We’ve updated the Honeymoon page containing partial information about our dream honeymoon from Manila to Morocco. We would like to request that your gifts be pledges for this dream trip of ours. We’re still fleshing out more details about the trip, so this page should be updated frequently in the next few days. Please check it out here.
The following post contains tips to help you with your travel to Subic for our wedding. It is also contained in the wedding invitations you will be receiving, we are also reprinting it here so that you’re sure to know as much of the necessary details about the wedding as possible.
1. The ceremony will begin promptly at 2:30 PM. We wish to ensure that you have no trouble getting to the church on time. The estimated time travel from Manila is three (3) hours.
2. A map from NLEX to the Church in Subic as well as to Anvaya Cove has been provided for your convenience.
3. Parking is available at the side of the Church.
4. At the Anvaya Cove gate, please inform the guard that you are attending the Dizon-Viduya reception at the Beach and Nature Club.
5. Inform our coordinators at the registration if you have a driver so that he will be given a meal stub to be claimed at the employees’ lounge.
6. Resort Chic attire is requested. For women’s convenience, flat sandals or wedges may be more comfortable for the outdoor reception.
7. Shawls may be helpful for the outdoor reception as the evenings can get quite cold.
8. The honeymoon registry is available at www.manilatomorocco.com
9. The reception is expected to end between 8:00-9:00 in the evening to allow ample travel time back to Manila. Guests who wish to stay longer are, of course, welcome. We will be having a Rockeoke party after the reception program.
10. Should you be interested to have overnight accommodations, you may contact Travel Smart and look for Lorraine at 02-8978709 or 02-8964678. Please tell her that you are a guest of the Dizon-Viduya wedding.
I got a text message from my boss this evening asking me to start taking it slow at work since my wedding is just ‘round the corner. This simple message gave me a strong jolt to reality that yes, I only have 22 days before our wedding on March 29. I guess every working bride gets to a point when she has to make that deliberate decision to let go of the reins at work and start funneling her energy on making the wedding of her dreams possible. I guess, I was just a bit late in making this resolution J
So now I have revisited our wedding file, carefully updated all entries, painstakingly laid down my wedding to-do-list, sat down with our coordinator and drafted next steps for the next couple of weeks. This has proven to be effective in clearing my mind from all the cobwebs of worries on whether I missed something out or forgot to include an important budget entry (oh no, I forgot to include drinks in the food budget? J). It has also brought some semblance of order to the planning of a chaotic-organized, go-with-the-flow type of couple that we are.
So with my boss’ blessings, I shall start taking a back seat at work for now so I can ride the frenzied wave of my last minute wedding preparations….. so much for taking it slow!
Unlike some couples, we’re not particularly close to any priest, so we didn’t have any idea on whom to get to officiate our wedding ceremony. We asked one of our sponsors, Tita Clemence to ask any of the three priests that officiated the wedding of her son and my good friend, Lennard. Unfortunately, all three were already booked on March 29 and Tita Clemence had mentioned that she had booked them 8 months in advance of Lennard’s wedding. With some panic, we asked some people on both sides to help find us a willing priest for our church ceremony. Tita Clemence agreed to keep on looking for us also.
A few days later, Tita Clemence called back to say that she had found a priest through Tita Ollie, a good friend of hers. The priest’s name was Father Steven Tynan, an Australian priest based out of Don Antonio Heights in Quezon City. On the same day, Mench’s officemate Nori told her that she had found a priest for us. But the priest could not be sure about agreeing to our wedding, because he had another wedding in Subic on March 29 at 2:30pm.
Of course, what are the chances of that happening?! We did a little digging and found out that the priest being recommended by someone on my side and Mench’s side were the same person! So we figured it was meant to be, and happily met up with Fr. Steven in Don Antonio for a short chat. He’s really a cool, non-traditional priest, which really fits the whole theme of our wedding. And because he’s Australian, he really doesn’t mind having some Pinoy traditions absent in the mass, including *gasp* all the duties of the primary sponsors. Yep, there’s no veil, cord, or that “traditional Filipino hoo-ha”, as Fr. Steven told us.
He told us that as long as we didn’t mess with his liturgies, took our wedding vows seriously, and didn’t use any swear words, we’d be fine. And with that, he just gave us the license to pull off the kind of church wedding that we wanted.
What exactly will be in the church ceremony? You’ll find out on March 29!
Inside Subic to San Roque Church
1. From the Tipo Expressway, turn right to Rizal Highway.
2. Follow Rizal Highway. You will reach an intersection with a Jollibee (Aguinaldo St.), turn left there.
3. Follow this road (Aguinaldo St.) until it ends and forks.
4. Turn right at the fork in the road. You will see the church to your right.
Inside Subic to Anvaya Cove (via Morong Gate)
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