It’s my friend Anne’s birthday and since I cannot see her in person to greet a ‘Happy Birthday’ for she is base in Manila, i tried to pop her a birthday message in YM many times but got no response… she is offline! I’m about to get upset when I remember she mentioned to me a week before her birthday that she will make sure to pamper herself on her special day by having a “Birthday Leave”. Wow, ever since I got a job, I don’t remember taking a leave from work during my birthday, and now it strikes me that I think I need to try and do the same. I admire her idea to take a break from work every time she commemorates a special occasion in her life… even up to the anniversary of her job!
Yes, ‘birthday leave’ can be a stress relief and a breather from the busy desk in the office to have a special time by yourself, in other words take some ’self-care’ occasion.
I’m sure my friend is enjoying her special day a lot and it gives me an idea to file my 1st birthday leave in advance now…
As part of my occasion watch this weekend, I am surprised when I got up early this morning and found out what is in Yahoo’s frontpage… the now very popular “JK Wedding Entrance Dance”, that hits 3.5 million and counting views in YouTube. Yes, it might be funny and unique way of making the occasion unforgettable, but one thing that came to my mind easily is that, the solemnity of the wedding ceremony is gone… I thought having this kind of wedding entrance will be reserved during the wedding entrance in the reception hall. But well, at the end of the day, the conclusion is: it all depends to the couple’s way of expressing their occasion to make it memorable, it’s their special occasion anyway!
To check out how the couple have their own unique way of “A walk to remember” scene, i quote the YouTube link below… enjoy!
I am tasked by my two colleagues in our department to look for a wedding gift that we will give to our boss in his wedding day. And as the only lady in the department, they asked me to purchase the gift according to my preferences and idea, so they give me all the freedom what to choose huh,… well, I feel obliged and I tried my best to get the perfect wedding gift.. hehe, kind of difficult.
For me, special occasions like weddings can be a way to express how well you know either the bride or the groom by acquiring a wedding gift that suits them… I come up some guidelines before I rummage my favorite malls for a wedding gift:
Discuss to my friends their idea of a wedding gift – and of course I got a ‘you-are-the-expert-it’s-up-to-you’ answer.
Review my notes as to how well I know my boss – one thing I know of him is that he is fond of travelling and he got lots of native and unique things in his desk and even in his house, hhmm..
Ask my hubby’s opinion since he is also my personal adviser – and indeed I got lots of ideas from him, like; “do not dare give any home accessories, let the couple decide how to design their homes, your gift might end up out of the picture…”
Canvass and lots of canvassing – I end up from one store to another until I found the one I think perfect for the couple…
I have the gift beautifully wrapped now for the wedding this afternoon… I learned one thing when I had my wedding too – that wedding gift is nothing without the presence of the giver.
I made 2 sureseats reservation for a Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie 4 days in advance since my hubby was so persistent in asking me to book a perfect date for us to watch this newly release Harry Potter movie. Having movie dates is also one way to strengthen the relationship of each other, enough for me to rate it as an ordinary special event, an occasion to bond. Going to movies with families, friends and special someone is so much enjoyable especially when after the movie, we gather together to have something to eat and discuss the outcome of the movie.
I admit that I’m a ‘movie-holic’ (my term) before, watching almost 5 movies in a month, I don’t buy my own copy of the movie in DVD before because I wanted to see the action in the big screen of my favorite movie houses. And I remember that there was this one movie date that instead of enjoyed the movie I slept and the irony is that, the movie we watched was the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie! Haha… it’s not that I don’t like the movie, it was simply a bad date because I’m tired. I ended up watching the movie alone the next day.
Well, I’m sure I will be enjoying my movie date tomorrow because aside from I’m sure it’s another good Harry Potter movie, it is also another bonding occasion with my partner – he is always my best date in a movie, because of him I learned how to reserve all my questions only after the movie instead of asking while the movie is going on… hehe..
