tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108463152011-04-22T06:03:20.730+08:00JJS - common initials for me and John and hopefully our future kids, too! I'm Joy Jarbadan-Salinas, and my hubby is John-John Salinas, and we're already married last June 18, 2005!! Read on as we (I) journeyed through being a busy bride then moving on to a new role as a wife...joynoreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10846315.post-1126681617534532262005-09-14T14:13:00.000+08:002005-09-14T15:06:57.543+08:00

It's fun to play games with your hubby. ;-) nope...it's not what you think it is. It's just clean and fun games, boardgames that is. ;-)A few nights back, John and I played like children anew with chess and Snakes and Ladders. The game took me back to my younger years when Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly, Scrabble and Millionaires' were the games children play, aside from the truly Pinoy street

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Etong si Toni o! Galing lang sa Taiwan tapos mag-tag ba! Kahirap pa naman sagutin! Anyway, here are my SEVEN TAG answers, some are gaya-gaya from Toni...hehe! Hirap talaga mag-isip huh!Seven Things That Scare Me:1. Not having our own baby2. Losing a baby through miscarriage3. Dying without getting the last rites4. Losing my dearest loved ones4. GHOSTS!!! (hehe!)5. cockroaches6. rodents (those big

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All roads led to Oasis Saturday night, August 27, as the W@Wies held the first grand EB. Despite the rains, the EB was a blast!! John and I attended, of course, in spite of my mom's warning not to go anymore because of the heavy downpour.I guess every W@Wie was excited for this event. The whole week prior to this, W@Wie posts are mostly abut the coming EB. Saturday came and when I checked my

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This is our story...our love story...the story of jjs61805 and how it all began.......four years ago in Intramuros. It was 2001 when John was in Manila and had gone to their agency to look for a job opening as a seaman. It so happened that his younger brother Ariel was working also in Intramuros, very near to John’s agency, and so John paid him a visit one lunch time. Ariel and I worked

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I just opened my gmail today...it has been ages since i checked my mails there. One email forwarded by my boss and ninong Sir Peter stirred my soul and brought me back to good old college days...in the beautiful grounds of UP Diliman.I'm sharing this with my fellow UP alumni...hope this would also bring back the memories of the happy days when we were young and carefree and single... idealists

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The kitchen is one of my favorite places in the house...aside from our bedroom, of course! ;-) It's not just because I love to eat, but mainly it is my love..or should I say passion for cooking and baking that makes me want to achieve a perfect kitchen...complete with the ameneties an aspiring baker would die for. When our house was remodelled, I made sure there will be lots of cabinet space

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Lately, much of my time has been devoted tinkering on our blog. I know i should have been working...but the design work in our project has already devoloped into Scheme 4...and the arduous task of remodelling, re-analysis, redesign and re-drawing of the project is already sickening...is not at all amusing. Architects are really a pain in the neck...ooppsss...beep! beep! Lest i forget, my hubby is

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Wow!!! It's good to be back with our blog...it's been quite sometime (really!!) since I posted. The wedding's over...I can now breathed easy now. At last the wed stress is over...but before it went away, it took its toll on me. Imagine getting sick a week before the wedding, and a week after that!! Weddings are really happy moments alright, but I guess all brides will agree that WEDDINGS =

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Here's the update i sent to the W@W website re: Preps Status of a June Bride.  I really can't squeeze much time to update our blog...geez...it's only 16 days to go...   Hi fellow W@WIes esp to all June brides! JUNE NA!!! This is it girls! We're in the last leg of preps. I hope everything is ok na esp those who will be getting married this week...bwena mano si Grace ni Joseph (today na!). Trina,

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Just got our invites from C2 this morning...i thought this supplier will not give me any worries...i was wrong. Yesterday, we were supposed to pick up the invites, so I checked first over the phone if they are okay na. Raquel, the AE we have always been talking to is still on-leave, so a certain Meanne asked me if it is okay to give them until Saturday coz there was a problem...i thought..Uh-oh

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It’s been two weeks since I’ve updated our blog…so many things have happened since then…I was too busy with my work as QMR for our ISO Certification that I barely check other W@Wies’ blogs…too busy to reply to other emails…even too busy to make updates for other June brides…haayyy!!! I guess stress had taken its toll on me. Friday, April 29, I still reported for work even though I felt weak

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It's just Tuesday yet I am getting stressed out already. My week started with a whole day seminar-workshop for our company's ISO certification, and I, being the QMR for the Eng'g/Tecnhical Dept. is feeling the stress that goes with the preparation. The tasks ahead of me seems overwhelming, considering our department is the core of the company. Sure, we have in the design consultancy business

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58 days to go till the big day... so far, we've booked all the necessary suppliers...done with our church seminar...filed our marriage license (will pick up on May 2)...i'vegot 18 Things in my To-Do list...will take one step at a time. My main concern is, of course, the payment...i just our big "B" will be given soon. Everyone in the office is praying for that. Almost forgot to include in my

