a small world

we've been in touch with threelogy (video) through sms, mostly by done by olie.. and yesterday, we found out through fellow w@wies that their website is up... in their gallery is the wedding of vien and chris which i attended last year..

and then on our way home, we chanced upon pen, my roomie in college. she knows naman mimi and karl abesamis (photo) whom we are considering for wedding photo coverage. but we are definitely getting these two for our prenups... hahaha.

we've got connections pala (duh!) hahaha.. but can we get discounts based on these??? i wish...

and oh. lyra and manuel, fellow w@wies who got married in december 2004 were marla, my other roomie in college's best friend.. definitely a small world.
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i've decided to send a link to this blog to my 2 best buds - ken and odin. hmm.. i wonder how will they react...
(hi to you both in case you do get to read this!)
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things on my mind.. sometimes

am i really ready for this??? scary but exciting though.
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wed preps..

i think we should finalize the following and pencil-book them ASAP..
reception venue
photo
MUA

updates: venues and photo/ video

Reception Venues...

we're now considering possible venues, shortlisted as follows:

as much as i wish to hold our wedding at Heritage Ballroom, Heritage Hotel, i have to consider my guests' food consumption. mostly, people still feel hungry after eating at a hotel reception. Although i've receive lots of great feedbacks on the food served at Heritage, i'd like to give my parents, whose primary (actually, its the only) concern is to make sure that the guests' are full, stuffed. so i'm on the lookout for a venue where we can bring a caterer in.. as such, the following venues came up..

Ramon Magsaysay building
- will have to check this weekend

Orchidarium and Butterfly Pavillon (catering can be by Lush Life)
- we were there last saturday
- di feel ni olie si nimfa (the one we talked to from Orchidarium)
- type ko un venue coz i can imagine it with lots of lights...
- receive feedbacks na ok daw yun food from Lush Life...

Villa Imaculada (exclusively catered by Tamayo's)
- based on pics, love the interiors..
- will have to check this weekend

nku, kung di lang kasi the guestlist is growing to est. 170...

i also considered Coconut Palace kaya lang ang mahal dahil sa mga additional charges...

and automatically not included sa list: Teatrillo and Pope John Paul II Youth Center. I don't like underground venues!


Photo Video - updates! updates!

we'll be meeting mimi a on the 13th of feb to discuss possible contracting of her services. we were sure on getting her if not for her increase in rates.. so now, we have to reconsider..

in any case, we'll get her for prenups for sure...

a happy me

i feel light and bubbly these days... love life is ok.. career? so-so.. lots of work to do... pero manageable i think. i mean tasks naman are manageable basta accomplish one at a time. cash flow? hmm... getting there. i'm working on it. step by step.
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just posting on exes... rafy called me up. again. sunday night. comments he made:

• naghahanap lang me kausap maganda (when i asked him why he called)
• malaki balakang ko when he saw me in glorietta a month (? im not sure) ago (so?)
• would i be in the office on my birthday? (duh! i haven't thought about it yet. feeling ko antagal pa kasi... but now that he mentioned it.. next week na pala yun) --- nagpaparamdam????
• 26 ka na pala dati 23 lang (i was 23 when we were together pa -- daw!)
• ....andami mo na naka relasyon! (from 23 to 26!)
• un pa din ba boyfriend mo?
• buntis ka ba? (heller!!!!! syempre may kasama ng away away dito)

buti na lang kilala ko na sya - un pagiging tactless and insulting nya - natural nya un..

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olie wasn't feeling well last night. aga nya umuwi. i'm glad though that he is better now.

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and i spreaded the news na nga pala: we're getting married! people who know: nancy (personally informed), che nera (through YM), verna and maleen (through my blog). portia somewhat know that we have plans (through some chika).

i pray that all goes well. na sana, we (and syempre our family and friends) stay healthy. na sana olie and i will continue to grow together and be strong and remain committed to each other. and our dreams and those of our friends come true.

