tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120558572011-12-15T11:14:56.040+08:00It started with a wedding. Now we're building a family... <br> Welcoming Kalli into this world... :)Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-30448417384091697382007-03-21T08:30:00.000+08:002007-03-31T00:01:11.841+08:00

Kalli's got her very own blog! Now her ninongs and ninangs can read about her without having to read through entries about pretty boring me. Not that I have been blogging about me lately. Come to think of it, I don't think I have blogged about myself for a long time. Hmmm... Anyhoo, visit Kalli's blog at http://cagalli-corner.blogspot.com. I'll be posting a lot of pictures there too :) Enjoy!

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I feel that I should blog more often - like every other day or even daily. Why? Cause Kalli's growing and learning so quickly and there's just so much to tell! These past few days she has learned to grab her feet. Of course whatever she grabs she puts in her mouth. Hahaha, pretty soon she'll be sucking on her big toe. It's amazing how flexible babies are! Note to self: Enroll Kalli in gymnastics

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-46941624591316151962007-03-13T22:35:00.000+08:002007-03-31T00:01:11.842+08:00

It's Kalli's 4th month-birthday today! I wish we (daddy and mommy) could have been with her the whole day, but of course we had to go to work. We planned to go home as early as we could, but still ended up getting home at 9pm It's a good thing Kalli's still awake when we got home. Actually, lately she was always awake when we get home. Even when she's already sleeping, she'd wake up to greet us.

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I've got the prettiest baby ever! Hahaha, I'm sure all mothers are saying that. But I really believe Kalli's the prettiest, hehehe. Oh ok ok, I shouldn't compare. All babies are cute. Nevertheless, Kalli's getting prettier and prettier everyday. Her head's more rounded now, losing it's initial cone shape. Her mouth's so feminine and cute. Her eyes are so charming, especially when she smiles. She

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Ok so I'm trying to post at least one entry a week about Kalli. I want to record her development so that someday she can read about it. That's assuming blogspot will still be around by the time she learns to read. But I'm feeling optimistic. And besides, Kalli may turn out to be a genius and learn to read at the age of 1. That wouldn't be too far away, would it? Why, her grandma swears she can

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Kalli's 3 months and a half now and she's just adorable! She has learned so much and she has gotten bigger too. She was already 6.1 kilograms from her last check-up and I.m pretty sure she's gotten bigger since then. Two weeks ago she learned to play with the baby in the mirror. It was so funny seeing her smile and laugh and talk to herself! :) Even when she was about to cry, every time I

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1171035551770526502007-02-09T23:38:00.000+08:002007-02-09T23:41:30.186+08:00

Kalli is two and a half months old in this picture. She's laughing a lot now and talking non-stop too, when she's in the mood :)  Our little bundle of joy! ... See my Tabblo>

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Baby Kalli at exactly 6 weeks old on Christmas Day 2006. Look how big she has grown! ... See my Tabblo>

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See more pictures of Kalli's first week at: http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/133970

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Here's a link to some pictures of Kalli after arriving home from the hospital. http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/133958Her grandma and tita LA decorated the house with pink balloons and made a welcome home banner for her. Some relatives visited her that night and we had a small dinner party at home.

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1163912864761743092006-11-19T12:57:00.000+08:002006-11-19T16:02:37.403+08:00

Kalli's almost 6 days old now and, as expected, she has been photographed a zillion times already. I wanted to post all the pictures ASAP but again, as expected, I don't have that much free time anymore. Not that I'm complaining - Kalli's such a joy! She's just adorable, like a little angel :)Anyway, here's a link to some birthing and first day pictures. Yeah I know, some pictures are not at all

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You bring me joy beyond words.Just the thought of you touches me to the core.Your pain is my pain.Your happiness is my happiness.You are part of me and I am part of you.I love you beyond measure.Know that and be secure in my loveFor all my life and yours I will love you.Remember.Happy 1st day my baby!

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Wow, this epidural thing really works! I'm now at 6-7cm and contractions are coming every 2 minutes at 100++ intensity and yet I'm not feeling any pain. It's really great! I don't really feel guilty or think that I've missed out cause I already felt the pain earlier and it was REALLY painful. Now I'm happy to just wait painlessly, blogging and watching tv (yes they have tv here, imagine that :b),

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I'm currently in labor. Right now Leo and I are in the Lamaze room at Medical City. Darn but the contractions sure hurt a lot! It reaches as high as 100+. And to think I'm only at 3cm! I'll be here forever :( Ouch!

