Busy Busy Busy

Days Left: 64 days as of today

For the past few days Charles and I have been very busy. Since he is in a call center industry and have a flexy sched. He would go to work at 3am and he would pick me up to work by 12nn eat our lunch and head off to wherever we need to go.

July 4

Went to Sulo Riviera to do some ocular. They have really nice lobby and rooms no grand staircase.

They only have 2 floors with 6 Suites & the rest are all Deluxe rooms.

Deluxe Room (Single or Twin Sharing) Php 6,754 nett.

It's a bit small for me but it will be good enough for Charles & his brother.

Jr. Suite Php 12,280 nett.

Great room, and color is our motif... :) Spacious enough for my family, photgraphers, videographers, HMUA and coordinator. I like this one.

Ambassador Suite ( 1 Bedroom or 2 Bedrooms) 1BR Php 14,736 nett, 2BR Php 19,648 nett

This is like a condo already. It is really really big. Plus they have a terrace that they can fix up for more picture moments. You can accommodate during your preps time up to I think 20 people there and still have room for your "kalats"

NOTE: As for their policy for photo shoots they have an additional fee of Php 3,000 on top of the room-rates. Meaning you can take pictures anywhere on the hotel as long as you want.

Rates are inclusive of Buffet Breakfast for 2.

After our rainy afternoon ocular at Sulo. We went to SM North and visited our coordinator since they have a Jewelry shop there. We just showed her some updates regarding the wedding. And scheduled a trip to Dangwa on July 7 (thursday).

July 5

Went to look for Charles' Parochial Church. At first we thought it was St. Peter, as told by her mom, When he went there last Sunday St. Peter said that it's Another Church. When he went to that church it was closed during Sundays and Mondays. So we went there tuesday. After almost an hour of waiting we found out that it's not that church also. Last Church that we went to is the one nearest to their house. Funny thing is Jeepney's, taxi's, motorcycles and more come and go to that Semi-village? when we stopped at the "guard house" and asked for directions and we where about to go he asked for 10 pesos because they have some roads to fix and everything. I don't want to argue anymore because we are really behind schedule and we wasted almost 2 hours of our time just to give Charles' Banns. Finally it's the right Church. He can get the Banns on the 19th for Php 100.

After that we went to Holy Spirit drive to deliver some invitations specially to one of our Ninangs. Then rain started pouring hard. We can't see anything anymore so we decided to stop at National Q. Ave first. Bought some Cartolina's for DIY and Sponsor's pen.

When the rain stopped we went to Yam Cha to make a reservation on Sunday July 10 for the very stressful and nerve racking "PAMAMANHIKAN".

Yes 2 months to go before the wedding and we will only do the Pamamanhikan. :)

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... :)

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~*~*~