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wed talk: motif or theme anyone????

milestones!

finally.. nkapag sabi na din kami kay papa...
my last post here was fri... saturday, we were to book the church already.. deadline to confirm the our reservation.. friday night, we weren't able to tell papa.. as usual, natulog na nman sya ng maaga. hmmm...

so on sat, olie and i dropped mama off at Central Bank, Roxas and proceeded to our church. yep we did it!!! we did it!!! we paid our DP and booked our church!
please save the date: 18 february 2006, 3:30pm... Shrine of Jesus, The Way, The Truth and The Life (Reclamation, Pasay City)

we went to look for Orchidarium and took some pictures, inquired as to their rates. We picked up mama and proceeded tothe NBC Tent at The Fort for the Wedding March Bridal fair.

when we got home, we were all kidding each other as to how to tell papa. finally, i had the guts to ask papa to join as sa sala, he told me that he already knew... that mama told him. and then silence. i sat on the side on the bed and asked him if he was angry/ mad.. and he just said:

• that's ur decision
• if you're ready and prepared...
• make it simple..
• invite my tito and titas in pampanga..
• look for a place to stay/ a house first.

and he came out with me to the living room. we joined mama and olie. papa started asking olie some questions.. hehehe.. about his family background.. mostly the talk was about finding a house for us first.

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i am so relieved... and excited as well. thank God.

a ceasefire...

again, this is still about our attempts to tell papa of our plans to wed next year..

we weren't able to tell him last night. we didn't even try. when we got home, he was watching tv in the bedroom and then later, he went to sleep. he didn't stayed at the living room or even eat with us, so we didn't have a chance to tell him..

after all our the stress and the worry that this stage is giving us, i refuse to continue anymore. whether or not we are able to tell him on or before saturday (our deadline for booking the church), we will book the church. we can inform him next week or something.

i can't move my wedding again.. maybe i will if its for december 2005. hehehe.. ang ganda kasi ng decors ng church pag xmas season.. no need to upgrade the flowers.

on guests and siyempre budget, i don't mind having a really small wedding of close family and friends, say 50. but i do want a garden reception.. in which case we'd still end up renting a venue... so a thought came to me just now.. don't hotels have a sort of veranda-like restaurants within.. if its just 50, i'd want something casual.. parang "English tea" scene.. :-)

as i texted olie, i don't mind the reception/ guests so long as i wed to him at SOJ with my long white dress. kahit no reception, its fine with me (but not for my guests).

im sure my friends would understand. my relatives? i don't know. hahaha.

oh. and i refuse to pressure myself and olie into telling papa of our plans on or before saturday. i want to relax and let go.. so i asked olie to watch a movie with me later instead of going home and trying to talk to papa before he goes to sleep.

shooting stars, theme songs and mama

verna called this morning...

they went out - tinits, verna and maleen and started talking about the changes to expect in the coming year.. like this is the year where people either plan to get married, get married, or initiate major changes in their respective careers..

my friends do not believe that i'm really getting married. at least that's what they tell me. they won't believe until they actually see me at the altar.

whatever.

so napa kwento. about last night....
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olie was delayed from work coz ESF asked him to do something and it has to be finished within the day. ESF will be on leave today so he has to submit it to AVD yesterday. we were able to leave the office by 630.

we picked up mama from her office. on the way home, we saw a falling star/ shooting star/ meteor.. whatever. basta it was a bright light falling.

olie said we should have dinner. as i was parking at pancake house at Petron SLEX, mama commented na sa Jollibee na lang.. however, we still proceded to pancake house.

mama was so ma chika.. from the activities of her religious org/s, her meeting that day at DOJ, the 25th anniversary of PNU, her sister, the nun's activities, previous and future experiences with Visita Iglesias....

as you can imagine, olie had a hard time finding the right moment to inform her of our intentions. i was incessantly kicking his shin for him to make the move. "How did you know", our song, was even played in the radio. we have all finished eating and still nothing. finally, i was resigned that it wasn't happening tonight so i asked the waiter to pack the leftovers and give the bill. once we were paid, olie started with,"Mama, magpapalam po sana kami. Magpapakasal na po kami..." and it appeared that mama didn't understand what he had said so he had to repeat himself adding,"matagal pa naman ho... February 2006".

suffice it to say that mama wasn't enthusiastic.. i remembered bits and pieces of her comments..

