3rd year Anniversary

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Feb 28, '07

It totally slipped my mind that Leo and I will be celebrating our 3rd year anniversary as a couple on the 28th! Hindi na nga namin masyado pinapansin kasi abala kami in preparing for our wedding. Siguro after ng wedding, ibang date na ang ice-celebrate namin!

Food Tasting

Start:	Jul 14, '07 10:00a
Location:	The Palms Country Club

Temporary schedule for food tasting and finalization of package with Palms

Appointment with Alex Franco

Start:	Mar 1, '07 7:00p
Location:	The Palms Country Club

Meet with cake supplier

Themes and Motifs' Bridal Fair

Start:	Mar 10, '07 10:00a
End:	Mar 11, '07 8:00p
Location:	The PICC Forum, CCP Complex

Biannual showcase of the latest trends and newest styles in the biggest and most comprehensive gathering of wedding suppliers from all over the Philippines.
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Wedding Fair

Leo and I went to a wedding fair last weekend at Megamall. At least it's larger than the one that we went to at 1 Esplanade a couple of weeks ago.

Anyway, we scouted around for possible wedding invitation, flowers and giveaway providers. For the flowers, we're eyeing Holland Tulips (this is for the entourage). When I spoke with my mother-in-law last weekend, she wanted imported flowers for the entourage. She also wants the reception ballroom to be filled with flowers (though they don't have to be imported) as long as there are flowers in abundance. The church already has an in-house florist so at least that's one less worry.

For the giveaways, Leo and I still haven't decided on what we should get. For the principal sponsors, we're thinking of wines for the ninongs and shawls for the ninangs. For the female entourage, bag charms. I don't know what Leo would want to give to his male entourage. As for the guests, we really want to give something practical so we're thinking of cupcakes or chocolates. We'll just see.

My OTD coordinator gave me a worklist for the wedding. We're still a long way off! I just took a look at my ticker and I have 6 months, 1 week and 3 days until our wedding! I called The Palms this morning to ask when we should meet with our AE to finalize everything. I was advised to schedule an appointment by end of April or first week of May. Our package with the Palms includes the overnight stay at Vivere, the use of the bridal car and others which I can't remember offhand. I hope to finalize those soon so I can cross them off my list.

I also found an acapella choir which we will listen to on March 11. Hopefully they will give a good rendition on the song that I want for my bridal march. We also decided that the responsorial psalm in our wedding mass will be sung. I already asked Cheryll to sing that part but she hasn't responded yet. Anyway, I already have a shortlist of people who can sing in case Cheryll does not want to do it.

There will be another bridal fair on the weekend of Mar. 9-11. It's again at the PICC and we will be going there together with my mother-in-law probably on the 10th after the measurements are done so that she can see the flowers supplier. This one will be the mother of all bridal fairs with 350++ suppliers! Weee! Chocolate fountain galore!

Mommy, Ninang and Tita Norrie, please send your preferred designs so that Cecil can work on it. I will provide the tela for your gowns although I have to discuss the color with Cecil as the color that I initially wanted has been scrapped. Leo's Ninang already had a gown made using a different color. I'm totally thinking of scrapping the one color motiff for the the principal sponsors. Bahala na. Will give feedback once I talk with Cecil. Please also have your measurements ready.

Changes

After my bout with the colds a couple of weeks ago, I'm now battling a bad case of dry cough. Yesterday, I came home early as I also had a slight fever and feeling very drowsy. I knew I just had to lie down and sleep it off. Fortunately, I felt better this morning. I had an important meeting that I didn't want to miss.

My new boss finally showed his true colours and it's not pretty. I was seated beside him in the meeting and when he said something which put one of my colleagues on the spot and started pushing his point, I just stared at him in shock. And this is in front of our CEO! Kung baga, "nanglaglag". My gosh. And worse, the boss of my colleague did not even support him!  What was my boss complaining about? Sabi niya, may pinapirma raw sa kanya na memo na hindi niya binasa. Stoopid talaga! Why did he sign the darned memo kung hindi niya binasa???!!! Kasi raw, kesyo he trusted the guy who asked him to sign the memo. Stooopid! And he was blaming my poor colleague. Knowing my colleague, he would not ask him to sign the memo without discussing it with him. Naasar ako in his behalf. I'm sorry for being racist pero ayaw ko na talaga ng boss na Pakistani or Indian! Give me a Pinoy boss any day. Mas madaling kausap!

On a brighter note, there will be happy news in the next few weeks. I'm just waiting for the official announcement. Hint: It shook everyone up in the office and I'm suddenly the most famous person around. Hehe :) Definitely, there will be changes. Watch out for it!

Dead Tired at Valentine's

I officially moved to my new workstation last Monday. I was looking forward to it as it was 5 floors away from my previous workstation. A refreshing start.

I came to work Monday morning really early so I can have the time to fix my stuff and catch up on work. I went home 9 am Monday night and last night, I went home at quarter to 10 (and I was here at 730 am!). When I got home I had problems falling asleep as my mind was still at work (and the unfairness of it all). I think I fell asleep at 1130 pm. I woke up this morning at a godforsaken time of 430 and I could not go back to sleep as my mind is again at work. Now, I'm dead tired and trying to figure out how to get out of my rut. It's not helping me and most of all, it's already starting to affect my relationship with Leo.

On a brighter note, Leo gave sent me 2 dozen pink roses and a box (heart-shape pa!) of Lindt chocolate. The roses were sent through courier and in a glass vase. Looks like I won't be able to bring them home with me (I commute!). As for the chocolates, I initially shared them around but when I tasted one, I hoarded what's left! They're SOOO good! We'll be having lunch later and that's the extent of our Valentine's celebration. We learned our lesson last year to not go out during Valentine's Day (we went to a concert of The CompanY last year at Sucat. The parking was horrible and the service worse! We waited for our food for an hour and when it came, it was cold!).

As my gift for him, I got him a shirt (parang ang pathetic yata. Haha!).