Thursday, May 26, 2011

My Alex

I am in love.

Alex Pettyfer is love! ♥

I've never been more interested in him until now. I didn't know that he was Emma Roberts' love interest in the film Wild Child. AND I've watched that.*sigh* BUT.. I know that it was him on the film I Am Number Four. I've watched that with my mom and I had a slight crush on him then. LMAO!

Recently, I've been obsessed with books and I am currently reading the third book of The Mortal Instruments, the City of Glass. When I finished The first book of that series (City of Bones), I researched on it and found out that it's going to be a film... and they're still on the look out for an actor who will play as my (love) Jace Wayland. And I found Alex's name connected on it. I found out that he's been offered the role but he didn't say (yet) if he's going to accept it. Honestly, I think he should. HE'S the real-life Jace Wayland. He just fits the role. Whenever I read The Mortal Instruments and Jace is in the scene, Alex immediately pops into my mind. HE'S MY JACE. :) And I'm sure he's everyone's Jace too.

Also, I read Fallen novels and it's going to be a movie too! The fans of that novel (mostly) wants him as Daniel Grigori. Personally, Alex is also my choice for that role. Alex has the look of an angel. He's an angel. :)

Okay. Enough about Jace and Daniel. This is about Alex. :D I did some research and I found out that he's just a year younger than me and that HE'S BRITISH! *Squeals* I LOVE BRITISH BOYS!!! I was curious on how he sounds when he speak so I youtube'd him and I found first his guesting on Ellen. Man! He sound so lovely! I melted when I saw him and on that suit and swooned when he spoke. Then Ellen found a way for him to  take his shirt off. She had this I ♥ ellen T-shirt and in the (almost) end part of the interview, he took off his coat and shirt (Ellen helped him too! RAWR!) and there... I DIED. :D He's all the definition of sexy, hot, smokin' etc., etc..

And since then, I am just so in love with him. I did some more research and found out that he was a Burberry model, too. He look so beautiful there.. Well.. HE IS beautiful even if he's not modeling. Just him. I mean.. Alex is just.. incredibly magnificent! If I am just being myself when I talk to my friends, I think they'll be so annoyed with me because for sure, I will talk about Alex... over and over again. haha! Seriously, he's my celebrity boyfriend now. ROFLMAO! And I plan on watching all of his films. :D 

Here are some of his photos as a model of Burberry.





And here are some of his photos (not Burberry related).






There goes my (celebrity) boyfriend. (LMAO!) ♥

He's my Jace Wayland, my choice of Daniel Grigori but... he's my Alex. :D ♥

-F.M.W.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Don't rush!

I felt lighter.

Seriously, after I listened to Get It Right over and over again 2 days ago and blogging about it, it made me feel better. The last thing I said from my last blog seemed so powerful. I was up on my feet after that and I just felt stronger. And I KNEW that whatever this is, I can handle it. Add the fact that a friend of mine told me this,
 I know you're more than capable of handling yourself when it comes to tough things (and tough stains :D) 
I'm just not sure what she meant by tough stains. :)


Anyway. That and the Gospel I listened to last Sunday also helped. 
Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, also in me.
It really made me  a stronger person. And by the way, that is what I've been asking God for a month now ever since this happened. :)

And then yesterday, it surprised me because my friend-turned-enemy about a year and a half ago sent me request... a friend request... on facebook. I couldn't be any more happier! THAT just made my day. I was trying to get things right and she was one of it and I thought she'd declined. I e-mailed her and here I was, hoping that she'll reply but at the same time, expecting that she'll turn me down. I was pretty much a... bitch to her then and her, turning me down, was really expected by me. I was just shocked when she didn't answer my e-mail but right away, she responded by friending me again on facebook. I was on the verge of crying when I saw her request! I was excited, nervous and was almost frantic (in a good way). Upon accepting her request, I immediately sent her a message and she responded! Exchanging messages with her was a relief to me and it's like nothing has changed between us (despite everything that has happened to us and me being a big bitch to her) and I very much like that. 

