Picture Collage Of My Daughter’s Wedding

I’ve just changed my blog theme here at WordPress after using the former one for so long, but I keep coming back to it so probably in a month or two, I’ll go back to the old one. Anyway, I am sharing some photos of my daughter’s wedding. it’s taking them so long to choose [...]

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Between Night And Morn (My Year-End Blog)

This year may not be as hectic as the previous year for me but there were big events that made it a good year – our year.  There were no road trips to speak of either. January started with a bang, with the quadricentennial celebration of my alma mater, University of Santo Tomas, visiting Lovell [...]

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Bouquet For The Bride (Purple Day)

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. – Luther Burbank I just can’t help taking shot of this when Nissa brought it home a day after her wedding. It’s her bridal bouquet. They are blooms of French Lilac Tulip  and  light Pink Equadorian Roses [...]

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Dusk

I always love taking shots of sunrise  and sunsets and when I am lucky enough, I also love taking shots of  the dawn. This is really the first time that I caught this perfectly  quiet scene of Manila Bay at  dusk.  This was taken from an eight-floor window of our hotel room the  day before [...]

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Staying In Love

Love is a friendship set to music.  – E. Joseph Cossman The frenzy of the last two weeks is finally over. Of course, there are still so many things to do but at least we could relax now without worrying about undelivered invites, seating arrangement at the wedding venue and such small details that would [...]

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Sing Me Your Song Again Daddy

I’d love to  borrow Jose Mari Chan’s words just for this blog.If a mother has that everlasting affinity to her daughter, a father has that special bond  that only he could fulfill. Sing me a song again, Daddy Sing me a happy verse. Teach me those clever lines you sang As you carried me on [...]

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My Daughter’s Wedding

It was all so surreal! So that was how it felt, letting go and seeing your daughter married to the man she loves.  It was a beautiful and lovely Purple Day. The day prior to the wedding, we checked in at the Pearl Garden Hotel which is very near the wedding venue renting four rooms [...]

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One Day To Go Before Purple Day

You might laugh at this. I wonder why I am even counting. And the feeling is like waiting for Christmas – anticipation, excitement, happiness – you name it, I am like a child who can’t wait to open her gifts before the day ends. So this is how it starts. There is chaos in every [...]

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Two Days To Go Before Purple Day

My daughter’s friends call it Purple Day, referring of course to her  wedding this coming Sunday. Such a hectic and busy week for all of us except perhaps hubby who is so cool about it all. Or maybe, he just won’t like to think that in two days, his unica hija will change her name [...]

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Oops!

Nissa and I spent the whole day together yesterday, with last-minute things that need to be done and visiting our alma mater, University of Santo Tomas. Definitely good bonding moments with her although it was a bit tiring because the sun was hot on our backs. Anyway, I told her it would be the last [...]

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