• sigurado ba kayo?
• naku hindi biru-biro yan.
• marunong ka na ba magluto? (me daw!)
• sasabihin ni daddy mo sa bahay na lang kayo gumastos.. dun tutulungan nun kayo.. yun yung hilig nya..
• wala kasi sa kanila na gusto sa pampanga.. eh may lupa dun.. un sa katarungan 225. pero paghatian sa 3. hindi ko alam kung paano.. kausapin ko muna si daddy mo..
• naku, simple na lang...
• saan nyo ba balak? naalala mo ba un pag sa pampanga, buong barangay... wag din dito sa atin sa village at buong village...
• some kwento about vivien's wedding ang her officemate who was also planning a wedding
• (when i told her na sa SOJ at Reclamation, Pasay).. konti nga makakarating
• eh anu bang restaurant meron dun sa roxas blvd? sa Aristocrat na lang...
• ako tatahimik na lang... para di marami mag comment about the invites
• close family and friends na lang
• abay bahala kayo
• ayoko pag usapan.. dagdag pa na iisipin ko
• buti na lang busog na ako.. mukhang lalabas pa ung kinain ko...

ganun ba talga kasama un balita namin? huhuhuhu.. napa cry talga kami ni olie... while driving and until we got home i was weeping.. i really felt bad na ganun reaction nya..

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i still feel bad today, but decisive in informing papa nman later. we are going home early to make sure he is awake when we get there.

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on the happy side, we will have Eddie Boy Escudero for our 1st prenup pictorial on the 13th of february at UP Diliman, 4pm. :-)

pagpapaalam - attempts

again, di pa din namin nasabi kagabi...
+ mama and papa were both awake when we got home (aga kasi namin umuwi) nasa room sila watching TV

tapos lahat na minus...
- di pa kasi kami kumakain, kakamadali umuwi....
- nag init si mama ng food..
+ papa lumipat sa sala to watch tv (pwede namin sabihan)
- kaya lang nung patapos na kami kumain, biglang umalis at natulog na... (foiled attempt)
- si mama sa room lang nag tv, di lumabas para maki chika...

inantay antay pa namin sya....
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ngayon naman, ang balak namin, daanan si mama from work at isabay pauwi.. idiretso dinner and spring the news to her para she can help us na din in informing papa.

and to foil our plans, mama has a meeting pala sa manila and baka di sya sumabay pauwi.

ANU BA YAN???

changes

olie used to be so early.. coz he wanted to see me, be with me, have breakfast with me. i didn't know that this was really NOT his habit.. i found out later on that he used to arrive later.. about 9ish instead of a bit past 7 / before 8.

and now, he shifted his work schedule from 8 to 5 to 830 to 530. true enough, that's the usual time we leave the office. but i guess the excitement is now gone... he is no longer "inspired" to go to work early just to see me. dati walang kapaguran sa paghatid.. kesyo kayang kaya daw.. and now, lumalabas na ang mga reasons.. na mas early naman daw ako sleep, he finds it hard to wake up in the morning early coz its so cold.. the water is so cold.. etc. etc.
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eto yun ayoko na phase in a relationship.. i mean siguro nga natural na kasi we're always together, we feel comfortable na with each other.... kaya din siguro di ako nag tatagal sa relationships.. kasi ayoko dumating sa stage na ito... ang babaw ko noh.

siguro nga i better get used to this and anticipate other similar changes happening.

kaya nga din i don't wonder why most couples naman, after getting married, etc.. are no longer sweet to each other.. its like forgetting.
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here we go...

i fell in love with the setup sa heritage ballroom last saturday... ang ganda.. simple and elegant. but on saturday afternoon, we discussed.. our options.. approx 200k un package ng heritage.. i wish we could afford it... haay... CP is now on the so-so level.. and Heritage is now my dream.. hahaha.. how fickle girls can be..
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next to reserving the church, syempre we have to inform my parents..and we don't know how. but we have to do it within the week coz we have to pay the DP for the Church by Saturday to confirm our booking...

