PERFECT MOMENTS

Wedding reception of Nina/David

Since Brother in-law couldn't come to the wedding reception of Nina and David, my sister invited me along and I'm glad I came with her becoz' the reception was so beautiful! I was so happy to see that Nina has finally found someone who appreciates and loves her very much. You can tell that they were very much in-LOVE I love it! The reception was in SSF--GRAND PALACE. I am glad that we came there early around 5pm coz' parking is tough there and we did not even needed to help coz' Nina had a lot of help and the place was so beautiful.

Lil' sissy and I 

Our table number 14...I liked the Orchid but unfortunately we did not get it. Oh well. Our food as I remember it...crab balls, shark fin soup, chinese veggies, fried soy sauce chicken, rice was served in the end, different kinds of appetizers(bbq pork, seaweed, jelly fish, pork roll, etc), scallop and squid. There was so much food I couldn't remember all of it. This was a Chinese banquet. They didn't serve dinner almost 7:30pm. I am glad that I nibbled on something small to tide me over.

 

The Bride and Groom coming down the stairs to the applauding audiences. 
 

Isn't this beautiful? Love the pinks..coz' Nina loves pink.

Guests to sign in and get their table number.

Nina is Mary Ann's best friend. Here they are-- Love David's pink tie.

 

I really like the Bridesmaid's dresses---I love that pink fuchsia color for my dream wedding.

The wedding party too bad that my camera did not take great pictures but @least I have these.

The Bride wearing the traditional chinese dress accompanied by her bridesmaid.

Beautiful orchids from the Wedding couple's table.  

The Wedding cake Table. Their favorite Cheesecake...even though it was plain but very delicious I was surprised coz' I don't like plain cheesecake but this was really good. WE had mini sesame ball and a mini creampuff as side dessert. We left the place around 10:30pm and I really had a great time. Thanks for inviting me lil' sis! Their favor was a small key chain of the Chinese zodiac animals. We both got a dog.  
      

50th Wedding Anniversary

Today, My Mom and I attended (her Godparents from her wedding) Ninang Remy and Ninong Angel's 50th Wedding anniversary w/c was held @the Patio Espanol (like 3 blocks away from our house). Everyone was decked out at their finest. The Hall is very nice (if there is a special ocassion we might want to do it here). Mom and I had prime rib, Uncle Rading and Auntie Norma (who was also there came all the way from Sacramento-2 hour drive) had a fish and the prime rib for them.

My Uncle Rading on your left along with my Auntie Norma, MOM and the happy couple enjoying their 50th Wedding Anniversary.

A picture of the happy couple when they were first married and then the pix on the right was their Silver Anniversary.

 

The Cakes! A white cake covered in Marzipan.

Tire Rack Coupon Codes

Weng/Glenn's Bridal Shower

Okay, I told you that I take a lot of pix (I took 116 photos! and deleted maybe 10 that are not up to standards). I'll just post the highlights. Weng/Glenn lives in San Jose (45 minutes drive from SF). My sister, Mary Ann came w/me. DH opted out (w/c is fine coz' he has to work early tomorrow and we left SJ around 8:30 pm, dropped off sister and I got home around 10pm).

This is the theme of the Bridal shower! Everything was blue, even the cake was blue (reminds you of a tiffany box!) Very cool!

This is the Groom and the Bride (my cousin) to be!

These are some of the blue things scattered about the house decorating it! Also the favors.

The Bride to be w/her Maid of honor, her younger sister

This is the girls our side of the family!

The FOOD

Me posin' w/the letters I did for Aliyah,my niece

I did 26 for Aliyah from A-Z!

I did this 3d Box when my cousin was pregnant w/aliyaH!

Mary Ann & Michael's Wedding

Mary Ann's Bridal Shower

The Bridal shower for Mary Ann was held at The Cheesecake Factory on the 8th floor of the Macy's Downtown in San Francisco for 6:30 PM thru 9:30 PM.

