Monday, April 19, 2004
fantabulous weekend!
it was spent with old and new friends in many different ways...
friday nite, i had to work on the presentation for the confirmation parents to promote our heaven sent youth ministry to them. it was actually a really nice powerpoint presentation and i met with giselle and melissa to put together a nice slideshow for the kids. and in the midst of laughing at pictures & playing with powerpoint animation (esp. the sounds!), the three of us had a nice conversation about God, our faith development, mistakes we've made, & how we want to keep the kids from making these same mistakes... it was a nice talk with the gals!
saturday highlights include:
~ chiropractor appt. thank goodness cuz i knew i'd be doing some dancing sat nite!
~ drove 2.5 hours to poway in san diego county. it was only supposed to be 1.5, but the freakin rain and people can't drive, aughhh!
~ i was late to jeremie and judy's wedding! but i made it just in time to hear the vows!
~ waterworks... i barely made it to a seat on the pew at church and saw how happy jeremie was as he recited his vows. judy was already all choked up as she said hers, and that started the tears welling up in my eyes! little did i know that was only the beginning!
~ new friend! i met khoa's girlfriend, shannon, and she was totally cool! we bonded cuz all the people we knew at the wedding were in the wedding party and had wedding duties to take care of. we sat in the same table, while they were at the head table. i don't like that setting by the way. i like the recent trends of having a "sweetheart table" for the couple, while the wedding party can sit with the rest of the guests.
~ the food: salmon or chicken stuffed with something or other. i had the salmon, omg, it was a huge steak of it! and really juicey and yummy, paired up with this lemon creamy sauce. if i had a digital camera, i'd have a picture of it right. i finished it all, of course! shannon couldn't even finish all of hers. but she ate all the rice though. the photographer guy next to me had the chicken. i asked him how it was, and he just sort of nodded and said, mmm, dry and i said to him, yeah, i figured. that's why i got the salmon. and he said, yeah, i like to cook, so drying out a chicken is just... it's a tragedy. poor guy, he barely touched his food and he had them take it away already. i almost never get chicken at weddings. it's almost guaranteed that they'll be dry.
~ waterworks 2: *sigh* the father-daughter dance... oh when they annouced it, people started clapping and judy and her dad walked up to the dance floor. she was already wiping tears from her eyes as she walked down. as she met him, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. i was imagining my dad and how much i love him. (dangit, i'm tearing up again!) and i was picturing how it would be during my wedding and i'd tell him papa, i love you. (damn, my sappiness! *wiping tears*)
~ the bride: okay, you know how they go ding, ding, ding on the wine glasses to signal the new couple to kiss, right? hehehe, this girl! jeremie was all ready for the nice sweet peck on the lips, but dude! judy would be trying to slip in some open-mouthed kisses in there and ooh, goodness... i don't need to see that! the photographer told our table that the same thing happened this morning when they went to the park for some pictures. they were trying to set up some nice shots and she kept trying to slip him the tongue! and she totally wants to include pictures where they have her looking all sweet and innocent in one, and jeremie sticking his finger to peek down her cleavage in another! oh my goodness! heheeh! i'm so totally happy for jeremie to get a woman like that! he definitely deserves the fun that i know she can provide!
~ the dancing: electric slide (i didn't know there was a real song to the dance!), todo-todo, some reggae, cha-cha, booty music where the bride got down on the groom, the honeymoon money dance where i told jeremie how happy i was for him... henry called me the dancing whore of the evening cuz i danced with everyone. i actually just danced with him, jeremie's dad, mom, jeremie & judy, jeremie's sister-in-law and 3-yr-old niece, Kitana (yes, named after the mortal kombat chick), and oh, i can't forget tito ed! tito ed and his wife are the classic ballroom dancing filipino couple. they danced so beautifully and professionally together, from swing, to cha-cha, to anything... i was dancing and talking with jeremie's mom and before you knew it, she had me by the arm, leading me to tito ed's table where she made him promise to dance with me when a better song comes on. and tito ed made really good on his promise as he manila-swinged me for 2-3 songs straight! oh my goodness, it was so much fun! he twirled and twisted me around so much that i felt like i was on a roller coaster! my shoe already came undone and we still kept going! tito ed's the best!
~ cleanup: i didn't have to be anywhere that evening and i didn't have anyone with me to tell me they wanted to leave already, so i stayed and hung out with the family and helped clean up. it went by fast and it was nice cuz i got to chit chat with jeremie and judy a lil more. it was nice cuz as i met jeremie's family throughout the evening, it seemed like they had known me or of me for a long time. even his sister-in-law recognized me name. they were even inviting me to stayover the night, but i graciously declined.
