We met. We fell in love. He proposed. I said yes.

On Wednesday, the 1st of August 2001, our storybook romance came true at the Wedding Pavilion in Walt Disney World.

Ours was a love that was never easy. Distance stood in our way. There was a time when gossip, intrigue and bad faith surrounded us, yet we held on. We believed in each other and believed in our love.

On that lovely Wednesday morning, with a lot of pixie dust and Disney magic, the enchantment happened.

In the spirit of the magic that brought us together, we invite you to join us in reliving our fairy tale wedding, the beginning of our "happily ever after".

Although the magical wedding is over and done with, we've only just begun...

July 30, 2001: Off to the Mouse's world!

4:00 a.m. On the dot. I was up and about, headed straight to the shower.

5:00 a.m. Driven to the airport by my sister, accompanied by my mom.

5:25 a.m. Checked-in our luggage already.

5:45 a.m. Ate breakfast in the airport's cafeteria.

6:00 a.m. Sitting in the terminal, watching the sun in the horizon.

We arrived in Orlando at exactly 10 a.m. We headed straight to the Hertz rental place to get our rental car. After getting our car, we decided to go to the All Star Movies to check in. I called my youngest sister Lynn, who arrived the day before and was staying with our uncle Leo, to tell our uncle to pick up our eldest sister Lourdes & her family, plus our other sister Lani & our mom from the airport. After we checked in at ASM, Lynn arrived with our uncle who was supposed to pick up people in the airport. Panic time! What were they doing in ASM when they were supposed to be in the airport? Turns out Lynn misunderstood, for which she was appropriately remorseful. Uncle Leo left for the airport, we brought up our luggage in our respective rooms and then left for the courthouse. We went to the Orange County Courthouse. There were so many people wanting to get married! Must be something in the air

After getting our marriage license, we went back to ASM. I was supposed to go with Eugene to the airport to pick up his family but with their luggage and all, I decided not to go with him anymore. I stayed in the resort with Lynn. We bought our mugs, checked out the other AS resorts, checked out the pools and all. For dinner, we ate in ASM's food court. I was finally relieved that things seemed to be ok ... but not for long!

11:30 p.m. My phone rang. Lynn was out cold asleep in her bed so it was up to me to answer the phone. Someone from the bridal party wanted to know how they would get to the Pavilion for the following day's rehearsal at 9 a.m. What to do? What to do? They told us before that they were all renting cars, now it turns out some of them didn't. Panic set in again, with me thinking, "when will things start to go right?" Eugene was out with his family so I can't bother him with this little dilemma. Instead I called ASM's front desk and guess what? They solved the problem for me! They looked for a van that would pick up our bridal party. They only asked me to call the van company just to give the pick-up place and time. Problem solved! Pick-up time: 8:30 a.m. Pick-up place: Toy Story Building No. 10 parking lot. Called everyone concerned with this information. Now I'm going to bed...

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