Forgot to mention in my former entry that we forgot to purchase offertory candles and only learned about it during our checklist review with Ella the night before the wedding...buti na lang sila Ella na yung bumili. Pati na rin pala ung sundo ni Fr. Blaise from Pasig to QC, up till the night before our wedding, di pa rin namin alam kung paano namin sya ipapasundo, nakakahiya din naman kasing pag-taxi-hin na lang si Fr. Blaise kahit pa friend ni Albert yun! Again, our OTD coordinators to the rescue, van na lang daw nila ung susundo (kami nga lang nagpa-gas)...
Okay back to the kwentos...
Everyone left for the church at around 2pm ata, naiwan na lang ako, parents ko, Jen (coordinator in charge sa akin), Kenneth and his crew. Sobrang kulitan nina Mitch at Jen kaya tawa na naman kami nang tawa...pantagal kaba!
Yung car from Hizon's Benz na usual lang tapos ung driver ang bilis mag-drive talagang nag-o-overtake sya ha! To think na ung Morato lang naman ung dadaanan namin from E. Rod. then labas nun Q. Ave na at U-Turn na lang to West Triangle hehehe. Sabi nga ni Papa para daw kaming male-late na samantalang ang aga pa naman :P
Honestly I have no idea what time we arrived at Twin Hearts kasi wala na akong suot na relo simula morning pa lang pero siguro nasa 15-20 mins din ung hintay ko dun sa loob ng car. Sinisilip ko ung church, wala gaanong tao huhuhu. Sabi na nga ba e, eto na ung aking kinakatakot dati pa na baka walang makapunta masyado dahil nga weekday. Pero bahala na, ung gusto talagang pumunta, siguradong pupunta yun. Ika nga, kung gusto maraming paraan, kung ayaw maraming dahilan :)
Si Manong naman, dinadaldal ako so okay lang. Learned that he is from Bicol so somehow he understood daw our conversation in Cebuano. Kwentu-kwentuhan kami, then I learned from Lari (another coordinator) na wala pa ung isang reader, tsaka ung family ng tito ko...waaahhh...flowergirl at bible bearer ang kids nya! Mejo panic but again I tried to forget about it kasi nakita ko namang dumating na ung isang reader namin... kaso ung pinsan kong commentator, na-late talaga. Daming na-late pero di ko na lang talaga inisip...let go, Che! :)
And then I saw that the entourage was starting their march...this is it! Tapos maya-maya lang, nakasara na yung pinto ng Twin Hearts (syempre pa-closed door entrance ako no!) at sinusundo na ako ni Ella to get ready for my march. Eto pang isang blooper, nakatayo na ako dun saktong dumating ung tito ko...so takbo silang lahat papunta dun sa gilid para makahabol sa march ang mga kids! Hahaha...later on nalaman ko kay Albert na 1 lang daw sa kids ang matinong nakapag-march...nag-iyakan daw ang mga kids at sa pics nga nakita ko me kanya-kanya silang parent sa tabi nung nag-march hahaha...kakatuwa! (Side note: Albert and I are prepared from the start pa na talagang possible ito given that the kids were only 2-4 yrs old. Sabi nga namin, kung hindi magma-march, ok lang. No harm done, talagang ganun e, unpredictable ang kids).
When I heard the first few notes of You Raise Me Up, I thought eto na talaga...tumayo balahibo ko sa song kasi gustong-gusto ko talaga ang song na un at beautifully sang naman sya ng vocalist ng Stradavarius! Pagbukas, bilang from 1 to 5 then started walking (mejo me gewang kasi maluwag nang unti ang shoes ko hehehe), met my parents then we started our walk towards Albert. Si Albert, umiyak! Hehe, mas iyakin kasi talaga un kesa akin :P (kita ko sa pic, iyak din mama nya hehe). Another blooper, nung papunta na kami ni Albert sa altar, nasa left side ko sya tapos bulong ung taga-simbahan na sa kanan daw dapat ang groom so lumipat pa sya, maganda na rin na nangyari un kasi parang icebreaker, tawanan kasi ang mga tao pati kami rin natawa hehe...
Ganun pala yun, parang lutang talaga the whole time...but it was really a good decision to have a priest who's a friend to solemnize the wedding. Kasi may personal touch yung homily nya e... natawa lang kami kasi sabi ni Fr. Blaise, "Cheryll, take care of Albert. Ikaw ang maglalaba, magluluto etc". E may isa akong tita na Gabriela tapos ung iba din dun talagang mga feminists... react talaga sila nung kinausap na nila kami later. Sabi ng tita ko "Albert, ikaw ang maglalaba, magluluto. Hindi si Cheryll" Hahaha...
When it came to wearing the rings naman, we've talked about it already that we should recite our vows first before namin isuot ang rings. Aba, nung dun na, I had to bend my finger para hindi muna maisuot ni Albert ung ring kasi sinusuot na nya habang sinasabi ung vow! :P Eto pang isang blooper, ung candle sponsor namin sisindihan pa sana ung Unity Candle! Hahaha buti na lang narinig nya ako nung bumulong ako na hindi kasali un! Hahaha mega blooper talaga... tawanan nga kami nang tawanan ni Albert pag naalala namin ang mga yun e...
