hitched and then some...

dinner at northpark @ market! market! after a tiring day in tagaytay...


from my trial hair and make-up with Merlyn. i immediately booked her for my wedding :)

another year is coming to an end. looking back, here's what happened to zayd and i this 2007:

January - first birthday with Zayd :) it was memorable for both of us!!!

February - first Hearts' Day celeb. Cheap date lang Reyes Barbecue sa Fort and then coffee at Gloria Jean's.

March - wedding ni bro! then Galera ;)

April - i had to leave for St. Louis for 3 months :( but the day before i did, zayd and i went out to buy promise rings. we had it blessed at Sta. Clara (in Katipunan) then said our vows inside my car :) then Kopi Roti after.

May - when he learned that he will be going to Atlanta for six months, he decided to tell my parents of our plans to get married. it was a Sunday and he was banking on my grandma to help him out talking to my parents. but lo and behold! mas nahirapan sya kay gran. parang interrogation daw sa FBI. so in essence, he asked for my hand in marriage to my parents and grandparent na sya lang mag-isa! TIGAS di ba :)

June - i went to Atlanta to see him after two long months!

July - i went back to Manila from STL :( buhay YM and skype na naman kami

August - i booked Caleruega for my Church ceremony and Nurture Spa for my reception venue. Busy month itoh. Ay, in addition pala, i also booked Nice Print Photography for my P/V coverage and Holly Paraiso for my music.

September - i went back to STL with two teammates. Zayd drove over to STL :) see my post for September. We also celebrated our first anniversary at Olive Garden :) we had Pinot Grigio, baked salmon, and chicken marsala! :)

October - we visited each other for a couple of times. We also met up in Chicago where I met his aunts, uncles, and cousins. pretty cool family! (sarap magluto ni tito!).

November - i spent my birthday with him in Atlanta :) he gave me a very nice Alpine 9855 head unit (for my car) and a matching KCA420i for my iPod so i can hook it up to my car audio.


i cooked my birthday eve dinner (carbonara, chicken) then he bought Pinot Grigio ulit. it was fun. on my day itself, we went to watch Enchanted. ganda :) i loved the soundtrack so i ended up buying one at Target.

December - he came home and we spent Christmas together. we also went to tagaytay so he can see the church and the venue. i am happy he liked it. (nag 50% downpayment na din sa venue. sabi ni zayd: "mahal pala magpakasal!" hahaha!)

i would say, of all the stuff that has happened, what he did in May wins as event of the year.

i've been listening to this song from Enchanted the whole day today. di pa ako nakuntento nilagay ko sya kay K810i and kay iPod (yes i have an iPod... a long story i will tell you in my next post.. bakit late bloomer ako pagdating sa kanya!)

c'mon sing with me!

You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive

A life goes by
Romantic dreams will stop
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close

So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come
So far we are so close

How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far

if you've heard about this song, and know someone who can sing this as close as the original artist does... PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP!

to my parental units! :)


(not in picture: me)

Today marks their 30th year together as husband and wife. Grabe! how fast time flies!

I came home around 6am today and greeted both mom and dad as soon as i saw them. i was not able to get them something special (well mom did last week *wink*) so i decided i'd order in lunch from that place my dad raves about ("sarap ng pansit dun!")... had a quick breakfast with them then slept for around 3 hours. syempre i had to be up for lunch noh! baka maubusan ako ng food! grabe it was sooooo good!!!

then we all went to Dencio's Eastwood for dinner. treat naman ni brother dear. grabe! itoh sobrang grabe talaga! now lang ako nalibre ng kapatid ko!!!! (as in i am not over acting pero just being honest) hehe buti na lang anniv!



at dinner, i looked at my parents from across the table. dad ko ang kulit to the point na sometimes irritating na pero my mom would always just laugh at him -- cute na makulit kasi e... naisip ko, relationships talaga is not 100% based on love. kelangan din may 50% (guess-timate lang yan) na action to make it work. at this point, i am thankful for my mom and my dad for being the perfect example of what i would expect of married life. i know i don't say it as often as i should but i really love you guys... (waaah naiiyak ako as i am writing this hehe)

it is exactly 24 hours na lang till zayd comes home. i can't wait to see, talk, hug, and kiss him...

i spent the long thanksgiving break packing my stuff. hay grabe! ang bulky ng mga winter clothes ko.
so anyway, friday night i was all set na. i just finished dinner then i got my dear toshi (my new laptop) then suddenly, the adapter fell on my right foot.
ouch!! @#$%^&!

i noticed my left ring finger was missing that old familiar blue sparkle.

hell, yeah! i lost my ring! my engagement ring.

