Paranormal Activity

When I heard the buzz about paranormal activity I was dedma. I'm not a fond of scary movie , I think I'm way past that stage in my life. Since my father passed away Im not scared of ghost stories anymore. If I heard, smell, see anything weird or unsual I would say hello?! or ignored it. Before turning off lights before going to sleep terrified me and even going to washroom in the middle of the night .

So it was Halloween night and it was our movie date too. I tried to convince J to watch MJ Movie but he told me he preferred scary movie this time. It was fun going to the mall and saw a lot of people dressed up for halloween. So we bought tickets and went inside, I got scared a bit when the guy beside me wore a vampire costume well if he look like Edward Cullen probably I would enjoyed it.

I couldn't believed I was scared sh*t, even J who let his eye's closed during the last minutes of the movie. This movie is way better than Blairwitch Project, the camera made me feel dizzy though. J told me he might not get good sleep after watching it since most of the scenes were filmed inside the bedroom. Stupid me to believed my sister it was true to life and the people in the movie were the real ones. Thanks to google and confirmed it was not true and we even watched the interviews of Katie and Micah. Otherwise it would have been an sleepless and frightful night for us.

Wedding, wedding galore

With all the hulabaloo of Mar and Korina wedding, made me remember my own too. It was really nice to get married to someone you love most and tested through time. My wedding was somehow what I had dream and others were just perks.

1. Small wedding - Coming from a big family where every party was chaotic but fun. I hoped that I would have a fairly small and organize wedding. A simple but yet elegant reception and a very private one. The yacht wedding was a blessing in disguise to have, it was a very elegant, private, all in one venue for ceremony and reception, and we sailed around Vancouver!







Though of course we had regrets that most of our love ones was not there to celebrate with us, but I guess in life you cant have everything. Especially in wedding where you have to compromise things that you want and must have.

2. My wedding gown - I had a designer in mind that will make my wedding gown just in case we get married back home. A long veil train and ton's of bling embroidered into the wedding gown. Maybe you can feel my disappointment when I had an off the rack wedding gown. Since my budget for my wedding gown will not buy me the wedding gown of my dreams here but with the help of my mom and family I found the gown that made me look an elegant, stunning bride I wanted to be.




3. Flowers - Flowers were not the top of my wedding list but it's one of the most important part of the wedding. Imagine a bride without her bouquet? Boy! I was glad I've met this floral designer in time for my wedding. My reception venue gave me a nerve wracking quotation for flowers and it didn't include my bouquet and my entourage flowers. I don't want to go into details but I've got the flower's I love a 100x more without spending a fortune.







Just a tip! Choose flowers that will look good on pictures. White flowers were off my list as I've noticed that it didn't look nice. So I chose yellow and a bit of greens together as per my florist suggested. Calla lilies,stargazer lilies,roses, orchids were used for every guest table, ceremony, corsages, bride's and bridesmaid bouquet, flower girl basket and throw away bouquet.

4. Giveaways - Two months of wedding preparation didnt give me enough time to think of a nice and not so expensive giveaway. Do it yourself giveaway did not interest me, for me its just another stressful job. So I thought about a giveaway that would not go into waste and not be taken for granted . Something they can eat and enjoy during or after the wedding like chocolates! Chocolate could be an additional dessert to your wedding too! Thomas Haas is one of the top chocolate maker in Vancouver, he only have one branch but very famous for his pastry,dessert, coffee and chocolates. His chocolates are famous for event giveaways .The packaging for chocolates were elegant and expensive looking. And guess what? Out of 50+ boxes of chocolates that I ordered nothing was left behind for us :-) Good thing my photographer took a picture of it for me as my remembrance.





5. Food and Booze- Since we're in Canada might as well be Canadian. Since my guest list were fairly small the event planner told me might as well to have a "sit down lunch" meaning food will be serve to the guest. I dreamed about an eat all you can reception lol! with pinoy food and tons of dessert but since we have to think about other guest too whose not Filipino. Anyway I was not able to eat well during the reception. I felt overwhelmed, while J had ate all the food below. The appetizer that I looked forward to didn't reach me as well. I was thankful for our wonderful server who at least never forgot to give me a glass of champagne once in a while.













6. Make up- I'm a fan of "no make up look" and glad I've me Yuki through internet. She made me looked an "enhanced me" not the "different me". Ever since I wanted a look on my wedding that people or even my future grandchildren would recognize my wedding picture that it was me and not a Hollywood look a like.





Whew! what a long post hahaha. Another tip again is to ENJOY your wedding and don't look back about the flaws that had happened. Move on as they say and enjoy life. I'm thankful that I was able to have a wedding surrounded by the people I love.