Venue Hunting in Intramuros

I haven't been keeping this blog as up-to-date as I want it to be, but Aleq and I have been a pretty busy couple! Honestly, we're feeling exhausted now, but we want to finalize some key things before we can relax on the wedding planning for a few months. A few weeks ago, on June 30, his family offered to go venue-hunting with us in Intramuros, so we jumped at the chance. (Thank you Medinas!) As it was a Saturday, we encountered a lot of traffic, so when we got there it was already evening. Still, we were able to visit a couple of places in the area, and were even able to talk to the venue people.

Patio Victoria

The Philippine Wedding Summit

J + A

The Philippine Wedding Summit was tiring, but a breeze. Having been to the Before I Do Bridal Expo, the fiance and I drew from that first experience and we felt like we had the know-how we needed to navigate  this event easily.

We drove over to the World Trade Center on the second day of the event, June 24, which was an extremely hot Sunday. My coworker Earl gave us free tickets that enabled us to skip the registration process entirely, saving us a lot of time (thanks dude!). So we got in, and just dove into it like we did before.

Look at the huge hall!

The Pamanhikan

The Medinas and Yerros + The Balisnomos and Batoons

June 17, 2012 - Pamanhikan! For the benefit of my non-Filipino friends, the pamanhikan is a Filipino tradition. When couples get engaged here, the groom-to-be has to go to the bride-to-be's house with his family and ask her and her family for her hand in marriage. Aleq and I wanted to do it before we started really getting into the wedding plans, so we did it that weekend. It was so tough finding a date when both families were all free, and that day was the only day when our schedules were all in sync. So that Sunday, Aleq and his family went over to my house in Cavite and met me and my family. In keeping with tradition, they brought food, but we also prepared some dishes for them.