I’ve been busy preparing for my cousin’s wedding invitation this past few days… scouting for materials and come up with lots of design concepts until I finally got the combination of what it takes for a presentable invitation. I’m glad that when I showed the mock up of the wedding invitation to my cousin, she easily appreciate it and her friends too… it inspires me the more to continue working on it.. hehe..
a quick preview to my cousin's wedding invitation - not finished yet.
My objective is to create a wedding invitation with a personal touch, and below is my basic steps to finish this project:
Research. I do research and read some articles on how to create a good wedding invitation.
Design Studies. I do not have to stick to one design only but to gather lots of designs from the net and even in the wedding shops around the mall… I don’t like to carbon copy the designs I saw from the magazines, internet and stores, instead I use them as a pattern for me to innovate.
Final Design. After I gather all the designs that passed my concepts, I come up with a combined innovative wedding invitation product base on my theme and my cousin’s preferences of course.
Canvass Materials. I got my final design mock up on hand, now it’s time for me to canvass to different paper shops to scout for materials that I need… ribbons, papers, beads, etc…
Costing. I go back to my table and compare notes, these are the prices and material details I gathered during my canvassing of materials… here, i got an exact idea as to how much my wedding invitation cost. This step helps me not to over purchased materials that I don’t need and mind the budget. (my cousin has a limited budget and I have to respect it, so this is hardwork and challenging.. hehe)
Purchase Materials. Since I now have the idea of how much it cost and how many pieces of papers, ribbons and beads I need, then I can shop easily.
Wedding Invitation Work In Progress. Now I got to the final activity and that is to convert my mock up to a final wedding invitation! Exciting!
I love doing stuffs like this and even if my cousin give me a very limited time to work on her wedding invitation, I don’t find it a problem instead I enjoyed it… all with a personal touch…
our baby is fast asleep right after she is baptized.. hush.
When my sister delivered her second baby, everybody in the family is excited because we are so expectant of the gender, since my sister decided not to get an ultrasound so for it to be surprised. All of us want a baby girl and indeed it is a healthy beautiful baby girl! When the first time I saw her, I noticed that she looks exactly like her mom, at last… hehe.
3 weeks after she gave birth, our new baby is finally baptized today… its baby Jezrah’s christening day! And again, as the occasion critique in the family, I told my sister that she should have held it in a bigger function room, since unexpectedly she have many visitors… but fortunately, all our visitors have a great time even the weather is not cooperating completely since it rains but nothing stops the fun. Our little celebrant seems very observant because she didn’t really cry a lot throughout the event.
Baptismal occasion is one of the important Sacraments in the Catholic Faith, where the priest officiate the sacred ceremony inside the church with holy water and candles as the main symbol. With parents and godparents surrounding the child, the priest welcomes the baby to the Christian world by pouring the holy water in the child’s forehead. Usually the baptismal celebration is done privately but for baby Jezrah, it is held in the middle of the Sunday Mass in the parish.
I’m glad we have another little angel in the family… Happy Christening Day, baby! Looking forward to your 1st birthday, I’m sure it will be another great occasion!
I will be joining a bachelor’s party tomorrow night and it gets me excited because it is my first time to finally join this kind of party and I believe there will be so much fun! It is a surprise party organized by all managers to the COO of the company and yes, he is getting married next week! There are lots of bachelor party tips in the net but tomorrows party does not follow any usual rules and tips, instead we all agreed to just have so much fun in the company’s staff house… a night full of fun and lots of drinking!
I always declined bachelor party invitation before that I also even disagreed when my hubby asked me to have his own stag party a week before our wedding day. Why? Simply because I don’t like the usual bachelor party activities especially if it involves stripped woman in front of your soon-to-be husband… hehe, I know I sound so impossible and conservative. In other word there are good and bad things inside a bachelor’s party and thereafter.
