Balay and the Tent

Yesterday, Dar and I visited Balay Kalinaw to look at those bothersome stairs.



So here's how the stairs looked:



That's 11 steps each flight, so that's 22 steps in all. Dar, in general, was okay with it na. He said either temp ramp na lang daw, or somebody, er some bodys have to carry/pull Des up. I repeatedly assured him na bahala na ang Balay don. Alangan namang mga naka-bihis sila in their suits/barongs tapos bubuhatin nila si BIL2B.

Hay. Buti naman. I was getting worried na we might change venues pa. I love it na sa Balay eh. Mas significant lang talaga na our wedding is celebrated in U.P., where it all started. :)

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We then proceeded to the Fort for the Wedding Expo!

My main reason for going to the Expo was to look for a photographer and a cake supplier. I especially wanted to visit the booth of Sugarbox because of the 1.8K mini-cake I heard (read?) through W@W yahoogroups. I also wanted to look at the layouts of the different photographers for their digital storybook.

A particular company, Little Dreams, was recommended by a friend of an office mate. This friend-of-an-officemate is also a freelance photographer, kaya siya pinakilala ng office mate ko. If I wanted daw kasi somebody to take pictures of the wedding, baka puede daw sya. And actually, puede rin sana sya, kasi mababa lang yung charge nya for his (and his partner's) services. As in services lang ha, walang album, unlimited (?) pictures daw sa CD. Pero this freelance photog was pushing for Little Dreams and/or Decisive Moments, kung ano daw mas kaya ng budget ko. He's currently an apprentice daw kasi of Mel Cortez (of Decisive Moments). Sabi ko liit lang budget ko, so sabi nya na better na sa Little Dreams ako mag-inquire.

So when I got to the Expo, siyempre inquire-inquire. Tapos nag-name-drop ako, "I was actually referred by a friend of an office mate" then I said his name. Hehehe, magic words, binigyan ako ng FREE pre-nup studio pictorial! I wasn't really expecting that, more of tignan ko kung my ties talaga si friend-ni-office-mate sa Little Dreams. So mukhang meron nga. :P

Siyempre marami rin akong tinignan na ibang mga photographers. Hehehe, more of maraming nakolekta na brochures. Ang hirap pala mag-inquire kasi ang dami-dami-daming tao. Well, we weren't really there to book a supplier eh, more of tignan lang naman kung ano ang mga options namin for our photographer. We also learned the different types of printing the digital album (ang naalala ko na lang ngayon eh matte :P).

Next up, cakes. Liked the cakes of Karla Magbanua, very personalized yung cake nya. Loved the cake she did for the optometrists [? tama ba, yung mga eye doctors] which I saw sa Metro Weddings na magazine [Yes, finally bought the one with Claudine on the cover, next time ko na kuwento about the denim motif of Gozum].

And finally, nakita ko na yung 1.8k na minicakes of Sugarbox. It's not that small naman, pero it's not that big nga [syempre! mini cake nga eh :P]. Dar said it was a little too small. I said, we can have three, tapos lahat yon all edible layers pa. He was kind of surprised, "Bakit yung sa ibang cake ba hindi edible lahat?" I told him na sometimes, when the cake is HUGE, only one layer or a part of the layer is edible. Mega react si Dar, gusto daw nya malaking cake and lahat edible. Okay ka lang? Hahahah, sino kakain ng lahat ng cake na yon? He said na yun lang daw pakain namin sa guests. Haaay. Ang kulit.

Then we passed by the W@W booth. On display were the unity coins.



Darius wanted them for our wedding! Yun lang, hehehe, so happy na he has a say on the wedding naman :) Kaso, he wanted gold, ako kasi more on silver ako eh. Pero since minsan lang naman sya magka-opinion regarding our wedding, I go for gold na rin. Didn't buy muna, kahit na we could get it for 100 bux less. Sabi naman ni Dar, okay lang yon, 100 lang naman difference eh. And yun nga, we weren't at the expo to buy anything or book suppliers, we were there just to look around and to get ideas.

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Haaay. Ayun, mejo mission accomplished naman this weekend. Dami ko ng ideas pero I have to sift through them pa kundi baka mawalan na kami ng budget hahaha :D

Toodles! ^_^

obssessed over wedding preps @ 9:56 PM

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