Sweet surprise

My husband booked a room in the hotel near our reception venue for the night of our Church wedding, the plan was we will spend the night in the hotel like you know...like normal newly weds ;). We booked our honeymoon like a few days more after our wedding so for the meantime an overnight stay will do :D

What surprised me was when we arrived we entered not just in a standard room but my man was so generous enough and got the only executive suite in that hotel, and not only that he even decorated it with rose petals, from the door until our bed and even the jacuzzi. :D How sweet was that? My tipsiness was gone after seeing it...haha... *giggles*

our bed

our jacuzzi

Not only that, when I woke up the next morning he surprised me with a bouquet of pink roses ... I almost fainted lol. Hmmm now why I am posting this? well it's because I wanna document it and when I feel like looking back, It's just a click away :D

my bouquet of pink roses

So much inlove- ANNA ;-)

We said " I do " again

At first I thought staying here in Mex will let me post more stories ( because of the new culture and environment) and even shed some pounds ( because I will not be eating rice in a daily basis) but omg!What happened to me? I was like 98.99% gone here and gained like 10 more pounds (loser much! lol).
My bad! I'm so sorry folks but I really dunno what's in here that made me too lazy while the wifi connection is in full bar...What happened in the passed 8 months of laziness? Well....

I arrived, met Alan's family and friends,enjoyed Mexican foods,drank tequila and corona until my liver was about to scream, got tanned by the hell-like summer in Sonoran desert, got frozen by the 1 digit something degree celsius temperature during the winter, etc.....etc....

But you know what's the best part of what happened here?

These.... :D *giggles*

PS. I will keep you hanging for a while if you are waiting for a more detailed stories about our weddings ... Yup! until we are done with our fourth, so please just watch out for that ;) .

our Civil Wedding

our Church Wedding

One more wedding to go folks! ;-)

ANNA

lovin' 21,

Today is first day of my spanish class so that means my it's my first time to try commuting here in Hermosillo too.Congratulate me for not being lost...Lol Everything went well! Mister bus driver dropped me in the right stop, I crossed the right pedestrian, and arrived 10 minutes before our class...Great! Our class room still got lots of oxygen available for the 5 students and a teacher.....haha...yup we are only 5 aspiring spanish speakers there, 3 Chinese, 1 German and 1 Filipina (of course yours truly).

And do you why I am loving today's date more!? It's because it's our 4th wedding monthsary (civil) and my thoughtful and sweet hubby surprised me with lovely flowers when I came back home.(giggles).

Seven months away from you....

Exactly seven months away from my hubby today...I MISS HIM MUCHO  :/

And now here's what I wanna do with him forever....

i've got this from Facebook

Every minute with you is priceless...

See you soonest Amorcito! TQM

Pag ibig

This music video of Yeng Constantino caught my attention, I just so love the lyrics....Uhmmmm but I guess I need to translate it for Alan to understand.

My favorite is the part where she included verses from the Bible about love....

Watch it out! :D

Happy First Date Anniversary!

Yesterday was our first date anniversary...Yes! First date hahaha.....Well if you are a reader of our blog you'll probably knows the story of that first date and  yes it's not so good because I'm as cold as ice to Alan then.  

Well, despite of that fact, after remembering the past I have this nostalgic feeling for what happened that night in Hard Rock Cafe, Sto. Domingo, it suddenly played back and drew a grin in my face. I never knew in the long run it's going to be "US".

To cope up with the not so good attitude I have that date (way back) I'll make it up to Alan with a first date anniversary gift. :D

Since we tied the knot on board the ship last August I confessed but  we don't have any hard copy of our wedding pictures....Ooooops I'm sorry I mean me because Alan do have one in a frame..I'm kind of guilty! So as a present I bought a simple album and filled it with our wedding pictures. I suppose to spill it yesterday but due to a lot of graduating students this week and there's a long line of pictures to be develop I don’t get the chance to get it the same day.

Here it is: 

i love those cute hearts! :D

ooops Rated PG for the first leaf...

a very special day to remember

And of course if Alan have our picture in frame, me too!