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I'm now on my 38th week and 2nd day of pregnancy, 6 days at 1cm, 6 days of waiting and anticipating and light feeding, and still I haven't given birth! The wait is making me crazy. But you know what the worst is? I just caught the colds 2 days ago and now I 'm feeling so sick and weak :( I'm really worried I might not have enough energy for labor. Plus I'm also afraid Kalli might get sick too :(

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It's already thursday, 3 days after our last OB visit. We're still waiting for Kalli's arrival. We're staying at Eastwood again cause it's closer to Medical City. I am taking my walk everyday now. Inip na inip na kami! I really hope labor will start soon. Not that I am looking forward to it or anything. Actually, I am terrified of the actual birthing! But everything still feels unreal at this

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At 12 midnight (Manila Time, of course ;>) the Baby Lottery game we introduced earlier will close. If you remember, I said before that we will be accepting entries until I start labor. Well, we went to the doctor this morning for a check-up and, to our surprise, I'm already 1cm! That means that the process of labor has already started! Of course, since this is my first baby, it may still take a

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1162441806769014222006-11-02T12:20:00.000+08:002006-11-02T12:33:20.040+08:00

One of the games we introduced at the baby shower was the Baby Lottery. The participants will try to guess when Kalli will be born (date and hour). An entry costs 10.00 pesos and whoever wins gets the whole pot. If the time slot is not taken, whoever is closest (that is not prior to the delivery date) wins.Anyhoo, here are some pictures of the pot :) Since the game is still on-going (and will

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As of today I'm on my 37th week of pregnancy. At the end of this week my baby will already be considered full-term. It'll just be a matter of days now. Yikes, I'm scared! But at the same time I'm also excited to see Kalli for the first time (except for the ultrasound, of course). I wonder who she will look like more. From the sonogram it looks like she got her nose from me :) Will she have curly

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Leo and I went to Haya and Jay's wedding last October 15. The ceremony was held at the Parish of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Quezon City and the reception was held at Blue Gardens at Commonwealth. That was convenient for us since it was near our place - relatively. Blue Gardens was originally a big house converted into a function venue.The ceremony was simple and elegant - very Haya :) Even

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So Leo doesn't like the new theme. It's too pink, masakit daw sa mata, ahahaha! I'll probably be changing it again soon. For now, it goes well with Kalli's clothes so I'll let it be. And besides, I'm running out of creative ideas on how to prettify this blog.Anyhoo, I noticed a lot of the hits are from wedding stuff searches so I've decided to copy all the wedding related entries into another

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It's the middle of the night and, as usual, Kalli is not letting me sleep. It seems this is her favorite play time - sometime between 11pm-1am. This is the time when she does her kicking and turning and rolling and pulling most vigorously - atleast that's what I'm imagining her to be doing, hehehe. Wish I have my own ultrasound too, just like Tom Cruise. Then again I'm not really sure if a daily

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The big day is getting closer and closer. I'm now on my 32nd week - I think (sheeesh, I lost count already!). But if I'm right, which most probably I am, then I'm on my 8th month now and we still have a lot of things to prepare! We already started buying Kalli's things a few weeks ago. It was so much fun buying baby stuff! Everything's so small and cute, you'd want to buy almost everything. And

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1159169719437840792006-09-25T15:35:00.000+08:002006-09-25T15:35:19.546+08:00

This past weekend has been a pretty busy one. We woke up early saturday morning and went to medical city for my 100g glucose challenge. It's a kind of blood test for diabetes. I actually already took a similar test before, the 50g challenge, wherein they made me drink a bottle of liquid that tasted like orange soda. I had to finish the bottle in 5 minutes (that wasn't easy) then fast for an hour

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1158548091370307602006-09-18T10:54:00.000+08:002006-09-18T13:02:08.986+08:00

Last saturday was my grandmother's 93rd birthday. Yup, you read it right - she's REALLY 93 years old. Pretty amazing huh? And she's still strong and very sharp. Why, she can still play Mahjong with the best of them! And she can still party til dawn, hehehe. But you know what's more amazing? She still has a living uncle who's already 103 years old! ONE HUNDRED AND THREE! Talk about good genes.

