vhang's wedding


after the long wait and the hassles, finally my officemate and friend vhang and her husband got their church wedding.

i saw how she worked out all the details of her wedding - from the cute little beads on her gown to the whole theme of the event. she likes butterflies so much it's all over the place: invitation, misalette, flowergirls (they got butterfly wings), table centerpiece, cake, reception venue, souvenir and thank you note. all that was missing was a real live butterfly fluttering around and it would have been perfect.

i helped with the design and preparation of the misalette and it was so much fun except it took a long time for her to finalize her entourage it also took a while to finish printing it. good thing i also like butterfly (along with stars and half moons and sun and antique, etc) so it wasn't so much of a burden but actually a nice distraction from the boring work at the library.

except for her very dark smoky-eye effect, i'd say vhang looked really pretty. her hair was swept up into a bun with the veil tied around it (i'd say veils that long is one way of making a maid of honor's life hard.. hehe), she got a tube wedding gown with beads flowing from the back of her waist down. good thing she's tall so she didnt seem too lost in all the fabrics.

her groom (husband) also looked nice and comfortable with smiles that probably melted vhang's heart too many times. :-)

there was a low turnout of guests, though. some of the principal sponsors were not around, there were lots of vacant tables at the reception and for the first time in my wedding-attendance life, there were enough (or more) souvenirs than guests.


but all in all i'd say it was a pretty successful wedding. im really happy for vhang. she's worked so hard for this day and now she must enjoy it, savor every minute of this one day in her life.


my own wedding


of course, as always, we come to the question of my own wedding. we have bit and pieces of plans and ideas here and there but there's nothing really definite yet. one thing im sure is i want a garden wedding, if possible under the moonlight (though if that's in nz, it might be cold for a backless wedding gown - not that that's the design i want but we never know... hehe). and also that it's not going to be in the philippines and that's final.

*sigh* it's funny how i have all these ideas of how it should look like and feel like and yet im not really so dead-set on having it when it's not the right time yet. i mean, in my heart i know im ready for it to happen but not too pressured about it like it has to happen this year or next year or whenever year. i love the romantic side of knowing im getting married when we want to and not because we have to or should. i love talking about it with him, knowing it's there, it might even be just around the corner but im not craning my neck to see it coming. :-)



batch tshirt


it was our 10th year since graduating in high school last year and we're only just starting to work on it now like planning and things. we also have our batch tshirt and just saw the design a while ago.

it wasn't the design i was sort of imagining it would be or didn't have the impact that i thought it would have on me like whoa! totally awesome sort of feeling but i'll come around. it's better than nothing. i mean, it might be better when i see the tshirt itself or if the color is a bit darker (hopefully it is) but like risa said, it's a not-so-alumni-tshirt design so that's a good start. at least we can wear it anywhere and it would be cool and not cheesy.

i wonder what plans/activities we'll have for the holy week. our homecoming parade is on black saturday, im not even sure if we're all going to attend that one. it might be fun though now that we've got our tshirt. :-)

fast forwarding to that year when it's our time to host the alumni homecoming: i really feel excited about that time. i hope everybody's able to attend. it doesn't really matter what have become of us, it matters most that we can catch up. heck! it might even be time to say goodbye to old grudges and start all over again. it's been too long and im sure we can all handle ourselves.


torn between warring officemates


it's hard when you're in the middle of a friendship gone sour.

normally it wouldn't be such a big deal to me coz i have nothing to do with the reason of their misunderstanding but being in the same function as both of them kinda makes it hard to stay neutral when you have to chat with just one coz the other wouldn't join you. i try my best though.

as much as i can, i dont say anything against the other without being truthful to myself. sometimes i come close to agreeing about certain things or also doubting but i try hard, really hard, not to add anything especially if it's so obviously fishing for something to throw at the other person. trying to be neutral just sucks when you can't offer anything - not sympathy, not i-got-your-back consolation, nothing. you just sit there, listen to what they're saying and hope to god you don't slip and i feel insensitive doing that. well, at least that keeps me from gossiping.

it's sad to be leaving this way. i dont want to play favorites but of course you favor one over the other.

i am quite lucky that i can avoid any more awkward situations coz im at working at the library and we all have our own offices so we dont have to be in the same place all at once. hay buhay!