It was so unanticipated, unforeseen how we crossed each other's path. Definitely a long story to tell.. Anyhow, here I am quite astonished how time flies so fast. Next month we'll be celebrating our 36th, allow me to look back and share all our firsts in the last 3 years ☺ ..
I was 19 back then when destiny find its way for me and babe(naks!hahaha) at Philam Plans Makati(the rest is history :D) and we started going out..
♥♥♥ PLACES... ♥♥♥
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| Our first ever date! |
◄I will never forget our first ever date! We're suppose to go to Tagaytay but it was raining so he decided to brought me at Brittany Bay (my first). It was for me a romantic place tho I have not enjoyed the nice view from there because it was too dark.
◄We had our dinner at Dencios and coffee at Figaro afterwards. We were a bit aloof at each other but that's given. It went well. I honestly don't want to go home yet but he wanna make sure I'll be home early and safe, so there.. hahahaha
..A lot of things happened in between. Drama. No dating.. No talking.. None at all.
Then..
Years after. An answered prayer. Papa God not just grant my prayers, He gave me who I really want. ☺
Yes. It was a very challenging and heart breaking 2 years of not seeing each other. But God is good. We know it was according to His plans and what matters is our present and future.
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| Another first after 2 years.. |
◄A smile that misses.. A cuddle and kiss that welcomed and comforts.. A cute and sweet rose.. Long drive to Tagaytay. Red light where traffic jam was first appreciated for some reason.. Car window opened. Enjoyed the breeze of fresh air.
◄Road trip. Mushroom burger. Happy hearts.. One of the most memorable time together..
With that being said, stolen times were filled with countless memories..
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| Our first out of town! |
◄Come what may! All unplanned. Discovered new place. Road trip. Mixed emotions.. Excitement. Anxiety.
◄Welcomed Batanggas City! ("San po ang malapit na simbahan?")
Cool wind.. Marked our first journey in Lipa. ☺
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| Our first Sunday at San Sebastian Cathedral in Lipa City |
◄Opportunity for a Sunday Mass. San Sebastian Cathedral(our favorite church).
◄Met our Father Boy.. Blessed couple.. Just getting started.
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| Our first at Redemptorist Church |
◄Range over.. Visited a chapel. Exploring Lipa City. Guardhouse/balay ☺
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| Our first at Anfa Royale Hotel and first ever over night! |
◄3 days vacation(first time)! Yes! our first over night! Mid-night stroll then ate goto(my first).. Goto na may calamansi o Calamansi na may goto?hahaha..
◄2nd day.. Church visit. Lunch at Uncle C.(superb!) then travel all the way to Tagaytay?(or should I say,road tripping back to Manila then Tagaytay?).. Heart pounding ride! Driver texting while driving?! (Kapit na kapit mode!wtf!) hahaha.. Meet and greet. San Mig. Sleepless night..
◄3rd day.. Attended an early wedding. All rushed. Rainy day. Newly weds. Haggard moments. (Si Mark kase eh..)
Blast!
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| Our first at Manila Post Cards Bed and Breakfast |
◄Overnight stay. Stroll. Parade. Tobacco. Sinangag Meals/Tipid meals? hahaha..
◄Card games. Foreigner/Model? hahaha..
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| Our first at Mt. Carmel, Batanggas City |
◄Church Hunt. Visited Mt. Carmel.. The explorers..
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| Our first at Christmas Factory |
◄Projection? hahaha.. bought Christmas souvenirs.. Savoring the spirit of Christmas! hahahaha
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| First time Casino! |
◄Casino at Manila Grand Opera Hotel. Slot Machine. Won a 100..break-even! hahaha
◄Gamble.. Enough..hahaha
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| Our first visit in Tanauan City ☺ |
◄Batanggas give us some lovin! ..New town. 2nd to the checklist.
◄Dairy Moor Cafe.. Kapeng Barako. Church Visit. Stroll..Indulgence. Mimi Pan.