But this will be a different occasion, shall I say it’s wholesome but I’m sure there will be some mild naughty games and trivia for the soon to be groom, haha…, I’m ok with lots of drinking and lots of dancing and swimming in the pool… and at the end of the day we call it our own version of Bachelor Party we could offer for the groom.
When my cousin pop me a message this afternoon that she is getting married very soon, i can’t help but feel so excited especially that she tasked me to do her wedding invitation! I accepted it without any hesitations since I love to do it for her and simply love doing wedding stuffs like this. I am happy that she finally decided to settle down and tie the knot, this is one of the occasion I’ve been waiting for this year! Time is running fast so I need to canvass materials and scout different designs and come up with the final concept of her wedding invitation as soon as possible… and i thought of going to Ayala tonight.
I’m excited because this will make me do wedding stuffs again and occasions like this makes me reminisce those days I personally prepared my own wedding, and it was such a rewarding experience. I am starting the countdown now towards the big and special event of my cousin’s love story… an occasion that the whole family is waiting for.
The month of July has the most number of birthdays in my planner and it excites me because I want to be a part in making my friends and cousins’ birthdays a special occasion in my own little way. I thought of a simple greeting via text messaging and by writing something how I cherish them makes additional spark of the occasion.
Today is my bestfriend’s birthday and since we were in highshool, I make sure I don’t forget her birthday by meeting her in person and celebrate… but because of some unwanted happenings in our life that keeps us busy and sometimes keep us apart and lost touch… things changed and I miss her. I may have lots of shortcomings as a friend to her but deep in my heart she will always be my bestfriend and my ‘maid of honor’ forever. Occasions like birthdays help me ponder and reminisce the old times – the happy times and all the ups and downs of our friendship. But God is so good because no matter what He still makes friendship unbreakable.
Happy Birthday Labz’, even if we seldom see each other, but just the same our friendship still etched forever in my heart. I wish you a blossom love life ahead… I’m sure you will be taken cared of with the man you love now. Miss you!
I celebrate friendship this month since most of my friends are July celebrants… and oh! It’s my cousin Charibee’s birthday and my Lola too. Our family celebrated my deceased grandmother’s birthday with a Holy Mass, unfortunately I cannot attend…
And to all birthday celebrants today: Happy Birthday!
Today’s occasion is the birthday of a friend whom I consider special… she is one of a kind friend and I feel blessed to have her for even if we seldom see each other, she remains a friend. And yes! It’s her birthday today!
4:00 PM – Meet the birthday girl in Mocha Blends – this is one of the entries in my planner for today.
I am in the middle of my 3:00 meeting when I remember that I have an appointment to meet a friend and it’s already 20 minutes to 4:00 in my watch, and the discussion in our meeting seems to take long. Good thing we settled to meet at 4:30 when she texted… I have to make sure to wrap up the meeting before 4:30 and meet the birthday celebrant finally! I did not see her for more than a month now because she was out of the country, so I’m also excited to see her.. hehe..
I can see the radiant of her smile when I entered the coffee shop, enough for me to conclude that she is happy and I love to see that! I’m glad she find time to insert our meeting knowing her busy schedule. Even how short our meeting is, the laughter and exchanging of stories seems long already. Happy Birthday Dear and I’m glad to see you happy and enjoying life to the fullest!
I want to share one of the birthday poems I like that I found somewhere the net before… I rummage my notes this morning and I found it.
Birthday Wishes For My Friend By Joanna Fuchs
On your birthday,
I wish for you the fulfillment
of all your fondest dreams.
I hope that for every candle
on your cake
you get a wonderful surprise.
I wish for you that
whatever you want most in life,
it comes to you,
just the way you imagined it,
or better.
I hope you get as much pleasure
from our friendship as I do.
I wish we were sisters,
so I could have known you
from the beginning.
I look forward to
enjoying our friendship
for many more of your birthdays.
I’m so glad you were born,
because you brighten my life
and fill it with joy.
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