A message from David

Reception Dilemma is Over

My Saturday was a productive day indeed. Waking up again early in the morning on a Saturday is becoming a habit since it’s only during the weekends that me and Adrian focus on our wedding preps. Today we were set to go back to Chateau Royale to check on their actual wedding set up. There was a scheduled wedding reception at 12nn thus, we have to be there before the guests arrived so we can take pictures and show them to Ezra. (But won't be posting the picture here, so you guys will have more things to look forward to in our wedding diba?)

We arrived at the bus station at 8:30 am but unfortunately; there were no buses yet. So we waited for 30 minutes before we were able to settle in our seats. Its 9:30am and its just now that the bus is leaving the terminal. Gosh, I was praying that we’d arrive there in time for our appointment. Obviously we are running late, appointment was set at 10:30am and it was 11am already and we were still in Tagaytay. But finally we arrived around 11:15am and what a relief to hear from the guard that the wedding entourage & guest hasn't arrived yet. And so we headed to the lobby and Rachel (the sales rep) accompanied us to the ballroom so check it out.

The setting was very simple and bare but the stage where the bride and groom will stay was designed beautifully... ala nature inspired with fountain and plants all around. They have a separate stage for the mucisians. Over-all it was ok, we just need to add some other details so it would be perfert.

Afterwards, we decided to eat in Max's Restaurant in Tagaytay. And by the time we have ordered its was starting to drizzle. The sinigang na hipon was an excellent choice for this kind of weather. After having lunch, we took a jeepney and a bus to get to Imus the rode a van to Festival Mall. Ella, (Ezra and Butch’s 2nd baby) celebrated her 2nd birthday at Jollibee in Festival Mall. Since all of Ella’s gifts will be donated to Batay Bata 163, they have asked us to bring some canned tuna instead of buying Ella a dress or a toy. So we stopped by Shopwise to get some tuna... different brands and different style of cooked tuna. I was wondering what the cashier was thinking when she started to punch in our basket of tuna and placed it in the bag. She might be thinking we were on tuna diet…hehehe!

After the fun and games at the party, we headed to Makati Medical Center to visit Lolo Paco (Adrian’s Grandfather) who was in surgery a few days ago. By the time we left the hospital the rain is getting heavier and heavier. So we just decided to forgo with our movie plans and headed home.

I’m so glad that my worries about our wedding reception end here. I will finally be able to have a good night sleep …but wait! There are so much more of be worried about, still have no priest, no choir, haven’t started printing those invitations, haven’t planned the honeymoon yet, we still need to do our wedding registry...and many more .. Oh, God help us.

Marraige Banns

My dad said that our wedding banns were announced in the mass that he attended early this morning. I was excited to go to the church and I even left the house earlier than usual so I can get a good seat and hear our wedding banns (which are announced before the start of every mass). Before, whenever I hear wedding banns, I always wonder what would it be like if they announce in public that I'm getting married. And today, I can't believe I'm hearing it. Honestly, I was so proud to hear our wedding banns being announced. It's like my moment has come. It's my turn.

Mixed emotions are coming in and out of me… excitement and weariness, elated and scared. I just hope I'm still sane come my wedding day.

Canonical Interview and Marriage License

Yesterday, I’ve sacrificed one of my not so many vacation leaves for our canonical interview in Batangas. We are done (finally!) with our church requirements. I just need to endorse the marriage banns to my parish so they can announce and post it in the parish office. Why is that required? Beats me. I’m just glad we’re over with those requirements and I can worry about other things. Hehehe, it aint over till Sept 3. Anyway, while we were in Nasugbu, we also applied for our marriage license. I thought we will get the license right there and then, but the civil registrar told us that, it’s the officials from the church will be the one to get the license when they are available. So we then went back to the office of the St. Francis Xavier Parish and submitted a copy of the application form.

We were supposed to attend a family planning seminar at City Hall but since we have attended a natural family planning session during our Catholic Engaged Encounter seminar, the registrar didn’t require us to attend anymore. I was so glad about it, since I will not be sacrificing anymore another vacation leave credit. Yehey! By 10:30am we are done with our business both in the church and city hall.

We hitched a ride with Adrian’s relatives who are going to Makati Medical Center to admit Lolo Paco. We went along with them to the hospital until they were able to get a room for Adrian’s grandfather. By the time we left the hospital it was past 5:30 pm.

Since I was sick last week and we were unable to do our regular Thursday Movie-Date-Day, we decided to have a movie marathon. We went to Glorietta and watched Batman Begins (6pm screening), had some sandwiches for dinner then head to the last full show of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (10:30 pm screening). Batman Begins was okie, in the sense that the movie gave a clear outline on how Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. Though I did get dizzy during the some action scenes where the camera was wobbly. Both movies were good but I enjoyed watching Brad Pitt beat the hell out of Angelina Jolie and vise versa. The very well choreographed fight scenes, high tech gadgets and the comedic antics of the cast (every now and then) during the movie made it worthwhile for me.