Finally after so many hours spent looking for not so traditional wedding shoes , with some blings , a sexy looking type and with wow factor according to J (yeah that’s my requirements). I found one in the most unexpected place bwahaha Winners! got it 50% off from the retail price. Though it was out of my budget parin well I can still wear them after the wedding. Sometimes when Im bored and stressed out I just wear it around the house (so I can get used to it practice ba!) to make me smile and laugh at myself whenever I trip off or fell out of balance.

We have 2 kinds of Invites for the Wedding

1. From thepaperqueen.com - its a unique invites I dont like the typical wedding invites and since were in a rush I decided to have it done around town and in just 3 days voila! done. I did everything online except for pick up.

2.Here’s the E-mail Invites made by J - we had good raves about this invites that we decided to have it printed postcard type with map on the back just go to staples.ca very easy and affordable too! We will send this for pinas para at least they will have an idea what kind of wedding we’ll gonna have.

Ayoko mag start ng monday kong inis na inis ako. I dont want to have a melt down so I rather take this out on my blog. I dont care kung me tamaan dito.

I hate it when…

1. nagmamagaling always feeling tama at the end will just messed up the plan.
2. took advantage of the situation when they know you have money and saving for something, and said “dont worry let me know when you need it I’ll give it back to you” and now acting deadma!
3. feeling rich! pero pag your asking na to pay up! will said to you ” kala ko ba youre doing ok na why you need money pa” HELLO! that’s our money were not asking money from you!
4. Will tell to other people “how come di ako invited! eh di nyo sinasagot phone nyo kahit voicemail nyo mukhang deadma kau! mukhang me pinagtataaguan kayo eh.
5. feeling businessman- ” Dapat magbusiness na lang dito sa pinas para di mo na kailangan magkatulong sa ibang bansa” and now kinain nya salita nya because nagmamakaawa syang tulungan para maging caregiver. and how come pag your out of money to whom you ask money for help ? kanino pa kundi sa mag nagkatulong mong kamaganak sa abroad!
6.feeling rich or sosyal! ” how come you want to migrate pa abroad eh ang hirap ng buhay dun ok naman kayo dito nakita ko hirap ng mom mo dun eh” yun naman pala alam nyo ng mahirap din buhay sa abroad pero how come pag kelangan nyo ng pera dahil di nyo kayang bayaran medical bills nyo dyan eh kanino kayo nag aask ng help kung dun sa mga kamaganak nyong nasa abroad na mahirap ang buhay diba?! ibenta nyo mga kotse nyo mga plastic people!
7.feeling me principyo! kunwari galit sa tao pero pag binigyan ng pera kinukuha din naman.
8.freeloader! ok lang masarap talagang libre ka paminsan minsan pero hello chip in once in a while.
9.feeling patriotic! they dont want to migrate blah blah pero tingnan mo kung saan saan nakikitira sa abroad.
10. selfish! di makaintindi ng situation mo iiyakan ka nalang its hard to say no but you have to! sobra na eh!
11. Backstabber! “asan invitation ko sa wedding nyo?” hello ?! cant you remember you tried messing up with my life when were new in canada? feeling mo I forgot those things na? Dream on dude!

I was in a panic mode lately since most of the Wedding Photographer in Vancouver were booked na. Kasi ba naman 2 months prep for wedding is crazy so expect the unexpected. Luckily my sis was browsing some wedding magazine saw an Ad the name looks Filipino. Went to his website http://www.raygonzalesphoto.com/ we like his style and gave him a call and the rest was history.

Grabe sobrang mahal talaga ang mga photography services dito. My dream for a Mimi and Karl was long gone since were getting married here. And the budget I allotted for photo is just good for services only meaning wala pang wedding album hay kaloka lol!

I like Ray he asked me what I want in our pictures told him I want a scenery type because I want my family and friends to see the beauty of Vancouver. And guess what we will have an engagement photo session again! addict sa pic but this time we will choose a place within Vancouver excited!excited!…

As of today wedding date, rings, wedding venue, gowns and tuxedo, wedding photographer booked and done!

