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chris and ivy wedding

April 29, 2007

i have somehow documentated all my wedding stories in my multipy site and i'd also like to share the links here:

my wedding story - prelude: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/journal/item/169 

hotel preparations and details: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/photos/album/49

the church ceremony: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/photos/album/50

the reception: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/photos/album/52

moments that made me say "wow": http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/journal/item/170

lessons learned: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/journal/item/171

my wedding story - epilogue: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/journal/item/172

 

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public display of affection

April 28, 2007

i got this on the mail yesterday…

      

it's a mickey and minnie greeting card!!!!

it was an anniversary card but since we're only celebrating our 3rd monthsary this month, chris converted it to a monthsary card.  awww how sweet and how fitting—reminds me of our honeymoon at disneyland (and that's basically why he chose this card–twas to remind me of our disneyland trip). 

cheesy me.  while doing this entry i'm listening to silent sanctuary's KUNDIMAN and i'm instantly reminded of how much my beloved loves me.  lyrics of the song goes:

Kundiman
Silent Sanctuary

Kundiman by Silent Sanctuary

Para kang asukal,  sintamis mong magmahal
Para kang pintura,  buhay ko ikaw ang nagpinta
Para kang unan,  pinapainit mo ang aking tiyan
Para kang kumot na yumayakap sa tuwing ako’y nalulungkot

(refrain)
Kaya’t wag magtataka kung bakit ayaw kitang maawala

(chorus)
Kung hindi man tayo hanggang dulo
Wag mong kalimutan
Nandito lang ako, laging umaalalay
Di ako lalayo
Dahil ang tanging panalangin ko ay ikaw

Di baleng maghapon umulan, basta’t ikaw ang sasandalan
Liwanag ng lumulubog na araw, kay sarap pagmasdan
Lalo na pag nasisinagan ang iyong mukha
Hinding-hindi magsaawa, ayoko ng magsawa

(bridge)
Bahala na, ayoko muna magsalita
Hayaan na muna natin ang hatol ng tadhana

hope everyone's having a LOVEly weekend.

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night out with ara and chloe

enjoyed last thursday night with ara and chloe as we celebrated chloe's short visit here in sydney. we hung out at burwood's westfield, had dinner at george's cafe and dessert & tea at gloria jean's. continued our rendezvous at ara's place where we drowned ourselves with sparkling wine and endless girl chatter.

we slept at 2am then woke up at 6am because ara and i had to go to work. but my night with my "aussie" girlfriends left me intoxicated with happiness that i made it thru the day smiling (even if my head was throbbing the whole day). and before we said our goodbyes, i told them "mga mare, i'm still drunk! drunk with happiness" =)

special note:
chloe: sydney misses you, but WE miss you more..come back soon please?
ruth: we thought of you last night, we missed you too. in my heart, there will always be four of us.
ara: i'll see you at bowling next week ha?

photos can be seen here: http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com/photos/album/63

 

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slumber party

April 26, 2007

isang malaking yehey! dahil may slumber party ako mamaya =)  parang high school no?  dito naman sa aussielandia ang tawag nila minsan sa slumber party ay "sleepover"  as in "mum, i'm gonna sleep over my friend's place tonight".

kaya naman ang karay-karay ko kaninang umaga ay isang malaking bag at halata ng mga friendships ko sa train station na mukhang hindi daw ako uuwi.  at ang comment pa nila ay ganito: "sige, magpakaligaya ka hangga't wala pa ang asawa mo dito".  hehehe.  "wag kayong mag-alala nagpaalam ako sa mister ko" na siya namang sagot ko.

anyway hi-way, kaya naman ako may sleepover sa ibang bahay ngayong gabi kasi ang dalawa (1+1 =2)  sa pinakamamahal kong nilalang dito sa aussielandia ay gustong maramdaman ang presence ko! hehehe.  joke lang, kapal ko naman.  kailangan ko rin namang maramdaman ang presence nila =P.  ang isa ay nagbabakasyon sa sydney (galing sya ng brisbane) at ang isa ay kaalis lamang ng kanyang ina (pabalik ng pilipinas) kaninang umaga kaya sobrang lungkot sya.  kaya hayan, sa gabing ito, kailangan naming magsama para sa isa't-isa.  para mag-tawanan at mag-astang baliw para makalimutan kahit sandali ang mga 'chenes' namin sa buhay.  at para hindi bitin at hindi masyadong malungkot ang kaibigan namin na iniwanan ng nanay nya, sasamahan namin sya sa kanyang apartment.

hayyy…thank god for friends. =)

p.s. ang hirap mag-trabaho kung may gimik ka after work.  yung tipong nandito ka sa office pero looking forward ka nang umalis kasi alam mong mas magiging masaya ka mamaya.