last sunday, we went to visit maru, a friend who recently gave birth to baby Nina at QC. we've kinda decided that maybe we could tell my parents so we headed home late afternoon...
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we roamed the mall and looked at some cloths that can be used for the entourage, and thought about our motif.. we both considered a lot of colors.... royal blue, gold, chartreuse green, fuschia pink and aquamarine.
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when we got home, i was tasked to make lumpia while my mom dressed to go to church and papa was waiting for her... then we went to church with her. we thought maybe on the way back, since we'll be walking, we can tell her.

it was the feast of Sto. Nino. and Tita Carmen and her husband was there dancing! they were Sto. Nino devotees. She was wearing the clothes she wore during her daughter, RJ's wedding. This was the first time she wore it to church since RJ's wedding was in Iglesia. I jokingly said na my wedding isn't today, so she should not have worn the dress yet. and she was asking me kung kelan. i said, we are trying to find a way pa nga lang on how to tell my parents.. haha.. and she suggested what RJ and Ronald did to them... Eat out and spring the news! This we can't do since papa doesn't feel like going out anymore. So it has to be at home! And she was telling me na she'll tell my mom na lang for me...

On the way home, mom kept on talking about stuff.. (wasn't listening) I was too busy pinching olie to tell her na.. Olie wanted me to give a que.."Ma, may sabihin si Olie" or something similar... eh I don't want to.. hahaha. Napaka uncooperative ko noh.. Buti nga bait bait Olie eh.

So, to continue, lakad kami... pag may konting silence.. pinch ko si olie... kahit na mka buwelo, bigla namang chi-chika si mama.. haay! tapos biglang nadaanan kami ni fer (in the car) so we got in and took the ride with him na.. no chance.

tapos when we got home, mama got busy cooking tapos kami naman kumain.. haay. ala talga.

kelan kaya??
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ilan ulit ko nasabi kay olie.. kahit anu ata reaksiyon nila, aside from being happy for me, basta may konting negative sa expression.. maiiyak ako.. just thinking about those stuff makes me cry ngayon pa lang... panu pa kaya.. sabi ko pag di sila payag or agree sa amin, sama na ako kay olie.. huhuhu.
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another try mamaya...

totoo na 'to!

i'm so happy... despite my so many drama moments, true na ito... 18 february 2006! yep, delayed due to unavailable church skeds.. galing kaming SOJ this morning and reserved the date and time... we have one week to confirm and pay the DP..

we also have a week to inform my parents before paying the DP.

but kahit pa. im happy..
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btw, we also went to le pavillon to the Moments of Dreams bridal fair and the Heritage Hotel to see whether its possibilities as a reception venue...

now, we're in the office.. discussing, computing, somewhat choosing.. and CP na ngayon ang venue namin, with Josiah's as our caterer. :-)
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la lang. i'm just happy.

funding for a dream

we went to ACDI today to get some matured investment of his (na conjugal daw.. hahahah) i was saying, would it still be conjugal if we didn't end up together??? he said dapat may collateral.. hmm.. i said, katawan ba pwede na? and he said, katawan or puri.. i was referring to puri actually hahaha.. so, i asked again, would it still be conjugal if we didn't end up together and i gave my puri as collateral?? he didnt answer. scared.
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i hope he wins a spot as one of the BOD of GECA. Election is today. :-)
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funding was to be used for Wed-related DPs - church, venue and 3logy. would it suffice? maybe we're not as ready as we (or I, ako lang ata ang feeling go na go eh) think.