It seems like everything is falling into place as what I have asked Him. Maybe I was just in a hurry the last time that's why I feel so bad about (almost) everything and He taught me to wait and it was worth it and it reminded me of Jordin Sparks's song One Step At A Time,
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient, waiting
We live and we learn
To take one step at a time
There's no need to rush
It's like learning to fly and falling in love
It's gonna happen and it's supposed to happen
That we find the reasons why, one step at a time
So.. lesson learned. Don't be too impatient. Everything is gonna happen and IT'S SUPPOSED to happen. We just have to wait and to trust in Him. And of course, pray. It helps. :)

I've never felt lighter... and happier. Thank You.


-F.M.W.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

"How many times will it take for me to GET IT RIGHT?"

I LOVE GLEE. They cover songs beautifully. My iTunes are filled with Glee cover songs. But there was one episode this season (Season 2) where the Glee kids wrote their original songs for the regionals in which they won. Anyway, one of it was Get It Right written by Rachel Berry (in the TV show only, of course) after she talked with Quinn about Finn. She was so heart broken and hurt and went home and wrote this song. And on the regionals, she sung this with Brittany and Tina as her back-up vocals. 

It was a good song. Back then when I first heard this, I didn't really liked it as much as I liked Loser Like Me. But just last night, I was having one of those days (or night) feeling like... crap. Maybe it's because of the hormones. I still have my monthly period last night (lol! Is it appropriate to say that in a blog?) and you know, it makes girls really emotional.. And when I say emotional, it's not just sadness.. But.. that was what I felt last night. (Crappy period! -_-)

My mind just suddenly sang this and I, myself, was surprised. I had the urge to open my iTunes but was too lazy to open my laptop and besides, I gotta read. So up to this morning, this was what my head's been singing.-_-

I was emailing a friend of mine when I started to play this and it made me teary eyed. I said somethings to her which made me emotional as the lyrics sunk in. I had to compose myself so I won't start crying. And then I searched for its lyrics and bam! It struck me. I was feeling what Rachel Berry was feeling about (some) things... that she just wanted to fix the wrong things she's done but despite of her trying, she still got it wrong. 


I'm not gonna say anymore. I might end up whimpering. Here's the lyrics to Get It Right.


What have I done?
I wish I could run
Away from this ship going under
Just trying to help
Hurt everyone else
Now I feel the weight of the world is on my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn't good enough
And all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions
Keep making a mess of things,
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right, to get it right?

Can I start again, with my faith shaken?
'Cause I can't go back and undo this
I just have to stay and face my mistakes,
But if I get stronger and wiser, I'll get through this

What can you do when you're good isn't good enough?
And all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things,
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right?

So I throw up my fists, throw a punch in the air,
And accept the truth that sometimes life isn't fair!
Yeah, I'll send down a wish and I'll send up a prayer
And then finally someone will see how much I care

What can you do when you're good isn't good enough?
And all that you touch tumbles down?
'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things,
I just wanna fix it somehow
But how many times will it take?
Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right?


I guess I just have to stop trying...

-F.M.W. 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Mortal Instruments

Today is Wednesday and I bought a book again. (I bought Fallen and Torment on a Wednesday!)

OH! Correction! It's "BOOKS!"

Yep. BOOKS. 4 books actually. :)))) Never done this in my whole life! But It's worth it. :D

After I hit the gym, I went to a bookstore to buy the first book of The Mortal Instruments. Honestly, I'm so intrigued with this novel and I've read synopsis about it and I think it's a good read. So the night before today, I decided that I'll buy the first book... and maybe the 2nd book since it's really starting to vanish in the book store. 

Once I was there, I looked for it and then all I can see was loads of the 3rd book of The Mortal Instruments!! No book 1 and 2! :( So to avoid too much despair (LMAO), I looked for other books. Then I saw Clockwork. The author was also the author of The Mortal Instruments and it is the prequel to The Mortal Instruments. I read the synopsis and I liked it. And it's much cheaper than TMI. :))) BUT. My priority is really TMI so I went to another bookstore and there I saw a softbound of the first book of The Mortal Instruments and a hardbound of the 2nd book. blah! It's going to cost tooooo much for me. Then I saw a compiled set of the first 3 books of The Mortal Instruments worth Php 949. I computed for the price of the individual books and it costs about a thousand plus pesos! Actually, the compiled books are CHEAPER. So I borrowed money from my mom and I bought it. I also bought the prequel novel to TMI. :))))) So now I have 4 books! :D

This will really keep me away from the computer. I have lots of reading to do! :D



This will also keep my mind away from the Fallen Novels as I am (im)patiently waiting for Passion which is set to be released this June in the U.S. I just don't know when it will be released here. It's driving me... crazy... waiting for my Cam! hahaha! Okay, I'm ending this now. 

ahhh! It's raining and it's thunder-ing and there is just soooo much  lightning! Gaaah!! 


