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4:32 AM
Jason Magbanua: an award-winning videographer. What more can I say? He did a great job with the on-site video...
More to come!
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2:48 AM
Paul "Galing! Galing!" Vincent, our venerable wedding photographer (who also did our pre-nuptial photoshoot and the pre-wedding dinner photos) has posted his choicest photos on his website http://paulvincentphoto.com/blog/ and they're O-M-G AWESOME!
Here's a preview :P
Paul Vincent is our unanimous choice to become our:
Best Wedding Supplier!
(applause!)I have so much to say about this guy's work and the guy himself.
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2:52 AM
Wee! Our honeymoon - 3 days and 2 nights in Hong Kong - was a blast! And alas! It's come to a sudden end. We wish we had more time on our hands...but Mrs. H had loads of fun! (shopping, hehe). We went to...
...most of the major tourist spots and boy was it busy! For us it was coz we're not accustomed to that many people.
When we landed in HK International Airport at Lantau Island, what we did first was changeover our Philippines Pesos into Hong Kong Dollars. We had roughly PHP 8000 leftover which was equivalent to roughtly HKD 1800. We always thought of things in terms of Australian Dollars and the exchange rate varied from 1 AUD = 6.3-6.7 HKD.
Then I rang SkyCity Marriott (SkyCity precedes the hotel name because of location, not affiliation; I checked beforehand coz I thought I could get a discount off our stay and whatnot). They told us to speak to the hotel desk at the airport to get a free ride to the hotel. After waiting a few minutes, we were ushered onto a people-mover with our luggages safely down the back.
...more here later.
To summarise, we managed to go to the top tourist attractions in HK:
- Disneyland
- Ocean Park
- Victoria Peak
- Big Buddha
- and Women's Avenue!
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3:05 AM
IT WAS THE BEST EVERYTHING! Best day of our lives ever...bestest greatest awesomest wedding one could ever imagine!!! All that we had wished for came true and all that we wanted were fulfilled and all that we had imagined it to be was IT. All those things big and small that we worked so hard for, came together and became OUR DAY! It started off with...
...the weather. It was pretty cloudy and started pouring a little bit at around 2 in the afternoon.
more to come!
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8:42 PM
It's actually Thursday, but it might as well be Friday. Any day before the Big Day can be termed as Friday. This Friday usually starts on that week's Monday. And continues on til the day itself.
COMPLETE RADIO SILENCE is a must! It will begin on the last day up until the end of the honeymoon.
brb.
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1:17 PM
So there was this discrepancy between my father's name on the baptismal certificate and all other documents. It's always been "Pedro" and for some reason, "Peter" was written on the baptismal certificate. Clerical error? Exoticism (this was 1984)? Nevertheless, it's causing me a little bit of grief now.
8 days til the big day and I'm still on the merry-go-round.
At first, the parish where I was baptised told us to obtain an Affidavit of Discrepancy and a Form 137 in addition to all the other documents (Birth Certificate, original Baptismal Certificate, etc.)
Side story: We wondered why they needed the Form 137. When asked, what we got as a reply was a shrug, "No idea." lulz. The Form 137 is only needed for when my name does not match the Baptismal Certificate...not my father's name.
Anyway, off we went to a lawyer to get the AoD done. I inquired to a few law firms close to Eastwood where we were staying. I was quoted P3000.00 and this one law firm promised to ring/text back the date/time of our meeting so we can get it done. We looked for another and got a referral from my Auntie Beth.
Atty. Luch Gempis worked for the Vice Mayor at Manila City Hall. We went there at 10 in the morning and when he appeared, we spent about an hour poring over the documents and then typing up the AoD, had it notarised and voila! That should be the end of it, right? Right...
We had lunch as everyone has lunch from 11 am to 1:30 pm (sometimes until 2:00 pm as in the case of Manila Cathedral pplz...again lulz).
After lunch, off I went to where I was baptised and submitted their requested documents. The guy, Mr. Joerly (sp.) told me to go to the chancery office at Cubao. zomg! He told me that they'd be handing me an envelope which I should then pass back to them. (Has anyone here heard of fax/email? Apparently not!) Anyway, like a sheep, I went to the chancery in front of the Immaculate Conception in Cubao (New York cor. Lantana) and was told that I needed more documents!! Namely, a recent Certificate of Live Birth and a Marriage Certificate from the National Statistics Office. I showed the lady, Ms. Jovy, the documents that I had with me (Birth cert obtained January 09 and my parent's Marriage cert obtained quite a while back - 2000) to which she promptly told me to go get a recent one. She wouldn't accept the original Marriage Certificate which my parents signed on their wedding date. It was brown and in tatters. How original can you get? Apparently, they only wanted copies to keep with them. Originals won't suffice and they wouldn't attest to having seen the original and declaring the copies valid. (Uh, it's right in front of you?)