There you go!

I am happy He loves it!

HAPPY 1st DATE ANNIVERSARY ALAN!

Te amo muchisimo Amorcito!

Te extrano mas.....

Anna <3

When Dad and Mom said "I DO"

Talking about weddings! Of course you will not skip asking your own parents how their wedding was, right? But lucky are some who could see exactly how it looks like, so I must say, lucky me! :D

 I was de-cluttering when I saw my parent's wedding album so I took fokasie (my camera) to take some peek of their BIG day for me to share..I just found it interesting since traditional wedding is started to fade nowadays.

Using the photos let's see how it goes.

It's the Album cover. Old it is! What I love here  is my Mom and Dad's name; perfectly matched.

They actually used their nicknames but I find it cool...Lito & Lita (Anacleto &Nelita). This makes me think something like that too, hmmm..... How about Alan & Alen (Alan Hafid & Ma. Anna Lyne) ??? Haha copycat me!I found something similar with ours by the way: their Reception!It is in a Beach Resort too (but not an outside event) ^_^.

Inside the album they have the invitation attached

Mom told me they ordered like 20 pieces of the invitation worth P75 pesos each, only for the VIP guests and the rest were been invited through the word of mouth.

inside look

I love it!

This too!

They kept the wedding greeting cards/tags from their wedding gifts too in thealbum.They occupied like  4 leaves of it.

Glad to know they have prep pictures but they only focused on the bride's.

That's my Mom's HMUA :D

And there's GrandMa...

Ready!

Mom with Lolo

The car they've used was borrowed from Daddy's cousin (Tita Medy). 

Groom and Company's march.

Bride's turn. Finally Mom you smiled! LOL

why are they going up?

Mom told me that wedding before have classes. In their wedding, they paid for a first class wedding.What's the difference except for the payment?Well, according to her if you are having first class wedding you'll be seated on the upper part of the altar.In the picture above they are heading to their seats before they finally start the ceremony.

Dad putting on my Mom's ring.

Wait! what's those scars on Dad's hand all about? 

Picture above is an upclose picture of Dad's hand with fresh scars. Want to know the story? Well, my parent's wedding is a sort of shutgun wedding  because Mom got that bump in her tummy (that's me!) hehe... Dad actually did not mention that case to his parents, instead he just asked my Lolo and Lola if he could marry my Mom. He was 20 years old then and youngest of all 10 so you would expect the answer was NO! It's not because they're against my Mom but they believed He is still young for marriage. Dad don't accept NO for an answer so to get what he wants He punched their cemented wall. Those scars (wounds) was the key!LOL

and there's Mom saying her piece.

To light their path.

To clothe them as one.

To bind them together.

I took this photo for a closer view of their cord that we'll be using too. Nice! :D

Bridesmaids and Groomsmen never exist in their wedding party. They have only 2 pairs of Principal Sponsors.

Their wedding cake.

This cake was a pledged by Dad's sister and Brother in law (Tita Mila and Tito Rey). Before, I thought the cupcake thingy style in the cake cutting was new until I saw Mom and Dad's cake. Yes it's composed of 2 small tier cake and some mini cupcakes with icing, designed with those golden yellow ribbons that made it looks like mini baskets. It  may seem simple but what I love about this is the story behind those ribbons. Mom told me each ribbon have a hidden wedding wish for the couple and as the guest finished eating their cake/cupcake they will tell/share those wishes to them. This fact made me confused if I should go for the 3 tier edible cake (we planned to have) or get the one with cupcakes and put hidden wishes too (inggitera lang) LOL.

It's not complete without doves. :D

The "Dapit".

Dad brought Mom to their house and ate something sticky before entering  (a tradition).

They said a newly wed should eat something sticky on their Big Day to make them stick together as one. That's why in traditional wedding they have lots of sticky foodie being prepared like "suman" (rice cake) and "kalamay". They normally sell it to the guests and the proceeds will be a help to the couple to start their own family.The selling part of the tradition is called Sabangan normally taken place in the middle of the program during reception. Mom and Dad have it too and the "money dance" tradition a day before the wedding. You can still encounter these kinds of tradition in Mindoro and Batangas.

