Say Cheese... Now Smile!

I had the bestest day today.... sure I'm tired as fuck... but it was a great day!! :)

So, woke up bright and early and it was off to Costa Mesa to decorate for a wedding at the Wyndham. :) MY FIRST WEDDING JOB! It was really neat (except for the whole manual labor of dragging colums and polls to the ballroom... oh wells) I got to play with the stairway... decorating it with drapes and ribbons... and then got to decorate the wedding cake area with some trees and twinkle lights. But the really cool thing about decorating was that they decorated the dance floor area with some drapery and lights... and it was soooo freaking nice. The drapery and lights were coming down from the ceiling and gathered at the 4 corners of the dance floor atop of these colums... it was definitely WOW.

Afterwards, went to Carlene's to get ready.. and together we went to Huntington Beach for the Annivesary. :) Yeah... I LOVE MY FAMILY. :) We are the silliest group of people... Tito Romy was pretty drunk by the time we got there... and that was the cause of a lot of the sillyness... I'll elaborate soon.

There were just a lot of moments that made tonight awesome... but overall I think its because I was surrounded by the people I love. :) *awwww*

While Jen, Angel, Carlene, and I were manning the reception table... Dad is introducing us to John... telling us that he is nanang's caretaker over at the convalesant hospital etc etc etc. So we all say hi and shake his hand... do the polite thing... and then they leave and go off to mingle with everyone else. Angel and I look at each other cause there was something VERY amiss with this John guy. Carlene and Jen go on like whatevers... but Angel and I just stare at each other with this goofy, questioning look on our faces... and then Angel says it. "WAS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!" This John guy was wearing a girly cardigan.. heels... and his shoulder length hair was flipped out a la farrah fawcet. Well anyways, I start laughing cause that was what I was thinking at that moment and we were just on the same mind frame. Carlene and Jen noticed but really didn't think about it. :) It was very weird...

Tito Romy and Tita Lagring renewed their vows. But like I mentioned earlier.. Tito Romy was pretty smashed. It was hilarious though... Tito Romy was being his crazy self... cursing and slurring about what was written in thr program as their vows... and then finally he just said... "I LOVE YOU!! THATS IT!!" It was very cute... at times we didn't even have to clink the glasses cause they were just always giving each other little kisses.

*the toast*
Dad: Back then, Romeo was young... he was tall...
Tito Romy: I WAS HANSOME!!

During dinner.. everyone's head popped up when we hear Tito Romy grab the microphone from the band and starts crooning "Dahil Sa Iyo" to Tita Lagring. :) So cute!!

The band was ok... played the usual filipino party mix of chacha/swing/disco/weird old slow songs... They even played "Sha-la-la-la-la-la (which made me smile like crazy... not to mention clap along!) But then they completely FUCKED UP when they jacked up the sound system when Carlene was singing. Jen, Angel, and myself said that we would go rumble with them after the night was over to get our revenge. But other than that.. it was a lot of fun just dancing with my cousins... being extremely silly and dorky in front of EVERYONE. At one point, JR and Jen were C-walking to "Lets Twist Again" and "Footloose." It was so great... Jen kept on going in the middle of the dance circle where a good majority of the aunties and uncles were and would just keep on getting all freaky (carmen electra booty shake!)... she busted some of her hula moves. Jr was going off on his lawnmower dance... and Carlene kept on trying to make the robot look cool. ;) Dad was even being the dancing machine out there... he was spinning me around like crazy during the swing... but it was all so much fun! Jen was very intent on getting the dancefloor completely packed.. so she requested the MACARENA. SO the band played it and we all ran out like retard girls and started dancing to it. And yeah.. more people came... and then the band (who only sang that ONE line over and over and over and over and over again.) would just gradually play and sing faster and faster until finally it was like the MACARENA OF DEATH. Ok.. thats a bit much.. but it felt like it. It was line dancing heaven... Achy Breaky Heart and TogoTogo were very popular amongst the Titas and some Titos.

Tita Fe did the flowers again.. and I'm sad to say but the girl I work for isn't half as talented as Tita Fe is with fresh flowers. The whole ballroom was absolutely beautiful and everyone was fighting for the centerpieces. Tita Norma basically claimed it at our table... none of us didn't even stand a chance. ;)

The whole night was just awesome. So many family and friends... one aunt even came from the Philippines... several came down from Canada... so it was of seeing faces I haven't seen in a while. And it was all for a terriffic cause... Bombie and Michelle totally rock the house for throwing this for Tita and Tito... they really do deserve it all.

Anyways... HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all the Moms out there... I doubt that there are moms that read this though... well... then tell your Moms that Nicole says "Happy Mother's Day!!" :)

OH! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NES!! :) You TOTALLY missed the open bar!