Old Hollywood Glamour Wedding

I was very busy these couple of days because I was busy preparing for my cousin's OLD HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR Themed wedding! we searched all places to where we could find suitable dresses that we could wear on that day. Of course my son was part of the entourage as the coin bearer. The wedding made me remember the core value of why a couple wants to get married. It is because we want the whole world to see how happy we are to have taken our vows in front of a lot of people and of course with God's presence to manifest that the love that we have for each other is eternal! I am very close with my cousin Veneath who to her friends she is called as Vee, but to us she will always be our dear Shower! She lived with us for a while before when she first started her college life in CDO. My parents treated her as  one of their daughters. Even when she transferred to Manila to continue her studies there, whenever my Papa goes to Manila, he would always bring her Ham from CDO. When she Graduated from college, My papa was there to see her walk up the stage and get her diploma! Now that she's married, it seems like my papa had another daughter who got married also! Congratulations to Kevin also! who has been so good to us and the rest of the family! welcome to the family Kev! and I'm pretty sure his office mates who flew all the way from Canada had so much fun here in the Philippines!

It was a very beautiful day! a perfect day for a wedding! I have a few snap shot from the day of the wedding! hope you guys enjoy watching it! Credits to my cousin's best friend Ate Margie Mahinay for some of the photos!

The Groom Kevin the one wearing the Beige Suit and his BestMan!

Here Comes The Bride (That's her father waiting for her on the aisle)

The Beautiful bride with her parents

My Son in his cute costume!

That's him at waterfront hotel and casino. Waiting for their go signal to proceed to the Cathedral for the wedding

The Altar from our point of view to where we were seated at the Cathedral

My Family. Thirdy's not that much in the mood to take some pics!

you may now kiss the bride!

my cousin Michelle! I love the outfits of the bridesmaids!

 Me and the bride's sister!my cousin Michelle

With my sister's and my son and my cousin Michelle

the wedding car! the Jaguar on the right side belonged to the couple who's wedding is the one after my cousin's. 

fooling around with my sister while waiting for the wedding to start.

Job well done! we managed to do our make ups so well!

Slicing of the cake!

the souvenirs! (goblet not included. hehe)

the reception!

Entrance of the couple!

The wedding cake! The whole cake can be eaten! yes! no Styrofoam layer! first layer is  a fruit cake, next 2 layers is red velvet cake and the last layer is chocolate flavored

Entrance at the Reception at Casa Espanol

the couple!

the bride's eldest sister with our new niece Anya!!!

Kevin, ate Margie and Veneath!!!

BEST WISHES TO THE NEWLY WEDS!

5 ways to win my heart

source: Photobucket

I have always been a hopeless romantic. I firmly belived that happy endings do come true and that there would always be a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow,Well hypotheticaly speaking. But i really believed in having a ONE TRUE LOVE. But to win my heart I will tell you 5 ways. Not that I'm still searching but i'll tell you 5 things my husband did that won my heart.

1. HONESTY

My husband has always been honest to me from the very beginning of our relationship. He won my heart because we know that trust is one of the most important key in having a happy and content relationship. Not just for married couples but in any relationship also, be it with friends, coleagues or within the family. I have always been honest to how I feel and to what I think. So I guess it's just right that when someone is honest enought to tell you the truth, you might as well be honest also.

2. LAUGHTER

They say that laughter is the best medicine! My husband, although he may appear to be as a shy and quiet person, he makes me laugh all the time. He tells me jokes and just by being himself makes me smile. I admit that i get stressed easily most of the time, but when my husband is there waiting to cheer me up, there is neee a dull moment when i'm with him. I laugh at the smallest things. Thats why it wasnt so hard for my husband to win my heart.

3. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

What you see is what you get. I don't sugar coat who I am. I am true to what i am showing other people. Thats whyi fell inlove with my husband because he truly showed me who he really was from the first time that we met during high school. Showing your trye colors makes people more comfortable and will love you even more. He showed me how human he was and i accepted him for that. Maybe that's why we connected easily because we were showing our true colors. So he won my heart by just being himself

4. BE SWEET

Every once in a while, a girl would like to feel special. For me I want to feel special and how appreciated I was. Sometimes I may have bad days where I just want someone to shower me with kind words and sweet nothings! Although my husband doesn't seem to be that expressive, but when he does, he really swept me off mu fight. I always say to him that it's the smallest things you do that matters to me. He sets my alarm clock on my phone anytime of the day with a reminder that says "i love you" or the simplest things of teaching my son to pick flowers from our yard to give it to me anytime my son feels like it which is like always. how sweet is that!

5. GOD FEARING

My husband and I first met at the church where we both were going. I have always prayed to God to meet someone who shares the same belief as I am.And he made my dreams come true by giving me my husband who is very God fearing and knows how to bring me closer to God

So i guess those are just some of the things that i can say that can win my heart. I'm just a simple person that believes in simple but things with meanings.

the 1st of September

3 years ago i gave birth to a healthy baby boy via Cesarean Section. We were the happiest parents that day! Now my son is happy to celebrate his 3rd birthday. For months and weeks he has always been telling us that he wants to have Spiderman on his birthday, so we really worked hard to give him a Spiderman themed birthday. When we went to the party organized that i liked, they said that they don't have a Spiderman themed party. Since Thirdy loves Jake and the neverland pirates, I chose that theme for him but made his cake Spiderman themed. I guess he got the best of both worlds. Last Saturday, during his birthdayt, It started to rain so hard during lunch time, and I was very scared if the kids could still come because the weather was not that great. Then my husband had to go on a seminar that was last minute announced to them. Good thing my husband was able to catch up at the party! when I got there my cousin Gelo was there as promised to make what he called as "croquembuche" which by the way tasted so good! My 2 best Friends in the world was there also to help me set the table and everything. Thank you very much Elaine Butron and Kring Escano (we miss you Jiselle Fuentes) The party went great and the kids enjoyed the game and the mommies too! That day was such a happy day for thirdy, the kids enjoyed also the free ice cream and the cotton candies. I would give everything to see my son happy on his birthday! Thank you very much to PYCO fun factory for hosting yet again my son's birthday. Thank you very much to all who came and made my son's birthday extra special! to my family who made this possible thank you so much! To my sister kristine for making the cupcakes extra special and for those yummy chocolate chip cookies! For my sister-in-law thank you for those yummy fried chicken and meaty spaghetti that you made! I'm sure the kids liked it so much!

My sister made these spiderman cupcakes for my little man. 

Thirdy's spiderman cake by The cake Studio

my little family with my mom. my papa wasn't able to come because of the rain and he was stranded at our farm. 

with my husband's siblings! thanks a lot Manang Grace for cooking all the food!!! 

This is the  "croquembuche"that my cousin Gelo made! thanks a lot kuya! for coming and for fulfilling your promise to me! hehehe

The Birthday boy! happy happy birthday love! we love you so much! I know you enjoyed your Jake/ Spiderman Birthday party! 

Don’t be afraid of your past

Photo credits to ZsaZsa Bellagio

“Don’t let your past dictate who you are, but let it be part of who you will become.” -My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

Saw this reposted on twitter, and I agree on what it says. For me,I chose to look at life in a very positive way. The things that happened in the past, the mistakes I made are Life’s greatest lesson to me. If I hadn’t dome those things, I wouldnt have what I have right now. Everyone I think has that one mistake that you wish you could undo. That one mistake that made tou wish that you could have done something. I believe that everything happens for a reason.I may not have known it before, but I know today that I learned many valuable lessons. Sometimes, some people think negatively of the past. It’s as if as something that’s chasing you. For me, my past is a reminder to me of how human I am. That I make mistakes, I learn from it, and it made me a better person that I am today. I have always asked myself before, why do people leave and hurt me so much? At that time I would always doubt myself if I have been a good person or not. Then, I came to realize that those persons who came and left me or those people who have hurt me in the past, or those that led me to make bad decisions before are just instruments to make me be thankful for what I have today.

