Friends are there

Vincent found this season one OBB of Garfield and Friends again over YouTube. Reminds me of one anthropology class in graduate school. I had to do a presentation of my paper on pulutan (pick-up food). He was helping me out in brainstorming when he said, "Hey, how about putting Garfield and Friends' picture up on the board? Lahat sila pampulutan!" Thinking along the lines that Filipinos practically eat everything that could be digested, that idea makes sense! Hahaha!

We sound Latin American

It was Vincent who first heard Que Vida La Mia (what life, mine) by Reik over at Magic 89.9, and Christine who first memorized Shakira’s Estoy Aqui (I’m here). But it was Emang who made them both sing a song that they fell in love with.

We’ve put up a YouTube video of Una Cancion Que Te Enamore (a song you’ll fall in love with) by the Venezuelan duo Servando y Florentino on the sidebar. Direct (and indirect) translation of this song is courtesy of Emang (gracias tía!).

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UNA CANCION QUE TE ENAMORE
by Servando y Florentino

Me levante con ganas de escribirte algo
(I woke up with an urge to write you something)

Y me salio esta cancion que aqui te canto
(and out came this song i'm singing for you)

No se si la escuharas, pero a mi me da igua
(I dont know if you'll hear it, but for me it doesn’t matter)

Es una simple escusa pa decirte,
(it’s just a simple excuse to tell you)

"Lo mucho que me gustas"
(You like me so much)

Quiero ponerle mi apellido a tu nombre,
(I want to put my surname to your name)

Quiero saber todo lo que tu vida esconde,
(I want to know all about your secret life)

Y ponerle color, a todo tu dolor,
(and put some color, to all your troubles)

Darte lo que me pidas por el resto de mi vida
(give you all you ask of me for the rest of my life)

Quiero cantar una cancion que te enamore
(I want to sing a song you'll fall in love with)

Cada catorce de febrero enviarte flores
(every 14^th of Feb I'll give you flowers)

Pa que pienses en mi
(so you would think of me)

Pa que mas nunca llores
(so you wouldn't have to cry anymore)

Quiero cantar una cancion que te enamore
(I want to sing a song you'll fall in love with)

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Que te haga suspirar
(to make you sigh)

Que te haga enamorar
(to make you fall in love)

Una cancion que ecuches y te haga en mi pensar
(a song you'll hear and keep you in my thoughts)

Why Gundam™ loves fried chicken

We've already shared this blog's URL to our chosen few -- close family members and friends, and yet we haven't told the reason why we entitled it as such. Not that there's a big explanation behind the Gundam™ and the fried chicken thing. We thought that some curious onlookers would want to know why.

After we got engaged, we were very ecstatic to share this incredible new chapter in our lives unfolding, that we decided to document every single moment of it. Consequently, building this blog. We wanted it NOT to be cheesy and boring. We wanted it TO BE catchy and an interesting read. We wouldn't want to infest our friends and readers with goose-bumpy entries (oh for goodness' sake, so do we!). So we both decided to better put our creative minds at work.

Gundam™ and fried chicken

Vincent couldn't take his eyes off of the Gundam™ toys from every toy store he enters. He's a certified Gundam™ addict. In fact, he wanted to name his future son, Athrun (after Gundam™ Seed's Athrun Zala). Meanwhile, Christine couldn't last a week without eating fried chicken and couldn't pass up a month without paying her religious food rites to any KFC store. He finds her manic fried chicken appetite insane (ano?! manok na naman?!?!), and she finds his Gundam™ obsession extreme (naku, robot na naman!). Their fetishes are an odd combination. Ironically however, they click. Gundam™ + Fried Chicken = Vincent + Christine.

"The theme is pink!"
(quoting Mushu to Mulan in 2004's Mulan II)

Since the ceremony's happening early morning (7AM), we picked the theme orange and yellow in lighter shades. We found the colors refreshing and perfect for this memorable occasion. We just pray that our guests will make it to BOTH the ceremony and the breakfast buffet (hehehe).

Rolling out the white carpet

We wanted our wedding to be solemn, intimate and less traditional, so for this, we are keeping a small entourage: 2 Maids of Honors, 2 Best Men, 2 Flower girls, 1 Ring bearer, 1 Bible bearer and 4 ninongs and 8 ninangs (Principal Sponsors). All of them are special to us, of course. Not much parade of stars there. The focus will be given to the One who will bind us (God), our families and friends, and our love magnified.

We are also planning for a short reception program. We haven't finalized it yet, but both of us agreed that we'll make it a simple, family breakfast affair. We want all our guests to feel family, because that's exactly what they are to us.

We'll keep you all posted.