On July 25, 2010

On July 25, 2010, my new life began. Thank you, Lord for being there for the past 30 years. Looking forward to another 30 or more with my new half in life and love. May your name be glorified as in the generations before me. May we be blessed by the legacy that speaks more boldly than anything that You are what we were, are and will be. After 17 years, You answered the prayer of my heart because you know you are my delight.

Mrs. Syching... gotta get used to it now :)

Moving in

July 16, 2010:
The day I move most of my stuff to our new home. Well, not me exactly. I just did the packing, Joey and Richie did the lifting and hanging, Pam and Martin took the pictures and was there for moral support. I was left home wondering and checking on my facebook account.
Chinese traditions we followed included me bringing in a week's supply of new things (from underwear to toiletries) and everything had to be in even numbers. Then all wrapped and stuck with a special red and gold sticker. 2 flower cases with flowers, 2 food holders with candies in them and 2 lanterns. Interesting yet stressful at the same time.

I will be indebted to these guys for a very long time. Our place is on the 3rd floor and they had to go back and forth to do it more than once! Lunch was definitely on us!
They had to take my stuff out and hang them, too! Talk about spoiling me. I just made them all promise that none of them would be touching my underwear. I will just be so mortified and die!

My hubby did a pretty good job, don't you think? The rest of the space is just wonderful and I can't wait to move in officially. 8 more days to go and still counting :D

Dorlyn & Rayjay

Their relationship may be one for the teleseryes but I'm glad these two made it to the altar at last! On July 14, 2010, Dorlyn Allares and Ray Jay Palmos are finally Mr. & Mrs. It was a civil wedding so I'm looking forward to the church wedding very, very soon. Never realized Dorlyn and I would be married on the same month almost 1 week apart!

feeling the rush

I never knew how stressful invitations could be! But now I know. First, I couldn't sleep because they weren't done yet. Then I couldn't sleep because I had to write down the people I had to send them to. Then send them. And now I'm stressing because the couriers are saying they can't send some of them because its "too far" or they need a contact number for the ones that are to be sent out of the country. I have only 12 days left!

But I am excited about this one. My best friend Elena will be singing Lea Salonga's "Two Words" during the reception. All those years of seeing her in competition, I'm thrilled that she said yes to my wedding.

Hello July!

I can't believe it... Its finally July. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that one day the month of July would hold this much weight on my life. The month that my life will change forever. Exciting. Daunting. But might as well take the leap.

The things Bryan and I have been going through in June has been more than we have ever expected. But I appreciate it because we get to see each other in a different light. We do work well together. He's the sane and I'm the SLIGHTLY insane/paranoid :D That's in my blood I guess and you can't mess with the gene pool!

30 AND FINALLY!




Funny how I used to dread birthdays. Really. I did. I dreaded it more because it sorta meant getting older and still alone. I know, must be all those Sweet Valley and Sweet Dreams books I read as a kid. It messes you up, apparently.

But now its different. I'm 30 but I'm also engaged. A bit off schedule (make that 3 years off), but glad I'm in this point in my life wherein I'm 98% sure I'm ready and raring to go.

Partying on my birthday was always a thing for me and my friends since we didn't have anybody in our lives then (single ladies inc.). Now its more chill and mellow and just enjoying the company of family and friends. I know who my real friends are so I'm blessed and every time spent is never a waste.

The messages on my Facebook page has been more than I could have ever dreamed and its very humbling. I'm actually worth something to these people for them to take the time to message me and greet me. Little things like that we most often take for granted. But right now, it gives me encouragement and hope that I'm not as messed up or a loner as I thought I was.

The people at work surprised me AGAIN! Can't believe how much they can come up with and still do it almost every single year. Love them and at the same time they can raise my blood pressure just like that. But Hercor won't be Hercor without them.


To top it all off, I have family... As nuts as we all can be.

Friends, too. Although we weren't complete that day, but we are in our 30s! No more sunggod2 :D Its all cool :)

I'm 30! :D