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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Part IV: My Wedding Reception By The Beach

It was almost 7pm already when we finished our Photo Shoots, very good timing to have the party started but never all our guests was feeling hungry as they were served with canapes and cocktails while we were having our photo shoots, right after my husband and I went straight to our room to change our clothes. He just took off his top and left the white long shirts on, while I totally had a new look for the whole evening.

It was a very lovely evening though! When I first came down to see what it was like, oh my God - beautiful arrangements of small plates with desserts, and the resort staffs welcomed us with cocktails to start. However, some of our guests were

already seated waiting for us and wondering what was going to happen next aside from eating right in front of the sea. Nice romantic music were playing, we heard some birds singing and the sea waves splashing by the shore. It was on it's low tide at that moment, so we had all the space for us, for that event! AMAZING!!

While I was on my way to stand next to my husband, I heard people started shouting and clapping their hands, while there were drums playing and ladies singing. When I turned my head towards their direction, I realized it was the "Sega Dancers" - the local entertainers, which they normally offer to wedding receptions. We didn't know what it was, we just booked it for the night, at least to give entertainment to our guests. Here they are, guys were playing their improvised instruments, while the ladies were dancing.

They were gorgeous!, and after playing a few minutes they all stopped and taking us to dance with them! That was funny really and look at us dancing!

Haayyy, we all a bit tired when they finished, and it lasted for about 1 and half hours!! Dinner were served, we had a barbeque as weel, loads of choices to eat plus desserts, etc..

While we were eating, there were "Trio" came to give us romantic love songs. Look at my father, he stood up to entertain us too..lol, and funny really because most of us were dancing while they were singing.

Everybody really enjoyed, and it was absolutely such a fantastic experience. An experience that never be forgotten by everyone who witnessed and experienced themselves. IT WAS ONE OF A KIND... In fact, we finished at almost 1'oclock the following morning! We had some rain showers too, a blessings for a new beginning.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Part III: My Wedding Day Photo Shoots

My wedding day story continues by giving you the details of our photo shoots session. Part of our photograph and video package, was to have a photo shoots right after the ceremony, before our reception took place and while serving snacks to your guests and families, which basically we went around the resort and posed as much as we liked! What do you need here is A LOT OF SMILE, which we did from the very beginning.

"An eternity is forever, and forever with you would be a dream come true."

"The world is to end one day for you and me, but our love will be there forever."

"Love is knowing you are the bud from which his happiness blossoms."

"I knew that forever was in your eyes the moment I saw you smile."

"For yesterday's memories, today's love, and tomorrow's dreams I love you."

"Love can make you do things that you never thought possible!"

"With you my love, I want to start a dream that never ends."

"The love is like the wind in my hands. So easy to feel but so hard to catch."

"I will be forever yours with just one kiss, setting my soul on fire with eternal bliss."

Photographs are the only memories you could always look back in times. So it is normal that couples spend loads of money on wedding photographers, so make the most of it. It's your day, and we as Brides are the stars of our big day!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

My Tips To Have A Perfect Beach Wedding

First thing first is, you have to decide which beach or what country are you going to have your wedding at. It is pretty much normal that couples choose a beach nearby to where they live in consideration of their guests, if you want everybody can be able to attend your big day! Lucky if both live in a country with gorgeous beach! What if you both came from two different countries? I have already mentioned this very subject on my old post, regarding "my wedding preparations". Indeed, it was difficult for us to determine the place, especially that we didn't know anything about Mauritius.

When you already have picked the place, Important tips are:

1) Know all the weather like in that country and choose the date from there, the best month which everybody would love - a bright sunny season.

2) Choosing the time of day - Although it probably sounds insignificant, deciding what time in the day you want to have the wedding is very important. While it may not seem like it, the time of the day which you plan on can have a huge effect on the overall wedding experience which you have at the beach. Most people would recommend you to have it early in the morning, or beginning in the evening. Since three o'clock in the day is the hottest time, you will probably want to avoid having your wedding at this time.

3) It is very important also that you should learn about any rules or regulations which apply, all the legalities and technicalities. It is important for you to find out if it is even legal for you to have your wedding at that particular country, as well as whether or not you will need a permit to have it there.

4) You should ask all the options in case bad whether strikes, like if they offer free other resort or beach premises where you could alternatively hold your wedding and even the reception.

As you can see, there are a number of different things which you may want to take into consideration if you are thinking about having a beach wedding. Considering each of these factors will help ensure that you have the absolute best time during your wedding at the beach.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Part II: My Wedding Ceremony By The Beach

"Forever is not a word...rather a place where two lovers go when true love takes them there.

At last, after hours and hours of waiting, have finally seen my man - my love and my future. A million dollar smiles... "Love is a hard rock between two people and can't be torn apart"... While we were walking going down to the beach, love songs and wedding songs were beautifully playing, it was very romantic though... The moment I saw all our guests with big smiles on their faces and the non-stop flashes from their cameras, I started crying... The venue was lovely, we were surrounded by with fresh flowers. Anyway, we only had a 30 minutes ceremony done by the Head of Civil Registrar in Mauritius (as shown on top right).

Exchanging of our VOWS...

Blessing and exchanging of our RINGS...
"A ring is round, it turns forever and that's how long we'll be together!"

We were both in tears here, was very romantic though.
“Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.”

My father and Mr. Giff Bishop (our Chief Engineer here at work), signed our marriage license as our 2 witnesses.

As soon as the ceremony was finished, the Civil Head had pronounced us as "Husband & Wife"... at last and finally!! "Forever is not today, not tomorrow or a century that will come, but a lifetime."

Our both parents...

One thing that I forgot to tell my husband to "bless" ("mano po" in Tagalog) to my parents - to take their both hands and put in his forehead - one of the Filipino cultures, which basically a sign of respect! After here, I'm gonna be taking you to our 2 hours photo shoots - we went around the resort, around the beach, taking the gorgeous sunset.

"Love is like a river, never ending as it flows, but gets greater with time!"