Our Wedding

Due to the fact that I tend to forget things, I have decided that now is the right time to write about our wedding day!


In addition, I want to take this opportunity to thank our family, relatives and friends for attending our wedding. Thank you for taking the time to leave your work and dress up for this event. Thank you to all our Principal Sponsors and the rest of of the entourage. Thank you to Ate Tess for helping us organize this wedding. Thank you to Paul and Toni for being our emcees. Thank you to RC, Jamai, A4peeps and all of Rab's friends for ushering. Thank you to Mimi and her friend for my make-up and hair. Thank you to my mom-in-law for doing those beautiful bouquets. Thank you to Ate Hilda for doing my gown. Thank you to our families for fixing the flower baskets and the clothes, accessories of all our super-duper cute nieces/nephews. Thank you to all our friends from elementary, high school, college, previous workmates, current workmates and all those who have travelled far. Thank you to Blue Gardens, Zapata, Shekinah. Thank you to everyone for making this possible. God bless you all...


As for our wedding, this is how it all happened....


Saturday: The day when I came home from Brunei. That day I found out that my wedding gown is so wrinkled. I told myself “okay, I will have it dry clean”, not knowing that dry cleaning takes 3 days. Oh Gosh! What am I going to do? Can I wear the gown like that? Out of desperation, I cried to Rab during our phone conversation. I was like a baby crying helplessly. L

Sunday: It was a busy day. Me, Rab and Toni (my friend) went to the mall looking for this iron that can be used to iron my wedding gown. And it took us so long to find it. After finding it, I realized that I haven’t done my nails and it’s almost 10pm. So what to do? We decided to just buy all the manicure stuff and do it ourselves. While Toni and I were busy looking for those stuff, Rab was looking at us with amazement. Haha! He said “are you sure you can really do that?” And Toni and I said “of course, kahit French tip pa yan!”

And then we realized that we haven’t done our massage. Thank God that there was a massage place near the hotel. So after checking in, we went to this spa and had our massage. The day would have been okay when suddenly me and Toni overslept and Rab have been waiting for us for almost an hour. Rab was mad and I felt so ashamed. Huhu.

After Rab went home, Toni and I were busy ironing my gown. It was a very long gown and I am telling you, it wasn’t easy!!! And then my mom arrived and she helped us to fix some of the things for tomorrow. I think it was 3am when we finally went to bed.

Monday: My Wedding day!! J This day was c-r-a-z-y.

Vows: The three of us woke up at around 8am, had our breakfast and took our showers. After that I opened my laptop and started doing my vows, only to end up with an outline. I am good with speaking anyway, so I told myself I will just do it impromptu. Haha!

Make-up and Photographers: Around 10am, my friend who will do my make-up said that she will be late. But thank goodness, she made it! J While she’s doing my make-up and hair, the photographers came. All the member of my family came too. So, it was very chaotic! I mean kids were running around the hall and my room was filled with people and equipments.

Cars: And then I got a call from Rab, he said that they are running late because the cars that they rented were all late. That time, I really wanted to cry. I also wanted to be mad at Rab. But I realized that he must be in a lot of stress too. So, I tried to calm myself.


Bouquet & Rings: After a few hours, the entourage of Rab went to the hotel to bring my bouquet and wedding rings. And so, everything was set. We can start the photoshoots. While taking the shots, everything was chaotic. I mean, I had to tell Toni to bring this and that, to tell someone this and that etc. Toni acted as my maid of honor even though she’s my emcee and I am so grateful for her.

Bridal Car: When I got inside my bridal car, the driver doesn’t know the place! Grrrhhh! L But as Bruneians always say “What to do?”

Prayer: During all the chaos, as I was inside the car, I have all these emotions. I was stressed, I was tired, I was hungry and thirsty, but I was also happy beyond something I can ever explain and imagine.

Before coming out from the car, I prayed. I told God these words....

“Lord, this is it! I know a lot of things were not in order. A lot of things were not the way I expected them to be. But I am thankful and happy because I am about to marry Rab, the man that I’ve been waiting for all my life. Thank you for giving him to me.”

Aisle: Maybe some of you have seen a lot of weddings before. Have you noticed that most of the time, the bride and groom cry while the bride is walking down the aisle? Don’t you think it’s exaggerated?

Well, here’s how it happened to me.

I went out of the car, stand up in front of the gate and these girls are telling me “Maam, once the gate is open, don’t walk first. Wait a few seconds and then start taking your steps. But walk very slowly. I mean as slow as you can.”

I told myself, “Okay, I will walk slowly. Oh Lord please don’t let me step on my gown, lose my balance and fall off the stairs. That would be very embarrassing!”

Arc: Finally, I am in front of the arc. While standing there, I was able to see the whole garden, the lights, the flowers, the people and it was so beautiful...EVERYTHING is Beautiful! ^_^

Our Magical Moment: Rab was singing while I was walking down the aisle.

As soon as I met Rab’s eyes, he looked at me and I looked at him, everything else became blur. Visions flashed before my eyes. I remembered the 12 months that we’ve been together. I remembered all the fights, the struggles, the cries, the longing, the laughter and all the love that we have for each other.

Then tears fell from my eyes. I told myself “The past is now behind us. The chaos of the day is now behind us. From this day on, I will only see one person, and that is my husband – Rab, whom I love so much!”

The Rest of the night: The ceremony and reception went well and we are proud of it. Rab and I have given so much effort to have the wedding. It was for the Lord, it was for our parents, it was for all the people who loves us and it is also for our kids. I know that in the future, they will look at our pictures and videos, and they will see how GOD and how LOVE can move in this crazy world and make things wonderful!! ^_^