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| Another first in Mataas na Kahoy |
◄And more! Traversed..3rd town, Checked! Day dreaming ("Patayo tayo ng bahay sa tabi ng factory?? huh? hahaha) ("Babe wala pang botika dito masyado,sarap magpatayo ng botika")
◄Solar panel.. stroll.. happiness!
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| First vacation at Valentino Resort and Spa! ♥♥♥ |
◄Our first weekday getaway,an advantage! late vacation full of joy and pleasure! memorable.. hang over..
◄Lomi cravin' ..Burp! Sleepy husband! (Inaantok ako) oink!hahaha
#no typhoon could hinder us hahaha
♥♥♥ FOOD trippin'... ♥♥♥
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| Our first night market in Lipa |
◄Joined the night market experience. My first to some tusok,ihaw..
Supportive husband?.. (o maipilit lang?haha) (Kaya mo yan..Go! Oh eh di nalunok mo na..) hahaha
◄CHICKEN FEET? (yuck hahaha) ISAW, DUGO MAITIM (hahaha), PROBEN? (tama ba?)
#all for the sake of love hahaha ☺
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| Our first dine-in with Uncle! |
◄ Ads. Rode the tric. Very accommodating. Relishing Uncle Cheffy Lipa,Batanggas..
The dishes we tried..
◄GRILLED OYSTERS(appetizer) in ginger green mango relish
..Our favorite! (Simot! up to the last juice! hahaha)
◄MOLINO (salad) root vegetables and fruit salad in spicy cream dressing topped with fish fillet
..Not our favorite! hahaha We almost puke literally.. hahaha We just liked the fish fillet not the salad,iwwwwww..... hahaha (Hindi na mauulit :D)
◄BRICK-OVEN PANIZZA(seafood lovers) with toppings of salmon, shrimp, clams, squid, herbs, onion and 3 cheese
..We liked it! Yummy! The old-school pizza.
◄BROWN RICE PILAF and ASIAN FRIED RICE
..It's really delicious.Very tasty and rich. (Kanin palang ulam na hahaha)
◄NEW ENGLAND POT ROAST BEEF(main course) with root vegetables and carrots
..We loved it! The flavors were great!
◄CHOCOLATE ROULADE with stuffed mango yogurt (dessert)
◄CHEFFY CHEESECAKE (dessert)
..I liked the roulade instead. We can't wait to try the other dishes!
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| Our first at Penpen introduce by TOYCE |
The dishes we tried..
◄Bicol Express with Laing
◄Chicken and Pork Adobo
◄Chicken Molo
◄Smoked Tapang Usa & Duck Egg Silog
◄Bottomless Pandan Iced Tea (I super liked it)
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| Next stop..Another first with TOYCE at MANG LARRY'S ISAWAN (UP) |
◄ We wont forget our first "gala" in UP Diliman with TOYCE. Long walk indeed! Not so good dine-in with one of their eatery and got loss just to look for Mang Larry and tried his isawan. It was all worth the wait.. hahaha
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| Our first at Ingen's Cafe introduce by TOYCE again! |
◄ Yes basta pagkain.. TOYCE? present! hahaha Very delicious and affordable! Loved every bits. From creamy pasta, the crinkle fries so yummy! crispy on the outside but so soft inside, the oh-so cute mickey mouse sandwich maker and its flavor (Loved the pepperoni and hungarian), down to dessert! (blue berry cheese cake craze!) (I'm literally craving while typing this hahahaha) Let's go back fab 4! ☺
The dishes/dessert we tried..
◄ Creamy Carbonara
◄ Seafood Pasta
◄ Mac n cheese with bacon
◄ Pepperoni, Farmers Ham and Hungarian sausage sandwiches
◄ blue berry cheese cake
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| PRESENTING LOMI KING..Our first. |
◄ Since we've been visiting Lipa countless times, we discovered a mouth-watering and superb Lomi in Batanggas that was actually featured in Saksi. Bowl full of lomi with seafood and veggie ingredients so appetizing, served hot, clean and relaxing place, very neat wash room and budget friendly. We keep on coming back here. ☺
The dishes/drinks/dessert we tried..
