On Ninongs, Ninangs, and Accidental Dinners

Ok, so this will just be a short post since I don't really have much time to write tonight. I just want to log in our accomplishments for the day. So here goes...

First, I woke up around 9:30 this morning cause, as I've said in my earlier post, I planned to visit my designer at 10am. Well, for those of you who know me, I'm sure you've already guessed that I didn't make it at 10 as I planned --- Miss Bagal as I am. Instead, me, my sister, and her boyfriend went to tita Vangie's place at around 11am. We stayed there until 12 noon, but most of our visit was just chickas and chismis about family and friends. We didn't really accomplish much except to discuss how we can incorporate the medieval theme in my gown. We are leaning towards detachable puffy sleeves (forgot what they were called) that can be removed during the wedding ceremony and just attached back for the themed reception.

Next, Leo and I, along with Leo's dad, went to visit a couple of our sponsors in Valenzuela. We first visited Ninong Lito Chua who was a client and a long time friend of Leo's dad. I didn't expect him to look so young. All the while that Leo has been mentioning him to me before, I kept picturing this late fifty-ish chinese guy. Instead, he and his wife looked around late thirty-ish to early forties. They were also quite nice. Not so much the talkative type, but very kind and obviously very fond of Leo's dad. Before we met them, I told Leo that I was happy cause, finally, it was going to be his turn to do the conversing and chickahan since he's the one who knew them. So when we entered their office (we met them at their factory of assorted snacks in Valenzuela), I planned to just be quiet and let him do all the talking. Now, let me just say that Leo did try his best to keep the conversation flowing. However, the Chuas were really more of the quiet type, and, for lack of things to say, Leo ended up inviting our new ninong (and ninang) to an all-sponsor dinner! Now if you can recall, I've already mentioned this dinner in an earlier post, and I also mentioned that this is still a tentative plan since it will mean additional expenses. Well now it looks like we are pushing with it afterall, hehehe. Oh well.

And last on our list of today's accomplishments is our visit to another ninang. My apologies for not writing her full name here. You see, even now that I've already met her, I still only know her as "Aling Pining". It's really embarassing, but, well, Leo doesn't know her full name either. Oh well, that's his assignment for tomorrow, so hopefully we'd know it then. Now this sponsor was a lot more talkative than the first. We met her at her home, and from the moment we arrived until we left, she kept up the conversation. She even gave us a few advices on married life. And just like Lito, she seemed very fond of Leo's dad as well. It was really nice hearing them say how hard-working Leo's dad is. Make's one feel proud of becoming part of their family :)

Ok, that's it - our progess for the day. Hmmm, looks like I've written more than I first intended to. Oh well...

Till my next post!