Josh and Reah

Today, Joshua and I went to Intramuros to revisit Rizal’s
last dwelling on earth before he was shot to death, Fort Santiago.

Memories…

Love it!

Migosh, I still can’t believe I’m married to Rizal. Haha!

ame: Reah de Mesa Bunsoy Padla

Age: 24

Location: Mandaluyong

Occupation: Freelancer/Pro-blogger

Height: 5′7″

Weight:100 lbs.

Hobbies and Interests: Internet, shopping, Multiply, blogging, gadgets, etc.

Motto: Time is gold.
Marry young, die young.
Save then shop.
Click, click, click.
Stay at home.Work at home.

Life Verse: Psalm 27:4
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.

Photos of the venue and the guests just before the ceremony.

Venue: The Mango Farm, Antipolo. Rizal
Jan 20, 2008
4:00 pm

I love being a bride! It’s been a month and I still can’t get over the experience. I want to be a bride again, seriously. Hehehe.

Some more photos during the wedding preparations.

Wedding Preps Venue : Discovery Suites, Ortigas, Room 2014

Bridal Car: Mercedes Benz SL55 c/o Mr. Asian Spirit Archie Po and Capt. Romney Villanueva

Photography: Jun Valbuena

The official wedding photos are at my Multiply site. Posted are only a few of the thousands taken by Jun Valbuena Photography. Yes, we had 3 Balbuenas during the wedding : Ptr. Jerry as one of the officiating ministers, Griska Bianca Balbuena, a cousin, was one of the photographers, and Jun Valbuena, albeit his staff only, as the official wedding photographer.

Engagement Ring - from Joshua

Wedding Bands - gift from Auntie Chekwa / Oceanic Lhuillier

Invitation - Paper Works
Design: Patrick Tan
Caricature: Jeric Acayen

Bridal Shoes - flats from some store in Marikina

Bridal Gown - Denette Sorian

Souvenirs - devotionals from Moody Publishing
- bookmarks c/o Christian, Claire, and friends

Cord - made by Claire Celiz and Christian Pascual

Bridal Bouquet - Holland Tulips

Wedding Guestbook and Album - designed by the bride / DigiPrint

Entourage Flowers - Nio and Ate Edith

First set of photos during the preps.

Here’s a slideshow of our pre-nup photos by Christian John Bunsoy-Pascual.

More slideshows will be posted soon.

The trigger happy in me prevailed even in the morning before the wedding ceremony…well, actually even while the whole entourage was already walking. I wanted to document everything so here goes…

Click HERE to view complete album.

Aside from Mike of Mango Farm, Dylan Gozum of Vatel Manila wrote a very touching article on his blog re our wedding. Read the rest of the entry below:

Today, we debuted our newest ceremony setup, a take on a setup that was first done in Pearl Farm, Davao in 2007. This isn’t exactly like it but it’s almost there - clean and pretty.

The aisle flowers used were only the yellow chyrsanthemum and calla lily. They were joined by really nice pine tree needles, iris, and rosal to make for a striking arrangement that is both clean and suitable for the site of the wedding.

For the first time, the gazebo’s reverse side was used. This setup was supposed to have been used last December 26, which was postponed at the last minute. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the wedding is over, I shall post for public consumption the pre-nup pics taken by my photographer cousin Christian John B. Pascual. As promised, we displayed some during the wedding. We chose our favorites and had them printed. Josh and I bought a divider-slash-photo-frame just for the pre-nup display since we want one for our new apartment.

More pics are posted at Kuya Chris’ site HERE.

Venues :
International Charismatic Service
Greenfield Parking
UP Lagoon
Bel-Air Village

Some photos were included in the guestbook I made. Special thanks to Digiprint for the wonderful print-outs.