I beleive that you create your own destiny, this day will become your past, make the most of it. Life is what you make it. Dont be afraid or be ashamed of your past, because if you look inside yourself, you know deep down that somewhere in your past, you learned great leasons in life. Think positive always, you control your life. Don’t bither listening to people who are constantly bringing you down because of the things that you did in the past. Rise up and prove to them that you are now a better person because you survived the hardships and trials that went your way.

I can say, that I am a living proof that the pastdoes not define you. It is what molds you into a better person for others! It made me realize that I should value life and love myself more. That’s why today I feel so blessed to have my husband and son with me. Other people may judge me, but as long as I have faith in God that I can do better and rise up above all the trials and hardships, there’s no use of being afraid of the past!

Think positive, all is not lost. Always remember that Life is a journey, not a problem to be solved. Enjoy every bit of it, have fun today, for tommorw is uncertain. All we can is just pray that the Lord will guide us through our everyday decisions.

Good vibes to all of you my dear readers! =)







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Pearl Farm Davao

A few years ago, my sister came home from her OJT in the UK. The family decided to go on an out of town trip to celebrate my sister's home coming! Since we haven't been to Davao as a family, we decided to have our family vacation there. It took us around 6-7 hours of traveling by land on a private car. But man i tell you my butt was so sore from the travel, i was 5 months pregnant then. I didn't complain because i know that after all this, it's gonna be worth it! And i was right! We went to the butterfly farm and crocodile farm in Davao. We enjoyed it so much, we even played paint ball. Maybe after this post I can also write about the butterfly farm and crocodile farm experience we had. All of these was taken during May of 2009. The rates may have changed since the time we were there. feel free to check their website guys, pearlfarmresort.com

Since we wanted to try out Pearl Farm, we went to their reception area. We payed for our rooms for an overnight stay and we patiently waited for the ferry to take us to the island. While we were waiting, we enjoyed playing and talking at their very spacious waiting area.They also have a small cafe where you can sit down, drink coffee and read the newspaper.

When the ferry boat arrived, we traveled for almost 10 to15 minutes from their reception area to the island itself where the hotel was located. We arrived late in the afternoon already, and we were greated by drum rolls, juice and and a short welcome message from the staff of the hotel.

FOOD:

The food was very nice and very delicious. every meal is an all-you-can-eat buffet! We enjoyed the different variety of food that was displayed every meal. The presentation was nice and very tempting to look at for another second heaping. to top of it all, I'd rate it a 10! Their juice is really fresh!

ACCOMMODATION:

I rate it a 10 also. the sheets are crisp and clean, comfortable beds and the bath room is very spacious and very clean! It's a place where i want to stay for the rest of the day! Knowing i was 5 months preganant at that time, i did not have a hard time sleeping because it was so comfortable to sleep with. our accommodation was in the Mandaya House.

If i could go back again to pearl farm, I'd gladly go back there to fully experience the island. An overnight stay is not enough to enjoy the amenities of the hotel! they also have their own souvenir shop, a spa and of course they have a small vehicle going around the vicinity of the island to accommodate guests to go from one point of the resort to another without having to have sore feet. But on the other side, walking around the resort is also nice because you get to experience nature at it's best and it serves also as an exercise while you're at it. They also have tons of water activities for the guests, but we only did the paddle boat because we were short of our time.

The night we stayed at the hotel, there was an End of the Summer Party at Malipano Island. It's part of the resort but located on another island.We had to ride small boats from our island to Malipano island. It was just a 5 minutes boat ride. They had fire dances, games and of course live band. Don't forget the food! We didnt stay that long at the party because my tummy was already acting up. The baby inside me wants to go to sleep already. To top it all we really did enjoy that party even if we had to leave early

We woke up early the next day to have breakfast and to prepare to check out. I for one haven't experienced the whole resort, but i had a great time because i was with my family and enjoyed the fun activities and the memories we made there together!.

So guys, if you want to have the time of your life and experience a 5 star resort at its totally best, you have to try pearl farm resort! It's more fun in the Philippines! you get to experience nature and have fun at the same time. Check them out at their website.click here.