Gosh kahit busy ako sa wedding planning, cant help myself checking for new moon update! And finally during MTV awards the Official Trailer came out! I think I didnt breath while watching the trailer and after that I did scream and giggle with excitement. It made my day so beautiful ang babaw . Kahit na master ko na ata ang word per word ng Twilight series, I bought the books and DVD too. Addict talaga…

Vancouver is a very nice city especially summer and its high peak for weddings as well. Our first choice is of course Philippines but since we have to do it soon for personal reasons but Im not pregnant ok (so many people were asking me). So upon checking online J and I surprisingly agreed on a cruise wedding or a park wedding. J knows what he wants, while me Im always on the balancing side of course you have to think about the budget since were paying for everything. Im not a Bridezilla type cool lang ako so far its J who was almost making tantrums lately when Im holding out on things eventhough I like it too.

So yesterday we spent the whole day checking out with 3-4 reception venue we like so far.

1. sunset bay charters - the only cruise ship we like with all the cruise line offering weddings. It a 110 ft luxury yacht, amazing love love it. Were totaly sold out but the thing is they are booked for dinner cruise on our wedding date but the have lunch cruise open so we discussed the details including the estimated amt …mahalia jackson in short told J maybe we should think about it and told them to hold the reservation for the day. The event planner was so nice and attentive, answered all my questions and gave me suggestions. Making me feel like dont worry too much we will take care of everything just take care of the bill lol! In fairnes I was quoted with flowers, linens taxes, tips probably that’s why it was so expensive na hay kaloka!

2. brock house restaurant - nakaka dissapoint lang kasi ok sakin ang package nila ampangit and amoy matanda sa loob maybe because of the carpet and since small wedding lang ako they will put me on the 2nd floor which is so panget. dapat i renevote nila kasi outside ng brockhouse is the beach and really nice for big gathering only since they have a very nice elegant tent outside.

3. seasons restaurant in queen elizabeth park - I love their restaurant with a view facing downtown, what a very nice view but the thing is the room that I like will not be private for us some of the restaurant customers might pass by when they go to the washroom. And I need to hire wedding planner,florist, linen rentals, decorator, musicians to make the place more alive though much cheaper sya compare ke no.1 but with all the hassle I think I will end up the same cost I was quoted to no.1

4. wedgewood hotel - a very chic hotel in downtown, rated best in service, best rooms, best in house restaurant and best price too hahaha. at this point J dont want to listen to me his totally sold out with the Yacht told me to book them before the day ends almost begging me hahaha.

and so today we signed and book the slot. Sunset Bay Yacht is our official wedding ceremony and reception on Aug 2 2009 check out the video awesome

At first I’m determined I’ll buy a plain white dress and a nice designer shoes like Carrie in the Sex and the City the Moviefor a civil wedding. Then I tried some white dress from different retail shops around, pero di ko feel. Wala akong gana in short, feeling ko di ako special hahaha. Then me and my sis went to Bryansbride in Brentwood Town Center it was an amazing experience. At first me drama coz typically they ask when is the wedding date, then they told me I cant Pre order dress I have to stick with what they have in store because my wedding is less than 12 weeks away. I was shocked, I almost cry, upset called my mom kinda blamed her coz she keeps on telling me before just save up some money the rest will be easy. But I guess its never too early to prepare for a wedding. So I composed myself though I was in panic mode but move on and just enjoy the moment.

Every girl needs to experience shopping and trying on some wedding dress even once in there life. The Consultant was very attentive to my needs she let me tried more than 10 dresses. At first she lets me choose dress that I like, of course I love bling haha so just imagine me and my sis picked some dress with so much bling/beads on it. Nakakapagod pala mag change ng ibat ibang gown but with that we figured out what’s best for my body type. So I chose 3 gowns and re-scheduled for a new appointment with my mom and sis.

Next day excited lol! My sis, my mom plus her BF came over too! At first I was feeling like “hello for the girls lang ito!” . But later on I’ve felt he was there because he was there for fun, for the moment, to check every detail, he care and to give opinions which gowns suits me better. I miss my Papa tuloy I remember he was with me when were looking for my Debut gown.

The final 3 gowns I chose was out though we fell in love with 1st gown A line with bling on top but it was a bit tight on me. Though I was hopeful that I will loose some lbs hahaha,but when the my Sales Consultant brought out a gown from their 2009 collection it was plain looking at first for me but what the heck try everything they want me to try and I owe it to her that she knows what’s best for me and whe I tried it on everyone gave a thumbs up sign! grabe ang sexy ko dun hahaha and its light a gown with a sweetheart neckline sorry no pics yet after the wedding the lang. J wants to be surprise daw! And guess what my gown was under budget and with a free Tux for J oh diba good deal!

