http://www.manilatomorocco.com The personal adventures of Gabby and Mench Dizon Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:08:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We finally have a date for our Manila to Morocco trip! Mench and I have recently booked our long haul trip, Manila-London-Manila via Qatar Airways, with a brief stopover in Doha, Qatar. Why Qatar Airways? It was the cheapest of all the London flights we canvassed online, with the round trip ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/06/17/weve-got-a-date/ Here goes our wedding day story (mench's version :))..... FEW HOURS BEFORE THE WEDDING Just like in everything that we do, we started off taking it easy. We had leisurely breakfast with our friends, picture taking by the beach front, swimming at Anvaya's pool complex. Then it started to get frantic. I ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/05/25/wedding-replay/ We're finally back in the real world! After the wedding, we spent the next couple of days as we had the day before, with our closest friends in Anvaya. We finally checked out Monday afternoon and reluctantly drove home, going back to our normal lives. Thank you to everyone who attended ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/31/thank-you/ This is our last post before the wedding. Yay! After a quick meeting on my end (they were considerate enough to schedule it early), we leave for Subic in the morning. We'll spend the day having fun with our closest friends at Anvaya, and relax from the hectic preparations so that ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/28/one-day-to-go-pre-nup-sneak-peek/ This week is just crazy! It actually started during Holy Week - the wedding preparations seem to be taking over our entire lives. Although we've prepared well for the wedding, now it's time to tie up all the loose ends, meet with key suppliers to finalize details, and turn over everything ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/26/tired-happy-excited/ Our wedding site has been featured in CNET Asia! Iggy, a good friend of ours has featured us in his CNET blog "Sensible Netnonsense." The article is entitled "How to Finance Your Honeymoon via PayPal." Thanks for the mention Iggs! :) http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/24/featured-in-cnet-asia/ I've always wanted to have a personalized wedding, complete with all the tiny little details that make the experience more special. For the past days, this is what i've been trying to achieve with my do-it-yourself kit. I've been cutting, pasting, measuring and printing stuff. I've have also commissioned household ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/23/diy/ Happy Easter, everyone! Now that Holy Week draws to a close, we're down to our final week before the wedding. We spent our Holy Week mostly at home, although we visited Anvaya with my parents on Wednesday to get a final ocular before the event. The rest of the days ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/23/happy-easter/ Our invite states that attire for our wedding is resort chic. What does resort chic mean? It means: Flowing Dresses Mumu Dresses Wrap Around Pants or Skirt Drawstring Pants Tunics FABRICS: ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/13/resort-chic/ We've been overwhelmed by the encouraging response of our friends who have seen our website and invites. A lot of them have been asking, "Why Morocco?" Let me put in some good reasons here then :) Taken from Our Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring guide book: "Welcome to the greatest show ... http://www.manilatomorocco.com/2008/03/11/why-morocco/