An excuse to do something stupid
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Busy busy
It has been a very busy last two weeks for me, and sadly it wasn't much along the lines of work and school. Having suddenly been pushed into a cramming mode when November came around, wedding preps are now going into high gear with less than two months to go.
Happily, last week was our school's semestral break and we were able to get a lot of things done:
1. Monday - Preparing to get myself into a higher gear, I went out with friends to roam Binondo and have lunch at the hole in the wall restaurant Wai Ying. I also made the ill-advised move of purchasing the second season of Prison Break on DVD, something that took up all my time for the rest of the week,
2. Tuesday - My mom accompanied me to the bank to withdraw cash, and then again to the reception venue where I picked up the venue contract and paid the balance on our venue fees. Still considered not getting fireworks, but will probably go ahead and contract the fireworks supplier of the venue.
3. Wednesday - Dawn and I went to our church for the canonical interview. Since the priest was rather busy during that time we were simply asked to answer several questions and we will just be called up if the priest has questions. We also picked up the wedding banns and the request for dispensation for mixed marriages. We then went to a church in Cubao to pick up Dawn's baptismal certificate before heading off to Intramuros office of the Chancery, which issues the dispensations. I was actually worried that this would be a difficult procedure involving a lot of interviews, but it was actually quick and painless. My encounters with Catholic Church bureaucracy involving weddings so far has left a good impression on me.
4. Thursday/Friday - Prison Break DVD for two whole freaking days. I planned to finish a bunch of activity sheets for these two days and ended up with nothing.
5. Saturday - Purchased a camera as my birthday gift to myself, with no objections from Dawn for such a lavish expense this close to the wedding. Headed off to a friend's place (Phoebe) to celebrate her birthday with cake and pizza. Stayed for conversation and found out about this restaurant in Tiaong which could be a candidate for prenups.
6. Sunday - Prison Break! Aaargh!
Not being able to do anything school related, I gave up and went to school and had my students answer questions from the books instead of from my printed activity sheets. Anyway that's what the textbooks are for. The preps were still foremost on my mind this week.
7. Monday - I made the stupid mistake of calling up the parish office. Of course they are closed on Mondays. Gave out the first batch of invitations to school people. Met with Dawn later that day to drive around Marikina and meet with our caterer to discuss details and to submit the first payment.
8. Tuesday - We were able to schedule our pre-cana seminar for the last week of the month. Gave out the second batch of invitations.
9. Wednesday - Called up the hotel where we planned to stay to inquire about reservations, but I needed to have the discount coupon that our coordinator will give us. Played badminton later that night and had an advance celebration for my birthday with my dormmates and the business office peeps.
10. Thursday/Friday - work work work
11. Saturday - Dawn wasn't available during the morning because it was card giving at her school. I had to attend the food tasting without Dawn, so I brought my mom and sister along. The food was great, and after the tasting we headed off to the cake supplier for cake tasting this time. We had the details finalized there, including the cake flavor, design, and toppers. I discovered that my high school batchmate and erstwhile officemate Anthony was also a client of our cake maker, and was surprised to find out that they will get married earlier than I will. Dawn had to attend the final round of gown fittings with some of her bridesmaids, and afterwards we met up in Trinoma for my birthday dinner at Itallianni's, where we were able to take advantage of a P500-off coupon. We also bought several yards of blue ribbon from a surly saleslady in a ribbon and textile shop in SM North, which we'll use for the invitations.
12. Sunday - Had birthday lunch with my family, somewhere along C5 road. After arriving home I had myself measured for my barong in a shop in the mall, and attached name tags to the rest of the invitations that I had with me. I still have not done anything school related, even though the deadline for the first draft of the exams is on Wednesday, and I made a big show of taking my textbooks home. Now that I'm finished with the invites, I'm still procrastinating by making this blog entry.
Back to work now. And happy birthday to me. :)
Happily, last week was our school's semestral break and we were able to get a lot of things done:
1. Monday - Preparing to get myself into a higher gear, I went out with friends to roam Binondo and have lunch at the hole in the wall restaurant Wai Ying. I also made the ill-advised move of purchasing the second season of Prison Break on DVD, something that took up all my time for the rest of the week,
2. Tuesday - My mom accompanied me to the bank to withdraw cash, and then again to the reception venue where I picked up the venue contract and paid the balance on our venue fees. Still considered not getting fireworks, but will probably go ahead and contract the fireworks supplier of the venue.
3. Wednesday - Dawn and I went to our church for the canonical interview. Since the priest was rather busy during that time we were simply asked to answer several questions and we will just be called up if the priest has questions. We also picked up the wedding banns and the request for dispensation for mixed marriages. We then went to a church in Cubao to pick up Dawn's baptismal certificate before heading off to Intramuros office of the Chancery, which issues the dispensations. I was actually worried that this would be a difficult procedure involving a lot of interviews, but it was actually quick and painless. My encounters with Catholic Church bureaucracy involving weddings so far has left a good impression on me.
4. Thursday/Friday - Prison Break DVD for two whole freaking days. I planned to finish a bunch of activity sheets for these two days and ended up with nothing.
5. Saturday - Purchased a camera as my birthday gift to myself, with no objections from Dawn for such a lavish expense this close to the wedding. Headed off to a friend's place (Phoebe) to celebrate her birthday with cake and pizza. Stayed for conversation and found out about this restaurant in Tiaong which could be a candidate for prenups.
6. Sunday - Prison Break! Aaargh!
Not being able to do anything school related, I gave up and went to school and had my students answer questions from the books instead of from my printed activity sheets. Anyway that's what the textbooks are for. The preps were still foremost on my mind this week.
7. Monday - I made the stupid mistake of calling up the parish office. Of course they are closed on Mondays. Gave out the first batch of invitations to school people. Met with Dawn later that day to drive around Marikina and meet with our caterer to discuss details and to submit the first payment.
8. Tuesday - We were able to schedule our pre-cana seminar for the last week of the month. Gave out the second batch of invitations.
9. Wednesday - Called up the hotel where we planned to stay to inquire about reservations, but I needed to have the discount coupon that our coordinator will give us. Played badminton later that night and had an advance celebration for my birthday with my dormmates and the business office peeps.
10. Thursday/Friday - work work work
11. Saturday - Dawn wasn't available during the morning because it was card giving at her school. I had to attend the food tasting without Dawn, so I brought my mom and sister along. The food was great, and after the tasting we headed off to the cake supplier for cake tasting this time. We had the details finalized there, including the cake flavor, design, and toppers. I discovered that my high school batchmate and erstwhile officemate Anthony was also a client of our cake maker, and was surprised to find out that they will get married earlier than I will. Dawn had to attend the final round of gown fittings with some of her bridesmaids, and afterwards we met up in Trinoma for my birthday dinner at Itallianni's, where we were able to take advantage of a P500-off coupon. We also bought several yards of blue ribbon from a surly saleslady in a ribbon and textile shop in SM North, which we'll use for the invitations.
12. Sunday - Had birthday lunch with my family, somewhere along C5 road. After arriving home I had myself measured for my barong in a shop in the mall, and attached name tags to the rest of the invitations that I had with me. I still have not done anything school related, even though the deadline for the first draft of the exams is on Wednesday, and I made a big show of taking my textbooks home. Now that I'm finished with the invites, I'm still procrastinating by making this blog entry.
Back to work now. And happy birthday to me. :)
:: posted by stoned raccoon, 6:42 PM