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They say that soon-to-weds are prone to accidents...with fellow June bride Mari's car accident, it's quite frightening, but thankful to the Lord for His protection, she was spared from that fatal one. Just this morning on our way to work, John and I had a freak accident...but thankful still that we were not hurt, especially for John.John, who is staying in our house for the meantime for our

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Last Saturday, while John and I were watching a movie in Gateway, my fone started to buzz, got a call from our house. In a most discrete voice, I answered the call...it was my mom, in a very urgent but firm voice...told me that there was an emergency. My immediate concern was my sister, who has a heart ailment which made her resign from work and just stay at home. Her ailment is really a

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For some lighter and yummier side of things...I brushed up on my baking skills(?) last Monday night with my attempt to make Sans Rival...o di ba? Ambitious!! ;-) The thought came up when, after making leche flan last Saturday night, as requested by my mom, I had a bowl of eggwhites left in the fridge waiting to spoil (as always have been everytime I make leche flan). Sayang naman when it will

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This is a wholesome read... hehehe! This is just an account of our trip to NSO.....moreso a ranting of a bride-to-be going through the agony of document procurement...Yesterday, John and I went to NSO to apply for copies of our birth certificates and CENOMAR. I was not supposed to go with him since I did not file a leave from the office, but early in the morning, our water pump broke down and I

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John and I had so much fun with our prenups with Vignette photographer Mang Henry. I also had my TMU with Bronson of Midane Salon. Side kwento about my TMU...although I like his make-up on me, the hairstyle 'di ko masyado feel. Now I know why Serg disliked her hair when she had TMU with them. Para kong conehead pala when I saw the pics na naka-side ako..inis! Sakit pa kc sobra dami pins he

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Just confirmed our Prenups with Vignette Photography tomorrow afternoon! I'm excited already!! Cympre, dapat pretty tayo dun kaya I arranged na rin for a TMU with Midane Salon, which was recommmended by Mary Ann of Patio Ibarra. Fellow June bride Serg also had her TMU with them. For our prenups, we'll be having it first at Orchidarium then we'll proceed to Baywalk hopefully just in time to

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   Goodbye, dearest Pope John Paul II.  The whole world is mourning with your passing, but just like the dove which represents hope to mankind, we are consoled by the thought that you are now in heaven with our Lord...in a place you rightfully deserve....you consoled the whole mankind of everlasting hope in God's loving kindness and mercy....  and so, just like the dove, we release you to God...

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I had a hearty and very happy lunchdate yesterday at Sitio Filipino in Podium...but not with beloved h2b John! Lest tongues start wagging wildly, let me clarify that the lunchdate was with my barkada way back college...Jan with hubby Dan and baby Jada (don't u just love their names), April with my inaanak Miguel (and the lola in tow) and Wench, who hurried her doctor in an outpatient operation

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Can't help but ogle and drool over the MB CLK Convertible... very chic yet sporty...just the kind I like in a car...this is really my dream car!  Perfect to go around town with my dear John...As for the MB Stretch Limo, this is my dream bridal car.  I first saw this during my college friend's wedding way back 1999, it was just perfect for someone who married the son of ALTECH's owner...they're

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Congratulate me guys! I'm improving!! On my blog skills(?) that is...hehehe! Little by little, I have conquered those HTML codes and other blog effects. Super thanks to my super W@Wies' tutorials. There are still so many things I have yet to learn about blogs like changing skins for a totally new look. For the meantime, I'd stick with this design, so simple and very blue (my fave color)! I

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This is my dream gown!  So simple...so me! Our wedding preps started with my search for my dream gown...eversince John and I decided to get married, my thoughts have always been on the kind of gown I will wear on that momentous occasion.... and so on to the internet to browse for gowns and everything else I envisioned for our wedding.   I had a few ideas in mind on how my gown should look like...

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It's been quite sometime since I last updated my blog... work is getting in the way lately..hahaha! Joke! I am still in the process of getting used with this... our blog is as simple as can be compared to the others which are really cool and fancy. Thus, my quest to make our wedblog as techie-looking as can be... I saw this Flickr thing in one W@Wie's blog and so I signed up for one, though not

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Feb 18 was one of the memorable Friday nights I ever had. I always look up to Fridays not just because of the coming weekend but moreso because John and I talk over the celfone every Friday to update on each other's activities, especially to update him on our wedding preps since he is in Pangasinan and I am in Manila. Talk about long-distance love affair... and a huge Globe monthly bill! hahaha!

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Haayyy!! Just learned this morning that I'll be one of the QMRs for our company's application for ISO certification...i was totaly clueless about it and it came as quite a shock (well, not really as shock... just a surprise)...with 4 months to go before our wedding on june 18 and with the deadline for the ISO thing by mid-October, I'm wondering how will I be able to manage everything.... a

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At last I have my own blog... ;-) 4 months to go before our big day on June 18. Post Valentine fever is still around, at least for my friends who kept teasing and asking me whether John would be coming over from Pangasinan. I admit I was disappointed by him not coming over last weekend and not having spent Valentine with me, but as fellow W@Wie Data puts it, there will always be something to

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