First Detailing with Caterer

Yesterday, I took a leave of absence from work to go to the office of Avengoza's Catering at Cainta for detailing.  Jeric could not go with me as he could not take a leave from his work that day.  Originally, I was supposed to have the detailing Wednesday last week, but got busy with work so I rescheduled it this week.  Going there, I was quite disappointed because when I called my AE Sharon last week to have my detailing rescheduled and asked her what day is she available, she told me I could meet her at their office on Tuesday this week, but when I called her around 11am yesterday to confirm with her that I'll be coming to their office after lunch, she told me that she has an ocular inspection after lunch.  I told her that I took my leave of absence that day because she told me last week that she could meet me that day.  Maybe she sensed that I am about to get irritated so said she'd still meet me around 4pm right after her ocular inspection, so I agreed. 

When I arrived at their office at around 4:15pm, Sharon was still out but Mr. Avengoza was there, so I chatted with him while I waited for Sharon. She arrived about 15 minutes after I arrived at their office, so we immediately started on my detailing.  In fairness to Sharon, when we started talking about the details and my inquiries, she was able to explain and answer them all, even though she was not the original AE who handled our account when we booked them.  As we went on with our detailing, I have already forgotten my earlier disappointment on her.  During our conversation she had our records on-hand and intact with the notes of our previous AE, so I really did not have a hard time confirming and explaining to her the details and some changes that we wanted to make.  She also took note of my inquiries and the changes on some of the details.  After I have already asked everything on my list, I was already satisfied.  Although, we agreed to meet again on the last week of November for our final detailing, since I wanted to have our final food tasting and detailing with Jeric around.  

My favorite part of this meeting with my AE is when she agreed to provide us with Suppliers' Meals and 2 tables for our suppliers, in exchange of the Emcee and Sound System Freebies that we're not availing from them since we already booked separate suppliers for that.  It was really a great deal, since we will be able to save on suppliers' meals because we need not book a separate supplier for that. yey!  That's another item crossed-out from our list.  I also appreciated it that she showed me the new cake designs that they have because apparently, they have a different cake supplier now, and the cake that we chose from the previous supplier will no longer be available.

All in all, I can say our meeting went well and I was very happy when I met with Jeric afterwards to report to him everything that I have discussed with Sharon.  Hopefully, our final detailing will be even better that this one. hehe! =)

Our Wedding Bands

Last Saturday, we finally got our wedding bands from Mayfair Jewelries. We're happy it turned out the way we wanted it to look like.  We just encountered a small problem in having it engraved with our names since Jeric's ring was so large, it did not fit on the engraving machine of Mayfair.  So Ms. Jackie of Mayfair was constrained to have it engraved somewhere else, thus the result, the engraving was quite shallow, and from a far the engravings cannot be read.  But then, Jeric liked it very much, so I have no complaints.  Other than that, we're satisfied with the turn-out of our rings... it was as simple as we wanted it to be.  Here are some of the pics of our rings...

Our PLM Prenup - A Dream Come True...

Last saturday, October 16, 2010, we finally had our prenup at PLM. The whole week prior to that was so toxic as it was submission of grades for my students and distrubution of classcards, plus my almost everyday hearing and several due pleadings.  I took a leave of absence from work the day before our prenup so I can collate and arrange the items we will need.  First stop was at PLM to reconfirm our appointment for prenup.  From PLM, I went to divi to pick-up my dress from Ms. Joan, and then went to Gardinis at Tayuman to pick-up the coat and vest that we rented for Jeric.  From there, I went to SM San Lazaro to buy Jeric a Hat, a bowtie and a couple of ties, and then I met Jeric at his house and we went to Robinsons Ermita to find a white coat that I want to wear for our prenup, but unfortunately didn't find any.  He dropped me home at around 9:30pm, but I just left my things at home and went out again for foot spa, manicure and pedicure at a nearby parlor. I left the parlor around 11:30 in the evening, and when I finally got home, there still remain a ton of things I needed to prepare for our prenup.  I slept at around 1:30am and woke up at 4:30am. I went to my make-up artist's parlor at 6am and our ride arrived at 7:00am when I was still at the parlor.  At first I worried that my lack of sleep the night before would show on my face even with make-up, good thing Brenda was really good and was already very familiar with my skin and face.  It was already 7:30am when I left the parlor with the 2 assistants that Brenda provided for me. When I finally left home, It was already 7:45, and with me was the 2 assistants and 2 of my friends who also wanted to take pictures at our prenup.  We fetched Mige and Cris of Flickerhappy at their office after that, then went to fetch Jeric at his house.  We were already running late when we arrived at PLM at around 8:30 am, so we wasted no time and immediately started with the shoot. At first, we were quite uncomfortable posing with a lot of persons looking at us, but since Mige and Cris were both easy to work with, and also with the presence of my friends there, Jeric and I got the hang of it after a while. hehe! After almost 4 hours of photo shoot and 3 outfit changes, we called it a rap and headed for lunch. The shoot was tiring but we really had a lot of fun! Good thing we still have another prenup, this time at the Studios of Flickerhappy! I'm already looking forward to that! hehe!

