Much awaited rings

Days left: 30 days as of today

Wow one month to go? Is this real? Anyways I've posted at w@w regarding my rant over at Goldenhills. Here's my long rant about it.

Hi mga sis,

Medyo naiinis na ko sa Goldenhills ha. Goldehills yung unang unang supplier na

na book namin for our wedding rings sa Expo pa para nga maka discount and may

freebies. So we had our design and sizes already. Since matagal pa wedding namin

from the time that we booked them we opted for their installment basis payment.

Tapos nag change kami ng wedding dat so we informed goldenhills na lang din baka

kasi isipin nila hindi na namin kukunin yung rings. Early this year natapos na

namin payments with them so finalize na lang ng size and design and iniba pa nga

namin yung design ng rings kaya nag email pa ko sa main office nila. Here's my

rant:

Trinoma saleswoman experience:

Everytime we make our payment with her lagi niyang kaming tinititigan ni h2b and

hinihingi niya talaga lahat ng OR namin tapos itatawag pa niya sa tao kung sino

yung nakapirma sa first OR transaction namin nung expo. Ang hirap pa nun kasi

yung unang naka transact namin nalipat sa Clark branch nila. Kaya just for one

payment inaabot kami ng almost 30 mins to 1 hr. Nung last payment namin sa

kanila ganun ulit yung ginawa nung babae samin.

Hindi ko tuloy alam kung hindi siya naniniwala na bumili kami ng ring. Nainis

na ko sa trato niya samin kaya nung nakausap ni h2b yung sa main office I made

sure na sabihin sa kanya yung trato samin nung girl. I will not do this kung

lahat ng branch nila ganun yung SOP. kaso yung sa SM North Branch hindi naman

ganun yung ginawa. Shejust checked the first OR eh since complete yung files na

dala ko na yun naman yung lagi kong dala ang bilis ng transaction namin wala

pang 15 mins. tapos na. Pero sa kanya iba talaga.

2nd rant:

When we finalized everything so nag go na kami to do the rings kahit medyo 3

months (June 21) pa ang layo ng wedding. Sabi sakin nung bagong nagaassist samin

na 2weeks min to 1 month lang naman daw gagawin yung rings. Last July 20/21 (1

month after the last transaction) Nag text kami sa Trinoma to inform yung sa

engraving nawalakasi sa isip ko yung engraving and hindi rin naman nila

ipinaalala. Sabi ko sa kanila cursive yung engraving with our names and the date

just that simple. Tapos the main office texted me asking kung ano daw ang

cursive? and script daw ba yung engraving namin. Naloka ko to the highest level.

Then she told me na nakapila pa daw yung rings namin bakit sabi ko kala ko ba 1

month max na yun eh bakit nakapila pa lang? so tinapos ko na yung usapan dun.

3rd rant:

I found out, hindi sinabi ni h2b nabasa ko lang sa phone niya, na tinatanong

ulit ni Trinoma kung script daw ba yung engraving namin? Sus naman naloka na

talaga ako. nagalit pa ko k h2b bakit hindi niya sinabi sakin sabi na lang ni

h2b na alam daw niya kasi na magagalit ako malamang diba magagalit ako last week

lang ulit sila nagparamdam tapos ganun ulit tanong nila. Aug na. inagahan ko na

nga yung pagpapagawa ng rings para tapos na kami dun less na yung iisipin namin

sa kanila pa pala ko mahihirapan.

Sorry mga sis napahaba. Nag email na ulit ako this morning sa main office nila I

will see kung anong excuse nila. Baka biglang nandun na rings namin hindi nila

kami sinasabihan maloloka ako lalo.

Sabihin niyo naman sakin kung may mali akong ginawa. Ang alam ko kasing mali ko

hindi ko nasabi yung sa engraving part.

As what I have expected when I emailed them that morning at 10 am a few minutes later they texted me and told me that our rings are ready for pick up. When I went home I've read their email that our rings was already in their store in Trinoma last July 23. They forgot to text us. Hay sus naman!!!! Good thing we loved our rings kung hindi I don't know what will happen... :)

(Finally we got our rings)

(love their box)

(Our free arrhae)

(After 2 months of waiting we get to see them)

(sparkly)

(for HIM, plain white gold 4.5mm band)

(for HER, 2mm white gold with 6 stones)

(i can't stop looking at them, sorry)

(one more month and i'll be able to wear them)

Sorry long post... :) I just love them... :)

That's it. Till Next Time.

