roll out the red carpet!

when December’s here, Christmas is really ‘round the corner. this year, I couldn’t feel christmas. was it because of the pervading sense of economic gloom here in the Philippines or simply because I was more focused on the wedding? Whatever the answer is, this year, we we couldn't be santas to our families (although I have gifts that I haven’t given yet…), friends and others whom we would’ve wanted to share the Christmas spirit with. Ricky and I just hope that we are forgiven, especially our godchildren, ninong ricky & ninang chie are really sorry…

uh-oh, December… first week, let’s see…we were waiting for the CENOMAR results, distributing invites, coordinating the gown fittings & measurements. we were also beginning to coordinate with vs&f, our caterer, for the final layout (tables and 2-way buffet) for the cycad garden and tentative total head count for guests expected. there were also arrangements for the roasted calf that we were going to serve during the wedding as well.

the weather was what surprised me most of all. during this week, metro manila and nearby provinces (quezon to be exact) suffered from a string of typhoons namely, winnie, unding (am I correct?) and yoyong. yoyong i’ll never forget because, ate lou’s flight was delayed for i think , 2 hours because of this typhoon. nakisabay si yoyong sa pagdating ng ate ko. i was thinking could the weather be this bad near the 30th? i was thinking that would be unlikely but I was really hoping it wouldn’t.

my family from the states also started coming home. ate lou arrived on the 3rd, mom, dad, kuya boy on the 9th and junggy, the 23rd. ricky & i weren’t able to meet ate lou & junggy at the airport. but we made it for mom, dad and kuya boy’s arrival. we couldn’t go home to cabanatuan so we just met them at the airport. then, jenny & wilcon arrived from vancouver on the 18th (and as of today, they're back in canada already...hi jen! miss you guys...)