The hour just flashed by, ambilis lang. Nung nasa 7-fold blessing na, sabi ko kay Albert "Ay, tapos na. Gusto ko pa e." Hehehe... Of course, after the mass, me contract signing then picture-taking. Kulit na naman ni Mitch, paulit-ulit kaming pinagki-kiss hehehe...game naman kami! :P Nakakangawit ngumiti but with the happiness that I felt that finally, I'm married to my bestfriend, kuya, confidant, teacher... kahit 1 million pictures pa yan, GO! :)
We stayed pa sa Twin Hearts to have more pictures taken after nagsi-alisan na ung guests papunta sa reception. Comment nga ng officemate ni Albert more than an hour daw silang naghintay. At yung isang abay namin na high school kabarkada ko nag-text while we were on our way to Bulwagan, "Chelay, mangaon na ta!" hehe nagutom na ata sila. Gulat nga kami coz it didn't feel na ganun sya katagal hehe...but I guess proof of that was the fact that we had to pay additional for the bridal car, nag-exceed na daw kasi kami sa 3 hours!
Grabe haba na naman nito...
At the Reception
When we arrived sa Bulwagang Claret, mejo nalungkot ulit ako kasi ang unti lang talaga ng bisita. Andami din kasing mga last minute na nagsabi na hindi daw sila makakapunta kasi ganito, kasi ganun. Oh well, ayoko nang isipin yun. Ang mahalaga, andun ang pamilya namin at mga kaibigan...mga taong alam naming tunay na nagmamahal sa amin :) (hehe parang bitter) AND our guests had their fill of the food kasi andami talagang food! Sayang nga lang I didn't get to taste ung chocolate (from our choco fountain) and the halu-halo and other desserts...waaaahhhh!!!! Pero dami din ng na-take home, imagine we had 3 satellite marshmallow icing mocha cakes, all edible...at ang nabawas lang was that slice we had for the ceremonial cake cutting! We made it a point to have someone from the family (Albert's tita) to see to the food...para well-accounted at ma-take home ang leftovers!
We had 2 emcees for the evening kasi sa Hizon's kasama sa package nila ung emcee (Marj Dizon) tapos sa aming Coordinators naman, Loi can also host (and sing pa!) kaya we opted to have both of them. Good decision naman kasi magaling silang pareho, very eloquent at lively. There was so much food pero hindi kami nakakain nang maayos ni Albert, maya-maya lang kasi pinapatayo...picture-taking ganyan hehe. But everyone was commenting na ang sarap daw ng food, at ang ganda daw ng wedding, very romantic. These comments made me realize na so worth it talaga ung aking pag-let go on the day kasi in the end, it was only us (Albert and I) who knew about the bloopers. By letting go, we were so bungisngis at iyakin at the same time, which I believe made the guests enjoy our program too.
I have never been a very emotional person...I didn't cry during my debut party. I think the only time that I was literally choked with emotion in front of a large crowd was that time I delivered my message to my parents on their Silver Wedding Anniversary. Kaso nung nag father and daughter dance na during our wedding, di ko na talaga napigilan...naiyak talaga ako (ayan teary-eyed na naman ako ngayon hehe)...papa's girl kasi talaga ako, being the only daughter. Si papa din, nagpipigil lang umiyak nagkukwento ng kung anu-ano hahaha pero nung nag-speech na sya, ayun ambagal magsalita kasi nagpipigil hehehe...at as usual, si Albert naiyak rin ;-P
Another fun event was during the bouquet and garter toss! Pero may twist, for the bouquet toss, what I had were single flowers which I threw one at a time towards the single ladies. Kung sino ung walang flower na nasalo, sya ang lucky lady (who turned out to be my maid of honor, Claire) to get the bouquet :P nakakatawa kasi initially I threw petals lang as in agawan sila sa petals at namumulot pa dun sa floor. Hahaha! As for the garter toss, what we did was have the guys line up then Claire (who was blindfolded before pa man nakapila ang guys) would then have to decide which guy has the best body part (Albert and I got to choose which part of the body dapat) by touching that part! Syempre simula safe muna, hand lang. After that naging nose, then tummy. So ung line up naging si Neil (my former boss), Heinz (a former officemate), and Soc (my bro), respectively. From the three, she had to choose 1 na lang...eto one of our ninongs (my mom's OB nung pinanganak nya ako -- the first human being I saw, accdg to him hehe) enthusiastically suggested "THE BUTT". At syempre, being obedient inaanaks as we are, go naman kami! Hehehe..the butt it was! And the winner was Neil...buti na lang talaga di ko na sya boss!
Pero di pa dun nagtatapos ang kwento... Neil and Claire would then have to follow what we do --> Albert had to kiss me at 5 different parts of the body. Dito mejo safe na talaga kami, kawawa naman sina Neil at Claire :P Albert chose the hand, cheek, forehead, shoulder and ear. Buti na lang at good sport ang dalawa! :)
The program was done by 8:30 pa lang and we had to see to the transport of the gifts, hatid ng family ni Albert to Marikina, us to Stone House...basta ang saya! It was a day na ang sarap balik-balikan. We're really glad we got good suppliers who were really able to deliver and helped make our day more special. Another thing that made it more special was the presence of families and friends - some came all the way from Davao, Cebu, Laguna, Australia even! We are really happy and thankful for the support they've provided...kay Mama na talagang nagtyagang ayusin ang aming souvenirs, candles at matches pati na rin gifts ng sponsors..May pa lang nya sinimulan ang mga un hehehe...at kay Papa for the constant reminders of the things we needed to do pa and for my bros for just being there. For Albert's parents and bros who have been very supportive as well...mapa-financial man o advice during or preps.
I keep on saying more special kasi the day in itself is special already. It's the day I married my bestfriend, kuya, teacher, confidant, kakulitan, etc etc etc and have God's blessing upon us. It's the day we committed to love, cherish and respect each other forever. It's one of the milestones of our love story, so to speak.
I guess this ends my wedding kwento, there may be some items that I didn't include here (dahil sa sobrang haba na nito) but those are forever etched in our minds..syempre memories of one of the most romantic days of our life together...
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