The Groom from the North, The Bride from the South ( Crisostomo - Fojas Wedding, December 28, 2007)

This is my last wedding for 2007. Melanie is based in Melbourne, Australia while Jonathan is presently working in Tokyo, Japan. A North and South couple getting married along the earth's equator area. We thought we left early to catch up with Melanie's dressing all the way to Tagaytay. It was a bad start for me as my car was
hit by a driver using a red plate vehicle in doing transactions with the bank where I am a client as well. I just hope it was the municipal's official account with bank and not a personal matter by a municipal employee or officer ordering this ill-mannered driver to do the transactions and worse using a government vehicle. I couldn't stay and argue as I would be consuming so much time and might not be able to be in Tagaytay on time. I left it to the almighty to decide on this incident. I just have to be thankful that I will be able to provide the finances to have my car's body repaired. Well, traffic at SLEX is bad mainly due to the road repairs and widening. I wonder why our beloved nation has never recovered on road repairs and widenings. Its all for the betterment of people. Yeah, yeah, yeah!
We were headed for "The Boutique" Bed and Breakfast where Melanie and her family was dressing up. Luckily, we made it ahead of schedule. The suite was packed with relatives and suppliers. Mimi and Karl photography and videography was documenting the event, make-up artist Julie Baun doing the beautification of the ladies hair and faces. The bouquets created by Flowers of May were bright and noticeable. Lifestyle Party Planners headed by ChaCha Arevalo was running the event. The bride rode in a Benz limousine by Don Robert's Bridal Cars. By half-past three in the afternoon we headed for Our Lady of Lasalette Shrine in Silang for the ceremony . Reception followed immediately supposedly at the Lasallete Gardens but was moved to the Gymnasium as a precaution to the possibility of a rainfall fore casted by the weather bureau. We made it through with flying colors. But luck wasn't really on our side. Thinking that the Aguinaldo Highway would be a better route alternative back to Manila, we were wrong! We detoured back to Tagaytay due to the heavy traffic in Dasmarinas and went back to the highway bound for Sta. Rosa.