Happy Preps... :)

Late 1 year countdown

Days Left: 360 days as of today

Sorry it's kind of late. Been busy this past weeks. I'm not happy with the result of our wedding preps. We are not moving like I wanted with the preps. :(

Note to self: Move NOW!!!!

That's it. Till Next Time.

Happy Preps... :)

Oh Venue, where art thou our venue?

Days Left: 458 days as of today

We are still searching for the right venue. I have one in my and I know from the bottom of my heart that, that venue is the one. But Charles said it is too expensive. It is not yet scratched

out on our list of venues but we want to look for a venue with that "this is it" factor and affordable.

Last saturday we went on for our search again. It's in Fairview, Casa Milan's Clubhouse to be exact. Going there is a bit much for me since I don't like long drives. Our church is in Commonwealth so when we got there I started timing our travel from Commonwealth to the Venue. I think it took us a good 45 mins including traffic and being a basketball by the 3 guards from the village. Because they have seperate entrance gate for the people who don't live there. The first guard told us to turn around and go to gate 2 because that's the entrance. When we reached gate 2 the 2nd guard said that it's for delivery vans' entrance only and with sticker vehicles. He told us to go to the 3rd entrance. Finally the 3rd entrance. The place is not hard to find since they have signs to which way to go. Finally Casa Milan Clubhouse.

(Entrance to the clubhouse itself)

The place is quiet. The one who assisted us for ocular is Ms. Joan. Good thing there is a event that night so we saw the place dressed up already. The price is affordable. Here's the breakdown.

Mainhall (6 hours) 10,000

Exceeding hours 1,000/hr

Mainhall & Terrace (6 hours) 11,500

Exceeding hours 1,250/hr

Aircon (6 hours) 5,000

Exceeding hours 800/hr

Caterer's Fee 2,500

Capacity 150 max

I suggest that if you get this venue try to get the Mainhall & Terrace so that you can place the food on the terrace and the photobooth as well. When we went back to their office Charles'sasked them if they have bookings for next year already and she said none so far. Then when we told them that we will have our wedding on September, they looked at each other and laughed a little. Then a guy/gay person said "Marami pang pwedeng mangyari ng isang taon?" What was that? I don't want to take it personally but if we will be their future clients at least be nice and respectful right?!

Anyways here's some pics of the venue.

(From the terrace entrance)

(Just beside the stage)

(Middle of the room)

(Terrace area)

(Terrace, Tent is not included with the rental)

That's it. Till Next Time.

Happy Preps... :)

Finally

Days Left: 469 days as of today

Finally! I wrote something meaningful for our wedsite. I'm not yet done thou but still it's a progress. I've been staring on our wedsite for months now. Logging in then logging out without doing anything on it. I don't know why WE are having a hard time writing our love story. How hard? I came to a point where I Googled on "how to write your own love story?" So after researching it here's what my guide.

• Write something about him/her then write something about you.
• Tell something about where you met.
• How did you meet.
• How did you became close.
• How did he court you.
• Tell something about your relationship.
• How he proposed.

I'm trying to follow this guide but still it's hard to put in words. I tried to write something then I erase it all. Why is this so hard? It should just be easy because it's our own love story. I need help...

That's it. Till Next Time.

Happy Preps... :)

Oh my

Date: Feb. 23, 2010 ( Tuesday)
Days Left: 234 days as of today

Still in search for a Photographer and Videographer and Couturier. 8 months to go and we haven't finalize our major suppliers yet. Is this the start for a cramming mode? I hope not. I don't have the strength for that yet.

My eyes are too tired from scanning every website I see and read from one forum to the next. If ever we found our prospective supplier it's either their over our budget or they are already booked on our day. sigh 10x....

Need lots and lots of help and prayers.

Just a phase.

That's it. Till Next Time.

Happy Preps... :)


~*~*~*October~*~*~

Ocular

Date: Sept. 26, 2009 (Thursday)
Days Left: 290 as of today

We had an ocular on one of the condo's rising here in Quezon City. Syempre yung mga room na ipapakita nila sayo tuwing ocular yung magaganda. Fully furnished and may interior design na. Kaya ikaw naman gaganahan ka. But I just discovered that to be able to get that condo we need to have a monthly salary of at least Php 40,000 each. I got disappointed of course. The condo is nice, good location and cheap. But we can't afford it. So we better look for another one that we can afford.

What's cheaper?

• Condo
• Townhouse
  
• House

That's it. Till Next Time

~*~*~October~*~*~