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1158277453480004442006-09-15T07:43:00.000+08:002006-09-15T08:42:59.156+08:00

Here's a video of our baby Kalli at 26 weeks and 4 days in the womb. Notice how she twitches her lips. Oooohhh, how cute! Some are saying she looks like mommy :)We've also uploaded new pictures in her Online Album. Feel free to browse at http://iyaleo.zoto.com/galleries/kalli

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1157940071813749792006-09-11T09:47:00.000+08:002006-09-11T14:40:30.830+08:00

First of all, I want to tell you that Leo's back, yippee! He arrived last saturday around 3pm and LA drove me to Eastwood to meet him. It was a busy day for us cause it was Leo's 2-year anniversary at work and they were having a banquet at Crown Plaza Hotel that night. Well of course he had to go. And, being the supportive wife, I went with him too. Ok, so maybe it has less to do with being

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Tonight is the first time that I'm sleeping alone since our wedding. Leo's currently in Malaysia for a conference and will be there until saturday. I miss him already! It's funny how I've spent almost all of my adult life sleeping alone in my room, and now, with just 8 months of marriage, I don't ever want to sleep without Leo anymore. I've become so attached to him, I feel lonely now with him

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1156654400397792312006-08-27T12:47:00.000+08:002006-08-27T12:53:20.410+08:00

So I've sort of started Kalli's online baby album. It only has 3 pictures for now, and all sonograms of course, but I'm sure we'll be able to buff it up pretty quickly, hehehe.Anyhoo, here it is: http://iyaleo.zoto.com/galleries/kalliEnjoy!

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For these past couple of weeks we've been staying at my parents' house. Again. And as usual, it's because of my doctor's ordered bedrest. This time it's 30 days. Well, no. Actually, what she said was, "Let's try 30 days for now". Meaning it could be longer. Or even until I give birth! What a bummer if that will be the case.Anyhoo... So we're here at my parents' house. I guess being here is really

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1155823783064093632006-08-17T22:07:00.000+08:002006-08-18T13:15:08.070+08:00

Kiara Cagalli Conti Lim

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I'm now on my 23rd-24th week. 6 months. Wow, time really flies! In 3 months more we will be welcoming our little angel into this world. Imagine that! Are we even ready yet? I don't know. Financially, I'm not even sure how much we would need for the birthing. I have a friend who is also giving birth this September and we have the same hospital. She said she already computed the cost and it will be

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I'm back home. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday and the doctors agreed to wait until I deliver my baby before doing the operation on my gallbladder. I'm thankful for that. After my ultrasound last wednesday I thought they were still going to operate since my gallbladder was still distended and the multiple stones they found were moving. But since the walls were not thickened anymore,

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1153273383170645632006-07-19T09:43:00.000+08:002006-07-19T09:43:03.223+08:00

Remember when I wrote that I already feel like a mainstay at medical city because of all my check ups? Well now you can take that 'mainstay' thing literally cause I've been living here since monday. Yup, I'm currently confined in the hospital. The doctors found something in my gallbladder during the ultrasound. They said I had multiple stones and a gallbladder that has gotten so swollen I may

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I've been meaning to write about my pregnancy for a while but have not found the time until now. Yes I'm pregnant, as I have probably mentioned before in this blog or another. Wait, let me rephrase that. WE'RE pregnant - Leo and I. Hehehe, I do love saying that. This is not just my baby after all. And even though it may sometimes seem that it's only the mother who is "suffering" the hardships of

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1149508626335230552006-06-05T19:36:00.000+08:002006-08-27T19:05:48.566+08:00

First of all, let me apologize for this very, very, very late supplier rating. I got married last January 7, but, obviously, I only had time to do this now. A lot of things have been happening to me lately. So many changes... new name, new home, new status. First I became a wife. Soon I'm going to be a mommy too :)Anyway, back to the ratings... You will notice below that there are only a few with

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We're finally done with our prenup pictorial - finally! Imagine, we initially planned to do it as early as May, but ended up doing it last Dec 13 instead. There's a story there that I don't really have time to go into right now... maybe next time. For the moment, here's the link

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So it's been a long time since I've posted anything here. Been really busy with the preps and work and other stuff. Well, mostly with preps, I guess. Been trying to finish all our invitations ASAP. Thing is, we have decided to do our invitations ourselves but truth is we haven't got that much time for it since Leo and I are both working and we only have time in the evenings after work. That

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1129345681339679932005-10-15T10:48:00.000+08:002005-10-15T11:20:43.703+08:00

We finally found a box supplier for our invitation. Well, technically, we already contacted A-BOX around 2 weeks ago. We just couldn't find the correct material to use. We wanted a deep red textured paper. Almost like black red. We scouted the different paper suppliers in divisoria while Farah (from A-BOX) searched in Binondo and her usual suppliers, but we couldn't find one with the correct