we should talk. seriously. about Wed.
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too bad he didn't win. he'll do a great job pa naman i'm sure. God have other plans for Him and GECA syempre.
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i just mean na if we're seriously pushing through with sept, we should really start planning realistically. cguro, budget-wise, mas easier kung i-move sya... problem is, parang nag bonding na kami ng 17 sept 2005. lam mo un parang un na ung kasama ng system mo.. hahaha.. o di ba, practical reasons vis a vis sentimental?? hehehe.
(asus nagdahilan pa ako, masyado lang excited...) tapos ikaka emote ko na nman kung ma defer.. feel ko na na ikaka emote ko na nman. panu kaya yun. drama na nman. eh i can't help it eh.(haay.. todo pa-girl talga)
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we should celebrate mamya. win or lose dapat. there's always a reason to celebrate life.
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i was thinking about the title.. funding. can we make it a fund-raiser? hehehe. kiddin'!
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weddings are beautiful because they are outward/ public manifestations of love and lifetime commitment. i can live with a simple wedding. i do hope, we're not taking on something we really cannot handle in the end. :-)
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sometimes i get scared. parang eto na nman ako, getting my hopes up. tapos ZERO. huhuhuhu...

true love?

how would you know if true love is staring right in front of you? what if the perfect person for you is right beside you and you take them forgranted??

questions...

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we talked last night. finally. i was able to somehow say what i feel. in the little i said, lam ko he knew what i meant. he understood. kahit pa the reasons behind it were so petty.

i hurt him. and i'm hurting me as well. isip ko nga habang tumatagal i'm getting stupid. i mean, if what you are doing hurts you, then why are you doing it still. in the middle of the conversation, i sometimes felt the urge to laugh.. it was so stupid. the two of us, parked in the Don Bosco chapel, crying.. it was like.. HELLER???!!!

i've used the word "traumatic" to describe what i felt i've gone through. really, parang i can't go through the preps again.. getting your hopes up... and everything. it really breaks my heart.

you know, when he said punta kami heritage.. parang eto na nman.. tapos wala naman. parang nang aasar. maybe he was trying to cheer me up, to give me hope that all our plans will come to be.. pero you know, talga nman eh kahit pumunta kami dun yest, ocular na nman.. dagdag papers for my file. and thats it. paasa.

but you know, love ko sya. cguro medyo kampante me, kasi di naman talga sya mawawala.. minsan nga isip panu kung totoo na?? kayanin ko kaya.. (cyempre kaya) pero mahirap di ba. unlike sa mga before.

at tama ba naman na iniisip nya na bka si sonny pa din mahal ko. cguro ang gusto ko na lang pagdating kay sonny, makita sya or maka date man minsan or something like that and makita sya in my true eyes and, eto yun pinaka gusto ko.. ma reject sya.. bwahahaha!!! ang bad ko talga.

cguro di sya secure sa akin, kaya nya naisip un.

i'd marry him kung pwede lang eh. kaya lang hindi. that's the most i can do.

a new direction

i've had it. nakakapagod. u know, its like he asked me mid-july. it has been 6 months. nada. dapat talga people should be careful with the words coming out of their mouth coz they may break hearts along the way.

haha. napaka impatient ko talga. oh well. actually i set a deadline for anything related to it, any sign to mark the serious beginning of any preps. eh wala.

parang same nung nangyari kay sonny. nung napagod na me, i decided ayoko na.

so here's to the end!!! and new beginnings! :-) effective 10 january 2005. (may official date pa di ba)

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anyway, i went to DLSU Taft yesterday. checked the subjects.. mostly the schedule available is for saturdays (in conflict with CIA review), thursday (conflict with ISACA meetings). So I just filed for residency, which, now costs almost P1500. dati P200 plus lang. haay. and i had to line up pa.

Next stop, i went to DFA to get my passport. Pila again.. oh well. all i can say is it was an Experience hearing your name called out...

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sabi nya hinay hinay. don't let go so suddenly. i told him i don't want to talk about weddings anymore. but its hurting me as well. he still mentions it kasi. i gave in and di ko sya iniwasan as he asked. In fact, I met him before and after my lakads yesterday and was even on the phone with him last night. but really. ayoko na talga. not that i will cease to be his friend. but i don't want to see him or talk to him anymore. he reminds me of unlit candles.

