Souvenirs?

I seriously do not understand people who collect the Starbucks City Mug Collection by asking other people who go on trips to buy it for them. I mean, isn't this supposed to be your souvenir from the place you visited?

 Well, for me anyway, I personally collect these mugs every time I go out of the country. So far I only have 3 (Singapore, Washington DC, New York). But I already promised myself that this would be my only souvenir collection for future trips outside the country. No way I would ask any of my friends to buy it for me. I mean, anong point?

But anyway, as my sister said, "kanya kanyang trip".

A Wedding and then some

The past two weekends have been A-W-E-S-O-M-E! What was first planned as a simple get together turned out to be one grand (on a small scale though) event.

Two weekends ago, I got married to my love Papa P in a supposedly very simple and intimate ceremony. However, a few days before the said date, things turned around unexpectedly and to my favor. Due to venue limitations, we decided to invite the rest of my close relatives as well (P still said he won't invite his side). I sent a very rush invite thru FB to the Cesarios the plans for that Saturday. I added a personal message to my sister in the US and joked "Ate, uwi ka? Hehe!" as I was very sure a simple event like this would not prompt her to visit the place she has no plans of returning. But to my utter surprise and excitement, she replied that she already booked a flight and will fly in by Friday night. So what was supposed to be a "strictly immediate family only" gathering became a reunion of the clan.

With my sisters and in-laws

The sisters and their new brother-in-law

The entire Cesario brood (well, almost)

Honestly, I totally hate being the center of attention. I'm very comfortable being away from the limelight and maintaining a low profile. So I always imagined what my church wedding would be like, and how I would be able to stand the attention of our guests directed at me. The realization that there would be more than 15 people in our civil wedding was enough to make me cringe with panic even if this was not yet the grand event (in other words, the church wedding). I was so eager to start with the ceremony granted that our immediate families were already complete and the minister was just waiting. Problem is, our only sponsors got caught in traffic! So our fashionably late cousins arrived before we could actually start and was there to witness the whole event. Of course, I am happy! I'm just... scared! :)

Good thing we we made the mood light, and everyone was happy laughing! No drama. Yes, there were tears of joy shed but the family was quick to turn it around as a joke, or simply "pang asar".

I was so happy! The family was complete. My dearest cousins were present. My sister was so thoughtful enough to fly in from the US just for my wedding. And I got married to the love of my life P. We promise to have a church wedding soon. And I will try to make it a little grand than this one.

Cheers!

Hola! Welcome back!

Hola! - Welcome to my new blog. I decided to create a new one to signify a new life I have ahead of me. Done with the old and the ugly, in with the new and the start of something reallly beautiful (so I like to believe) =)

Welcome Back! - I have been blogging since 2004 but took a hiatus (a really long one) last 2009 due to imbalances in my life that need a major overhaul. I will no longer continue the old blog since I want that to symbolize the old life I had. Someday, in the future, I would like to re-read my previous posts and enjoy the shallowness and melodramatics my life had at that time.

So Hola! and Welcome Back!