First Wedding for the Year

We attended a friend's wedding yesterday in Tagaytay Highlands. My brother J, who was the best man left Manila Saturday and helped in the preparations for the destination wedding. My parents and I left Sunday morning at 9:20 AM. We arrived in Tagaytay around 11 AM, earlier than expected.

The SLEX drive was a breeze. When we arrived in Tagaytay, it was drizzling but we enjoyed the cold temp. Since we were on the groom side, we proceeded to his unit at Belle View West. My bro and the veil sponsor stayed there too. We had lunch, laughed, joked and helped in the preparation.

Photographers came in a few minutes later, the housekeeping staff (the wedding suit needed pressing), the wedding coordinator, the personal assistant. It was a busy day but we were all relaxed. The photographers offered to take some non-wedding pics so we even had fun pictorials while waiting for the groom to get dressed.

We all helped in tying the tie. I even kidded that next time, don't use an expensive one cos it takes a while to tie. hahahaha. We arrived at the church a few minutes before schedule. The wedding was at 3PM, cocktails at 4:30PM and reception at 6PM. There were 250 guests so Madre de Dios chapel was brimming!

We enjoyed the photo booth, food, ceremony, AVP (we had significant exposure!) and of course the company of good friends. There was fireworks display to cap the great event so literally it ended with a bang!

By 8:30PM, we were on our way to Manila. We arrived 10PM. Again, the drive was a breeze despite the zero visibility due to thick fog while traversing the winding roads of Tagaytay Highlands.

It was a super great day and I wish to attend more weddings like this, no stress just happy moments!

Children's Party & Miss Earth 2007

It was fun, watching Miss Earth 2007 live. This year it was held at the UP theatre. I have an outstanding invitation to this international event every year since I met Ryan Samson, my former colleague at Epac or Oneglobal (what's in a name? tax shield? hahahaha). He's the master web designer of Miss Earth and the President of Marketing International Group. Clap! Clap!

So what made me go this time (finally!)? Well, one of the reasons was because the venue was very near my place. I thought this must be the right time to go back and for the right occasion. Whatever.

Anyway, on my way to UP, I didn't realize that there will be re-routing so after a few misses, I arrived at the venue in one piece. I wore basic black pants, my Forever 21 hot pink spaghetti top (got it on sale) and stone-studded heels. Nothing special. I originally thought of wearing a little black dress but I was coming in from a children's party (Happy Birthday to my inaanak Nikki!) so there wasn't much time to change into something stunning from a very casual get-up. Even my makeup was very basic--True Match cream foundation by L'Oreal, Nichido powder and a combination of Vintage Rose Luscious lipstick by Mary Kay and Diandra Supermoist Hydrating lipstick in Plum Passion. I don't even remember wearing blush. Definitely no eyeshadow. :(


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That night I was surprised to see Vanz wearing something nice (hahahaha). Peace! I met Emz, Beng and Ryan's officemate. It was great to see former work mates. Little Miss Earth, Tetski (Sarj, ikaw 'to!) was there too and Joni, of course, now a very sikat webmaster (geek!). Beng's bf, Nico, tagged along as well.

After the announcement of the semifinalists, my interest in the pageant plunged. Well, Miss Philippines didn't make it. So I settled for Miss Switzerland. Not because of merit but because I think she wasn't a popular choice. Oh well, I've been mainstream all my working life, why not try something different this time. Of course, she didn't win but nobody expected it in the first place.

We went to Starbucks after and ended the night with a nice cold coffee.

See more pics here:
Celebrities At Miss Earth 2007
Starbucks