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i'll miss my Eternity ring, though. hahaha. i'll miss him too syempre (automatic naman yun di ba)

unions, appearances and misconceptions

another entry of thoughts..

napipikon din pala si olie.. he got impatient with me re:violy's txt message (my fault really) and he somewhat raised his tone of voice.. not much of a big deal. first time lang kasi.. Worth noting. capable. well, everyone is capable naman.

maybe it was just the two of us in Subic over the weekend.. pero WE DIDN'T DO IT. not that it is of anyone's business naman.

hmm. o di ba concerned pa din sa image kahit papano.

i hereby resolve NOT to talk or plan or do any wedpreps (except read wowie emails). parang roller coaster na un mood ko.. excited-depressed-excited-depressed.. haay.. its so heartbreaking.

di ko ba maintindihan kung totoo ba, matutuloy ba, gusto ba talga nya, napipilitan lang, nabigla lang nun... o bka di din pa sya sure. ewan ko na.. tama na. so much of my time, energy and talent was wasted on something that right now is just "CLUTTER" in my mind. siguro nga masyado ako'ng pabigla bigla.. i don't like hanging plans.. gusto ko go agad once something is settled. so right now no plans na lang until the time na it will really come to be. pag totoo na.

right now, i feel like being alone. muni muni.

feeling din kasi ako. feeling special. feeling ako na ang swerte nya na pumayag ako. mali ako dun. naku, kakagatong ng mga tao sa paligid ko, naisasabuhay ko na ang sinasabi ng ilan. haay.

hearing about maru, i'm thankful that she and aybeam have a healthy baby girl - Nina. and at the same time, apprehensive of my future in that area. God's will.

a bittersweet weekend

just when i thought everything is fine (not what i prefer pero ok na din) a cloud covers the bright blue sky...

olie and i went to Subic this weekend.. we availed of the free accomodation that i won in one of the raffles. --> I won, not olie.. hehehe.. kasi nman prati sya lang nananalo.

Highlights..

• Morning trip: 9am, January 8. Victory Liner Pasay
• ang sarap ng Wimpy's burger! for P59, may cheeseburger, fries and iced tea na.. ang sarap pa ng iced tea.. ice cold and hindi tinipid sa flavor/powder.. (we were goin to order pa sana softdrinks coz we didn't see that a drink was included in the meal tapos sabi nung girl na order-taker, "may iced tea na po na kasama". wow talga. tipid!
• oops! wrong turn.. shucks scary naman dito.. next left pa tayo dapat mag turn to go to our hotel.
• nku ampanget namn ng hotel. i mean, considering na "Days Hotel" ang carry nya na name.. super disappointing. well, what the heck.. tuloy ang life.. free naman e.. and just for 1 night.
• shared CR with the other room.. reminds me of the CR sa Carlota. di bale, no one is staying in the other room naman. so nka lock yun door to the other side.
• i was lying in the bed when suddenly, olie sat down... naputol yun paa nung bed.. hahaha.. and then we thought palilipatin na lang kami ng room.. aba, tama ba namang may dumating na carpenters and right then and there, they placed new paa (actually madami) to the bed.. actually funny sya talga.. un nga lang i was so tired from the bus ride, di ko na ma appreciate yun humor and hilarity of the situation.
• Picture taking of the sunset at boardwalk.. Ubos 18 remaining shots from an old film of 36 shots.
• met violy at Park and Shop. Chika updates with violy, mostly CADP chismis.. kwawee naman me... mommy ni sonny un nagsabi na hiwalayan na nya ako.. huhuhu ;-)
• super daming food for dinner: Pista sa blah blah: sinigang na baboy, tortang talong and tanigue. may takeout pa ang violy.
• GOOD NEWS: maru gave birth to a baby girl Nina. BAD NEWS: ka birthday ni Odin. CS.
• early night.
• the morning after: aba! the door was being opened! housekeeping! and we were still in bed.... SNORT! SNORT!!! hahahaha
• pictorial: JEST camp: birds, overlooking, orchids, bonsai plants.
• Lunch at Pancake House near the Spanish Gate
• pictorial: boardwalk near the Flag (which wasn't raised that day), and the statues and the bay...
• BAD NEWS: maru had hysterectomy. her uterus was removed. she and aybeam can't have any kids anymore... (gloomy thoughts..)
• Malling: Freeport, Royal. Got pasalubong: Gummy bears and chocolates.
• afternoon trip: 2pm Olongapo to Cubao.

