12 better explanations to love

While blog-hopping, I read this in Leah's blog. It's really a nice read!


12 better explanations to love

1) Don't turn your back to love when it's already in front of you. Don't drive it away from you, because if you do, someday, you'll think again, why you let love flew when it was there next to you.

2) In Love, think things first over if you're sure about how you feel. Don't fall too hard not knowing where you will stand, 'coz it will hurt real bad if things don't go the way you want them to be.

3) It's an irony to know that it takes hours for someone to have guts to say "hi" to the one he likes, days to admire, weeks to miss the person, months to love, but just a blink of an eye to say goodbye...

4) Go for the person who loves you. It is not wrong to love someone who belongs to someone else, but it is much better to love someone who could also love you in return.

5) Love isn't something we hold, it is something we set free, It's not something we just do, but it's something we don't imagine to be. Lastly, it's not something we choose, it chooses us...

6) The scariest thing about falling in love is getting hurt. The scariest thing about getting hurt is not being able to love again. The scariest thing about not loving again is being alone forever.

7) When you follow your heart, worry not where it will lead you, for your heart knows the way. And if you do get lost or reach a dead end, use your head to lead you back home.

8) When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults, you don't look for answers, you don't look for mistakes. Instead, you fight for the mistakes, you accept the faults, and you overlook excuses.

9) It's better to lose your pride to the one you love, than lose your loved one to your useless pride.

10) Love is not "it's your fault," but "i'm sorry,"; not "where are you?", but "i'm here,"; not "how could you?", but "i understand,"; not "i wish you were here," but "i'm thankful you are."

11) The beginning of love is to let those we love be just themselves, and not twist with our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

12) If a relationship is truly meant for you, your love will find a way to make it happen, and God will be there to make sure it will stay.

The Longest Weekend

This is by far the longest weekend for me. Considering that last Monday was a holiday, I still wish and feel that today is already Friday. Argh. One more day of work.

Wedding preps are still on hold, though I still couldn't help but ask around about suppliers and all.

I really wish Enrique is here.

*Sigh*

Cake Design

Marj and I were talking about wedding preps and all, and we came across cakes and cake designers. I told her that I've been eyeing this design I saw in the Claudine issue of Metro Weddings, and that I would send her the scanned copy. However, YM for some reasons, was not functioning properly (on my end I guess) so I decided to just post the picture here so she can see it.

Again, I know, I know... our wedding is still more than a year away, but I can't help it! It's not bad to look right?



Cake design for our autumn theme

Bagging The 3-Point Shot!

People who saw the design of Veluz told me that the design really matched my personality and that it will look good on me. They have warned however, that the materials to be used are rather expensive. So I surfed the net to get a little enlightened by this (I know nothing about fabrics, how I wish I paid more attention when my Mom taught us before).... and indeed they were right!

This made me more anxious in receiving a mail from Veluz regarding costings and all. What if the quotation would not fit my budget? Goodbye dream dress?

Then this morning I received an email from her, and guess what? The quotation fit my budget! I was really happy when I read her email...

wow naman ganda naman pala ng mga gusto mo eh, pareho tayo ng taste ah. I like the one with the detailed bodice and sash on the waist. and i love the hairpc and the hairstyle, girl na girl! :-)

i've computed the cost with french alencon lace accent on the waist and with ruched tulle on the bodice. With matching shoes, bag, veil, complimentary headpc and wedding accessories, package price would cost xxxxx hehehehe pasensya na po sa cents ha, naka-excel file eh
:-) xxxxx na lang po.

please let me know if this is acceptable, i'll prepare po the contract with our working schedule for your approval. thanks so much for sharing the pics with me and for your interest in choosing me to make your gown. i am flattered :-) take care! veluz

Isn't she a darling? Now I am really so excited. I know it's still more than 1 year, and that the design may change. Still, I am very happy and feel so blessed. Thank you Lord. :-)

By the way, I received the blog entries of Enrique already, and have posted them. he's such a sweet and hopeless romantic bloke like me. I love him so much...

Interview of Glo

This is the second time I let others interview me using the Interview Game!

Anyway, here are The Official Interview Game Rules:
1. If you want to participate, leave a comment below saying “interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions - each person’s will be different.
3. You will update your journal/blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview others in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

If you don’t have a blog, I will still ask you 5 unique questions and you can post your answers here.

Here are Glo's 5 questions, as well as my answers:

1. If you could have one household appliance have a mind of its own to follow your orders, which would you choose?
--> Vacuum cleaner! Hehehehe!

2. A new law enforced each person to have only one color for everything he owned; what color would you choose?
--> Tough one… My faves are green, red, and white… Most likely white.

3. What's the best advice you'd give to yourself today?
--> Cherish and be thankful for each day that God blesses me with.

4. If you had to write a book about your life, what would be its title?
--> Vanessa: To Infinity and Beyond! HAHAHAHA!

5. What is your biggest fear and how would you overcome it?
--> I have three actually, among other fears in life: a) to be alone; b) to be a patient in a hospital; and c) claustrophobia. I still don’t know how to overcome all these, but I just pray to God, and think of Enrique.

