Wedding 101 and Do It Yourself Wedding Planning

Monday, December 9, 2013

Bridal Weight Loss Project
How did I do it?

It was simple: Hardwork

Well I guess that does not sound simple at all. I lost 13 lbs from February of this year. There were lots of running involved, a lot of pain but I'm glad to say that there was no deprivation. I ate enough. I ate what I needed to take with no excess eating involved.

I always advice Brides of this, after the proposal. Work-out.

Exercising a month before the wedding will not work. So start early! 

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Blogapalooza: B2B Bloggers and Businesses Interaction
Having a Business now a days has its challenges. How you can become unique, how you can catch the attention of your customers and how you can have loyal customers.

And who better to know that feeling than a Blogger. Its difficult to stand out, its challenging to keep people coming back for your blog and the game of having avid readers, that's another things.

So here comes Blogapalooza 2013. A chance to help out each other. Businesses telling the blogger who they are, bloggers telling the world that and bloggers getting some materials and stuff to talk about their blogs.

It was a brilliant idea for me.

This was the first Blogapalooza I went to.

I went alone because there was no +1. Then met a lot of bloggers and was able to spend some chat with WheninManila.com's editors. ha my editors! I do contribute for wheninmanila.com. That's where I found about this event. 

It was fun going around each booth and trying to know the exhibitors.

Here's my short Review.

To do: Appreciating your Man
A friend of mine told me:

There is nothing I can say positively of my boyfriend.

Is that even normal? Being someone who you can't think of a positive thing to do. Wala akong nasabi.
Then another friend said, Then why are you still with him?

Ladies and Gents, every person has a positive. Do you agree. Lahat tayo. We may not be perfect.
But we are God's creation. ^ ^. We value positively.

But who am I to attack my friend or the boyfriend. I don't know the entire reason behind it.
But here are my controversial hypothesis. Which I have not told. My friend is confuse about the relationship
at the moment. Unsure of where it will go.

Please let us help my anonymous friend... Your comments will be read by her.

Hypothesis #1. Perfectionism

               Senator Miriam Defensor is one of my respected public servants. I remember watching
her Maalaala mo Kaya in ABS-CBN years ago. Her mom was so strict. If she didn't get an exam perfectly she kneels in rock salt for long hours. For every mistake she is punished. I feel for her. But the story had a good turn around, she became very successful.


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

How to become the best Girlfriend or Wife

"I feel like he doesn't make much time for me" 

"I want to get married and he doesn't have any plans"

"He is not sweet. I wish my boyfriend was as sweet and caring as my best friend's boyfriend"

He doesn't know what I want.

He always starts a fight when he disappoints me

and he missed to say he loves me back. 

          If you have ever felt this way. I did too! Probably your mom also had and so did your friends. 
Why is that? What is so difficult in realizing that hey I'm not so hard to please. I'm very very understanding.

#1. Accept that your boyfriend is not Superman. 

        He is human. And so are you.

It would be great to have the real Superman fly us around the world. But our boyfriend/husbands doesn't come with capes and underwear outside their pants. (Good thing!) When you just met him, he seems perfect yes. But time goes by and you realize he is so, and so and so. And so what! You love him and he comes with flaws and not capes. He cannot do everything for you. But he can love you enough, make you feel special and be the partner where God love passes through. 

From Girlfriend to Wife

My Transformation as a Fiance


I am getting married in 25 days. 

Such a short time. Do you recall when it was way back 200++ or 100++ days. Days run fast. I can hardly catch my breath. Back then, I prayed for the days to be shorter. So that I ca already be Paul's wife and then its done. I've reached my goal. I'm already Mrs. Paul Bumagat. Wow, even the thought of that gives my stomach butterflies. 

But today, all I wanted is to slow it down. I haven't given my ring to the jeweler to be engraved. I havent finalized the program and liturgy yet. And last Sunday, I was just able to add two more ninangs on our list. The funny things is, my fiance was able to secure his leave already. He is a soldier and that takes a lot from him. And to be honest, I haven't passed my LOA request. 

I need time. And I need a lot. 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Events and Wedding Planning Part II
Knowing about TradeSchool.coop/Manila was really cool. I can share my knowledge and 
expertise of experiences through a talk now and not just to blog about it. On December 4, 2013 Wednesday I will talk about setting up your Events such as: Charity Events, Gigs, Family Reunions and of course a detailed information on how to broaden the impact of such events. On the other hand I will also talk about a comprehensive detail on Wedding Planning. :) 

Hope you join me. To Register go to www.Tradeschool.coop/Manila/Class and sign up. 


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