The Parola Bar

their Spa area.

The early morning shot from our part of the resort.

the pool beside our Villa.

My brother and sister

My mama and Papa, waiting for our ferry boat to take us to the island

Me and my Husband

Checking in at the hotel!

Traveling for almost a day already. hehehe

Our ferry boat that will bring us to the paradise island of Pearl Farm.

Ticket's Tickets!

The Infinity Pool!

This is how i roll and relax! pregnant tourist on the go!

My Life's Little Miracle

I found this blog post i made after i gave bith to my son last September 2009! This blog post is a blast from the past post for me! i Hope you enjoy reading it guys!

" my life's little miracle"

When i first found out that i was pregnant i was already in my 3rd month and the last month for the first trimester. That was when my boyfriend (now my husband) and i realized that we need to do the all-time-pregnancy-kit-test. We tried it when our housemates were already asleep and we silently went to the comfort room to do the test. When it was time to use the kit i was 80 percent sure that i was pregnant but i needed the kit for a 99 percent confirmation (1 % was for me going to the ob-gyne) ok, when i did the test a part of me wished i wasnt pregnant but when the pregnancy kit gave me 2 straight lines i couldnt explaine me feelings. My first reaction was that i smiled and deep down inside me made me feel the luckiest girl alive.. "IM GONNA BE A MOM" it didnt occured to me to be sad or what. now i know what to explain the feeling that i felt during that time. i was overwhelmed. So overwhelmed that i could not speak a single word or even shed a single tear of joy or a tear of anxiety (if there is such a thing as that). Well for a 22 year old girl who's still trying to finish some cases as a nursing student, i couldnt help it but be afraid or should i say that i was quite shockedby the news that i just told my then boyfriend " what will we do" and i've been repeating it for like a million times to him with me clutching the pregnancy kit so hard in my palms that i want it to sink in so that i could accpet it and that i would seem true for me. My boyfriend just hugged me so tight and just said " don't worry, i wont leave you. we will push throught with the pregnancy. i'll do whatever i can to make this easy for you. we'll go home and i'll face your parents that even if your dad would punch me stright in the face i would accept it. so i guess i just have to exercise my face for your dad." And that made me feel secure, knowing that my boyfriend was responsible enough to accept the things that just strucked us like lightning. so we went to sleep, he cradled me in his arms wich made me feel the more secure and happy. i wished that this was just a dream that when i wake up all of this would just dissapear like a bubble bursting in the air.

When i woke up the next morning, i saw the pregnancy kit with the positive sign on it, it was the first time that i broke down and cried my heart out. i was crying while touching my tummy, saying to myself " this is so true, what will i do? what am i going to tell my parents, how will they react?" then it all started. i went to an ob-gyne that day with my husband and we first heard my son's heart beat.

when we first heard it i cried. it was not because i am sad but because it was the MOST WONDERFUL SOUND i have ever heard in my life. And it was confirmed that i was 3 months pregnant.

It was not until i was on my fifth month when my parents knew that i was pregnant. my mom had hints already but was just waiting for my confirmation. she started to tell me that im getting a lot bigger than i used to and my boobs are getting big, knowing that i once was an A cap(hehehe). when we told my mom she went crying all over the car. (she wanted us to tell her inside the car because she knew what was comming already). She was telling me thing like " how could you not used any condoms?! why did you ever think of doing it without being safe?!!" well, you could just imagine other things she was asking us. but to cut it all, the next morning my mom talked to me, she was just worried because she thought i was not taking good care of the baby and that if i was doing pre natal check ups and drinking enough vitamins and milk for me and my baby. i know the news shocked them and made them think that they were a failure on me. but i dont think that they ever made a mistake. it was the decisions i made that made this into such a dillema for our family during that time. when my dad knew about it, he just kept quiet and accepted it, because he said" what else can we do?"