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holiday today

April 25, 2007

it's anzac day today and i'm staying home coz i'm working on this statement i need to submit to the immigration for chris' spouse visa.  it's a statement that should contain the ff:

  • HOW, WHEN AND WHERE YOU FIRST MET
  • HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED
  • WHEN YOU DECIDED TO MARRY OR TO START A DE FACTO SPOUSE OR INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP
  • YOUR DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS (How you support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began)
  • ANY PERIODS OF SEPARATION (when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how you maintained your relationship during the period or separation)
  • YOUR FUTURE PLANS

i hope to finish the first draft today so that i may edit and polish the statement over the weekend.  chris is also doing a separate statement because they also want to know the side of the guy. 

 

nakakatamad gawin lalo na't ang weather dito ngayon ay very gloomy—it's cloudy and rainy outside—very conducive to sleeping.  *sigh*  di bale na, at least holiday today and i have time to do this statement.

 

anyway, i'm inspired to do the statement because we got our NSO Certified Marriage Certificate yesterday!  woohoo!!!!  chris and i were so happy.  another task taken off our list.  thanks to my dad and mom for taking care of documents needed in the phils, thanks also to mama (chris' mom) for chipping in on some errands.  we have such wonderful parents talaga!!!! =)  salamat na rin sa NSO kahit ginalit nyo ako, at least three times nyo lang pinaghintay sa pila for 3 hours ang tatay ko, hindi nyo na pinaabot sa pang-apat. i may sound sarcastic pero hindi talaga.  happy na ako na hindi na umabot sa pang-apat.

 

oh shucks! 11am na…gotta go back to work! 

 

enjoy your wednesday!

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on moving

April 24, 2007

something that i wanna share…this question was asked by my dearest friend armi and thought that i should share it here in my blog.  i have edited it a bit so it looks more like a blog entry.

Are you happy and contented with being away from the country and far from your loved ones? the answer is YES.

even if the moving part, being alone here, being away from everyone and everything i have known and leaving the life i've built in the phils behind was the most painful thing that i have done to myself, i have no regrets.  certainly, there are  rewards for people who aim to spread their wings in order to better themselves.  these rewards may be material, physical, mental, financial, etc.  my rewards, on the other hand, is personal.

i came here thinking only of securing the future of our soon-to-be family (that was all in my mind then)…i never thought i would be able to find myself here and discover what my optimum potentials are. 

a few weeks ago i have discovered this:

i'm beginning to understand that i will always miss my parents and friends and that i do want to be with them.  but i think one of my missions right now is to be where i am so that i could share what i'm learning outside the philippines.  my greatest learning so far is that i am one bit of miniscule in the entirety of the world and that i am no one really.  this gives me so much humility because it makes me realize that there are other things more important than my concerns in life.  living outside the philippines has taught me the meaning of BEING and i'm forever changed because i know more, i listen more and i share more.

the ones written above are my personal realizations (coming from the deep recesses of my heart), what i really feel now towards my moving here.  the miniscule-in-the-entirety-of-the-world part comes from my learning on travel—kasi that's what travel does to you talaga, it teaches you to be humble, that you are a just a tiny speck here on earth…na there's a lot more things na dapat you concern yourself with. 

so there.  a piece of my mind and heart on moving.  the road i have taken was not an easy one but it does have its rewards.  no matter what happens, i will always be grateful that i was given the opportunity to move here. 

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a new ibyang blog is born =)

welcome to my i.ph site!  welcome to me as well =)

 i'm making this my 2nd home now as other blog sites are hard to maintain here at the office. 

 my first blog is http://ibyangbabe.multiply.com and which will always be my priority blog.  this one here will be maintained alongside with the first one. 

 do come visit often as i will share with you my womanly and wife-ly adventures.

 welcome to my charmed world!  

 

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