i was too scared to tell zayd but then i decided to tell him agad. no sense in putting it off. though i know sobrang tense na to pag hinalughog ko ang room ko. granting na sa room nga sya nawala. (wwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh i went to the mall on friday afternoon. last hurrah for the black friday event)

zayd tells me "dapat kasi di na naghihiwalay yang si blue ring saka si promise ring eh"

hayyy. oo nga naman. ang kulit ko kasi e.

so to cut the long story short, i spent the entire night looking for my ring. yes, nakipagbeso beso ako sa sahig. sa carpet na di pa navavacuum for the longest time. ayan. nagkakuliti tuloy ako. kaines!

wala sya sa room ko. oh no! three things left for me to check: my 3 luggages. huhu! i just finished packing. so mag uunpack ako ulit. huhuhu i spent two nights packing my stuff.

then, in the midst of my kaantukan, i saw that familiar blue sparkle trapped in the net of my pink luggage. it must have gotten caught when i was shoving my stuff inside huhu. im so happy i could cry. i immediately sealed the blue ring with my promise ring. vowing that the two rings will never be apart from now on.

ang ganda ng analogy of the engagement and the promise ring sa min ni zayd. one should never be far from the other.

these are the times when i really -- i MEAN REALLY! -- crave for one stable thing in my life... and it actually satisfies me...

my birthday's tomorrow na... i wonder what he has planned for me? hehe :)

my friends and i drove to chicago last weekend. i met zayd's titas and really nice and cool cousins. here is a pic of all six of us...

this is from my other blog
http://elektra.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2005/07/independence_da.html

whew! i had a really really busy weekend last week. long weekend at that.

saturday we went to duluth. that's where lake superior is. it is debatable if this lake is indeed a lake or an ocean. as far as i know, large boats (i.e. oil tankers) cannot dock on lakes. i even saw a photo of the Normandie at the museum. and if i am not mistaken this was the same ship my dad took me to when they docked in Batangas in 1997 (?). and yes, i did miss my dad when i saw the ships and the orange lifesaver... senti shit!

and did i mention that it was a 150-mile drive? ONE WAY??? good thing my car had a cd player and my tita let gave me a couple of really nice cds... cruisin' cds. ;)

and then we headed out to albertville. outlet shopping. i could have enjoyed it if i didn't drive more than 300 miles. and i could have helped the US economy (that's my way of saying i'm splurging).. not that it needs helping though.

then sunday we took empress to the hospital. di ko pa nababawi ung tulog ko. deym! i received a call from rizza that empress fell on the stairs of her new apartment. that crazy girl. later that day, i found out she called me first but i didn't answer -- she knew i wouldn't be up coz the sun wasn't out. she's one observant girl. anyway, its good to know that the baby's fine.

monday -- independence day -- well.. rizza and i went to watch the parade along kerber road.. nothing spectacular. then we went on to watch the fireworks at lake ann. then dito ako nasenti hahaha. lech. here are a few random thoughts (as far as i can remember):

1. sarap siguro may kaakap na guy sa blanket under the stars and watching the fireworks.

2. pwede ko kayang gawin to sa pinas on new year's eve? hahaha. asa pa.

3. next year kaya makanood ako ulit ng ganito on july 4th on a different state? AND/OR matupad si #1?

4. kelan ba ako uuwi ng pinas?

5. magkakaboypren pa kaya ako? hahaha. yan po ang million-dollar question.

wag nyo na sagutin yung mga tanong na yan. pag nag comment pa kayo eh mga wala kayong kwentang tao. hehe.

piz out!

July 08, 2005 at 09:31 PM

see items 1&3.
i was able to do that last weekend with my hubby to be :)
it just amazes me that sometimes, God answers our prayers a bit too long than we hoped but when it happens... MAN! i tell you. it's deja vu.

to think i almost passed up on this one kasi i was too lazy to get up...