my pregnancy went very well because my family was very supportive of me. everyone was so thrilled to see the baby already. when i was nearing my due date everyone wanted me to give birth on my dad's birthday on the 4th of september. i was already very big and very pregnant on my 8th month. we tried walking along the malls for some exercise and swimming also helps. a week before my EDC i went for my weekly check up with my ob-gyne when she did the leopold maneuver she said that my baby was still floating but in the proper position for giving birth already. When i had my ultrasound the following day my baby had turned 360 degrees that he was on his butt. my doctor told me of a possible c-section but we were still positive that the baby would turn becuase we still have one week left. i did all hat i could do to make him move. monday came August 31,2009 i had my last ultrasound. i was excited to know that my baby had turned to his proper position getting ready for labor. but it turned out that he didnt moved at all. i was crying all over my doctors clinic because i didnt want to have the c- section. but we have no choice. I AM HAVING THE C-SECTION. the doctor gave me a choice either to go into labor and wait if the baby could still move or schedule a c-section. but we could not wait any longer because we wanted it to be scheduled on my dad's birthday but the thing is there is no doctor available in september 4th because they will be leaving. so we scheduled it the next day. tuesday september 1, 2009 i was scheduled for a c-section at 2pm. i was very nervous and yet excited to see my son.

since i was still recovering from the operation i got to see my baby 5 mins after they closed me and after one whole day where i have to learn how to sit down with all the excrutiating pain in my tummy area. i got to go and give you your very first breast fed milk.

and from then on i was felt like i was the happiest person in the world. to have seen a complete miracle being cradled in my arms. the best thing that ever happened in my life was to hear you cry when you were being pulled out from me. and from then on i know that you would always be my life's little miracle!

Happy 3!!!

1 Corinthians 13 1-13

1If I speak in the tongues^a of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,^b but have not love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

This was one of the readings during our church wedding last October 8, 2011. We chose this ourselves because for us, that is how love should be.

We have been happily married for 3 years already, and we’ve been wed 3 times also. funny isn’t it? hehehe. My husband and i find it very amusing.We would always say that no one could ever break our bond of marriage because we were wed three times. And this is how it all goes.

My husband and I decided that we were going to get married as soon as i finish school and after i will take the board exam. The plan changed suddenly, i got pregnant! I was pregnant with our son Thirdy by the time we decided we wanted to tie the knot now!. I was 5 months pregnant then, so to not give any more complications for when i give birth (like my son’s birth certificate and passports and all) we decided to have a simple civil wedding. So both of our families planned to have it on JUNE 25, 2009. My father called up his friend who was a mayor of a certain town near us to preside our wedding. And since there were lots of requirements for us to comply and i was too tired to come back and forth to the town office, my father sent someone to do the work for us. We were very sure that everything was in place in time for the wedding. When June 25th came, we went early to the municipal town to check if we really had a schedule on that day. To our surprise, we cant be wed on that day because we didn’t came back to let our parents sign the permits (i was 22 back then, and it was part of their law that if the girl being married has not yet reached the age of 25 one of her parent has to sign a permission letter, for the boys, he has to be 25 also) To make the long story short, my dad called up the mayor and good thing he was a good friend of ours, he agreed to do the ceremony without the papers yet and that we have to come back after 10 days to sign the papers to be processed in the Civil registry. 

so after 10 days, we went back and check the papers to be submitted already. our new wedding date would have to be July 6, 2009. then i realized i don’t like the number 6, so i asked the lady in charge if i could change our marriage date to July 8, 2009. And she agreed. so our permanent wedding date that was passed to the Civil  registrar was JULY 8, 2009.

This was us during our june 25th wedding. 

see how big my tummy was? hehehe

2 years after we decided to tie the knot again! this time, we wanted to have God’s blessing! we had our church wedding last October 8, 2011. which was one of the happiest days of our lives! being married in front of God and in front of all the people who were there to witness our love.

finally!! this is us during our church wedding last October 8, 2011

We decided to celebrate our anniversary every July 8, so as not to forget the exact date that was passed to the Civil Registrar and all important documents that we have.

happy to have reached 3 years with my love! praying to reach a hundred more years with him!