I'm a sucker for Young Adult Supernatural novels!

-F.M.W.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sick Cycle Carousel to Boston


We all know this song from Lifehouse. It is also one of my favorite songs from that favorite band of mine. And, we all have different interpretations on this one. Before, my interpretation for this song was just about love. Yeah.. LOVE. 

But as of now, I have another interpretation because these lines caught my attention:

'Cause I tried to climb your steps
I tried to chase you down
I tried to see how low
I could get down to the ground

I tried to earn my way
I tried to change this mind
You better believe that
I tried to beat this

So when will this end
It goes on and on
Over and over and over again

Keep spinning around
I know that it won't stop
Till I step down from this for good

This made me realize that I'm so sick of this freakin' 'cycle' I'm going thru. Each day, or maybe every 2 days or every week, this 'cycle' happens. I did everything to get out of it but something happens as I try to get out... as I 'try to beat this.' It's really making me go insane.


If shame had a face
I think it would kind of look like mine
If it had a home would it be my eyes
Would you believe me
If I said I am tired of this
Now here we go now one more time

SHAME. Yep. I've been there. And I'm STILL there. I felt ashamed (and still ashamed) of myself. I thought I'd let go but it keeps haunting me. I thought everything was fine but it's really not YET fine. Everything is like a disaster and I'm just so tired of it all. I just want everything to be 'fixed.' I want to have my normal, carefree, happy life back and be free of this cycle.

I've been hiding because this 'carousel' is haunting me and I don't know how it keeps on reaching me. I thought that by hiding, I can finally have my normal, carefree, happy life back. And I thought that by hiding, I can go to my own Boston. Yes, to Boston where I can start all over again as a NEW person. But hiding didn't do me any good. It didn't even bring me to my own Boston. Just got stucked in the carousel.

I have to 'step down from this for good.' I have to step out into the light. Start from there and get out of the spinning carousel.

-F.M.W.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Hanson Day 2011

If you REALLY know me, then you must already know that I'm a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG fan of Hanson. And that they're my favorite band. :) 

Last May 6, 2011 was the 14th Hanson Day. May 6 was actually declared a Hanson Day 14 years ago in Tulsa, OK,  by the Governor back then. And it is in Tulsa where the band members live. ;) Also, their album, Middle of Nowhere, was released in the U.S. on that date, 14 years ago. It was supposed to be a one time occurrence but Hanson fans still recognize this date as Hanson Day. And WE will forever recognize May 6 as Hanson Day. :)

So, here in the PH, Hanson fans celebrated it. Instead of celebrating it on the 6th of May, we celebrated a day after that. Why? Well... most of the fans are already working. Can't do it also on a Friday night as some of them have work until midnight.. Something like that. AND.. our celebration wasn't just a 1 day celeb. We planned an overnight celebration. But I wasn't able to stay overnight. hihi.

We stayed in a hotel where they stayed when they came here last 2004. The original plan was, to be in one of the rooms of the brothers. Actually, we already reserved for Zac's then-hotel-room. But for some reasons, we didn't get it. boo! Hoh well. What's important is we enjoyed the day. :) And we have a room to stay in. 

It was my 1st time to attend a celebration like this. And it was soooo fun! We had this amazing and yummy cupcakes which has a Hanson something design on top of the icing. Ahh! I still remember its taste. Here are the pictures of that tasty cupcakes.



Hanson day 2011!


