UNLESS

When a married man tells you, "Don't believe a married man when he tells you he loves you, and will leave his wife..." --- unless.

And when the married man falls in love with you and tells you, "I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you..."

You should have taken note of the first statement. --- unless.

THE MAID OF HONOR SPEAKS

One of the reasons why I resigned from my career as a flight attendant is to witness Ina & Troy tie the knot.

As Ina's Maid of Honor, here's what I had to say:

I have never been married but my experience in life as a child, a teenager and an adult has made me view marriage in many different angles.  

Here’s my story for you.

Weddings are not just about elegant gowns, beautiful photographs and nice receptions.  They are big days, yes they are, but they are also the small details in the everyday life of a husband and wife.

It’s all about good times, and the not so good times.

It’s when the husband gets out of bed at two in the morning just to get his thirsty wife water from the refrigerator.

It’s when the wife cooks for her husband even if it’s just hotdog and egg or even pancit canton.

It’s when you make time to sit and talk and have coffee together even after ten years.

It’s about being partners in life --- whether you win a five hundred million lottery or lose everything you have because of a tsunami.

Marriage is “You give, I take, as well as, I give, you take.”

TROY & INA:  In this world full of temptation, I know you’ll make a difference. 

May the good and happy times outweigh the problems along the way.  Enjoy the foreverness of your tie with God as the core of it.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GET A BACKBONE. STAND FOR SOMETHING!

I learned from my biology class that living organisms are classified according to the following:
A. Vertebrates - living organisms that have a backbone
B. Invertebrates - living organisms that do not have a backbone

And I also learned from life the following:

All human beings are vertebrates. TRUE.
But not all human beings have a back bone.

GET A BACKBONE. STAND FOR SOMETHING!

STARBUCKS

Computer programmer and entrepreneur Charis Bacolod is always busy at work, and this is one of those spontaneous moments where I say, "Hoyyyyyyyyy! Gawas na diha sa imong offiz! I'm here in Makati. . .daliiiiiiii! Greenbelt 1 Starbucks along the road."

Sometimes it is important to work for that pot of gold; but other times it is essential to take time off and to make sure that the most important decision for the day consists in choosing which Starbucks drink to pick out of the menu. ♥

Thanks Twin for being my model!

VERSION 2: FISHY

They say, "There are many fishes in the ocean."

Yeah, there are many fishes in the ocean!

ELENA

My life is an open book. It's like passing through an x-ray machine, there's nothing left to hide. You can see my lumps, my flesh, my flaws.

I am what I am.

And you cannot undress an already naked woman.

FEELS LIKE HOME TO ME

It almost felt like home, very similar to the weekly trips I made to Balamban to visit my doctors, always making that stop by the foggy road to eat corn.

I miss Cebu.

The most satisfying encounters do not always happen around elegant tables in nice, warm restaurants.