Rapt in Awe

I can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in AWE and JOY.
Beautiful photo.

My happiness is.......

One of my frustrations in life is not having a good eye sight. It started way back in high-school when I had my self-inflicted lifestyle. I read books till morning, I read while lying in bed. I read with minimal amount of light. Basta, the culprit is books! ...from then on, my blurry vision just continue increasing. I became then a frequent eye-glasses wearer because I was also too squeamish to put something on my eyes.

But on my wedding day I decided to wear contact lens. I SHOULD, or else I would look really old on my wedding day.

But this is what happened when you wear a "coffee colored contact lens"... an instant Vampire! or Geisha like hahahaha

(Pls click for bigger picture)

I guess its' my poor camera that doesn't have eye reduction. haay, i can't wait for my official photos.

Hear me, heaven.. My happiness is having my previously good eyesight back! :-)

SO MUCH on Valentines day

Sharing kiss with my flower girl.

(I'd like to share the final part of my wedding speech to all of you this Valentines day.)

For those of you who don't know, My husband and I have some favorites words in our relationship, one of those is “ SO MUCH” and I'd like to share the meaning with all of you.

It is difficult to quantify love, sometimes it simply just "is", other times you feel it is like a world for you. But what I feel for my husband and he is for me --- is so big, and so overwhelming, that the only way I can accurately show him how much I love him is to say "So Much", because that is, of course, as much as there can ever be.

I will finish off by having you all raise a glass.

My wish is for all of you to experience "SO MUCH". I wish for your lives and your homes to be brimming with joy, full of friends and family, and surrounded by the love of someone you love and who loves you in return.

I wish to all of you "SO MUCH"! Cheers!

Happy Valentines Day, everyone. Celebrate life with SO MUCH love!

Open letter to Ms. Marnelli B.

Best,

Thank you for the comforting call a while ago. You are such an ANGEL.
My heart is grieving for this SUKOB thingy but you made me realized how to take the first step in FAITH.

There's so many blessings to count.
One is a beautiful married life. Why worry?
Second, is a wonderful friendship like ours. why cry?

I must learn from your experience. Marrying on the same year is after all, HAPPINESS for both our husband and their brothers.

We're really sisters. That's why I LOVE you.
Love,
Petite

(raided P&P store last year just to look alike)

Meet MARNELLI CEMPRON-BUDLONG,one of my bestfriends
A woman whose life is comforted and strengthen by FAITH. So Admirable.

Do you believe in SUKOB?

Do you believe in SUKOB?

Sukob, or what we call a Wedding Curse in English is based on the Filipino superstition that misfortune will come to a married couple and their family if the wedding is held within months of another family member’s death or if the wedding is held within the year of another sibling’s wedding.

I feel bad over this whole SUKOB thing. Whether we like it or not, sometimes these beliefs and superstitions do affect us.

I just got married 2 weeks ago and now, my husband's brother needed to get wed this year. Everybody says, NOOOOO It's Sukob.

I have been following the SUKOB belief and I can't easily divorce myself from believing it as well as other superstitions.

Yes, I am disheartened on why it has to be on the same year. BUT i will try my very best to turn the world around by changing my attitudes towards beliefs, traditions and superstitions.

I know that we have the power to do things we never dreamed possible. This power now becomes available to us just so we can change our beliefs.

I will let this go and I will trust more on to the LORD.
Let me work on my FAITH even more and even better.

Wedding Compliments

It's nice to live in a world of compliments. And for a while, i was on that world.
To be honest, my wedding was not the grandest but everybody felt grand.

It was classy on its ambiance and color
It was glorious when we had our first dance
It was meaningful when I walked down the aisle and everybody cried
It was magnificent with all the special people around
It was marvelous when everybody had fun.
It was excellent when all the guest sat through the very end of the program
It was inspiring listening to the speeches
It was admirable when everybody made an applause, loudly cheering on us

The compliments that day was truly a joy. It tugged my heartstrings.

