Dionne’s First Times

Note: Don’t worry, this is a wholesome entry. =)

June 10: To celebrate our (negative) first anniversary, Dionne and I went out and treated ourselves to a movie and dinner. Dionne wanted to watch something scary, so we went for Shutter. Good thing is that there were still tickets available for the 6:10PM screening. Dinner would have to wait until after the movie. I hope it’s not a gory one…

Before the movie started, the people beside Dionne were happily fooling around. Irritatingly, they were still at it even after the movie started. We were very annoyed but restrained ourselves enough not to confront them. After a few scary scenes (a ghost coming out of a sink; a ghost appearing in a photo which suddenly turns its face towards the audience), the noisy people stood and walked out of the movie. Mga duwag! Bwahahahaha!

I must admit that I was caught unaware by some of the scenes, with goosebumps and raised bodily hair. But Dionne… I really thought that we would also find ourselves on our way out before the movie was finished. There was one scene where she was the only one in the whole cinema who screamed! Most other scenes, she would be hugging me with one hand while the other was covering her mouth preparing to stifle a scream… But Dionne was brave enough to go through the entire movie. I’m so proud of her. =)

We had dinner at Italliani’s, a place I’ve wanted to take Dionne to for a long time. It was Dionne’s first time there. Surprisingly, the place was full and we had to wait for a couple of minutes to be seated. While waiting, a waitress handed us a couple of dalandan drinks. Nice…

Dinner was composed of Baked Ziti and Barbeque Chicken Pizza. Sarap! Dessert was NY Strawberry Cheese Cake. Saraaap! We were so full we were not able to finish this one. Believe me, that’s a very extremely rare occasion… I wanted to force myself to gobble up the small piece of cake. But alas, there was really no more space. Nuninu.

Italliani’s, we’ll be back! ;)

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June 11: We had lunch with Dionne’s sister, Daphne, at Teriyaki Boy. Since this was Dionne’s first time, she got the “best” food in the house, which was the Teriyaki Chicken; Daphne had the Katsudon; while I ordered the Squid Cakes, whose picture was posted outside the restaurant. We heartily dug into each other’s meals. Yum! Everything tasted sooo good! =)

After lunch, we went to the Bridal Fair that would take place at Megamall on this June weekend. Dionne knew of this since March. She even registered us online for the event. But when we arrived at the venue, the registrar couldn’t find our names in their database. What?!?! Dionne went to all that trouble just for nothing?? Did they want us to fill out some forms and pay for the entrance fee?? I almost confronted them about it when they decided to let us in anyway… Trouble aborted. Hehe.

Our goals for the fair were to look for a good pre-nup package and possibly, an invitation-maker. Before we even went there, Mimi Abisamis and Printed Matter were the suppliers we had in mind. Luckily, one of the first stalls we went to was Mimi’s. Dionne introduced herself and they started talking about the pre-nup package. I got into some parts of the conversation: Aggie and Edil’s pre-nup was shot in UP Diliman, which apparently had sunflowers during the summer (I didn’t know that!); my friend, Robert, was indeed in Merlin’s wedding, as evidenced by the wedding album on display. She told us that she'll update us regarding their guest book package since this is the first time they're offering such.

We then went around the other booths and asked for their packages. When we were at the Printed Matter booth, we decided to look around some more since there were still lots of people there. Another stroke of luck: Hizon’s had a chocolate fountain for display and consumption! Dionne stopped me after I had my second marshmallow. (Mental note at that time: go back for some more!)

We also went to RtW (Ready to Wed), where we got a quotation for the female entourage. Dionne also got a rose stem from them, because apparently, they had a florist tie-up with another shop from Market! Market! We also saw some rings and got their contact info. In return, Dionne gave them our “call card”, which she lovingly made before the event. Listed on the card was the usual info that the suppliers ask: our names, date of wedding, church, reception venue, and contact info.

We were able to talk to Kerwin of Printed Matter. He was very accomodating, confirming what the w@wies were saying about them. He said that he'll email Dionne tonight or tomorrow the map going to their office. 'Looking forward to do business with them. =)

On my second trip to the choco fountain, the marshmallows were gone. I settled for the banana slices… Marshmallows pa din! I even thought of buying a pack from the supermarket… Hehe!

On this last round, Dionne spotted a familiar face… The couple at Mimi’s looks like Aggie and Edil… Indeed, it was them! Finally, we met one of the most prolific commenters on our blog. =) It was at this point that I realized that it was their faces on Mimi’s package card. Sikat! Best wishes to you guys on your upcoming wedding! =)