we took the MRT to Ayala where we had the pictures developed. snacked at Subway, Glorietta while waiting. Great pics, btw. the shuttle took 10 years to get full.. got home at half past 8 in the evening.

incredibly sweet

after watching the Incredibles and Monsters Inc last weekend, we are now hunee baby boo and kitty cat...

kitty cat is really sweet... Meeoooowww!!!

olie enjoyed both cartoons.

i just have to say this. i look forward to the coming weekend, which, by the way, we'll be spending in Subic, with excitement and anticipation.. at the same time uhh slight apprehension??? slight lang naman po. you know those butterflies? they're with me right now.

well, have to have faith. Trust God. Trust Olie. all will be well.

'05, my year of wonders!

new year.

the coming of 2005 signifies a lot for me. i have lots of plans, goals. the year will bring about changes...

it may be ambitious i know but i wanted to accomplish the following:

May 2005 - CIA, 2 LOMA Exams
September 2005 - MRS na
November 2005 - 2 LOMA Exams again

and i do want to enroll back to my MBA program.

watching the tv shows, fortune teller spells bad happenings in2005. but i chose to think differently. this will be my year. i will be at my best.

may the coming year bring us all good health, love and good fortune.

christmas gifts

an inventory of gifts received from GPL...

from olie - Davidoff Cool Waters perfume and a Guess watch and lots a lovin'
sir mon - mug
tita linda - hankie
portia - magnet
zeny - towel
ali -
ernie - picture frame
tita norma -
kuya jun - glass/ vase
cris - a sort of lock

our 1st xmas and the end of 2004

it was our first Christmas as a couple.. it is usually during the holiday season that i end up breaking up with the guy i'm with. usually. well, i guess olie and i got passed that stage...

back to Christmas...
a yearly tradition of our family is to go back to our roots on Christmas.. Pampanga - where the relatives of my parents are. on the 24th, olie was at our place when they decided to leave that afternoon. admittedly, i was hesitant to invite him with us and meet my relatives. added to that, i will have to look for a place for him to sleep since the plan was to stay over until the 26th (2 nights). so we dropped him off at Ortigas and off we go..

Kuya Reggie, and of course Tita Angie and Tito Rene will be heading back to Laguna on the afternoon of the 25th. so i asked them if i could tag along so that i could be home a day earlier. i texted olie,who'll be meeting me at my parents' house that evening. so in a way, we were together on our first Christmas...

btw, he gave me a perfume set - Davidoff Cool Waters and guess what? a Guess watch...

we went to his parents' place so that i could visit his folks even if its too late for Christmas.

on the 28th, we had work. i had to go coz i didn't file a leave form. however, i wasn't feeling well. olie would be coming in later in the afternoon as he will be accompanying his brother to the airport. his brother was leaving for Saudi (i think) to work. i consulted the company doctor for some medicines and had olie to meet me in Glorietta for lunch. i filed for sick leave for the afternoon and promised to go to work the following day.

the following day, we were both decided to go to work.. as i was leaving the house, olie texted me that the government will be doubling the cost of applying for a passport so we headed to the Department of Foreign Affairs to get one. There were so many people. We had to line up the whole day to process the passport. Finally, we were able to have lunch at Gerry's Grille Glorietta 3 at 5 pm. whew! I wouldn't be going through all that again, i hope. I can get my passport on the 11th of January. Btw, Olie's cousin and brother also processe their passport - Ubie and Frank.

so that was the 28th and the 29th. i stayed home on the 30th and 31st with olie coming to my parents' place everyday. we watched tv, made our scrapbook. i really wasn't feeling well.

on the 31st, olie had to go home earlier (about 630 so that he'll be home in time for the New Year celebration). Ferdy and I went to Pacita with him so that we can also buy fireworks for the night's celebration. Our budget was P200 (or P100 each).

Olie got home a little past 8 pm.