Anyway, I went to NSO straight away and applied to obtain a copy of my parent's Marriage cert and was told to come back the next day. I commend their currently existing system as it was hassle-free as compared to a decade or two ago. The instruction banners were huge (ie Step 1, Step 2, etc) and all one had to do was go to where the banners pointed you to and did what was needed to do on that area. After payment (which was step 3), it would take them a day to print out a document that existed in their computers which should just take seconds to "search" (anyone heard of the search button? or maybe their software didn't have one as their system was designed for maximum sakit sa ulo!)
The next day, I went to NSO and obtained the needed document at Window 4. The lady was a bit cranky serving one after the other even before the just-served person hadn't yet left the counter. Oh well. I got what I wanted, off to the chancery!
As I mentioned before, they have lunch at 11 am and I got to there at 11:30 and hence I must wait til 1:30 pm. So I looked for the closest computer shop, so here I am typing this blog entry to pass the time and update you, my dear readers, on what we've been up to on the lead-up to the Big Day!
Hopefully, this is the end of it, so wish me luck! We should be resting...really.
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5:24 AM
As of posting, it's exactly 17 days 18 hours 55 minutes and 40seconds until The Big Day! We leave for the Philippines on Friday and we should be there having lunch somewhere in Eastwood, Quezon City by noon. Oh, how exciting and super nakaka-kaba!
We'll try to finalise everything as soon as possible and hopefully, a week before The Big Day, we'll be getting pampered and relaxing, drinking mojitos and margaritas by the pool!
Can't wait!
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4:39 AM
Just a rough post of our Suppliers list :)
Reception venue:
Le Salon Ballroom
Hyatt Hotel and Casino
Marcelo H. del Pilar
Malate, Manila
63 2 245 1234
Church:
Manila Cathedral
General Luna Street
Intramuros, Manila
63 2 527 3093
Videography:
Jason Magbanua
unit6 Star Centrum Condominium,
317 Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
63 2 817 1989
63 920 960 2127
jason@jasonmagbanua.com
http://jasonmagbanua.com/blog/
Photography:
Vincent Paul delos Reyes
Paul Vincent Photography
83-D Aramismis St., Veterans Village
Proj. 7, Quezon City
63 2 410 5126
63 928 500 6912
info@paulvincentphoto.com
paulvincentphoto@gmail.com
http://paulvincentphoto.com
Wedding Cake:
I Love Sugar Box
Emily Uy
Unit B401 Pearl Towers,
1447 G. Masangkay St.,
Sta. Cruz, Manila
Tu-Fr 10-6
Tel : 4952065 3211024 09175348074
Telefax : 3211024
inquiries@ilovesugarbox.com
http://www.ilovesugarbox.com/
Entourage Gowns & Dresses:
Adora's Creations
41 Salvador St., Teacher's Village
Bgy. Krus na Ligas,
U.P. Diliman, Quezon City
63 920 922 6005
63 2 435 9359
afrevilloza@yahoo.com.ph
Entourage Suits:
Gardini
Tayuman
Wedding Coordinator
Cesar Aglipay
Angel's Wink Productions
18 Jade St. LP Royal Estates,
Naga Rd., Las Pinas City
63 2 546 9477
63 2 541 8397
63 919 427 0794
63 918 312 2210
angelswink2005@yahoo.com
info@angelswink.biz
http://www.angelswink.biz/
Event Stylist + Lights:
Ronald Correos
4th Wall Production Design Station
158 Tandang Sora Avenue,
Tandang Sora, Quezon City
63 908 406 0174
63 2 455 2810
63 2 455 2811
63 2 454 3008
63 918 689 3306
http://designsby4thwall.multiply.com/
Wedding invitation:
Tiffany Novelty
Victoria St.,
Intramuros, Manila
63 2 365 6486
63 917 201 6368
http://www.tiffanynovelty.com/
Wedding Rings:
Creative Jewellers
27 Smith St., The Mall,
Darwin, Northern Territory
Australia 0800
61 8 8941 1233
Music:
3rd Avenue
Real Talent Entertainment Company, Inc.