We also had this chocolate cake. I brought this. :D



Yeah.. we HAD a lot of sweets that day! Sugar high, beybeh! BUT.. I was quiet the whole time. LMAO! The sweetness of the cupcakes silenced me. -___-

Other than the foods we had, we also had this raffle. I didn't win. haha! But it's okay. We had this small form where we had to write who our favorite Hanson is, favorite song, favorite Hanson wife and favorite Hanson kid. Honestly, I had a hard time figuring out who my favorite was. haha! But in the end, I wrote Taylor ( I was TORN between him and Zac. lmao), Carry You There (though almost all of their songs are my favorite!), Nikki Hanson (Okay. The Hanson wives are just all beautiful) and then lastly, I wrote Penny. Penny is just so cute. Plus, I love her name. ;)

We also watched the 5 of 5. Though we weren't able to finish it. We also watched DWTS where Hanson performed.  ♫ Ice, ice baby! ♫

This celebration was a total success. We've been planning this since March and even invited other fans. We expected a lot of new faces but 2 is better than nothing. :))

On to the photos. :D



Yeah.. We had a tarpaulin. a VEEEEERRRY nice tarpaulin. :)
Told ya, we've been planning since March. :))



A bookmark as a remembrance.
This will be used more often because I'm itching to buy novelSSS.



This was the raffle thing. 


AND I had this as another remembrance!!
Suh-weeeet!!!


Also, on this day, I FINALLY got my Tayfarers! :)



Haven't used this one yet. hihi.


And finally, human pictures! LMAO

We planned all this. But we were not complete at this photo. 


The admins and the 2 new faces we met.


♫ Mmm bop, ba duba dop, ba du bop, ba du dop, ba du bop, ba du dop, ba du ♫

MMMBopping for 14 years.. and counting. :D

Photos are all mine except for the cake and the human pictures. :D

-F.M.W.

Friday, May 6, 2011

TVD Talk

TVD's 2nd season is an awesome one! I am so hooked on it and it made me look forward to episodes each week. I've never been more updated to any TV shows than this one. TVD is my "priority" TV show for this year (or season.) Sometimes, I watch it online twice and then watch it on TV. I'm ADDICTED.

Last season was about, ya know, introduction of the characters--particularly the Salvatore brothers and Elena Gilbert, who is the spitting image of Katherine Pierce, a vampire, who met the Salvatore brothers in Mystic Falls, 1864-- and how Elena is "related" to Katherine and Damon killing a lot of innocent people showing that he's the bad vampire blah blah blah. And in the end of the season, it's about Katherine now.

On to the second season, Katherine was present.. like everywhere! Elena was able to finally meet Katherine and a lot of characters showed up too. A lot of twists as well! Who knew that the Lockwood's have a werewolf blood? Who would ever thought that Caroline Forbes would become a vamp? Who would have thought that The Original vampire(s) will come in to town? A lot of things happened in this season and when it comes to the love interest of our beloved characters.. I was shocked to see Jeremy like Bonnie. And Tyler and Caroline, though it was really pretty obvious that it will happen because they became pretty close at the end of season 1 and Caroline helped Tyler thru his 1st transformation!! That scene was just so suh-weeet!! And, Damon finally admitting to Elena that he loves her.. though he compelled her after he went out of her room. *sigh* Who will not get hooked in this season?

This season is almost about the Moonstone and the Sacrifice. And at the almost-end of the season.. it's about Klaus. So we learned that Klaus is not just a vamp. He also have a werewolf blood and "The Sun and the Moon Curse" is not really about what we all thought of at first. Elijah have explained it in the episode titled Klaus. He said that Klaus wants to do the Sacrifice so he would be a hybrid. See, the vamp is more evident in him and he also wants the werewolf side be evident to him. (That's the way I understood it.) So The Sacrifice is still on. And Elena has to be away from Klaus.

I just watched The Sun Also Rises episode. The whole time I was watching it, I was tensed and nervous for all our main characters. Especially Damon and Elena. Episode 20's The Last Day showed that the wolf Tyler bit Damon. And we all know what happens to a vampire if it was bitten by a werewolf. We have watched the episode of Rose where she struggled to keep up with the intense pain she felt after she was bitten by a werewolf and the dementia she experienced and we all know that the cure is to let the vamp die. So I was really worried about Damon. I don't want him to die!!! I know that he won't die because he's one of the three main characters but STILL!! I don't wanna see him suffer. :)) I know, I get carried away with all of these.  Anyway, going back to Elena.. Remember at last week's episode where Damon made her drank his blood? So yeah, I was worried about that because Elena told Stefan that she never dreamed of becoming a vampire and when Klaus kills her on the Sacrifice, she will.. die and become a vampire because Damon's vamp blood is in her system already.  OH! OH! I was so shocked that Jenna became a vampire and Klaus killed her!! I felt bad for her. She just knew everything and then bam! she became a vamp and died. I'll miss Jenna-Alaric tandem.

