Here is an email that i received today (you know the types na nakakataba ng puso)? This is an overseas bride and she practically booked every supplier that i referred... as in EVERY supplier! During her wedding, we had to go in and out of the Sofitel bayside garden 2x because we feared it was going to rain... Then Arvin the groom asked me "Ok ba sa iyo john na mag shoot na nasa ulan?" i could only reply "Aba, i've never done that but i am game! would be great on pictures!" and then he asked the Pastor if he was willing... When the pastor said Yes! then we were on! Garden it was! :)


Here is her email:

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Hallerki!!!!!!!!!

Am back at work (actually nung Monday) pa ... a day after I arrived in Geneva.  Yesterday, I started showing the photos and slideshow to close friends and colleagues!  International ito ha ... di lang pinoy.  Naloka sila, yung iba halos maluha ... Pang United Nations na rin ang fans ninyo!!!

PHOTOS/SLIDESHOW:  Jong, winner talaga ito.  Yung mga friends ko na nagpho-photography eh di makapaniwala sa composition and framing.  Not to mention, the Lord provided us with a great sunset.  Ito ang mga comments:  Excellent photos and picture perfect rin ang subjects!  Pictures pa lang, deserving na of congratulations! - Pinoy friend

- Great Pictures!  The photos are technically perfect  - Indian friend
- Just perfect!!! Also, I have to say that the photographer is awesome. Composition, quality, - just woaaaw! - Turkish colleague/friend
- The photos are incredible. Like a fairytale  - Croatian colleague/friend
- Wow!!! - Kiwi (New Zealand) colleague   (parang speechless na siya)
- Oh my god, they are so beautiful - American colleague/friend
- Ces photos sont magnifiques !!! Merveilleuses !...  - French colleague  (Magnificent daw ang photos Jong!!!! - mag translate ba ako?)
- Thanks for these wonderful pictures. You are "méconnaissable"!!!  And this red sunset was so enchanting !       - French colleague
- These pictures were excellent!!! - Madagascar colleague
- The photographs were just spectacular!! I was just astonished at the different shots-- conventional, oblique shots, the splendid composition and use of natural and available lighting, the low angle and the top shots, the black & white pics, etc. My god!!! They were just magnificent pictures!! Pang-Vogue magazine!!! - Pinay friend who does photography also
- Seriously, pag nakita mo iyong mga pictures, parang gusto mo na rin magpakasal. - Pinoy friend

Sabi ko naman sa yo, ang daming nanghihingi ng slideshow ... ano yun, parang souvenir na ipapamigay ko?  Hahahaha.  Tapos ako pa magbu-burn ... Sobra!!!!  hahaha.  Nagandahan lahat sa song na pinili mo.  Thank you thank you!!!

Gerdie took some great shots!  Please thank her for me/us.

GOWN:  Veluz, juice ko ha ... ang sexy ko daw (asus)!!!!!!!!!  Maraming nagandahan sa simple, classic yet elegant na gown.  Di sila makapaniwala dito na kayo ko daw magsuot ng daring na bustier ... In fairness talagang nakakaloka ang design ... and, hindi mabigat so talagang TAAS ang kamay ko diyan.  Tsaka di daw napansin ang "dipirensiya" ... mwahahahaha
Inaayos ko na yung CD ko sa yo for slideshow and pics ng mga gown. 

Pero kung gusto mo nang makita yung slideshow ni Jong (at yung sunset):  http://leraine.multiply.com/video/item/1/UGALE-PABLO_Wedding_SlideShow

Kung gusto mong makita yung ibang pics (patikim baga):  http://www.flickr.com/photos/acdu/sets/72157603813492496/

HAIR and MAKE-UP:  O siya, sige ... nagwagi talaga kayo ni Veluz sa pagtataas ng buhok.  Everyone here very much liked the hair!!!!  Grabe!!!  As in isa yan sa unang pinansin.  Sana daw magtaas na ako ng magtaas ng buhok.  GANON?!?  Eh nagpaikli na ako (kay Joel) so ano pa ang itataas nito.  Pero looking back at the pictures, talaga nga namang TAMA KAYO!!!!  At ang comments na "ANG GANDA MO!"  O di ba ... parang di sila makapaniwalang BABAE ako.  Kasi natural daw ang dating  sobrang bagay ang hair and makeup. 