63 2 897 9751
63 2 890 8049
the3rdavenue@yahoo.com
http://the3rdavenue.activeboard.com/
http://3rdavenue.multiply.com/
Sound System:
Sensitivity
Juancho L. Fondevilla
63 2 412 8250
63 917 479 6190
sensitivity_lightsandsounds@yahoo.com
http://mrsensitivity.multiply.com/
Flowers:
1558 Flowers and Styles
19-A Cenacle Drive,
Sanville, Quezon City
63 2 454 5487
63 2 468 9874
63 917 812 1800
63 917 530 0118
flowersstyles1558@yahoo.com.ph
http://1558flowersstyles.blogspot.com/
Bridal Car:
c/o Hyatt Hotel and Casino
LCD/Projector:
c/o Hyatt Hotel and Casino
For the Principal sponsors:
Excelsior Photo Frames
For the Bridesmaids:
CMG
Diva
For the Junior Bridesmaids:
Bobblehead Pens
Guestbook:
B&G
The Bride:
Stylist/Makeup artist:
Cherry Pacheco-Uy
63 917 894 1975
cherry@cherrypachecouy.com
http://www.cherrypachecouy.com/
Jewelry and Accessories:
Swarovski
Church:
Wedding Gown
Roz La Kelin
1300 brides (1300 274337)
brand@bridalTM.com
http://www.rozlakelin.com/
La Sposa Bridal Boutique
1/14 Tang St
Coconut Grove NT 0810
61 8 8985 6000
61 8 8985 6011
http://www.sinefos.com/lasposabridal/
Reception
Gown and Wedding Paraphernalia (veil, bible cover, arrhae & ring pillows)::
Christine Go
Couture House by Christine Go
149 Congressional Ave.,
Quezon City
63 2 927 9424
63 917 555 5558
63 922 888 8878
info@christinego.com
couturehouse_christinego@yahoo.com
http://www.christinego.com
Shoes:
Betts
Casuarina Shopping Square
247 Trower Rd
Casuarina 810
61 400 770 413
The Groom:
Suit:
Randy Ortiz
48, K-6th Street,
West Kamias, Quezon City 1102
randyortiz@pldtdsl.net
randolph_ortiz@yahoo.com.ph
63 2 922 8375
63 920 600 6449
63 922 835 8117
63 2 920 6953
http://www.randyortiz.com/
Shoes and Accessories:
Kenneth Cole New York
Rockwell Center
Retail Level 1, Powerplant Mall
Rockwell Center, Makati City
63 2 898 1465
http://www.kennethcole.com
Hair:
Gio Ledesma
David's Megamall
http://www.davidsalon.com.ph/
Pre-wedding Dinner
Venue:
Manansala Tower, Rockwell
Invitation:
Print Divas
Unit 301 Emerald Place
604 Shaw Blvd, Pasig City
63 2 383 1431
63 918 523 6276
print.divas@gmail.com
http://printdivas.com
http://printdivas.multiply.com/
Catering:
Pre-nuptial:
Venue:
The Glass House, Rockwell
Photography:Paul Vincent
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6:23 PM
On the 3rd of February, we had a meeting with Ms. Darlene Chan from the Events Department of Hyatt. She presented a mock up of the table setting for that night and of course, I had to take some photos!
There's a good one, I think.
We'll be adding a royal blue runner along the middle and probably change the chairs' drapes. The cylindrical vase were fine but we're going to pour some blue crystals and pop a submersible LED light in it para cute dba?
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2:55 AM
Every waking hour was spent on the road! We usually woke up at 7am and
get back to the hotel at around 11pm. Traffic was appalling but this
was where we 'bawi' some sleep, ala Power Nap!
It usually takes a couple of hours to get from A to B - it's that bad.
We accomplished quite a bit though for the seven days that we spent
there. Hardly any time for shopping and 'gimik' but that wasn't really
what we went there for.
We settled our balances with the major suppliers and then some. It's
just the little things that were left to do but they were just as
important so we're going back on April this time to make sure
everything will be ready for that Big Day (and maybe some proper
shopping naman).
Next time, we'll be posting about how we're going with our
preparations. Maybe some pics too!
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1:08 AM
The photographer was Kuya Paul of www.paulvincentphoto.com and here is a link to our pics posted on his site.
We had our prenup pictorial at The Glass House at Rockwell, Makati on September last year. It was raining that day and added to the desired effect of the photos.
We were very happy with how the photos turned out, so much so that we decided (much much later) that he would be our wedding photographer as well. We had already booked a different photographer for our special day but had a talk later and decided that we'll be sticking with Kuya Paul. He has a knack for making you feel at ease and act naturally in front of the camera. With his tirada like "ganda! wow ganda!" it's as if he wasn't there taking pictures of you!
More to come later pag ginanahan na si biba :P
P.S. Hope you like how the site turned out. Spent a good 5 hours with the layout :)
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