(I and all your messages....Merci)

"I was really touched by your wedding, and really i enjoyed the reception, grabe!. Cge ko panabi diri sa ABS CBN, ganahan kaayo ko sa smooth operator dance ninyo and I love your speech, and pics WOW! That is why I can't help but approached your photographer and congratulated him. I am so happy for you, Pie." - Jayne Abella of ABS - CBN, Cebu

"Got teary eyed seeing you walk down the aisle. I really had fun at the reception. Nice wedding, dear. Success!" - Jaja Echavez, Software Engineer

"Thank you for the SUPERB night at the Waterfront." - Francisco Francisco, teacher

" You had a very nice wedding which you truly deserve." Ma. Arline Lim, Nurse

"Nindot kaayo imong wedding. Well organized kaayo and lingaw. " - Judith Hsia, RN

" Your wedding was one of the best we attended. We had a wonderful time. " Rose Eileen Dumale, Supervisor

" Your wedding was so nice. Very happy pud kaayo ko" - Claire Largo, Businesswoman

" Nalingaw kaayo mi, gaw sa imong wedding, nag video mi sa phone, amo niya to i-collate then hatag namo sa inyo." - Christian Abella, Software Engineer

" You were so beautiful, nigawas jud imong kgawapa" Ligaya Nugas, travel buddy :-)

" Your wedding was so great, in fact it was one wedding that I was able to sit through the very end and I actually enjoyed. Thanks so much for sharing your most memorable day with us." Maita Rita Go, Accountant

"Wonderful Celebration. My first wedding her in the Philippines. Sho is such a lucky guy." Eli, CEO

" That was one of the great nuptials I've been. Now, I am more encouraged to get married. Rico Lucena, Senior Reporter ABS-CBN, Cebu

"Felt so privileged to be part of your grand wedding. Grabe! i like the elegance and it's not samok. Not to mention, you were so radiant my dear. Very nice couple. " Eva Abellanosa, Accountant

" Very nice wedding, it was so much fun." - Jimmy Marquez, start in a million singer

From the deepest chambers of our hearts, THANK YOU.

When you mary on the right time, at right place, and right person, everything is a bliss.

I've been on a natural high since I got wed and I always tell people that the best day of my life was the time I decided to share LIFETIME LOVE with Sho.

That's really one great gift in life.

Allow me to thank all of you for the nice gifts that you have given to us on our wedding day. Of course, aside from the real love, presence and friendship...

You have given us gifts that brought so much meaning and joy to our new home. You really wish us happiness.

From the deepest chambers of our hearts, THANK YOU SO MUCH, guys.

A HEN party.

A night before my wedding, A group of my gfriends dropped by to take a glimpse on me before I become a wife. They actually have naughty gimmick prepared for me which was really crazy but
it was such a sweet surprise.

We had a simple and intimate dinner first.......then comes a bridal shower.
Oh by the way, another term for Bridal Shower is HEN PARTY.

It was fun. wholefully fun. Bridal Shower after all is a way of making you feel relax and calm before the Big Day. So please include that on your preparation. Have one of your friends prepare that for you.

And these are some of the sexy stuffs I received.


My Advise: Please limit your visitors before the wedding. MAximum time of fun will be up to 10pm. After that, shut the door and leave them outside.

My wedding invitation

Remember before, I wrote about the concept of my invitation? My so expressive wedding invitation.
Dang! I want to share to you the actual look of my invites. I actually got a lot of compliments on this because it looks so simple yet so elegant, romantic and very personal.

(This is the outside look -- with Printed words on it)

Our Journey to find true love ends..
Sho & Pie
Our Journey to cherish true love begins.....

(When you take it out from the envelope....look!)

It's a rose-themed invitation. With Red and Gold color as my motif.
It's still double fold with a rose packet on it.

(With meaningful words printed on it: It says....)

Top Most: Let this be our destiny to begin each new day together, to share our lives forever.
Over our Picture: My greatest happiness is sharing life with you - Sho
I am proud to marry you - Pie

These are the list of my entourage in different lengths. I have them all inserted inside the pocket rose at the right side.
(This is the how the bookmark looks like with a very meaningful message on it.)

For you,

Ever since we announced our engagement,
You have gone out of your way to congratulate
and wish us best.
The unbelievable outpouring of love and support
has been amazingly great and incredibly uplifting.

Thank you,

For you
For the meaning you've brought
For being one of the people we can share this life with
For being part of our lives

It has been one great gift.

Thank you for celebrating with us. We are very grateful
and we can't wait to see you on our big day.


Love,
Sho and Pie

(This is how to insert it)

I feel so secure seeing my invitation. Thanks to Binary Concoctions for the perfect choice of paper, stationary, ink and design. Wedding invitations after all, are a way to creatively, stylishly, and beautifully announce your upcoming nuptials to your family and friends.

I got this for only P90 each.

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Just got MARRIED

I just got MARRIED.

For REAL.

We're on our NEW HOME.

We're on HONEYMOON MODE.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

(There's so many things to write about my wedding and I don't know where to start. But expect a lot of blog entries in the coming days)

Kisses to all of you.
(photos from personal digicam)