first hurdle

with my dreamy-eyed look, i was envisioning how my entourage would look like as they walk down the hilly, grassy pathway of the church of transfiguration (caleruega)...the big boys, nee's parents, lolo & lola (?!), TG (?!)...yes, he made me realize it would not be possible even with tagaytay's cooler climate and nicer views...what would then be the next-best-thing? (nee + barong) or (uncle + barong)...hmmm...we both agreed we need to have a way to make them more comfortable. so, we need to have A/C. did the research and learned that there are only a few churches in town that have A/C. after some thinking - one is just too big, the other too small to hold our loved ones and friends - we decided to drop by santuario de san antonio. next question: for when? oh yeah, we needed to have a specific date before we get there. we just knew it was going to be early 2008 - Jan would be a good month, as it would still have the cooler breeze as an aftermath of the christmas season. we looked at the calendar and saw there was a weekend date with "9" (sidebar: we were told once that we, as a couple, will be lucky if we get a date with the number "9") - saturday, Jan 19. as we were both morning persons, we have always had it in our minds that ours will be a morning wedding - but NO, i don't think i can try to beat my friends' early morning wedding (630AM)!!! off we go, talked to the ladies of santuario's office. watched the lady open the logbook of wedding schedules and...WHEW...we thought the timeslot was closed. nun una, akala ko ako lang kinabahan e...we both felt nervous pala when we thought we can't get the schedule we wanted. it was a good preview of "better" things (read as: KABA moments) to come.
church: check!

the proposal (N-O-T)...

never did i imagine that there will come a time that i will be surprised to reach this stage...i have always dreamt of seeing my dreams realized. pero eto na, kakagulat lang - we found ourselves talking to each other...asking what should now be our next steps? we are driven. driven by our feelings and dreams. kaya yun, with no romantic music, no RING (?!), we were moved (naks). right there and then, we knew "THIS IS IT"...