Also, John Gilbert was in this episode. He died as well. Elena, reading his biological dad's letter for her, was really heartbreaking. John saved Elena's life. I mean.. Elena's human life. Elena remained human. Whew! The ending part of this episode was about Stefan finding out that Damon was bitten by a werewolf. Paul Wesley did an incredible job portraying Stefan's pained self upon knowing that his brother (whom he's been trying to kill for a looong time but he just can't. And Damon can't kill Stefan either. They've been trying to kill each other from the 1st season.) is gonna die... soon. He said that he will find a cure for a werewolf bite and he's telling Damon that there's a way because they were able to make Elena remain human, when they thought there isn't a way. 

After watching this, I searched for spoilers for the next episode which  is also the final episode of this season. And here's what I found out. Elena and Stefan broke up. And there's the Delena "moments" Delena fans have been waiting for. Ahh! The look on Damon's face when he desperately wants Elena's forgiveness is so heartbreaking. For sure, this finale will keep me hanging! And I, again, have to wait until September (?) for the third season! Definitely, there'll be a third season. Katherine is still alive. And Stefan won't let Damon die. And there's Caroline and Tyler's blossoming love story. :)) And Alaric.. I wonder what will happen to him. There ARE still a lot of things that can go on in this TV Show and I just can't wait for the 3rd season. I don't even want this show to end!! 

There. Pure TVD talk. 


-F.M.W.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

I've learned to breathe Switchfoot

Last February 8, 2011 (yes, I still KNOW the date), I found out that Switchfoot is coming here in Manila. I saw the details and I know from that time that I can buy a ticket and watch. The only question was.. who will come with me? 

I posted this poster to my facebook just to let my facebook friends here in Manila know about it. And if any friends of mine would love to go... with me. 

So far, that time, no friend of mine wants to go. boohoo. See, this is my only problem whenever a favorite artist of mine's coming here to perform. I don't know anyone who would come with me and watch. Last 2009, I watched Katy Perry here and I know that I have a friend who loves her so we watched. Guess I was lucky then. 

Then came March. A friend of mine posted a status saying that she wanted to go watch Switchfoot. Then hope came thru me. hahaha! I said that I wanted to watch too and then minutes later, our group of friends started commenting that they'd love to go too. So we decided that we're going to watch it. FINALLY! :D 

Then came the last week of March. The show's date was April 29, 2011 and we still don't have tickets. I was so afraid of the phrase 'SOLD OUT' so before I hear it, I told my friend that we should buy tickets already. And we did. 3 of us did, anyway. So there. We had a reserved seat and I was so happy that day! I only have to wait for April 29th to come. :)

Then came April 29th. I was totally in a Switchfoot mode the whole day since I woke up. I downloaded songs that I still don't have particularly songs from Hello Hurricane. :)) Yeah, I downloaded late. :)) Then 4pm came and I started preparing myself. The time says, 7:30pm and I have to meet  2 of my friends at Shangri-la Mall before we go to the venue. I got there almost 6pm. shoot! And I thought that it was still very early to go to the venue so we decided to eat our dinner first. The next thing we know, it's already 6:30pm. So we hurried out the mall and searched for a cab. Unfortunately, all cabs we saw were taken! And I can see heavy traffic. Oh goodness!

Then we ended up falling in line at Shangri-la Mall's taxi bay. I was shocked to see 2 long lines. o.O And it was already 6:50pm. But that was our only choice--and safest. At least we're sure that we can get a cab there.. BUT.. we'll be arriving late. :(

7pm. 7:30pm. 8pm. finally we're next in line to have a cab. We're just distracting ourselves so we won't feel down at the fact that we're already freakin' late at the show. We assured ourselves that the front act of the show are still performing. -__- Then when we were in the cab, a friend of mine called her friend (who's going to the show, too) and learned that the gates are not opened yet. What a relief! We're not late! :)) 

We arrived there around 8:30pm and we saw lines outside the venue. We're so happy and thankful that we are there... on time. :)) 

So we were inside now. We are seated at the left side of the arena. 2nd row. We're so shocked 'cause we're near the stage!!! I'll be able to see Jon Foreman very well. :)) At 9pm, Imago, a local band here, performed. They were the front act. Thank God it's them. I like that band. Then the lights went off and we were just waiting for Switchfoot to step on the stage and start the show.

