A Scottish-Filipino fusion wedding
By Miel B. Abong
When it comes to weddings, there will always be waterworks from family, friends or the newlyweds themselves. But there was something different about Anton and Sheryl’s nuptials.
When it comes to weddings, there will always be waterworks from family, friends or the newlyweds themselves. But there was something different about Anton and Sheryl’s nuptials.
Love at any age is simply wonderful. Love and marriage together, when the couple is in their golden age, is magically sweeter.
Last April 20, my dear friend, Thalassa Mary Adela Gatlin Elizalde, daughter of Fred J. Elizalde and the late Joan Gatlin, decided to make it official. She exchanged vows with Robert Raymond del Rosario in a charming ceremony at San Sebastian Church in Manila.
It is often said that your children will always surprise you, and I only realized how true it was when my second son Jason married the love of his life, Nikki Boncan. It truly was a wedding of surprises.
First of all, this is a chapter in my life I do not expect everyone to understand and accept. It is, as I have said, my life. I’ve realized that, at this age, there is no magic timeline, no perfect things to say or do that can make everyone agree with you.
Everyone expected to witness the wedding of the year this early in 2012, and they got one even before Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo and Valenzuela Councilor Shalani Soledad could seal their union with a kiss last Sunday at the postcard-pretty St. Benedict Church in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Your wedding, I’m sure, was fantastic! Wasn’t your bride in her resplendent gown, effervescent mood and transcendent eyes, the most beautiful bride in the world? And you. You must have felt dashing in black suit and silver tie. You felt so confident. And so in love.
On July 8, 2011, on a cold and rainy Friday afternoon, high-school classmates Bojo Bonifacio and Ronna Capili were married at Ville Sommet, Tagaytay. They exchanged personal vows at a garden ceremony witnessed by 150 of their closest family and friends, officiated by Pastor Ariel Marquez.
Nine days to go before her wedding to Rep. Roman Romulo, Valenzuela councilor Shalani Soledad says she’s a little nervous because “there’s still so much that needs to be done.”
My 22-year-old son recently got his girlfriend, also 22, pregnant. They were former classmates in computer science. The girl comes from a well-to-do family, where her parents are both professionals. This girl told me about her pregnancy a month ago, but kept it a secret from her own family. I warned her to tell her parents about it, but she refused.
It was a diamond celebration for Rodrigo Gandionco and Julie Ramon Gandionco as they marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a Mass of thanksgiving at Sacred Heart Parish church. Children and spouses present were Roberto and Janet Gandionco, Dr. Enrico and Judith Gandionco, Joseph and Cora Gandionco, Neli and Ofelia Gandionco, Patty and Rodeon Uy. [...]
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