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We've been moving along quite well with our wedding preps, though I've not been updating this blog with our accomplishments lately. Truth is, now that we've decided to speed things up a little, I couldn't seem to find the time nor the energy to blog anymore. Well, I guess that's so much better than not accomplishing anything and having all the time to blog (in other words, complain) about it,

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1129344187664053022005-10-05T10:02:00.000+08:002005-10-15T10:46:32.430+08:00

It's our 7th year anniversary! Imagine that, 7 years. Has it been that long? Sometimes it feels like it was only yesterday when Leo asked me to be his girl, right there inside the karag-karag Philcoa-Lagro jeepney, on my way home from school. How UNromantic can you get, right? Hehehe... but that's just Leo. It's kinda cute actually. I also remember that first time he told me he loved me one early

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1128229455943549302005-10-02T13:16:00.000+08:002005-10-02T13:19:40.223+08:00

Met with Tish of BK and Wini, my coordinator, yesterday at Starbucks 6750 to do the detailing for the BK contract. It was a very productive meeting indeed. I must admit, I was a little worried before that BK might forget some of the things that we've discussed during our previous meetings. I know I did. Thing is, meeting with Tish and Ronald - especially Ronald - usually left me feeling, uhm, how

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Haven't blogged in a while - atleast not here. But that's not cause of lack of update. Yep, finally we're moving along. Finally. But we still got tons to do! I'm already in panic mode. Honestly I couldn't even sleep last night thinking and worrying about the wedding! Haaaay... I can't seem to find the time. Anyhoo, since I've already mentioned I don't have much time, let me just post some

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1125848304903274322005-09-04T22:02:00.000+08:002005-09-05T00:18:37.946+08:00

Yup, I've got some news to share. We finally started moving again after a long, long, long "vacation" from preps. As I've mentioned in my previous post, we sort of got derailed a bit these past few months. But, thankfully, we've made some progress since that last post.So what progress am I talking about here? Ok, let me start of with last week (hehehe, sorry I was too lazy to update the blog

Aradalwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02487561681045005935noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12055857.post-1124120284130586592005-08-15T22:58:00.000+08:002005-08-15T23:39:17.276+08:00

I have nothing to report. Nothing. Nada. Nil. Null. Zilch. Zip. Now don't let the colors distract you. They all still mean the same - zero.Alright, let me search my memory a little here... well, there was that time last saturday night when we attempted to listen to our band play at this local bar. Then again, that wasn't so fruitful as we still ended up not hearing them because of a scary,

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Got this from a friend's blog...The OneFind a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot,who calls you back when you hang up on him,who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends.Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he

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I was meaning to write this entry last weekend but never had the time. Seems like I'm supposed to be doing so many things (and I'm not only talking about wedding preps) and not accomplishing anything. Well, I guess it's not that we are not moving forward with the preps, but more of us not moving forward quickly. We've got barely six months to go and we still have no invitation, string quartet,

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Got a call from Wini last night. Well actually, she texted me first, asking if she could call me. I was pretty sure it was about Alex Franco so I called her immediately. Yup, it was about Alex alright -- and it was not good news :( I'm not sure if you remember, but Alex waitlisted us cause he already had 2 confirmed bookings and 1 tentative on our date. At first he didn't even want to waitlist us

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Yesterday, we met Ronald and Tish of Balay Kandila at the NBC Tent. They've set-up the place for David's (of David's Salon) 50th birthday party. Wow, 600 guests! Well, I guess they've already cut down the guest list cause the first time Ronald mentioned it, it was for a thousand guests. His theme was also medieval and that was actually the reason why we were there. Since we are having a similar

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Happy 81st Monthsary Love!ILOVEYOU!Can't wait to start forever with you baby!

