Kilig Engagement Stories from Kasal.com

Jay and I got featured last weekend at Rated K. We unfortunately didn't get to watch it since we were at the 2010 Philippine Blog Awards. Everyone though we bumped into said that they watched it. I know I have embarrassed my husband enough (since he didn't really want to do it), but I insisted on doing the feature because I wanted to inspire people and show that love and romance is still "in". (You can watch the Rated K clip here.)

After our wedding got featured here at Kasal.com (which is BTW where the researchers of Rated K found out about us), the Kasal.com team invited me to be one of the judges for their "The Proposal Kasal.com Story Contest". I immediately said yes because I knew I was in for a lot of kilig stories.

Here's links to the stories submitted to Kasal.com -

Ann & Bry - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=128907800496244
Katherine & Lito - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=128923557161335
Adonis & Karen Sue - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=130779130309111
Limuel & Ianna - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=131187583601599
Jet & Jen - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=133414773378880
Chris & Tintin - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=133423746711316
Charles & Lara - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=135131123207245
Joey & Jennifer - http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=135136243206733
Kate & Arnold - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/notes/kasalcom/kate-arnolds-proposal-story/138403612879996

The Engagement Ring

Admit it, eversince you were a kid you dreamt of the day your prince charming would go on his knees to propose to you. I did that secretly. I never mentioned it to any of my friends but deep in my heart I always wished that someday my one true love would put a proper engagement ring on my finger.

It did happen one sunny day in Davao and I will cherish that moment for the rest of my life.

My fiance though said that it took him months to plan for that day. Five months to be exact. Here's what he had to do:

1. Find a jeweller for budgeting.

2. Find out my ring size.

3. Choose design and material of the ring.

4. Order the ring.

5. Plan the proposal.

How to choose the engagement ring:

1. The Diamond 4Cs - cut, color, clarity and carat. Here's a good guide.

2. Choose the metal: gold or platinum. Gold comes in white, yellow and/or rose gold. (You should also consider that the engagement ring should match the wedding ring).

3. Choose the design: should be practical and easy to wear, withstand everyday use, gemstone/s should be secure and should look good.

I honestly have no idea about going through 1 and 2, but I'm sure glad that my fiance got my ring from a jeweller-friend who knows me well. He also got her to get my ring size without me suspecting anything.

I think the most important thing about it is to choose with your heart and enjoy the moment.

*Photo by JayDJ

Handcrafted engagement ring by Golconda Jewelry, Cagayan de Oro

What it Feels Like to be Engaged

I got the shock of my life when I got engaged 11 days ago. I totally did not expect it especially since I was hanging on a harness when it happened.

It's the most exhilirating feeling in the world. And for days I've just had this wide silly grin on my face (well until now). I truly felt loved because I know that my fiance would not have asked me to marry him otherwise.

It took several days before it sunk in and I'm still getting used to wearing an engagement ring. My friends are also very excited and they're all bugging me for a date already. 

It's also overwhelming since I've been getting interrogated about a lot of things. When and where the wedding will be. Who's going to be the suppliers. Ninongs. Ninangs. Motif.

Accckkk!

I guess we'll just take it one day at a time and follow the gantt chart and according to it the next steps are:

1. The Pamamanhikan

2. Setting the Date

Wish us luck!

And They Lived Happily Ever After...

A year ago I witnessed a very public proposal during MYMP's Valentine concert and I blogged about it in detail on An Apple a Day. I always wondered who the love birds were and eventually Sweetie found them on Multiply, Gian and Resa. 

A few months later we attended MYMP's album launch and asked Juris if she had any idea whether the couple tied the knot already. I'm sure she was quite surprised about our question, but was pleased that we watched their Valentine concert. Sweetie and I always wondered whether they did tie the knot.

And the mystery was solved when my blogger-friend from Singapore, Alex, told me that Gian and Resa were his friends and have tied the knot recently!  Here's some proof via their wedding announcement page -

That's one among the many other proposals I've blogged about last year! Best wishes to Gian and Resa! 

A Spidey Proposal

The best planned proposals more often than not don't happen as scripted.

One of my friends just came back from a vacation... and got engaged in THE most romantic way. More often than not it's my girl friends who gush and rush to tell the story and we always end up giggling and kilig over the latest romantic drama special. But this time it was the groom-to-be who related to me how he got engaged.

So off he went to vacay at the Maldives with his girl friend. His girl friend had no idea what he was up to. He knew he wanted to propose in the most romantic way, but the moment just never came up. He tried to get her to go out to the sunset, but she wanted to take a shower instead. The next day it rained. The right time just wasn't coming up! So he just kept bringing the ring wherever they went.

And then Spiderman 3 came up on HBO, one of their favorite movies. My friend's GF loves the movie and started re-enacting the part where Aunt May was describing how Uncle Ben proposed to her and as Aunt May said, "He had me close my eyes, and when I opened them, there was the ring." She closed her eyes as well and when she opened them... there was the ring and my friend on one knee!

It was the perfect moment!

Congratulations Erik and Claudia! =)

How to Dodge Questions on Being Engaged

This post is for those who are being silly about confirming rumors of being engaged.

LOL.

Here are some standard answers you can use:

1. The thought makes me hyperventilate.
2. The to-do list is quite long, must complete it first.
3. We're still saving up for it.
4. We're planning to elope.

And the best answer that usually shuts up people

5. We accept donations.

I'm trying to come up with more silly answers. If you have any, hope you can share `em!

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