10 Dresses

This is my version of the movie, 27 Dresses. Mine's called 10 Dresses. Hahaha.

I've been part of a wedding entourage of a quite number of times now. Mostly from my female cousins and high school barkada. At first, I wasn't really that envious since I thought I was so young and there's no need to marry soon. But eversince my high school barkada started getting married year after year after year.... waaaahhhh!!! Takot at inggit nako! I'm 28 now and most of my batchmates are now wives, mothers, or both.

Anyway, these are some of the dresses I was able to keep. (Please excuse the quality since these pictures were taken from my cellphone camera.) FYI: the gowns looked better during those wedding

And here are the list of weddings I've took part of (flower girl not included)...

Maid of Honor:

my cousin, ate Haidi

another cousin, Geraldine

my bestfriend, Tonee

Bride's maid:

my close friend, Candy

Secondary Sponsor:

my cousin, ate Leny

my cousin, Babylyn

my cousin, Marissa

my cousin, Roda
my close friend, Deberrie

my close friend, Pia

Next year, I'll be turning 29. Malapit na mawala sa kalendaryo like what people say. I wonder, how many weddings will I take part as an entourage again? I don't really know. And I'm not scared na din. Actually, I wouldn't miss wearing bridemaid dresses... because anyway, I'll be wearing my own wedding dress next year.

Shopping as Therapy

I'm so exhausted and freaking tired... It is starting to affect my performance at work these past few weeks. I've been coming to work late a number of times in a week and I've got a personal all time low performance scores. My boss noticed it too. Jokingly told me not to resign but for me to file for a few days of vacation leave. And of course I did! I gave him the leave form before the end of shift.

Partly, I think I felt so burnt out because I haven't been doing my favorite past time: SHOPPING.

I got my salary yesterday and after months of depriving myself from shopping, I finally did it! I shopped! One of the stores I've been frequently visiting (just to window shop then) is Plains and Prints. I like most of their collared blouses because the collars are different, I find it funky. So like a shark circling and observing its potential prey, I finally attacked and got myself three blouses. It was soooo worth the wait.

Shopping lifts my spirits, makes me feel alive. Hay... I'm feeling better already!

Proud!

I'm sure you've already heard this news last week but just the same, I'm posting this news clip from Malaya dated 7/16/08. Reading some of the familiar names I've encountered growing up fills me up with pride. All I can say is I am proud to be from Las Pinas and a Josephian! Congratulations!

Las Piñas boys choir bags gold in world tilt
BY ELLEN TORDESILLAS

THE Las Piñas Boys Choir won the gold medal in children's category at the 5th World Choir Games, in Graz, Austria last July 12.

It also won the silver medal in the Musica Sacra (sacred music) category.
The 20-member choir, based in St. Joseph Church in Las Piñas, where the world famous bamboo organ is found, bested 70 choirs including those from the United States, Greece, Estonia, United Kingdom, Russia and South Africa.

"This is a proud moment not only for the Las Piñas Boys Choir, not only for Las Piñas but for the Filipino people. Once again, we have shown the world that the Filipino talent is world class!" said Fr. Benjamin "Didoy" Molina, part of the management team.

The choir members are George Angeles II, Bernard Paolo Caro, Alvin Joshua Cayetano, Josiah de los Santos, Justin Claude Fernandez; Jadlae Aivan Fernandez, Joseph Vincent Gregorio, Carl Paolo Hernandez, Japheth Juanillo, Herman Manalang; Jhansseen Martinez, Dhonel Martinicio, Alwyn Dominique Panoso, Rupert Kim Pastrana, Ramon Paolo Quintero; Chazz Reyes, Karlo Reyes, Francis David Salonga, Joshua Gabriel Samiley, and Joe Sengson.

Accompanying the boys were Professor Armando Salarza, conductor; Alejandro Consolacion II, accompanist; staff and consultants January Hernandez, Norie Salarza, Leo and Donna Renier; and managers Msgr. Albert Venus and Fr. Molina.

Held every two years in different countries, the World Choir Games is the largest international choir competition. Past competitions have been held in Xiamen, China (2006), Bremen, Germany (2004), Busan, South Korea (2002) and Linz, Austria (2000).

In the LPBC blog, Fr. Molina described the emotion-filled announcement of the winners:
"All the members of the winning choir went up on stage and the national anthem was played while the national flag was hoisted. Various emotions were displayed by the winning choirs, with loud cheering, jumping and unabashed crying.

"When the Musica Sacra category was announced, the LPBC got a silver medal!" Molina related.
He said the excitement was raised to a high level in the announcement of the final category: Children's Choir.
He said they became more excited when the name of the Las Piñas Boys Choir was not called for the bronze and silver medals. "And then the momentous music that signals the world champion will be announced was played. The Las Piñas Boys Choir was announced as the world champion in the Children's Choir category."

He said the Las Piñas Boys Choir team rushed onstage, the Philippine National Anthem was played and the Philippine flag was raised.

Las Piñas Boys Choir was founded in 1969 by Rev. Fr. Leo Reinier, CICM, assistant parish priest in St. Joseph Parish. Fr. Leo believed that the Bamboo Organ could achieve the fullness of its being as an instrument to praise God only, when there is a good choir that can put into words what the music conveys. With this in mind, he started recruiting boys between 8 and 12 years old with potentially good singing voices from parochial and public schools in Las Piñas.

Choir members are enrolled in St. Joseph's Academy where they enjoy scholarships earned through engagements and performances. They also perform regularly at the St. Joseph Parish Church.

Choosing a wedding dress

Although our wedding plan is still more than a year, I can’t help but browse through the Internet for the perfect wedding gown. This would be the most important dress that I will wear may be in my lifetime so it should really be perfect. I don’t have a budget at this time because I’m still considering the style.

I like dressing sexy most of the time. I have full hips and narrow waist so I would like to emphasize these “assets.” I am no fashion expert but this is the reason why I think the mermaid cut is much appropriate, it would bring out my waist. As for the neckline, to balance out my bottom, I think I'd like a sweetheart neckline because this would work well in accentuating a cleavage. In terms of color, I'm not into the classic white wedding gown, I would love it if it's off white or the lightest mint green, my favorite color.

Though i want to have a traditional wedding ceremony, I want everything else to be different than the usual custom. I want my wedding to be an affair, worth to be remembered!

Choosing a wedding date

The month of June is now here, I can hear♪♪♪♪wedding bells ringing! What is the month of June associated with weddings and marriages?

Personally, I don't want to get married in June since it's the start of the rainy season in the Philippines and I don't really know what's the fuss about being a June bride. Sure I've always wanted to be a bride but not a necessarily a June bride. I mean, why not make it a March bride or an October bride? Geez, I kinda feel stupid like some of the customers I interact everyday, ranting things that doesn't make any sense at all. Or does it?

Anyway, I would want to get married in December because churches would have better decorations in prepartion for Christmas (so I wouldn't have spend too much on flowers) and besides, the weather is colder, perfect for the honeymoon. =) I know that December is a peak season for weddings but don't you just love the feeling of getting married during a time when most people are happy and cheerful? Not to mention "galante?"

These are some of my stupid reason in choosing December for our wedding month. No specific dates yet but hopefully it'll be December of next year.