Veluz Design B

Some of my w@w friends asked about the second design of Veluz, so here it is...


Veluz Design B

The main detail is the solid encrusted gold swarovski beading that would look like a big brooch.

Although this is a nice one, I still prefer Design A!

Gown Design by Veluz

Last Saturday evening, I finally met Veluz and Nikko, and all I can say is... Wow! They are so friendly and very pleasant to talk to! I really had a nice time talking to them, whipping up ideas as to how my gown would look like and all. Veluz told me a lot of stories about her previous brides, their receptions, their experiences, etc...

Anyway, she gave me two designs, here's one of them:


Gown designed by Veluz

This design is really simple, but here are the key details: waist detail is made of lace; small sash will be velvet, and will be red, rust, or bronze-colored (just right for my autumn theme!); brooch at the back; and either a) dress is mainly made of tulle to have that floaty feel, or b) dress will be made of silk duchesse satin (she said that I can afford the duchesse satin since the design is really simple). Wow... duchesse satin, lace, velvet... so very elegant!

That's all for now... I think my mind is kinda slow as I am sick as of the moment... :-( Hope I feel better tomorrow!

Calls That Brightened My Day!

Though I understand that he was sailing at that time, I was really sad that Enrique wasn't able to call me up during our 1st anniversary.

But yesterday, my sweet Enrik called me up! I was sooo happy to hear his voice! He was sooo happy too, and apologized that he was unable to call last Monday. He also said that he' received all the goodies I sent, and that he was wearing the shirt I bought him.

Then we talked about wedding preps, and he said that upon seeing the pictures, he totally loved Fernwood Gardens! Whew!

He also called awhile ago, for just a short call to quickly say that he loves me very much... "I just want to say na mahal na mahal kita. Wala lang, I want to tell you that lang..." :-)

But we had to cut our conversation short as he was on duty that time, busy commanding the pilot.

Anyway, all for now. I really look forward to the blog entries of Enrique....

Sigh... I am soooo in love. He is soooo in love. We are soooo in love. :-)

What A Rosy Day!

I was talking with a friend over the phone, when our office guard told me that there was a delivery for me.... flowers from my loving Enrik!

I couldn't keep my huge smile off my face as I received the flowers. The roses smelled so fresh! Now I miss Enrique all the more.


Lovely Roses!


I called up his Mom to thank them - I'm sure they were the ones who bought the flowers. Madir told me that every time Enrique called, he always reminded them about this day. She told me that it's even in her calendar already! She apologized because supposedly, there should be a teddy bear too, but Edith (sister of Enrique) was unable to buy one. I told her it's ok. Honestly, I'm not a fan of teddy bears and stuffed toys.

Sigh.... 4 more months to go...

Fernwood Bride

Finally! After three weeks of delay, I finally signed the contract with Fernwood Gardens last Saturday. My friend Issh went along with me, so that we could go to our HS reunion together.

Joy, my AE, was laughed when I tore up the first form... I mispelled Enrique's name! She said I was just nervous. Indeed I was. I was excited at the same time. Too bad that we were unable to take a picture of me signing the contract, but oh well. We can do that next time I visit (Re-enactment? hehehe). Sayang talaga. But at least I had my picture taken there, my very first one!


Fernwood Bride!


Right after, we took a break and met up with fellow w@wie "Miranda" at aVenetto. Then we headed straight to our reunion.

The reunion turned out to be lots of fun. All those reminiscing were very heart-warming. We recalled our past shenanigans, and I realized that most of all those pranks and funny moments were pulled by my class!


Me and two of my HS friends


Anyway, that's all for now. I really wished that Enrique was with me in Fernwoods. Sigh...

Now I miss him all the more. It's our 1st Anniversary today. And he's not here to celebrate with me. Sigh... Oh well. At least the weekend turned out to be a blast.

Enrique Says: Seven Eleven

I used to be a happy-go-lucky guy, doing everything and anything I want. Until I found that one person I really care about. Someone that means more than anything else in the world to me. Someone who pushed me, made and still makes me do things I never thought I could do. Finding and loving her is the best thing that ever happened to me.

I love you so very much Vanessa, Mahal na mahal na mahal kita. It’s our day. Thank you for loving me the way you do, I will take care and love you forever and I will not want anyone else but YOU, you’ll always be my only and greatest love. I am so blessed to have you in my life. You’re God’s greatest, most precious gift to me, and I can't wait till we make our vows in front of Him. My life has never been this much fun and great until you came and made it truly special and meaningful.

I love you so very much, happy anniversary Vanessa.

Enrique Says: On Cheating

Will I Cheat?


Baby, don’t cheat on me? These were the exact words of my Vanessa. My answer is 101% sure, positive.

I will never ever do that because I love her so very much!

Now it’s my turn to ask her, will you cheat on me? Ooopss… beep beep. Not a positive answer that I want to hear. “What if?” She said. I quickly said Di mo na ako makikita! “You mean di ka na mag papakita? Will you go away and hide?” I didn’t say anything for a while, then my heart just silently said "I will not cheat baby, coz I don’t want you to do the same to me."