September 21, it was a sad friday. Subsob sa work and I felt so lonely. In my mind "One week pa lang since huli ako nagpunta sa kanya, pero bakit parang antagal na, missed ko na sya :(". Then I told her "I missed you hon, do you feel the same?", she answered "Ewan ko". That was 4:45 in the afternoon. By 5:00pm, I made up my mind, pupunta ako sa kanya; and that's is more than 550mi away. I don't know pero iba ang adrenaline ko that time, sobrang excited and high in spirit. Co'z I know in just a few hours makikita ko na naman yung mahal ko; ay mali. 9hrs nga pala ang travel sabi ni mapquest :(, ay bahala na. 5pm I went out of the office. Uwi muna to get my stuffs. And sa kakahalungkat ng things ko, may nakita akong 2 sachet.... Extra Joss!!! Buti di pa expired, pwede pa hehehe! Tamang tama to para di ako antukin sa byahe hahaha!!! With that, I forgot to take my dinner. Ok then, larga na!!! I headed as fast as I can to I-75 Northbound, this is the first challenge, this will be a more than 100mi long drive in a 65-70mph speed limit. Then I-20 Westboud for 318mi. It's already 10pm, aba nagtetext na sya, isip ko "Naloko na, sigurado yari ako nito. Ah basta miss ko sya... bahala na pag nagalit, importante sa akin makita ko sya kundi mababaliw ako sa lungkot". The first text message shows anxiety, the second is anger, the third is mixed anxiety and anger. Then I decided to call sa house nila para ma-assure ko na may magbubukas sa akin ng pinto. I just hoped na di si kumander ang makasagot. I pulled over in the nearest gasoline station, looked for the phone booth and dialed the numbers. Then someone answered, buti na lang di si kumander, I said "Uy Paul", Paul said "Uy Zayd!!!!"...... I answered "Anak ng!!!! wag ka maingay!!!! Narinig ka ba?", He said "Di naman, bakit ba?"... I said "Just be quiet. I'm on my way to your place, I'll be there in 1 and a half hour". He answered "ok". I'm now in I-57, this will be a 55mi drive, then I-67, this will be 88miles... and now I'm now in I-270... the last phase of my journey, only 5mi left to meet my baby. I knocked at their door twice, nobody is opening the door, I thought Paul could have slept while waiting for me. Then I knocked again, finally he opened the door. What a relief. I went to Weng's room, then I saw her innocent face, sleeping. Stress is washed away by my happiness, the happiness to se my girl again. I approached her silently, slowly hugged her. But to my surprise, nagising sya, and akala e rapist ako. She was pushing me away as hard as she could. Then I said to her, "Hey it's me, honey it's me". Then she looked at me, then we hugged each other. After that I apologized to her for me not saying my plans of going to her place. I know that she will be worried about me travelling during night time. I apologized and said that It will not happen again. I just want to surprise her. And I missed her so bad. Then Saturday, we had a good time together ;-D

I know it's crazy, and everybody tells me that it's crazy. But I don't care, I just fight for what I feel for her. I'm so in love with this girl...

when i first listened to this song (in traffic along I-70 E) hay nako
naalala ko yung last weekend ko with zayd
he drove ulit from atlanta to st. louis just for the weekend.
come sunday afternoon when he had to go, ayun he came back sobrang sad ng face. he wanted to stay pa daw and never leave me. eh di naman pwede un. he has work pa next day... so i made him go and locked myself up sa room.
a few minutes later, paul (my officemate/housemate) knocked sa door ko. andun daw si zayd.

hayun. napapayag na ako. sige stay. pero sana wag sya antukin when he leaves ng very early morning next day.

so i woke him up at 2am. prepared breakfast for him. then un tagal namin hug sa doorway. i never wanted to let him go then. kung pwede lang sana talaga... hay

this one is for you, my husband ;-)


When You're Gone Lyrics
Artist(Band):Avril Lavigne

I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lye
Is made up on your side

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you

I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
and the clothes you left, that lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah yeah
And all I ever wanted was for you to know
everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me Yeah...

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And When you're gone
The words I need to hear, will always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you...........

my story:

i met zayd through Auto Europa (www.autoeuropaph.com) in June 2006. i was a newbie at car clubs since I acquired my baby Vio just a few months before. i did not meet him then but we were already chatting over YM and i was constantly BRB'ing him then because he was so makulit. we planned to meet up for a beer or coffee. at one point he did ask me to meet up at Starbucks but i made up a last minute excuse to cancel :) *yes, and i really regret it now when i think about it*

unfortunately, this did not materialize since i was sent off to Italy for a project.

we'd talk everyday over IM and became fast friends.

i ran up a bill with Globe for text messaging. hehe.

when i got back in Manila, i met up with him immediately. there was something undeniable between us, the afternoon was bitin and i know we still had a lot to talk about.

the rest is history.

his story:

i saw her avatar at AEP and was interested. i notice it because her forehead was oily. i added her up at YM and started talking to her. i found out we had common friends. we were both in IT and my previous team lead was her seatmate during their graduation.

i asked her to meet up at Starbucks RCBC before she leaves work (she was on midshift then) but at the last minute she cancelled on me.

a few days later, she told me she was going away for three months for a project in Italy. i was sad and disappointed. to compensate, we'd IM and text each other. she was a delight to talk to.

when she got back, i made sure i'd take her out on a date. we clicked and we couldn't get enough talking about anything and everything. we had a lot in common and though i was younger than her, we complemented each other.

i knew i'd found the one i wanted to be with...

i came across this song from my very good friend gayle. now that i am in the course of planning for my wedding, i realize that i can relate to this song...

logging back on to blogspot just today, after three years, well -- i can say i have grown and changed -- compared to that other person. that was me THEN. now i am different. to an extent i have numbed myself, then adjusted so and so, until i've come to terms with who i am and until i've met my match.

i'll post some stuff about zayd and myself on the coming ones.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you