My parents spent more or less than P25,000.00.

Reception/Venue: Pledged by one of the Principal Sponsor.

Food: Provided by Dad's Family.

Wedding Gown: P1,000 plus

Photographer: P3,000

Bouquet: Just bought from the nearest flower shop.

Bridal car : borrowed/pledged

Wedding Rings : P5,000

Entourage Dresses/Suits: Provided their own except the dresses of the MOH and FG

Wedding Cake: Pledged
HMUA: P500
Invitations: P1,500 

A successful marriage is not measured on how simple or  luxurious your wedding was, it's on how you keep on falling in love in the same person all over again no matter how faded your wedding pictures are.

My Dad died 13 years ago, holding my Mom's hand. It don't stop there cause I believe Love is eternal!

Notes for my notes, his heart for my heart!

I will spill the beans, somehow I’m affected by the Valentines Day bug because of the country mile relationship me and Alan have at the moment. If only we are together I know its going to be a blast, a dinner date maybe or we can do something that is memorable. All I know is that all my life I don’t remember anything special happened to me yet on this day even with my past boyfriends before normally it’s a day late and a dollar short. I am not actually a V-day fan it’s just that since now I have my husband I was expecting maybe me and Alan can celebrate together but unfortunately we can’t. Mood swings have hit me, I buttoned my lips, no Skype no bbms. Poor hubby none of his efforts worked. I don’t want any pretty penny present or surprise (I want surprises only when I least expect it) I just want to be with him. Before I sleep I suddenly felt guilty, I don’t want to add fuel to the fire so I decided to write a love notes, then published it here. I planned to surprise him in my own simple way.

You know what? We really are soul mates! His mind reads mine… When I woke up this morning and checked my emails I was surprised, he has love notes for me too. I am so touched and almost cry my eyes out while reading it. Alan gave me the day in the sun. And because I am so happy I want to share his lovely email/love notes for me. I love it!

Perfectly written isn’t it?

We had our date via Skype, we shoot the breeze and it warmed the cockles of my heart.

I just realized how great is God to gave me this man who have notes for my notes and his heart for my heart Perfectly matched indeed!

I do believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder; all we need to do is to step up to the plate. Alan is the spice of my life, I couldn’t ask for more.

Happy Valentines Day!

Love notes - completely and forever

February 14, 2012

Dear Alan,

Being away from you is one of the hardest parts of our marriage. Every moment I think that you’re miles and miles away it’s like a pinch in my heart cause being with you is the safest place I know I can be. I know selfishness is not the answer for it at all, I should be thankful enough for the fact that despite of being apart to each other, you make me feel that everywhere you are and no matter what you do you heart and mind is with me always.

When I was a kid I’m always dreaming of a fairy tale like wedding, marrying my tall, dark and handsome prince charming who will love me the same way my Dad loves me and who will let me walk down the church’s aisle wearing a beautiful wedding gown then we will both say I do and we will live happily ever after. Now, I know I have my dream come true, I found You who loves me like the way my Dad loves me, will be marrying me again who’ll let me walk down that aisle with my beautiful wedding gown ( I just can’t wait) and we will live happily ever after! How great is that! Thank you Mahal!

Baby I want to know that you are the most generous, loving unselfish person I know. From the moment I gave you the chance to be with me, I knew you are the one whom I wanted to share my life. I will strive hard to give you the best of myself, while accepting you the way you are. I will respect you as a whole person with your own interest, desires, and needs and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you in to my innermost fears and feelings, secret and dreams. I always wanted to grow old with you, to be willing to face change as we both change, with our gray hairs and wrinkled skin but still keeping our relationship alive and exciting. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all that I am, in the only way I know how – completely and forever.

Feliz dia de San Valentin mi Esposo!

Eres mi vida.

With all my heart,

Anna