Jimmy's.

Joema and I rode with Ella going to Mang Jimmy's. May mga konting pagbabago na sa Mang Jimmy's, yung ulam nila instead of P90 naging P100. Tapos di na bottomless kanin...you get no. of persons + 2 rice. Gets? Like us 6 adults kami so we got 8 cups of rice. Tapos sa ulam naman buy 6, free 2. Kaya fiesta ang lunch namin! We ordered sisig (na ang sarap pa rin!), pusit, porkchop, blue marlin and pork liempo. And dahil super uhaw na kami naka-3 liters of Coke kami. Galit-galit muna kami while eating. Busog naman lahat after. Although si Zach nabusog sa burger nyang baon at hindi sa Mang Jimmy's hehe.

DC it is!

I'm so so glad David Cook won the American Idol title. I wasn't able to watch the results show yesterday because we're out the whole day for our prenup shoot (more on that later). My father texted me the result as early as 10am yesterday. But of course I will watch the replay. Yey yey yey! I wasn't expecting him to win (although I'm really rooting for him) because of Simon's comments during the performance show.

So the soccer moms were the moving force behind his win.

Unlimited Perversion

My mother gave me her other Sun cellular phone, the one with unlimited texts and calls if you text or call other Sun cellular lines. So anyway, since it’s unlimited, nauuso na naman ang mga nakikipag-phonepal (what do they call these nowadays?) Hay naku it all started last Friday, I had two missed calls from the same number. When I showed it to my brother he called the other line – which I think is stupid since it wasn’t registered in my phone. Although the only numbers registered in that phone is my mother’s and my brother’s numbers. So anyway, I told him to hang up since I don’t know who owns the other line. And then after that I got a text message “hi”. I didn’t reply of course even if it’s for free. And then he (yes, I know he’s a he) started calling again. I figured I will answer the call but I won’t speak para lang masayang yung minutes nya. At first he was saying “hello…hello…” And then ohmygosh! Pervert! He was moaning on the other end. I know nothing physical happened, I didn’t even see his face but I really felt violated and offended. Up until now I still get calls from him although I don’t answer anymore and reject his calls. If only the phone has a call barring feature. Super low-tech naman kasi so it doesn’t have that feature. So what will I do now? Today, he made 5 calls already, the first was 6:30 this morning! Argh! I hope he gets tired of calling. :(