Rosallie, Dollace and Frincess rode with us. They already had the lighting ceremony in Union Square it was so beautiful there with all the decorations and the lights on the windows of the big shopping store. I love downtown at night time. There were so many people. Unfortunately, we had to wait 2 hours to get our table for 9 coz' there were tons of people trying to get seats into the restaurant. Especially on the weekends it gets really busy.

Who was there: Ann, Malou, Dollace, Frincess, Rowena, Rosallie, Leslie, Anna, Nina, and Melissa.

                                    Our food courses and desserts we ate

Tex Mex Eggrolls (Spicy chicken, corn, black beans, peppers, onions, and melted cheese. Served w/avocado cream and salsa.

Factory Appetizer favorites: Serves 4 or more! A combination of our fave appetizers including: Avocado eggrolls, spinach and cheese dip (weng loves this), pot stickers, summer rolls, quesadilla, corn cakes, buffalo blasts & calamari.

Firecracker salmon rolls: spiced fresh salmon rolled in spinach and fried in a crisp wrapper. Served w/a sweet hot chili sauce.                                 

Chinese chicken salad: Sliced chicken breast, rice noodles, lettuce, green onion, almonds, crisp wontons, bean sprouts, orange & sesame seeds. Tossed in our special chinese plum dressing.

Grilled chicken tostada salad: Crisp corn tortillas topped w/grilled marinated chicken breast and black beans piled high w/mixed greens, fresh corn, green onions & cilantro all tossed in our vinaigrette and garnished w/avocado cream, salsa and sour cream.

Big five pizza: Pepperoni, Italian sausage, Mushrooms, onions and peppers w/mozarella and marinara sauce.

Cajun Jambalaya Pasta: our most popular seafood dish! Shrimp & chicken sauteed w/onions, tomato and peppers in a very spicy cajun sauce. All on top of fresh linguini.

Bang-Bang chicken and shrimp: A spicy Thai dish w/the flavors of curry, peanut, chile and coconut. Sauteed w/veggies and served over rice.

The Desserts: Fabulous choco mousse cake (layers of rich chocolate mousse sandwiched between our fudge cake covered w/the most delish choco icing you've ever tasted.

Warm apple crisp (Our delish crispy nutty topping and vanilla ice cream) Yumm, i love warm desserts w/ice cream (a la mode! the Best).

Tiramisu (Italian custard made w/mascarpone, whipped cream, lady fingers, marsala and coffee liquer. Topped w/whipped cream and ground chocolate.

The cons about Cheesecake Factory: the two hour wait that we all had to endure that Anna did not even get a chance to eat!

Embarassing moments: Mary Ann was SO embarassed about getting the sexy lingeries from everyone (of course, Victoria Secret!)

Tearful moments: Mary Ann was so touched when she was making a speech-all the stress from the wedding plans made her tear up a little bit plus the girls making it for her bridal shower.

Favors: Every one got a small to go boxes w/an angel w/a heart and chocolates inside. Some girls got a cute make up bag and small perfume from Victoria Secret.

Here is some of the e-mails that I got from the girls:

my pleasure I am glad I was able to make it too, I will try to put together something for all are girlie's cousin to get together one a year something we can all do without the boys.

thanks for inviting me, I had a wonderful time.

happy thanksgiving. weng, aliyah and glenn

Ate Malou, thank yo so much for all your hard work for Ate Mary Ann's shower. I had so much fun and will never forget that evening! Thanks for having me,

Leslie

I had one from Rosallie but accidentally erased it!! Sorry Rosallie.

Dear: Marylou

The bridal show was perfect and I enjoy it very much!!! The wait is worth it!!! I just want you to know how lucky Maryann is to have you as her sister.  and I really appreciate all the work you did!!  So, THANK YOU!!!...I looking forward to see the pictures...

PS, i need to talk to you about the schedule for maryann's wedding day!!!

thanks again, nina

A comment from WEng:

Aliyah Lexus said...

I love this kind of get together we should plan to do it once a year. I can plan it if you like. Let me know your thoughts on this.

By a way, I love looking at perfect moments it like reading a book. I think I am going to make aliyah one too. I'll see If I have time. Thanks for sharing!

