I am deeply saddened to hear about this sad news early this morning. Paulo Clemente, who hosted and sang for our wedding passed away the other night. I only learned about him on-line when I was doing my supplier-hunting for our wedding but because of his warm and happy attitude, me and my husband easily became comfortable with him the first time we met up. We right away decided to get him for our wedding :) Now, more than a month after our wedding, I can definitely say that I did made a good choice. He hosted our wedding very well and he made the details very personal. He even recorded a song requested by my husband for our First Dance ( I Will Always Love You by Taylor Dayne) which even made everything more perfect.

This photo was grabbed from Pau's blog.

Pau singing our First Dance song

The sampler cd (on the right) is a gift from Paulo and Ces of AWP. for our wedding which became part of our souvenirs. Love his songs! He even included the first dance song that he recorded & sang for me and hubby! :)

To Paulo, thanks again for being part of our new life together. You did a very good job for our wedding! You will always be remembered :)

You can view our wedding website here .
Not yet complete though... :)

HAPPY WEEKEND FRIENDS!:)

MVS

Jp and I had our Marriage Vocation Seminar for the Engaged last weekend (Oct6/7, 2007). This was one of the requirements for our wedding but I made myself clear with Jp that I wanted us to attend not because it was required but because this is something that can help us be good parents and life partners in the future. This is similar with Discovery Weekend except that we didn't have to stay overnight. We are lucky that the CTK Parish conducts this kind of program for the engaged couples. This is a very good time for the couple to asses themselves and talk further about their decision of getting married.

As for me and Jp, we enjoyed the weekend. Yes, we didn't have enough weekend rest and were both back to work today but it was really worth it. Most of the questions asked after the sessions weren't anymore new to us, since we talk about these things over dinner or desserts. This made me realize that we were really doing things the right way. There were six topics discussed during the program and of each topics, there were married couple speakers who shared their experiences. After that, we are asked to answer some questionnaires individually in which we had a "couple discussion" thereafter. The group discussion was the last procedure. We were divided into several groups and an elder facilitated the discussion. This was the fun part also because we were able to learn about the opinion of the other couples during the seminar. There were no right or wrong answers because truly marriage is a continuous process that all of us engaged couples will learn as we work on our lives together.

During the very first part of the program, we were asked to introduce ourselves and say something endearing about our partners. I became speechless when it was Jp's turn to speak. This man never fails to surprise me. He really knows how to make me fall in love with him over and over again :)

We were separately asked to prepare a "secret" letter for our partners. Us girls were instructed to personally interpret a marriage vow in a form of a letter for our fiances. On the other hand, the men were asked to write letters for their future wives. And here's what I got from my ever-loving Jp...

Three last sessions of the program were discussed during the 2nd day. We even had a game after lunch. We played this human jack n poy, girls against boys and of course, the wives won!hehe! One intimate part was when we were these small boxes where we wrote our simplest but very meaningful promises to our partners. We had to keep them back to the boxes and return to the facilitators because they will be blessed during the mass. We were only allowed to read them during the mass. The seminar ended with a mass.

The program wasn't perfect. In fact, Jp and I have the same comments like how impromptu it was,how bad the food were(hehe), how the timetable wasn't followed, and how bad the souvenir photos were taken. Nevertheless, this was a very memorable experience for us. A story that we can share to our kids someday. Topics particularly love and marriage, sexual communication,parenting and marriage as a sacrament were all very interesting, and oh! the family planning part was interesting too!haha! ;P

Hmm, I can't help but wish to be able to tell our love story someday and inspire other couples that... married life is indeed wonderful! :)

Marriage Vocation Seminar for the Engaged
Christ the King Parish Church
Greenmeadows Ave.
For inquiries, contact Ms Lily (632)633-0280

for my jp :)

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You are the air I need to breathe
You are the river of life inside of me
You are the half that made me whole
You are the anchor of my soul

chorus:
You strong when I am weak
You are the words when I can't speak
You never fail to see me through
That's the love I found in you

You are my shelter from the storm
You are the road that leads me home
Baby, with you here face to face
I know I've found my place

Bridge:
Once in every life
You find the one that's right
When you say forever it's true
That's the love I found in you

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