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joseph just informed yesterday that he won't be availing of the airline fare promo. he found out from his travel agent that the promo flies you to the philippines via china air lines. according to joseph, CAL has had a bad track record in air safety. he'd rather spend a little more than risk his life. end of story.

with that in mind, we will still be attending the pre-cana seminar on the twentieth of august as originally scheduled and we will be having the civil rites as soon as he gets here.

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i called up the NSO this afternoon to inform them of the change in the delivery address of our birth certificates. since our helper, gina, will be the one to receive it for us, the NSO required us to present sooo many things once the certificates were delivered. on my part, i had to present an original ID, gina's ID, and a letter authorizing gina to receive my certificate. on joseph's part, on the other hand, i had to present the special power of attorney that he signed, an authorization letter for gina (which i signed in joseph's behalf), a certified true copy of joseph's passport/ID, my ID, and gina's ID. whew! that's a handful. but before they can process my request, i must fax them the SPA and notarized copy of joseph's passport. talk about red tape! anyways, i'll be doing that tomorrow. i hope they won't give me any more trouble when i call them up again after faxing the said documents.

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i rang saint james today, inquiring about their pre-cana seminar date for the month of july, just in case joseph decided to avail of that fare promo. the woman who answered the phone referred me to a ms. AC, bert's replacement. to my surprise, it turns out that she is the same "ms. AC" of the chancery of the diocese of parañaque. just my luck! i've been meaning to call the chancery because i had a few questions regarding the "freedom to marry" certificate that is to be issued by the foreigner's parish.

when she found out that joseph and i have already signed the petition at the chancery last january, she told me that she will request that our files be transferred to saint james so that we can process all our papers in one venue. that was soooo kind of her. really big convenience on our part. yehey! =)

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we're thinking of giving away small wine bottles as souvenirs for our wedding. we initially wanted CDs as give-aways, but i found out from kate's mom that they'll be handing out CDs as well. since we're cousins and most probably the same relatives who'll be attending her wedding will also attend mine, i didn't think the CDs were a good idea anymore. my mom suggested that we give away wine instead. Australian wine to be exact. joseph and i think it's a great idea. not to mention, lesser packaging costs as this only requires ribbons and bows. we can get the materials from divisoria. that equates to "cheap." hehe!