The wedding was five years in the making.

Since I refused to be wed just because I got pregnant when I was 19, I also was adamant to be wed “na basta makasal lang/mairaos lang” kasi may anak na namin kami ni Edil and we are civilly wed already.

I waited five years to have this moment, and despite of everything, I persisted.

When we got civilly wed on June 3rd 2004, we originally planned to hold the wedding in April the following year since my cousin, Ryan, will be having theirs in March. That way, it would be a one-stop celebration for relatives abroad. I was scouting for nice, small chapels in the Manila Area as I didnt want large churches. Archbishop Palace or Paco Church. Yun na, sabi ko.

Of course, I was still studying to become a nurse then, and with my job at Peoplesupport, completing clinicals, being a mom, making time for Edil, I wasn’t planning anything. Then I had to review for the board exams in December. Fortunately naman, I passed.

Then the pressure for Edil began.

I passed the boards, which meant I can marry already (wala nang hassle), weddings for our family has begun - starting with Nix’s wedding, and it didnt help that it was pretty and grand. We started fighting petty, kelan, saan, paano (wala kami pera…)….

We booked our first church (Sta. Rita at Philam) on the day of his birthday - January 28. Tapos nun, wala na.

Then my lovestory with w@w began.

Nataranta ako kinabukasan! Over a hundred e-mails in my inbox! I said to myself, “Ang arte naman ng mga to.” Hehehe.

I would be maarte too. Because I soon learned where to get the best fans in Tabora, that there are nice give-aways in Dapitan Arcade, and many many more. There were really really nice weddings and pictures.

For one, I would never have dared to change venues and do an out of town wedding three months before my wedding date. My relatives and Edil were always surprised I knew a lot, considering I was not taking any leaves.

I planned everything from the Internet, sourced, canvassed and did pre-prod meetings via the Internet. Hannnneeeeep. Imagine all the cost-cutting I got.

My idea of the wedding came from one inspiration: a pink and brown striped candy I saw at a Martha Stewart magazine. From there everything followed. Since I love pink to death, I decided on pink: cotton candy, baby pink and old rose. And the brown should be the shade of chocolate. NOT caramel no tan, chocolate brown.

Thanks to w@w I found my most most favorite suppliers, whom I first booked before the caterer and the reception venue. HAHAHAHA! (Kilala nyo na to…)

Thanks to w@w that I was able to book a caterer one month before the wedding - and they delivered more than what I have expected.

Most especially, thanks to w@w I found friends, who just started to be friends I read thru their blogs, and then got to chat with…and be really good friends with. Now, I am invited to their weddings! Isnt it grand?!

I can say I planned the whole wedding literally alone. Me and the Internet and w@w. Edil was my bank and my relatives were my PA’s. I love them to death.

And because of w@w, I was able to have my dream wedding come true. Thanks to a pink and brown candy. And Edil crying (hehehe) during our exchange of vows.