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Nowadays, more and more theme parties are being given. Zen, Arabian Nights, Celestial, Moroccan, Fairytales... these are just a few of the themes that I've heard used in weddings, proms and debuts. Ours, the medieval theme, is actually a pretty popular one, or so it seemed, based on some talks with suppliers. Some people actually find it corny to have these themed events. Others think it's quite

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Last week's accomplishments? Not much, really. Saturday morning, I got a text from tita Vangie (my cotourier) saying that she'll be heading for Bangkok and Indonesia tentative tuesday or wednesday. We needed to finalize the designs that weekend, at least for my gown, since she'll be looking for materials on her trip. We heard that it's a lot cheaper there so we may be able to save a few pesos. We

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... and still so many things to do. We've slipped into the relax mode again, not realizing that we barely have 7 months left for the preps. I am hoping to have a 2 month prep freeze since november and december will probably be focused on the holiday events, and suppliers will also be very hectic those months since it's the wedding peak season. So that'll leave us barely 5 months! Oh no, I think

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20 things I love about my baby... I love...1. his eyes2. his strength3. the way he hugs me... making me feel all warm and safe and loved4. the way he makes me laugh5. his little boy attitude when he is having fun6. his intelligent mind7. the way he takes care of his family8. the way he takes care of me9. his patience and understanding10. his kisses11. his skill in chess and computer

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NOTE: Some spoilers here for those who haven't attended yet.I know this post is kinda late, considering it's already thursday and the Discovery Weekend was (obviously) last weekend. Been a little busy with work lately, plus add to that, my laptop seemed to be infected with a spyware/virus and it kept rebooting everytime I tried to connect to the internet. Haaay... you'd think the stress of the

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Tomorrow, and for the whole weekend, Leo and I are attending the Discovery Weekend Seminar at OMI retreat house in Mapayapa Village, QC. "It's a program intended to enrich and deepen a couple's relationship to better prepare them for marriage"... if I may quote the description from the weddingsatwork website. From the reviews that I read from fellow w@wies, this seminar seems highly recommended.

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Not much progress in prep world. Didn't even do anything this week for the wedding. Forgot to write about last sunday though, so I'm writing about it now...Last May 15, we went back to Tagaytay for a meeting with Balay Kandila. Wini, our super-bait Day (take note)Coordinator, was also there, as well as LA and Bernard. We were supposed to do the detailing, but since everybody was in a hurry to

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Leo wrote this six years ago when we just started becoming us. I've always carried a copy of this poem in my wallet. Made me smile when I was feeling down and insecure. Hope you enjoy it...In all things that encompass meYou alone have bewildered this naked soulAnd as the lonely sky daunts meIn its cold and lonely embraceLeaving me lost and vulnerableOnly in the fall of your subtle voiceVisions of

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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 ---

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Yup, finally we have a band! Just finished talking to DBO's Lunchbox and I'm glad that we've settled on the price and arrangements. We still need to talk about their transporation to Tagaytay on the wedding day, but that discussion can be put aside for now. What's important is that they've committed to be there on our date (at a reasonable price). So now I'm happy :) That's one major line on my

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It's friday, and so far we haven't really done much preparations this whole week. All I've actually done is tried to call String Minstrels to inquire about their quartet services, and even that wasn't fruitful at all since the contact person was out that day and there wasn't anybody I could talk to. I emailed them instead, but, well, until now there's no response. So I must say that we have zero

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(warning: mushy contents... don't read on if you are mush-intolerant, hehehe)Today I attended another one of my workshops. Now don't ask me what it is, cause I'm not saying. It's just something that I felt I had to do... something that I really wanted to do (hehe, is that vague enough for you?). The schedule of my sessions are mondays, wednesdays and fridays at 7-9:30pm, and these past three

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We are having a medieval theme for our wedding, complete with family crests and some formal dancing. Balay Kandila will be in-charged of the styling so I am confident that it will be beautiful and authentic-looking. If you haven't seen Balay's work, you can view their website at www.balaykandila.com. Anyway, my problem is that I am not sure if I should stick to the theme for our outfits.

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We had a meeting with Jing Almeda-Guiua of Villa de Oro the other day. It was originally scheduled for Saturday at Southmall, but I got a call from Jing last monday and she offered to move the meeting on Tuesday in Makati instead so that it would be nearer for us. So on tuesday 11:30am, we met her at Shakeys Glorietta for the contract signing and our 50% down. We had pizza, potatoes and chicken (

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I realized that we've been a little too relaxed with our wedding preparations lately. I guess I didn't really want to overwhelm Leo yet with all the things that we have to do, and at the same time I also wanted to have a little break from all the stress of the first wave of preps. But now, Leo and I decided that it is just about time to resume the preparations again. Time really flies too fast

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Finally, we have a blog for our wedding preps! Hehehe, not that it's hard to do. The hard part is in filling it up. Well, I guess we'll just do it......one step a time. That's the attitude that we are trying to have with all these wedding preparations. Otherwise, we'll be overwhelmed with all the things that we have to finish! It's a good thing that we started early - ah, I meant I started early,

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