Ito ang mga comments both for makeup and gown:

- Ngayon lang kitang nakitang ganyan kaganda - Pinoy/Pinay (actually lesbian siya - hahahaha)
- You look pretty, your hubby looks handsome - Indian friend
- You were a stunning bride - American collegue/friend
- You and your husband are beautiful. - Serbian colleague/friend
- You looked sooo beautiful !  You and your husband looks to be a perfect match and very happy !  - Indonesian friend
- ang ganda mo, ng damit mo ang gaganda lahat!  - Pinay friend
- Ateng, ang ganda ganda mo. At uulitin ko na babae ka na.  - Doodle, one of the singers
- Lorraine! Ganda! And your hair looked perfect. Bagay. - Pinay friend
- Tu es resplendissante de bonheur dans cette très jolie robe...  - French colleague      (Ang ganda ko daw sa napakagandang gown!  Kaduda-duda na ba ang translation ko?  Hahaha)
- WAOUHHHHHHHHHHH ! So lovely ! A charming couple!!!  -  French colleague 
- I find you so pretty, so happy (your husband too). - French colleague

FLOWERS and STYLING:  Tita Beth, di sila makapaniwala sa ganda ng venue.  Lalo na daw ba kung talagang ganon ba ang kasal sa Pinas. 

- Like a fairytale.  - Macedonian colleague/friend.
- THE site for the wedding was beautiful . - Haitian colleague
- The wedding was in a paradisiacal space  -  French colleague
- It seems that everything went perfect. - French colleague
- The place was like paradise! - Madagascar colleague
- The flowers were beautiful!  The colors were amazing!  - Pinoy friend

Sa mga taong umattend, nabaliw sila sa paggamit ng Everlasting!!!!  Kakaiba daw.

CO-ORDINATION:  Siyempre, naman Chinks ang mga nag-comment eh ang mga guests na nagtext at nagemail sa akin, sinabi nila na ang galing daw at sobrang coordinated yung buong wedding.  Very solemn, simple and splendid daw ang ceremony.  At ang reception, panalo daw.  Di rin sila makapaniwalang biglang disco night na ... masaya sila.  Maraming salamat.  Marami ring natuwa kay Ick!  Few comments:

- The wedding was very solemn and organized. Except for the palipat lipat ng venue. To those who were not there, it was drizzling so the coordinators felt that they should transfer to another room. E makulit ang groom, gusto nya talaga sa garden so from the garden, we transferred to Davao room and then back to the garden. Hehehe! But it was all worth the trouble.  - Doodle, one of the singers
- Ang galing ni Chinkie!!!  Alam mong nagko-coordinate siya pero very inconspicuous - Arvin's sister
- Thank you so much again for inviting me to your lovely wedding. It's the best wedding ceremony/reception I've witnessed in my entire life. - Pinay friend
- Ang ganda ni Chinkie - Secret Admirer (uuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!)

Marami pang ibang mga comments na samu't sari but I just thought you should know.  You all deserve a pat on the back. Maraming Maraming Salamat!!!  I'm sure you get a lot of thanks from other brides/couples.  Mine may be just one of those common thanks you receive for a very common event ... pero this is the only wedding I have and thank you talaga for making it such an event that will forever be engraved in my, Arvin's, our families' and our friends' minds and hearts.

Sa airplane, I was writing on paper yung blogs ko about the wedding.  Good luck sa akin to finish and post it.  Sabi nga ni Chinkie, ITAGUYOD sa WOW!

Mwah Mwah!  Hugs!!!!  Ingat kayo!!!


P.S. 
Chinks, pakisabi na lang kay Ms. Judy Uson, na maraming nabilib at nasarapan sa cake.  Nagsend na rin ako ng personal thank you kay Mimi dahil sobrang nag-enjoy ang mga tao sa Clique Booth.