So now wedding date, rings, wedding dress, tux —-done!

My whole body is in pain! ang hirap palang mag gym especially pag pressured kang mag loose ng 10 lbs hahaha Ikaw ba naman mag cardio ng 1hr! The usual mental excuse ko..sana noon ko pa ginawa! cramming in short. Its been busy these past few days cramming, surfing the net for any possible venue most of them booked na aysus! But at the end of the day J and I are enjoying the sun, we have fantastic weather. No complains with the heat wave love ko sya kahit magundies nalang akong sa house sa sobrang init.

Almost everyday nasa beach kami, were lucky coz we have tons of beach around just few minutes drive anywhere. Me catch nga lang hindi white sand at malamig pa rin ang tubig. But I love the moments na J and I just walking along the beach, discussing about our plans, joking , talking non sense and ofcourse eating! I have a feeling nga J is messing up with my diet (as if meron).

Just today we bought our rings in Ben Moss my dream Tiffany’s wa na! recession!. Since barat ako my plan was not to buy rings kasi we have a pair na but J insists he sacrificed something from the wedding budget, so I gave in (the usual). We plan to look for a plain ring just gold bands, Im not really up to it since I dont like plain things hahaha but just to go with the tradition of no bling bling for a wedding ring because magiging rocky daw ang marriage.

But when visited 3 jewelry store’s J ended up buying his wedding ring with a diamond in it and take note canadian diamond pa hay! umandra ang I want I want nya. In fairness bagay sa kanya and since magaling ang salesperson nahanap na rin ako ng nice wedding ring for me with 3 diamonds in it na bagay sa engagement ring ko. Pero mas mahal ke J hahaha bumawi ang loko!
I told him babawi ako nxt year ring bibili ako ng eternity ring ko hahaha. So one down so many to go I can feel the pressure na but still were enjoying the moments oh diba positive pa rin.

Finally we have a date 08.02.09 but it might change since Mr. Sherman Tai a known feng shui consultant from Vancouver who did some works for Holt and Renfrew, some stadiums for 2010 winter olympics to name a few. Gave us some more auspicious wedding dates based on our bdays like the ff:

june 14 2009
july 18 2009
aug 2 2009

Now the clock is ticking pls wish us luck getting spot for either one of those dates. As of now the yatch were eyeing replied to us via email and their booked for the whole month of july! Busy months for wedding talaga hay!

I enrolled myself to the gym this morning because its been 2 years Ive been strugling to loose the last 10 lbs. My target weight is 110 lbs thats it! I dont wanna loose some more weight because it means new wardrobe again. And I dont know what will I do with a closet full of clothes if I change dress size. I’ll observe my weight and if I didnt loose some weight for the next 2 weeks I dont have a choice but to enroll myself to BOOTCAMP my biggest fear.

Finally after 6 years were getting married. J’s wish for his last bday came true! by the way my bday wish too!. God has been so good to us amidst all the trials we’ve been through, our life in Canada are getting better everyday. The “thing” that we’ve been waiting all these months came in surprisingly fast since I had 2 months of laziness, procrastinating and feeling negative about it.

I thought this day will not happen nor too far to reach and now its here and were cramming, nervous, excited, overwhelmed, pressured and cold feet? lol!

Im praying we can pull this off even though just for more than a month tomorrow I will know the exact lucky wedding date for us. I have an appointment to a feng shui master I hope end of july so we can have a little bit more time to prepare and for me to loose some weight hahaha.

So many things goin on right…its all good news anyway…feel blessed ..thank you Lord!
I will be busy this coming weeks so I might post this picture from Seattle during Memorial Day Weekend. We had fun!, sobrang busog and gastos! This trip was mainly for J we went here last year but we were in a hurry to go back home. But I made promise to him will go back and will have fun and we did!

Ride the Ducks “A must” once in Seattle dont worry about the price so worth it. Its a land and water tour around Seattle. I got to see in person the house of Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle Movie. To top of it we had a fantastic sunny weather. We spent 4 hours in Space Needle. J treated me to a nice romantic dinner in Sky City Restaurant its the revolving restaurant meaning its moving 360 degrees in one hour. The service was superb, the food was so american ! hahaha. We did try to ride their famous Seattle monorail… na ok lang kasi meron kaming sky train dito sa Vancouver na mas di hamak na mahaba lol!