Wanna know what I mean by Di mo na ako makikita? Vanessa is My LIFE.


Will She?

I don’t think so… as we always say Walang mag mamahal (sa akin) sayo katulad ni ENRIQUE. Vanessa knows, feels it and admits it. Walang iwanan ha! This has become music to our ears now.

So, forget the whole cheating thing. Not today, not tomorrow, never ever. No one can separate us, we will never be apart. Hey! This whole life is not even enough show our love.



07 July. 0500 GMT
Bushehr, Iran

Hanggang Kailan

I'm listening to the song of Orange and Lemons entitled "Hanggang Kailan," and I remembered that I sang this to Enrique before we said our goodbyes over the phone yesterday. He was really happy and asked me if I could send him their CD. I love the lyrics of this song!

Anyway, all for now. I'm off to Pioneer Center to buy my Enrik some Off lotion. He told me there are so many mosquitoes in Iran!

The Crazy Things We Do!

Fellow w@wie Maricel told me that people do crazy things during wedding preparations, and she's right! This was what happened towards the end of last week…

Last Thursday, I learned that I needed to pay the down payment to Fernwoods on Saturday to secure my reservation. I was really worried because I haven’t talked to Enrique yet, and he didn’t know that I had to pay already.

I called up his manning agency and requested if they could send a message to the Captain and tell Enrique that he has to call me up asap.

After about 30 minutes, he called me up. I noticed that he sounded so aloof, while I was a little hyper, telling him that the Loft is already booked by someone else, and Edsa Shangri-la Hotel is booked as well, and that somebody is inquiring about Fernwoods for our day. I told him that we needed to pay the down payment immediately. Because of his tone of voice and “aloofness,” I got a little irritated at him. I felt that he was not interested at all, and that he was in a hurry and so gave in to the idea of paying Fernwoods in order to just shut me up. And he kept on mentioning that the Captain was beside him and that there were a lot of people. He also said that the Captain woke him up. I really felt so hurt….

But apparently, this was what happened…

The email was tagged as very urgent, and the message received only stated that he should call me immediately, very urgent, very important.

The Captain woke him up and told him to call me immediately.

He was very shocked and thought that something happened to me.

The Captain was beside him, and the people there were in the bridge as well because they were scared of what Enrique might do if something did happen, so they were there to support him.

When he told me these last Sunday, I felt guilty because I got mad at him that time and even questioned our wedding plans and all. Silly me!!!

No wonder he was really silent and “aloof.” Most probably he was swooning that time and that his blood pressure was raised to the max.

Well, that’s something Enrique and I will never forget. Ang gaga ko ano? Hehehehe…

Our Sunday conversation was really wonderful. I could feel our love enveloping me again. He even told me that after our Thursday talk and when everything sank into his head, he was laughing at the comments I made: “If I wait for you this November, we will only hold our reception either in your courtyard or along the street.” “Fernwoods is too expensive, I will just add money to pay for it.”

Oh well, that’s us. Now I really look forward to being with him for the rest of our lives…

Preps Move In Mysterious Ways

I am really happy with the way things are going, and I couldn't help but laugh when I remember the recent achievements I accomplished.

First, choosing Fernwoods.
Fernoods was really my least priority, as I got turned off with the rate of the venue. Although it fit our budget, I immediately scrapped it out of my list, even before I went there. Surprise, surprise! Just one trip with Arlene, and I knew that it was the right place for us!

Second, choosing Josiah's as our caterer.
At first, I was disappointed with the way my initial inquiry to them went. But last Friday, they invited me to their food-tasting the next day, and I just told myself that there's no harm, since I plan to go there anyway. VS&F, my initial choice, also invited me that time. Another surprise... I was so impressed with Josiah's food! Considering that the food we tasted was the actual food they served in an on-going event, I was really satisfied. Deep inside I wanted to ask Marie (Josiah's AE) if I could have another helping! The next day I went back to Fernwoods for the food-tasting of Juan Carlo's. Although the food was good (I highly recommend their tenderloin steak cooked on the spot!), I knew that Josiah's was the caterer for me.

From being the least priority to becoming our choice venue and caterers, both Fernwoods and Josiah's really went up a couple of notches in my list! I just hope that on our day itself, I will not get disappointed with them both.

Fernwoods It Is!

Although I am already "booked" in Fernwoods, I still spent practically the whole weekend venue-scouting with my whole family. I wanted to make sure that my feeling towards Fernwoods was unique. I juts didn't want to rely on a one-time visit, then confirm everything.

But at the end of the weekend, I have decided that Fernwoods is really the one for us. Everytime I enter Venue 1, I couldn't help but smile until my cheeks hurt. I really love the place!



Fernwoods Venue 1




I love St. Francis Chapel!


My only comment was that in the area outside the Chapel, it can become crowded, as we have witnessed last Saturday. The 4 venues were booked, so there really were a lot of things that went on there. Good thing Venue 1 is secluded compared to the other 3.

Well, at least that's one big load off my back. Now I have to halt my preparations and wait for Enrique on November to continue with our preps. I am soooo happy!