Maristel blogs: EVER AFTER...

WOW!!! what now? just glad that everything's over... the 2 weddings and the debut... saturday was really a tough day for me...

saturday, march 18... was at home till 4am... they didn't bring me at the set up anymore... the peeps were at the ite around 9am... they assembled the stage, the sound and lights system... u-turn band was early for their set up and sound check too...

the personnels at our event at pasig were Bong (stage), Eric (stage), Rowell (church), Bhoy (reception), Junior (reception), Rio (reception) and another guy (who i don't know his name) for the band equipments naman...

the set up was really "madugo"... talaga namang parang nag sun bathe ung mga tao... lahat sila umitim!!! buti na lang di na nila ako sinama...

i wasn't able to check on the church ceremony... i was asked to go at ortigas kasi and buy our personnel's meals... they didn't provide snacks for my crew kasi... they didn't have lunch or meriendas... so i was constrained to go at Emerald (mc donald's) - i bought them chicken and a lot of extra rice...

i arrived a little late at the recepttion... almost all the visitors left already when i got at the site... the band u-turn was playing though (at least naabutan ko sila)... i just had little dinner... nag yosi lang sandali sa labas.. ganun naman ako pag natetense eh... i remember one of the members of u-turn apporoached our technical crew... nagkaron ata ng konting reklamo, kasi malakas daw masyado ung monitor speaker nya... but it all went fine...

running for how many hours yung aming bubble stream... kwela talaga... they also had confetti blasters... after nakatawid yung couple sa assembled bridge sa pool, nagpaputok sila ng isa and another one after the groom kissed the bride for their toast...

super maganda yung set-up... i didn't thought na magiging ganun kaganda yung magiging outcome, but it was really elegant... a garden wedding (just what i always dreamed of)

around 8:30 nad pack up na ng gamit yung personnel ko who ran the church ceremony... then sinakay na namin sa sasakyan... we ran back sa recption site and subo lang ng konting dinner... after that Doinx, got into the bj's booth... nag start na kasi yung ballroom dancing... sya na yung nag mix sa ballroom... grabe talagang hataw ang mga oldies... they even brought their own dance instructors! sobrang kwela talaga... i remember... marge texted me regarding the activities naman... and then jen-jen texted me too... konting chikahan lang kami... she's sick nga daw and nakapagpa check-up na din... hay naku! i super miss the OLD JEN-JEN yung super hyper and ayaw tumigil sa kakaYM... iba na sha ngayon...

anyway, around 11pm naman, Clarence, the groom spotted me at my table... he approached me like, "ui... ikaw pala! jan ka na pala!" i just replied with "ui ka din!" sa super tense ko i forgot to congratulate him on his wedding... he asked for my kuya... and then that's it we had a little chit chats...

i remember, nagbiro pa si kuya na idismantle na nga raw yung stage... may nakarinig ata... aba ang mga old women, nagsampahan sa stage at kahit my humps na ang tugtog, hataw pa din!!!

after nun, naspot-an na naman ako ni clarence... hahaha!!! "there you are" na naman... hahaha! he asked me who he's gonna talk regarding their payment for the system...

after nung makiha na namin yung payment, pinasadahan na namin ang pag baba ng gamit sa warehouse... ung mga equipments muna sa Church ang pack up namin! take note... from Pasig to Galas naman kami... then we left Rowell na sa warehouse para sya na magkamada ng mga gamit sa bodega... we dropped by sa house naman... nagpa kusot kami ng face towel... para magising ang aming mga utak! then we drove back sa Pasig sa reception naman... we gathered more equipments na pwede magkasya sa sasakyan namin... nauna na si Eric sa ibang gamit... then we went back sa warehouse...

naka apat din kami na balikan from pasig to galas... from galas to pasig... ang dami...

by 6:30 naman nagpunta ako ng Pasay to accompany my personnel naman sa Shrine of Jesus kasi meron kami Smoke Machine Rental dun... i asked my crew na nga lang to take the cab pag uwi na sya... hirap kasi eh... ang daming gasolina na ang nagagamit namin...

7am na rin ako nakauwi from that balik-balikan trip ng aming set up!!!

hahaha!!! i feel so exhausted...

TODAY, what I'm doing naman is doing this formal quotation / proposal... as usual...

early in the morning Mr. Elcid Reyes gave me a call... and he's askin me why i didn't include the sgate artworks design for backdrop... wow! so i told him we really have to meet up for that, so we can have a glimpse of their design then i can discuss it to the artist... mahirap kasi ung puro estimate lang... he also asked me for video monitoring with editing and stuffs like that pa... some pictures from our big events... so what i sent him was our event for Innerwheel (female counterpart ng Rotary Club) and our Nestle Kick-Off events...

i also sent a quotation for kat guevarra... debut na naman... hahaha!!! and i also talked to daisy ching for her wedding naman on June 10. and another acoustic night for amee... sangkatutak pa... also mr. domeng mendoza, i emailed him quotations too... convention naman yun for 2 days sa colegio de san agustin, binan, laguna... 9th national prex convention... i just hope sa dami ng nakausap ko the past few days and today, may ma-close naman ako...

also talked to mrs. collado from philippine science high school (our loyal client) they're gonna hire us for graduation this march 30 & 31 naman... and another band concert this april naman...

anyway, i just had this semi long chat with ate janette... funny lang, kasi i used to have chats with pao, especially like this hour kaya lang, i was a bit shocked kasi, who i saw online was ate janette... i read her message for me sa shoutbox, well, ochie, kitams nagkausap din tyo!

kaths, it was really a soft thing in my ear... maganda ako... it was really a compliment! parehas lang tyo...

same as with jen-jen, wala na ginawa kundi purihim ako, nagmana lang naman ako sa kanya...

marge, i miss you na - especially si pao pao, buti pa sya sa Vegas na!

rems, really appreciate your gudnyt text last nyt.... i really miss you...

till then... keep u posted pa...

x's: sorry, i wasn't able to took a pic sa last event ko... anyway, i'll just post a pic from our gig with kitchie nadal at bluwave...