Road Trip #9: The One with the Coins from different countries

For the arrhae, we decided to use other countries' currencies as coins. Since, i personally don't have a coin collection, I've asked friends that collects coins or that will travel or staying/working in other countries to collect coins for me.

I still don't know the rules for the arrhae, so I just collect and collect and I'll just select later on.

So far, these are my coin collections:

Coins from Abigail (Bangkok)

Coins from Bernard (France)

Coins from Julie (Singapore)

Coins from Hazel (Assorted)

Coins from Tita Neng (London)

Thank you, friends and relatives! :D

Road Trip #8: The One with the On-The-Day Coordinator

March 25, 2012 is a very busy day for us. Solely alloted to meet wedding suppliers.

After the meeting in Cavite with Tito boy, we then went to Mandaluyong to meet 2 perspective OTD coordinators:

1. The One Exclusive at 4pm Megamall
2. Event Malditas at 530pm Podium

I've been exchanging emails with these 2 coordinators and both and them were prompt in replying to my queries and very accomodating kahit ilang beses na ko nagpachange ng schedule.

We arrived a little over lunch at Megamall. 4pm pa 1st meeting namin kaya nag-ikot muna kami sa megamall.

Around 330pm, we are searching for a venue for the meeting sa labas ng Megamall. We found J.CO Dougnuts, they offer deliciously-looking doughnuts, tea and coffee.

Come 4pm, TOE's kath and toffy arrived at J.CO's. At first, si Kath lang yung nagsasalita and Toffy seems bored. Pero after a while naman, siya na yung nagkukwento. We talk bussiness muna, inclusions and their tasks as coordinator and Toffy as the emcee. All seems okay naman and actually our only concern naman is if Toffy can make the program formal and fun at the same time. And from his background and our impression naman namin from him, mukhang kaya naman niya. 

So, we decided to go with TOE and not meet Malditas anymore. Eto talaga ang sakit namin, once nagmeet na kami ng supplier, we always booked them on the spot.hehe. Madali kaming maconvince. :D

Road Trip #7: The One with the Bridal Gown Part 2

On March 25, 2012, we had our meeting with Tito Boy in his office. Our schedule was around 9 to 10am. We arrived at the subdivision before 9am, so confident kami na maaga kaming makakarating sa office niya. 

We just noted his address and relied on my phone's GPS so we didn't ask for directions. And that was our biggest mistake. GPS cannot locate the block and lot info of the address. We had a hard time searching for the address. After circling the subdivision and asking for people for directions, we decided to call Tito Boy and asked for directions. And finally, nakarating din kami. Sa wakas! 

For those dependent on Google Maps and GPS, here's the location of his office in map:

Pagdating namin sa office, he retrieved my pegs from his mails and sabi niya akala niya hindi na ko magpapakita.haha. I cancelled the schedule kasi after the first emails kasi his quote is above the budget. Pero tinuloy na din namin kasi I really want to meet him, para kasi siyang celebrity sa W@W,hehe.

After looking at my pegs and checking my body structure, he designed a gown for me. Ang bilis niya lang mag-drawing. He didn't want the ball-gown-skirt that i originally wanted a suggested other design for the skirt. I liked the design so I asked neil if we can extend the budget for my gown, on-the-spot para hindi na siya makatanggi.hehe. Luckily, pumayag naman siya. So we immediately signed the contract with him. I paid the deposit the day after na kasi we did not bring cash and we're afraid na maligaw ulet if magwithdaw at babalik pa kami.

Here's the picture of me with my couturier: Tito Boy!