Then boom! The crowd screamed and just made noise and I saw a person walked on stage and I assumed that it was Jon Foreman so I stood up and then lights were on and there he was! I was right! Jon Foreman and the rest of the band were now on stage. Of course, the usual, he greeted us. Said something in Tagalog. He even said "Astig tayo!" And the crowd made noise. haha! I'm not surprised that he knows that because one of their band members is a Filipino. Or Filipino-American. Whatever. But he, Jerome Fontamillas, who plays piano and guitar in the band, is a Filipino.

Then they played The Sound then Stars! What a way to start the show! This 2 songs are amazing!! And I love Stars! Everything about that song, I love. Period. They played it and I was so on rock 'n roll mode. I was head banging, slightly at first and I was singing and screaming at the top of my lungs! It was fuuuuun!! 

Then at the-almost-ending of the show, they slowed it down. They played Learning To Breathe and I was extremely happy! I was really hoping they'd play that and also Dare You To Move. Me, seeing Jon Foreman sing that favorite song of mine, made me feel soooo in love... with him! AHHH! He's all the synonym words of AWESOME! He's just.. FREAKIN' FANTASTIC!!

After they played Learning To Breathe, they played This Is Home.  And after that, bam! Lights off! They were gone! As in gone off from the stage! I was shocked! I just couldn't believe they would leave like that. And then I waited for a couple more seconds and they didn't showed up so I sat for a while. Then the crowd chanted "We want more!" And a few seconds, they were out the stage again! :D

Jon said "Is it okay if we play 3 more songs?" Of course we all said 'YES!' Then they started playing their last 3 songs. They first played Only Hope and I was stunned! Jon, with his acoustic guitar, played another favorite song of mine! It was a great performance. The crowd's singing along with him and after the bridge of that song, the whole band played. AMAZING! I haven't heard it with the drums and all. just. WOW.

2nd to the last song was We Are One Tonight. Hello head banging! :)))) Jon was everywhere! He also climbed up the bars leading to the 2nd level of seats on the other side of the stage! He stayed there singing while fans went beside him "hoping" to get a not-blurry picture with him :))) I doubt that. :)) Before the song ended, he was back on stage.

And before they played the last song, he said something about music and that music has been a part of him since he was a kid. Like an escape. And then he said "This is a song about movement." I didn't get it at first and the crowd were making a noise and then they started playing and I still don't know what the heck that song is. hahaha! But I was thinking (or was I hoping?) that it's Dare You To Move. Then, finally, the tune became familiar. It was Dare You To Move! I screamed! That song is just my most favorite Switchfoot song!! I was sooooo happy that it was their last song! It's special. It's like, Jon is singing to me. *sigh* :)) I tried to take less pictures from that performance because I just want to feel the music and give in to its magnificent rhythm, lyrics and everything and just sing along! :)) I didn't even want that performance to end. *sigh* But.. all things come to an end. After that song, they said their goodbyes and thanks and ended with a bow and a wave to the crowd. Now we all know that it's over. 

Lights On. I was still taking in all of what happened. I can't believe (still) that I saw them perform live. They were amazing! If they do come back here, I WILL BE THERE. And I hope they come back. They said that they love Manila.  Oh! Jon even thanked Manila for bringing Jerome Fontamillas (to earth! Yeah, that's what he meant. I can't exactly remember what he said.), who is one of his best friends! HA! For sure, they'll keep coming back here! :D


Switchfoot Setlist- April 29, 2011. Phil Sports Arena.


Encore:

They ended at 10:40pm. What a great night! 

So that was my Switchfoot experience! :D



Oh! I love Jon Foreman. Just as I love Jason Wade. Period. ♥♥♥

-F.M.W.

The Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Did you watch the Royal Wedding? I did! And all I can say is.. Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

Finally.. after months of waiting to see what Catherine's wedding dress would be like, we finally saw it! It was beautiful! The moment I saw it, I can't help but say 'WOW!' I also can't help but remember Princess Grace of Monaco's wedding dress when she wedded Pince Ranier III of Monaco.  Anyway.. she looked fantastic on that day! It was really a fairy tale for the Duchess of Cambridge. :)

As for William, I was surprised he wore that red unifom of the Irish Guards instead of the Royal Air Force Uniform . But it was reasonable as he was the Colonel of the Irish Guards. And.. whatever he wear, I'm sure he still would look very dashing! :D

Before the wedding itself, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II gave William his new title. He became Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus.  His style and title in FULL is: His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Srathearn, Baron Carrickfergus, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Also, Catherine Middleton was given the title of Duchess of Cambridge as William is the Duke of Cambridge. BUT.. it doesn't end there. She also, now, becomes the Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus. :) Her name lengthened! 

Going to the wedding itself.. I saw the Westminster Abbey and it was soooooo beautiful.. and BIG! Of course, there are 1,900 guests at the wedding service. And speaking of the guests, the female guests wore hats. Some pulled it off, some didn't. I'm not gonna mention who didn't pulled it off. But the hats entertained me. I loooove hats. When I live in London, I will have a lot of hats.. and head dresses! 






Prince William arrived in the Abbey together with his best man, who also is his brother, Prince Harry. I loove Harry in a military uniform. They both looked dashing! 






After the Princes of Wales arrived, the Royal Family also arrived with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as the last to arrive.

Here comes the bride!! We finally saw what Catherine's dress looked like when she stepped out of the hotel and in to the car that brought her and his dad, Michael Middleton to the Westminster Abbey. 

Catherine Middleton walked down the long aisle of Westminster Abbey with her father on her side. She walked well. With poise and elegance and I kinda know that she's trying not to tear up.. as well as her father. I was holding back my tears while watching! haha! When Catherine is near the altar, Prince Harry looked back and said something to William with a mischievous smile. He was prolly teasing William but lip readers said that Harry said this "Right, she's here. Wait till you see her." That is what I read somewhere. :))

And when Catherine is finally at the altar, I can't help but giggle at William who finally was able to see her bride. He said something to her and to her father and at that time, I didn't know what it was. Lip readers said that William said this to Catherine "You look beautiful." And a joking statement to Catherine's father, "We were supposed to have a small family affair." :)) Oh William! :)) 


During the wedding service, I can see that William's holding back a giggle and he keeps on smiling and looking at Catherine. He was so cute. He's so in love. :) Anyway.. when they were saying their vows, I noticed that Catherine spoke with a soft, lovely voice. It was so honest and solemn at that time. I was happy that he didn't mixed up William's lengthy name. :D There was also a time when William was putting the ring on Catherine's finger. He was having a hard time! The ring must be small. haha! But he managed to put it on! :D




After the whole wedding service, Wills took his now-wife, Catherine out the Abbey so they can ride on the carriage and be on the Buckingham Palace.




It was 'traditional' that a newly wed Royal couple will be at the balcony of Buckingham Palace prolly thanking the people pr whatever.. But of course, the people in England would mostly want to see the newly weds kiss! William and Catherine did not only kissed once.. but TWICE!! 



After this, the Royal Family went inside the Buckingham Palace to have the lunch hosted by The Queen. About 3:39pm in London, the couple went out, William driving a convertible Aston Martin with balloons and a plate number that says JU5T WED. They drove to the Clarence House where they will spend the rest of the afternoon together before they have a dinner party at night hosted by William's father, Prince Charles. I wasn't able to tune in to the news at that time because I was already asleep. But once I woke up, I saw what Catherine wore on the dinner party! It was beautiful and it's another creation of Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen. See that waist?! Oh dear! 

I forgot to mention the prayer that William and Catherine wrote that was recited during their wedding.

God our Father, we thank you for our families; for the love that we share and for the joy of our marriage. In the busyness of each day, keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important in life and help us to be generous with our time and love and energy. Strengthened by our union help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen.
That was it all. Congratulations to the both of them! Wishing them all the love and all the best! :D

(PHOTOS ARE NOT MINE. Credits to the owners of the photos. I couldn't remember who owns it except for photos I got from BBC News, ANC News and GMA News.)


-F.M.W.