Life’s Lessons

Last Saturday we attended a grand wedding of a friend held at the gazebo of Waterfront Insular Hotel. It was grand and elegant, at least for me, and I am happy to see a friend having her dream wedding. A week before the wedding, I was able to talk to the couple about their expenses and I wasn’t surprised to know how much they have cashed out for their big day. Judging from the venue, it was really that expensive so it was not a surprise if they have to spend more than twice of our expenses more than two years ago. Other details of the wedding elegant and of course, pricey so that also explains why the said wedding is really expensive!

the aisle

Is that how expensive to tie the knot these days? Oh well, it’s one in a lifetime moment so couple are so willing to spend that much for a one day affair. The fact of life is, there are two events that people spend so much on…the wedding and funeral. If people are willing to spend hundreds of thousands for a grand wedding, there are also those who are willing to spend much more than that for funeral costs especially those who have more than what they have.

Anyway, photos from the wedding coming up next. I am still in the process of uploading it to flickr®. Stay tuned!

I miss my HS Days a lot! Time for crushes, puppy love, fling, mutual understandings, food trips, house crashing, group study, swimming at the nearest swimming pool, road trip to the nearby town to eat “buko”, etc…etc. It’s also the stage where most are dealing with skin problems such as blackheads or worst, pimples or acne aside from the heartbreak caused by our crushes.

It is during HS when our camera whoring days (and until now) started. This is one of the hundreds (or thousands perhaps) of photos we have during our HS days taken during one of our swimming trips in 1994 when Ms. Universe is the craze (because the pageant was held in the country) thus our pose says so. Feeling contestants! How I wish we could go swimming as often as we can now.

Exactly 2 weeks to go and it will be my friend’s wedding to be held in Waterfront Insular Hotel. One friend sent text message relaying a message from the bride-to-be that we SHOULD be in FORMAL attire. Formal? I wonder what is the standard for formal. Does that mean gown for the ladies and barong or tux for the gents? Or we could come in dress, and polo and slacks for the gents? Have to clear this out because I don’t wanna go there over dressed nor under dressed.

So it’s two weeks to go and my abdominal flabs are still in place. How could I make it disappear in two weeks? A weight loss surgery might be the right answer but I am not that desperate to go on surgery just to get rid of my fats. I’d rather find a dress (assuming that the ladies could come in dress) that could hide the bulges…I hope there’s one that is very affordable. But I am not yet closing the doors for my dream Loalde dress. Sheriff, give me more opps please so I could buy a dress from Loalde. Thanks in advance!