Hendrik and I made our invitation cards, eventhough we do not have good penmanship, we wanted to make it personalized, so we printed the wedding details, wrote our guest’s name and signed it! One Saturday, we attended a church service in Jurong East, and then we spent the afternoon in Chinese Garden to complete the invitation. We used Hendrik’s fountain pen. Imagine I’m a novice, primarily not a user of fountain pen, so he had to teach me how to use it.
April 8,2011, our friends set a pre-wedding dinner for us. It was fun, some people were not very keen for games. But in the end, I knew we all had fun. Amazingly, the boys did most of the singing during karaoke time. Thanks to Magic Sing. Karaoke, the sustenance of any Filipino Party!
The fusion of a German and a Filipina in Germany will bring innovation to gatherings and parties. hehehe
I really appreciate the efforts of the organizers: Jayme, Sandoval Sisters (Shylla and Fritzie) and Joyce. And the guests for bringing food, drinks and fun!
from left: Invitation Card, Pre-wedding dinner Sash, Pre-wedding Thank You note, Pre-wedding decor
Invitation card made by Mitch and Hendrik
Pre-wedding dinner – Sash Bride & Groom To Be’s by Joyce
Pre-wedding decor – Paper Flowers made by Jayme
Doily Thank You card/envelope by Mitch
I imagine how I would like to be living from this moment, I want to be happy and be in love (loving the man who loved me).I remember the woman I’ve been up: weak but trying to give the impression of strength. Fearful of expressing but telling herself it wasn’t fear — it was the wisdom of someone who knew what reality was. It’s not easy to live a life at ease, trials may come and I may fall; apparently, God’s choice doesn’t depend on how a person behaves. He can deal with anyone, no matter how flawned, who passionately pursues Him. And I thank God for He first loved me.
… the chances of one person being another person’s “the one” are like 6 billion in a 1… true and I’ve been living my life in a seatbelt, it’s time to unclick.
Save The Best For Last
- 1992 song written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind. It is considered Vanessa Williams’ signature song.
Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes ’round the moon
I see the passion in your eyes
Sometimes it’s all a big surprise
‘Cause there was a time when all I did was wish
You’d tell me this was love
It’s not the way I hoped or how I planned
But somehow it’s enough
And now we’re standing face to face
Isn’t this world a crazy place
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last
All of the nights you came to me
When some silly girl had set you free
You wondered how you’d make it through
I wondered what was wrong with you
‘Cause how could you give your love to someone else
And share your dreams with me
Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for
Is the one thing you can’t see
And now we’re standing face to face
Isn’t this world a crazy place
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last
Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for
Is the one thing you can’t see
Sometimes the snow comes down in June
Sometimes the sun goes ’round the moon
Just when I thought our chance had passed
You go and save the best for last
I dreamed I had an interview with God.
“So you would like to interview me?” God asked
“If you have the time” I said.
God smiled
“My time is eternity”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”
“What surprises you most about humankind?…”
God answered…
“That they get bored with childhood.
They rush to grow up and then
long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money
and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”
That they live as if they will never die,
and die as if they had never lived.”
God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for awhile
And then I asked…
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”
God replied with a smile
“To learn they cannot make anyone love them.
What they can do is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in persons we love,
and it takes many years to heal them.”
“To learn to forgive by
practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that there are persons who love them dearly,
but simply do not know how to express or show
their feelings.”
“To learn that two people
can look at the same thing
and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not always enough that they
be forgiven by others. But that they must
forgive themselves.”
“And to learn that I am here always.”
I had a great dialogue with my roomie… too many to tell… about life, achievements and plans.
“Little Red” by Kate NashEverybody took everything that they could
And they made a little town out of stones and out of wood,
And they made a little king out of plastercine,
And they threw the rules away but they kept the wisdom in.
And all the birds and the bees lived so peacefully
And all of the babies they slept so gently until…
Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red.
Little Red, Little Red, Little Red, Little Red Little, Little Red came knocking.
Little garden, how do I make your flowers grow,
When I already do everything that I know?
I bring you sunshine and I bring you rain but still you refrain.
All the other gardens are so full of flowers.
They’re so colouful, yeah, I spend all these hours
Trying to make you as beautful as them but sti-i-i-il you refrain.
Little girl, why are you crying,
Just because the flowers in your garden are dying?
There’s so much that you could be doing,
And all of your neighbours,
Well, they haven’t got a clue.
Come on with me and we’ll have a little fun,
It’s not too dangerous, yeah, and we won’t hurt anyone.
Yeah, we’ll cause some havoc between the birds and the bees,
We’ll paint the town red and we’ll shake the trees.
Oh, come on with me and I’ll show you a good time,
All you have to do is a jump and a climb.
Yeah, I’ll take you over to the other side of town.
There’s so much to do there and everybody wheres a crown.
Should I go or should I stay?
My flowers are dying and I’m sick and tired anyway.
This boy seems kind of cool,
His jeans are kind of low,
Well, I think I’ll go.
Jump. jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump and a jump, jump, jump and a climb.
And a jump, jump, jump and a jump, jump, jump and a jump, jump, jump, and a climb.
And a jump. jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, cimb.
And a jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, climb.
Oh let’s pack a picnic and then go for a drive.
We’ll go to a funfair and go on all the rides.
We’ll climb up a mountain and take in all the sites.
We’ll jump in a plane and fly.
If you want you can come back to mine.
We’ll drink some coffee and you can spend the night.
We’ll do anything that makes you smile
‘Cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy.
‘Cause your smile is beautiful and it makes me happy.
Well, this little girl grew up and moved away.
And she lived her life full of risk and full of play.
And she lived her life with so much to say,
And her flowers, they grow more beautiful every day.
The people of Haiti are in dire need of help and many aid organizations are asking for contributions towards the relief effort.
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Maersk
The A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, through our Disaster Relief Team, has presented our capabilities in our worldwide logistics network to the United Nations (UN), which will decide how best to use these capabilities.
Meanwhile, a group-wide collection of funds to aid the victims of the quake has been initiated, in collaboration with the Danish Red Cross.
I need to be reminded of the values called “delicadeza”! Delicadeza has no direct English translation; the closest would probably be “sense of propriety”, “the virtue of knowing and acting on what is proper when you are in a position of authority and trust”. Darn, I would never put myself again in the situation that would test this principle.
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Have you ever thought of just having a baby and never get married at all? In my opinion, this idea is selfish and unfair for the child. But if I were to consider this option, the following rules should apply.
1. To avoid conflicts of interest, my donor must be single and un-attached a month before delivering the goods and services. I may be crazy at times, but I disdain way too complicated situations.
2. He must be a straight guy. – (Of course)… I know gay couples may also be interested in this idea, but I don’t want to merge “motherhood” with them.
3. Preferably, he must be mentally and physically in good condition. – Did I mention that I want to have it the normal way?
occasionally shallow but has moments of depth (by 1 cm)