~ home in less than 1.5 hours! it was the super loveliest sweetest wedding i've been to in a long time though and i am really happy for jeremie and judy. i've seen jeremie go through some rough heartaches to his all-women-suck-and-i'm-just-gonna-use-them phase, and i'm really happy that he's found judy to truly love and appreciate him as he loves her. i went home in really high spirits even though my back ached from the dancing. it was the first time i've worn heels in 3 weeks b/c of the accident. but i didn't care, cuz i was really happy.
sunday was nice and easy... mass at 11:30am, grocery for the meeting that never happened. oh, lost my keys, but fr. joe found them this morning in the church. i wasn't too worried about it anyway. the presentation we were preparing for on friday never happened. we had technical difficulties with the projector and the laptop and the microphone. aughh, so frustrating. but i just spoke a little blurb instead of the really nice and jazzy presentation and slide show. oh well, maybe we can use it for next time instead.
and we finished off the weekend with disneyland fireworks! ines and theresa are a crackup!it was a lovely, lovely weekend filled with friends and laughter... thank you Lord!
friday nite, i had to work on the presentation for the confirmation parents to promote our heaven sent youth ministry to them. it was actually a really nice powerpoint presentation and i met with giselle and melissa to put together a nice slideshow for the kids. and in the midst of laughing at pictures & playing with powerpoint animation (esp. the sounds!), the three of us had a nice conversation about God, our faith development, mistakes we've made, & how we want to keep the kids from making these same mistakes... it was a nice talk with the gals!
saturday highlights include:
~ chiropractor appt. thank goodness cuz i knew i'd be doing some dancing sat nite!
~ drove 2.5 hours to poway in san diego county. it was only supposed to be 1.5, but the freakin rain and people can't drive, aughhh!
~ i was late to jeremie and judy's wedding! but i made it just in time to hear the vows!
~ waterworks... i barely made it to a seat on the pew at church and saw how happy jeremie was as he recited his vows. judy was already all choked up as she said hers, and that started the tears welling up in my eyes! little did i know that was only the beginning!
~ new friend! i met khoa's girlfriend, shannon, and she was totally cool! we bonded cuz all the people we knew at the wedding were in the wedding party and had wedding duties to take care of. we sat in the same table, while they were at the head table. i don't like that setting by the way. i like the recent trends of having a "sweetheart table" for the couple, while the wedding party can sit with the rest of the guests.
~ the food: salmon or chicken stuffed with something or other. i had the salmon, omg, it was a huge steak of it! and really juicey and yummy, paired up with this lemon creamy sauce. if i had a digital camera, i'd have a picture of it right
~ waterworks 2: *sigh* the father-daughter dance... oh when they annouced it, people started clapping and judy and her dad walked up to the dance floor. she was already wiping tears from her eyes as she walked down. as she met him, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. i was imagining my dad and how much i love him. (dangit, i'm tearing up again!) and i was picturing how it would be during my wedding and i'd tell him papa, i love you. (damn, my sappiness! *wiping tears*)
~ the bride: okay, you know how they go ding, ding, ding on the wine glasses to signal the new couple to kiss, right? hehehe, this girl! jeremie was all ready for the nice sweet peck on the lips, but dude! judy would be trying to slip in some open-mouthed kisses in there and ooh, goodness... i don't need to see that! the photographer told our table that the same thing happened this morning when they went to the park for some pictures. they were trying to set up some nice shots and she kept trying to slip him the tongue! and she totally wants to include pictures where they have her looking all sweet and innocent in one, and jeremie sticking his finger to peek down her cleavage in another! oh my goodness! heheeh! i'm so totally happy for jeremie to get a woman like that! he definitely deserves the fun that i know she can provide!
~ the dancing: electric slide (i didn't know there was a real song to the dance!), todo-todo, some reggae, cha-cha, booty music where the bride got down on the groom, the honeymoon money dance where i told jeremie how happy i was for him... henry called me the dancing whore of the evening cuz i danced with everyone. i actually just danced with him, jeremie's dad, mom, jeremie & judy, jeremie's sister-in-law and 3-yr-old niece, Kitana (yes, named after the mortal kombat chick), and oh, i can't forget tito ed! tito ed and his wife are the classic ballroom dancing filipino couple. they danced so beautifully and professionally together, from swing, to cha-cha, to anything... i was dancing and talking with jeremie's mom and before you knew it, she had me by the arm, leading me to tito ed's table where she made him promise to dance with me when a better song comes on. and tito ed made really good on his promise as he manila-swinged me for 2-3 songs straight! oh my goodness, it was so much fun! he twirled and twisted me around so much that i felt like i was on a roller coaster! my shoe already came undone and we still kept going! tito ed's the best!
~ cleanup: i didn't have to be anywhere that evening and i didn't have anyone with me to tell me they wanted to leave already, so i stayed and hung out with the family and helped clean up. it went by fast and it was nice cuz i got to chit chat with jeremie and judy a lil more. it was nice cuz as i met jeremie's family throughout the evening, it seemed like they had known me or of me for a long time. even his sister-in-law recognized me name. they were even inviting me to stayover the night, but i graciously declined.
~ home in less than 1.5 hours! it was the super loveliest sweetest wedding i've been to in a long time though and i am really happy for jeremie and judy. i've seen jeremie go through some rough heartaches to his all-women-suck-and-i'm-just-gonna-use-them phase, and i'm really happy that he's found judy to truly love and appreciate him as he loves her. i went home in really high spirits even though my back ached from the dancing. it was the first time i've worn heels in 3 weeks b/c of the accident. but i didn't care, cuz i was really happy.
sunday was nice and easy... mass at 11:30am, grocery for the meeting that never happened. oh, lost my keys, but fr. joe found them this morning in the church. i wasn't too worried about it anyway. the presentation we were preparing for on friday never happened. we had technical difficulties with the projector and the laptop and the microphone. aughh, so frustrating. but i just spoke a little blurb instead of the really nice and jazzy presentation and slide show. oh well, maybe we can use it for next time instead.
and we finished off the weekend with disneyland fireworks! ines and theresa are a crackup!it was a lovely, lovely weekend filled with friends and laughter... thank you Lord!
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