And of course if your in the US of A hindi mawawala ang shopping, went to Nordstorm flagship store and ang walang kamatayang Outlet store where J shopped for his shoes and electronics. Ako? wala I went home with extra pounds and a fridge souvenir magnet for my collection.

To sum it up Seattle is one of the most nice/clean cities in US that Ive visited so far. They told me parang Vancouver din naman daw. Big No! Much bigger sya for me… but J still insist Vancouver is much bigger. Anyway I dont wanna fight over it… I’ll google it later lol!

Iba talaga pinoy, at least kahit man lang sa loob ng prison eh me pagkakaisa tayo…unlike ng mga tao sa labas walang inaatupag kundi i discuss ang mga bagay na walang kwenta like sex scandal sa senado?! haller so many national problems that needed immediate attention.

Anyway enjoy while watching this

I ended up buying 20 pairs lol! Too bad just a few colors left and they have a 5 pairs minimum per person. Buti na lang me kasama akong ka officemate ko at naintindihan nya na para sa aking mga mahal sa buhay sa pinas kaya naka 2 times kaming bumalik sa cashier.Babalik pa sana ako kaso medyo nahahalata na kami hahaha. Nothing for me I have enough havaianas and old navy flip flops that can last me for years. I like old navy flip flops better than havaianas mas comfy sya mas malambot but when it comes to designs walang tatalo sa havaianas. Kakatawa lang me nabasa akong blog na me pinoy na nagbebenta ng same brand for Php 500 per pair grabe no at ang mas nakakatuwa eh maraming nag prepre order.Mga filipino talaga mahilig sa imported.
Di ko pa alam ko para kanino tong mga to size from 5-10 pili na!

Pretty no? bagay ba? ok di sakin to sa sis ko nahawa na sa kahibangan ko sa LV… mas bongga first LV nya limited edition it means mas mahalia jackson….aysus anyway she deserves it.. pahiram ke ha? lol!

Was my day off today, went to my ortho next month they will take off my braces hooraaayyy! after years and $$$ just having this, its worth it he fixed my obtrusive profile and crossbite. My ortho never gave up on me insisting I should wear my elastics as often as I can which I didnt thats why it took me years hahaha.

After that went to filipino store and was surprised that the exchange rate has gone up to PHP 40.80 hay salamat po ! Sent some mooolah for my sick tito, grandparents and for my cousins since its school time. Thanks to my sis for chipping in big time… big help for me too! Happy too since meron kaming graduating sa college oh di ba? parang proud momma lol! Go Bok! Big credit for him too his a working student, wish him all the best and sana makuha kita ( wishful thinking!).

And before the day ends I found myself having a foot reflex in NLT Healthcare Centre in Cap Mall ( 10 mins herbal foothbath and 50 minutes chinese reflexology) worth it,awesome, sarap sarap! After having flu due to change of weather spring to summer I thought I need it and feeling way better now.

Lately I feel happy the way things are going in our life here, may mga hang ups but as long as were healthy, working, eating, getting along well ok na ok na for me yun. I’m not looking for a perfect life sanay ako sa twist and turns ng buhay. But what I hate and what put me down is pag me malalang sakit ang mga loveones ko.

My dad was the eldest among his siblings he past away very young age. Very hard for me I’m the eldest among sisters and cousins father side. I have to be tough, independent and be someone who can look up to. Now my tita who has cancer is bed ridden na daw, we accepted her faith its been years she’s fighting it, I guess more than 10 years on and off. She’s tough maybe for her kids she’s trying to beat it but her physical body cant handle it na. My heart goes to my 5 cousins she will left behind.

Now suddenly my sis called me to work my other tito needs dialysis, he was rejected by our provincial hospital “manas na daw” . I asked around some to medical prof. here they told me “delikado na yun pag manas na kahit mag dialysis pa sya very short na chance nya”. I’m crying right now, I can feel what my grandparents are feeling right now loosing their kids before them. I wish I can help more what I can afford. I feel sad that the memorial lot that I bought for my grandparents will be for my tito and tita, though were still hoping some miracles. But we have to face reality, like what my father did. When the doctors of Saint Lukes told us just a few months to live he asked me to buy him a private memorial lot which I did because at least when he past away everything was ready.