◄ Special Seafood Lomi
◄Garlic Bread
◄ Sinangag/Silog meals
◄ Fries
◄ Sandwiches
◄ Frappe
◄ Mango yogurt
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| Unplanned dine-in at Cifu Asian Cooking..first time ☺ |
Long day.. Malling.. Unexpected dinner but we're really satisfied to tried it the first time. We liked it. Very palatable and appetizing.
The dishes/drinks/dessert we tried..
◄ Hot Milk Tea
◄ Chicken feet
◄ Shrimp and Pork Siomai
◄ CIFU Cabbage Dumpling Noodle Soup
◄ Sweet and Sour Pork
◄ Cookies and Cream Shake
♥♥♥ EVENTS/meet&greet... ♥♥♥
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| Palaspas.. |
◄ Our first celebration of Palm Sunday together in Lipa City, San Sebastian Cathedral.
Click the links below to view our videos..
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| GO USTE! |
◄ UST Growling Tigers (babe's alma matter) vs. Ateneo Blue Eagles' Finals 2012.. Almost but not quite.. All support for babe.. First live basketball match together.. Our first in Moa Arena.. ("Iinom natin yan".. "Babe, wag ka ma-down" hahahaha)
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| Simbang Gabi |
◄ Stroll.. Overnight.. House far away from home.. First Simbang Gabi ☺ .. Fun and very unforgettable.. Had night market.. We're sleepy but we made it! ☺ Cold.. rode tric. Able to finished the mass.. breakfast pancakes and coffee at mcdo.. back to our house.. slept.. a lot more. we're missing it....
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| M&I' Wedding |
◄ Our first to attend a wedding (Mark and Irish.. "Si Mark kasi eh"hehehe) at Calaruega, Tagaytay City then Ibarra.. Overnight at Chateau Royale.. Slept around 2 a.m..woke up 5 a.m.
◄ Meet and greet with babe's friends..
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| Dwayne meets Kuya Alex ☺ |
◄ First Bisita Iglesia.. Visited mommy and daddy.. First meet-up of babe and Dwayne ("Kuya Alex!!" ..ran.. half way there, turned.. then run back to me.. hahaha).
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| "Meet Toy" .. "Meet Alex".. |
◄ After our visit in Lipa..Had dinner.. My husband's first to meet my sister and her partner.. My first to meet Toy.. and my sister's first to meet my love.. ☺ FUN & LOVE☺
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| cousins.. ☺ |
◄ my husband's first meet-up with my cousin Sheng on the left side, summer of 2012 and cousin Gwyneth on the right side, summer of 2013..Cafe Ingen, KFC, UP, Mang Larry, Egoys.. Lots of merriment and good memories..
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| mommy and daddy ☺ |
◄ timidness! hahaha ..My first meet-up with mommy Susan and daddy Dong.. babe's parents.. I was so shy! hahaha .. Had lunch at North Park.. my first to visit their house.. had egg pie meryenda.. long conversation.. laughter.. heart-pounding MAI hahaha.. My first in their pharmacy.. Out with babe.. road trip.. A long worthwhile day...
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| Finally! ☺ |
◄Astonished! After years.. it's all worth the wait.. Finally, babe met Papa Duds!(for the first time..with papa and tito not the rest of my immediate family)
FEARFUL MAI hahaha ..My 25th birthday.. dinner at Flavors of China then bonding at home.. My best birthday bash ever! ☺
We missed each other so much that every second to our relationship counts. We make sure that every opportunity that we can be together will be maximize.
It's proven that there's a rainbow after the rain. The times we missed will forever haunt us but it was replenished with bunch of milestones and treasured moments and surely there's more along the way. Can't wait 'til our 36th and our forever journey my love... I'm a happy wife.. ♥♥♥
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