1:45 PM

Wedding Rehearsal

Geesh, I have so many stuff to blog but haven't had time to down load the pictures here. Anyways, we did not have Urology clinic today but stayed only 3pm ( I took an AL) so I can attend the wedding rehearsal. Arrived in Presidio around 3:30PM and just called Ann and my love to while away the time while waiting for Ann and the rest to arrive. Decided to go into the chapel and it was open. The Minister (Jerry) came and introduced myself. Tito Rading and Aunt Norma came w/Isabel, then Ann and Michael (met Michael's mom for the first time). Then Rosallie came with Julian. Nina came about 5 minutes after Uncle Rading. Then later on Auntie Cora, Uncle Parrish, Jade, Joshua and Frincess came along. We started to practice going down the aisle. Isabel is JUST the cutest thing. I adore that little girl, she is just too precious. She cracks me up as she was walking down the aisle (throwing the petals only one side). Julian was the first one to walk down the aisle. (Yay, Julian!). The minister told us what we were supposed to do. Rommel was also there (he took the day off).  After our rehearsal (Michael and his family went home to pick their relatives who were coming from Boston) so it was just who ate.

             Nina was the one who suggested "Best Panda" on 42nd and Balboa.  We ordered the food w/c costs $72 for the two tables and it was well worth it coz' we were stuffed to the gills. They really serve a lot of food there in Best Panda. We had fish, lobster and other various foods, I think we had over 9 entrees and lots of left over. So this was kinda the dinner rehearsal...

Bridal Convention & Chevy's

My sister, Mary Ann and I attended a Bridal Convention here in SF Design Ctr. and Jewelry Mart.  Michael drove my Echo and he will pick us up after the convention. We arrived there around 12 PM. The Jewelry Mart is huge with 6 floors.  Mary Ann paid $18 bucks for the 2 of us and we even have $2 coupon. Actually, we did not like this convention the one in Santa Clara was better. There wasn't many vendors and they advertise that there was over 500 vendors. I think it was less than a 100. They did not even have samples of cake. The only thing worth it was buying a nice vase and a frame from the vendors of the design ctr.  You can only go into the SF Design Ctr/Jewelry Mart is that if you know someone in there. I love the strawberry dipped in chocolate coz' they have the chocolate fountain.

Happy Birthday, Ate!

After the convention and Michael picked us up, we decided to go to Chevy's coz'  Mom and Ann wanted to treat me for my birthday this Wednesday. We went to the Chevy's in SSF. 141 Hickey Blvd. SSF, CA  (650) 755-1617

This is the food that we selected:

1) Mommy-Build your own fajitas, one steamy, soft El Machino® tortilla at a time. Served with choice of homemade beans, Mexican rice, fresh guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and sweet corn tomalito. Sizzling Steak top-grade fresh skirt steak marinated in our own Agua Negra.

2) Mary Ann-Tacos (Salsa chicken wrapped in either a soft El Machino tortilla or a crispy white corn shell.)  Chile Relleno-a fresh roasted poblano pepper, hand-battered and stuffed with Jack cheese and topped with our ranchero sauce.  Crispy Flautas-salsa chicken with roasted red peppers, grilled corn and a melted trio of cheeses, rolled in flour tortillas, lightly crisped with chipotle aioli drizzle. Served with mango-habanero salsa and homemade jalapeno jelly.

3) Malou-Mixed grill (sizzling fajitas)-all the best on one gian sizzling platter! Baby back ribs, tender grilled chicken breast, marinated skirt steak, fuego-seasoned shrimp and sauteed San Antonio veggies. For drink:  virgin strawberry Margarita.

4) Plus yummy, crispy chips w/salsa!

Our waiter did such a poor job in serving us coz' I guess he was so busy.  He forgot to give us our fork, took awhile before we got our soda and forgot to give mom sugar for her coffee.  We were going to have dessert but decided against it. We were so full anyway. Nelson was still not home when I got home coz' after his work (he went to Vallejo for the prayer) with John. He got home around 8pm na.