I just wish they are living here, medical expenses will be their least concern. That’s why when J is not feeling ok, I always bring him to the doctor. Dito once a year me physical check up blood, xray, urine etc. Pag women over 40 every six months or once a yr mammogram . Even your employee and with health card in Phils. they have limitations too. I met a lot of them and most of them go back to public hospital when they run out of their health insurance credit kahit mayaman ka pag nakasakit ka nauubos pera mong pinaghirapan. Im just praying to Lord for guidance, enlightenment for our family during this difficult times.

It’s been awhile since the last update. I’m swamped with work no angal mode need moolah to pay off my vegas shopping extravaganza. Anyway my mom deserves a post to my blog. And to all mommies in my life both relatives and in law’s (naks feeling kapamilya) Happy Mother’s Day! you deserve all the best in the world. As I grow older by the years the more I appreciate my mom and whenever I watched Baby’s Birth stories I love my mom more..hirap manganak!

We sent some nice flowers for J’s mom, she was surprised and happy tamang tama Mother’s Day na deliver. While my mom I thought nakaligtas nako kasi me coach bag syang pasalubong from us in vegas told her 2 in 1 na yun recession kasi hahaha. Anyway since I worked my butt off told her she can pick any resto she wants akong taya… medyo kinabahan ako nun sinabi nya sa Cactus Club at syempre buong pamilya hehehe.. buti na lang me isang Benefactor naki chip in sa gastos.. ayun medyo di naman ako na nerbyos sa bill hahahaha. We had fun! good food, good service “da best talaga hottie pa server”, good ambiance, I love my family talaga! Im thankful to God for that wonderful day.

I thought I slowed down with my kahibangan with Twilight, since lately I was busy working. Damn Im so WRONG! Kilig pa rin ako especially whenever I watch RPatz interviews with his sexy british accent.

New Moon movie will be a great Bday Gift for me better than having a new Louis Vuitton bag (ipokrita!). Ok sige LV parin baka me mag gift sakin eh mag change ng mind hehehe.

Anyway here’s the ET exclusive New Moon Update. I promise RPatz Im not gonna scream if we bump into each other here in Vancouver. I just want a nice pic with you that I’ll gonna brag with my friends and to the whole wide world lol!

Since masyado akong pasaway, I traveled by myself this time. Medyo nervous but I thought ” hey I’ve been through a lot! chicken lang yan lol!” . Honestly nakakakaba talaga pag nag enter ka ng US para bawal pasaway dito. Sa immigration palang eh, napudpud na daliri ko sa kaka scan nila. Ilang beses ba dapat ka magscan ? grabe naman everytime nalang mag enter kami ng US mega scan sila hmmmpppt para bang disposable ang daliri natin at magchachange over the time.

Anyway ang hirap pag Filipino passport ka di ka pede pag gumamit ng online/fast check in. Kahit siguro masyado mong mahal ang pagkaFilipino mo with all the hassle and stress I guess mas ok na rin maging Canadian Citizen. So ayun mega check in ako sa United Airlines in fairness on time ang aming flight going to San Francisco, I wonder lang bat ako nilagay sa pinakadulo ng plane bwisit sobrang puno pa ng flight, pero siguro eh I did not ask, masyado kasing excited.

Anyway I noticed that I should fly at least once a year alone kasi I forgot how to buckle my seat belt lol! kasi naman spoiled ako pag me kasama ako sila nagbabuckle ng seat ko hahaha… and do you know what? my consolation lang sa trip ko na to eh pogi mga katabi ko As in grabe mga model ata haha sumakit ulo ko sa sobrang pogi nila hahaha. And si pogi no.1 nagbuckle ng seat ko oh di ba ambait, pero siguro naisip nun “ambobo naman nito!”. Ok no flirtation happen suot ko ring ko no! And grabe na migrane ko nun kasi I came from work pa that day as in para akong si super woman sa bilis mag work para lang makaget off early.

So upon check in I paid additional $15 for my bag na check in daw halleluah! I paid $410 can for my tickets mas mura panga sa PAL eh kaso they only have 2pm flight. Then buti na lang I ate before the flight kasi kulang na lang pati tubig me bayad! tapos the service sucks pa. I had a connecting flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas and the service was much more panget I asked for a pillow kasi their seats were not designed for a petite like me parang ang rude pa nun stewardess “wala daw” mmmmmpppttt ayaw ko na sa inyo no! Mas ok pa service ng PAL, JAL, Delta and Sky west airlines.

Lesson learned if I’ll gonna have a choice I’ll rather fly with other airlines. If not with my work sched I should have chose other preffered airlines.. yun lang pow! A