Here are our official prenup teasers! kuddos to the Flickerhappy team! Jeric and I cant wait to see the rest of the pics! hehe!

Do you want to see the rest of the pictures?  Find them in this link.

Preps Update

It's been a while since my last post. I got super busy with work, school and preps for the last month that I couldn't find the time to update this blog or even check with w@w.  Thankfully, it's already sem break for my students and I have already taken my leave of absence for the next sem... that means more time for preps... hopefully!  Here are the things we have accomplished for the past month...

October 1, 2010, we got our Marriage License and started working on our church requirements.  I also went to PLM that day to process our permit for using PLM's Campus for our prenuptial pictorial.

October 2, 2010, we went to Camp Suki to look for costumes we can use for our vintage theme prenup.  Unfortunately, we couldn't find a sensible vintage attire there and the rent was quite expensive.  From Camp Suki, we went to Mayfair Jewelry Shop in Ongpin to order our rings.  The lady who took our measurements had a hard time measuring Jeric's ring size because his finger was so big that it was even bigger than the largest measuring ring at Mayfair. They ended up measuring his ring circumference thru a ruler that has circle holes in it.  hehe!

October 3, 2010, we met with Jeff of Everlasting Flower Shop in Dangwa to book him for our wedding.  He was refered to us by Sis Ellen. (Thanks Sis!)  We have already asked quotations from him when we visited his shop sometime mid-september but we wanted to meet with him again because I want to make some modifications on the quotations he gave us.

October 6, 2010, I was able to sneak out of the office so I went to Century Park Hotel and Orchid Garden Suites to book our hotel accommodations for the wedding.

October 10, 2010, we went back to Mayfair to pick-up the rings.  They were able to make it in the style that we want, but unfortunately, Jeric’s ring is still a little small for his finger, so they took it back to resize it.  From Mayfair, we went to our church to fill-up and file the necessary forms for the request for marriage.  The form will have to be signed first by several church officials before they can finally schedule our wedding and schedule us for seminar.  Jeric took care of having our form signed by the different church officials for the past week, and as of now the only remaining signature is that of the Pastor of the Locale. 

Again, here's the recap of our suppliers together with the new ones:

Church                                  = Iglesia ni Cristo, Paco Locale

Venue                                   = Baluarte de San Diego

Caterer                                 = Avengoza

Photographer                     = Flickerhappy

Videographer                     = 30Fps

Gown                                     = Concha Espana

Entourage                           = Kambal Bridal Shop

Lights & Sounds      = Rejectkrew

Souvenirs                            = Party Pics

Hair & Make-up       = Brenda (my make-up artist friend)

Bridal Car                            = c/o Avengoza

Cake                                      = c/o Avengoza

Emcee                                  = Missy Ferrer-Litao

Invites / Stationery        = Do-it-yourself

Bridal Shoes and Bag      = Veluz Puno-Reyes

Bridesmaids flowers       = Do-it-yourself

Rings                                     = Mayfair Jewelries

Flowers                                 = Everlasting Flower Shop

Hotel Accommodation   = Century Park Hotel / Orchid Garden Suites

Things we still need to book and/or buy:


Groom's Attire
Male Entourage Attire
Packed Lunch / Suppliers' Meals
Souvenirs for Principal Sponsors
Tent


With our recent accomplishments, I think I could say now that we're about 75-80% done with our preps.  Aside from my pending DIYs, only minor details remain.  I'm quite happy with the status of our preps, thanks to the cooperation of Jeric!  For the past month he has been very game in accompanying me in meeting with suppliers and going to different places.  I hope he cooperates until crunch time comes. hehe! =)