Project CKGA: 5 Things You Appreciate About Your Partner Today

I woke up from a terrible dream. I burrowed my body to be close to him and he motioned his arms to nestle me. I was sobbing uncontrollably in my dream and woke doing the same.

He adjusted my warm but short fleece blanket to cover my exposed legs. He knew I was always cold. This was the morning after we had our silent fight.

I jinxed myself when I said few months ago that I don’t feel the adjustment period for newlyweds they were all talking about.

I’m grateful he has long accepted how lazy I am. I don’t really care for cooking; cutting of meat and vegetables, cleaning all the utensils, taking care of the biodegradable trash in this village where the garbage collector only collects once a week. He has been cooking the past few days.

Ginataang sitaw and kalabasa, Tocino, and Sinigang na baboy; on separate occasions of course.

He bought Coke at the sarisari store because I needed a partner for my Sinigang. That means stepping outside. I’m also not fond of that if not direly needed like that thing called job.

But other than that, it’s been going well.

How have you been?

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Project CKGA, MWPJ Ep 5

Nag-submit kami sa church ng mga final requirement - banns, permission to marry, and list ng Principal Sponsors and their address.

While waiting for our ride (aka jeep pa-SM Molino)

Me: Yeey na-submit na natin!

Him: Yeey! (sabay kiss sa kamay ko)

Me:** (kilig)**

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Even My Countdown is a Late Post

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Project CKGA, MWPJ Ep 4

Totoo ba 'to? Chill lang ako ngayon at walang hinahabol na dapat tapusin?! Slow clap! 

Tapos na kami sa documents. Naipasa narin namin sa church. Ang pending na lang namin is yung listahan ng Principal Sponsors and their addresses. 

Isa sa pinaka struggle sakin ang manghingi ng measurement ng mga abay. 42 days to go, wala pa rin yung sukat ng maid-of-honor. 

Eto pala yung mga una kong pinagpilian na dress:

Pinag-vote ko sila. Ayun, napili nila yung least like ko. So, scratch lahat. Humanap ako ulit ng iba. Ginawa ko na lang peg yung mga nakikita kong neoprene dresses. Like this one:

May something similar din sa Celest' ~ local brand and cheaper than Apartment 8 kaso, ang tatangkad ng abay ko - di keri ang RTW sa kanila. 

So, nag inquire na ko dito sa kapitbahay namin mananahi. Tinanggap nya naman kahit less than 3 months away na lang. Malapit na mag monthsary yung pag-request ko ng measurement nila. Buti naman nakapag submit na yung iba.

Pero nahirapan din ako mag book ng appointment with my OTD, super busy nila, almost daily ang bookings nila. Nananalig naman ako na di nila ko papabayan. Puro good reviews naman sila sa W@w. 

Pero ang invitation namin, dito ako pinaka natagalan. Meron akong friends who can make invites, pero ayaw ko kasi humingi ng discount. Haha. So nung may nag post sa W@wies na mura lang, gnrab ko na. 
Ayun, tulad ko, maraming nag book sa kanya. Mukhang na-overwhelm si supplier sa demand. And sa  pagka-arte and detail-oriented, inabot kami ng ilang weeks. Plus yung mga revisions sa names ng entourage. Nakakaloka! And no, hindi pa rin sya tapos til now. Para matapos na agad, ako na nagsasabi ng font face name, at nagbibigay ng hex code ng kulay na gusto ko. Hindi ko alam kung ikinakadali ba ng buhay ni supplier yun, or naasar sya like - "oh 'di ikaw na ma'am!!" Kung marunong lang ako mag Photoshop, baka nga ako na lang gumawa. 

Dito na muna. Gising na cocol-mate ko.

Balik bridechilla slash bridedoublechinna.

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Project CKGA, MWPJ Ep 3

Nag apply kami ng Marriage License about 2 weeks ago. Bukod sa mga requirement na need to bring, personally dapat i-fill out yung Marriage License Application Form kasi may interview pa sa Local Civil Registry. Every Thursday ng hapon lang yung Pre-Marriage Seminar sa munisipyo/DSWD samin. So sinabay na namin yung pag apply. May mga ibang couples na rin na nakapila. Yung naunang couple samin, medyo may eksena sila. Sabi ni madaam civil registrar (MCR), nag away daw ata yung couple. Pinakita samin yung form nila na super nilukot. Hindi ko alam kung sure ba sila sa gagawin nila or what not. Basta kami, decided kami, hinanda ko lahat ng requirement and nagdala ako ng sarili kong pen kasi alam ko ngang personal ang pag fill out ng forms. Apat na kopya ata yung sinulatan namin. Anyway, habang nagffillout kami sa desk ni MCR, medyo ini-interview na rin si Boss. Ako I had to make a quick kuha ng cedula. So by the time na nagsulat ako, finished na rin si boss.
Nung sinubmit na namin yung forms, tinanong ni MCR kung sa kanya daw ba yung pen na hawak ni boss.
Panda pen lang ito ah. Pero syempre nagdala ako ng sarili ko na galing naman talaga sa opis. So, kung nawala ni MCR yung pen, or nadampot nila previous couple (PC), ayaw ko i-give up yung pen na dala ko.
Kumbaga, naiinis ako sa mga ganon, yung alam mo naman na may aasikasuhin ka, pipirmahan etc, tapos di nagdadala ng pen, ID etc. So ayun, medyo nag rant ng mini si ate MCR, kesyo a few pieces for the whole year lang daw binibigay na supplies sa kanila. Pero di ako nagpatinag. Prinsipyo chenelyn, 'coz pnprepare ko yun.
Kinahapunan, nag umpisa na yung seminar sa DSWD. May introduction etc, nasa mga 10 + couples din. Andun nga rin yung nauna samin na couple samin na nag-away bago mag fillout ng form. Bati na rin sila and nagtatawanan. Nung introduction, nakita ko may hawak si ate girl PC na Panda pen! Aha! Gusto ko talaga sabihin kay MCR na -- ayun po yung pen na hinahanap nyo.

Finished.

Sana nga, yun na ang ending. Kaso, kinabukasan, pag open ko ng bag ko, 2 Panda Pens yung andun!

kthxbye




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Project CKGA, MWPJ Ep 2

I found something I can post for this series that we shall shorten as “Project CKGA, MWPJ”. This is a photo we took after we had our ocular trip at Torreno Resort and Pavilion. I initially wanted something super simple (meaning inexpensive) venue so I asked my friend Rain, who is a home owner at Avida Settings if he can endorse us so we can book their clubhouse (where they held their intimate wedding). I wanted to schedule an ocular trip so I can check the place out and visualize the setup we want for the reception.  We never got to do that ocular. On one of our chats, he mentioned this events venue that they booked for his son’s .. I wanna say birthday? Dedication?  -- for his son’s party. They held it at Torreno Resort and Pavilion. I’ve seen this place on Facebook but brushed the thought of booking an expensive venue aside. But Rain said the place offers reasonable price, so I inquired since this place is only a few minutes away from the church.

We decided to pay a visit last February 11^th; booked them the day after. This became first of the many – konti lang naman difference, si “xxx=more expensive” supplier na lang decisions which resulted to us exceeding our initial budget.

Pros

• Indoor venue – no matter what the weather is on our wedding day (but hopefully good one), our guests will stay dry, cake will not melt, and groom will not perspire so much.
• Literally 5 minutes away from our church – we don’t have to worry about guests crossing the Molino traffic again
• Spacious
• Security (not that Avida isn’t – ang higpit kaya sa gate, kaya di kami basta nakapag ocular)

Con

•         Muuuuch more expensive than our initial venue

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